Pirates: The first partner is Tom cat

Chapter 286 Who else came out of the great route (4000 words)
"Arturia Pendragon." Out of courtesy, Artoria reported her name.

"Arturia?" Ansetteli Foo couldn't remember which nobleman's surname this was - in this world, the surname basically comes first.

After a brief hesitation, Foo smiled and said, "I wonder if I could invite Miss to have a cup of coffee?"

Zhang Da also looked into his eyes, thinking about what would happen if there was a conflict and the nobles were hit. He glanced at Tom, why don't he do it himself and let Tom pretend to be a wild cat to scratch people.

The man behind Foo who looked like a butler hesitated to speak. The Ansettli family is a small noble. If they want to go further, they need to marry with a larger noble or royal family.

The butler could at least memorize all the surnames of all the nobles in Gaozhen, not to mention memorizing them fluently, which obviously did not include Artoria.

The butler did not want Foo to get involved with a woman of unknown origin, even though the lady in front of him was impeccable in both appearance and temperament.

It's just that since Foo has already proposed the invitation, it's inappropriate for him to stop it now, let's remind him later, I hope the young master is not dazzled by the beauty of the other party.

"Coffee?" Arturia didn't have a special preference for coffee, and felt that this person didn't seem like he was here to make friends, so she declined, "Thank you for your kindness, but we still have things to do."

Foo still didn't give way, with a bit of arrogance on his face: "It doesn't matter if you don't like coffee, why don't you tell me what it is, maybe I can help? Our Ansettli family can be said to be in front of the king. talk."

The steward complained that all the nobles could speak in front of the king, but the question was whether the king would listen.

Artoria looked at Zhang Daye, wondering why he was silent until now, and he should have come out to help deal with it long ago.

If it's just a normal strike up, it's fine to reject it, but if you're entangled, it's not too much to punish him a little, right?Zhang Da also whispered something in Artoria's ear.

Arturia nodded suspiciously.

Zhang Da also cleared his throat, and said: "It's not really a big deal, it's just that the young lady has a bad appetite today, and she hasn't found a restaurant that suits her taste, so she hasn't had a good lunch until now, and naturally she's not in the mood for coffee. "

Tom looked puzzled, didn't you have lunch today?Touch your stomach, if it doesn't bulge, then it must be because you haven't eaten, right?But something doesn't feel right.

Shark Chili gave Foo a pitiful look, Boss Tatsuya is trying to cheat people, right?I hope he is well off.

Brook recalled his experience on the warship that day. In comparison, Miss Arturia did not have a good lunch today, and she hadn't had a good lunch for many days. He smiled and twirled his cane without saying a word.

Foo said enthusiastically: "It turns out that it is like this. I happen to know that there is a good restaurant nearby, so how about I treat it?"

Zhang Da also held back a smile and said in a 'difficult' way: "This is not good, the cost of each meal is not a small amount for the eldest lady."

"I've said it all, I'm the eldest son of the Ansettli family, and I just had lunch." Fuao gave Zhang Daye an unhappy look, and dared to question his family's wealth.

Zhang Da didn't care about Foo's eyes either, he could stare as much as he liked, and just don't cry when he was paying the bill.

Artoria nodded slightly: "Then thank you for the invitation."

So the crowd, led by Foo, came to a restaurant that looked quite luxurious.

On the way, Foo kept inquiring about Artoria's family background and so on.

Zhang Da also helped to perfunctorily say that he was only doing a small business and could not compare with the Ansettli family at all, which slightly satisfied Foo's vanity.

Foo was not stingy when ordering food. He picked the most expensive dishes and ordered a whole table. It wasn't because he guessed Artoria's food intake, but pure extravagance. It's a lot of money, but considering Artoria's looks, it's all worth it.

The butler reminded Foo about his identity in a low voice, but was interrupted impatiently. He didn't intend to get married.

"You're welcome, just taste it, you can come to my house to sit at night, my chef is even better than here..."

Foo kept bragging about how amazing his family was, and Artoria had already started to eat it unceremoniously. It is a great crime to waste food!
These dishes are different from the one on Center Street. They are beautiful, delicate, and delicious, but the portions are quite small. A dish can be finished by Artoria in three mouthfuls, while Tom can be finished in one mouthful. Sometimes you don’t even need to spit out the plate. .

