"Here you go, sir" the waiter neatly placed the plates on the table as Knight jumped to the empty chair beside Don and looked at the plates with excitement.
Even though Knight was hungry for meat and drooled inside when he saw the plates, he had still kept his table manners to perfect. Don grabbed the handkerchief from the table and tied around Knight's neck as Knight started to eat with fork and knife in each hand like a human being.
Seeing the magical beast eating like a real human being, the group of the girl that looked at Don and his companions was shocked and their mouth and eyes opened wide in surprise.
"How did he train that animal?" one of the men from the girl's group asked silently.
"Let's just ask him that " the girl said in a husky voice and stood up.
"Jemma, If you like that puppy I'll get it for you, you don't need to ask a stranger " a young man in a silver dress said to the girl.
"You can't just get other people's stuff here as you did in the sect Mervan"
The girl rolled her eyes and smiled at him.
"Who can stop me from doing that here? People here will probably give their daughters to me if they know I'm an inner disciple of the Cold Moon Mansion"
Mervan looked so arrogant and proud while he said that, but the girl still didn't let him do anything.
"No Mervan I'll do this like a civil person, you'll let me do it right?" the girl gave him a wink and innocent puppy dog eyes that made Mervan sigh and raised his heartbeat
On the opposite table, Don noticed every move the girl and her group made with occasional glances. He guessed the girl planned to come here and just as he guessed the girl started to walk towards him.
"You have such a cute pet" the girl's sweet voice reached Don's ears as well as Knight's and Uncle Dior's.
The girl before him was young and beautiful, There was sunshine in her smile and her voice so gentle and sweet, Her silver-colored clothes were looked like they were made from fine silk and decorated with gold lines resembled small flowers and stars; each strand of her raven black hair was moving freely in the breeze, a compliment to her stillness. Her smile was so beautiful that it could melt any young man's heart in a second.
However, Don's mike face didn't show any expression but a gentle smile just for the sake of not showing his true nature yet.
"Yeah he is very cute" Don calmly said without falling for her beauty, the girl smiled widely yet a bit of surprise appeared and disappeared in a second seeing he's not behaving like the young master's she met in the capitol.
"Brother, do you mind I pet him?" she didn't wait for Don's answer as she reached out her hands to touch Knight.
Seeing the girl going to touch him, Knight bared his teeth and growled at her. Jemma hadn't thought the puppy would behave like this as she quickly took back her hands and looked disappointed.
"He doesn't like other people touch him"
"Brother, Do you mind if I sit here with you?" Jemma asked pointing towards the empty place between Uncle Dior and Knight.
Don was slightly confused thinking about what game this girl is playing but after a moment he just signaled her to sit with him.
"Help yourself"
Jemma smiled at him and waved her hands at the empty chair as the chair moved towards her and placed itself behind Jemma.
"I'm Jemma Ariel" Jemma introduced her with a smile and waited for the young man's answer.
"You can call me Michael and this is my friend Hugo and this little guy is Day"
Don introduced himself, Uncle Dior and Knight using fake names to Jemma.
(Avoid handshakes to minimize the chances of spreading coronavirus)
"It's nice to meet you, Brother Michael do you live around here?"
"No, I'm from a faraway kingdom, just traveling around to train myself"
As Don said he finished eating and pa.s.sed the wine bottle to Uncle Dior who was trying his best not to shiver in the presence of this expensive bottle of wine.
"Oh, do you mind telling me what level are you?"
Don hadn't given her an answer immediately as he took a sip of water
"I'm at the master low-level "
There was a slight relief that emerged in Jemma's eyes as she quickly hid it with a smile.
"It seems brother Micheal is a prodigy, you would have been an inner disciple if you were in our Cold Moon Mansion"
"Cold Moon Mansion huh?" Don realized that this is the second time he's meeting someone from the Cold Moon Mansion. He met Whitehoney Amara from the auction house before this.
"You've heard about our sect?"
Don took another sip from the gla.s.s
"Yeah I've heard about it"
"Oh, do you have any plans to join the sect? I could give you a recommendation" Jemma said with a genuine voice and smile.
"No, thanks but I will definitely visit your sect one day"
Don's tone was neither too respectful nor too polite.
"Sure but if you change your mind just ask from anyone in our sect for me and I'll make time to meet Brother Michael"
Don simply nodded.
"So what's Brother Michael's plan from here?"
"I'm planning to see the Kingdom of Emir next"
Don didn't reveal his plan to visit the Barren Hills to James because he didn't trust the beautiful innocent girl before him.
When Jemma heard Don her smile became even brighter.
"Then you should rent a caravan Brother, it'll take a toll on you if you fly there on a broom"
Jemma looked at Knight while she said that and turned her gaze towards Don again.
"That's the plan but I don't know where to find one"
Don said as he took one last sip from the gla.s.s.
"You don't have to worry about that brother I'll arrange one for you just meet me at the town square after you finish everything and ready to go"
Jemma said as she smiled happily.
"Nice of you to offer, but I think" but before Don could decline the girl's offer,
"I insist brother besides I'll be very sad if something happens to the little guy"
Don could have rejected her offer of help if he wanted to but he wanted to see what game is this girl playing with him and besides he would have got a caravan anyway so he chose to play along with her.
The magical mask and the teleportation array in the castle gave him the means to accept her offer because if he faced any threats that he couldn't face, he had Catalie to teleport him away quickly.
"Alright I'll meet you there in thirty minutes," Don said as Jemma smiled brightly and stood up to say goodbye.
However, at the moment she stood up she went off balance and started to fall in the direction of where Uncle Dior was sitting.
Seeing the girl falling towards him Uncle Dior quickly grabbed her hands and prevented her from falling completely.
"Thank you, Mr.Hugo " Jemma said and let go of Uncle Dior's hands.
"No it's fine " Uncle Dior said.
"Ok brother Michael I'll take my leave now and meet you at the town square"
After seeing Jemma regroup with her friends, Don asked for the bill that made Uncle Dior nearly cry to the waiter and paid the bill with the gold he took from Minister Bryan.
"Hmm, it indeed did not turn into a cliche fight that happens in Divine Continent Don" Knight sent a telepathic message and wiped his mouth and paws with the tissues on the table.
(Wash your hands with sanitizer on a regular basis to minimize your chances of getting coronavirus)
"Let's get out of here " Knight said as he jumped back on Don's shoulder to go out.
"Don put this inside your ring" Uncle Dior held out the bottle of wine towards Don and insisted him with his eyes.
Don couldn't know whether to laugh or be angry at the stingy half-elf but looking at him made Don realize he couldn't leave the wine bottle without making Uncle Dior cry.
After a moment the ring on Don's hand started to shine and light from the ring enveloped the bottle then disappeared with it leaving nothing. Uncle Dior was relieved to see that the wine bottle was not left behind as he could get it from Don after he reached the castle.
"Alright now we can go"
