Gentleman's Night Canteen

Counting there are five women and four men in my store, but the ratio of leaving because of Lan Meng is slightly out of balance, but it doesn't affect it.

After rational thinking, he resolutely gave up talking to Eri Sawamura and the others, because their excited expressions did not look like the "magic master who helped his sister heal her eyes" that he hoped to find;

The other two are about the same. After all, he at least knows that Lysa and Snape can 'alchemy' while the other masters 'black magic'.

But in the end he chose to talk to Snape and Emiya Shirou.

Because according to his experience, the opposite sex often represents trouble. In school, because girls confessed to him, he was hostile to some boys. Even after he rejected those girls, some boys were still hostile to him. You turned it down so easily'.

This reason is really helpless.

What's more, who knows whether there are any opposite sexes related to Lan Meng among those opposite sexes?

Although in his opinion, Lan Meng should not cause trouble for him because he talked to the opposite sex who has a relationship with the other party, but since there are other options, he doesn't want to touch this option.

In order not to make his strike-up too abrupt, he simply chatted with Maomaomon while watching Emiya Shirou and Snape from the corner of his eye while holding the juice brought by Rotom.

Maomaomon itself is relatively lively, and doesn't care about Lelouch's active communication. As for Rotom, it is because he gave Lelouch juice and got "thank you" and floated around happily.

That's right, even if everyone except Lelouch said 'thank you' to it, no matter how many times you hear it, it is very happy. The dream rejection caused him to live alone for almost a year, and he longed for the approval of others.

And when Lelouch noticed that Snape looked helpless, and Emiya Shirou patted each other's shoulder with a smile and picked up the wine glass in front of him, he knew his chance had come.

According to the reaction of the two, it should be that the topic has just come to an end.

Apologizing to Maomaomon, he walked towards Emiya Shirou and the others with juice.

"Sorry to bother you, I'm Lelouch, Lelouch Lampelucci, because Mr. Lan Meng said that there is still some time before dinner, so I would like to ask if you are interested in playing chess time."

Instead of recklessly asking himself a question directly, Lelouch chose a seemingly random question to insert between the two of them, and introduced himself first.

Unsurprisingly, neither Emiya Shirou nor Snape showed displeasure because of Lelouch's appearance, but Emiya Shirou showed an expression full of memories.

"Playing chess? I haven't played chess for more than twenty years... But I don't know if there is any shogi in the store... No, Mr. Lelouch, do you know how to play shogi?"

"I know a little bit, but I'm better at chess."

Following Lelouch and Emiya Shirou's words, Snape frowned slightly, not because he was angry, but because he heard a name he had never heard of.

Seeing this, Lelouch also roughly described the chess pieces and the rules. At this moment, Snape's slightly frowning brows were untied, and at the same time, he muttered something in a low voice.

"Muggle chess... But the rules are similar to 'Wizard Chess'... Lelouch, are you a Muggle?"

Although as a wizard, Snape instinctively rejected Muggles, after all, in his opinion, he shouldn't have too much contact with Muggles. It wasn't contempt, but an instinctive alienation.

Although he felt the subtle change in Snape's tone, Lelouch still smiled as if he didn't notice it at all, and just explained something with a smile.

"I don't know what you call it, but I shouldn't be considered an ordinary person, and I can be considered to have mastered some 'special abilities'..."

Regarding his ability, Lelouch did not intend to show at all, after all, this is his biggest hole card, but his words were enough to make Snape understand the meaning, in fact, Snape knew that he probably made a mistake after he finished speaking After all, in his opinion, Blue Dream's restaurant is in 'Diagon Alley', where there shouldn't be muggles.

He suspected that Lelouch should be a "special person" from a foreign country like Lan Meng, just like calling a Muggle a "No-Maj" across the sea, but he didn't know where the other party came from.

And Lelouch proposed with a smile on his face.

"Although I haven't played the so-called 'Wizard Chess', since the rules are similar, why don't we say something? Anyway, there is still some time before dinner..."

