255 A day in Aglon

Ryuu walked through the city of Aglon, he was wearing his usual attire, the necklace gifted by his teacher all those years ago proudly displayed on his neck even after it was activated it still turned a few heads as some people glanced towards him mostly females, he sighed hard at that, 'This is the reason I like staying inside Ayindril, I hate such shallow minded people.', is face scrunched up in disgust.

Ryuu entered a restaurant as he thought, 'Well at least I will have something to eat after being offered that pig stool as food the last few days.'

He took a seat inside the restaurant as his mind wandered to the talk he had with his sister a few hours ago,

Antariskh sat as she held Ryuu close to her as she spoke with a frown, "So you were unable to find out about the 'The Project'?"

Ryuu sighed as he spoke, "It is frustrating, and no matter what I do I still am not able to learn about 'The Project', the only one who knows about it is the Head of the Family the school and the Overseer, but I was able to learn that whatever it is it will be unveiled within a week."

Antariskh played with Ryuu's hair as she spoke, "hmmm so what will you do Ryuu, will you act against them now or wait for the event to unfold."

Ryuu fell deep in thought, 'Well I can have them captured as well as interrogated but I am kind of curious as well as want to witness the 'Project' being unveiled, secondly we cannot attack someone who has not committed any 'crime' yet after all they can claim that all the evidence was planted by some people and they can portray us a tyrants but if we manage to catch them with their hands inside a cookie jar things will be different it will also cause great harm to their reputation after that we can grant them exemplary punishment with ease, also I want to relish the feeling of despair when the thing they planned and coveted for all those years ago fall to ruins just on their eve of success."

Antariskh deadpanned at that as she thought, 'It seems you are spending too much time with 3rd sister and 3rd mother, he started to learn weird things.'

Antariskh she spoke with a small smile on her face, "Well then I will grant your wish o brother of mine.", although inwardly she sighed, 'foolish brother you should have acted before after all prevention is better than cure, in order to exact justice for their wrong doings you forgot this very important lesson it seems, oh well you will learn something eventually.'

Antariksh: "Well you did a good job Ryuu, searching for their secrets by infiltrating them I am proud of you."

Ryuu blushed at the praise as he spoke, "It was nothing worthy of praising at all."

Antariskh nodded at that as she spoke, "Well but still it was trying for you, like the time when the drunk almost peed on top of the bush you are hiding."

Ryuu's face turned green as he spoke, "ewww just ewww do not remind me of that."

Antariksh then adopted a serious look as she spoke, "But I bet you secretly liked touching all those female undergarments while searching for the diary."

Ryuu's face took an interesting shade of green, as he moved from his sister's embrace before he clasped his hands of over his mouth as he pushed back the bile that rose as he spoke with indignation, "What are saying big sister, ewww ewww just ewww, I want that part of the memory erased just thinking of touching the undergarments of the woman made me sick, I literally tried to peel the skin of hand after that I feel so disgusted."

Seeing such look Antariskh felt guilty at that as she spoke in an apologetic tone," I apologize for my poor attempt to tease you Ryuu."

She then hugged him as they stayed like that for some time.

Back at the present time Ryuu stared hard at the written material in front of him, 'This is so tough I do not know what to choose.', he sighed as he once again flipped to the front page of the material which was actually a menu card of the restaurant he was visiting, after a few minutes he called the waiter as he place an order.

"I will take a couple of Eggplant with Tomato Vinaigrette for Appetizer, then I want the thunder beef platter for 4, along with phoenix chicken in peri peri sauce and I would love to have rice as a side with it, oh and also a couple of bowls of salad with feta, and at last caramel custard pudding, is there something you can recommend as a drink."

The waiter jotted down the order as he gave a bit of uneasy glance at him but he pushed it back to his mind after all cultivators were weird beings, after all no normal person would order so many different items when they are dining by themselves, but it was still startling to see someone who is so handsome and fit would want to eat so much, he spoke in a professional tone, "Sir, would you like alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink?"

