The next few days, Jason continued with his morning duties while taking his mind off taking revenge on Mira while at night, he would go to the tree and continue with the punches session even when the system didn't order it as it became a new habit of his. In a blink of an eye, the time issue for him to complete the mission is up with him only having ten days to complete it.
One afternoon when he was done with his duty, Jason made his way over to the hut where the cooking was being carried out while making sure no one saw, him, after all this time, he discovered that during the afternoon, most of the guards wouldn't be around. Using that to his advantage, Jason makes his way over as he's ready to take the risk before he runs out of time.
Using the trees in the surrounding as cover, Jason maneuvers his way over before taking a peek inside but on getting there, he discovers that there are a lot of women preparing meals and Mira isn't there. He was just looking around when he heard a voice from behind.
"what are you doing here?".
With a shocked look on his face, Jason turned around to see who it was while thinking of what to say since he would be in trouble if he didn't come up with a good excuse. But on turning around, he discovers that it is Mira who has a frown on her face, and seeing that it is him, there appears to be a shocking look on her face.
"what are you doing here, do you know you would be in trouble if you were found out by the guards?" she said in a low voice making sure the others didn't hear.
"I was looking for a friend and got lost along the way" replied Jason with an awkward laugh as he sighed inwardly after seeing that it was Mira.
Mira didn't reply to him quickly as she just stood there while accessing him and after some time, she let out a sigh before saying.
"Come on, even a newborn baby won't believe that lie of yours, if you are hungry after working on the farmland for so long it would be more understandable".
Jason was first confused by what she said before finally understanding that she thought he was just here to get some food. He decided to go with that as he began to laugh once more before speaking.
"looks like I can't lie to you then. I'm just here to see if the meal will be ready soon" he said.
Looking over at the ladies at work, Mira shook her head in disagreement.
"It's still going to take a while before they will be ready. But lucky for you, I'm just about to head out and deliver the sect leader's meal, it wouldn't hurt to give you some of the remains" Mira requested with a smile.
"There is no need for that, I will just wait till my meal is ready" declines Jason as he begins to take his leave.
Before he could walk away, Mira suddenly called out to him.
"Wait, I insist you take it as an apology for what happened that day" said Mira.
Jason was all serious the moment she brought that up as he turned around to reply to her.
"Do you actually think you would be able to get forgiveness from me because you want to offer me food?" asked Jason.
Mira became lost in what to say after hearing his question but still didn't bow down as she gave a reply.
"I know it won't be easy for you to forgive me but can you still accept this little offer of mine".
Jason thought about it for a while before following her back to the hut but they didn't go into the same hut where the ladies were preparing meals, instead, they went around it and appeared in a smaller hut big enough to fit two people.
After entering the hut, Jason was greeted by the smell of good food and was forced to give out words of compliment before looking for a place to sit as he continued to observe the place.
'This sure is easy for me. Now I won't have to worry about completing the mission' Jason thought to himself as he set his eyes on the pot that was used for cooking.
"Here you go" Mira's voice suddenly rang out as she offered him a part of the meal wiped in clean clothes.
"Thanks for the food but don't think I have forgiven you" said Jason as he took it from her before making his way out of the hut.
"Even though you don't want to forgive me, I still hope you don't see me as your enemy" replied Mira with a bow.
Jason was surprised to hear this as he just stood there looking at her before leaving the hut as he didn't say anything more.
But while leaving, he couldn't help but think about the whole thing and began to analyze the matter once more but this time, he was analyzing it from her view.
"she doesn't seem to be a bad person. Could it be I'm just looking for someone to vex my anger on" Jason said to himself as he continued to head back.
That evening, Jason was lost in his thoughts as he began to wonder what he should do at the moment since it would hurt him if he were to do what he was about to do to her after the kindness she showed him. He turns to Eric who was sitting not too far from him and asks all of a sudden which makes Eric wonder if he has finally lost it.
"Hey Eric, what opinion do you have of Mira, do you think she's nice?".
The once busy room suddenly quiets down as they all stare at Jason in confusion as they begin to wonder if he's okay given the hatred he has for her.