Take care of

At this time, Angelina looked like a savage. Her clothes were tattered and black, and her hair was scattered over her shoulders. Even her shoes had holes in them, revealing her two little white feet.

After Angelina lay down, she hugged her feet and rubbed them. She had waited in the snow all night last night before catching a snow rabbit. Her feet were almost numb from the cold.

After rubbing them for a while, her feet finally felt a little better. Angelina took the time to look at Locke. The savage with stubble, greasy hair, and a strange smell was next to her.

Locke's face was still very pale, but it wasn't as gray as before. His strong body was now as thin as a bag of bones. He lay quietly on the turf, and only his weak breathing could tell that he was still alive.

Angelina leaned close to Locke and fell into a deep sleep. She stayed up all night last night and was really exhausted now. Before falling asleep, she didn't forget to put Locke's arm on her waist. Just like that, the two of them fell asleep in each other's arms in the cave.

Angelina woke up in the afternoon. She raised her head and looked at him expectantly, just like every time she woke up. But the result was the same. Locke's face was still pale and his eyes were closed.

Angelina sighed, pulled herself together, and got up to prepare dinner for the two of them. For the past half a month, Angelina and Locke had only eaten one meal.

The hard snow rabbit had been left in the cave for more than half a day, and there were signs of it being digested. Angelina skillfully cast Illuminate and stuck close to the snow rabbit's fur. After a while, the frozen snow rabbit slowly softened.

Angelina only melted a third of the snow rabbit's meat, and left the rest frozen for the two of them to eat tomorrow and the day after. Taking out Locke's dagger, Angelina began to cook the rabbit meat. A small bonfire appeared near the entrance of the cave, and the burnt smoke of dead branches drifted out of the cave, accompanied by the faint smell of barbecued meat.

Angelina didn't dare to make the fire too big. The snow bear that came after hearing the news a week ago had left a deep impression on her. Now, she only had a small amount of mana left every day. With Locke's help, she didn't dare to provoke the bear. Fortunately, she was smart enough to extinguish the fire at the critical moment and block the cave with snow. That was how they managed to escape the bear's attack.

Angelina didn't learn Locke's ability to start a fire with simple materials, but she had her own way. Illuminate was a magic trick that beginner-rank Lehrlings could master, but she could use it to illuminate, subdue enemies, heat up the fire, and even start a fire.

Although Angelina had stopped learning magic after nearly a month of wandering, she felt that her understanding of magic had deepened.

The food was just ordinary barbecued meat. The two of them had been eating barbecued meat for almost every meal for the past half a month, so it didn't matter if they were tired of it anymore. The important thing was that there was still food to eat. Angelina would never forget the few days when they couldn't find food. She could only drink some snow water and hold the unconscious Locke while enduring the hunger.

The barbecued meat was very exquisite. Angelina was very good at controlling the fire, and she had already learned half of Locke's barbecuing skills. The most eye-catching thing was that there were some salt crystals and red powder sprinkled on the meat. The salt crystals were brought when they came out of the saltwater lake. Fortunately, they were well-prepared at that time, and there was still more than half left.

The red powder was made from the firecloud fruits that Locke had found at the beginning. The small number of firecloud fruits had played a big role now. Every time Angelina hunted, she would rely on the firecloud fruits to attract wild beasts.

Firecloud fruits were magic materials. Although they were quite low-level, they were still attractive to some ordinary beasts. In addition, it was winter now, so it was a lot more difficult for animals to find food. The firecloud fruits that Angelina put in the trap really attracted some herbivores. Of course, most of them were small animals like snow rabbits and cedars. The firecloud fruits were only attractive to these little guys.

If they were lucky, a snow rabbit could feed them for three days. Cedars and voles, on the other hand, were less than the size of a palm and could only feed them for a day. Both of them had lost weight in the past half a month, so food was not easy to find.

The aroma of the barbecued meat quickly spread. Angelina gulped, but she wasn't in a hurry to eat it. She only stopped when the meat was completely cooked. She extinguished the bonfire with the snow beside her, but she didn't completely wet the bonfire. The residual heat from the bonfire was enough to warm up the cave they lived in.

Angelina returned to the straw mat with the barbecued meat. She bit a bit of meat with her teeth and chewed carefully before swallowing it. From time to time, she would take a sip of melted snow from the wooden pot next to her.

After eating less than half of the meat, Angelina stopped swallowing and transferred the chewed meat to Locke's mouth. She was a little shy in the first two days, but now she didn't care at all. This guy took care of her like this in the past, and now she was taking care of him like this. It was fair, Angelina thought.

