Hearing Franklin's words, Madeline also felt somewhat astonished. Considering her original friendship with Zachary, it wasn't just about eating some watermelon—she could have outright asked Zachary for a few and probably wouldn't have worn this kind of expression.
At this point, Madeline also realized that her once close relationship with Zachary had somehow become much more distant, not because Zachary's attitude towards her had changed, but because there was a change in Madeline's own heart.
After leaving the teahouse, Zachary took out two watermelons from the storage space, one grown in the Cave's plantation and the other plucked from the Hundred Fruits Tree.
Because the concentration of Spirit Power in the Cave was quite high, even the watermelons harvested from the plantation were not small in size. However, the watermelons from the Hundred Fruits Tree retained their original size, which, although not small, was still a size smaller compared to those from the plantation.
