A Hidden Tiger

After which, Xu An fell silent.

"You're talking about Reserval Corrosion, right? They've existed for quite a long time. It's a wonder why they suddenly make a ruckus," The bartender suddenly said.

"Old Shii, you know Reserval Corrosion?" Morgiana asked with her brows frowned. Old Shii was the name of the bartender.

Old Shii put a thinking face as he said, "I only heard the rumors. The syndicate, Reserval Corrosion, is the one who caused these troubles. Aside from it existing for quite a long time, it always lay low and never peeked out its head.

"It is a Lawful Chaotic organization. Sometimes breaking the rules and retreat before crossing the line. They value merits more than anything."

Xu An didn't find it weird that old Shii knew that much. As a bartender, he probably heard a lot of things from the customers so it was not odd at all.

Hum, an organization which existed for a long time. They are probably more than meets the eye and they also keep a low profile. An organization like this is usually powerful and has powerful backing. Xu An thought to himself.

It looks like I'm not facing a small organization, he added in his mind.

"Why are you asking this? It can't be that you're interested in joining it?" Old Shii's voice was solemn and a bit furious.

Xu An waved his hand in a hurry, "Of course not!"

It seems there's an enmity between old Shii and Reserval Corrosion, I wonder what it could be? Xu An asked himself and was curious.

"It's about lost pets or rather tamed beasts. I'm curious why they did this." Xu An informed old Shii to remove any misunderstanding.

"I see, if that's the case then here are my words. Don't get involved in anything relating to them. You don't want to know what might happen next." His voice was solemn which made the atmosphere drop drastically.

In such a tense atmosphere, it was quite hard to breathe but this was only applied to Morgiana. Xu An remained calm while Morgiana subconsciously gulped her saliva.

"Can I know the reason?" Xu An calmly asked.

"This is only rumors but they have quite the position in the underground world but despite that, they chose to keep a low profile.

"Many underground organizations are aware of it and they are confused but they don't mind it as it does them no harm.

"However, with such a position. Other organizations began to be wary of them and so, some launched attacks but ended up failing.

"Ever since then, no organizations have tried to get the bad side of them."

Xu An listened attentively and he did not say a thing. Aware of this, old Shii continued, "they run a black market. Although their black market isn't popular, they have a lot of valuable items and materials that could not be found here.

"But their price is ridiculously high. Only rich people could buy them." Old Shii shook his head.

"Old Shii, you do know a lot, huh," Morgiana said with a probing gaze as her eyes narrowed. Old Shii slightly flustered, "err, it's something a customer told me two days ago when he was drunk."

Morgiana did not say anything as she looked at him without shifting her gaze. Old Shii felt some kind of pressure, he secretly gulped down his saliva as sweat flowed down through his cheek.

"Ok then." Morgiana smiled as she shifted her line of sight to Xu An.

Old Shii silently heaved a sigh of relief and little did he know it was caught by Xu An.

The edge of his lips was curved.

"Xu An, come with me for a second. I want you to meet someone."

Xu An frowned as he asked, "someone?"

"Yeah," Morgiana nodded as she got up from her seat, pulling Xu An's sleeve.

"Right now?" Xu An asked as he was reluctant to get up off his seat.

"Yeah, it should be yesterday but you said you were busy. Because now you have a lot of time, why not?" Morgiana replied.

"How do you know I have a lot of time?"

"Why did you go here in the first place?" Morgiana returned a question and Xu An felt it made sense.

If he was busy, he wouldn't be here but instead in his home. Either carving a wood statue or going out for a hunt.

With a good come back, Xu An had no choice but to follow her as they left the pub.

"So who am I going to meet?" Xu An pondered.

"The old man who has taken care of me," Morgiana answered.

"Why?"

"You'll know the reason when you meet him."

What's with this mystery you are putting on? Feeling uncomfortable now, I wonder if I did something wrong? Xu An thought to himself and calmed himself down.

After a few turns and twists, they entered a villa. The gate opened as soon as the guards noticed Morgiana.

"Young miss, welcome." One of the guards greeted Morgiana politely. Morgiana responded with a smile and a nod as she said, "Good work."

After they went through the gate and a check-up for Xu An to make sure he didn't bring anything dangerous. Xu An looked around the villa with curiosity and was a bit shocked.

As they walked, Xu An said under his breath to Morgiana, "I didn't know you have rich parents."

"Well, it's a long story. He isn't exactly my father but he has been taking good care of me."

"I see, then why do you still work as a waitress?"

The villa explained it. Her parents must be rich so she had no reason to become a waitress.

