"I think I shocked him so much he forgot about the babies." Kamila blushed in embarrassment. "He didn't give me the time to order for them."
"Because I've arranged for that as well." Lith sat back while studying Elysia's expression as she pretended to understand the menu and its purpose. "I wanted this evening to be special."
"I noticed." She giggled, taking his hand.
The kids extended their short arms to join the couple and failed.
"It's not a group thing, sweetie." Kamia chuckled. "It's a romantic gesture."
Valeron and Elysia exchanged a puzzled look before giving up with a shrug.
While the parents ate the appetizers, the waiter brought small servings of the restaurant's specialties turned into baby food. Lith had kept the ingredients to a minimum, turned them into a soft cream, and had them served lukewarm.
'With a Dragon's digestive system, they can probably eat solid food already, but better safe than sorry.' Lith thought.
The kids enjoyed both the taste and the variety, to the point that they snatched the spoons from their parents' hands and started to eat on their own with Spirit Magic under the flabbergasted look of the rest of the patrons.
The Magus Special didn't receive the welcome Lith hoped, though.
"Did a cat puke on my noodles?" Kamila stared in horror at the green paste covering her food.
"It's not puke, it's pesto." Lith grunted. "And those aren't noodles but linguine."
It was the most ambiguous-looking food Kamila had ever seen, and she had no trouble saying it out loud.
"It's the most ambiguous-looking food I've ever seen. Does it at least taste good?"
"What do you think?" Lith asked, taking a mouthful.
"As I said, it's been a hit." Xilo swallowed awkwardly at her reaction.
"Fine, I'll trust you." Kamila mixed the pasta with the green sauce before taking a tentative bite.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence." Lith caressed the kids' heads while they sniffled at the plates like hunting dogs. "At least you guys trust me."
"Sorry, sorry." Kamila munched, crossed his fingers, and prayed for the best. "Gods, it's delicious!"
With her prayer answered, her stomach seemed to forget about the food she had just eaten and increased her appetite.
"You are a lucky woman, Lady Magus." Xilo said, and all the women in the room sighed, even those with a date. "Not many men would travel to Verendi just to offer their wife an exotic meal."
Then, he gave them a bow and went to notify the rest of the clients that the Magus Special was sold out.
'Verendi?' Kamila asked via a mind link for privacy and to avoid interrupting her meal. 'Didn't you say the food there sucks?'
'It does.' Lith inwardly nodded. 'This is another Earth dish, but I had no other way to explain it to the cook.'
'An Earth dish?' Kamila took a look at the ingredients list and noticed it was not something she could reproduce. 'Where did you find all this stuff?'
'Mogar's Garden.' Lith replied with a grin. 'Everything grows there, and with a bit of luck and the help of the Eyes of Menadion, I found Mogar plants that taste more or less the same as those from Earth. Fair warning, they look nothing alike.'
'As long as they taste good, I don't care.' Kamila chuckled. 'Your mother is right. You cheat in everything you do.'
'Guilty as charged.'
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