51 Servan (1/2)

Finally having finished his tea Van Bergen came back out of his relaxed state and looked at his student who had fallen asleep.

”I guess he is really tired after staying in the wilderness so long.”

He then carefully got up and opened the door only to find the waitress standing before it. Touching his lips with a finger he signaled her to be quiet and then closed the door behind him.

”The management came to a decision?”

”Yes, so I have been told to get Mr. Hope as soon as possible.”

Van Bergen nodded.

”Can you do me a favor and wait for a bit more? That rascal is currently asleep and he had two strenuous weeks after him.”

”Then I'll wait 30 minutes more. Is that alright?”

”Of course. Thank you.”

With that he left, leaving behind his sleeping student.

Exactly 30 minutes later the waitress opened the door and entered the room.

When her gaze fell on the soundly sleeping young man who had his head down on the table and a faint trace of saliva running down his chin she couldn't help but feel bemused.It was usual to see someone sleeping so deep in one of the rooms of the cafe. After all the price one had to pay for them was astonishing high.

She then closed in on him and proceeded to wake him up, which wasn't an easy task since Ivan was really exhausted.

As soon as he woke up he let out a huge yawn and looked at the one that had awoken him.

”Oh, it is you. Where is my mentor?”

”He left earlier. Now lets get going the manager is already waiting for us.”

She then left the room and he hurriedly ran after her.

In a small office with simple decor a man sat behind a large desk. He seemed completely unremarkable but Ivan was sure that in truth this man must be a formidable expert. Because if not there was no way that he could be the manager of this cafe if the rest of the staff was already as formidable as the waitress seated besides him.

”I'm sure you understand why I have called you here. But I will tell you anyway. It is because you have seen Julias true appearance.”, the man made a pause during which he stared at Ivan as if trying to see through him. When he had first heard about what had happend he couldn't believe it after all even people stronger than him were unable to see through the illusion and during all his time working for the Beluga Corporation he hadn't heard of any case where something like this had happened.