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Special super-sized berry ice cream!
Strawberry cream cake!
Almond frosting cake!
Mellow wine!
Freshly squeezed mango juice!
Dish after dish of delicious food was brought to the table, emitting a sweet and appetizing aroma that stimulated the appetite.
"Amazing!"
Stark looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar special super-sized berry ice cream in front of him, a nostalgic expression in his eyes.
"It's been so long since I've had this!"
"It looks really small though..."
Fern used her knife and fork, gently cut a small piece of strawberry cake and put it in her hand, looking strangely at the tiny ice cream in front of Stark.
Yulian also blinked her eyes as she looked at the small ice cream.
It was called ice cream, but it was actually very similar to a sundae, served in a glass bowl.
Cookies and berries were placed on top of the pink ice cream for decoration.
It looked good, but it somehow didn't seem to have anything to do with being 'special super-sized'.
"Huh!"
"Do you also think it's a bit small?"
Stark said with some surprise.
He thought he was the only one who felt that way.
No wonder he felt it looked familiar but also a bit unfamiliar compared to his memory!
"Could it be that the Boss made a mistake and gave us a small portion?"
Yulian pushed her mellow wine next to the ice cream to compare.
Indeed, it was the same size as her small glass of wine.
"No way, right?"
Stark scratched his head, saying uncertainly.
"I came here with my master, the Boss wouldn't rip me off, would he?"
"Let's go ask him."
Fern gently sipped her mango juice, giving Stark a look.
Hinting for him to go find the Boss at the bar.
"Okay..."
Stark nodded, picked up the ice cream, and got up to walk towards the bar.
"Hello, Boss."
Stark waved and smiled slightly at the Boss.
"It's you, Stark."
The Boss wiped the glass in his hand, and smiled faintly in response.
"Yes..."
Stark nodded gently.
He hesitated for a moment before starting a conversation.
"I remember the last time I came to your shop, I was still a child..."
"Yeah..."
"You came with your master, Eisen..."
The Boss, dressed in a black and white suit-like outfit, stopped what he was doing and showed a nostalgic expression.
He said with some emotion.
"He is a powerful and respected warrior."
That's right!
Stark was a little excited.
"I also remember the last time I came, because I couldn't finish the special super-sized berry ice cream..."
"I even shared it with my master, do you remember?"
"Yeah, of course I remember."
The Boss narrowed his eyes slightly, a smile playing on his lips.
"Do you feel that the special super-sized berry ice cream is smaller than before?"
"Yes!"
Stark nodded vigorously.
"I remember it was originally very big..."
"That's why..."
"Yeah, no, no!"
The Boss interrupted Stark, explaining with a smile.
"Feeling it's small, it's actually possible because you've grown up."
The glass in the Boss's hand was gently placed on the bar counter, and he reached out and patted Stark's head.
"Looking at Stark now, one can tell he is a mature and reliable warrior."
Mature, reliable warrior!
Stark's eyes couldn't help but widen slightly as the Boss's words fell.
"Is that so!"
"So I've grown up!"
Stark recalled with a smile.
"When I was a child, everything looked so big..."
"Even my master's back was very imposing."
"But looking now, my master's figure is so thin."
"So everything is because I've grown up!"
Stark was filled with emotion.
Indeed, time flies like an arrow, and days and months pass like a shuttle.
Unconsciously, many things have changed!
"Yeah, it's good that you know."
Seeing this, the Boss breathed a sigh of relief, and while responding with a smile, he picked up the glass he had put down earlier and continued wiping it.
"Eisen is also getting old as usual, you must be filial to him."
"Well..."
"I know."
The smile on Stark's face faded, and after nodding gently, he turned around.
"He's so easy to fool..."
The Boss muttered in a low voice.
"Oh, right Boss..."
Stark suddenly turned back and stood in front of the bar again.
"W-what's wrong?"
The Boss was startled, and almost dropped the glass in his hand.
"Is there a reason why you keep wiping this cup?"
Stark stared quietly at the glass in the Boss's hand, full of curiosity.
"Oh, this."
"Actually, there's no reason..."
The Boss smiled.
So it was about this, he thought he had been found out.
"After all, being at the front desk alone is quite boring, so I thought I'd find something to do."
"Really?"
Stark looked at the Boss, whose expression was a little strange, and asked doubtfully.
"Of course it's true..."
"But if Stark doesn't believe me, you can also come and work here and try it out."
"Hmm... that won't be necessary."
"Sorry to have bothered you, Boss."
Stark turned and left.
"If you change your mind, remember to come find me."
What a good kid~
The Boss sighed and rubbed his shoulder, looking at Stark's back as he waved without turning around, his eyes full of approval.
"So it's really that small?"
Fern listened to Stark's explanation expressionlessly, feeling a bit speechless.
No matter how she listened, he seemed to have been fooled!
"Yeah!"
"It's really that small..."
"Time is truly cruel!"
Stark pursed his lips and smiled faintly, sighing with emotion.
"You should eat first."
Yulian gently covered her head, feeling a little helpless.
But it didn't really matter whether it was big or small.
After all, seeing Stark go and come back like that, his emotional value was completely filled by the other person.
"But the Boss fooled..."
"Hmm... but you guys talked for so long and only talked about ice cream?"
Yulian quickly changed her words from 'fooled' just as she was about to say it, asking with some doubt.
"Of course not!"
Stark bit the spoon he was using to eat the ice cream and rolled his eyes, thinking.
"We also talked about when I came to eat ice cream with my master when I was a child..."
"The Boss also praised me and my master, saying we are both excellent warriors."
"It's just that..."
Stark hesitated a little.
"Just what?"
Fern tilted her head, pressing the question.
"It's just that the Boss asked me if I had been filial to my master..."
Stark lowered his head, a little silent.
"How did you answer?"
"Of course I said yes!"
Stark blurted out without thinking.
But after meeting Yulian and Fern's eyes, he lowered his head again.
"It's just that I don't know if my master feels that way..."
"Then what do you think of Eisen?"
Yulian scratched her head.
She felt that Stark seemed to have some misunderstanding with Eisen?
"I have always respected my master and liked my master very much..."
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