Locke was still unconscious, and he didn't respond to the food Angelina fed him. Angelina even had to chew the food and send it to his throat with the tip of her tongue before he swallowed it with his body's natural reaction.

Locke, who hadn't washed for half a month, had a musty smell all over his body. Even if Angelina cast a Cleanse spell on him every two days, the smell was like maggots in the tarsal bones and wouldn't dissipate no matter how hard she tried. The Cleanse spell could only clean the stains on the body and had zero effect on the smell.

Especially his mouth. He hadn't rinsed his mouth for half a month. He really didn't know how Angelina, a princess, managed to convince herself.

After sending the last bit of meat into Locke's mouth, Angelina stopped feeding and wiped the saliva from the corner of Locke's mouth with the back of her hand. Looking at his red lips, Angelina blushed slightly. She was still a sixteen-year-old girl. Although she was used to doing this kind of thing these days, she still couldn't help but blush when she calmed down and thought about it. She even scolded herself for being shameless and embarrassing the Faustian royal family.

But when she remembered that Locke had saved her life and that he had taken care of her like this, she had an excuse to convince herself. In the eyes of outsiders, Angelina was smart, sensible, mature, and noble since she was young. But at this moment, she was just a little girl. What Locke did to save her could even break a block of ice. Just like that, Angelina didn't know that Locke had already entered her heart.

After feeding him, Angelina tidied up the messy cave a little. She went out last night and only came back this morning. She had only rested for half a day, so she didn't have time to clean up the cave they lived in. Angelina, who was a little obsessed with cleanliness, could tolerate her clothes and shoes being dirty and torn, but she absolutely couldn't stand living in a pigsty.

After poking a hole in the snow at the entrance to ventilate, Angelina sat cross-legged on the straw mat and began her routine meditation. Angelina, who was weak and powerless, could survive in the snowy mountains for half a month with Locke, who was like a burden, because of her magic.

She played the three magic tricks very well. Not to mention the Illuminating Spell which had many uses, she had also developed many uses for the Cleansing Spell and the Lightening Spell. Angelina had to ensure that her mana didn't run out. During the lonely days in the snowy mountains, Locke had also fallen into a coma. If she didn't cultivate to pass the time, she felt that she would go crazy.

Angelina didn't stop meditating until night fell.

She got up and walked to Locke. She reached into his clothes, rummaged for a while, and pulled out a white oval crystal core the size of a thumb.

The white crystal core emitted a soft light in the dark cave at night. Angelina, who was holding the crystal core, felt a faint warmth from the touch between her fingers.

This white crystal core was a low-rank monster core contributed by the dead moonlight wolf. Light-type monster cores had always been very scarce and precious. Angelina had seen many mid-rank and even high-rank monster cores in her teacher's laboratory, but she had never seen a light-type monster core. The rarity of light-type monsters and the healing ability of the light-type monster core doubled its value.

After emitting a soft light for a while, the monster core in her hand dimmed. It had exhausted its stored light mana. During the day, the light-type monster core could absorb light mana from the surroundings while healing Locke's body to achieve a balance, but it couldn't do so at night.

Angelina needed to place the light-type monster core near the entrance of the cave so that the moonlight outside could just shine on it and help it accelerate its mana storage.

Shortly after the monster core left his body, Locke began to shiver all over. This was the only thing he could do to show that he was still alive in a day.

If one took a closer look, they would find that in addition to his own torn clothes, the rest was a sheet pieced together from a variety of animal fur. At first glance, it was obvious that Angelina had done it. The fur was very poor at keeping heat, and Locke's physical condition was very poor at this time, so he was shivering in the cold.

Looking at Locke's trembling appearance, Angelina sighed and made an unexpected move.

Angelina took off the tattered clothes wrapped around her, revealing her fair and delicate body. As soon as her fair skin was exposed, she felt a piercing chill in the cold cave. She hurriedly bent over and burrowed into Locke's' quilt '. Their' quilt 'was made up of two pieces of torn clothes and a messy piece of animal fur.

Angelina lay on her side facing Locke, looking at the man who was two years older than her. Although Locke's face was sallow and the stubble on his chin was getting thicker, Angelina could still see a sense of handsomeness on his face.

After Angelina hugged Locke under the quilt, the shivering Locke finally calmed down. His hands even involuntarily hugged Angelina in front of him, and the two fell asleep in each other's arms.