"I think we have a problem." Liam sighed before Arthur came out to change his shift. He entered the staff room before he was met with a chaos filled storage room filled with fire.
"Yes, I think you are to blame?" Liam deduced, Martha merely giggled nervously in response.
"I didn't know that-"
"I'll take care of it." Liam pulled out a fire extinguisher out of nowhere and fired off the white fog to extinguish the fire. The two were covered in a white thin layer of substance before coughing. "I think that takes care of it, please refrain from doing something you don't know what you're about to do, understood? Good." Martha didn't get to answer as she sighed in embarrassment, while the man exited the room. A small turtle-like dragon with a mane around its neck came out from a closed space.
"You alright, Tarrasque-chan?" The dragon barked in response, while wagging its small tiny tail. "Good dragon." The woman smiled.
"Three...thirty minutes to go." Liam noted before he looked at his counter, empty. He sighed before he lied down by the counter before the door bell rang. "Welcome to Dream Corner, how can I help you?" Liam quickly snapped as his supposed nap was delayed.
"Hello again." Rias came in with Akeno, who brought Koneko and a boy with blonde hair and greyish blue eyes, while wearing an outfit that was fitted for the males.
"Um, hi. Can I take your order?" The snakes hissed by his side, the crocodile snapped its jaw before it descended into its small pool.
"Yes, I'd take a caramel latte, an iced lemon green tea, a bubblegum non-coffee blend and a mocha frappuccino please." The girl smiled.
"That'll be...two thousand yen."
"Cake." Koneko said with a stoic voice as she pointed her finger to the cake display, wanting the newly made white chocolate cake.
"One or two, Koneko-chan?" The stoic girl with the white hair poke her index and middle finger to make the two symbol on her hand. "Two of them if you'd please." Liam gave out a smile before nodding and took out both cakes and set them on a plate.
"Anything else?"
"Maybe a cookies and cream cake, a matcha cream cake and a mocha cake." Liam inwardly sighed to himself, grabbing one slice of each cake.
"Here you go. That'll be four thousand yen." Liam stated the price before the payment came in. "And this is for…"
"Rias."
"Rias...alright, I'll just call you when your drinks are finished." He prepared the cakes on their plates before he set them out on a tray with a spoon, fork and a knife. "Here are your cakes, please kindly wait by one of the tables available." Liam smiled before Ezio woke up from his nap and slept yet again. "And ignore him."
The group then sat by a table by the glass window before Liam started working on the latte and the blends, while Arthur came out of the staff room and begins to brew the tea. The blonde child gazed upon the King of Knights before shaking his head as if he was imagining things and focused on his cake.
"Four of them are Devils. Just like Ezio said." Arthur spoke through the mental link.
"What did I tell ya?" Ezio responded with a silent smirk.
"Just make no suspicious moves." Liam warned the two mentally. "Beowulf, go astral and wait for my signal, do not engage unless told so."
"Got it, Lee." Liam smiled at the nickname.
"I'll set a Bounded Field. If they act rash, then deal with them. If they don't...let them be. Understood?"
"Understood." The three Servants answered.
"What about us?" Atalanta asked through the link before Liam winced mentally.
"No offense, but arrows in a small room is not going to work well."
"Makes sense. Do be careful, Liam."
"You'll need to serve, Atalanta-san. That'll lessen the suspicions and hopefully that'll convince them there's nothing wrong."
The four didn't seem bothered as they continued eating. Liam finished the blends before setting them on a tray and ringed the serve bell, Atalanta came out to serve. She picked the tray, she wore a casual-formal maid outfit, wearing a suit of a white buttoned up shirt behind a black suit with a dark green skirt, while having a rune behind her suit to help conceal her true aura.
"Here are thou's drinks." She formally laid the tray down with a seemingly normal smile, which she forced. She then get back to the staff room with a mental note given to her Master. "They're all yours if they try anything, Liam."
"Got it, Atalanta-san." The four continued to drink, Beowulf sat by the corner of the room concealed. The Bounded Field was set in steady, waiting for the signal if something happens.
The group finished up as Ezio was already ready to let out his hidden blades and Arthur was ready to expose his Gradation Air Excalibur. The group then said their thanks before leaving. The group sighed in relief.
"Beowulf, you can come out." Liam sighed as the Berserker manifested himself.
"Aww, no fun?" The man inquired, having his expectations high for a fight he was about to get, but apparently was not happening.
"No fun." The three other males responded flatly.
"I'll have to pick up Scáthach, can I trust you two to keep the shop up?" Liam asked.
The two male servants gave up a thumbs up before Liam smiled and left the two to run the shop, Beowulf returned to the Staff Room.
"Don't try anything, Assassin." The Saber warned as the Assassin merely dropped his attempt to get a bottle of beer.
"Fine…" Ezio scoffed before he slept again, Atalanta came out of the staff room before she sat on the staff chairs.
"So, the both of them are going to be couples…" Atalanta brandished a smirk before Arthur laughed at her.
"Yes, they are. Love in first sight is not quite common, is it?" The King asked, the Archer snorted at him.
"No, it's not. It should've been obvious, Saber." Atalanta deadpanned, while the Saber-class merely laughed nervously.
Liam walked down the hallway before he got to the teachers' office. He ignored some of the girls, who stared at him before sighing. He never wanted to be an attention in the public, it wasn't right for him. For some reason, it just doesn't fit him. He knocked on the door before opening it.
"Excuse me." He was greeted by the sights of a lot of teachers. His eyes scanned the room for his Lancer Servant. "Umm, has anyone seen Asuka Ryusaki?"
"Asuka Ryusaki? The new transfer teacher? She was called to the Student Council just now. Why?" Liam's heart dropped from the possibility of being exposed by the Devils.
"W-Where is the office?" His heart began to beat in an irregular pace, something in his mind snapped. Like a beast chained in a small room, it tried to broke free and take over.