Ezra Echelon Liberation System

Chapter 19: Finding a Restaurant

It was already late in the afternoon but Ezra and Mira could not still find an inn where they would rest their weary heads, making them feel very frustrated. When they had first entered the village, they had thought it would be very small but they were proven wrong immediately. The village was very large, almost as large as a town with several buildings. And to make matters worse there was a large number of people going about their daily businesses. It was as if people from different walks of life had all piled up here after living their lives to the fullest.

"I'm already very tired and need to eat," Mira complained. "I'm not like you who can go on walking for hours without feeling hungry or tired."

"It's all thanks to my system," Ezra replied immediately. "But that doesn't mean I'm a god. I can still go hungry and tired."

Mira chuckled but didn't retort him. Instead, she playfully stared at him before saying, "Let's find a restaurant where we can eat. We've already run out of supplies."

Ezra narrowed his eyes before checking his bag for the dried meat he had packed earlier only to realize that there was none. He couldn't help but turn to look at Mira as he said, "Don't tell me..."

"Believe me, I wouldn't have done this if I was not very hungry," Mira said, her eyes becoming sparkly. This was a trick used by women to gain pity from men and Ezra was very much aware of that. Hence he didn't fall for it and looked away instantly.

"That's called stealing, Mira," Ezra said. "I think you need to be more disciplined. I need to teach you this instead of teaching you my fighting techniques."

"Huh?" Mira narrowed her eyes. "What are you talking about? It's not like I did anything—"

She wanted to say everything on her mind but Ezra glared at her, making her to keep shut instantly. Seeing this, Ezra secretly heaved a sigh of relief as he was not ready for any arguments with the young woman right now. There were a lot of things he had to focus on at this point in time. If it had been up to him he would have been traveling alone. But Mira had been there for him when he was so down to earth and needed love. Hence he decided to put up with whatever tantrum she threw. After all, he was in love with her even though he had not yet confessed to her.

"Women..." he finally muttered under his breath as he turned around so that he was not facing Mira.

"What did you just say?" Mira asked even though she had heard what Ezra said clearly. She just pretended that she did not hear in order to see Ezra's reaction and hear what he would say.

Again Ezra glared at her, cutting her expectations abruptly. She could not help but clench her fists in disappointment, her face flushing red.

"Look over there," Ezra said, pointing at a building made of wood like other buildings in the village. "I think that's a restaurant. We can eat there and then continue to find an inn where we can lay our heads."

When Mira heard this she beamed with smiles even though she was still feeling disappointed. And in a couple of seconds, the feeling of disappointment was washed away, replaced by a great feeling of joy.

"You're such an angel, Ezra," she said with her face full of smiles. "It just took you a couple of seconds to make me happy."

Why are you saying this, Miss? Ezra thought within himself. I thought you were very embarrassed when the coachmen mentioned that we were a couple...Why are you acting as if we're one right now?

But of course, Ezra couldn't say what he was thinking out loud. Instead, he smiled and said, "For every food you eat, your training will be extended by one hour."

"You're such a monster!" Mira immediately complained but there was nothing she could do to change Ezra's mind. After all, it was for her own good that Ezra was training her—so that she would become more powerful than she currently was.

The both of them walked to the restaurant under the prying eyes of the villagers. Obviously, the villagers had never seen anyone dressed so neat and chivalrous like Ezra and Mira were dressed. And before they even got into the restaurant they got a lot of attention.

"Why are they looking at us that way?" Mira asked, feeling uncomfortable. She even got the wrong idea that the villagers were staring at her lewdly.

"Just ignore them," Ezra said indifferently. "They're not going to bite."

"What if they decide to assault us?" Mira said while looking around. "I mean they look like people who love to harass young women a lot."

Hearing what Mira said made Ezra to almost do a facepalm as he said with a sigh, "Are you this timid? I thought I've trained you so much within those past few days?"

"I've not gotten a chance to test my combat skills so..." Mira said, "I'm not really that confident that I can take on a couple of thugs."

"I see..." Ezra said as he opened the door to the restaurant. "Then I'm going to make you have an experience."

"Wait...what?" Mira finally came to the realization of what Ezra meant and wanted to talk him out of it but the latter was already placing an order. So she let him be as they sat at the same table.

Soon the waitress came with the dishes that Ezra ordered, placing them at the table politely before walking away. Although they were very hungry they didn't immediately dig into the food and maintained their etiquette, eating slowly with elegance.

This made Ezra to wonder if Mira had been pretending to be very hungry just so that she would be able to share moments like this with him—a moment where the both of them had to sit at a table and eat silently while staring into each other's eyes.