"Stop with the nonsense! I'll see if I can exchange our meat for rice"

Saying this Kence took a plate full of roasted boar meat and went to where the sisters are currently staying

Inside the house the two sisters just finished bathing by getting some water on the nearby river. Their hair were still wet and some droplets of water were falling down on their clothes

"Hey, sis" Anna looked at her little sister who took a towel and started drying her hair

"Hmm?" She asked while also getting another towel to dry her own head

"What do you think about that guy?" Anna stopped drying her hair and look at her sister with a confuse look. "Who?"

Annie rolled her eyes because of how dense her sister is. Even before the apocalypse there are a lot of people who obviously like her sister, everyone knows who has a crush on her except for Anna herself. Even when the guys showed their affection to her she will just think that they are a nice and good person

"The guy in the middle. I saw him looking at you, it's obvious he likes you" Anna just looked at her sister as if she was insane. "We were talking of course he would look at me"

Annie blew some air on her mouth and once again being annoyed at the naivety of her sister when it comes to men. "You're still the same sister, you are hopeless!"

Anna walk towards her sister and flick her forehead using her fingers "Just because its the apocalypse doesn't mean I need to change too much"

With an annoyed look Annie hold her forehead that slightly hurt because of her own sister. "That's not what I mean! Argh, I'm so done talking to you!"

Annie turned her back and just continued drying her hair again. A pinching pain assaulted her sense "Aw!" Annie glared at her sister who mercilessly pinched her sides

"Watch your attitude young lady! I am your older sister!" Anna didn't back down and glared back at her

Suddenly, a knocking sound travelled into their ears. "Wow, it's only a few hours and he can't stop himself now"

Anna look at Annie confused on what she meant "What are you talking about?"

"What I mean is the one who knocked was clearly that guy we were talking about before!" With a distrustful expression Anna asked "how can you be so sure about that?"

The younger one took a deep breath to calm her nerves at how stupid her older sister is. "Let's take a bet. If it was the guy in the middle from before you will let me eat that chocolate we found!"

"Are you insane?! You can't stop yourself and already ate your share!" Anna cried out, both of them like sweet treats. However, now is the apocalypse just who is in his right mind would make a chocolate? Thus, chocolates are now limited. She was waiting for when they scavenge some milk to pair with the chocolate and struggled hard to stop herself from eating it.

"Why? Are you scared sister?" Annie smirked which cause annoyance to her older sister. "I'm not scared, I just find you insane. Besides what will I get if its not him?"

"Then, I will give you one of my bras!" Anna almost choke herself hearing that. It's not just the foods that are now lacking even clothes specially undergarments are hard to come by as many people already hoard the items from the supermarket

Plus, battling fallens will sometimes cause their clothes to get damage

As girls from modern times they are used at exchanging their clothes more than once a day and that included their underwears. However, doing that was impossible now. Their carriage are just small and they can't store many things on it, including clothes

"Fine, we have a deal!" A triumphant smile formed on Annie's mouth. He was absolutely sure that it was Kence who knocked the door

Kence knocked on the door again as seeing there was no response from the people inside. Hearing this Annie look at her sister with a grin "Be my guess and open the door"

Anna rolled her eyes and walk towards the door with some anticipation. If it was not Kence she would have another bra and her chocolate would be safe!

Opening the door and seeing the familiar green eyed and green haired man Anna's face fell and she pouted "why is it you?"

Realizing her words were inappropriate she quickly covered her mouth while red tinge of blush covered her face

Annie hearing her sister's words let out a loud laugh. This was just too hilarious!

Now, they clearly weren't on guard again Kence and his team. If they really want to do something bad to them they would do it when they were still exhausted

"I-I didn't mean that... I-It's just" trying to save herself but not knowing what to say just made her look even more ridiculous

Kence cough, the view of a beautiful woman with a wet hair was too much for a healthy man like him to handle. "U-umm sorry for interrupting, I just want to know if we can exchange this roast meat for umm rice"

The pair of sister's ears twitch. Although, with their strenght they can defeat mutated animals like pig or chicken but killing it was different from processing and cooking it

Sure, they can cook but dissecting an animal's corpse was not something they can do. The blood and internal organs will just make them lose their appetite

However, although they really wanted the meat and was not on much guard against Kence but eating a food from stranger was still something they are still hesitant

Seeing the looks on their faces Kence naturally knew what it means, they were still strangers after all. "I can eat some of it in front of you if you want" he offered to show that the food was not poisoned

Anna shook her head "that's unnecessary" although she said that but she still used one of her innate skill

"[Innate Skill: Purify!]" A light green energy came out from Anna's palm and shrouded the plate. Her energy has the same color as Kence and the others, it might be because she has an Elf Bloodline and also has a nature attribute

Seeing no poisonous energy were flowing out from the food Anna nodded her head with satisfaction. "Thank you, you didn't lie!"

