194 A cup of Tea (1/2)

”Daoist Ryuu please wait a moment.”, a voice stopped Ryuu on his tracks he was greeted with the sight of both Lucius and Agrippa.

Ryuu gave a small bow as he cupped his hands as he greeted them, ”Greetings Seniors how may I help you?”

Agrippa: ”I heard what has happened and as such I rushed back as quickly as possible, are alright?”

Ryuu: ”Yes sir I am fine, just a little bit annoyed at everything.”

Lucius: ”Daoist Ryuu did you managed to find anything form them?”

Ryuu sighed while he spoke putting up an irate expression as he lied to them, ”No Senior they committed suicide before I could interrogate them, they seemed to have ingested some sort of poisonous pills that were with them.”

Agrippa pursed his lips in deep thought as he replied, ”Such a shame but fret not we will try our best to uncover the plot, also we will be tightening the security even more around.”

Lucius: ”I think you should go and rest Daoist Ryuu for now, we will see you in the morning.”

With that as Ryuu made his way towards the kitchen adjacent to the room allocated to his team and him, he was greeted by his teammates, ”Daoist Ryuu, are you alright? There was so much commotion outside.”

Ryuu: ”Yup I am alright but you should not have left our room, let us return back to our room where I will explain everything that has happened recently, but before that let me make some tea it was quite hectic day for me and I need a cup or two, maybe even a whole tea pot for myself, oh and do you two need some.”

Ryuu made his way towards the pantry where he searched for some tea leaves and milk.

Ryuu: ”Oh an One horned Dragon Cow's milk nice, and this is…”, he took out a sealed jar with a label 'Dawn Tea', ”Hmmm, I hope it tastes nice.”

Ryuu unsealed the jar as he sniffed inside as he frowned, ”Who is the nincompoop who stocks up our pantry that person should be fired he placed this at the place where is it marked as 'milk tea', this tea is suitable for brewing plain tea only, tch.”

He quickly closed the jar's lid as he placed it back but not before scratching of the milk part from the label.

Alhma: ”Daoist Ryuu there is some scones and biscuits over there if you want too.”, she spoke hesitatingly as she watched an irritating Ryuu who had begun leaking some killing intent.

Ryuu nodded as he started heating a pot full of water on a stove others as the twins watched him silently, as Ryuu took out a mortar and pestle as he powdered a few cloves, cardamom and a stick of cinnamon into fine dust.

Ryuu checked the temperature and found it to be around 190F, he quickly poured the entire content of the pot which amount to be more than a liter which was followed by the powdered spices as well as a few tea leaves.

He found a tray from the pantry as he carried the tea pot, a milk pot and a bowl full of sugar cubes and a few spoons, three cups and trio of matching tea plates, he turned towards the duo as he spoke, ”I hope you do not mind breaking something to accompany with the tea.”

The duo quickly grabbed a few boxes of various types of biscuits and scones before making their way towards Ryuu who was waiting by the door Alliyah closed the door of the pantry as the trio entered their room as Ryuu placed the tray he was carrying on an empty table.

Ryuu waited for a couple of minutes before he poured the piping hot liquid on three cups before pouring milk in it followed by a couple of cubes of sugar before using his spoon to stir it while a frown marred his face, the duo glanced at each other as they followed suit.

Alhma: ”Daoist Ryuu if I may ask, why are you mixing milk with your tea?”