There's a limit to how much Zi Xi can eat on our own. So please think of it as letting me indulge in my hobbies.

[After all, the faster they finish these the sooner he could make a different batch.

He didn't come from a place where saying a quick prayer before eating is practised but he had heard of it being a thing that was done in other places.

So he waited for her to be done that before he sipped his tea.

Honestly, he would have told her that best manners are hardly necessary. If anything, her open enthusiasm was nice compared to the two-faced nobles in the capital. He was good at playing the game of politics, but he'd take this sort of interaction over the overly fussy court manners any day.]

I'm glad you enjoy them.