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Chapter 421: The Habitual Offender
Chapter 421: The Habitual Offender
"Why are you here alone today? Don't you usually come with Mira?" Kana asked, noticing Rod bustling about by himself.
"Did you have a fight with Mira?" Kana found it odd.
"Fight? We just got engaged a couple of days ago," Rod replied.
"Huh? Whew... Cough, cough, cough..." Kana choked on her rice wine, managing not to spit it out, but it still caused her to cough.
"Take it easy," Rod advised.
Kana patted her chest, her beautiful chest heaving. "When did this happen?" she asked in surprise.
"It was the day after you all left. There were even journalists there to cover the proposal. In a few days, you might see our engagement photos in the magazine," Rod said, realizing the perfect timing of his proposal.
With this commotion, the news would spread not only throughout Magnolia but also across the entire Fiore Kingdom and the Ishgar continent. Everyone would know about his marriage to Mira.
He could even keep a magazine as a memento, something to show his grandchildren in the future.
Rod chuckled, amused that he had already envisioned a future filled with grandchildren.
Kana finished her rice wine, "Damn, I missed such an important event!"
Rod continued, "Oh, by the way, you probably don't know about Bisca confessing to Alzack, do you?"
"Last night, Mira and some of the girls from the guild had a sleepover party in the dorms, so they might be a bit late today."
Kana coughed again, wondering if she had missed a few days or even years. So much had happened in her absence.
As the sun rose higher, Mr. Cook arrived to prepare the ingredients. Rod greeted him and mentioned the rice wine. He also ordered two breakfasts, one for himself and the other packed in a thermal lunch box.
Mr. Cook nodded, taking the payment. After all, the wine was meant for sale.
After a while, guild members started coming in for breakfast, and Rod was busy running around like a top, bustling from one place to another.
Even Kana was reluctantly pulled in to help, and Worm, along with the smaller Sharpbeak birds, were tasked with being intelligent food carts.
Although it was amusing to have animals delivering food, everyone was more curious about where the female servers had gone.
Rod was curious too.
He contemplated whether he could get away with the excuse of 'infiltrating the women's dorm to ensure his fiancee's safety.'
After some thought, he realized he could send Kana to check on them.
"It's about time!" Kana threw the tray onto the counter and headed out. She didn't enjoy being a server.
Just then, Mira led six other female servers, including Lucy, rushing into the guild.
"Sorry, we're late!"
"Sorry!"
The group apologized as they ran, quickly gathering at the counter, looking apologetically at Rod.
"Everyone's late, so I'll be deducting from your wages," Rod declared, acting stern as the manager.
Rachel wasn't intimidated by his threat and smiled, asking, "Even Mira's?"
"Yes, all of you," Rod glanced at Mira, then said with a grin, "But since I did all the work, the deducted amount will be compensated to me."
After all, our family won't be at a loss.
Mira smirked, while Rachel glared at him.
Rod pointed at the busy Sharpbeak birds and Worm, who was sneaking a bite, "Get back to work, or you'll all be out of a job."
The group dispersed, and Kana sat down leisurely to continue drinking. Lucy, looking dazed, turned and took a few steps before returning to the counter, looking lost.
Kana curiously asked, "Lucy, what are you doing?"
Lucy covered her face, "I subconsciously ran with everyone, and I thought I was late for work too."
"Hahaha..." Kana laughed heartily, "You're quite the airhead too!"
Rod finally relaxed and asked, "Why are you so late today?"
"We went a bit overboard yesterday, so I rushed over here this morning," Lucy said as she leaned on the counter again, "I should've gone home to catch up on sleep."
She was now a little worried that her home might have been illegally intruded upon again.
"Rod, two beers for table 6 and three for table 7," Mira collected some cutlery and asked Rod to help with serving the drinks.
"There sure are a lot of people who enjoy drinking in the morning," Rod took the glasses and poured the drinks, but as Mira was about to leave, he called out, "Wait a moment."
"What is it?"
"I'll deliver them. You should eat something first." Rod took out a thermos lunch box.
Mira was delighted, but she was about to leave again, "I'll eat after I finish serving."
Rod held her shoulder and made her sit down, "I told you I'll do it, and if you don't listen, I'll feed you bite by bite in front of everyone."
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"You're so cheesy..." Mira muttered softly as she opened the lunch box.
Rod, who didn't want to continue being a waiter, resumed his waiter duties.
Finally, after the morning rush, Rod curiously asked Mira about the activities at their party yesterday.
"We played cards, drank, chatted, and had some... interesting little games," Mira thought for a moment and winked at him, "Lucy had something super sexy..."
"Ah, don't say it!" Lucy interrupted her, blushing, "We agreed that everyone should, should... why am I the only one?"
"Yes, why is that?" Mira covered her mouth and giggled secretly.
Rod could tell from her expression that either Mira had tricked Lucy into thinking there was some strange rule at this pajama party and took the opportunity to tease her, or Mira had colluded with everyone to play a prank on Lucy.
Either way, his scheming fiancee was definitely one of the masterminds.
After all, it was all girls yesterday, and Lucy probably didn't suffer any real loss. At least it couldn't be as bad as that time at the theater.
No, no, no, what theater? Rod hadn't seen anything at the theater.
"I'm more curious about the topics of your conversation and the 'interesting little games,'" Rod said.
This got Lucy excited, "The most interesting part was the truth-telling game! Miss Mira..."
"No! Don't listen!" Mira quickly covered Rod's ears, and in her excitement, she even buried his head in her chest.
Rod's heart was at peace, and whether or not he listened to this topic didn't seem that important.
Wait, he shouldn't be lulled by her sweetness; he should be more curious about what question caused such a big reaction from Mira.
Rod took a deep breath, struggled hard with his willpower, and freed himself from her grasp, removing Mira's hand, "What did you ask?"
"We asked Miss Mira..." Lucy started to cry.
"Those are just girly topics, don't ask about them!" Mira suddenly rushed behind Lucy, covering her mouth and dragging her out of the guild.
"Waaah..." Poor Lucy couldn't resist the mighty Mira, and she was dragged out of the guild.
The more Rod watched, the more he felt like Mira was a repeat offender.
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The family matters have been temporarily resolved, and updates will resume as soon as possible.
The previous updates I owe... Let me calculate how many I owe... and in a few days, the website might have a bonus update event, but I'm not sure if I can participate without any backup chapters... Not having backup chapters is truly painful.
(End of Chapter)
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