Zana's eyes widened as she observed Nikolai for several seconds. He watched her back while enjoying the shameful blush on Zara's face.
"I see."
Nikolai couldn't understand this quiet girl and shook his head. He'd already enjoyed the food, so mentally prepared himself for the next conversation. 'Her mother.' He turned to find Zara glancing up at him with inquisitive eyes.
"You finished?" He asked with a smile.
There was a grain of rice stuck to her lip.
Before she spoke, he reached towards her face, then grabbed and ate it without pausing.
"Eh?"
Zara's entire body turned a deep pink.
A unique but cute thing about the Djinn was that their colour became deeper or more saturated depending on their emotion. Nikolai noticed this resembled the scales of Amphitrite, but on a larger scale.
"W-Why did you do that?!"
"Because there was rice on your face?"
Nikolai often did this after a year of dating and marrying several women.
'Ah, I forgot.'
