"Are you alright, sir?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, let me wipe you off."
With no awareness of the trouble she had caused, Sheele walked over with a dazed look and took out a handkerchief to wipe the stains on the middle-aged man, her calm demeanor surprising everyone in the restaurant.
Even Sora couldn't help but twitch his eyes. "Girl, are you sure you're not too awesome?!"
This wasn't just a matter of missing a screw, but having only one screw, right?!!
"Bastard! How dare you touch such a noble man with your dirty hands! Kneel down and beg for his forgiveness!"
Hating the idiot girl to death, the owner shouted at Sheele while watching the middle-aged man's expression.
"Bitch!!!"
At this moment, the man also came back to his senses, his heart filled with anger. He didn't know Sheele was a clumsy girl, and even if he did, he wouldn't care. Seeing that Sheele showed no fear or begging, he was furious and felt despised. Without thinking, he slapped her.
A cold light flashed in Sora's eyes. "Damn it, this idiot is quite bold, daring to hit the woman I've claimed!"
A cold arc stretched across his lips, but Sora didn't make a move.
Because someone else already had.
SMACK!
Just as the man's aged hand was about to strike Sheele, it was caught by another.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing hitting people? So what if she accidentally spilled a dish on you? She didn't do it on purpose, she'll pay you for it!"
Leone grabbed the man's hand, a look of righteous indignation on her face.
She hated these nobles who abused their power and bullied commoners the most. If there weren't so many people around, Leone would have already beaten him to a pulp!
"Who are you? How dare you interfere in my affairs! Pay for it? Hmph, I've been made to look so disreputable. Can you even afford to compensate me?!"
Not only was he hurt and embarrassed, but now he was being stopped from hitting a lowly commoner. The man's anger intensified, and he even started to resent Leone.
"You bastard!!!"
Why did that sound so familiar? Gritting her teeth, Leone felt extremely stifled and angry facing such a rude and unreasonable person. She was on the verge of exploding, thinking about whether she should just kill him and make a run for it.
In contrast to Leone's anger, Sora was almost doubled over with laughter. He thought to himself, Leone, Leone, so you have a day like this too! You even dared to be a rogue and extort money from your older brother. Now you're getting your comeuppance, aren't you? Hahahaha...
"Um, esteemed guests, fighting is wrong, you know. Everyone should get along peacefully."
Just when the atmosphere was tense and about to explode, Sheele's voice rang out again. She stepped forward, looking worried and eager to pull them apart.
His eyes twitching madly, looking at this clueless girl who still hadn't figured out the situation after all this time, Leone suddenly felt like her kindness had been wasted. Damn it, am I just being a fool here!!!
The sly owner had long since wanted to avoid getting involved in this mess. Seeing that a fool had jumped in to successfully divert the noble man's attention, he quickly retreated to the side, staying as far away as possible.
As long as he wasn't involved, he didn't care what they did! But the owner had made up his mind. He would definitely fire Sheele, that useless troublemaker, after this!
However, it was hard to say whether this clueless girl could escape this disaster.
Naturally, the muddled Sheele's persuasion wouldn't be able to separate the two. Both the middle-aged man and Leone were on the verge of exploding. Sora knew that he couldn't just stand by and watch the show anymore. He was still hungry and wanted to eat. If they really started fighting, it would never end.
"Ahem, Uncle, calm down, calm down."
"Here, this is some compensation for the injuries you sustained because of this muddled little sister. You should just stop making a fuss, go home, wash up, and go to sleep."
With a gentle tug, Sora pulled apart the two who were locked together. At the same time, he took out a gold coin from his pocket and placed it in the man's hand, saying with a smile.
He felt that a gold coin was too much. In fact, Sora thought that giving this guy a copper coin would be enough, but the smallest denomination he had on him was a gold coin, so he had no choice but to give this guy a deal.
Staring blankly at the gold coin in his hand, the middle-aged man was about to explode with anger! Where did this naive kid come from? Not only did he dare interfere in his business, but he even wanted to use a gold coin to brush him off!!!
This was outrageous! Simply outrageous!!!
Besides the muddled Sheele, Leone, the tavern owner, and the other customers were all dumbfounded. This guy was also a big shot!
However, the next moment, to the shock of everyone, Sora leaned over to the middle-aged man's ear and whispered something. Everyone then saw that the middle-aged man, who had been bursting with anger, suddenly changed his expression, his face turning deathly pale!
"Don't tell anyone, okay? Come on, Uncle, just go home, wash up, and go to sleep, okay?"
Standing back up, Sora still had that innocent and harmless look on his face.
"Yes! Yes! I understand, I'll leave right away! I'll leave right away!"
No one knew what Sora had said, but it had scared the great-uncle's brother-in-law of the minister to tremble all over, his face bloodless. He flattered him a few times with extreme fear and then stumbled out of the tavern.
"Hey, kid, what did you say to that annoying guy? Why did he become so obedient all of a sudden, and seem so afraid of you?"
The entire tavern was in an uproar, no one understood what was going on. Even Leone was puzzled and asked with curiosity.
"Oh, I just told him that he's already several decades old, and if he doesn't get those burns treated, they won't be curable in the future. Maybe he's just in a hurry to go home for treatment."
Sora shrugged and made up a random reason.
"You brat!!!"
Gritting her teeth, Leone naturally knew that Sora was lying to her and hated him with a passion.
Hmph, you're not telling me the truth, huh? Then I'm going to eat and spend like crazy today, and drain your coffers dry!
"Boss, hurry up and bring the food. I'm starving!"
"Bring out the best of everything, and add ten more servings. My little brother has plenty of money!"
Sitting down on a chair, she even put her long, white legs on the table. Leone had returned to that arrogant state that made people want to punch her.
"Go take care of it!"
An arc tugged at the corner of Sora's lips, he didn't care. He wasn't afraid of Leone spending money. On the contrary, the more she spent, the happier he was. He took out another bag of gold coins and threw it to the tavern owner.
"Ah? Yes! Please wait a moment, esteemed guests, we'll bring it right away! We'll bring it right away!"
Nodding and bowing, the owner finally understood that this guy was not only a master, but an ancestor! Although that blonde girl looked like she deserved a beating, since she was this ancestor's person, she was definitely a little ancestor as well. It was normal for her to be temperamental.
"Sheele, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and get back to work!"
Although things had been resolved in a muddled way, the owner was still very disgusted with Sheele. Because of her, he had been scared half to death several times today. Even if he didn't die, he would live a few years less.
"Don't yell at her."
His expression condensing, Sora glanced at the owner and said calmly.
"Uh... Yes! Esteemed Sir, please wait, I'll prepare it for you myself, ha ha, ha ha..."
At that moment, when the other party's gaze fell on him, the owner felt all the hairs on his body stand on end. He was drenched in cold sweat, as if he had just walked through the gates of death.
The owner felt that he was too unlucky today, and if it continued like this, he would inevitably break down. He didn't dare to say anything more. These were all grandfathers. They could do whatever they wanted. He just hoped that Sheele, that useless girl, wouldn't cause any more trouble for him. He'd be burning incense if that happened.