It had only been a day since we parted ways with Big Dumb, but the big guy looked incredibly excited when he saw us. He blocked the doorway and waved vigorously in our direction, wearing an innocent, harmless smile—the trio of Iron Knights trapped outside by him were probably already forming a charging formation. Literature Museum
"Big guy, come sit over here!" I waved hard at Big Dumb. At the same time, Qian Qian called toward the counter, "Boss, bring us some more... Just bring however many portions you think we need."
The retired soldier behind the counter squinted at Big Dumb, then nervously hurried into the kitchen to assign work himself.
Big Dumb strode toward our table with earthshaking steps. The moment he moved away from the entrance, I heard Joseph outside shout, "Charging formation, ready—char... Hey, wait a second!"
Then three people wearing the standard armor of the National Knights Order rolled and crawled through the door. Leading the charge was Joe, that Handsome Elf; second came Joseph, built like a bear—though compared to Big Dumb, he was more like a teddy bear. The third was a red-haired woman in female armor: Anna. Women really did get preferential treatment. Though she had also rolled in, at least she got to land on two layers of human shields, even if both layers were wrapped in steel plates.
Steel plate slammed against steel plate, then crashed onto the wooden floor, naturally producing a string of loud bangs. The already sparse restaurant instantly fell silent, followed by suppressed snickering all around. Most of the people here were mercenaries from outside or ordinary soldiers under the Knights Order. Though Joseph's trio looked ridiculous, they at least held knightly titles and counted as officers here, so nobody in the restaurant dared laugh out