"Huh, sure enough, there are dogs for every restaurant." Lidia sneered.

The man seemed to be hard of hearing and didn't react at all to Lydia's sarcasm. He just looked at her contemptuously and went to work.

Lidia had no idea what to do about it. Feeling bored, she was about to leave when she suddenly saw a figure passing her and walking straight to the restaurant.

Lidia looked back at the person and found that the person was a thin girl, probably about the same age as her, maybe a traveler on the road. The girl was wrapped in a brown robe from head to toe, but she was already soaked. In addition, she

My feet were still bare and covered with mud.

For such a miserable-looking girl, Lidia guessed that she didn't have much money. If she entered this restaurant, she would probably be in trouble. If she was pretty, she would undoubtedly be sold to a romantic place.

, if not, they will be locked up here to work illegally and never see the light of day again.

Out of the spirit of chivalry, Lydia followed the girl into the restaurant. Soon she saw the girl being stopped by a burly man. The man looked up and down and concluded that this must be a beggar of unknown origin. Naturally, there was no one.

Oil and water can be squeezed.

And looking at that small body, I guess it would be hard to do illegal work, so I wanted to kick the girl out directly. To my surprise, the girl actually took out a sparkling necklace and waved it in front of the man.

The sharp-eyed man immediately saw that there were many gems inlaid on it, and his dim eyes suddenly flashed. He quickly nodded and bowed to the girl, and then respectfully invited her to come in and sit down.

When Lidia saw this scene, she couldn't help but have an idea. Even a noble like her family didn't own that necklace. How could it be on a sloppy girl? It couldn't be stolen, right?

Of course, as a knight, she could not doubt others without reason, so she decided to find a seat to sit down and continue to observe the development of the situation.

Because the girl came in first, a male waiter immediately ran over to serve her. After confirming the order, he hurried to the kitchen.

A few minutes later, a table full of dishes was placed in front of the girl. Lidia found it unbelievable how so many dishes could be prepared in a few minutes. However, after thinking about it carefully, according to the habits of this restaurant, they must have been prepared in advance.

Yes, I don’t know how long it has been there.

However, the girl only focused on devouring her food. She had obviously been hungry for a long time and did not care whether the food went bad.

Lidia was stunned until the waiter reminded her and asked her to order.

She wanted to refuse, but when she saw the displeased look in the waiter's eyes, she chose to compromise. After all, a conflict at this time might disrupt her plan.

"...Then give me a drink."

"Is one cup enough? The little girl over there ordered such a large table of dishes."

"Huh? Are you teaching me how to do something? I just want to have a drink?" Lidya was also impatient.

Seeing that she was wearing armor, the waiter obviously guessed that she was from the Knights, but the strange thing was that he did not check out at all, but glared at her.

Lidya looked at his arrogant look and thought that the backstage must be very tough, but she was not someone to be bullied.

Just when the two sides were at war, the awkward situation was broken by the girl's cough. She must have had a problem with her eating. The girl looked in pain and quickly put her hand into her throat to induce vomiting.

Of course Lidia knew what was going on. She had long heard that the food in this restaurant was unhygienic, and since it was summer, there must be maggots or cockroaches.

The girl finally vomited the foreign object she had eaten on the ground, and found a few maggots in the food residue. They were scratching on a piece of rotten chicken. No wonder it tasted disgusting.

"W-what's going on?"

The girl's voice was very clear, but strangely, there was no hint of anger in her tone, but rather a bit weak.

Hearing this movement, the waiter stopped confronting Lidia and walked over with a very proud look on her face.

"Hey, it seems that this customer is not satisfied with our service." The male waiter said slyly.

"But, there seems to be something wrong with your food."

The girl whispered, her eyes evasive, not daring to look at the waiter's aggressive look.

"Humph, no matter what, you have to pay for the food you order today." The waiter knew that he was wrong, but he was unforgiving.

"Well, I'm really hungry. Please give me something to eat." The girl lowered her head and said weakly.

"Well, yes, you can, but you have to pay more. Once you have money, you can talk about anything."

"I understand, how about I pledge this necklace to you?" the girl said, planning to take out the necklace just now.

But the strange thing is that she searched all over her body and couldn't find the necklace, and in the end she could only show an expression that was about to cry.

"Tsk, what's the matter with you guy? How did you get in without money?"

The waiter was immediately furious. He looked at the gatekeeper outside again, wanting to blame him for letting such a pauper in because of his poor eyesight.

At this time, Lidia also wondered why the necklace on the girl was missing. She followed the waiter's line of sight and found that the burly man actually raised the necklace in his hand with a proud look on his face.

It seemed that someone had been robbed at some point. Lydia couldn't help but admire this trick. Even she, the knight, didn't notice this trick.

Such a person only knows how to do this kind of thing, which is a waste of resources.

The waiter was about to get angry, but he didn't expect the big man to take the necklace and run away without looking back. It seemed that the value of the necklace was very expensive and it was no longer worth his work for the restaurant.

The waiter knew he couldn't catch up, so he slammed the table hard, making the girl jump.

"Since you don't have money to pay the bill, what do you think we should do?"

The girl backed away timidly, but the waiter grabbed her slender arm.

At this time, Lidia finally couldn't stand it anymore. Regardless of where the girl's necklace came from, in this situation, if she didn't take action, would she still be a human being?

"Hey, let me go." Lidia shouted.

The waiter immediately looked towards her, and the force in his hand became stronger. The girl burst into tears, but she couldn't break free.

"It's none of your business. Don't worry. If you don't want to order something, I'll deal with you later." The waiter said viciously.

"……ha?"

Lydia was really speechless this time. She felt very strange how confident this guy was to be so disrespectful to the knight.

So, without saying a word, she drew her sword and slashed at the waiter's arm that grabbed the girl. The waiter was very smart and let go immediately. The speed was definitely no slower than Lidia's.

"Really, I'm just confused. All of you are so skilled, why do you have to do something so evil?"

"You, what do you want? I can tell you that I have someone among the nobles."

The waiter's tone was trembling. He didn't expect that the other party would actually take action, but now he understood that Lydia was different from those knights who were all about etiquette.

"Hmph, whatever you want, anyway, I'm going to take this girl away today. Let's see who dares to stop me." Lidia said forcefully.

"you……"

The waiter was naturally too angry to say anything, so he finally compromised.

Afterwards, Lidia took the girl's hand and walked out of the restaurant. Later, she arranged a job for her in the manor.

This girl was Margaret. Later, she said that she was a magician's apprentice and came to Blackpool Town to find her teacher. Her teacher was a very powerful witch known as "Emerald".

Witch".
Chapter completed!