Blour? Mag glanced at the information displayed by the omniscient door, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

  “Is that Uncle Blour’s voice?” Anna sat up with an elated look on her face.

  Mag smiled and nodded as he said, “That’s right, Blour’s back. Why don’t we go downstairs to greet them?”


  “Yes!” Anna carefully emerged from under the blanket, and then tucked it around Amy before quickly putting on her little slippers and following Mag downstairs.

  Mag switched on the light in the restaurant before quickly opening the doors.

  Sally and Blour stood outside with the latter in female attire, and both of them were looking quite disheveled. Behind them stood close to 100 elves with their clothes in tatters. The autumn nights were quite cold, so many of the children among them were shivering.

  Most of these elves were women and children, and they all appeared to be quite exhausted yet slightly fearful as they looked at Mag.

  However, they then caught sight of the warm light in the restaurant, as well as the beautiful decor within the building, and their eyes lit up in unison.

  Mag couldn’t help but falter slightly upon seeing this. For a split second, he had thought that he was looking at a group of refugees. In his heart, elves were all graceful beings that valued their cleanliness very highly; how had they been reduced to such a pitiful state?

  Anna emerged from behind Mag, and she looked at the cross-dressing Blour with a hesitant expression as she asked, “U-Uncle Blour?”


  “Anna…… I…… You see……” Blour leaned down and rubbed his hands together in a rather awkward manner as he looked back at Anna. He didn’t think that his cross-dressing fetish was anything to be ashamed of, but he was still rather concerned that Anna would renounce him because of it, so he was scrambling for a way to explain himself.

  Much to his surprise, Anna charged over and jumped into his arms before winding her little arms tightly around his neck.

  Blour’s mouth gaped open slightly as he stiffened on the spot, and only after a while did he slowly wrap his arms around Anna as a vibrant smile appeared on his face.

  “I was afraid that you’d left just like Grandpa. I don’t want you to go,” Anna sobbed.

  “I’m not going anywhere, so don’t you worry.” Blour patted Anna’s back in a comforting manner.

  After hugging Blour for a while, Anna let go and wiped away her tears before turning and throwing her arms around Sally.

  “Don’t cry, Anna.” Sally wiped away the tears in Anna’s eyes, and stroked her hair as a smile also appeared on her face.

  “I’m glad you’re back.” Mag appraised the two of them with a smile, then turned to the elves behind them, and said, “From the looks of it, you’ve done something quite praiseworthy as well.”


  Blour looked into Mag’s eyes with a beseeching expression, and said, “Boss Mag, I have a request; can you please cook a meal for all of my brethren here? They haven’t eaten for two whole days, and they’ve walked all the way here. I’ll pay for all of their meals.”


  Sally was also looking at Mag with an expectant look in her eyes. She opened her mouth to say something, but swallowed her words in the end.

  Mamy Restaurant was a high-end restaurant. It was always kept pristine and tidy, yet these elves had been locked up in underground cellars for a long time, so they were all quite dirty and, quite frankly, rather smelly. They had been concerned that they’d encounter other mercenary squads that would hunt them down in the past two days, so they had been traveling without rest, thereby affording them no time to wash. As such, it would be very understandable if Mag were to turn down this request.

  Anna looked at all of these elves, and tears began to well up in her eyes again. She didn’t know any of them, but she had already guessed that they had to have been captured by those abhorrent demons, while Blour and Sally were the ones who had saved them.

  Looking at them evoked within her memories of her grandfather. Only then did she understand why her grandfather refused to allow her to be captured even at the expense of his life, and she turned around to look at Mag with tears swimming in her eyes.

  Mag looked at the elven children with a sympathetic expression on his face. He couldn’t see any noticeable wounds on their bodies, but the inferiority and fear in their eyes tugged directly at his heartstrings. What kind of torture had these children endured to become like this? Those demons really did deserve to die!

  “Come in, I’ll cook for all of you.” Mag stepped aside with a gentle smile on his face, leaving the entrance open to everyone.

  Blour extended a deep bow toward Mag as he said in a solemn voice, “Thank you.”


  “Thank you, Boss.” Sally also nodded as she expressed her gratitude.

  “Uncle Mag is the best!” Anna looked up at Mag. Tears swirled in her eyes, but she forced them back in the end.

  The elves entered the restaurant; due to limited number of seats, many of the elves could only stand. Some of the children managed to share a chair in twos, while others carefully sat on the ground.

  The pleasant warmth in the restaurant made the elves a lot more relaxed, and they began to inspect their surroundings with curiosity in their eyes. The beautiful decor, the warm chandeliers, the intricate wall art…… Everything was so surreal in their eyes after that nightmarish ordeal.

  Even though they were feeling slightly more relaxed, the elves were still extremely subdued and self-conscious. Even the elves who were sitting the ground were kneeling as they did so, not wanting to dirty the floor with their shoes or take up any extra space.

  Mag went upstairs before quickly returning. He looked at Sally with a smile, and said, “Go and take a bath, Aisha. I’ve prepared a set of clothes for you in the bathroom.”


  Sally wanted to refuse as she shook her head. “I’m fine—”


  However, Mag cut her off as he continued, “With so many customers, I need your help. In your current state, I can’t allow you to serve food in the restaurant.”


  Sally looked at her bloodstained clothes and nodded before quickly heading upstairs.

  “Boss Mag, do you need a hand from me?” Blour asked.

  Mag shook his head with a smile as he replied, “You can take a seat. I’d never ask for help from one of my customers.”


  “Is Big Sister Aisha back?” Babla had heard what was going on downstairs, and she looked at all of the elves in the restaurant with a surprised look on her face.

  “That’s right.” Mag nodded as he turned to Babla with a smile, and said, “I’ll be requiring your help as well.”


  Soon, one cup of water after another flew out of the kitchen before landing in front of the elves with unerring accuracy. The water in the cups didn’t even ripple in the slightest in the process, and all of the elves could only look on with astonishment and admiration in their eyes.

  After taking a bath, Sally came downstairs in a floral qipao, and her dazzling beauty stunned all of the elves present even further.

  Inside the kitchen, all of the stoves had been switched on, and Mag was cooking multiple dishes like a master chef. In what seemed like the blink of an eye, several portions of Yangzhou fried rice were ready; the rate at which Mag was cooking was simply phenomenal.

  “These dishes are ready to be served,” Mag said as he cleaned his pot, while Babla stared at the 20 portions of Yangzhou fried rice on the counter with her mouth gaping in shock.

  That was so fast! It took Babla a while to collect herself before she returned to her senses, and she pointed a finger at the portions of Yangzhou fried rice, sending them flying out of the kitchen toward the elves waiting outside.