36 CH 33: Atrocity in the Restaurant

While Slathilia posed a little for the beautiful older woman, who was looking with amazement, Natasha smiled :"Hello, we're new to this town. I'm Natasha and this fella is Slathilia. Pleasure to meet you."

The lady didn't answer right away, but quickly got out of her shock :"O-oh, nice to meet you as well. Sorry, I was a bit surprised. I've never seen a dragon other than in picture books." She smiled apologetically.

Natasha chuckled :"It's alright, I understand. Anybody would be surprised if they saw a dragon. A baby one at that. Thilia, say hi."

Slathilia, waving :"Gauw."

Elysse :"Hahahaha, hello there, little cutie. Nice to meet you too, my name is Elysse. I'm the owner of this restaurant's wife. I hope you enjoy our food! So what is your order?"

"Let's see..." Natasha grabbed the menu on the table, confusing Elysse with how they hadn't decided yet. Poor woman didn't know their table had just become a national treasure. Natasha decided quickly :"We'll have 2 Number 9's, a number 9 large, number 6 with extra dip, number 7, 2 number 45's, one with cheese, and a large soda. Thanks."

...

'Fucking Big Smoke...' Slathilia looked disturbed, how the hell was she eating that much food and still so freaking lean? Because something told him all that food wasn't for him with his palm sized ass. 'I sure as hell know where all that food goes though.'

"E-eh? Huh?" The brunette looked even more shooketh, her innocent look which he had seen in most anime mom's was cute though. The only thing she was missing was closed eyes. Which in hindsight, would honestly look creepy in real life. "C-can you please r-repeat that?"

Poor woman had even more questions than Slathilia. She couldn't believe a girl with such a lean stomach could eat that much. Natasha smiled :"2 Number 9's, a number 9 large, number 6 with extra dip, number 7, 2 number 45's, one with cheese, and a large soda. Thanks."

This time, Elysse wrote it all down. Although speechless, she wasn't going to be rude to a customer. After writing it all down, she smiled politely, still not over her shock though :"T-then I'll bring your order right after it's done. Please wait here for a moment."

As she walked away, both Natasha's and Slathilia's eyes followed her. The redhead whistled quietly :"Damn, look at that booty. Thilia, quick fact, that is called a milf." The dragon looked at her in mild surprise. He didn't expect her to act like this. Who would expect such a gorgeous girl to appreciate other women's beauties and bodies instead of acting high and mighty for being better.

He wasn't disagreeing though. Because damn, that ass. They weren't the only ones with those ideas either, the other customers, mostly males, also stared at that jiggling booty as she walked away. When she was gone, Slathilia side eyed Natasha :"(Fat bitch.)"

"*Smirking* Do I look fat to you?"

"(You might as well be. How else are you planning to eat that much food?)"

"Aww, didn't you think that I ordered that much so you could have a full stomach after our training?"

"(Oh, please, I'm young, not stupid.)"

"Hahahaha, that's true. But I'm not eating that much food just because I like food. It's because of another Skill of mine. The food that I eat when my Auxiliary Stats are full turns into extra energy that will be used when I'm fighting instead of my actual Auxiliary Stats. Think of it like this: my HP is at full 100%. And when I eat, it gains a separate 5%. Now if I get injured, instead of that 100%, that 5% will be lowered instead."

"(Ooh, that's useful! It can save your life in tough situation.)"

"Of course it can, it's literally extra Auxiliary Stats."

"(I get why you're eating so much. I would too.)"

"Nah, it's because I just love food. The entire reason why I got this Skill was because of eating so much."

"(... Haaa, oh, whatever. As long as you're happy, I guess.)"

"*Stroking his head, smiling* Now that's how you're supposed to act towards your teammates."

"(By the way-)" Just as he was about to say something, something in a table further away caught their eyes. It seemed to be a couple on a date, who had their food just served. The food looked absolutely delicious, well cooked and with an amazing aroma, but that wasn't what caught their attention.

Their eyes had moved towards the guy just as he picked up his food, a taco, and something in their guts, as food junkies, told them that something bad was going to happen. Something horrendous. And what do you know, it happened the next moment.

He had ordered pizza, tacos and even chips and salsa on the table. Some stunning ones. They had Slathilia wishing for some himself. And he had decided to go with tacos first. No problem with that, everybody liked to start with a certain food.

The problem was after dipping it into the sauce. He dipped the good part. The bottom. But just as the girl was speaking, he brought the food to his mouth, and bit the top part, the un-dipped part instead. Poor girl went completely quiet. So did Slathilia and Natasha. Their brains couldn't process what they just saw.

When they did, Thilia flared his nose so slowly, so intensely, that his fire sipped out. Natasha was any better. He heard her hand clenching behind him, making cracking sounds and as her nails dragged on the table, they literally scooped up the wood.

Girl on the date wasn't any better. Her veins were popping out on her neck and clenched fist. But she seemed to be a very, very, extremely patient lady, because she just kept quiet about the atrocity she just saw and kept the conversation going with a tight smile.

