277 - Thank you for protecting me

"Oh, we weren't planning on fighting, so we didn't bring our stuff. We have to go home and get our equipment and come back so we can fight at the arena."

"Oh, right! I completely forgot about that," Noah quickly acklowledged his lack of understanding. 'How come... Oh, right, the Family hasn't participated lately, and they really didn't react like they wanted to join at all until Michael reminded them I was here... Is it that those people are really that powerful... No, it must be that they have been lacking confidence,' he thought, as he saw the Leader dealing with the manager who came to attend to them. 

"No, keep the number, I'll cover for one person." Noah overheard the Leader saying such a thing to the manager. They had already said that they would split his bill, but he was planning to pay it alone.