Seol Jihu stared at Baek Haeju with a dumbfounded face.

Slurp! Slurrrrrp!

He had offered her to take some, but he was lost for words seeing her face practically buried in the ramen bowl. Her chopsticks had a whole pack’s worth of noodles on it too.

“Um, uh… can you leave some for me…?”

He tried to stop her, but Baek Haeju was unresponsive. Turning a deaf ear to anything he said, she finished the noodles and even the soup clean.

“Aheuuu…”

Baek Haeju then let out a satisfied groan before looking back at Seol Jihu. Licking her ramen soup-drenched lips, she sent him a burning gaze.

“….”

Seol Jihu wasn’t all that pleased about the situation.

‘I told her to take some and she took the entire bowl away. She made me lower my guard by looking indifferent. She’s worse than people who try to take a bite from their friends’ food! A two-faced witch!’

Shouting out all sorts of criticisms inwardly, he took out another bag of ramen from his belt. But when he finished making another bowl, Baek Haeju took it without a word of thanks and buried her face in it once again.

He wanted to say something but held himself back. She was a benefactor who helped him greatly in this war, after all.

‘Right, I might as well treat her properly this time and leave behind a good impression. That way, she will be more willing to help next time.’

Trying to form a good relationship with the Sacred Empress with just ramen might be a bit ambitious, but Seol Jihu was confident in his ramen-making skills.

“Um, do you need this…?”

And so, he took out instant rice and fried kimchi from his belt. Baek Haeju cast a quick glance at him and immediately snatched them out of his hand.

She left behind the perfect amount of noodles and soup, pouring the fried kimchi and rice in and taking a big spoonful.

Seeing her eat in such a hectic way while sweating all the while, Seol Jihu’s anger somewhat died down.

‘She knows how to eat.’

Nodding in approval, he took out another bag of ramen.

However, he sighed in the next moment as new, uninvited guests appeared one by one...