"Have you had breakfast?"

Just one street away from the house, Sebas and Char sat on a chair with two chairs and a table outside a restaurant.

On the table is a delicate glass vase, and the flower arrangement in the vase looks fresh and exudes a pleasant fragrance.

This is the crossroads of a large street, and there is a large open space around the corner where you can place tables and chairs.

It is said to be a restaurant, but in fact it is not that big, and it can only be put down in a kitchen, and there are no tables and chairs in the interior at all, which is why the tables and chairs are placed outside.

The kitchen is open, and even if you sit outside, you can still see the chef in a chef's uniform skewering sausages and baking them on the grill on one side.

It's very new in this day and age, and perhaps that's why business here is pretty good.

"But even if you eat it, it's fine, you must try the sausage here, the kind that the boss grilled himself." Sebas said enthusiastically.

The waiter with a smile on his face had already walked over and handed Char and Sebas a menu.

"Please take a look at it, and tell me what you need."

Sebas was obviously familiar with the situation, and he didn't even take the menu, but went straight to it.

"Bring me a set A."

"Okay, do you need tea?" The waiter asked.

Sebas thought for a moment, "Serve me a cup of black tea." ”

The waiter took a pen and wrote on the clipboard, then looked at Char again.

"Just like him." Char said.

"Okay, since we're freshly baked, please wait ten minutes."

The waiter owes a debt and walks to the table on the side.

"Which one are you going to take with you?" Char asked curiously.

A small smile tugged at the corner of Sebas's mouth, "What do you think?" ”

Char looked around, "At least I haven't seen anyone with a dead face in the past four weeks." ”

"It's not there yet."

Sebas said as he looked to the end of the big street, and Char followed his gaze.

There, a group of uniformed men were coming out of a clothing store, different from the costume of the secret police, which was dark blue, close to black, very dark.

And this group of people is dark green, although it looks like a military uniform, but there is no hat, the middle-aged people led by them are a little blessed, but the long ones are white, and the people in the surrounding stores seem to be in awe of this group of people, and they dare not look directly, they can only glance at it with the corner of their eyes.

Soon, they came to the door of the breakfast shop and swept the surroundings of the shop with scrutinizing eyes.

At the same time, a man in his thirties dressed in a chef's uniform walked out of the kitchen with a smiling face.

"Chief Rick, you... How did you come here in person? ”

The man in the chef's suit is the owner of the shop, Hart Valentine.

"Don't be nervous, I'm here to see."

The fat man known as Rick had a very kind smile on his face, like a very close official.

"This commercial street is very important to the mayor, and as the director of the Queens Business Authority, I naturally have to take responsibility."

"Yes, yes, you're right." Hart responded with a smile on his face.

Rick seemed pleased with this attitude, and he continued to ask kindly, "How's business going?" ”

"Thanks to you, it's okay." Hart said.

Rick nodded, but then, a uniformed officer on one side walked over and said,

"Boss, you can't put a bucket of swill outside the door, you know?"

Rick's eyes narrowed slightly.

Hart was also stunned, and then, in a panic, he said, "I'll deal with it right away, deal with it right away!" ”

"Under the latest Street Management Penalty Act, a fine of two pounds of silver." The man in uniform said.

"What? Two pounds of silver!? Hart looked at Rick a little anxiously, "Director, I'm just putting it here for a while, there's no place in the kitchen, if you don't come, I'll fall down immediately!" ”

Rick seemed embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, then sighed.

"Hart, this is the rule, the rules are made to be followed, if I give you a waiver this time, what will others do? It's not fair, you know? ”

Hart's face was a little ugly, but even so, he still squeezed out a smile and said, "Yes, I see...."

.....

The waiter had just walked over and poured tea for Char and Sebas, but apparently, his mind wasn't there.

Instead, he looked at the people not far away.

Char could clearly hear his resentful muttering.

"A bunch of vampires."

"What's your name?"

The waiter who was startled by the sudden sound on the side subconsciously raised his hand, and the spout of the kettle knocked over the cup, and the tea spilled on the table, but fortunately it did not splash on Char.

