NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 182: Are You So Confident That Syr Will Help You?
Chapter 182: Are You So Confident That Syr Will Help You?
Although he came to discuss something with Mama Mia, eating was also very important.
Therefore, after asking Syr to help relay the message to Mama Mia that he had something to discuss, Luke still ordered a lot of food first.
The lunch menu was meant for ordinary residents.
Without the physical qualities of adventurers, ordinary resident's appetites weren't as terrifying as adventurers', so the lunch portions were normal.
So, if Luke and the others wanted to eat their fill, they would need to order a whole table full of food.
Actually, Ais and Ryuu were relatively okay.
Neither of them were strength or endurance-focused adventurers.
But Luke, who developed all his attributes, was different.
Since upgrading to Level 5, his attributes had increased with the rank up, and as someone who always maxed out his attributes, his appetite had also increased dramatically.
Almost half of the food on the table was for Luke's consumption alone.
However, this was a normal phenomenon in Orario, so no one was surprised by it, at most they just marveled at it.
Bang!
With the sound of the plate colliding with the table, Mama Mia stood next to Luke.
"Syr said you have something to discuss with me?"
"Really, we're open for business now, so hurry up and say what you have to say."
Mama Mia, who walked over, had an impatient expression on her face.
Looking at her clenched fists, Luke knew that if he dared to waste time with some boring matters, he would definitely get beaten up.
"It's like this, I have something that I need Syr's help with."
Luke looked at the silver-haired girl standing next to Mama Mia and quickly explained, "I hope to get Mama Mia's permission to borrow Syr for a while."
"Hmm? Syr?"
Mia looked at Luke with a puzzled expression, then said with a slightly dissatisfied tone:
"You should discuss this kind of thing with Syr, why did you call me over?"
"If Syr agrees, then she will naturally help you..."
"No, the help I need is related to Syr's ability."
Crack!
The moment Luke mentioned Syr's ability, Mia crushed the cup in her hand.
"Brat, do you know what you're talking about?"
The impatient expression faded from Mia's face, replaced by seriousness and solemnity.
"Of course I know what I'm talking about, that's why I came to discuss this with you first."
Luke's words didn't immediately get a response from Mia.
Mia first carefully examined Luke, then looked at Ais sitting next to him, and finally her gaze lingered on Ryuu for a few seconds.
Then she said, "I see, I probably know why you need to borrow Syr's ability."
"However, you just ignored Syr's own wishes and came to discuss it with me first. Are you so confident that Syr will agree to help you?"
"If you're just being narcissistic, then I'm going to lower my opinion of you, brat."
Luke knew what Mia meant.
She was warning him that his current reasons or bargaining chips were not enough to make her agree to this.
Syr's ability to see through people's hearts was a very sensitive issue.
Even though Mia had retired, Freya was still her goddess.
And since Syr had a certain relationship with their goddess, if Luke wanted to borrow her, it would be impossible just based on their friendship.
If it was just ordinary help, it would be fine, but once it involved the use of her ability, it wasn't something Mia could decide on her own.
However, since Luke dared to come, he naturally had some certainty.
Some time ago, when Loki first discovered the mark on Luke's forehead, she had accidentally blurted out, "First Freya, then Astraea, Luke, just how popular are you with goddesses?"
At first, Luke didn't pay much attention to this sentence, but after recalling the recent change in Syr's attitude towards him, he figured out the cause and effect.
Although he didn't know the specific reason, it was basically certain that goddess Freya had become interested in him for some reason after the nightmare on the 27th floor incident.
And it seemed that she had also discussed something with Loki regarding this.
Therefore, even if he wasn't 100% sure, Luke still had 70% or 80% certainty that Syr would agree to help him.
So, he smiled at the gray-haired girl and said:
"I think there's an 80% chance that Syr won't refuse to help me."
Freya's personality was indeed a bit twisted, but she was always very tolerant and generous towards people she was interested in.
And the matter he had asked for help had no disadvantages for her.
On the contrary, Luke personally sent Freya an excuse to get closer to him.
As long as his guess was right and the goddess of beauty was really interested in him, then she would definitely not miss this opportunity to make him owe her a favor.
And, even if Syr refused him for some reason, as long as this matter could be passed on to Freya through Mia Grand, there would still be room for maneuver.
The boy's confidence made Mia fall silent for a moment.
Of course, Mia knew about her goddess's recent attention to this boy.
"I need some time to think about this. Come back tonight after we close the tavern."
Finally, Mia sighed and said this.
This sentence basically meant that she had already agreed, otherwise, according to her stubborn personality, she would have refused on the spot.
Thinking about it was just to leave time to report to Freya.
"Alright, let's stop this topic."
"I still have work to do here. You've wasted so much of my time during business hours."
"Hmph, next time I'll charge you extra!"
The tavern was already short-staffed, and now because of Luke's matter, Syr would have to take a long vacation, which made Mia Grand, who didn't want Syr to have any contact with Luke, a little unhappy.
Casually adding the crushed cup to Luke's bill, Mia turned around and walked back to the counter.
At this point, the conversation between her and Luke was over.
However, their conversation made Ryuu, who was sitting next to them, fall into deep thought.
'That gray-haired waitress is called Syr? It seems like she's the one Luke said can see through people's hearts?'
'A tavern waitress with this kind of ability?'
'And Luke just called that proprietress Mama Mia?'
Mia's retirement had happened when Luke and Ais had just joined the Loki Familia.
Although Ryuu had come to Orario earlier than them, it wasn't that much earlier.
So, she had only heard of Mia Grand, the former captain of Freya Familia, but had never seen her in person.
'Mia... Mia... I remember that name seems to be... No, no, no, how could it be that person...'
And so, this lunch ended with the elf girl lost in her thoughts.
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