Although it is an interrogative sentence, but with just a few words, Lelouch has turned himself, a newcomer "outsider", into a member of the current small group, and even a person who makes suggestions. From a certain point of view, Lelouch's social skills are very scary .

But it's not surprising, after all, the other party is studying in a 'Noble Academy', and social interaction is one of the basic knowledge of school learning, and he is the best student in this school!

none of them!

Chapter 28 Blue Dream who knows Al's body best

Snape has never actually played the so-called Wizard Chess. After all, he is still a master at heart. He is studying potions or black magic every day, but at least he knows the rules. The only troublesome thing is Wizard Chess. He can't conjure chess pieces.

As a student at Hogwarts, Snape naturally also took the Transfiguration course, but he didn't take it as his major, so he couldn't conjure up freely like a Transfiguration master, and even communicate with the commander In the end, it simply turned into an inactive version... which is what Lelouch called 'chess'.

The reason why Snape accepted Lelouch's invitation was not that Snape really liked playing chess, but just to pass the time and relax. After all, he didn't get the answer he wanted from Emiya Shirou.

Emiya Shirou did not refuse Snape's request for advice on magic. After all, he still had a good impression of him, and more importantly, the magic he was good at was not something advanced.

When Emiya Shirou explained to the other party that the only kind of "magic" he was good at was actually "projection magic", Snape was actually a little confused. After all, in his opinion, Emiya Shirou should be those people he had come into contact with The most reliable one among them, after all, one's temperament cannot be faked.

Regarding this, Emiya Shiro also briefly explained his ability.

According to Emiya Shiro, he is only good at one kind of magic, but he only studies this one magic, and then he showed the other party the difference between projecting ordinary weapons and projecting treasures, which are mainly derivatives of "fantasy collapse" Naturally, he didn't mention the hole cards of ability and 'inherent enchantment'.

But Emiya Shirou's fighting style has also been shown to Snape.

He manufactures various special weapons based on the different identities of the enemies to fight. Targeted weapons combined with his superb martial arts are his main fighting style.

This style certainly didn't suit Snape.

What's more, Emiya Shiro also said that even if he is willing to teach, Snape may not be able to learn his abilities, because although he is good at projection magic, his projection magic is the strongest among his contemporaries, and most people can't do it at all. Not to his level.

Emiya Shirou's power is self-evident. Although he is not a magician, he has activated his own "origin", that is, the "sword". He can even open his own "inherent barrier", even if he is a magician. I'm afraid it won't be easy after being pulled into the inherent enchantment by him, and even a person who is unlucky may be defeated by him.

But his strength is related to the life he has experienced, and he doesn't think Snape can replicate his own experience. ,

That's why Snape was a little helpless, but Emiya Shirou suggested that Snape could ask Merlin later.

Although Emiya Shirou is not very clear about Merlin's situation, but relying on his experience, he can know that the opponent is definitely a powerful magician. It may seem unreliable, but his strength is beyond doubt. Good news for Nep, too.

It was Emiya Shirou's suggestion that made Snape not completely disappointed.

And when Snape was playing chess with Lelouch, Emiya Shirou simply sat aside and watched the two play chess.

Although he doesn't know how to play chess, he is idle anyway, just to pass the time, but after watching it for a while, his mind unconsciously started to wander again, for example, how should he explain that he disappeared during dinner after going back later? a couple of hours……

Compared to the cranky Emiya Shirou, the proud Snape on the other side frowned slightly with a serious face.

Although he also knows that his skills in playing "Wizard Chess" are mediocre, but with a proud personality, he doesn't like to admit that he is weaker than others, so he can be said to be wholeheartedly trying to break Lelouch's attack.

In contrast, Lelouch was much more relaxed. With a smile on his face, he even looked at other people in the restaurant from the corner of his eyes from time to time, eavesdropped on their conversations, and occasionally spoke to Snape or Emiya Shirou .

Although his identity is just an ordinary student, it is self-evident that the talented and intelligent Lelouch relied on playing chess to earn pocket money for himself and his sister. At this time, in order to build a good relationship with Snape, he even deliberately suppressed his There was a back and forth between the chess strength and the opponent's play, in order to use chess as an introduction to build a good relationship with Snape.

