Chapter 244: Sixty-Fourth Floor, Intelligence (3)
“Oh? This grows here, too?” Parein murmured to himself, but I caught a flicker of excitement in his tone.
Moving without hesitation, he crouched down, fingers carefully digging through the soil. His movements were deliberate, almost cautious.
After a few moments of dirt brushing, he abruptly straightened his back. A root that resembled wild ginseng or bellflower appeared in his palm.
I narrowed my eyes.
What is that?
Before I could ask, Parein’s gaze locked onto the herb with gleaming eyes. “Amazing! This is fantastic for stamina.”
Ah, okay.
Considering he looked to be in his mid-thirties, his reaction made sense.
Muttering to himself, Parein promptly took a bite of the herb. He chewed a few times, then suddenly paused. His head snapped toward me, his lips smudged with dirt on full display. His widened eyes flickered between me and the herb.
After a brief moment of hesitation, his expression morphed into a half-smile, half-grimace as he extended the half-chewed herb toward me.
“Errr, Kwon. Want a bite?”
My face twisted in disgust. Nobody in their right mind would accept something offered with that kind of expression.