"Hello, I'm the blue walking rabbit, just call me Bronny."
Taking a look at the teenager, who was quite a bit better looking than in the photo, the smile on Bronny's face deepened a bit.
True to form, meeting someone online was so eye-catching.
"Come on in."
Greeting the teenager as he entered Raven's, Bronny closed the door behind him smoothly.
Raven's wasn't open for business in the middle of the day, so it would be a problem to leave the door open and let the customers know about it.
Following Bronny's footsteps, Lu Yu entered Raven's. He led Lu Yu to the bar.
Leading Lu Yu to the bar, Bronny introduced the teenager to Cioara who was making drinks at the bar.
"Sister Cioara, the person is here."
Coming to the bar, Bronny introduced Cioara to Lu Yu.
"Lu Yu, this is Sister Cioara, the owner of Raven's and my employer."
Raising his head to glance at Cioara, Lu Yu politely greeted the mature big sister in front of him.
"Sister Cioara."
Cioara smiled a little, then poured the beverage she had made in her hand into a glass and handed it to Lu Yu.
"Your name is Lu Yu right? There's no need to be so formal, come on, taste this."
"Thank you Sister Cioara."
Cioara handed Lu Yu a pink iced drink, Lu Yu took a shallow taste, cherry flavored, the taste was very good.
What was interesting was that the drink carried a light beer flavor, but Lu Yu was able to drink out that there was practically no alcohol inside the drink, and this light beer flavor should be the result of the flavoring.
"How is it, is it good?"
Lu Yu answered truthfully, "Good."
"That's good."
Seeing that Lu Yu didn't have any reaction when he drank the iced drink, Bronny was a little curious.
"Huh, you can actually drink?"
Lu Yu shook his head.
"It's just an ordinary drink ah, there's no alcohol in it."
Hearing Lu Yu say that, Bronny looked at Cioara.
"Sister Cioara, didn't you say that you don't know how to make drinks, I want one too!"
"You're the one who said that."
Cioara made a cup of the exact same drink for Bronny, Bronny took the drink and tasted it, then her face with a smile instantly froze.
"Lu Yu you're lying, this is clearly alcohol!"
Although she had been working in a bar, the smell of alcohol was still a little too pungent for a fourteen year old girl, Bronny didn't like alcohol, in every sense of the word.
"No, although there is a faint flavor of alcohol, but the mouth does not have that strong burning sensation of alcohol, the wine flavor should just be the result of seasoning rather than added alcohol."
Listening to Lu Yu's judgment, Cioara's face revealed a satisfied look.
"That's right, it seems that Bronny's introduction of you wasn't exaggerated."
However, Cioara's words changed.
"But ..."
"You can know what alcohol tastes like and know it so well, Junior, you've been drinking? Minors are not allowed to drink alcohol."
Lu Yu shook his head a little more.
"No, I have not drunk alcohol."
"Then how did you know?"
"I've only slightly tasted something similar to liquor with a higher purity."
Cioara, Bronny: "..."
Without waiting for Cioara and Bronny to react, Lu Yu then picked up an open bottle of wine on the counter and smelled it.
"Hmm, this smell, it's not as strong as the smell of that stuff I've tasted."
Cioara glanced at the bottle of wine in Lu Yu's hand that he had rated as not having a very strong flavor, and her face was somewhat helpless.
"Junior, do you know what this bottle of wine in your hand is?"
"What?"
"Vodka, also known as the Water of Life, with a degree of 78°, this kind of liquor is usually used to be used as a base liquor rather than directly consumed."
After saying that, Cioara looked at Lu Yu with a wry look.
Cioara's implication was that this stuff was not meant for normal people to drink at all, and you can actually say that the flavor is not strong enough?
Lu Yu laughed a little.
"Can I taste it?"
Cioara nodded a bit, then took a cup from the side and gave it to Lu Yu, "Be my guest."
She wanted to see if this teenager had actually drank something stronger, or if he was simply trying to show off in front of Bronny as well as himself.
Lu Yu poured roughly the bottom of a glass of vodka, and then drank it all in one go as Bronny and Cioara looked on in surprise.
