After the steaming dishes were served, Bella gratefully bowed to Leo Ray, and then started devouring the food with her hands and utensils.
From the look of longing and satisfaction on the young girl's face, it wasn't difficult to tell that she was truly famished.
Watching Bella's hearty eating, Leo Ray's gaze was gentle and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought once more.
Through Bella's descriptions, he had roughly pieced together the sequence of events, including the sudden isolation of the Ironhand Archipelago a century ago and the crisis now faced.
The key to all of this was the "Blood Feast Ritual".
"Although I still don't know exactly how this mysterious ritual was initiated or what its principles are, it will certainly be the core of this incident."
"Besides that, there are three other issues worth noting."
"First, why Bella and the other children didn't faint and remained able to act as normal."
