If Nathan knew what Bella was thinking he would probably be speechless.
The reason for cutting the Null fruit like that was because he doesn't want her to literally explode.
pαпdα-ňᴏνê|·сóМ Since the Null Fruit he gave is an intermediate grade one, the energy contained in that one fruit probably has the potential to make a normal human explode if they ate it.
It was something that Nathan realized when he ate the Null Fruit before as well.
The reason that he felt full after just eating 7 Null Fruit was because the energy it had was filling up his whole body and not just 'mindlessly' raising his level.
Meaning, there's a possibility that if someone consumes too much in a short span of time, their body won't be able to handle it hence exploding.
For Bella's safety, he only gave her ¼ of the intermediate Null fruit as it contains more than 10 times the energy within a low grade Null Fruit.
He's not even sure if that amount of Null fruit is alright for a normal person such as her to eat.
That is why, he is keeping an eye on her after he gives her the fruit.
As the one being stared at, Bella also noticed Nathan looking at her intently.
Being stared at by a man, she felt a little uncomfortable and asked, "Uhm, is there a problem?"
Only then did Nathan realize that what he was doing was a little inappropriate.
"Ah! I'm sorry about that," he apologized, then he explained, "It's just, the fruit I gave you was a normal fruit. I'm just watching out if there's ever a problem after you eat it."
A suspicious look appeared on Bella's face after hearing that.
She turned her eyes to the fruit and tried her best to inspect it with a frown on her face.
Finding nothing wrong with it, she took one last look at Nathan and decided to take a small bit at the piece of fruit in her hand.
At first, all she noticed was the taste of the fruit which is very fruity and sweet.
But when she swallowed it, she felt a warm current rushing through all parts of her body.
"Ah~" involuntarily, she let out a sound out of comfort.
When she heard the sound that came out of her mouth, her eyes widened and immediately covered her mouth.
At the side, Nathan who's been watching the whole time, also felt an indescribable feeling after hearing such a voice.
Luckily, he was able to compose himself immediately and acted as if nothing happened.
When Bella took a peek on his face, she sighed after seeing that he did not seem to have heard it.
'I guess it was just audible for me.' she thought, still a little unsure.
At the same time, she felt that her body felt much better now for some reason and there's a lot of energy inside her.
"Eh? How can that be possible?"
Her smooth sounding voice came out of her mouth and a surprised look immediately appeared on her face.
It was because, as a sign of retaliation or maybe just her hoping to die after being captured, she stopped eating or drinking anything.
The food that was presented to her by the cultists to keep her alive was not touched by her, not even a single grain of rice and not even a drop of water.
Because of that, her body was dehydrated and she became skinny.
For her to last until now is nothing but some sort of miracle!
And now, she can even speak and is full of energy after just a small bite of the fruit given by Nathan!
She hurriedly looked at Nathan with curious eyes.
She asked, "What is that fruit that you gave me?"
With a plain look on his face, he replied, "Nothing, just a fruit that I personally made."
Seeing that Nathan obviously doesn't want to tell, she stared at him for a few seconds before letting go of the matter.
Nathan also saw that Bella seems to have recovered a lot of strength after that small bite of the Null Fruit and decided that they can escape from here now.
But then, Nathan suddenly felt someone coming towards the place where he and Bella are.
He also saw it from the drone's camera.
He frowned, in a low voice, he said, "Someone is coming, just stay here."
After thinking, he added, "Cover your ears and shut your eyes."
Bellas obediently nodded her head and remained sitting in her place. She did as Nathan told her and covered her ears with her hands and tightly shut her eyes.
Nathan looked around to see if there's somewhere where he can hide here.
Since this place is for isolation, there's only one path which is the path he took to get here.
Finding no place to hide, Nathan was running out of time.
Then he suddenly thought of an idea.
He stuck to the wall and using some strength, he buried his finger into the walls, creating 5 holes on the wall where his fingers were inserted.
When the cultists arrived, he did not see anyone other than Bella sitting there with her hands on her ears 'acting like a crazy person'.
It was nothing new so he just let it be.
On his hand, there was a tray and above that was a glass of water and a piece of bread.
"Your food." He said and was about to turn around to leave.
But then, Nathan, who was tightly holding onto the wall near the entrance, jumped towards him and twisted his neck in an instant causing his death.
Nathan breathes a sigh of relief seeing the dead cultist.
"Phew, luckily I was not discovered."
Then he turned his eyes at Bellas who's still covering her ears with closed eyes. Nathan thought that it might not be good if she saw a corpse.
That's why, he dragged the dead body out of the 'room' and threw it on one of the hidden spots.
After that, he came back and tapped Bella on the shoulders.
He said, "It's fine now. You can open your eyes."
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