Twin Reincarnation: Epics Of The Worldline

Chapter 69 69 The café happenings

[El's POV: ]

"Have whatever you want, Nes. It's my treat."

"Hmmm? But…"

"The cookies here are apparently very good. You should try them with a hot chocolate."

"They have hot chocolate here?!"

"Of course silly. Why wouldn't they?"

This was our first time in a cafe, and though in this world they were expensive places that one couldn't go to every day, they sure were the same cafés that we all knew about.

'The places that lead those curiosity fucked bastards and bitches during the Age of Enlightenment.'

Though cafe of today is mainly different from the traditional coffee shops since the main focus of these places is food rather than the different brews of coffee.

Yes, people did come here mainly for dates with their partners, but, even now, there sure were single people enjoying the food or just drowning in despair because of their loneliness, and groups of people doing the same or planning the 'parties' with 'fun' things.

'And yes I mean intercourse and group activities by that. People do that, just like they did back in the place we came from.'

But we were just dropping by for some refreshments today, and also to avoid that cute little girl.

"Hello~. What would everyone like today?"

We were sitting at the back of the establishment at a table of four in this place filled with a fair bunch of people.

But, there weren't that many compared to the size of this place and there were mostly only couples so the place looked fairly spacious.

And since we were here for some refreshments anyway…

"A mug of hot chocolate and a box of your best cookies; would be best if you can shelf out your best ones; six of your biggest sandwiches, with all the sauces you have, and three, twelve, twenty-one, thirty from your recommendations."

Lucy and I had a fairly absurd appetite and Eva could eat a good enough portion too.

Nes will join us if she likes anything, and I already know she will like mostly everything since they make it so eye-catching here, so, she would join us too after her cookies and milk.

"That much should be enough for now. We have some tests before us anyway so, we will have a better dinner later."

Giving the waitress a little smile, I returned back to my Lucy since he wanted to say something for a while, and though stunned, the waitress looked at the four of us and Eva nodded at her, telling her to do as I said. And then, she walked away after bowing to all of us.

[ "So, where were we?" ]

[ "You already know." ]

He was wearing some pretty clothes today, ones that I made myself with my own hands with his thick, delicious Mana.

[ "Right… we were talking about how you will help me." ]

[ "Yes, so-" ]

[ "With this strange itch I have right now." ]

There was a smirk on my face, my shoeless feet were caressing him under this table, and though surprised, he maintained that calm face and even tried erasing that adorable blush that he had on his hot~ face.

[ "Ugh… El. No. Help during the association exam. And keep those feet to yourself." ]

[ "What feet~?" ]

He was cute, especially on this fine day. But since they had already grabbed their prey, they weren't going anywhere.

'Hehe.'

[ "Anyway, yes. We should just blow up everything there to get the association branch manager's attention and since we would get the highest scores possible, maybe beyond that with your little efforts, we should get those special licenses with that much." ]

Since I got my unique title, the strength of my stats increased a little and was now not something that could be used in a place overflowing with people like the Adventurer's Association.

We had to change the original plans a little and since I also couldn't use any stronger spells than necessary, I would have to hold back a lot.

Which will put Lucy in a position where he would have to use a little more than the necessary strength.

But it should all be fine since the tests and the method of grading they used on this planet were far easier and simpler than the one used on the Worldline level.

So…

[ "Alright. I will take the lead but still, make sure you take care of yourself. If something weird happens and you are put in a difficult situation, things would go wrong in many ways." ]

He worried a lot. Like a loooooooot.

He was an overly cautious, careful, and anxious bastard that, because of a certain incident in the past, loved overpreparing for anything, even thinking of the worst-case scenarios and preparing for them before anything else.

Maybe this aspect of him was the reason he couldn't just be relaxed and have fun in all the situations. But that was a strangely sexy charm he bathed in.

[ "Alright~! Oh, right. Look over there." ]

I pointed towards the window to the outside and there was a certain figure walking around in the area, worried, tensed probably, looking for something, or… someone.

