Su'er had long since lost all confidence in this Elf's personal hygiene. To be lazy, she would even lie and cheat, and her obsession had truly been left in a strange place.
"...Tsk", Think stared at Su'er for a moment and finally lowered her head and made a quiet 'tsk' sound.
So - you brat were indeed trying to pass off something strange you touched, weren't you!!
Su'er was almost unable to control his urge to complain internally. His eyes had completely evolved into dead fish eyes.
Under Su'er's supervision, Think washed her hands clean. She finally got her wish and picked up a baked cake. She took a big bite, biting off most of it along with the blueberry jam on top.
"Wan-da-do-poo-doo-da-bu-too?"
"...What? Swallow your food before you talk."
Think's voice was muffled because her mouth was full. Su'er squinted his eyes and complained, and then he handed her a cup of water.
"...I said, why didn't you make cream puff cake today?", she swallowed the cake with the water Su'er handed her. While patting her chest, Think asked a bit strangely.
"You'll get tired of eating it all the time, won't you? It's good to change the flavor once in a while. How does this one taste?", Su'er asked casually as he also picked up a blueberry cake and took a bite, chewing it.
The sweet and sour taste diluted the greasy feeling well. He didn't know if it was the milk from an unknown species that Think had gotten from the Elf this time, but he felt that there was an unremovable fishy taste.
Chef Su'er gave this cake a low score.
"Heh, you're already giving a tired evaluation of something you like. Are humans such fickle creatures?"
"Don't give me a moral evaluation for just eating a cake, hey!!"
Su'er almost choked on his own saliva when he heard Think's sudden evaluation. He was coughing violently.
"It's good that you're here. I won't have to bring you your snacks. Just take these with you", Su'er said with a bad-tempered roll of his eyes. After leaving Jibril's share, he simply shoved all the remaining cakes to Think.
Holding the white porcelain plate in her hand, Think sniffed the lingering aroma at the tip of her nose, but she still leaned against the kitchen counter and did not return to her lab like she used to.
"...Is there anything else?", Su'er finally noticed that the light golden-haired Elf seemed to have something she wanted to say. He felt that his heart had unknowingly tensed up. He was nervous, and he didn't even know why he felt this way.
It had nothing to do with feelings of love.
"Instead of me having something, shouldn't it be Mr. Monkey who has something?", Think casually picked up a small cake and put it into her mouth. She raised an eyebrow and said.
"Huh? Me?", Su'er was a bit amused. He shook his head and said: "What could I have--"
"I'll ask this a little more directly... Is Mr. Monkey troubled by those humans?", Think decisively skipped the annoying steps and interrupted Su'er's denial. She asked straightforwardly, "Today... no, it should be that this situation has been going on for several days. Your abnormality."
Her words were so undeniably certain.
The Elf believed in her own judgment deeply.
"Mr. Monkey is very bad at hiding his emotions. Hmm, maybe it's just an unintentional manifestation? You should know, right? For us races, many of your subtle expressions and movements can reveal your true thoughts", Think continued without giving Su'er a chance to argue: "If you are worried about those humans, then why don't you accept my suggestion?"
"Or why not just present the excellent conditions to them and let them choose for themselves?", the tray had been put aside. Think hugged her arms and her fingers were tapping on her arms impatiently, "Have you ever thought about one thing? Mr. Monkey, you took it upon yourself to refuse my suggestion for them, an opportunity for them to escape a dangerous life and live a life without worrying about food and safety - but would they really thank you?"
"..."
His breathing felt as if it was being choked. Su'er could not answer such a question.
There would definitely be people who would agree... Su'er was sure that as long as Think appeared and presented the beautiful choice to the people in the settlement, there would definitely be people who would agree.
They might hesitate, they might worry, but in the end, they would definitely appear.
And just as Think said, he refused her suggestion because he was worried that humans would lose the will to move forward in the captivity of the Elf - would the people in the settlement really thank him?
Torturous.
He didn't know when this emotion and thought had appeared. When Su'er noticed it, it had already covered his heart like a sprawling shadow, and it would never disappear as the light appeared.
Every time he ate a delicious meal, every time he slept soundly in a comfortable temperature, he couldn't help but think of it whenever he didn't have to be overly vigilant about potential dangers.
A sense of self-loathing like betrayal.
A betrayal to the people who saved him and allowed him to live until now.
The more comfortably he lived, the more his body's desires were satisfied, the more Su'er was tormented... The thought of Credo and Lenny and... Nonna...
The thought that they were still shivering from the cold, struggling with danger, and constantly moving the settlement's location because of a crisis that could arrive at any time, the more Su'er was tormented.
Was his decision right?
Was it right for him to live like this?
He was craving for a correct answer that would never appear.
Therefore, he could only remain silent.
He couldn't even look into the Elf's eyes directly.
"Not just me, but that Flügel probably noticed it too, didn't she?", Think's voice was filled with a subtle pity. She was pitying Su'er, pitying his human frailty. Her fair palm was pressed tightly against Su'er's cheek, feeling a bit cool.
"It started from that time, didn't it?", Think slowly lifted Su'er's head so that she could see his eyes, "The time... when you could no longer recall any new knowledge..."
He subconsciously clenched his fists, but his fists were empty with no target.
The light golden-haired Elf was right again.
She was always like this. She could easily see through his heart - Su'er hated this, but he couldn't say anything to refute it.
He was just an ordinary person, an ordinary college student, an ordinary office worker. He had no extraordinary memory.
More than two years had already drained all the remaining knowledge in his mind. No matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't recall anything more.
Think had seen all of this.