47 – Date? – One
“Char, Charlotte de Gargantua, His Majesty the King, see you.”
The owner of the store greeted Serena and Charlotte trembling.
It seems that he is trying to make his face as natural as possible with a smile on his face so as not to get caught, but it seems to be of no use.
It was because he looked like he was about to burst into tears.
Behind them, all the waiters and cooks in the restaurant were lined up. And all of them looked like they were about to burst into tears at any moment, just like their owners.
It made me feel sorry for the onlookers, and considering Charlotte’s extremely uncomfortable feelings, I wondered if that alone would blow my throat.
The place where we are now is a restaurant topped with red tiles that the old man introduced to me when I was with Serena.
There were few customers, befitting an ambiguous hour that was just past 11 o’clock, but when Charlotte suddenly appeared, even the few customers took care of themselves and left as if they were waiting and running away.
If you think about the fact that the second and third floors are for rich customers, they must be rich or powerful, but even so, in front of Charlotte, they were no different from candles in front of the sun.
No matter how strong that power is, it will be stronger than Charlotte.
The owner, who was doing well in business and was struck by the sudden appearance of the king, hurriedly ran out to greet Charlotte, and as soon as he realized that Charlotte didn’t look very good, he started sweating profusely.
If you get caught wrong, your whole life and store will be lost.
In fact, the source of the fear was looking around the internal structure with an attitude of not caring what the four people were doing.
To the owners and staff here, it must have looked like they were somehow looking for a reason to be abusive, but it seemed to me that they were just looking around.
“Guide me.”
“Yes? Yes! I see!”
Despite the fact that the words were cut from the front and back, the owner seemed to have managed to understand what Charlotte meant.
He winked at the waitress behind him, brought several bundles of red carpets, and laid them out in the way Charlotte would pass. It was a very luxurious material, so I couldn’t hear any footsteps.
The place where the owner led us was a room on the innermost part of the 3rd floor, which was gorgeous to look at.
Although the second and third floors were generally furnished more like an aristocratic landscape, this room was much more so.
The dining table and chairs were decorated with gold, and the chairs in particular were large enough to believe they were sofas, not ordinary chairs.
The softly lit candle gave off a peculiar smell, perhaps something close to a scented candle. Black and gold curtains hung down either side of the door.
It was a structure that became a completely enclosed space when the curtains were drawn.
The waitresses who had followed us entered first with a modest gait and carefully pulled back the chairs for Serena and Charlotte to sit on.
He was said to be calm even in this situation, but his expression was one that, like the other employees, was gripped with fear that he would die if caught.
By the way, I didn’t omit my seat, but it was because Charlotte cast a spell to erase all humans in this place on me. That’s right hanging in the palace.
If I hadn’t cast this spell, I would have had to extract all the memories of everyone here by the time I finished eating.
After Serena and Charlotte were seated, the other waitresses came in one after another and began basic table setting.
Plates, knives and forks were laid out, and a small patterned bowl of salad was placed beside the knives. Soon after, a bottle of wine was carefully placed on the table.
When the table setting was over, the people left in a row, and only the owner holding a paper and pen with shaking hands and the two waitresses who had removed the chairs in the first place were standing.
Serena and Charlotte were still sulking.
“Ugh, how would you like the food?”
“The most expensive one. I’ll decide the other later.”
“Ah, I see! I’ll make it ready immediately!”
As soon as the owner had an excuse to leave, he quickly went out. The sliding door closed, leaving me, Serena, Charlotte, and two stiff waiters in the room.
Charlotte gave another order.
“scram.”
“Yes, yes. Boo, please… Have a happy meal.”
The two of them went out with a look of relief even though they were shaking, and the door was closed once again. The room with only three left was perfectly quiet.
It was all the more so because Serena, like Serena, and Charlotte, like Charlotte, were not hiding their uncomfortable feelings.
Charlotte was naturally sitting at the top of the table, so she pulled out a chair across from Serena and to the right of Charlotte and sat there.
The texture was different from that of an ordinary leather chair. It was soft as if it gently wrapped around the body, but it never felt soft or soft.
There was no plate, no spoon, nothing in front of me. Because of the erasure magic, the employees didn’t even know I was there, so it was only natural.
Seeing this, Charlotte winked at me, and the seat I was sitting on briefly glowed blue, and the same table setting appeared.
I ran my finger across the plate. It’s a real plate. The same goes for forks and knives placed on either side. It seemed to have been brought using teleportation magic.
It was a precision that other wizards would never even dare to imitate.
“therefore.”
Charlotte was the first to break the long silence.
“How did you find out about this place, my dear?”
“I heard it from someone who lives here. I don’t know all the cities in the kingdom.”
“It’s pretty shabby, but you picked a place that’s not bad. I’ll praise you.”
“It’s shabby? This is it?”
I glanced around the room. The interior was perfect for a city’s lord-level dignitaries to come and have a meal.
