It was already lunch time and there were a lot of people in the cafeteria having their lunch. Lliw thought they'd be dining on the first floor where all the common students are but to his surprise, She lead him through the stairs that lead up to the second floor.
There weren't too many students on the second floor. Lliw was impressed by the difference between the 2 floors. The second floor was much classier and the food served was a level above the food served on the first floor. Only the well-off students could come to the second floor. Lliw felt rather lucky to have come up to the second floor. of course he could only come here because of the Female T-Rex in front of him, no he should call her Jane.
Lliw was surprised when he saw that she had no plans of stopping at the second floor.
"Does she perhaps want to go to the legendary 3rd floor?" He wondered.
The 3rd floor was much more exclusive than the 2nd floor and one actually needed to be referred by someone influential to be able to dine there.
As expected, there were even less people there.
Lliw felt like he had stepped into another country.
He felt nervous just by being there. Everything practically screamed
The 3rd floor was set up in a such a manner that, each guest or group of guests were seated in their own booths. There were a limited number of booths so there were a limited number of people that could be served simultaneously. That was why each booth would have to be reserved before hand.
However , LLiw didn't know that Jane had a special Identity and thus didn't have to reserve a booth. She had her own private booth. She didn't even speak to the receptionist and went straight yo her own booth. Lliw kept silent beside her and just followed her instructions.
As soon as they entered the booth, a waiter donning a very professional suit asked for their order.
"Please order whatever you want, its on me" Jane said to Lliw.
"Oh, She isn't so bad after all" He thought.
He didn't know what half the dishes being served were. He just looked for something familiar and ordered that.
Lliw ordered a meat pie. He was glad that even though the menu was very extravagant, they had something simple like meat pie for one to enjoy. Jane saw what he ordered and although she was suprised, she instantly saw through his thoughts.
"How naive.Do you really thinks its that simple?" She mocked him in her mind but made no show of it in her facial expression. She just smiled sweetly. She ordered a dessert for herself.
"So, what do you have to say for yourself" She said while maintaining her smile.
"???" Lliw looked at her funny. He didn't know what she was on about.
"What do you mean?" He asked as he enjoyed the free iced water that was on the table.
"Oh, He's playing dumb" She thought he was intentionally trying to act innocent.
"No, its nothing" She said choosing to stop here for now.
Lliw genuinely did't know what she was talking about but seeing that she dropped it, He decided to leave the issue as well.
"So, why did you call me here?" He asked.
"He's really good at this" She thought, secretly glad she wasn't dumb enough to fall for his innocent act.
"Oh, don't worry about that for now. Let's have our Lunch first." She said.
"Oh, Alright" He found that she was actually very sensible. "Maybe I was in the wrong yesterday."
"Here are your orders" The waiter returned with a fancy looking food cart.
Lliw was dumbfounded when he saw his
Was this still a pie?
The pie was awfully artistic. It looked more like the work of a grand master Sculptor. The lovely aroma it gave off was very inviting and Lliw could barely stop himself from salivating. The waiter witnessed this and quickly hid the contempt he felt. Of course, Jane still saw it but she kept quiet. She found his reaction very fitting. She imagined how he'd feel when he found out about its price.
"Let's eat" She said invitingly.
"mm" Lliw nodded silently, inwardly he felt intimidated by the pie. It was very large an he doubted whether he could finish it.
The pie was already cut into 8 slices. There was some cutlery on a silver napkin but he ignored it. Anyway there was just him and Jane in the Booth and she already knew that he ws from the lower class so he felt he had nothing to hide. He washed his hands and picked up a huge slice. He quickly stuffed his mouth to avoid drooling.
The taste was beyond what Lliw imagined. It was unlike anything he'd ever tasted before. He felt like all the other meat he'd ever had before was just dog food. He was enjoying it very much and his face showed just how good he felt. Previously, he doubted whether he could finish it but now, he was doubting if he wouldn't need seconds.
He tried to eat slowly but he still finished it very quickly.
In fact, Jane still hadn't finished her bowl of ice cream. She put down her spoon.
"How is it?" She asked kindly.
"It was very good, thank you" He said feeling really good.
"Well it should" She laughed."You see, The ingredients include $870 worth of Japanese Wagyu beef, $435 worth of Chinese Matsutake mushrooms, Winter Black Truffles, $348 worth of French Bluefoot mushrooms…"
As she began to list off the ingredients, Lliw began to sweat bucket loads. He was truly stupefied. He never expected that a pie could cost so much.
"and gravy made from 2 bottles of vintage 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine ($1,740 each). Finally, it is topped with edible gold leaf valued at around $174 per sheet. " She continued listing off the ingredients ignoring Lliws distressed look.
"But its worth every penny, right?"She asked him with a toying smile.
Seeing her smile, Lliw understood.
"You're just messing with me...aren't you?You just brought me here to humiliate me?" He asked, feeling very hurt and betrayed. He didn't understand what he did to deserve such treatment from her.
"Oh my, Oh my. I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm just telling you a little about the meal you just sampled " She said, acting like she was wronged.
Lliw's lips twitched as he held back the urge to cry. He had no idea how he ws going to pay for the pie. He didn't think it'd be this expensive. It was a custom of the restaurant not to put a price tag on the Extravagant meals.
He suppressed his emotions and turned to her.
"Alright, so aside from this, why else did you call me here" He asked with red eyes.
"Oh. Now that you mention it, i do have something I wanted to ask you about" She said with the same smile which looked even more devilish.
She fished something out of her pocket. It was a white envelope with a large heart drawing on it.