Everyone sighed in relief, especially Jellal—his stern expression smoothed down a little. Section Ephemera was very valuable to him. He had been looking for them for years, and missing this opportunity meant it would take even longer.
When Angor spoke his decision, Jellal’s attitude towards Angor changed from “mild hostility” to “somewhat appreciated”.
He would not be like that if Angor was still a common mortal. However, since Sunders was behind the boy now, even someone like Jellal would not underestimate Angor from now on.
After hesitating for some more, Angor asked in an uncertain voice, “Lady Greya, can you prepare shares for my teacher and Flora too?”
Flora was surprised. Then she let out a big smile. “Good boy. No wonder the teacher liked you. Heehee. I’ll take care of you at Brute Cavern. No one’s gonna hurt you!”
Sunders had no use for Section Ephemera even if it was valuable, but no one would mind getting free stuff.
Greya shrugged. “Alright. You’re the golden guest, you decide.”
Greya chose to obey Sunders during the conflict. Now Sunders was officially Angor’s teacher, of course, she had no problem answering to her guest’s need.
…
After the three of them left the banquet room, Angor felt himself short of breath as if the air was getting thin.
Flora was floating joyfully while humming an unknown song.
Angor followed closely behind Sunders, expecting his unknown future.
“Jellal is an Alchemist. The man has some extreme personality and a narrow mind, but his technique is exceptional. His title is ‘The Mythril Innovator’. If you ever want to study alchemy, you will be seeing his name quite a lot. His contribution towards mythril refinement was a major breakthrough in the alchemy field a hundred years ago. Maintain a good relationship with him, and you will see the benefit.”
Sunders’ voice broke the embarrassing silence.
Angor nodded quickly. So that was why Sunders left the choice of food to him. If he did not choose Section Ephemera, he would get on bad terms with Jellal.
Sunders was his teacher now, but he was still useless against someone like Jellal. Considering the cold and selfish natures of wizards, Angor could not do anything if Jellal suddenly decided to kill him.
Keeping a basic relationship like now was the best choice.
They came into the bronze banquet room Sunders was in. It was empty. Greya was preparing Section Ephemeras for everyone.
Sunders closed his eyes to relax. His grin suggested he was having a good mood.
Flora took the chance to tell Angor about all kinds of rumors about Barbie’s Restaurant.
Compared to Tom Weasel’s exaggerated introduction, Flora’s remarks were more directly perceived.
After a while, Angor began to have a basic idea about this mysterious traveling restaurant.
“Those strange waiters aren’t a big deal. If you ever go to Fairytown, you will find more weirdos there. Those iron men, scarecrow men, and heartless princesses… at least Greya acts like a human,” Flora concluded.