Chapter 10: The Wizard Who Touches Taboo
The middle-aged man wore a British-style black suit with a bright red rose on his chest. His sea-blue eyes were filled with the wisdom and curiosity of the elderly.
In one hand, he held the umbrella that he had just put away, and the other held a glass jar covered with damp mud.
Sitting in the cafe, Byron put the glass jar on the table, and he started looking around the shop.
The cafe was small, but the interior was neat and clean.
Behind the cafe's bar stood its owner, a young man in his twenties.
At least that's how it looks on the surface, but in reality?'
There was this intense, scorching, and heavy aura of the Lord of Ashes around him that made him breathless. Byron would never believe that he was just a commoner.
So, who is this sacred person?'
Byron became more and more interested. According to his nature, regardless of whether the person is a friend or a foe he won't let it go.
Shen Yi put a professional smile on his face to ensure that every guest has a spring-like experience.
Finally, there is a guest.'
Shen Yi muttered in his heart that if he didn't come back, there would be no guest, and if there was no guest he wouldn't be able to open the coffee shop and would have to sleep on the street.
The dignified "Lord of Ashes" couldn't afford the utility bills, lived on the streets, hungry and cold. He didn't know what the cultists would think.
Shen Yi nodded to him: "Okay, I will serve you the coffee soon."
He heard people who like to drink black coffee tend to have a more calm personality. The temperament of today's first guest seems to confirm this statement.
Nolan was an aristocratic country, and Shen Yi was not surprised by Byron's suit.
Shen Yi chose Boza coffee beans and skillfully took out the filter paper, put it in the filter cup, dampened it with hot water, and put the coffee powder in it.
Then he started hand brewing.
First, he poked a small hole in the coffee powder with his pinky finger, then poured some hot water from the kettle into the hole, spread the coffee powder clockwise, and steamed it.
Let the coffee powder swell up.
After repetition of adding water and resting, the black coffee gradually became aromatic.
Byron secretly observed the youth behind the bar.
He had an aura of Him, an intense one- the aura of the Lord of Ashes, an ethereal god.'
But this aura was gradually dissipating.
As for why Byron could distinguish this kind of aura... He had recently hunted a
follower of the Lord of Ashes not long ago.
Byron was from Nolan's orthodox aristocracy and also a top wizard. Most of them were not his opponents even if they were followers of a god outside the world.
Who is this person?' Byron's eyes were filled with doubt. Did he come here to confront me?'
A few minutes later, the Lord of Ashes' aura completely dissipated. Byron frowned slightly and began to speculate again.
Could it be that the young man making the coffee in front of him is not the one who spread the aura of the Lord of Ashes in the cafe?'
"I will always remember, and only my death will end my thoughts."
Byron's meaning was very clear- no matter who you are, whether a divinity, a fellow wizard, a member of a cult, or an investigator of the Bureau of Democracy.
If you want to stop me, the only way is to kill me immediately.
Shen Yi nodded in silence.
A shallow statement is one of the most taboo things when communicating with people. After all, it's the other party's family affairs. So he can't say anything more.
Shen Yi just thought of his family in his hometown and was touched.
Byron was relieved to see the other person's reaction. The mysterious man didn't want to meddle in his affairs.
Even if I have confidence in my strength, fighting in the city is not a good thing after all. Not to mention the indiscriminate killing of innocents, it would be very troublesome to provoke the investigators of the Anti-Magic Bureau.
The black coffee in the mug was still hot, far from finished, but he did not want to continue drinking.
Byron stood up and smiled, "This meeting is also a work of fate. Sir, Can you tell me your name?"
Shen Yi shook his hand and returned the smile, "Shen Yi."
His surname is Shen. Is he from Shangxuan? It is a distant country.' Byron silently wrote down the name in his heart and said his name, "Byron Anhalt."
He started to walk outside the cafe
.
Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment and immediately blocked him, "You haven't paid the bill yet."
Byron shuddered and his body stopped.
He thought the other party was going to do something, but he didn't expect that this person really wanted to collect money.
"Okay."
After paying the money with a weird face, Byron began to wonder if he had made a wrong judgment.
Is the other party just an ordinary person?'
But what about the aura of the god?'
He was puzzled.
Shen Yi smiled and gave way.
Byron left the cafe without a hitch this time.
Although still puzzled as he couldn't determine the identity of the mysterious owner of the cafe, Byron knew at least one thing- This mysterious Shangxuan person is not hostile to him. Knowing this is enough
.
Outside the cafe, it began to drizzle again.
Byron opened his umbrella and walked towards the outskirts of Beland. He did not hesitate to offend the gods outside the world and hunted down the followers of the Lord of Ashes, just to use it as a sacrifice for the summoning ceremony.
Tonight, he's going to touch the taboo of wizards and summon a mythical, untouchable god from beyond the world.
To bring back his beloved daughter.