A mere second sometimes means too late

A week later.

Inside a cave deep inside a mountain, a group of three people and a mutant beast were sitting around a campfire while enjoying their dinner.

"Oh!" 

One of them exclaimed with a scream that made the female jump in fright at the sudden outburst.

"You!"

"Oh... Sorry, ahem... It's just that this meat is really delish." 

Apologized the guy.

"To you everything is delicious, isn't it? You always make a big fuss over everything even if it's just a fruit that fell off the tree."

The young man cleared his throat and wriggled a little uncomfortably. He wisely decided not to pursue the matter further but instead took another bite of the roasted kebab in his hand as he mumbled through his teeth.

Bai Zemin looked at Gu Lim and the princess of the Lidora Kingdom in silence as he enjoyed his dinner.