Lucy instantly knew what was happening to her, and looked back at me with a curious expression, asking me a very obvious question.

[ "Why?" ]

[ "Why not?" ]

My answer was simple, and he already knew it was going to be something like this so he wasn't surprised one bit.

He just shook his head and sighed.

[ "Then at least show me." ]

He requested to show me something, but the bastard forgot to specify what.

"Alright."

So… I started by taking my cape off, and he grabbed my hands as soon as they were on the table, surprising Nes because she was lost in the glamour of this pretty place.

"What happened?"

"Nothing. Ahem. N-nothing."

Now, there was a proper blush on his face, an adorable blush.

'Mission accomplished. Hehehe.'

Eva knew exactly what was going on here so she was smiling with her face covered. She had seen more of us than our friend here so she knew us very well.

[ "I meant 'show me her status window' damn girl. Not your…" ]

He himself didn't know what to say here.

He knew I was just teasing him and he was being teased even though he knew everything. Which was even cuter since he was getting teased against his unshakable mind.

[ "Hehe. Should have specified earlier, dummy. Here~." ]

I shred the status window I saw with my eyes and I was just testing it to try and see if my eyes can actually bypass her defenses, but they actually were powerful enough to pass through all those high-level skills.

'Still, it was mostly to put her into this kind of chaotic situation.'

It should be the sixth time someone had seen through her status window and since we were not someone on the level of those offsprings or the high authority holders, it was pretty amazing to have such a powerful skill.

Alas, it wasn't an innate skill. Our crown skills would have enhanced them even further otherwise.

'Still…'

===Status===

ID: Anomaly #10101LUX

Race: Unknown

Strength: 168

Agility: 171

Stamina: 180

Intelligence: 153

Luck: 102

Charm: 87

Level: 105

[Skills: Speed enhancement (Level-4), Enhanced stamina recovery (Level-4), Combat assistance (Level-2), Weapon mastery (Level-2), Mental barrier (Level-4), Mana barrier (Level-2), Regeneration (Level-2), Hawkeye (Level-3), Composures (Level-3), Mind reinforcement (Level-3), Weapon reinforcement (Level-3), Cognition block (Level-3), Magic comprehension (Level-1), Flame (Level-1), Water bullet (Level-1), Wind manipulation (Level-1).]

[Innate skills: Assistance (Level-4), Inventory (Level-3), Reverse analysis (Level-3), Understanding (Level-2), Survival (Level-0).]

[Title: Correction survivor, Anomaly, Encounterer, Merciless, One walking on the path of vengeance.]

[Skill points: 204]

[Oz: 360,441]

[Status abnormality: Target of the world, Curse of Death.]

[Debuff: Confusion, Anxiety.]

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The anomaly, the glitch user, the one that should not have existed, the one this voice of the world missed, the one that Worldline was observing closely, and also the only one that can use the system like a player for now.

'Cute bitch.'

She received the quests and their rewards like a player, and since her base race was unrecognized by the voice of this world, she didn't have many restrictions most other races possessed.

But, that was that. She would one day get caught by the voice of the world and lose that player's powers…

'And I will make sure that time comes as late as possible.'

She knew the danger she was in, the system that was mainly a part of the worldline had already informed her.

So, she was hiding from this very voice of the world, or simply put, Worldline area #321CF.

She already had piqued the interest of many offsprings, but, she didn't know many things that had happened to her since the memory of many of her past encounters had been sealed by the system.

'I can unlock them, of course, but for now, she needed an experience like right now.'

She needed many experiences and knowledge about the powers she had, and, she didn't have to use those power for her 'great endeavors'.

'Hahaha, what she is doing is kinda funny though. That's the most main character-worthy bunch of tasks and she would still try to lay low even within the academy, hehe.'

She wasn't good like Nes, chaotic like that redhead bastard, intelligent and busty like that elf princess, pitiful like the baby boy prince, or bad like that bloodsucker.

She was an average commoner girl that just had a strange zero skill that increased her survival rate. And that was it.

