Living monotonous in a Novel Universe

Chapter 10: Ummm, Is this a prank?

Clauford Thena P.O.V

We proceed to the second floor, led by a service crew.

Entering the elevator, the crew pushed the button with the numerical number 2.

After a few seconds inside the elevator, the door opened, revealing a wide hallway towards a red door with red vines decorated with bright red flowers.

We walk towards it in silence, the crew stops and writes something on the door using his finger. The door opened, the crew entered first, goes to the left side of the door, and bows as we enter the door.

If the first floor has that comfortable feeling, the second floor is designed in a modern way that exudes the mysteriousness of the place.

Entering the second floor is like entering a different store. It is called the second floor but rather, this is just an underground floor. The higher the floor, the deeper it's placed in the underground.

The store looks like an ordinary diner on the outside as a cover-up, it makes it less suspicious to others as well.

On the left, a counter with a standing bartender as he wipes a glass, the man has a mask covering his right eye where behind him are different beverages that look alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

This place looks like a pub with tables and chairs, and on my right is the service counter.

I proceed to the service counter with my companions.

A masked woman covering her upper face greeted us with a smile.

"Hello dear customers, regular or private?"

"Private, together with this group." I answered.

"Right away, menu shall be delivered. Please enjoy your stay, here is the key, it shall lead you to the room." The woman answered.

Since I'm a regular customer here, regular here means that you just want to be in this pub area while private means that you want a private room. Of course, these rooms are soundproofed to protect the confidentiality of the customers' discussion.

We arrived at the room, using this diamond-shaped key, it lit up for a bit and opened the door.

"Hah! I feel nervous, this is not my first time coming here but I feel very exhausted already." Divine said while sitting in one of the couched chairs. She is one of my nieces.

The room is comfy and big, enough for a group discussion to happen. Each member of the group takes a seat and in the center is a rectangular wooden table.

I have advanced order the menu we're going to eat, so I start discussing what we need to do here.

On the wall, there's a big-looking monitor like a wide blackboard. I activate it and start sharing information on other devices.

"We are here to give tasks on each team. Since all of you have become college students, experience in this field is needed."

"And right now, I am going to give you a task about looking and monitoring an F-class being."

Claude Trance P.O.V.

I listened to my uncle's explanation of our task. At the table, we are positioned together with my group in the left chairs while Trance group is positioned in the right chairs.

The man together with my uncle is sitting at the very front chair on our side beside me, and the woman with a blindfold is in the very front chair of Trance group.

"Umm, excuse me." One of the party members on my side raised a hand.

It was Kajio Khitry. He has slanted eyes, short brown hair, and has that sly and joyful aura around him. He might be a handful and eccentric sometimes but he is reliable, to say the least.