The waiter who came to serve the food was terrified: "You, your cat swallowed the plate!"

Zhang Da also said calmly: "It's okay, we will compensate for the plate."

"That's not the point, is it? Are you sure this cat is okay?" This is a cat brought by nobles, and if something happens to them, it will be very troublesome.The waiter feared he might lose his job, or worse.

Zhang Da also comforted: "It's okay, you don't need to be responsible. Compared with that, your serving speed is too slow, so hurry up."

"What an amazing cat." Although he was surprised, Foo still had the mood to praise Tom.

But soon he stopped laughing.

10 minutes later, Foo watched dumbfounded as the waiter brought the same dish back to the table.

Tom was already full, and he leaned on the chair to digest. Zhang Daye and the others were seriously playing the role of attendants and didn't sit down at all. Anyway, they just finished lunch and were not hungry at all.

Now only Artoria is fighting alone.

Another 10 minutes later, Fuao looked at Zhang Da with a pale face and asked the waiter to bring all the dishes that were not on the menu.

Another half hour later...

Foo felt that simply watching a beautiful woman eat and watch for two hours was also a kind of enjoyment—if the beautiful woman ate a little less, or if she didn't pay the bill in the end.

In the end, Artoria stopped not because she was full, but because the waiter said with a sorry face that the reserve ingredients could not last, and neither could the chef.

If the usual restaurant owner had told Foo that, he would have been furious, but today Foo, feeling as if he had been pardoned, signed a check tremblingly, and he didn't take much cash with him when he went out.

As for the old butler's proposal to leave without admitting his debt, Foo resolutely rejected it. The eldest son of the dignified Ansettli family can't afford a meal?The face of the family will be lost by him.

"That... um... it's getting late..." Foo, who was talking eloquently at first, was now stammering.

The butler wiped his sweat behind his back. This was his biggest mistake in the ten years he had been working for the Ansettli family. He would definitely be blamed when he went back, right?If I had known earlier, I wouldn't be going out with the young master today.

Zhang Da also looked at the wall clock on the wall, with a polite smile on his face: "It's really getting late, I don't know if Mr. Foo has any recommendations for dinner, you said before that your chef is very good? "

"This... this..." Foo's forehead was sweating, and he didn't dare to mention the matter of inviting Artoria to his house for dinner.

If he didn't eat enough after he went there, his family's face would be unbearable, and if he was full, he was afraid that his family's heart would not be able to bear it.

Fortunately, the housekeeper even gave a step: "Master, you forgot, you are going to a dance tonight, so it's about time to go back and get ready."

"Ah, yes, that's right, I still have to prepare for the dance, I'm sorry!" Foo said goodbye and left in a hurry.

Zhang Da finally couldn't hold back his expression and laughed out loud.

Shark Pepper said: "Boss Tatsuya, is this going too far?"

Zhang Da didn't take it seriously and said, "Think about it, if someone invites Tenderina to drink coffee, and Tenderina politely refuses, that person pesters him endlessly, is it too much to punish him like this?"

Shark Pepper's eyes immediately became fierce: "I think it can be a little more extreme."

Brook asked: "Since the final price is unbearable, why didn't he just refuse the treat?"

Zhang Da also said: "The face of a nobleman is still very important. Maybe many people in the store know him, so they are afraid of losing face."

Brook touched his face: "It's hard for me to understand face, because I have no face to lose, yo ho ho ho ~"

Zhang Da also asked: "How is it? Did you enjoy your meal?"

Tom rubbed his stomach and made an OK gesture.

Arturia nodded: "Well, it tastes great. But won't there be any trouble?"

"We didn't force him to treat him, and we didn't rob him of his money. When he realizes something is wrong, he will probably hire some gangsters to take revenge. It's not a big problem." Zhang Da didn't take this person seriously.

In the broken place of the Goa Kingdom, the king would hire pirates if he wanted to do some dirty work. Nobles like this are probably at the level of hiring punks.

After leaving the restaurant, everyone went straight to the bookstore and bought the necessary nautical charts and books on the currents and climate of the East China Sea. Some information could not be found in the small bookstore before, so this trip was not in vain.