"Um, what's that skill?" Kence was curious about the effect of Anna's skill. Thankfully, Anna patiently explained it. There's not harm explaining it to Kence after all

"Just like its name it purify things like poison and also good at treating wounds to prevent infection" Kence nodded his head and thought that her skill was kinda handy

Thinking of the poison from the foods that Harold put if not for him training his energy control thus also improving his sense he wouldn't found out that it was poisoned. If he has this skill he wouldn't need to worry if someone were to try to poison him, even if he can't sense it he can just try purifying it first

"So..um can I exchange it for rice?"

"Of course!" Seeing the delightful smile of Anna, Kence thought that the woman was really beautiful. She brought with her a calm and comforting atmosphere. Maybe it was because she has an Elf Bloodline and he was well... a tree. A Soul Tree to be exact, that's why he has some good feelings towards the woman

"I'll just get some rice in our carriage" saying this Anna went out to where the horses are. The horses and carriage can't possibly enter the house that's why she left it at the backyard

Seeing the woman's back Kence scratch the back of his head. "Why are you looking at my sister's back as if you want to eat her?" A woman's teasing voice entered Kence's ears and turned back to see Annie smirking at him

Kence's face heated up a bit but because of his pride he still acted like it was nothing. "What are you saying"

Seeing the guy being indenial Annie once again laugh. "You won't get a woman just by staring at her back. Buddy, you still got a lot of things to learn" Annie said while shaking her head

The guy just rolled his eyes, from his former profession there were times when he needs to flirt with his target to lower their guards. If it was women he was proud of his skills and now a woman was saying that he still has a lot to learn. He can't even be bothered to argue with her

"You're no fun, at least show that you are shy because you got busted" Annie pouted and thought 'this guy is so boring'

"Why would I be shy when I did not got busted like what you said?" Annie walk towards Kence and patted his shoulder

"Buddy, everyone can saw that you like my beautiful sister yet you are still denying it. Why bother lying to yourself?" Annie shook her head as if she was pitying Kence which made the guy grit his teeth in annoyance

'What poisonous tongue!' Kence thought

The woman teased him nonstop for a few minutes but he still act like what Annie said was not true.

"What are you two talking about?" At this time Anna was back while holding a few small bags filled with rice

"Nothing" Kence answered before Annie can open her mouth and speak nonsense

Anna just shrugged her shoulders "is this enough?" Anna then put the bags of rice on the table. Kence took one bag with a kilogram of rice on it

"This is already enough" a kilogram of rice was already enough for them. The meat was already heavy on the stomach plus they didn't plan on storing foods for now, the rice would just be wasted if he took to much

"Huh? But that's unfair on your part. You can take all of it" Anna said while handing the rest of the rice to Kence

"No, its okay. We just need this one" Kence shook his head

Seeing Kence refusing the rice Annie misunderstood it. "Sister, how can you still not realize it? He just wants to see you and leave a good impression by taking a loss here"

Kence looked at the woman helplessly. He just wanted a kilogram of rice to not waste food but now this woman was saying that it was for Annie..... well, a small part of why he personally come here was really because of Anna though

"Annie what are you saying!" Anna frowned and pinch her little sister again who cried out in pain

Seeing the two Kence just chuckled and was once again reminded of the peaceful life before the apocalypse

"I really only need this. I'll go for now" as much as he wanted to stay for a but his team were stil waiting for him for the rice. They were so eager and excited to eat, he can't stay long.

Kence waved his hand and turned his back but Anna's voice resounded in the house. "Um, can we know your name? We still don't know it" Kence turned back to see Anna's innocent face and a bit of foreign emotion sprouted inside his heart. If it can destroy the seed of darkness on his heart or just make it worst was something we still don't know yet

"I'm Kence. Kence Russel" he said with a dazzling smile on his face before continuing to walk back to where his team is

"Kence Russel" Anna muttered unconsciously which is something she shouldn't did

"Eh? Is my big sister interested on him? You looked as if you sketch his name on your heart. Are you starting to like him?" the mischievous little sister once again teased the older one who blushed without her knowing

"S-stop with the nonsense!" Anna's voice was a bit shaky and her sister's words once again played on his kind. She doesn't have romantic feelings for Kence (for now) but she had to admit that the guy was handsome. Specially, when he smiled at her it was as if a bunch of horses were running inside her heard at how fast it was beating