"Well, I told you it didn't taste as good as that stuff."
"..."
Cioara was convinced as she watched the teenager in front of her face unchanged as she took a sip of vodka she wouldn't dare just drink.
What kind of stuff had this person been drinking to be able to take a sip of a small half glass of vodka and still say it didn't taste strong enough?
Cioara was a little curious, "Junior, may I ask, that thing you mentioned, what is it?"
Lu Yu waved his hand.
"It's not something very special, it's just a bottle of medical alcohol that I stumbled upon in my old man's study ..."
Medical alcohol?
Cioara was completely speechless.
"Junior, no, never mind, it's better to call you Lu Yu, Lu Yu, you ..."
"What's wrong with me?"
"You're quite good."
After thinking for half a day, Cioara could only say this.
"Thanks."
"Eh ..."
Just as Lu Yu made Cioara somewhat speechless, Bronny, who was sitting next to him watching the show, couldn't help himself.
Watching Cioara, who had made herself speechless in the past, being choked speechless by Lu Yu, Bronny let out a silver bell-like laughter.
"Hahahahaha."
"Sister Cioara, you've met your match, haven't you?"
Seeing Bronny laughing at herself, Cioara was somewhat helpless.
"This guy, is not the type I can handle, Bronny, it's better to leave it here for you two little ones to talk amongst yourselves."
Saying so, Cioara picked up the vodka that was disliked by Lu Yu as not having a strong enough flavor to mix another drink for Lu Yu.
It was a very splendidly colored drink, red in color with some faint gold in the red.
"Here, this is the strongest liquor Raven's sells, and one of the ones I'm most proud of, so I hope this will please you."
Picking up the glass and taking a taste, Lu Yu smiled and thanked Cioara.
Although this was inferior to the medical alcohol he had tasted in terms of alcohol content alone, in terms of flavor, this glass of wine was indeed countless times better than alcohol.
"It's delicious, thank you Sister Cioara."
After receiving Lu Yu's reply, Cioara waved her hand to indicate that she was not to be thanked, and then she carried her own satchel and left Raven's.
"Bronny, I'm going out to buy groceries, I'll leave the store watching to you."
"Got it."
Cioara was quite satisfied with Lu Yu's little guest, so she decided to personally cook at noon to show the two little ones in Raven's a hand.
After sending Cioara away, only Bronny and Lu Yu were left in Raven's.
"Lu Yu, Lu Yu."
"What's up?"
Bronny pointed to the red drink on the bar that Lu Yu had just taken a sip of, "What's the flavor of this?"
Having just heard Cioara say that this was her proudest drink, Bronny became slightly curious.
"Didn't Cioara-san go out? If you're curious, just take a taste."
"That's right, I'll try a sip then."
Picking up the wine glass, Bronny took a shallow taste, then her pretty little face turned red in an instant.
"Cough cough cough ..."
"So spicy!"
Seeing Bronny like this, Lu Yu laughed a little, "How is it, how does it taste?"
Bronny looked bitter: "Not good!"
"Alcohol is something that ordinary people can't accept, especially women, who are even more sensitive to alcohol, it's normal that you can't accept it, besides, you're still small in age, so it's even more difficult to accept alcohol."
Hearing Lu Yu say that he was small in age, Bronny gave Lu Yu a glare without any good reason.
"If I don't remember wrongly, you are only fourteen years old this year, obviously the same age as me, why do you act like you are old and fall on wet floors!"
"Probably because I studied Chinese medicine?"
It was only when Lu Yu said this that Bronny reacted.
"When you say it like that, it does kinda look like it."
"Like an old Chinese doctor?"
"No, like an old antique."
Lu Yu: "..."
"Right, coming to play a game?"
The two of them were idle, besides, the two of them knew each other from the game, and now that they happened to have nothing to do, Bronny was proposing to start a game together.
Lu Yu shook his head, "I didn't bring a computer."
Bronny glanced behind Lu Yu's back.
"Then what are you carrying in your backpack?"
Lu Yu replied, "A gift."
"A gift?"
"Yes, a gift for you."
Removing his backpack, Lu Yu took out the electronic watch he bought for Bronny at the mall.
