149 Green Rabbi (1/2)
He told Celine about the invitation from Key and Yevina and they decided to first meet up with them. They could delay the other stuff for now. He sent a short message to Key to inform them that they would come over to the cafe.
Key informed them that they were on the way as well.
Ivan and Celine went downstairs to the first floor and after searching for a bit found the Green Rabbit Cafe, which was a small cozy cafe at the sides. Unlike the other cafes, there weren't any seats outside. After entering, they easily spotted Yevina and Key who were seated at a table in a corner.
”Hey.”, Yevina greeted them and then introduced herself to Celine, ”I'm Yevina.”
Celine greeted her back and indicated that she had already heard about her from Ivan.
After sitting down they ordered some tea and started to talk. Although it was mostly Yevina and Celine doing the talking, while Ivan and Key sat beside them and listened, only sometimes throwing in a sentence or two.
It was astonishing how easily these two women managed to get close to each other. While they started off with some common topics, they soon switched to more personal, such as how they met the men beside them, or what hobbies they had.
”Do you think it's weird that I don't have a problem with sharing Ivan with another woman, but I would strongly dislike it if he shared me with another man?”, Celine asked when the topic changed to the party the other pair had visited.
Yevina didn't even have to think before answering, ”I don't think so. I think that's the usual way, although I don't know why it is like this. In my opinion, everyone is free to be like they want, as long as they don't infringe on the taboos of others.
But I also think that one should try out new things. For example, how about you, Ivan, and another woman at the same time? Or you and another woman? What about those?”
Confronted by these questions, Celine didn't know how to answer. She hadn't thought about these before. To her, it had always been natural for her partner to be just one man, the man she was together with. Back then it had been Lucia's father and now it was Ivan.
”I don't know.”, she honestly responded.
”Just think about it. For now, let's get going or the shop is going to close.”, Yevina said, before getting up.
The others followed her out of the mall and towards a small alley, nearby. The alley was between two other stores next to the shopping mall and only had a door, with a simple sign, at the end of it. The sign read ”Jacky's Shop”, which told nothing about the kind of store it was.
When they got close to the door, Yevina pulled out a simple black card, with the same letters on it as the sign. She held the card in front of a nearly invisible reader beside the door and the door opened.
Entering the door gave Ivan a weird feeling. It felt like something had shifted, but he was unable to detect what. He looked at the others, but they didn't seem to have felt anything.
”That's surprising. I didn't think anyone would be able to feel it.”, a soft voice said, following by a woman appearing before them. She was wearing a black uniform, which covered everything except her face. There even were gloves, that covered her hands and a cap, which covered her head.
Ivan looked into her purple eyes, which complimented her purple lips and asked, ”What happened when we went through the door?” He asked while the other three looked confused at what she meant.
”This is a separate dimension, so you teleported”, she explained. ”For you to detect it, you must have quite some talent in spacial magic.”
Now Ivan looked confused as well, ”Spacial magic?”
He hadn't heard about it before. According to the information he had, it seemed to be impossible to affect space with magic, which made use of mana. It was different for Qi, which was able to influence it.
”It's not surprising, that you haven't heard about it. It's rare for anyone to have a talent in it.”, the woman responded. ”Anyway, I'm Jacky, the owner of this humble store.”, the woman introduced herself to the group.