Son of Chaos 49 Five Herbs Tea

"Tea can provide bonuses?"

"Of course. Just like pill refining the art of tea making is a path of creating consumables that grant boosts to the consumer."

"Oh, this is the first time I hear about it. Then which one of the both is more useful?"

The waitress let out a small laugh which lit up her pretty face. For the first time Ivan took the time to really take a look at her and was surprised at how beautiful she was. Her skin was smooth like jade and white like cream without any blemishes. Her figure was well proportioned with curves where there should be curves and flat where it should be flat. Sadly the uniform she wore hid most of it since it was very conservative but he felt that her figure shouldn't be any inferior to that of Lara who was the best looking woman he had seen before. Of course her face was fitting to the rest of the body as it was well formed with a noble look. Her surprisingly large eyes were of a soft blue color which contrasted in a fascinating way with her jet black hair that she wore in a ponytail. Her nose was straight and he mouth was small but well formed. Together they created a harmony that captivated anyone who looked at it.

The waitress had started to explain him the differences between pill refining and the art of tea making when she realized that Ivan didn't listen but instead stared at her with an captivated look in his eyes.

"Sir?", she called him in an attempt to wake him up but he didn't react to her call, which he only experienced as a heavenly melody.

Van Bergen who had concentrated on enjoying his own beverage looked up only now to find his student staring at the waitress with a captivated gaze.

"What happened?"

"I don't know Sir. He just suddenly became absent minded."

Suddenly her expression turned into a startled one.

"It can't be.", she then exclaimed.

He looked at her and asked inquisitive, "What can't be? Did you think of something that happened?", after all it was his student who sat there absentminded and he found it weird.

"Sir, you know that the cafe uses illusions so that us staff is as inconspicuous as possible, right?"

"Yes, it is one of the nice features here."

"I would guess that he saw through these illusions, even though there should be no way for him to do that."

When he heard these words he relaxed visible. It seemed that it wasn't as problematic as he had feared.

"Don't worry about that. This guy is a bit weird and sometimes does things that would surprise you."

"If you say so."

"But still I am surprised that seeing through the illusions on you would lead to him entering such a state.", he then continued as he thought about his nice, which was beautiful enough to ruin countries. After seeing her so much he would have thought that this student of his would be able to resist any beauty.

"Well, I am not to sure why either, because even though my teachers have always said I am very beautiful I have never felt that it was so."

"Then did anyone else who saw you have a similar reaction?"

"Nobody besides my teachers have seen me without the illusions before."

While they had talked Ivan had been able to awake from his trance. Even though he had been lost in his admiration of her beauty he had still been able to hear everything that had been said. When he heard the last sentence he couldn't help but ask, "You haven't meet anyone besides your teachers outside of the cafe?"

The both of them looked at him with worry.

"You are ok?", his mentor asked him in a worried tone.

"Sure, I was just surprised. After all I didn't expect her to be on the same level as Lara, if not even a bit more beautiful."

Van Bergen starred at the waitress with awe. Even with his life experience he hadn't met any woman more beautiful than his nice.

Under the gaze of the both of them the waitresses face flushed red, which only served to increase her charm, nearly making Ivan fall once again into a trance. After all even though Lara's face was of similar beauty her facial expressions were just to cold and couldn't evoke the same feeling as the one of this girl.

She then hurriedly changed the topic so they would stop staring at her.

"To answer your question. Yes I have never met anyone outside of the cafe. Like the others who work here I am an orphan which has been groomed by the cafe since birth so I would be capable of taking on the tasks given to me."

"Oh, but isn't it boring to always stay in this cafe only?"

"Don't misunderstand. Even though we are groomed by the cafe we don't stay in it all the time. We go to school like anyone else and have our free time to do whatever we want. It is just that because of security reasons that we always have a illusion on us that changes the way we look."

Hearing that and combining it with what he knew about the cafe he was quickly able to understand why it was handled like this.

"So it is because the cafe want's to guard you against villains trying using you to gather information inside the club."

"Yes that is one of the reason. But another is to enable us to act normal outside of the cafe, since all of us have outstanding looks and temperament as well as skills."

Chapter end