But what was even worse, to add insult to the injury, the dipped sauce fell. And whoever had seen it was inches away from choosing violence. There are certain things that are just fucking unspoken rules. How to eat tacos was one of them. What they were seeing was just atrocious.

Slathilia was shaking with rage, having a hard time keeping his mouth shut and tail down. Natasha beside him had her elbows on the table and her hands clasped in front of her mouth, her bloodshot eyes staring blood murder and the idiot while she looked to be praying to whatever god was seeing this sinner to give her patient.

But he wasn't done commiting crimes.

Another problem rose when he picked up a pizza slice. Instead of pouring sauce on it like a normal, intelligent lifeform, and eating from the tip of the pizza, he flipped it around, and ate it from the crust of the pizza instead. Slathilia had to grab Natasha's hand for emotional support. And from the looks of it, Natasha needed that too.

As did the poor girl.

The restaurant had gradually grown quieter and quieter. All the attention was now on that cursed table. The guy was ignorant to the actual reason, instead feeling smug since he thought everybody stared at the beautiful girl he was on a date with. A pretty reasonable thought, considering how beautiful the noirette was. He was even delusional enough to think the reason why she had gone so red was because she was blushing from shyness and how handsome he was.

If only he knew she wanted to murder him.

But he wasn't done yet. When he had finished eating his slice of pizza in such a cursed fashion, he decided to taste some chips and salsa to freshen up the tastes. But instead of eating it like a normal person, dipping the chip into the salsa, getting just enough so that enough salsa would be used for each chip, he poured the entire salsa onto the chips.

That was the finishing blow. It felt like everybody heard a snapping sound in their heads at the same time. Just as Slathilia and Natasha sprung up to their feet to deal with the criminal, their faces twisted with unknown anger, two muscular guys who definitely didn't skip gym grabbed onto the man's shoulders.

"Yo, bitch, come outside for a second." One of them gritted out. "H-huh?" The guy looked shocked, and before he could even get a chance to take one of his cursed chips and salsa, he was getting dragged outside :"W-wait, what's going on?! What the fuck are you doing?! Let go of me!" But his voice just grew more and more distant, and finally, the sinner was taken out of the restaurant. To add insult to the injury, everybody cheered as he was being thrown out.

Their gaze at the poor was filled with pity though. Imagine going on a date and the dumbass doesn't even know how to eat basic food. And from the looks of it, her appetite was pretty much ruined. Sighing, rubbing her forehead, she got up to pay for the food. She couldn't even stand to look at the violated food.

"How much will that be?" She told the restaurant owner, a normal looking middle aged man, who had come out to see the silent war crime, leaving the food in the kitchen behind because of how shocked he was. But the man, with a sigh of his own, waved his hand :"Don't worry about it. There's no need to pay for what you couldn't even enjoy."

"Huh? But I can't just-"

"I said forget about it, alright? You're a regular here, but you didn't even get to touch your food because of that dumbass. Just think of this as me helping you ease off after going through that. Ugh, who even eats like that...?"

"Well... alright then, thank you. And sorry for what happened."

"It's alright, girl. It wasn't your fault."

"Hm, then goodbye."

She began to walk towards the exit. But on the way, she passed the duo's table, where Natasha called out to her :"Hey, sis, wanna eat with us?" Stopping, she turned to the redhead :"Excuse me- huh?" But they both recognized each other :"Wait, aren't you two..." Although Slathilia's memory was hazy because of being tired back then, he also remembered her.

'Ooh, wait, isn't she that girl we sat with on the carriage the first day we came to Edostin?'

"What a coincidence to meet you here." Natasha smiled, the noirette nodded with a small smile of her own :"Yeah, what a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet you guys again. In here, no less. Hello to you too, lil fella."

Slathilia :"Gauw."

"Hahahaha, cute. So what did you just say? I was kinda absent minded just now, didn't hear you."

Natasha :"I said, why don't you eat with us? I've ordered enough food for multiple people, so you can eat with us too."

"Uhh... thanks, but I shouldn't. My appetite is ruined too because of what happened just now. Sorry for that, by the way."

Natasha :"It's alright, he is already solved. Anyway, come on, you can't just leave a restaurant with an empty stomach. It will just bother you even more when you're hungry and get reminded of why you couldn't eat."

"Well... that's true..."

"Then it's decided. Now come on, sit." Natasha smiled, and with a sigh, the girl smiled helplessly :"Alright, thanks. But I'll pay for my own share." As she took a seat, Natasha shrugged :"Whatever makes you feel better."

Natasha :"I'm Natasha, by the way, and this is Slathilia. It's a pleasure to meet you again."

Serenity :"My name is Serenity, it's nice to meet you both as well."

Slathilia :"Gauw."

Natasha :"He says nice to meet you too."

Serenity :"Hahaha, glad to see he's friendly. So you can understand him?"

Natasha :"Yeah, makes taking care of him a lot easier."

Serenity :"Is it Magic? Some sort of contract?"

Natasha, smiling :"You know a lot."

Serenity, smiling :"And you can do a lot."

Slathilia didn't know why, but he felt like there was some sort of hidden meaning behind their friendly smiles.