Ryuu contemplated on that for a few seconds, 'Well a few years ago I might have said no but now I like the taste of alcohol, so..', "What kind of alcoholic drink do you recommend?"

The waiter replied with a smile, "Sir, we have just received a shipment of 50 years old 'Thunder Frost Wine'."

Ryuu shrugged as he spoke, "Well then get me a bottle of it then?"

The waiter then spoke with the same smile plastered on his face, "Is there anything you want Sir?"

Ryuu:"No", with that the waiter simply left while Ryuu sat there as he took out a book from inside his space rig and began reading it.

A few minutes later the waiter arrived with a bottle of wine which he poured it on a glass Ryuu watched as the outside of the glass froze instantly, Ryuu picked up his glass as he shook the liquid inside it, the smell was nice and he could see small sparks on top of the red liquid as he sipped from it, the taste was amazing Ryuu really liked the stuff, 'Yum it is nice.'

A loud laugh from a few people caught his ears as he turned towards the newcomers he groaned, 'Was this the only restaurant they could visit, could they not visit the one a few blocks from here how annoying.'

In front of Ryuu were Gustav and his sister Luna who had arrived here with a bunch of his friends, Ryuu looked from the corner of his eye as the group moved to the second floor, a few minutes later his food had arrived Ryuu dug into with a smile on his face as he thought, 'hmm I have to find a nice place to stay, a place where the ambience is nice enough for me to read my book in peace with a cup of piping hot tea.'

"Excuse me, is this seat empty?", a person spoke from his side, even if Ryuu was busy eating he was aware of his surroundings as such he was already aware of the duo approaching him he turned his head as he spoke, "Yes it is empty."

The duo simply took seat directly opposite to him as they look towards him with blush on their face causing him to groan inwardly, "Greetings Sir, may I inquire of your name."

Ryuu replied back coolly towards her, "Is it not polite to introduce yourself before asking someone else about their name?"

The girls blushed like tomato as one of them spoke, "I am Luna Mendez, adopted daughter of Narcisa Mendez the matriarch of Mendez Family, and this is my good friend Lara Roque."

Ryuu: "My name is 'Jean Joubert'", he lied to them with a small smile on his face, and the smile seemed to make them blush even further.

Lara: "I have never seen you here? Are you a cultivator?"

Ryuu: "Actually I am waiting for a friend of mine, who decided to rendezvous with me here, and yes I am a cultivator."

The trio chatted with him as Ryuu feed them various lies and what not and soon it was time for him to leave, he was getting increasingly annoyed and irritated as more and more patrons eyed him including the employees of the restaurant specially the members of the fairer sex and when the waiter finally brought the bill, Luna spoke, "Please fellow Daoist brother, you are guest of our city so let me pay for your meal."

Ryuu: "But I…"

Luna: "I insist Daoist Brother,", by then She had lowered herself a little as she pushed her hands a bit trying to accentuate her cleavage in an attempt to seduce Ryuu.

Ryuu simply gave a charming smile as he spoke, "Thank you for that Sister."

Luna blushed as she spoke, "There is no need to thank me.", she gave a coy smile to Ryuu, which caused Ryuu to give a small wave towards her as he left.

Luna sighed dreamily at that as she spoke, "What I would love to have him moaning under me, that look that handsome figure, aiii it seems I am in love.", only to be taken aback at seeing the stupefied look on her friends face she turned towards her as she spoke, "Lara what happened?"

Lara shakily showed her a slip of paper, as Luna went through it her eyes widen considerably at what he saw.

Meanwhile Ryuu who was a few blocks away from the restaurant suddenly heard a loud cry full of disbelief, "WHY IS THE BILL SO DAMN HIGH!!!!!!!!", he snickered at that as Ryuu thought, 'Serves them right for trying to feed me such slop as food.'