Starting from Zero

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Book 3, Chapter 29

Dinner Feast

    "Do you know how us Phantom Knightscame into being?" Their leader asked me.

    "Powered up from Dark Fighter?"

    "Oh ho, ofcourse not. We were originally Paladins. But were later killed by vampires andturned ourselves. This, however, did not hinder our strength and abilities asknights, so we chose to become Dark Knights, then promoted to Dark Sanctuary Knights. Asvampires, the only branch we can choose next is Phantom Knight. Turning into abat is our instinct. But doing that will make out bodies vulnerable so weusually don"t use that skill."

    "I see now!"

    "We fivewere Senior Guard Captains of the Holy Sanctuary, the other five over therewere Praetorians of the Lady Priestess. You were fighting with one of the lady"sguards. You would be dead already if you chose one of the captains."

    "I need to defeat someone first and capturethe soul as my Servant, what should I do now?"

    "Don"tworry. Vampires are living dead. You can summon us as is."

    "Oh. Let"s do it then!"

    The success rate of capturing these guys with full HPis lower than I expected. It took the whole night to finally recruit them undermy name.

     I contacted Roseafter logging out. She"s still in the game. Don"t tell me she"s actuallyenjoying the jail?

    I asked her roommate to wake her. "Rose? You alright?"

    "I"m fine! Just a bit bored. Ah yes, I just made afriend in here, an interesting one!"

    "A friend?" That doesn"t feel good. Youknow, a man and a woman in jail... Nothing good will come out of it.

    "Yes! There"s only one other people in here. Andshe knows a lot about boys!"

    "Knows about boys? Your friend is a "She"?"

    "Well duh. The male block is across thepa.s.sway. We can see them but we can"t get close!"

    "Oh." I feel embarra.s.sed. Man that was stupid of me. "Wayne told you that I will go rescue you right? Why didn"tyou log off? It won"t feel good to stay in the jail."

    " I stayed in here just because you said that. Iwant to wait for my prince like a good girl! Rosy told me men are all liarsand I wanted to prove her she"s wrong!"

    "Rosy?"

    "Rosy isthat friend I mentioned. I know we can be good friends when I saw her name."

    "You sure you"re not coming off? You can just get inthere again when I"m prepared. "

    "Nope! Imma wait here! It feels good to wait foryou too."

   ...What kind of idea is that?

    "So be it then. I"ll be quick. Butcome downstairs for now, let"s go eat something." I can"t rely on instantfood anymore since I have a wife with me.

    "Okay. I"ll be right there!"

    I drove in front of her dorm area and saw her wearing...afull red s.e.xy costume! I recalled there was one of these in my order, but whydidn"t I notice it earlier?

    Red heels, red jeans, red vest and a red dust coat.Ahh my nose! Where"s my tissue?! That innocent face of hers can kill any male creature on sight now!

    It seems she never wore such high heels before so sheis now walking in a subtle catwalk manner. All the males along her path areobviously blushing, some even turned around to hide their "lowerembarra.s.sment".

    "Where arewe going?" She jumped into the car and asked, "How about the smalldiner just outside? I already wanted to go there but that place is expensive. I"mtired of those cheap meals meant for us poor students."

    "A small restaurant?" Well isn"t she easilysatisfied. I thought women become all picky when it comes to eating. Now I loveher even more!

    "We"re going to the Fortune Grand Hotel"s revolvingrestaurant on the top floor, and try their valentine offer."

    "Ok--huh? But, that place is--oof!"

    I silenced her with a kiss. I was just giving her abrief peck on the lip but for some reason, I didn"t let go. We separatedourselves until we felt the need to catch some breath.

    "Like Itold you. As my partner, only think about enjoying your life from now on. Don"tconcern yourself with anything such as how to save money."

We picked a seat with the best view on the dining floor.A waitress approached us but was dragged aside by the hall manager.

    "Yousee that lady over there?"

    The waitress looked at our direction. "The red oneor the black one?"

     "The onewearing black is a mister, stupid! Even if it"s a "she", she is trying to playas a male anyway. Make sure you satisfy their needs on all aspects. Address theone in black as "mister" when you go there. And tell them that the lady looksreally nice. But don"t stare at her! Also, tell them they look good together!"

    Then the manager stuffed another menu into her hand. "Use this one!"

    "But why the valentine--"

    "Just go! Don"t keep them waiting!"

     The waitresswalked to us in quick paces. They"re not allowed to run in front of customers.

"Greetings, how would you like your meal today?" She handed over two menu books.

Ohhh, the valentine servings are listed right on thecover.

"Your female friend here looks splendid!"

    That truly made mehappier. Of course a man would be if someone praises their girlfriend like that.On a side note, you should always praise a woman"s outfit if you want to makeher happy too.

    "This one!" Me and Rose pointed at the samedish together.

    "Wonderful. A couple with united mind and heart. Youtwo must be the happiest pair out there!"

    "You don"t say! Hehhehhehe!" I laughed out loudly.While Rose lowered her head, blushing.

    With all the flattering, I ordered more food than Iplanned. It"s too late when I noticed the now overloaded table. There"s no way we can eat so much.

    However it turned out to be a wise move. Because...G.o.d please tell me where on earth didRose put all that meat to, with her slim body?? She was first trying to nipaway her helpings with much grace, but soon switched into wolf mode!

    The dinner took about an hour. I even gave some tip to thewaitress when I paid the bill. (*)

   "So what will you do tonight?" I asked her.

    "Go back and rest. I ate too much! You?"

    "I"ll try to figure out how to get you out."

    "Be quickyou hear me?"

    "Of course ma"am!"

     I drove Roseback to her place and went back myself, to continue with my jailbreak plan. Itseems I still got a lot of preparations to do. I need to work harder.

For the next step, Ishould go acquire that Soul Manipulator cla.s.s.

I searched in my bracelet for a while (again) andpicked out that d.a.m.ned scroll. There"s a map and a coordinate appended to it. Mydestination is quite far, and surely I don"t have enough power to walk into theDragon State city without getting harmed. Ok, I"ll go ask Clark for some better gear.
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(*) Tipping is not a common practice in China. Someone may even consider it a weirdo act.

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