Chapter 659 Meanwhile, at the ‘X’.

Chapter 659 Meanwhile, at the ‘X’.

?State Restaurant

Egraiby Station City

GEE

June 12th

Year 1053

"My craftsmanship is impeccable."

"Remind me, Evan, why exactly did you sneak out of bed last night to do...that?"

Eliza questioned her boyfriend, the Hero of Mimicry; Evan, with a very obvious pout on her lips when she saw him looking at the gigantic 'X' he had created the night before.

"Hmm? It was so I could get the GEE to know where I was. Didn't I tell you I needed the Seventh Star General to lock down the space to prevent Maude from escaping again?"

"You did...you most certainly did."

'Ah...she's pissed. Why?'

Evan was perceptive enough to realise that Eliza was annoyed, but the boy could not figure out the reason why.

He didn't think that the fact that Eliza woke up at midnight and didn't see him beside her like usual was what ticked her off, Even more so when she saw the giant icicles emerging from the ground under the moonlight and quickly discerned the cause to be him.

Though he didn't really understand why she was miffed, he did have to placate her somehow otherwise it'd be hard for them to hold a proper conversation, so he picked up his fork and cut out a slice of the cake in front of them before raising it up in front of her lips.

"Here, say 'Ahh'."

"..."

"Say 'Ahh'."

"...ahh."

Even as she ate the cake, her lips were still pouty, but rather than showing that she was still a bit miffed, it only made her appear cute in Evan's eyes.

"so cute..."

And he ended up voicing those thoughts, much to Eliza's embarrassment.

Since the reason why she was even annoyed in the first place wasn't anything big, added to the fact that Evan fed her some cake, Eliza's annoyance evaporated pretty quickly and Evan returned the conversation back to its original topic.

The boy wasn't worried about the battles that were about to ensue; given he could already wipe the floor with Maude when he was still a Master.

Now he was even more powerful, so unless Maude went through some strange power-up in the past month, it was impossible for the Soul Damaged woman to best him in battle.

His main concern wasn't actually Maude but the person who was going to be with her.

'Turned out I already knew about this base, but I didn't know it was also where Maude was...'

In the game, their target location was where one particularly annoying character resided—the person who was to replace the Tenth Finger of the Demonic Hand that Rathal killed.

'Her backstory stated that they were here as at the Year 1053...'

I don't know why but all of them need to protect their souls from being 'Stained by the Ink of whatever attribute their skill is'; so, if I give them what they want, they'd do favours for me in return."

"So you're an artifact trader now?"

"Yes, call me the 'Soul Merchant'."

Eliza looked through the box and pulled out a few random ones, before eventually selecting one that could be used as a Bracelet and Armband.

She fixed it on his upper right arm and it resized to fit his arm.

"This is quite weird..."

"Weirdness is secondary, protection comes first."

The priestess shot down his little concern with her logical argument, and Evan was left without a means to refute her.

It was then that a waiter came close and asked to take their order, but the instant the man got within a metre of their table, he felt chills down his spine.

'The fuck?!'

He had come close enough that Evan's concealment wasn't effective anymore, hence, he was now able to sense the terrifying aura exuded by the box of artifacts on the table.

"Oh, yeah. We do have to order."

Evan pulled out the menu from under the table and let the box fall back into his inventory, before flipping through the menu and beginning his order.

"For starters, give me every single variation of Strawberry Drinks you possess."

"No, you are NOT going to drink all that, Evan.

Just give him one wine and one fruit juice."

Eliza countered his order and the waiter was genuinely confused about who he was supposed to listen to in the situation, especially as Evan didn't say anything and kept on looking through the menu.

"Okay, give me items 5,6,7,13. And then get Items 1,3, 8, 10 for her."

Knowing Eliza's preferences, he ordered something he knew she would like, down to the drinks before handing the man back the menu.

"Um...about your drinks?"

"Huh? Didn't I say to get me everything 'Strawberry' you had?"

"You're not gonna be able to finish all that Evan."

Eliza stated once more as she returned the menu to the waiter, and Evan gave a quite unorthodox reply.

"Clearly not. Though I like strawberries a lot, my stomach has physical constraints, so there's a limit to how much I can consume at once.

That's why I have a fridge in my inventory, so I can take them later."

"..."

Both Eliza and the Waiter gave him incredulous looks, with Eliza breaking the silence and saying.

"It's your money, do whatever you want."

"I was planning to. Now get me every strawberry drink on the menu."

The Waiter nodded and left their table, while internally planning how he was going to get someone else to handle their food delivery.