"Toni." I replied with an amused smile at the man's apparent embarrassment. Well, he kinda went overboard and ate the majority of my food without any semblance of etiquette. But I wasn't really bothered with it. In fact, I was a little happy to have my food gaining approval. At the same time, I knew that he was starving so I let him be.
Madame Magdalene recounted to me stories of her life when we were chatting before dinner. She was quite the admirable woman, to be honest. I have nothing but mad respect for her. Her husband was lost at sea, leaving her with two children; the eldest being merely ten and the youngest at the tender age of four. Aside from that, she was also left with managing a huge business with plenty of greedy wolves eyeing it at every corner.
