"How much longer until we can actually eat the food?!"
In the small forest near the church, the starving Uvogin cried out with the deepest yearning for food.
Machi, however, said nothing.
She simply stood quietly, watching Arvin Locke as he walked up to a fairly lush tree.
"You'll be eating soon."
Arvin Locke placed his hand on the trunk of the tree in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.
"This one is just right."
"Just right for what?"
Uvogin's head was practically drooping from hunger.
But in the next second, he suddenly lifted his head and sat up straight.
"This is…?"
Right before his eyes, the familiar scene from earlier appeared once again.
Light began to shine from Arvin Locke's hands.
Then—
A strange object suddenly appeared out of thin air.
"What is that?!"
Inside the church screening room, Chrollo's eyes widened instantly when he saw the scene through the window.
His pupils shrank sharply.
Beside him, Pakunoda was equally shocked, her mouth opening slightly in disbelief.
"Did that object just… appear out of nowhere?"
Chrollo stared intently at the scene below and muttered.
At that moment, his brain was working at full speed, trying to find a reasonable explanation for what he had just witnessed.
However, no matter how much he searched through his knowledge and learning—
He could not find any explanation at all.
It was simply something too unbelievable.
Pakunoda, standing beside him, also had no answer to Chrollo's question.
Even she couldn't understand what exactly had just happened.
While the two of them were still stunned by the scene—
"Tsk tsk, another invention, huh?"
Uvogin, who had already seen Arvin Locke demonstrate this extraordinary ability before, accepted it much more easily.
He even clicked his tongue in fascination, as if watching something entertaining.
People like Chrollo and Pakunoda—who were thoughtful and intellectual—were naturally shocked by something like this the first time they saw it.
But for someone like Uvogin, who simply didn't think about things he couldn't understand…
It was basically just a cool magic trick.
He found it interesting and didn't bother digging deeper.
In a way, that actually saved Uvogin from a lot of headaches.
"Even seeing it again, it's still pretty amazing."
Uvogin spoke sincerely.
And Machi, who had been staring closely at Arvin Locke since the moment the light appeared in his hands, was clearly thinking far more deeply than Uvogin.
Compared to him, she felt an even stronger sense of shock.
"So if you want to become stronger, you can always come and ask me."
Arvin Locke casually brought up the previous topic again.
"We'll talk about that later."
Uvogin smacked his lips and turned his attention to the strange invention in Arvin Locke's hands.
"We asked for meat and fried rice…"
Looking at the syringe-like object, Uvogin raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
"What are these things?"
In Arvin Locke's hands was a syringe with a needle, along with several small vials.
"These are the meat and fried rice."
Arvin Locke tossed one of the small vials in his hand and smiled.
"???"
A series of confused question marks seemed to appear above Uvogin's head.
These medicine-looking things were supposed to be food?!
He opened his mouth, about to question it.
But when he noticed that Machi beside him remained silent—
He thought about it for a moment and shut his mouth.
Under the curious gazes of the two of them, Arvin Locke opened one of the vials and drew the liquid inside into the syringe.
"This tree will do."
As he spoke, Arvin Locke stabbed the syringe directly into the trunk of the tree.
Then—
Under everyone's watchful eyes, one of the tree's branches began to emit a faint glow.
Soon, the branch rapidly swelled and sprouted.
Then slowly—
A flower bloomed.
"When the flower blooms and the fruit forms…"
Following Arvin Locke's calm explanation, the delicate flower quickly withered.
In its place grew a large fruit, shaped like a dark coconut.
It dropped neatly into Arvin Locke's hands.
"And just like that…"
"The food you wanted is ready."
Arvin Locke handed it directly to Uvogin.
"This is meat?"
Although he had just witnessed the rapid sprouting, blooming, and fruiting with his own eyes—
The idea of meat growing on a tree was still a bit too surreal.
Uvogin opened the fruit cautiously.
Crack.
The moment the black shell popped open—
A rich aroma of meat burst out instantly.
The fragrance spread through the air and hit everyone's noses at once.
"Hmm?!!"
Even Phinks and Feitan, who were nearby preparing to sneak into the church, stopped at the same time.
"Sniff sniff… what is that smell?"
Phinks' nose twitched violently as he suddenly turned his head.
His gaze locked onto a certain direction.
"What the hell is that smell?!"
"It smells amazing!!!"
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