Before leaving the antique shop, Jenkins originally planned to invite his father to have dinner with him, but the father said that he still had something to do, and told Jenkins not to wander around, and went to church as soon as possible after dinner.
According to the original plan, I took the chocolates to the restaurant on the river bank. It was probably affected by the plague. It was time for dinner, but there were very few guests here.
Jenkins took the menu from the servant, first glanced at the average price, and then calculated the amount of consumption, before starting to order with confidence.
Chocolate was illiterate, so Jenkins never showed it the menu. According to the cat's appetite, he chose a few dishes that could be eaten by both humans and cats. He ordered the steak not to be overcooked, ordered another glass of lemonade, and then put the menu back on the table.
Jenkins' general habit is to tip 15 percent, but very few will tip 20 percent when eating with girls. When he first came to this world, he was very unaccustomed to this kind of extra expenses, especially during the embarrassing days when he first moved out of Privet Drive.
But gradually he got used to it. After all, he could never return to his original hometown, so he had to let himself integrate into this era.
But only partially, Jenkins never forgot what his real name was or where he came from. Occasionally when he is lonely, he will recall the original world, but unfortunately he does not want to tell anyone about those things, including chocolate.
Feeling a little melancholy while waiting for the food to be served, I turned my head and looked out the window. Small cargo ships had already passed by the river in the city. The river ice has completely melted away now, and it won't be long before Nolan will return to its former prosperity.
The eyeballs moved with the cargo ship on the river, and the chocolate lay beside the man's hand and looked there. One person and one cat did not interact for a long time, until the door of the restaurant was pushed open:
"Hi Williamette!"
He suddenly heard someone calling his name, looked up towards the door, and saw Miss Capet walking over.
Girls wear decent and generous women's coats today, but they look thin. The hair on the front of the forehead is braided in a complex style and coiled on the head, while the hair on the back of the head falls naturally.
Jenkins has seen Miss Stuart dressed up like this before, and only a small number of women with suitable faces are suitable for this hairstyle.
"Good evening, Miss Capet."
Jenkins greeted yesterday's companion to sit down, and then called the waiter to take her order. Sigrid Capet seems to be a vegetarian, and it may be because her dinner does not contain any meat or eggs to maintain her figure.
The common adventure in the mirror world made the two friends, and the final fight with the evil in the sea deepened their friendship. Because there were no guests at the tables around them, the two talked about the mirror world again during the meal, and were very happy that the other two companions had also been found.
"Miss Warfell and Miss Knight are not simply lost there, they seem to have discovered some important clues about the mirror world that we have not discovered."
The woman said while skillfully manipulating the tableware in her hand. She noticed that Jenkins' cat was also eating, so she used a fork to pick up a small green vegetable leaf and handed it to it. The cat raised its head and let out a disgusted cry, then shifted its position and ignored the woman.
"I haven't heard similar news. According to my understanding, Nolan's church still hasn't made up their minds to give up the exploration of the mirror world."
"It's not the church's conclusion, it's my conclusion."
Having said that, the girl couldn't help showing a proud look on her face, and she continued:
"The mirror world hides a big secret. The disappearance of Miss Knight and Miss Warfell is not so simple. Could it be a coincidence? They returned to the real world only an hour later than us. In order to return, we not only cooperated with The numbered items got involved, and even confronted a terrible evil thing... ”
She had a point in saying so, but Miss Knight and the huntress' secret had nothing to do with Jenkins. Moreover, among the four people who entered the Mirror World, only Jenkins belonged to the local church. In any case, the other three could not affect the final result of the entrance to the Mirror World.
The two chatted while eating, and by the time Jenkins fed the last morsel of steak to his cat, the dim yellow light of the street lamps had already illuminated the pedestrian street by the river.
The weather tonight is not bad, because there is a sea breeze, so the fog has dissipated a little. The night view of the city in early spring is beautiful. Although Jenkins wants to take a walk, the time for night class is coming.
He took the initiative to get up and leave, and Miss Capet didn't mind, she sat alone at the table by the window and continued to eat. When he opened the door, he turned his head to look at the woman, and that back gave him a strange sense of familiarity again.
"It's definitely not an illusion."
He said to himself, holding the chocolate in his right hand, and touching the file bag in his arms with his left.
"It is necessary to investigate, this is too coincidental."
Walking out of the restaurant, there was a carriage parked under a street lamp not far away. Instead of sitting and waiting for guests, the coachman was cleaning the outside surfaces of the carriages with rags.
As Jenkins walked by, the driver noticed the guests, put away the rag and bucket, and patted his horse to get ready to go.
The seats in the carriage are very soft, it seems that the driver has recently replaced the utensils in the carriage. Leaning on the carriage, listening to the regular sound of horseshoes, Jenkins put down the chocolate, and then slightly opened the window curtains to let the evening wind blow to his face.
The evening breeze in early spring is really comfortable, and the coolness and warmth just right are unmatched by all other seasons. It's just that the wind was a little too comfortable, and because he might have eaten too much just now, Jenkins was still thinking about Miss Capet, and fell asleep in a daze.
Seeing that Jenkins fell asleep, Chocolat also lay beside him, curled up his body and closed his eyes to fall asleep. Smelling the man's familiar scent, it soon fell into a sweet sleep.
The wheels seemed to hit a bump in the road, and Jenkins was jolted awake by the shaking of the carriage. He yawned and stretched his waist, then looked out subconsciously, but what he saw was an empty field.
"Um?"
If it was the coachman who got lost, it was absolutely impossible for him to get lost in such an outrageous place. Jenkins blinked to make sure that the coachman was just an ordinary person, so he guessed that he might be unlucky to encounter robbers who were trying to rob.
Gently picked up the sleepy-eyed and soft-bodied cat and put it in the inner pocket of the coat, and moved forward to prepare to quickly rush out to subdue the coachman to prevent the embarrassing situation where the carriage was out of control.