Kevin's face lit up with excitement as he began to place dried leaves on the ignited wood shavings, continuing to blow gently and cautiously.
In no time, a small fire was ablaze.
Kevin felt a great sense of achievement!
Although the process took over an hour and left him sweating profusely, for a theoretical novice, this was quite an accomplishment, and even Bella couldn't help but praise: "Not bad, you actually managed to start a fire."
Kevin chuckled, then went to find some more firewood, stoked the fire, and threw the stone crabs right into it.
The stone crabs struggled for a few moments and then stopped moving, and soon the enticing aroma of crabs filled the air.
While waiting, Kevin took off his damp pants, propped them up with sticks, and hung them beside the fire to dry.
This scene made Bella's face flush slightly, but she said nothing.
Soon, the stone crabs were cooked, and Kevin used a stick to pick them out.
"Whoa, hot... Wow, that smells great!" Kevin forcefully cracked open the crab shell, looking at the golden-yellow crab roe inside, and with a grin, began to feast.
Speaking of which, the shell of the stone crab was really tough and had to be smashed open with a rock, while Gurgle crawled over to the discarded crab shells and digested them directly.
Seeing this, Kevin immediately stopped him, thinking how could he let Gurgle eat kitchen waste.
"Come on, Gurgle, try some boiled crab," Kevin said, picking up a well-cooked large stone crab and placing it in front of Gurgle.
"Gurgle!" Gurgle happily exclaimed, and the two of them began to slurp up the crab.
Soon, they were full and ready to set off!
Kevin got up to extinguish the fire when Bella suddenly pointed to the river and said, "Look, there's a person over there!"
"Where? Where?" Kevin quickly looked over and was taken aback.
He saw a person floating in the river, drifting downstream from upstream, and when they reached the section of the river where Kevin was, they bumped along due to the shallow water.
Seeing this, Kevin hurried over, not knowing whether the person was dead or alive, but decided to pull them ashore first.
Kevin reached the person, grabbed their clothes, and pulled them onto the shore with great effort, dragging them next to the fire.
Then he took a closer look.
It was a woman, and a very handsome woman at that!
Why handsome?
He didn't know, but this woman just gave Kevin a handsome vibe.
Her face was exquisite to the extreme, slightly angular yet soft, with features leaning towards Westerners, very three-dimensional, with her beautiful eyes closed, red eyelashes, and even red eyeshadow, and her eyebrows.
The term "sword eyebrows" is usually used for men, but this woman indeed had sword eyebrows, the same rich red as her eyelashes, adding a wild touch to her.
And her hair, like fire, was red, and being wet did not make it messy; instead, it was like a flame in the water.
Although she was drenched, she did not look disheveled but instead exuded an inexplicable beauty.
The woman's attire was peculiar; she wore a dark red robe over a white fitted inner shirt, with a high collar that accentuated her long, swan-like neck, and the grandeur of her chest, which was impressive even when she was lying down.
Looking at the exquisite style of the robe, Kevin knew this woman must have been of no ordinary status.
The robe had been in the water for so long, yet it remained dry, perhaps this was why she could float.
"This robe has strong magical resistance, it's a piece of magical equipment, it seems this person is a mage," Bella said.
"A mage?" Kevin's eyes brightened, then he shook his head, "No, this is not the time to think about magic, first, let's see if she's still alive."
He opened the woman's eyelids and found her eyes were also red, like beautiful rubies, as if flames were contained within.
"The pupils haven't dilated, she should still be alive, but she's not breathing, probably from water in her lungs, let's do first aid!" Kevin said, then suddenly became embarrassed: "Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation? Chest compressions?"
"Would I be misunderstood if I did this, and she wakes up and just blasts me away?"
Thinking this, he shook his head: "Forget it, saving a life is more important!"
With that, he opened the woman's mouth, made sure there were no foreign objects in her mouth, pinched her nose, and blew into her mouth forcefully.
As for the sensation of touching cherry lips?
Saving a life was more important, and at this moment, Kevin had no such romantic thoughts in his mind.
Then he observed the rise and fall of the woman's chest and began chest compressions.
Though not very standard, Kevin tried his best to perform the rescue as well as possible.
After about ten minutes, just as Kevin was about to breathe into the woman again, she suddenly coughed violently, spat out a mouthful of water, and it went straight into Kevin's mouth.
"Damn it!" Kevin was shocked and quickly spat the water out.
Water spat out from someone else's mouth, even if it was a beautiful woman, he didn't find it sweet at all.
It was disgusting, spitting it out repeatedly!
After a few dry heaves, Kevin looked at the woman and noticed that she hadn't woken up yet, but her breathing had returned.
That's good, she should wake up soon, right?
Hmm, she seems to be a mage. When she wakes up and learns that I saved her life, can I ask her to teach me magic?
Just thinking about the dazzling magic that only appears in anime and movies made Kevin feel a surge of excitement.
"Oh, almost forgot!" Kevin looked at the woman.
Although the magical robe was waterproof, the woman's inner shirt and trousers were not, so she was completely soaked except for the magical robe.
"Damp clothes can steal body heat, and if her body temperature drops too low, it could be dangerous, so I need to get her clothes off quickly... Erm... Now I have to undress her again. If she wakes up suddenly, I'm afraid I'll be taken for a pervert and blasted to bits." Kevin couldn't help but think fearfully.
But despite these thoughts, his hands didn't slow down at all. The woman's clothing wasn't complicated, and soon Kevin had her "undressed," revealing a pale body in front of him.
Well, she still had underwear on, but looking at the woman's well-proportioned figure, he couldn't help but feel his cheeks heat up.
"Wow, these muscle lines and the abdominal muscles, she might be a melee mage, huh?" After removing the clothes, Kevin discovered that the woman was quite fit.