"Here, this is for you too."
After leading Lanya back to the room, Lin Ge placed the bag containing milk and bread on the table and pointed at the bag.
On the way back, he had noticed her sneak peeks at the bag he was carrying, feeling both amused and a bit sympathetic.
"Really?" Lanya's face lit up with joy, then she suddenly felt a bit embarrassed, "You don't need to, you haven't eaten anything yet."
"I'll go make another bowl of noodles in the kitchen."
With her eyes twinkling, Lanya asked, "Can you make two bowls?"
Lin Ge stared at her slender waist in surprise, "Can you really eat that much?"
Lanya patted her stomach, confidently proclaiming, "Don't worry, I'm good!"
After Lin Ge went to the kitchen, Lanya sat at the desk, nibbling on the bread while taking in the room.
The room wasn't large, but it was tidy, with a single bed, a desk, a simple wardrobe, and then not much space remaining.
Several thick books were arrayed on the desk, and from the pictures of wine bottles on the covers, they appeared to be about wine.
Seeing that narrow single bed, Lanya's cheeks flushed slightly. Such a narrow bed could hardly fit two people safely, perhaps she should just meditate sitting here all night.
When Lin Ge emerged from the kitchen with two steaming bowls of noodles, Lanya had already smelled the aroma and had opened the door to welcome him in advance.
As there was only one chair in the room, Lin Ge moved the desk next to the bed, letting Lanya sit on the bed while he took the chair.
"It smells so good, why are you so amazing? Not only do the drinks you mix taste good, but even the noodles you make are delicious!"
Lanya slurped a mouthful of noodles, her praise for Lin Ge unreserved.
"By the way, what is a 'high-layer banned amulet'?" Lanya asked, her cheeks bulging with a mouthful of noodles.
The man at the door earlier seemed very startled when he saw her.
"It's just some people who like to wear special clothes, don't worry about it."
Gao Wenyang clearly got the wrong idea, and there was no need to let Lanya know too much about such things.
She belonged to another world and would return there tomorrow. She shouldn't be influenced by this world.
"Oh."
Lanya sounded utterly unfazed and continued eating her noodles.
After finishing the noodles, Lanya's bowl was spotless—not a drop of soup remained, and her gaze then fell upon Lin Ge's bowl.
"Lin Ge, are you going to drink the soup in your bowl?"
Lin Ge pushed his bowl towards her and silently sighed. What kind of life had she led before to be able to eat so heartily?
After drinking up the soup from Lin Ge's bowl, Lanya lay back on the bed, gently rubbing her slightly bloated belly, and let out a sound of contentment.
Lin Ge cleaned up the dishes and after washing them in the kitchen, didn't return to the room but stayed on the couch in the living room.
He might as well spend the night here on the couch.
It wasn't long after Lin Ge had lain down that he suddenly heard the door opening. Opening his eyes, he saw Lanya coming out of the room and approaching the couch, her face flushed and apparently embarrassed about something.
"What's wrong?" Lin Ge asked softly.
"It seems I can't convert the food in this world into Magic Power, I drank too much soup, so… well…"
Lanya pressed her hands together and squeezed them between her legs, shifting uncomfortably.
Lin Ge instantly understood.
"You don't have to say it, I get it."
Then he guided Lanya to the door of the bathroom.
"The bathroom is right here."
When Lanya burst into the bathroom, Lin Ge thought he heard a very faint "thank you."
But the door quickly opened again, and Lanya, who was about to leave, called out to Lin Ge and pointed inside the bathroom asking, "Lin Ge, where is it?"
Oh, right, she probably had never seen a toilet before.
So Lin Ge entered the bathroom and quickly and simply showed her how to use the toilet.
"After you're done, press this, and it will clean up everything."
Lin Ge pressed the flush button, and the water in the toilet surged, creating a loud gushing sound.
Lanya bit her lower lip tightly, looking in horror at the somewhat yellowed toilet seat.
"What a filthy thing, I feel like vomiting just by being near it, and you want me to... sit on it?"
Just the thought of her body touching that thing named "toilet" made Lanya feel dizzy, her small face turning from red to white.
Seeing her reaction, Lin Ge knew she found it dirty.
From her earlier words, it could be known that in her world, she could convert the food she ate into magic power, which meant she had no need for excretion, or could it be that using magic was a form of excretion?
She was, in any case, a squeaky clean magical girl.
So it made sense that she would be disgusted by the old, communal toilet.
Thus, he carefully placed the toilet seat down and covered it with a layer of tissue paper.
"That should do it."
He then walked out of the restroom and closed the door.
The remaining reluctance she had to overcome was something she had to deal with on her own; his continuing presence would only make her hold it in longer.
As soon as he sat back down on the couch, he saw a fierce white light spilling from under the restroom door, followed by a light trickling sound.
What was she doing inside?
But no matter how curious Lin Ge was, he couldn't possibly open the door to check at this moment.
Soon, there was a soft creak, and the door of the restroom slowly opened. Lanya leaned on the doorframe, half-stepping out, looking extremely pale and feeble.
She stretched out a hand towards Lin Ge and called out with difficulty, "Help... help me."
Lin Ge hurried over to support her.
"What happened?"
When he saw the toilet in the restroom, he was stunned.
The previously yellowed old toilet was now shining like new, as if it had just come off the production line, its porcelain surface whiter than a freshly peeled egg, dazzlingly so.
"What did you do to it?"
Lanya collapsed into Lin Ge's embrace and said with difficulty, "I didn't expect... using a low-level purification skill here would consume more magic power than a high-layer banned amulet, draining all my magic power, but I had to... I just couldn't stand its filth..."
"You used magic?"
"Mm, can you carry me back to my room? I don't even have the strength to walk." As she spoke, a flush of red appeared on Lanya's pale face.
Lin Ge effortlessly picked her up; her body was lighter than he had imagined, like a soft cloud.
Lanya's hat suddenly slipped off, and her chestnut soft long hair cascaded down like mercury, brushing across her slightly flustered and fair face, and also across the back of Lin Ge's hand, cool and smooth as satin.
"My hat..." Lanya cried out, reaching out for it.
"Don't move, I'll pick it up for you."
Lin Ge bent down, temporarily setting her on his thigh, embracing her with one arm while picking up the large, pointed hat from the ground with the other.
When he stood up again holding Lanya, her face seemed even rosier.
Lin Ge carried her back to the room and gently laid her on the single bed, covering her with the blanket.
"Get some rest."
"My hat..."
Lanya stared at the hat in Lin Ge's hand.
"You want to wear it while sleeping?"
"Place it... on me."
Lin Ge was going to place her hat by the bed, but upon hearing her request, he carefully set the hat on her chest.
"Good night."
"Hmm, thank you... good night."
Lanya closed her eyes in relief, her long eyelashes resembling the petals of a flower, hinting at the promise of sweet dreams.