Terzan rarely sparkled her eyes as she looked at the blue fruit.
Knowing her well, Kaneff murmured,
"If Terzan has that kind of reaction, it must really taste good"
Everyone's gaze turned towards the fruit.
In fact, while talking with Terzan, they hadn't had a chance to express it, but the sweet aroma already filled the room.
Moreover, with Terzan's reaction, curiosity about the fruit increased.
-Tap, tap.
Speranza tapped the fruit on the table with her hand and asked,
"It is really hard. How do we eat this?"
"Should I open the shell for you?"
"Un."
"Just wait a moment."
Terzan naturally pulled out a weapon from her pocket.
Although it was an intimidating tool just for opening a shell, no one here pointed that out.
Terzan stood in front of the fruit, holding the weapon. With a serious face, she fixed her gaze, slowly raising the sharp-edged weapon.
-SLASH! SLASH!
A few flashes burst around the fruit. The hard shell of the fruit was smoothly peeled off, revealing the inside of the fruit.
"Wow!"
"Awesome, Terzan."
"Your weapon-handling skills are still great."
Cheers and applause burst from the spectators. Terzan stowed the weapon she had been holding back into her pocket with a proud face.
Inside the peeled fruit was a pink flesh. The fruit, now exposed, gave off an even stronger sweetness and freshness.
Terzan stepped away from the fruit and said,
"Speranza, try it first. You can scoop this part with a spoon."
She kindly explained how to eat it and helped Speranza with her first tasting.
Speranza, who was lifting a spoon, paused for a moment and looked around. I noticed what the cute fox girl was thinking and nudged her back.
"It's okay. This is a birthday gift from Terzan. Speranza can eat first."
Then, Speranza started moving her paused hand again.
The slowly moving spoon gently dug into the fruit, scooping just enough flesh for one bite.
And the spoon headed straight towards Speranza's small mouth.
-Yum! Gobble Gobble!
Everyone held their breath and watched Speranza's reaction. The first reaction came from her fox ears and tail.
Her pointed fox ears perked up, and her slowly swaying tail began to whip around as if a wind had arisen. Just like Speranza's wide-open eyes, our curiosity grew.
Finally, unable to bear it, Lilia jumped out and asked,
"How does it taste? Is it delicious? Not tasty?"
Speranza replied with a rather serious expression,
"It's delicious. Soooooo delicious!"
"Really? But why does your face look like that?"
"Ugh."
Speranza groaned, looking back and forth between her spoon and the fruit. I quickly caught on to what she was worrying about.
"If you want to eat more, you can, sweetheart."
"But"
The fruit flesh, once the skin was peeled off, wasn't very big. Enough for the people here to taste just one bite each?
Everyone was trying not to show it, but it was clear they subtly wanted to try the fruit.
Of course, I was curious too, but if Speranza wanted to eat more, I was ready to give up my share.
After a long time of contemplation, Speranza finally put down her spoon.
"Speranza, are you sure you don't want more? Terzan went through a lot of trouble to get this. We might not have it again."
Despite my urging, Speranza shook her head firmly.
"It's okay. Papa said the best food is meant to be shared with family. I'd like to share it with everyone too."