My golden apple dropped to the ground as Luke shot a precise arrow of mana in my direction. What was his deal this early in the morning? I only wanted to eat an apple.
"My apple," I whimpered.
"I'll wash a new one for you," Luke placed some apples into the pail full of water.
Once the apples bobbed on top of the water, he pulled one out before passing it into my hands. I didn't understand the difference between using purify and washing the apples with water. It was tedious to fill the pail with water from a stone well a few meters away from the house.
"Did you forget what happened last time with the desserts?" Luke sighed.
I bit into the warm juices of the apple gushing into my mouth. I cringed when it tasted bittersweet compared to the fruits in the first district. If the rest of the
