When we came in, the waiter couldn't help looking at us with a strange look.
That was because while the three of us were dressed well, the orange haired woman…was wearing quite simple clothes.
She was the only one that seemed out of place here.
But before the waiter could do anything, Nicole had already gone over to show him something.
After they were done, the waiter came forward with a friendly smile and said, "Welcome, may I show you to your table?"
I gave a nod in response to this.
As we were being shown to our table, the orange haired woman couldn't help looking at me with a strange look.
Now that she had calmed down, she was thinking much more clearly.
She knew that her clothes weren't suited for this place, so she had expected the waiter to say something. But when the waiter didn't say a thing and just led them to a table with a smile, she couldn't help feeling curious.
She was curious as to what the status of this handsome young man who had saved her was.
After all, it shouldn't be normal for the waiter of this well known fancy restaurant to treat him like this.
When we arrived at our table, the waiter brought out menus for us.
As we were looking through these menus, I couldn't help thinking to myself, "This is very…cheap!"
That was right, this was considered cheap for me.
With the amount of money that Baroness Rose had given me for my expenses, it barely made a dent if I ate at this place. In fact, I could come here for every meal and it still wouldn't make a dent.
So that was why I thought that it was very cheap.
But based on the looks that the girls had on their faces, it was clear that they didn't think the same thing as me. They clearly thought that this place was very expensive.
This was made explicitly clear by the pained looks Nicole and Jessica had on their faces.
It was almost as if their flesh was being torn from their bones when they saw these prices.
Even the orange haired woman's face was filled with pain right now.
She was the owner of the third largest company in the city, which was also the branch of a much larger company that had influence all over the kingdom.
She should be the one that was even richer than me.
Still, since I was the host, I did have responsibilities.
I said with what I considered a generous look, "You can just order whatever you want, it's all on me today."
But to my surprise, the three girls revealed awkward looks when they heard this.
In the end, Nicole and Jessica both only ordered a dish each while the orange haired woman didn't order a single thing.
I couldn't help revealing a bitter smile when I saw all of this.
So I took it upon myself to order for everyone.
I waved the waiter over and called out a few dishes that had caught my eyes. The food of a fantasy world really was different from the dishes that I was used to, so I might have gone a bit overboard with how many I ordered.
Still, I didn't mind since it meant that I could try out all of these delicious dishes.
They had to be delicious if they were this expensive and so many people were still eating it, right?
The waiter had a delighted look on his face, but the girls all revealed looks of disaster.
Nicole came over and said, "My lord, there's no need to order this much. We're just having a simple meal, we can just order a few dishes." Then she moved closer and said in a hushed voice, "We still have to buy food and supplies for the territory, so we can't just waste our money like this."
Jessica didn't say anything, but the look on her face seemed like she agreed with her.
But I just casually took out a small bag and placed it in front of them before saying, "It's fine, I'll pay for it out of my own pockets."
Nicole couldn't help curiously opening the bag and when the glimmer of gold came out of the bag, she was taken aback.
She looked at me with a surprised look before suddenly giving a sigh as she remembered who she was talking to.
Because I had ordered her to talk informally with me, she had gotten used to it and had forgotten that I was a baron. Nobles were different from commoners and that included the amount of wealth that they had.
So she just simply gave a nod and returned the bag to me.
This feeling of showing off with money like this was definitely a good feeling.
To the side, the orange haired woman just looked at me with an inquisitive look, as if she was trying to figure out just who I am.
After we had ordered the dishes, we settled down at the table waiting for them to come.
During this time, since there was nothing else to do, I turned to say to the orange haired woman, "You seem like someone with a story and we have some time now. If you don't mind, can you share that story with us?"
Both Nicole and Jessica looked at the orange haired woman with interested looks when they heard this.
They had seen and heard everything that had happened, so they were also curious why this woman let herself be treated like this by that man. They were also curious about why she bothered to stay with that man even though it was clear that he was an abusive b*stard.
The orange haired woman gave a long sigh when she heard this, but then she said, "It's a long story, are you fine with listening to it?"
I just said with a smile, "We have time."
Then the orange haired woman gave a nod before saying, "We're going to need some wine."