Dining in at Liuli Pavilion, everything was beyond reproach: the dining atmosphere, the attentive service from the waitresses, the impeccable timing of each dish, and the color, aroma, and flavor of the food. It was truly one of the finest places around, well worth its steep prices and its incredible popularity, with a waitlist of three months or more.
"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm..."
"Gurgle!"
"Ah!"
Anyway, Mona was lucky enough to visit the place for the first time, and didn't even have to pay for it herself. Right now, she was eating to her heart's content, her belly round as a ball. She even let out a huge burp, and had nearly swallowed her own tongue!
"Gurgle, gurgle..."
"Ha!"
"Ugh!!"
"I'm... I'm so full..."
"I can't eat another bite."
At first, she'd felt somewhat guilty and nervous about coming to a place like this to feast, especially since she wasn't paying with her own Mora.
But then she remembered that a certain troublesome little girl had left her battered and bruised. It was only fair to let the girl treat her to a good meal to make up for it. And since the girl seemed to have plenty of money, Mona hadn't been able to resist. She'd kept eating until now, and had even unwittingly made a laughingstock of herself in front of the waitresses nearby.
But...
When she saw the little one sitting across from her, with grease all over her hands and face, grabbing food with her bare hands instead of using chopsticks and paying no heed to table manners, Mona quickly felt better.
After all, compared to eating until she was stuffed, secretly loosening her belt, and getting laughed at by the waitresses attending to them, the little one across from her seemed to have embarrassed herself even more.