Meg and the rest returned to Chaos City successfully. The state of emergency had been lifted, and most of the ordinary residents only stayed at home for two days. After the ban was lifted, they couldn't wait to go out to the streets to look for food and shelter.
Seeing the closed notice still hanging at the entrance of Mamy's, the customers who came specially could only sigh and go to Mana Hot Pot Restaurant for their hot pot.
Dicus walked into the city lord's office quickly, and said to Michael, who was standing by the window, "My Lord, Mr Mak has rejected the request to book the restaurant again."
"That's an expected answer." Michael smiled.
"But many representatives wanted to go to Mamy's to hold a celebratory banquet. Now …" Dicus was a little worried.
"This is our request. Mr Mak has the right to reject it. There's no conflict." Michael shook his head with a smile. "The celebratory banquet will be held in the banquet hall of the city lord's castle. Invite the head chef of Ducas Restaurant to cook."
"Should we invite Mr. Alex?" Dicus asked.
"Just send the invitation to Irina. They can decide whether to come or not."
"Alright." Dicus turned and left.
"It's too much to ask the main character of this celebratory banquet to cook for everyone." Michael shook his head with a smile. Mamy's would have a smaller but more delicious celebratory banquet tonight.
…
Mamy's would indeed have a banquet tonight, but it wasn't a celebratory banquet. It was a welcoming banquet for Anne, who had just arrived at the restaurant.
Anne and Amy were playing in the play room on the second floor, while the other ladies went back to their respective dormitories to shower and change.
Hence, only Meg was preparing for the banquet in the kitchen alone.
He was still thinking about how to talk to Irina about adopting Anne. Unexpectedly, Irina took out a letter from somewhere when she returned to the restaurant. She looked at him with a half-smile, and said, "I picked it up under the door yesterday. I've read the letter."
Meg only took a glance at the words on the letter, and he was sure that it was written by Gloria. His eyelids twitched, and his smile stiffened. "Miss Gloria and I are just ordinary work partners."
"Ordinary work partners can already recognize each other's handwriting?" Irina's smile became even brighter. "Or should I say, this isn't the first letter like this."
"Erm …" Meg choked.... sometimes, it wasn't a good thing to have a good memory.
He wasn't sure what Gloria wrote in the letter, but Miss Gloria was a well-mannered young lady from a wealthy family. Perhaps she had something urgent to tell him, and it just so happened that he wasn't at the restaurant yesterday, so she wrote this letter.
"I've seen her handwriting. You know, my memory has always been good." Meg's expression became calm. Anyway, he and Gloria were indeed very pure.
"Mm-hmm. She's a good lady. She didn't forget to remind you to leave Chaos City before she left." Irina placed the letter on the table gently.
"This makes me seem like I'm not very capable …" Meg was a little embarrassed. After all, he only thought of the people at the restaurant when he received the news yesterday.
Irina smiled. She sized up Meg, and curiously asked, "Not only have you recovered your power, you've even improved?"
"I was just struck by lightning, and became like this when I came back to my senses. Now, I'm almost on par with that octopus monster in the seal," Meg said with a smile.
Irina looked at Meg's smile, but the smile on her face gradually disappeared. She raised her hand slowly, and placed it gently on Meg's face. She stared at him for a long time without saying anything.
Meg felt the cold fingertips glide across his cheek, but his heart warmed.
"Next time, I won't allow you to force yourself."
"Mm-hmm." Meg nodded slightly.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little more romantic. Meg looked at Irina's beautiful face, and her cheeks seemed to have a tinge of pink. It was a rare sight of her being shy.
"Michael invited us to the celebratory banquet," Irina said uncomfortably as she retracted her hand.
"Let's not go. I've already told them that we'll have dinner at the restaurant tonight. We'll hold a welcome banquet for Anne." Meg smiled and shook his head.
"Anne?" Irina frowned.
"I was just about to tell you about this. I went through the Lightning Tribulation with that octopus monster this morning, and I almost didn't make it through the last Lightning Tribulation. Unexpectedly, that octopus monster was struck by lightning, and a little girl appeared. She saved me.
"If the octopus monster is the embodiment of evil, then she's the embodiment of kindness. The octopus monster wanted to kill her, so I brought her out of the Catacombs.
"Her mentality is similar to that of a newborn child. She's kind-hearted. Now that she has no relatives, and she's my savior, I want to adopt her and raise her until she's an adult. "I named her Anne," Meg said sincerely to Irina.
Adopting Anne was Meg's decision, but he hoped to gain Irina's understanding and acceptance.
Irina didn't say anything for a long time. She just stared into Meg's eyes.
Meg felt a little uneasy being stared at like that.
"She's really not a child that you made with another woman behind my back?" Irina's gaze was a little dangerous.
"You can verify this point yourself. She's playing with Amy upstairs now," Meg said calmly.
Irina immediately turned and walked towards the stairs. She went up to the second floor with light footsteps.
Meg followed behind her.
Irina stood at the entrance of the play room. She looked at the young girl who was quietly watching Amy and Ugly Duckling play at the side. Her eyes were filled with surprise.
The young girl looked to be 12 or 13 years old. She had an exquisite face and a tall and thin figure. What was more eye-catching was her holy aura.
She had never seen such a clean person before. She was like the morning dew shining on the top leaves of the tree in the morning. It was as if she wasn't tainted by any smoke or fire at all.
With just one look, she was sure that Meg wasn't lying.
After all, he was still in the army at the border of the Roth Empire 11 or 12 years ago.
Moreover, she was such a clean and pure person. She shouldn't belong to this world.
Anne heard the sound and turned to look at the door with a polite smile.
"Mother!" Amy threw down the toy in her hand and jumped into Irina's arms. Then, she couldn't wait to introduce her to Irina. "This is Big Sister Anne. Father said that she would live with us in the future. Although she can't speak now, she's really a very gentle big sister. Even Ugly Duckling likes her."
Irina smiled when she heard Amy's words. She went forward and hugged Anne gently. She smiled and whispered in her ear, "Thank you, Anne."
Anne was still smiling at her.
"Seems like there's no problem." Meg shrugged and turned to go downstairs to continue preparing dinner.
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