A Righteous Female Knight Never Compromises!-Chapter 60 : Because it was too natural, the brain wanted to short-circuit
{Chapter 60} Because it was too natural, the brain wanted to short-circuit
When Anna and Atala came out of the clothing store, Anna was already holding three bags in her hands.
“Where should we go next...”
Ever since coming to the commercial district with Atala, Anna hadn't planned to just buy clothes and go back. Instead, she wanted to have a good time with Atala before returning.
Generally speaking, this was a date with Atala.
However, Anna couldn't be said to be very familiar with this commercial district, only somewhat acquainted.
Not to mention that half a year was enough for the shops to change over, Anna hadn't been here much when she was at the Knight Academy.
Most of the time, she came with her roommates, so Anna had no idea which restaurants were good, where to find good drinks, or which places were fun...
That amusement park might be a good option, but Anna had already promised to come with the four of them next time, so there was no need to go now...
But while Anna was still pondering, she glanced around and suddenly noticed that Atala was gone?
No, not gone, but had slipped over to a storefront while Anna wasn't paying attention and was looking inside.
“Atala?”
Leading the horse over to Atala, Anna finally saw what Atala was looking at—
Cats.
This seemed to be a Lucca shop that used cats as its selling point, so-called Lucca is a kind of drink with a unique sweet and salty taste, along with a special aroma, at least quite popular in the Kingdom of Rianved.
However, since the Kingdom of Rianved relies on importing Lucca beans from the southern city-states, and the climatic conditions in the Kingdom of Rianved do not meet the growth requirements of Lucca beans, Lucca is a relatively expensive drink in the kingdom.
Moreover, the shops that serve it are concentrated in large cities, at least there were none in the previous small town.
But Anna felt that Atala wasn't staring at the shop because of the Lucca, but because of the cats inside...
“Anna! Are those the so-called 'cats'?”
After noticing Anna appearing beside her, Atala asked in an excited tone.
“...Atala, have you never seen a cat before?”
Seeing Atala's unusual reaction, Anna realized this.
“I've only seen pictures of cats in travel diaries, but this is the first time I've seen a live one in front of me!”
“...There should have been people in the previous town who kept cats, shouldn't there...?”
Thinking carefully, although people in the previous town kept cats and there were often stray cats around, the border knights were also responsible for capturing and gathering stray cats during patrols...
...So Atala is only now seeing a live cat, and I have some responsibility for that?
Thinking about the dozens if not hundreds of stray cats she had sent to animal management facilities, Anna inexplicably felt a bit guilty.
“Then... do you want to go in and take a look?”
“Can we?”
“Of course, this trip isn't just about buying clothes, you can do whatever you want.”
Looking at Atala's expectant eyes, who could refuse such a look!
She just wants to see some cats!
Under Atala's expectant gaze, Anna took her into the shop—
“Welcome! Just the two of you?”
A well-dressed server with a pair of lively animal ears on her head asked Anna.
While asking, she also took a few extra glances at Atala, after all, an elf always attracts a lot of attention no matter where they are.
“Ah... yes.”
Under the guidance of the animal-eared server, Anna and Atala sat at a booth by the window, and the animal-eared server soon came over with a small notebook.
“What would you like to drink?”
“Uh... I'll have a pure Lucca.” Although Anna also stared at the pair of animal ears for a while, she didn't dare to keep staring and quickly said what she wanted before looking at Atala.
Atala's attention was completely captured by the cats freely moving around the shop.
These cats seemed to ignore the humans, freely moving around the shop, always showing the most “elegant” side of these cats.
“Atala?”
“Ah!?” Hearing Anna's voice, Atala quickly snapped out of her long-distance cat-watching state and looked at Anna in a panic.
“Wh... what?”
“...What would you like to drink? The server is waiting.”
“No, no.” The animal-eared server shook her head repeatedly, “Many customers get mesmerized by those kids in the shop. After all, they are very cute.”
“Drink... what to drink...” But after hearing Anna's question, Atala was in a state of confusion.
“...Atala, you don't know this is a Lucca shop, do you?”
“Wh... what's Lucca?”
Oh no, she was completely drawn in by the cats.
After a lot of explaining and introducing Atala to what Lucca is and what Lucca beans are, Atala finally made a hesitant decision:
“Then I'll have the same as you!”
“Alright, two pure Luccas.” The animal-eared server was quite skilled, quickly jotting down their order in her notebook, “ 2 gold coins, thank you!”
One cup of Lucca costs 1 gold coin, Lucca really is made of gold.
“Ah, right!” The animal-eared server suddenly remembered something, looking at Anna and Atala, hesitated a bit, but still said, “Our shop is currently running a promotion, couples can enjoy a buy-one-get-one-free benefit, and for an additional 5 silver coins, you can also get two strawberry cakes...”
“Sounds good!” Before Anna could react, Atala showed a surprised expression, “Anna, should we get it?”
Hearing this, the animal-eared server's eyes lit up, as if she had discovered something extraordinary.
“This...”
Anna was completely stunned by Atala's question.
What do you mean, should we get it? Isn't this a couples' benefit?
Is Atala hinting at something?
Who am I? What should I do now?
Her lips moved slightly, Anna hadn't yet given an answer, but Atala had already taken out 1 gold coin and 5 silver coins:
“Let's do as you said?”
“Alright!”
The animal-eared server seemed to have gotten excited, her tail wagging wildly behind her, and after taking the gold and silver coins, she trotted off with her tail swaying...
“...At... At... At... Atala... do you know what you just said...?”
“I know.” Atala said nonchalantly, “Since they asked like that, not saying it would feel like a loss, right?”
“Huh? Huh???”
“It's just pretending to be a couple, it's fine.”
“...???”
Anna's brain could no longer process what Atala was saying properly.
Chapter 60 : Because it was too natural, the brain wanted to short-circuit
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