"Wow, an electronic watch?"
Seeing that Lu Yu's gift to himself was this, Bronny was a little surprised, this style of watch wasn't expensive, but it wasn't cheap either.
A few hundred was not a huge amount to talk about for Bronny, who was currently fourteen years old and living off Cioara, but it was still a small expense.
"I don't know what to give you for the first time, I hope you like it."
Taking a look at Lu Yu, Bronny took out the watch and wore it on his right hand.
"How is it, does it look good?"
After putting on the watch, Bronny waved his right hand at Lu Yu.
Lu Yu nodded his head, "Well, it's not bad."
"Thanks."
After fiddling with the watch for a bit, Bronny took out his computer.
"Want to play?"
Lu Yu shook his head, "No."
"Then let's watch the animation, my favorite Howlm's Big Adventure has a new theatrical version, want to watch it with me?"
Howom Adventure?
Hearing this somewhat unfamiliar word, although Lu Yu didn't understand what it was, he still nodded his head, now this would be he didn't know what to do, since Bronny wanted to watch it, then naturally he didn't have any opinion.
The so-called Howling M's Great Adventure is actually a sub-supply oriented animation.
The anime tells the story of a golden doll named Howlm in order to retrieve his sister, Howlmay, so he embarks on a journey and eventually fights against the evil Howlm King.
Although it is a sub-supply oriented anime, but the characters are wonderful, and the drawing style is very good, although Lu Yu does not watch much anime, Lu Yu also have to admit that Howlmay Adventure is really well-drawn.
Well, the only problem is that the plot of the sub-supply direction is really not very good.
After watching Howlm's Big Adventure for a while, Lu Yu glanced at Bronny who was staring intently at the screen.
"Bronny, is this your favorite genre?"
Bronny nodded, "Yeah."
"I thought you'd prefer something a little more mature."
"That's what I like ah, do you have any comments?"
Lu Yu hurriedly waved his hands, "No no."
Bronny glanced at Lu Yu, then she returned her eyes to the screen.
"Lu Yu, look at Howlm in the animation, how free it is."
"Free?"
"Yeah, look at Howlm it's having adventures in place after place, don't you think it's great to travel like that?"
"That's true."
"Lu Yu, do you know what my dream is?"
Lu Yu shook his head.
"My dream is to leave the Sky Vault and visit the outside world."
The outside world.
When he heard Bronny say that, Lu Yu was reminded of everything about Sky Vault City.
The Sky Vault City where Lu Yu and Bronny were from was a special existence, and the city had a special alias called the Sky Vault under the Light Curtain.
As the name suggested, the city was a huge city enveloped by a curtain of light.
No one knew where the curtain of light came from, all people knew was the fact that the city was covered by a curtain of light.
God City Technology, the owner of the city, had covered the city with a curtain of light and proclaimed their slogan and philosophy to everyone in the city.
[In God City Technology, everyone has a unique value.]
[Omnipotent intelligent technology, ubiquitous information network ...]
[God City Technology, will provide you with the best quality guarantee for your freedom and security.]
[A new carefree life, only in - "light curtain" under the dome of the sky.]
[Join us in guarding the "last paradise of mankind"!]
From the slogan of God City Technology, it is clear that as the owner of the city of Sky Dome, they use the light curtain to isolate the city from the outside world, and claim that the outside world has been destroyed, and this is the last line of defense for human beings, and the only place to live.
After learning about Bronny's dream, Lu Yu frowned.
"Bronny, do you want to leave [Happy Land]?"
Happy Land, that was what the people of Sky Vault called Sky Vault.
In fact, the current Sky Vault City was just as God City Technology advertised, the ubiquitous God City Technology would protect everyone's safety and freedom, well, explicitly.
In Heavenly Vault City, Divine City Technology also did manage to guarantee a high level of living for its residents.
Moreover, it wasn't like people had been living under the light curtain for a while, and the residents of Sky Vault were almost never dissatisfied with the light curtain and God City Technology.
"Happy land?"
Hearing this word, Bronny laughed disdainfully.
"Lu Yu, I don't think that the place we're living under the watchful eye of God City Technology can be considered [Happy Land]."