He was even ready to play the so-called 'Wizard Chess' with Snape as soon as possible after the game.

He believes that relying on his social skills, he can build a good relationship with the other party as long as he contacts him a few times.

But soon their chess game had to be interrupted, because a pleasant wind chime sounded suddenly, and without waiting for Lysa who was sitting at the side to come forward to say hello, the blond young man who pushed the door and entered took off the hood on his head. Helplessly apologize to everyone.

"Sorry, everyone, for keeping everyone waiting."

The person who came was Arturia who was disguised as a man and named Al, and the reason why she looked helpless at this time was because of the man behind her at this time.

Unlike her in casual clothes, the man behind the other party also had dazzling blond hair, but the other party was wearing armor, and the cloak used to conceal his identity could not even cover the other party's whole body well.

The other party in silver armor looked at everyone in the restaurant curiously.

But at this moment, a hand suddenly came out from behind the opponent and lowered it to wrap around his neck.

"I said it all, we just came out for supper, you don't believe me..."

Merlin was smiling all over his face as usual, but what he said made the blond man show an embarrassed yet polite smile.

As a knight of the kingdom, he naturally believed in his own king. After all, he was one of the first few knights who swore allegiance to the other party. But the problem was that although he believed in his king, he didn't trust the mystic national teacher.

The other party was elusive, coupled with that weird personality, even though the other party was his king's teacher, Gao Wen was really worried that the other party would take his king to some strange place.

That's why he would sneak up after the two of them when they accidentally found out on patrol tonight when they left the castle.

Although Merlin said after being discovered that he was taking his disciples to the so-called 'party' for supper and seeing if he could recruit some people to be used by the kingdom, Gawain was obviously not at ease about it.

Of course, it is impossible for him to say, 'You look unreliable, national teacher, I don't feel comfortable letting His Majesty the King follow you', so he said, 'As a knight of the kingdom, I can't let His Majesty the King leave alone at this time Castle, for the safety of His Majesty the King, if you have to go, please take me with you'.

What Artoria admired the most was people with chivalry, so she did not refuse Gawain's request to go with him in the end.

But it also took some time on the road.

On the other side, Lan Meng, who came out of the kitchen, was undoubtedly stunned when he saw Gao Wen who was following Al.

But the visitor was a guest, so he didn't say much, but took the initiative to greet him.

"Welcome~Al's friend."

Gao Wen, who knew Arshi's king's alias, also smiled and held Lan Meng's extended right hand, and then he was slightly taken aback, but the smile on his face became wider immediately after.

Although it was just a handshake, Gao Wen could tell that Lan Meng's physical fitness was very good.

'Could it be said that you are a knight that your king wants to recruit?I didn't expect that His Majesty the King would not forget to work hard for the Knights even during the rest time... How admirable! ! '

While sighing in his heart, Gao Wen acquiesced that Lan Meng would become his companion in the future, so the smile on his face became more sincere.

"I'm really sorry for the sudden interruption, but when I was on patrol tonight, I happened to see Al and Mr. Merlin leaving, so I followed along out of curiosity."

"It's okay, but sir, are you Al's colleague?"

"Well, we are all members of the 'Knights of the Kingdom'."

Al is now disguised as a young knight of the 'Knights of the Kingdom'. As for why the 'Knights of the Kingdom' and not the 'Knights of the Round Table'?

It's very simple. Historically, the round table used by the "Knights of the Round Table" was presented to King Arthur by Guinevere's father. Al, who has just succeeded to the throne and is still dealing with dissatisfied nobles in the country, naturally does not have the so-called "Round Table".

But Lan Meng's pupils shrank slightly after hearing what the other party said.

Gao Wen, who noticed the change in Lan Meng's eyes, couldn't help becoming serious. After all, compared to Merlin and Al, who are regular customers, he is still a little wary of this restaurant.

"Mr. Store Manager, what's the matter?"