Probably she was lucky that she managed to come this far but, I would also say it was thanks to that survival skill of hers that she survived those difficult trials.

'Welp. Whatever~.'

"Your order is prepared, dear customers.

Here's the hot chocolate and the best of our cookies."

The waitress came back with Nes's cookies and hot chocolate and quickly went back, and one by one brought the rest of our items.

And, the table before us was filled completely so, she even asked for help from other workers and set a separate table beside us.

She was nice and throughout the time we ate, she helped us to the best of her abilities with a pretty smile.

Which was probably for some good tip, but she did well. And I liked her so…

"Good work. What's your name?"

"Hmmm? Ummm, it's Nitzki, but people mostly call me Niki."

That was a unique name. Especially considering how it was so uncommon in the West.

"Are you from the north? Or, seeing how you handle yourself, were your grandparents from somewhere around Greens?"

She didn't have any resemblance to the northern people or their culture. And since there's a tradition in the empire that the grandparents named their grandchildren, it sure was a possibility.

"Hmmmmmm? H-how do you know that?"

And seeing that cute response, it sure seemed to be the case.

"Haha, nothing too deep. Just a speculation.

Anyway, can we have the bill?"

She was confused and also impressed… right. Did I tell you how I used a spell to make ourselves a little less attractive?

We were pretty, hot, sexy, cute, and much more so if we were to roam around the city with that appearance, there would definitely have been an uproar.

"Oh! Right! Here miss. It is three small gold and five big silver coins. We accept check and direct system payments too so-"

"We don't need them for a small amount like that, right? Here."

I took out 'my' money bag from the storage space and put four gold coins and five silver ones on the table, which attracted many eyes toward us.

'But all of that combined wasn't even a hundred and fifty Oz so it was far, far cheaper than the food Lucy usually makes.'

"H-hennnn? Ma'am! You shouldn't take out gold coins like this! A-and… I think you made a mistake. There are four gold coins."

"How can someone make a mistake while counting a few coins, dummy? That is your tip."

She blinked at me a few times as if she couldn't understand what she had just heard.

"...sorry?"

"Alright then. Let's go, everyone."

I stood up and gave her a little smile, and then everyone else stood up with a cheerful smile.

We were too used to our own cooking that it was good to have something different every once in a while.

And, since Nes had only been with us for a week and hadn't eaten anything special, she liked the food quite a bit.

"Can I give her a tip too? And to the chef that made this?"

Nes wanted to give them a tip, but unlike us, this girl had a bad lot of money thanks to Silver and all her unique parents but was still unfamiliar with how the 'money' actually worked here.

But I also can't stop my dear friend now, right?

"Ummm. How about you give it directly in Oz? You know the things I taught right?"

"Okay~."

"N-n-no! This is plenty! I will share it with the chef! It would be better!"

Why was she denying a handsome amount of free money? I couldn't understand this simple thinking sometimes.

"Hmm? Is something wrong? Don't we give tips when we are happy with the services? I liked the cookies and you were so sweet with us…"

Now she had a sad expression so the waitress became even more chaotic. It was getting interesting.

"Ahem. Is there a problem here?"

But then a tall man in a kitchen apron came out from the kitchen side and asked with a polite tone.

'He does look better as well.'

He was the owner of this establishment as well as the head chef. And also someone we will have as one of our own in the future.

"Ohhh! Sir Rodriquez! Please help me here!"

He came... and I'm too tired from giving that footwork to my Lucy so I won't describe much, but he politely explained to Nes how a gold coin was already too much for them.

Still, he also couldn't see her sadness. So he allowed her to give the tip through their system counter, and our little friend generously gave them a good nine hundred ninety-nine Oz as a 'tip'.

Well… we were out by the time they realized this so I don't know what happened after that but, I certainly knew one thing as we stood before the tall tower of adventurer association.

"Hehehe. Let's break the bed~."

It was time to do some workouts. A 'pure' four-person workout, hehe.