Volume 1 The Scourge of Witchcraft and the Enemy of a Thousand Years Ago Chapter 53 Brother and Brother
"Ivan!" Riel immediately recognized who it was and shouted.
However, probably because the wind was too loud, Ivan did not hear it, so they had to walk over.
Ivan was staring downstairs not knowing what he was thinking, or maybe he was so distracted by the process of magic identification that he didn't notice that someone was coming behind him, or rather, he didn't expect anyone to be here at all.
Alan walked up behind him and patted him lightly on the shoulder. Ivan was startled and turned his head sharply to find that it was Alan and Riel, and a girl he hadn't seen before.
Ivan didn't know what to say for a moment. After being shocked for a long time, he finally spoke: "How did you find here?"
"Because there aren't many places you can go...... Thanks to Alyssa for discovering this wall ladder. Alan replied simply.
Ivan looked at Alyssa and did not speak.
"Why are you avoiding us?" asked Riel.
"I didn't...... Uh, didn't want to avoid you two......" Ivan's expression looked unnatural and squeaked.
"Then why are you ......" Riel tried to ask something, but was stopped by Alan's hand.
"Let's go back...... You should know that your brother is worried about you right now. Allen said.
"Don't call him my brother! I don't have a brother like him!" Ivan immediately became a little emotional when he heard this.
"Calm down, Ivan...... You know, it's not easy to be hungry...... Ian: He's probably starving. Allen said.
"It's uncomfortable! Do you know what he's doing??, go eat leftovers, and grab what's left of the rest with the gnomes!" Ivan almost roared, "I feel worse than being treated like a thief and being looked down upon by others than hungry!"
Hearing this, Riel finally understood why Ivan was avoiding them, to be precise, he was avoiding Ian.
Ivan lowered his head, turned away, and stomped his feet as he continued: "Unbelievable! I was going crazy! I really didn't think he would do such a shameful thing...... I know my family is poor and has no money, but I can't do it, I don't know how he did it!"
"Ivan, if you can put yourself in his shoes, I think you should be able to understand him...... It's not unclear to you that everything here is expensive...... Today is the first day of school, and in order to let us have a delicious breakfast, he chose to eat leftovers by himself. Allen said.
"I'd rather starve to death!" Ivan was still emotional, "did I beg him? Did I tell him I had to eat this? No! He chose it himself, and then did such a shameless thing!"
"He's good for you, too!" said Allen's tone.
"For my good?" Ivan chuckled and straightened his face again: "If it was for my good, he shouldn't have done it!" He pointed to his face again: "Look at it, take a closer look at the two of us, are we exactly the same? I look exactly like him! Everyone who has seen us can see the relationship between the two of us! Those who are not familiar with us may still think of me as him! There is no blind man here, everyone watched it at that time! Everyone knows what he did, how can I look up in the future!"
Alan was silent after hearing Ivan's words.
Ivan was also silent for a moment, his mood seemed to calm down a little, and continued: "You may not understand, Alan, but I can...... I can imagine how these people will look at us in the future...... 'Hey, you see, it's the two brothers, the elder brother stole the dwarf's leftovers and was caught, and the younger brother probably won't be much better.' ''It's a shame, how could a normal person do such a thing.'' ''Just, stay away from them.'' ’...... He probably didn't think about it, I can't stand it!"
At this time, Alan was completely speechless, because judging from the results, it may indeed become like this in the future.
Originally, he wanted to convince Ivan to reconcile with Ian, but at this moment he felt a little unreasonable.
"That'...... What are you going to do?" Alan asked with a sigh after a long time.
Ivan was silent for a moment and said, "I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble. I'll go back, and this time I'll listen to you because you've helped us a lot. ”
Riel breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, thinking that the matter was finally settled, but Ivan immediately added, "But I won't forgive him, and I won't say a word to him...... Until people forget about it. ”
Alan was silent when he heard him say this, because he knew that although Ivan promised to go back, the problem was not actually solved, and he still had a grudge against Ian's behavior.
"But it's better than spending it all the time, maybe Ivan will change his mind as time goes by. Thinking of this, Alan nodded and said, "Okay, just do as you say." ”
It was almost noon, and although it was very windy on the roof, Ivan was a little overwhelmed by the sun for so long, so he followed Alan and the others down from the roof.
