A sharp glint flashed in Daines' eyes as he grew increasingly curious about Joey, who claimed to be an ordinary farmer.

"Know yourself and know your enemy; paying attention to the details of your opponent is a good habit!"

Joey gave a dismissive laugh.

"The reinforcements that Lady Catherine summoned should have arrived!"

Daines stood up abruptly, his eyes fixed on the coastline that had disappeared from sight.

Catherine hadn't even swallowed the bread in her mouth when she heard Daines's words and became very excited. She was about to speak when she choked on the bread in her mouth and coughed a few times.

"Cough cough cough..."

"Dairens...cough cough, what did you just say?"

"The Grand Secretary said the reinforcements you summoned should have arrived!"

Joey spoke before Daines could, hoping to leave Catherine with the impression that he was proactive in helping her solve problems.

Did I ask you?

Catherine threw the bread she was holding at Joey.

Joey reacted quickly and caught it with his bare hands.

What a waste of food! The rich don't know the people who freeze to death. Catherine has been fed way too much!

"Ama ama ama..."

Joey popped the bread that Catherine had left into his mouth and ate it with gusto.

"You...you...how could you eat what I left over? It was covered in my saliva!"

This scene completely broke down the defenses of the usually pampered Catherine. The thought of her saliva entering Joey's mouth gave her goosebumps all over.

"What's wrong, Lady Catherine? I've been eating your saliva, but it feels like you're the one who's been wronged?"

Joey was completely bewildered. Who was she working so hard for? It was all for these three pigs on the sailboat! She had just eaten Joey's saliva, and Joey was already complaining. However, with the chemical reaction between saliva and starch, the bread did indeed taste much better.

"vomit--"

Catherine felt a wave of nausea and vomiting as she leaned over the edge of the boat.

Please, girl, don't actually throw up! It's all food! I, Joey Brown, worked so hard to get it onto the ship. If you keep taking it in and out, you'll waste a whole day's worth of food for each of you!

Joey was worried about the food, so he kept his eyes on Catherine, who was gagging, hoping that she would just stop gagging and not actually vomit.

Catherine, realizing that Joey was watching her even as she retched, felt a chill run down her spine. Her eyebrows furrowed, and she looked like she was constipated.

"Could it be that so-and-so has their eye on even what I threw up?"

Thinking of this, Catherine suppressed the urge to feel nauseous and forced the food that was already in her throat to go back down.

Catherine didn't want to look at Joey anymore and turned her head towards the bow of the ship, otherwise she really would have thrown up.

"As long as you didn't throw up, otherwise people will think you're pregnant from my glare!"

Joey's inner voice grumbled as she watched her retreating figure.

To be honest, when she wasn't making a fuss, the long, soaked dress clung tightly to her body, outlining her stunning figure; it was truly breathtaking.

“Joey is right, it must be the reinforcements you called, Lady Catherine. I reckon Archmage Meld has arrived as well; the wounds on those orcs look exactly like they were inflicted by his fireball spell!”

Seeing Catherine looking in his direction, Daines finished what he hadn't said earlier.

A great magician?

What secrets does Tiger Stone Mountain hold that have even alarmed a great magician to come and rescue it?

No sooner had Daines finished speaking than Joey began to make plans in his mind.