Chapter 61: Chapter Sixty-One: Brown Sugar Egg
"Brown sugar egg, huh..." Rose looked at the bowl of food in front of her, hesitated for a while but still took a sip.
There was a sweetness and another strange flavor which Rose couldn’t quite identify, but it was quite tasty nonetheless.
After scooping up an egg with a spoon, Rose tentatively bit into it, immediately tasting the sweetness and the strange flavor as soon as she pierced it.
It wasn’t to say that Rose liked it, but at the very least she didn’t dislike this thing called an egg.
"This succubus... is she your private pet?" Rose could feel the wound on her back slowly healing, and then she glanced at Betty.
From the very first bowl, Rose had noticed the mark on Betty’s neck; it was the mark of a slave, and moreover, Betty was one of those disabled succubi. freewebnøvel.coɱ
Combined with the fact that Chen Ze was a male human, Rose felt she had uncovered the truth—Betty was definitely Chen Ze’s private pet, the kind who warms his bed.
"No, Betty is a waitress that I hired," Chen Ze shook his head; he had no such thoughts about Betty, purely treating her as a waitress.
"A waitress? Have you given her proper compensation?" Rose sneered at this, convinced Chen Ze must be faking it. Any normal human male would have those kinds of thoughts about a succubus; that was the succubus’s natural trait.
"The manager pays me one gold coin a week as my salary," Betty couldn’t help but interject, although from a certain perspective, Betty did wish Chen Ze had some kind of thoughts about her.
Rose couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows, detecting the truth in Betty’s words, which also meant that Chen Ze indeed had no improper thoughts toward Betty.
"Thank you for today’s hospitality. I... came in a bit of a hurry today and didn’t bring many gold coins. This is all I have at the moment," Rose hesitated for a moment, took a small pouch from her bosom, and handed it to Chen Ze.
Chen Ze nodded, didn’t bother to open it to count, and just pocketed it directly.
Chen Ze did not refuse it because he knew Rose had given him a pouch of gold coins as she was grateful for him taking her in and giving her a chance to live.
"Welcome to come again next time," Betty skillfully saw Rose off.
"Manager, why is this Grey Elf daring to leave directly? Logically, the one who harmed her is still outside," Betty was puzzled and couldn’t help asking.
"How long has it been? If the two of them are really there, then Rose couldn’t have escaped, could she?" Chen Ze scratched his head, feeling that if he was a powerful being with a grudge against Rose, he would set up a trap exactly where Rose entered.
In that case, even if Rose managed to leave, she wouldn’t be able to escape death unless, in the meantime, her power had increased significantly.
"Betty, this is your staff meal, remember to come in earlier tomorrow," Chen Ze took out the meal he’d reserved for Betty, placing it on the table.
The steaming dishes and the fragrant rice prompted Betty to devour three bowls of rice in a row.
"..." Without a word, Stan had already taken his usual seat.
Chen Ze turned his head to look, saw that the other didn’t speak, and then tied on his headscarf and went to the kitchen—he was now well aware of his customers’ personal preferences.
For example, Riesel was a dragon who was passionate about spicy food and even liked to eat spicy food in a mortal’s body.
Sebastian has a strong interest in sweets and doesn’t like spicy flavors.
And Stan, the Undead Monarch of the nether plane, his favorite was always buffet, without change.
Chen Ze returned to the kitchen and didn’t go to comfort Betty, who was nervously serving the Undead Monarch, Stan.
Chen Ze was now adept at making buffets and boasted, "Only through practice does one excel." In no time, he had prepared twenty portions of buffet and had Betty carry them over.
Soon, Chen Ze heard Stan asking to settle the bill in his mind.
Chen Ze couldn’t help but glance at his phone, noting that only twenty minutes had passed since he served the food until Stan had finished it.
Finishing twenty servings of Buffet within twenty minutes is a challenge for a human, but for Stan, it wasn’t too slow, it was actually too fast.
When Chen Ze had nothing better to do previously, he timed Stan, and this powerful Undead Monarch, the Otherworld Gu Aotian, also took an hour and twelve minutes to finish twenty servings of Buffet.
But today, Stan finished the same meal in just twenty minutes.
This made Chen Ze a bit worried, wondering if he hadn’t made it well, but he was certain that all the Buffets he made were of ordinary quality, none of poor quality.
If it wasn’t his fault, then perhaps Stan had grown tired of the taste and wanted to try something new.
So, Chen Ze took off his headband and walked into the dining room, intending to ask Stan what made him eat so quickly.
But as soon as he stepped out, Chen Ze saw a large box full of Gold Coins on the table, along with a calm Betty, but there was no sign of Stan.
"Where’s Stan? Did he leave?" Until now, no customer had simply left money and run off, except for that Troll Chen Ze had taken note of in his little book.
And such a big box... Chen Ze felt he could hire Betty for as long as he lived.
"Yes, Manager. The Monarch had to go back for the Seven Crown Council," Betty deduced from what Stan had said and his behavior.
"How did you know?" Chen Ze looked at Betty somewhat puzzled.
"Because I listened attentively in class," Betty said with all seriousness.
A Succubus should be learning to charm others! A demon should be causing trouble; please live up to your species for once!
This was Chen Ze’s biggest impression, and he really hadn’t expected a demon to have such a zeal for learning.
Could it be that demons nowadays are so keen on studying?
"So, what is the Seven Crown Council?" Chen Ze pulled up a stool, ready to listen to a story with earnest curiosity.
"...The Seven Crown Council consists of the seven strongest individuals from the negative planes, who come together to discuss matters," Betty paused for a while then told Chen Ze the answer her teacher had given her.
"Oh... I see, looks like it’s a gathering of powerhouses," Chen Ze naturally assumed that during the Seven Crown Council, some extremely violent stories would unfold. freewёbnoνel.com
Like Gu Aotian slamming down a goblet, pulling in a bunch of axemen and teaching the other six Crowns a lesson.
Or Lafra showing off her divine might, giving Gu Aotian a good thrashing.
"Manager..." Betty looked at Chen Ze with a grievance-filled face.
"What’s wrong?"
"If you’re going to slack off, why not go to the kitchen and cook instead of just watching me work?" Betty felt like Chen Ze was there just to mock her.
"The best way to face the fear of work is to bravely confront it! Go for it! Oli give!"