The waiter took out a cloth from his body in a panic and wiped the water stains on the table.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sir, I didn't mean to."

As he spoke, he straightened the teacup and refilled it.

"It's fine." Char soothed, "You haven't answered my question yet." ”

The waiter reacted, "You can call me Heiko." ”

Char nodded, he looked at the uniformed personnel not far away, and asked curiously, "You just called them vampires?" ”

Heiko opened his eyes slightly, and then began to feel a little confused.

"Sir.... I.... I...."

"Don't worry, I won't say it." Char smiled, "I'm just a little curious, do these people come often?" ”

Heiko was silent for a moment, then he sighed.

"It's okay if they just come often, every time they come, they make us pay for all kinds of reasons."

It seemed that Char's gentle words made him temporarily let down his guard and began to pour bitter water on the two of them.

"The security management fee we just paid the day before yesterday was asked to pay the city appearance management fee yesterday, and we have been sitting outside these tables for so many years, and not long ago we were suddenly asked to pay the rental fee for public land.

Do you know how much you just fined? Two pounds of silver! That's all my two weeks' salary. ”

Char nodded, "It's too much. ”

Heiko sighed and said, "Now we can only wait slowly, wait for another two years, and the current mayor will retire, maybe the situation will be different, it really can't work, we can only move away." ”

"Will the mayor retire and this Director Rick go down too?" Char asked, picking up the black teacup on one side.

"You don't know." Heiko lowered his voice and said, "The current mayor is his uncle, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to be so arrogant."

The owner of a clothing store in the neighborhood used to refuse to pay the fine, and just last year, his people smashed the clothing store and confiscated all the clothes. ”

He turned his head to look around, confirmed that the group was gone, and continued.

"The boss has always wanted to complain to His Majesty the Emperor and stayed outside the palace every day, but just a few months ago, all three of their family died in their own home, and I heard that they died of poisoning because of charcoal burning for heating.

But everyone here knows that it must have something to do with Rick.

The evil things he has done over the years are not only like this, he has several lives in his hands, and many young girls have been harmed by him.

I heard that many people wrote anonymous reports to the palace, but they were all suppressed by his uncle. ”

Char nodded, he was not surprised by this, human society is originally a relational society.

He is not surprised that such an official will appear, even if the room is cleaned, in a place that cannot be seen by the naked eye, there is still the possibility of hiding dirt and dirt.

What surprised him was that this situation appeared in the imperial capital.

In the words of the ancients, this is the foot of the Son of Heaven.

I can't even see the dirt under my eyes, and it's hard to imagine what the rest of the place will be like.

The empire may be more corrupt than he could have imagined.

These things have nothing to do with Char for the time being, but if that future war really comes to the point where he needs to decide his fate.

What he sees and hears will determine where the country's destiny ultimately leads.....

Char didn't say anything, just lifted the teacup in front of him, blew away the hot air wafting on it, and took a sip of black tea.

The waiter seemed to be about to say something, and the owner of the shop began to call out Heiko's name and tell him to clean up the swill bucket.

Heiko answered, and walked over to Hart, who whispered something to the boss, and left with the bucket of swill.

The boss glanced at Char's side, then walked into the store, and a few minutes later, he came over with two plates with a lot of food and placed them on Char's table.

On the plate should be the "A" set meal they ordered, with meat sausages, poached eggs, and some grilled mushrooms topped with sauce.

The most tempting thing is the meat sausage inside, which is large and plump, and the casing is shining in the early morning light, exuding an attractive aroma.

"I've already heard from our waiter about what just happened, I'm sorry sir, he's a little young, and he's more easily distracted, I'll teach him a lesson later."

"No, you don't." Char smiled, "It didn't fall on me anyway, did it?" ”

"Thank you very much for your generosity." Hart bowed, and then, with some confusion, he looked at the empty place opposite Char, "I remember, don't you have a friend next to you?" ”

"Oh, he's got some work to take care of." Char said.