The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 696

Suddenly, Belle's stomach growled twice, signaling her hunger. Since waking up, they hadn’t had breakfast, and she was famished. Now she could almost feel her abdominal muscles showing through her hunger-induced flat stomach.

Hands on her hips, Belle demanded fiercely, "Country boy, I'm hungry, go get some food!"

"Why should I?" Danny retorted, his hands tucked in his pockets and his tone defiant. "You've been hitting me with that twig, making my butt swell. You had your fun, and now you want me to fetch food?"

Belle raised the twig, thin as her little finger, towards Danny’s nose and asked sternly, "Are you going or not?"

"I’ll go! I’ll go!" Danny hastily agreed, not wanting to feel the sting of that twig again.

As Danny headed deeper into the forest, Belle quickly called after him, "Where are you going?"

"You said you were hungry and to get you food, right? I'm going to find us something to eat!" Danny responded earnestly.

"What are you going to find?" Belle’s curiosity was piqued.

"We're in the wild; how should I know what I'll find?" Danny gestured down at the ground, making a serious case. "Look at this underbrush, lots of dead grass here, and no bugs at all. But there are chicken droppings, which means there must be wild chickens nearby, probably quite a few. I’m gonna catch a wild chicken and cook it for you, Belle!"

"Wild chicken? You’re going to catch one? Wait for me; I'll come with you. It's boring to be here alone," Belle said, her spirits lifted.

And then Victoria joined in, "I want to go, too!"