2025-04-03 15:30:23Ezra and Mira were still eating when a group of men walked into the restaurant. They were all dressed in black trenchcoats, swords strapped to their sides. Their expressions were extremely mean and their presence menacing. With every step they took everyone in the restaurant swallowed hard in fear, not daring to even look up.
The group of men caught the attention of Ezra and he turned his head to look up so that he could get a better view of them. This didn't deter him from eating his food as he continued to watch them slowly as they proceeded to the counter.
Mira who had also been eating looked up and saw the men. She then looked around and saw that everyone had suddenly become engrossed in their dishes. No one was chatting again or paying attention to their environment. It was as if suddenly had been pressed over their heads to make them behave that way.
"Those guys look like bad people," Mira said as she looked at the group of men who had finally gotten to the counter. "I just hope they don't cause trouble here."
When Ezra heard this he chuckled, causing Mira to be startled. She couldn't help but narrow her eyes as she asked, "Why are you laughing? Do you find what I said amusing?"
"No, I don't find it amusing," Ezra said as he popped a spoonful of rice into his mouth. "I'm just hoping they cause some trouble so that I can show them where they really belong."
"Yeah," Mira said. "That's so typical of you. I'm not so surprised."
"Why does it sound as if you see me as a bad person?" Ezra narrowed his eyes.
"No, no," Mira immediately waved her hands. "Why would I see you as a bad person? I would never see you as such after everything you've done for me."
"Oh please," Ezra said. "I don't want you reminding me stuff like that. It's already in the past..."
Meanwhile, the group of men got to the counter before stopping. One of the men who had been in front of the others walked forward before slaving his hand on the counter, causing it to shake violently. This made the restaurant owner to be very much afraid, shivering as if he had just met several ghosts at once.
"Where is the money you promised us yesterday?" the man who had hit the counter asked angrily. "You told us you're going to give it to us today so no more excuses!"
The restaurant owner immediately stammered, "Please, you have to show mercy! My business has not been good throughout this month. I didn't even have enough customers all through today!"
When the restaurant owner said that, the man who was obviously the leader of the gang who had entered the restaurant turned to look at the other men. Then they all burst out laughing as if they had rehearsed this action. They laughed so hard that tears ran down their faces. And when the restaurant owner was not expecting it, the leader of the gang grabbed him by the neck and lifted him off the ground.
Other people who had summoned the courage to look at what was happening found this scene very shocking because the restaurant owner was a fat man. But yet he was lifted off the ground by someone who wasn't even that muscular! This was nothing they had ever seen before and it made them to suck in cold breaths, not daring to even breathe out loud for the fear of being singled out by the gang members.
"Do you think I'm here for your lousy stories?" the leader of the gang asked, his laughing expression replaced by a very grim expression. His eyes were glaring deeply at the restaurant owner with murderous intent, causing the fat man to shudder uncontrollably.
"I-I'm really sorry—" the restaurant owner tried begging but the leader of the gang didn't have the patience to even listen to him. He slammed him on the wooden counter, causing it to break immediately. And with a loud thud the fat restaurant owner crashed to the ground, coughing out a mouthful of blood.
Mira who saw this immediately clenched her fists, feeling that this had gotten out of hand. She immediately turned to look at Ezra and said, "That bully is gonna kill that man! Shouldn't you be doing something to save him?"
Ezra looked into her eyes without saying anything for some moments before sipping his wine. He then said, "It's up to you to do something, not me."
"But those guys are more than ten!" Mira complained. "And they all have swords!"
"You're not confident in yourself, Mira," Ezra said. "But that's not a problem because at the right moment, you're gonna learn how to regain your confidence."
Mira wanted to say something but the gang members were already walking towards them. The leader of the gang stopped at their table before sneering, "You've been watching me for some time now without respect so I feel I really need to teach you a thing or two."
"And what's that?" Ezra asked without a trace of fear.
"Give me your wife and I might spare you!" the gang leader said, causing the other gang members to laugh very hard. He didn't even wait for Ezra or Mira to reply when he signaled one of his men to grab Mira.
And at this point in time, Mira had become so angry that she forgot about her fears some moments ago. Just before the man could grab her she moved very fast, clenching her right fist to deliver a punch to the man's face. The impact was so powerful that it sent him flying several meters away before crashing into a table.
Everything happened so fast that it took a couple of seconds for everyone to register what had just happened. But Mira didn't care because at that moment she had regained her confidence and was ready to show the gang members their rightful place!
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