"Ah, it's nothing, it's just that Al said that everyone in the Knights eats about the same as her, and I don't know if the food prepared tonight is enough..."

Gao Wen, who originally thought there was something wrong, couldn't hold back his serious expression, he knew what Lan Meng was thinking.

Still, he coughed lightly.

"The knights train more, so everyone eats more, Al... Al, he trains the hardest of all, so he eats 'a little more' than us..."

I have to say that sometimes people just need to be pushed, such as Gao Wen at this time.

Obviously he is not good at lying, but at this time he has to work hard to maintain Al's "majesty" under the gaze of everyone. After all, in his view, Lan Mengba is his future companion. In order to maintain the majesty of his lord, he This matter must be prevaricated.

Under the strong pressure, he has learned the highest level of lies without a teacher----nine truths and one falsehood.

For example, Al is indeed the hardest one in the training, and he eats more than the others, but obviously this is not a matter of "a little". Still trying to tie it all together.

It's a pity that Lan Meng doesn't seem to care about this. From his point of view, it's enough to know that Al can eat, and that other people can't eat like him. As for how much the other party can eat...

No one should have more say than Lan Meng...

Chapter 29 Can you get a discount for buying things by reporting your name to Al?

Although Gao Wen's 'lie' was seen through by Lan Meng at a glance, it is good news for Lan Meng right now. After all, the thought of another foodie similar to Al appearing in the store... It's not that they can't satisfy their stomachs, It's just that I feel more tired.

Thinking of the ingredients brought in this afternoon, Lan Meng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Is it really just an illusion..."

"The store only prepares some dishes that I am good at. If you have anything you want to eat, please let me know. I will try my best to finish it."

Although it was a bit helpless to be discovered by someone who sneaked out to have supper with Merlin, but luckily it was Gawain who found out, not her stepbrother Kai, because Artoria knew that if her stepbrother found out about this, she would definitely He would nag him for a long time, and the reason was nothing more than that it was not safe for the king to travel at night, and he wanted to maintain the majesty of the king.

As for Gawain, although he was a little surprised when he found out that the two of them had sneaked out for supper, he didn't stop Artoria because of it, and instead volunteered to serve as a guard.

The reason for this is that Gawain not only witnessed Artoria pulling out the 'calibur (sword in the stone)', but also witnessed the other party's daily hard work.

Not only did he come early every morning to train with the members of the 'Knights of the Kingdom', but he also returned to the castle to handle government affairs after the training was over every day. According to his communication with the maid in the castle, the other party stayed late every day to handle government affairs Not only that, the other party is not a 'king' in terms of life, he is even more frugal than some nobles and knights he met before.

Sometimes he even suspected that if the castle had not been handed down by successive kings, he might not be willing to build a palace.

Although Artoria had never said anything grandiose in front of him and everyone in the Knights of the Kingdom, the hard work and hard work day after day in the past half a year was the best declaration.

The members of the Knights of the Kingdom, including him, admired each other from the bottom of their hearts.

So when he found out that Arturia would sneak out to eat supper after dark, not only was he not as disappointed as Artoria imagined, but he was relieved.

After all, Arturia before was so perfect that it made him feel a little unreal.

But after learning that the other party would occasionally come out for supper, he felt that the other party was more like a 'human', a 'human' with his own desires.

Facing Lan Meng at this time, he just smiled and shook his head.

"I ate a lot for dinner, I'm not very hungry yet, please give me a glass of ale later..."

"How can a glass of ale be enough? Lan Meng! Just get a bucket! We won't go home until we're drunk tonight!!"

Before Gao Wen finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Merlin.

Gao Wen, who heard the other party's words, looked a little embarrassed, and at the same time explained something in a low voice.

"Master Merlin, a glass of ale is enough for me. After all, I have to go on patrol later, and I don't have much money with me..."

When it comes to the end, Gao Wen's expression is also a little embarrassed. After all, he is out on patrol today, and he really doesn't bring any other money except for some change that he intends to buy some bread mats with his companions after the patrol is over.

But I never thought that before he finished speaking, Arturia waved her hand directly.