"Uncle...I don't know...pancakes?" when Max looked at her nervous expression, he knew what she was feeling. It's not her fault for being hesitant. She was just a kid who lived most of her life in a poor environment.
Max felt very bad for her. As a person from earth he knew that this type of bad childhood can badly affect a child's future. He secretly vowed to himself that he will give her the best memories.
Max went through the desert section and ordered cake for Anna.
Girl took the order and went towards the next table. While Max was waiting for food to come, he was also listening to the conversations of other people.
In this kind of world where mobile and internet are not available, public places like restaurant, taverns are one of the best places to collect information.
People sitting next to their table were talking about human trafficking in this city, it seems like there are a lot of gangs in slum areas of the city, most of them are engaged in illegal businesses.
Max also felt worried for Anna's safety after listening to them, well he will tell her to not go towards the slum area.
After waiting for another 15 minutes, food arrived. Anna looked at all the food on the table and felt like she was in heaven. Her expression was so cute that Max suddenly felt sad for not having a camera.
Max helped Anna with food and asked her to taste. Anna took a piece of pork and put it in her small mouth.
After the pork piece entered her mouth, she started eating while swaying on the seat with a cute expression. Max also felt happy after looking at her happy face.
He took a little bit of steak and tasted it. It wasn't as tasty as earth's food but he still ate it very fast because of being hungry.
After they both ate their fill. Max served Cake to Anna with a spoon. This was the first time she ate cake, she was very happy while eating it.
After eating Max asked for the bill, he was surprised that the bill was 10 silver coins.
(1 Gold = 100 silver = 10000 Copper)
It was not for a reason that the previous owner never went to the restaurant even if he didn't know how to cook.
After paying the bill Max and Anna came out of the restaurant and started to walk towards their home. On the way back Anna started to feel sleepy so Max picked her up and let her sleep on his shoulder.
After reaching home, Max took Anna to her bed and covered her with a blanket.
After cleaning up a little bit. Max called System "Hey system, you can complete the decorations now".
Just as Max came out of the room, his surroundings started to change.
First wooden floor started to change on its own. Just as Max wanted to touch it, he was blinded by white flash and was knocked out.
While Max was unconscious, great changes were taking place in the wooden shack but due to being in a remote part of the city, it didn't attract unwanted attention.
Max, who was unconscious on the floor, suddenly opened his eyes. For a second Max was confused about his situation then he remembered what happened.
Max gritted his teeth and shouted in his mind "System, are you stupid, why would you knock me out?".
"Host was trying to interfere with the construction, so it was necessary to stop you" , the system replied.
Max gritted his teeth in frustration "you could have warned me instead of knocking me out. And why does it hurt so much?".
"Host is as weak as a chicken so it's not the system's fault that you were knocked out".
Just as Max was going to continue his banter with the system, he noticed changes that took place.
Max was so shocked that he couldn't utter anything for a second.
Max came to his senses after some time and gulped. It is not that he didn't expect the result but believing and experiencing are two different concepts.
No one would believe it if he told them that this place was a wooden shack until 30 mins ago.
Just as Max was coping with changes, he remembered that Anna was still sleeping in her room.
Max was worried that if she woke up while the system was changing layout, She might be terrified.
But his worries were in vain. When Max came to her room (with the system's help) she was still sleeping while hugging her blanket with a smile on her face. "Maybe she is having a good dream" Max thought.
how would he react If he knew that Anna was dreaming about eating food with her mother while watching her father scold Max.
Now that he confirmed that Anna was alright, he started to familiarize with the new layout of the building.
Ground floor was stretched and turned into a big empty floor. There was a reception desk in the corner beside the entrance and some chairs in different corners for guests.
"This floor can be used as a lobby" Max thought.
Then he went to the first floor. Changes that happened here were bigger. Just as he came to the first floor, he noticed there were many tables and chairs stacked on top of each other in one of the corners on the floor.
Chairs and tables were wooden but the material used for them was very high end. Max touched them and he was shocked to find out that they were very smooth.
There were different patterns on the chairs an tables, they looked very elegant. Max moved around the floor just to find the kitchen in the back side of the floor.
He went inside the kitchen, which was no different than any high-end modern kitchen. Maybe the system copied from a 5-star hotel.
"System doesn't need to copy such a basic layout, if you can increase your level and upgrade the restaurant, you will find out the system's capabilities. So don't try to use your stupid mind to slander the system" System replied.
Don't know why but Max felt like the system was acting like a cat whose tail was stepped on. Just as Max was imagining the system as a cat, Lightning bolt came out of nowhere and he was electrocuted till smoke started coming out of his hair.
"Told you not to disrespect the system" Max seems to hear a voice. Max was very angered by the system's action just because of a joke.
Max gritted his teeth and started imagining the system as a bulldog, smelly pig etc.
"Host! STOP. You can't imagine my dignified self as those dirty animals" System voice ranged in Max's mind.
"I will do it, it's my mind, my imagination" Max replied with pout.
Just as Max started to imagine the system as a naked fat man.
"NOOO not a fat man!" System shouted.
"what about cute pig then"
"NO"
"what about rabbit, they are cute"
"No, I don't want to have long teeth"
"Then a cute cat"
"...."
"Ho..Ho..Ho"
"So cat it is"
Just as Max was gonna embarrass the system with stupid jokes.
"Don't you want to check second floor?" System reminded Max. After listening to system's reminder, Max stopped his banter and walked towards the second floor with excitement.
As Max started walking up the stairs towards the second floor, he was surprised to find out that even stairs were different.
Stairs were white colored with exquisite design. Max felt like he had entered into a different realm.
"Even stairs are like that, so what about the actual auction house?" As Max thought about the auction house, his excitement elevated to a new level.
Soon Max was standing in front of the closed doors.
Doors themselves were made of some kind of ancient wood, well max didn't know what type of wood it was but just by glancing at it you will go into trance.
There were different kinds of patterns and designs on the doors. Some of them belonged to exceptionally beautiful monsters such as dragon, phoenix etc, some of them were patterns that couldn't be recognized by Max.
Max took a step towards the doors and touched those patterns and different words written on doors.
Max hadn't touched something as luxurious as these doors in his whole life.
Max came out of trance and looked forward to the opening of this Auction House, BUT...