Actually, he didn't know that the leftover food was for the gnomes, maybe he just didn't want to waste it...... And it happened that there was no one in the lounge at that time. Alan saw that Ivan's mood had stabilized, so he explained a few more words for Ian.
But Ivan didn't say anything after hearing this, just blindly remained silent.
The three of them took Ivan all the way to the square, and they happened to meet Professor Stubone to announce a temporary break, and continue after lunch at two o'clock in the afternoon. After a morning of tossing, nearly half of the people have been identified, and if this rate continues, it should not be a big problem to complete all the appraisals today.
Ian was hesitating to go to lunch first, when he suddenly saw Alan coming back with Ivan, he looked very excited, and hurried to meet him. But Ivan just glanced at him and turned his head to the side, and really didn't say a word. Ian saw that Ivan was still complaining about him in his heart, so he didn't say anything more.
"Let's go to the restaurant and get a bite to eat. Alan felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward, so he took the initiative to propose.
"Go, I'm not hungry. Ivan said, "I will borrow the key to my room, and I want to go back and lie down for a while." ”
"Then you're ...... afternoon," Ian said again.
"Just go to dinner, and I'll be here at two o'clock in the afternoon." Ivan ignored Ian and looked at Alan and said.
Alan thought it was a little funny, because he could see that Ivan was actually answering Ian, but because of what he said before, it was difficult to regret it, so he used this method.
"Alas, this man's temper is really awkward. "But it's good that he's willing to come back, it's better than the two brothers who keep getting into a mood." ”
Alan gave Ivan the key and walked to the dining room with the other three.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Ian as soon as Ivan left.
"Same as you and I guessed. Allen said.
"Sure enough, he just thought I was too embarrassed...... Alas. Ian let out a long sigh.
"Hmm...... Don't take it too seriously, I feel like he'll understand you one day. Alan reassured.
"I hope so. ”
"But here's the bad news...... He said that he might not have much communication with you for a while until the matter is forgotten. ”
"Well, I understand...... I know his temper and it's hard to change once he's decided something. Ian smiled wryly, "But it's better for him to come back, than anything...... Thank you!"
"It's going to get better. ”
This matter has finally come to an end.
By this time they had bypassed the auditorium and arrived at the front of the restaurant.
The dining room was next to the auditorium, which looked smaller and shorter than the auditorium, but when they entered, they found that it was still large enough to accommodate at least a few hundred people at the same time, and there were also second and third floors. Strangely, however, they looked around and saw only rows of tables and chairs, and couldn't find any place to get their food, which made Riel a little confused. However, at this time, a few senior students walked in, and Alan took the opportunity to carefully observe their every move.
The men looked like they were in the same class, as they were wearing the same uniforms, and they all had a dark blue teardrop-like pattern on the badge on their chests. They sat down around a table where no one was around, and they all made gestures on the table, and some even took something out of their pockets and put it on the table, and then Alan saw that several plates of food, large and small, appeared on the empty table in an instant.
"Looks like there's something wrong with this table?" Alan beckoned the three of them to find a table and sit down, and began to study the table. Since there were four of them, they also deliberately chose a relatively large table.
Sure enough, as soon as he sat down, Alan found that there were something densely written on the table, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a menu, and there were at least nearly a hundred dishes in a rough count, and there was still a small hole written on the back of each dish, which was just the size of a gold or silver coin. There is also a small phrase written on the base: "Adaptive dining table." You can order a single dish for a single person, or you can order any meal within a minute with a gold coin, which is suitable for multiple people to dine together, but if you can't finish it, you will be charged an additional 10 times the price of each menu. ”
"What a strange rule...... Probably to avoid waste?" thought Allen, "then it would be better to have less, in case you can't finish it, it will be a bit of a problem." ”
But what Alan didn't expect was that he put his hand in his pocket and was about to take out the gold coins, when he saw plates of food appear in front of him, and he was about to fill a whole table!
Alan was startled and looked up to find that Riel was staring excitedly at the names of each dish written on the table, his fingers poking at it...... It turned out that he didn't pay attention to what was written on the foot of the table at all, but when he saw that the person at the table next to him put a gold coin in and could order food, he couldn't help but follow along, and he found that he seemed to be able to order as much as he wanted, so he ordered almost all the dishes served at noon one by one, and it continued......