Chapter 18 - Family Night Out (1/2)

Once we got into the carriage I sat there in silence absorbing all the elemental particles through my lungs.

Even though this was a great technique to both replenish my mana usage whenever I tried to make spells and after working out, it wasn't efficient.

Through eating, I can not only replenish nutrients, but I can also do all the above 20 times faster.

While my 'elemental breathing' attribute not only absorbs the elemental energies at a 15% efficiency, but it also takes 10 times as long to assimilate them. Therefore I had concluded that it is better for me to just eat since it has more benefits.

Since there is no food in the carriage, however, I decided to take deep short breaths to make the process faster and gain the utmost limit of elemental energies.

My whole family started to look at me weirdly though. While Zarch and Zack laughed at me, Aroura and my mother seemed to think I'm having a panic attack while my father already knew it was a breathing technique I used so he didn't have any weird reaction after the first 5 seconds.

When the carriage finally stopped we got out.

As I looked around the area, I could see countless carriages and nobles around. You can easily tell who's noble, who's the merchant, and who's the commoner from their clothes and carriages alone if they even have a carriage that is.

The shop's area can be differentiated from common shops from luxury shops as easily if not more easily than commoners and nobles.

The normal shops would be dusty and dark looking while the luxury shops were lit with vibrant golden color.

The patterns in the windows looked random yet they were coordinated to create some kind of symmetry. The Engraved-looking lines shone with vibrant gold and there was always a worker outside wearing a gold and black suit.

Aroura lead us to our destination which was just a luxurious restaurant. The Waiters wore White and black suits, the blazer being white and the shirt being black, while the tables were separated equally apart no matter how many chairs there were.

The receptionist quickly told the waiter which table was ours before leading us to it. It was in a corner where it would be hard to see us unless you were sitting at the closest 2 tables.

There was a magic rock embedded into it which was a silencer. It silences the area around us and makes it so nothing we say can be heard outside. Thanks to the books I stole from Aroura it was easy to figure out.

As I sat down I started to look around myself seeing how happy everyone in the area was. I'm not sure if the lighting made it so the gloomy atmosphere disappeared or if it was magic. Nonetheless, it wasn't working on me.

Everyone at our table was speaking casually as if all the problems of their lives were thrown away, I spoke with aroura for a bit in the best child impression I could make to make them forget about all the maturity I showed back when we were at the house.

The food got here and since Aroura ordered for me, I didn't really get a say in what I wanted, but I trusted her enough to get me some good food.

The steak on my plate was steaming. My eyes widened and my smile grew while the drool almost came out.

I was looking at my food like a wolf looking at its prey.

Aroura seemed to notice and wiped my mouth before the drool even came out. She started to feed me even though I could feed myself, but I didn't resist. I realized in this world, as an almost minor noble family, etiquette is the most respected thing on this planet.

Since I am still unable to use the knife and fork with my weak a*s limbs, I just have to deal with it for a bit.

But damn does this food taste good. The steak is seasoned with precision, the sauce is amazing and the steak is cooked medium-rare, just right.

It isn't overcooked or undercooked. Its juices are flowing into my mouth every time I bite. The mix of juiced and sauce creates an almost heavenly taste, leaving me in a daze every time I bite.

Once we finished our food and the two brothers stopped complaining about wanting more, we started talking while waiting for the dessert.

”Pandora, I'm sorry that I didn't believe you back then. I was blinded by my pride. All I thought about was damage control and I found it hard to believe the neighbors would attack you.”

”So can you please forgive me'' said my mother while putting her head down and putting her forehead and the table, followed by both her hands?

”Yeah, sure I forgive you. you're my mom after all. can't stay angry at you forever.” I said while gritting my teeth.

Immediately after, she started sobbing uncontrollably, sending a shiver of guilt down my spine which I tried to ignore.