Chapter 483

Chapter 490: A New Incident Arises (Please Subscribe!)

The location is West Street, The Bountiful Mistress Tavern.

As the best tavern in this area, it was bustling with business as usual today.

Under the lively greetings of Mama Mia, the owner, and her team of beautiful young female waitresses, the tavern was filled to capacity.

After putting away his hand-drawn map of Daedalus Street, Izay casually made his way here.

In the two years since he became an adventurer, this place was undoubtedly the tavern he visited most frequently.

This had cultivated in Izay a habit of stopping by whenever he had nothing better to do.

Though he was often complained about by Mama Mia…

But that couldn’t be helped.

Who could be happy when someone had their eye on their own cabbages?

To put it plainly, The Bountiful Mistress was essentially an enlarged orphanage.

Perhaps it wasn’t polite to say, but Izay meant no disrespect. He was merely stating facts.

Mama Mia always kindly took in girls from various backgrounds. Thinking about it, she wasn’t much different from an orphanage director nurturing children.

Izay even thought she might consider Ryu and Aniya, those waitresses, as her daughters.

After all, for a retired adventurer who yearned for daily peace and contentment with food and drink, liking such a home-like atmosphere was understandable.

“Meow~! Mama Mia, the annoying ghost is here again! Come quick and sprinkle salt on him meow!”

With the sound of the doorbell ringing, Aniya, nearest to the door, caught sight of a figure she both loved and hated.

By the way, this “love-hate” was an exaggerated expression.

Because Izay was one of Aniya’s few human friends and also someone who frequently annoyed her.

“Keep your voice down, Aniya! What if you disturb the guests?! Since you called him an annoying ghost, you can take care of him yourself! Don’t make such a fuss.”

Mama Mia poked her head out from near the kitchen doorway, glanced at Izay briefly, then calmly withdrew her gaze while muttering a couple of words about the catgirl.

Aniya: “…”

Upon receiving the reply, the girl immediately lost her spirit.

Before Mama Mia, Aniya lacked the courage to argue back.

Her cat tail flicked twice behind Izay as she adjusted her emotions, then after a moment turned around and smiled once more.

“Welcome, honored guest meow~!”

“Good performance, but I’m giving you a bad review!”

Seeing the cat act up again, Izay shook his head in disdain and sat quietly at the edge of the counter.

“How dare you! Izay, don’t push it too far!”

“Isn’t it you who wants to sprinkle salt to drive me away? Who’s being unreasonable here!?”

“You…!”

“You what? Go fetch the menu for me!”

Facing the unique “welcome” from the catgirl, Izay skillfully retaliated.

Aniya clenched her teeth in anger, feeling like a little kitten seeing something irresistible, ready to pounce on Izay at any moment.

She was very upset, yet powerless…

Even though she knew Izay asking for the menu was a way to trouble her, Aniya still had to comply.

There was no way she could beat up a customer in broad daylight, right?

They say the customer is God~!

(Zeff! God is dead meow!!!)

With a loud thud, Aniya slammed the restaurant menu in front of Izay, emitting discontented growls in her throat.

Seeing this, Izay happily smiled.

Unhappy, are you?

If you’re unhappy, then I’m happy~

Then upon seeing Izay’s smile, Aniya got even angrier…

The surrounding Kuroi and others saw this scene and couldn’t help but shake their heads.

“These two have started again…”

“Aniya never learns how to teach him a lesson.”

“If she did, she wouldn’t be Aniya anymore~”

“That’s true…”

The waitresses indicated they were already used to this.

Aniya always liked to jump around in front of Izay, only to get angry every time.

Trying to use force didn’t work.

Because she couldn’t win.

If she really fought, Ryu might challenge her under the guise of “practice,” and she hadn’t won even once…

Oh… Poor Aniya…

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It was noon, warm sunlight streamed through the windows into the lively tavern, where most of the customers were female demi-humans.

Izay ordered a signature fruit wine and chatted with Aniya, who was reluctant, while the other customers enjoyed their meals, creating an atmosphere of quiet leisure.

However, as the crowd outside grew livelier nearing noon, the tranquility inside the tavern was suddenly disrupted.

“Did you sell Anna!?”

Suddenly, a high-pitched female voice rang out.

Izay and the other customers looked in its direction, seeing a pair of human men and women sitting at a table for two.

The woman with braided blonde hair, appearing middle-aged, emotionally stood up.

And across from her, the man with a full beard sitting opposite, dejectedly hung his head, timidly responding without raising his voice.

“No, I… I didn’t sell Anna, she was forcibly taken… I… couldn’t do anything…”

“What difference does it make!! How could you gamble to such extremes!! To use your own daughter to pay off debts!!”

Unable to contain her emotions, the woman began sobbing with her face buried in her hands.

The busy young female waitresses, the chefs inside, and even Ryu fetching dishes from the kitchen all peeked out from around the doorframes.

Although it might seem a bit out of character to say so, they were indeed watching the drama unfold.

There’s no helping it; it’s human nature.

Who doesn’t enjoy a spectacle?

It was evident that the woman was crying loudly, and the atmosphere was unusual.

(Is this… a new case? This scene seems somewhat familiar…)

Watching the unfolding scene before him, Izay’s thoughts raced.

Even Aniya, who had been arguing with him just moments ago, stopped her actions. She looked at Izay’s eyes, then followed his gaze towards the couple.

And the middle-aged man who had kept his head down until now seemed to feel the stares from everyone around. With furrowed brows, he kicked over a chair with his foot, shouting, “What are you all looking at!? This isn’t some street circus show! Just eat your lousy food quietly!!”

Seeking a convenient target to vent his emotions, the table in front of him drew the lottery jackpot.

An adult only needs to apply a little force with their hands to flip this table over.

However, this man failed to accomplish that.

A delicate arm firmly pressed against the tabletop.

“Sir… If you want to cause trouble, please settle your bill and take it outside. We don’t welcome people like you here.”

Lunowa, who had silently appeared beside him, narrowed her eyes menacingly and instantly appeared in front of the table.

Speed Level 4, rare even in Orario, effortlessly thwarted his intentions.

“Yeah, have you thought about who’ll clean the floor afterwards meow!”

Sharing the same thoughts as Lunowa, Kuroi also appeared behind him, narrowing her eyes mischievously.

Anyone trying to cause trouble at The Bountiful Mistress Tavern would inevitably end up paying compensation and being thrown out!