"You will know sooner than later." Morgiana smiled as she stopped talking. Xu An did not probe further and so, they walked into the villa in silence.

Opening the door, beautiful maids greeted them as they bowed in sync.

Morgiana and Xu An stopped their pace.

"Welcome home, young miss, young master."

The view kind of stunned Xu An as he stood there silly. It was the first time he saw such a grand sight.

How could he not? The maids lined up on both sides and Xu An and Morgiana were in the middle!

Furthermore, when they bowed simultaneously. It was quite satisfying and Xu An could not help but be impressed.

"You guys, didn't I tell you not to greet me like this?" Morgiana asked.

"I'm sorry, young miss but Master told us to or else we'll be fired," one of them replied as she walked out of the crowd.

With a glance, one could tell this maid's position was higher than most maids here.

Morgiana's mouth twitched upon hearing that. She clenched her fist tightly as she gnashed her teeth, "that damn old man! He truly loves pissing me off!"

However, not long after, she returned to her usual self.

She then asked calmly, "where is he?"

After that question, Morgiana continued her pace and Xu An left from his daze as he followed behind her.

"He's in his office, are you going to visit him?"

"Please do. Tell him it's an emergency," Morgiana waved her hand to tell the maid to get things done.

"Very well," the maid bowed as she gracefully walked away.

"What's her name?" Xu An abruptly asked.

Morgiana retracted her gaze to Xu An as she returned the question, "why?"

"She looks familiar…" Narukami narrowed his eyes to the direction where the maid walked away.

After a short pause, Morgiana answered, "Her name is Reona, she has been a maid here for five years and she is an outstanding maid. Within a few years, she rose to the position of the head maid at a young age. She is talented and brimming with potential."

To think that Morgiana praised highly of this maid. Xu An couldn't help but be curious.

Morgiana led the way as they arrived in the guest room. There was a sofa around the table and above it was a chandelier. The room has a grand atmosphere.

Sitting on the sofa, Xu An swept his gaze around the room. Maids were standing there without changing their position.

One stood before the window, one beside the door and one was next to Morgiana, ready to serve their young miss.

Seeing that Morgiana did not say a word and only sat there with a graceful posture and her expression was solemn, Xu An was somehow surprised to see that.

This was the first time he saw this young lady act like a woman with power.

Xu An observed her for a few short seconds before retracting his gaze outside the window.

"Xu An, I want you to restrain yourself for a bit," Morgiana said through qi telepathy and Xu An frowned as he shot Morgiana with a puzzling look. 

As soon as he did that, a maid brought a serving cart with sweet delicacies on it. Xu An's eyes sparkled and Morgiana shook her head.

Xu An hurriedly understood what she meant. He quickly calmed himself down as he cleared his throat. 

The maids here had seen high-class people and if Xu An acted like a kid, they probably sneered inside and Morgiana did not want to see that.

Although they do it inside, it was, nevertheless, displeasing.

Xu An usually did not care about this but knew Morgiana's intention. He goes along. 

For the maid, the friend of the young miss must be a gentleman, powerful, reliable, and most importantly, handsome.

Xu An felt certain pressure from the gaze of the maids. It appeared they noticed his childish behavior earlier.

"Go ahead," the maid said as she poured down tea into two cups and put them on the table.

After which, the maid put all the sweet delicacies to the table and emptied the cart. She then stood next to Xu An.

Anyway, Xu An did not shrink in embarrassment as he grabbed the muffin on the cart like a gentleman and ate it slowly.

"This is amazing, Morgiana. I must say it's a food of top quality " Xu An praised the food like a gentleman and he sounded like a completely different person.

Morgiana nodded as she was satisfied with that. She thought that he would ignore her intentions and do as he liked but it seemed she was overthinking it.

"Yes, the chefs not only excel at cooking food but also in making sweets," she smiled as she reached out her hand and grabbed a slice of cake as she ate it.

Many flavors spoiled her tongue and her expression softened considerably. She looked like the Morgiana he knew and Xu An smiled.

After that, Xu An swallowed the muffin and reached out his hand to grab a slice of pie.

Just as he was about to put it into his mouth, the door opened and Reona, the maid, reported, "Young miss, Master had agreed upon your request."

Morgiana stood from her seat and said to Xu An, "let's go."

The pie was one inch away from his mouth and he was reluctant to put it down. Therefore, he devoured the entire thing as he ignored the eating ethics, his mouth puffed like a hamster as he chewed, and then, he swallowed it with a bit of difficulty as his throat wasn't wide enough for the entire pie to go in.

He drank the tea and he followed Morgiana as he got up from his seat.