Foo, who also left the restaurant, thought more and more that something was wrong. Is there really someone who can eat so much food without even a little heaving of the stomach?
Foo ordered: "Find out the origins of those people, is it possible that someone sent them to punish me on purpose?"

"Yes!"

……

In the evening, everyone gathered, and instead of going back to the ship, they found a hotel to stay.

Zhang Daye and the others brought back several large bags of books, while Rui Mengmeng and the others brought back a large pile of clothes and decorations.

"Will you buy too much?" Wendy was a little uneasy.

"It's all necessary expenses, it's okay." Zhang Da also comforted, since Wendy doesn't grow tall anyway, no matter how much clothes you buy, you don't have to worry about wasting them.

Ye Yan picked up two big bags and said, "I have also prepared lanterns, candies and gift boxes, and now there is only one tree missing."

Xia Lulu asked curiously: "I wanted to ask before, why did you buy these things? Is there any festival recently? What's the matter with needing trees?"

Ye Yan explained: "I always said it was to spend Christmas with Tom. Don't you have Christmas there?"

"A festival I've never heard of." Wendy and Xia Lulu looked confused.

Brooke and Perona didn't know either. So, although the cover of the book Bartholomew Xiong held was written on the cover, the aunt's adoptive mother was a nun, and the Baroque Work Agency had a senior agent code named Miss. Merry Christmas, but this world Few people care about this kind of festival.

Artoria knew some common sense because of the Holy Grail War, and Shark Pepper and Ye Yan naturally knew about Christmas.

Rui Mengmeng's world culture is similar to modern society, there is even a League of Haters, and there is also Christmas.

Tom heard that Christmas happily ran to look through the calendar. Although the hotel's calendar did not mark it, the date was indeed approaching.

"The origin of Christmas has something to do with religion, but it's not important. Anyway, we don't believe in these things. We just want to find a reason to have fun." Zhang Da also said, "In short, let's decorate the Amber more beautifully on the day before Christmas. , Get more delicious food, by the way, hang the socks on the bedside that night, and Santa Claus will climb into the room along the chimney to give you gifts.”

"Great!" Perona and Wendy clasped their hands together, their eyes sparkling.

"Santa's gift, I'm so looking forward to it, Yo Ho Ho Ho~" Brooke was also very interested.

Zhang Da also sighed, and wanted to say that the old bones should not be cute with the little loli.

Xia Lulu said coldly, "But our room doesn't have a chimney."

"...Then don't lock the door when you go to sleep that night." Zhang Da was also taken aback for a moment, thinking that it was thanks to Xia Lulu for mentioning it.

After discussing for a while, everyone decided to take a walk in the town tomorrow and then go outside the city to cut trees.

Afterwards, Ye Yan was the first to propose going back to the room to sleep. The sleeper actually wanted to sleep normally, but it was a pity that he became inexplicably refreshed in the middle of the night, so he simply went to bed early when he had nothing to do.

Everyone went back to their rooms, and Zhang Da also shared a room with Tom. Before going to bed, he took out the equipment from the inventory to exercise for a while, and then said good night to Tom and went to sleep deeply.

Dimly, he seemed to hear someone running outside the window, but Zhang Da thought it was a dream and didn't pay attention.

Early the next morning, everyone left the hotel with big bags and small bags.

Rui Mengmeng asked: "Did anyone notice the movement last night? It was a bit noisy."

Arturia said: "It looks like soldiers are catching fugitives, but something feels wrong."

Ye Yan yawned: "I asked Sui Fenger to find out, let's go back to the boat and talk about it."

"Then send the things back first." Zhang Da probably guessed what was going on, seeing that it wasn't a hallucination last night.

Others don't know why, probably because they haven't slept so comfortably for a long time, or they are not vigilant enough.

"Everyone passing by, take a look! Commodities from the Great Airway are rare in ten years. If you miss today, wait another ten years!" A small vendor yelled vigorously, and a circle of curious people surrounded the booth.

Zhang Da was also shocked: "Isn't it, the house was stolen?"

Ye Yan immediately used telepathic communication to contact the Banner Demon who was staying on the Amber, and the news he got was that nothing was wrong. Last night, they took turns keeping vigil to ensure that not a single mosquito flew onto the ship.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, did someone else come to the East China Sea from the great route?
　Just finished writing sorry...

　　
　
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