Strings Of Domination

"Is there perhaps a problem? Is it possible that the food served here is not to your liking?" Flake asked with a slightly worried tone of voice as he glanced at Nash.

Upon feeling the stare on him from everyone, Nash seemed to realize his mistake and quickly cleared his through kind of awkwardly and shook his head.

"No, not at all. As a fact, they seem to be extremely compelling, it is just their price is... pretty expensive."

Flake's eyes brightened in a flash once he heard Nash's words and with a delighted smile that boosted his handsomeness to greater levels, he laughed gently and said, "I see, but as I have already said this, it is all on me this time so don't worry about the price. Order whatever you seem the most appealing to your eyes!"

Nash looked at Flake and after he nodded briefly he lowered his gaze onto the menu in his hands, looking at what kind of fares the Crimson Tavern could offer him while deep inside he sighed with relief that he was able to reply with a lie right away.

'That was close.' Nash sighed in his heart as he currently read the ingredients of a specific soup called Dragonheart Soup.

'I wonder what happened. Did they begin to fight with each other right after we left?' Nash pondered deeply as the reaped Legacy he just obtained a few seconds ago was one of the creatures he was able to put under his control. And if he was right, it was the Legacy of the creature that hailed from the Cyclopes Race.

'Well, although I feel bad for losing a potential soldier that could have helped me in the future, I can always acquire a new Cyclopes anytime.' Nash thought to himself as he turned the paper in his hand over and added, 'Furthermore, it is never an issue to have an extra ability in my possession.'

With those words in mind, boosting his mood slightly, Nash raised the paper in his hold a little bit higher and began to look over the foods with greater enthusiasm.

After 5 minutes, when it seemed everyone finished looking through the dishes Flake waved his hand and said, "We would like to order please."

"Right away!" a feminine voice sounded and after a few seconds, a figure appeared at their table's side, showing a warm smile that looked rather happy, "Hi, my name is Sue and I will be your server this time. What would you like to start with?"

'Huh? A Human?' Nash, Amy, and Miles were taken aback when they saw that the person standing in front of them was a human despite when they entered the Crimson Tavern they met with the boss of the place who was a creature and not a human!

Nash became startled and shifted his gaze at Flake to see if he was showing any kind of hostility or disgust toward Sue, but to his great surprise, Flake was smiling kindly while his Happiness Level increased slowly, indicating he was not faking his smile at all!

"Well, let's see... I think you guys should start first." Flake looked at Nash and the two on his sides, even gesturing at them that they should say what they have chosen.

Nash nodded as his impression of Flake deepened a little bit more, thinking he was slightly different from the other creatures out there. Though, this didn't mean he looked at him as a friend, not even close to it, as he will definitely make sure to get rid of him once he gets everything he wanted from it, just like how the Slayer Race or any of the other race out there did and still do with the Human Race!

"Then we would like to order a Broasted Frost Bison and a Pan-Fried Abyss Triggerfish," Nash said as he pointed at the two dishes he and Amy chose, but once he got to the point where he had to choose for Miles he stopped talking as he didn't know what he should say.

Miles, however, once noticing the gazes on him from both Nash and everyone else turned the paper in his hand toward Sue and quickly said, "Miss, I want this, this, this, this, and these four here. Oh, and two from this too, please. Thank you."

'...'

Everyone looked at Miles with stupefied gazes and in silence, not knowing what they should say or do. Did they really just hear Miles mention about ten different dishes one after another or did they just hallucinate?

The group of five stared with widened eyes at Miles who showed an excited smile once he finished pointing at the dishes and leaned back, looking like a little kid who couldn't wait to get what he wished for!

'This guy...' only after an entire minute later did Nash snap out of his daze and was ready to look at Flake to apologize, when suddenly Flake laughed, taking him and everyone else by surprise.

"Haha! Sou you like to eat, huh?" Flake laughed with delight that sounded like bells ringing during spring, and after looking at sue he said, "Just forget their order, we will order everything on the menu."

"EEHH?" both Amy and Nash looked at Flake with widened eyes while Miles's eyes lit up like stars in the sky during the night. There was even drool flowing down from the corner of his mouth, but thanks to his mask it was covered or else others would see a pretty funny image of him apart from his silent and indifferent personality.

"S-Sir... Are you sure about your order?" Sue mumbled with awe, but when she saw how Flake took out a pouch that was filled with crystals she knew he was not joking.

"Here, half of the payment for the food and service for now, and the other half will be given once we finished," Flake said calmly as he handed the pouch to Sue with a smile.

Sue's hands trembled once she held the pouch that literally was full of hundreds of shiny crystals but as she realized what her role was she quickly bowed and said, "I see, I will bring your food as soon as I possibly can."

"We are not in a hurry so just take your time, there is no reason to rush things unnecessarily." Flake waved his hand casually and once Sue was no longer around he shifted his gaze at Nash and said, "Well then, let's talk about your 'requirements' to join my family you have mentioned before, shall we?"