They had actually been scared from the start.
In Professor Lanaia's eyes, all four people who had come today were members of Professor Fu's team or a collaborating team.
But to Sunny, the waitress, they were an unprecedentedly grand lineup of extraordinary people, a whole group of academy experts with question marks over their heads gathered in one place.
No matter how much she tried to reassure herself, it was hard not to wonder if she had become an animal in an experimental garden, being paraded for inspection, perhaps even about to be dissected on the spot.
It was actually less frightening to be treated no differently, as though they were just ordinary diners. That way, she was less likely to use fetching the drinks as an excuse to flee.
"Didn't you already take her drinking...?"
Although Liu Shuang was indeed young, extraordinary people had to actively cooperate for alcohol to have any effect on them. Professor Fu's excuse was just too half-hearted.
At that moment, Professor Lanaia was practically seeing black lines all over her head. She immediately brought up his past misdeeds.
"So in the end, didn't I order a serving?"
Fu Qian looked puzzled, as if he couldn't understand why the other person was so difficult to talk to.
"Cas said that thing was for preparing to go out? What are you using it for?"
Lanaia was no match for the head of the Department of Punishment. Even Lisha, who had originally planned to stay out of it, couldn't stand watching anymore and took the initiative to change the subject.
Cas had clearly told them what was inside the box, and she had been wondering about it for a while.
As soon as she asked, everyone's expressions shifted in their own ways, but they all had