Considering Charlotte’s status, it’s not unconvincing to say such a thing, but if you feel shabby, that wasn’t the case either.
“They call shabby things shabby, then what do you call them?”
“Aren’t your eyes too high?”
“Everything under Gargantua’s name belongs to me, so why is it wrong to pursue only the best among them?”
“I didn’t do anything wrong. They looked expensive enough in my eyes, but I did it because I was surprised by your reaction.”
“You, too, have enjoyed luxury and pleasure in your life. Think of it as an extension of that. It’s a very simple thing. However, for me, the standard for luxury and pleasure is a bit high.”
Saying that, Charlotte smiled confidently. Isn’t that usually expressed by saying that the eyes are high? I wrapped this and that, but in the end, it’s like affirming my words. I thought it was Charlotte.
“As you once said, even an immortal being cannot ignore the pleasures of beauty and food. I can do it.”
Of course, there must be absolutely no covetous beauty other than mine,” Charlotte added, snapping her fingers.
With the sound of fingers rubbing, red wine filled my wine glass. I wondered how this was done again, but I was convinced that I must have used the transfer door in moderation.
Even if you know it, it’s not something you can imitate.
“Except for four years.”
Charlotte’s finger pointed at Serena. The glass in front of Serena was empty.
“There is only one person in this world worthy of serving Jim. I would like to kick him out of here right now, but I will give the beggar a piece of sympathy and provide him with food. Do it. Isn’t it a method befitting a beast?”
“Charlotte, how old are you, childishly—”
I said until I was forced to shut my mouth. The tip of his tongue, which had been cut between his front teeth, left a scarlet stain on the table along with drops of blood.
There was a bitter taste of blood in my mouth. Should I consider myself lucky that I didn’t get an ice spear thrown at my neck like last time?
I focused my senses on my tongue to promote regeneration and picked up a wine bottle that had fallen.
At least, I brought up the idea to come here, and since I was by my side, it ended with an argument.
“You talk a lot about the loser who forcibly intervened between the lord and me. They say that when you’re anxious, you talk a lot, but that’s exactly what it sounds like.”
“Forcibly interfering, it means that they have found a partner more suited to each other’s rank. What is the meaning of humans walking around with animals other than taking their pets for a walk?”
“Has it ever occurred to you that it is far better to be the beloved pet of your lord than to be the unloved loser?”
“You finally admit that you’re just a beast. All right. Let Jim humbly go over it. There’s nothing more stupid than being angry at a beast that doesn’t understand what you’re talking about.”
“Seeing that he does not deny the fact that he is not loved by his lord, he seems to have accepted that he is a loser.”
The words were cut off there.
As if their patience had reached their limit, forks and knives floated up on both sides of Charlotte.
Serena also raised the knife next to the plate and blew mana into it. It was fortunate that it was proof that the two of them still had at least some patience left.
“Enough, both of you.”
As soon as my words ran out, the forks and knives that were about to be shot instead of the ejection magic returned to their original positions.
The knife, which had almost cut raw human flesh instead of steak, was placed on the table and clattered.
The terrifying current flowing between the two had subsided at some point.
“Do you really have to come all the way here and fight like that?”
“I’m sorry, lord.”
“…I won’t apologize.”
Unlike Serena, who immediately bowed her head to me, Charlotte expressed the energy of feeling excited and angry with her whole body.
Ugh, he sighed and poured some of the uncorked wine into Serena’s glass while they fought.
Serena was startled and hurriedly held the glass with both hands. I didn’t follow him for a while, but in the meantime, seeing how fast he was moving, it seemed that he had even used body strengthening.
I was about to put down the wine bottle, roughly adjusting the amount and water level in my glass with an eye test, but I felt someone pulling my sleeve from the left side.
In terms of location, it’s Charlotte. Suddenly, wondering why, I looked to the left. Charlotte was holding a wine glass in her left hand and pulling at my clothes with her right hand.
“Follow me too.”
“Why are you?”
“Isn’t the cup empty?”
“What are you talking about? At first, you and I filled it up—”
Charlotte lightly shook the wine glass in her left hand. The inside was empty. Not even a trace of the wine was visible.
what number did you write When I lightly glanced at her, Charlotte grinned and raised the corners of her mouth as if she had been pouting.
I did it like that, can you do anything? You should do whatever you want. Just like when I was pouring Serena, I poured the wine in moderation, similar to my glass, and then put the wine bottle down.
Serena was staring blankly at the glass I poured for her, and Charlotte was turning the glass around to examine its contents.
“It’s not that classy wine.”
“Yes? How much is it?”
“I think it’s enough to prepare just two digits of gold coins. This must be the most expensive wine here, but it’s also a shabby place.”
“…”
Charlotte’s review of the place continued until the hors d’oeuvres were served.
As soon as the owner entered the room, he heard Charlotte tearing down his store and sat down on the floor in fright.
To borrow Charlotte’s words, it’s ‘there’s something stabbed, so you react like that’, but I don’t know.
