The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 744

There were stalls with sweets and street foods every few metres down the boardwalk, restaurants and cafés in behind them, and a number of more specialized shops spread among them.

Lotus quickly pointed to a spot further up the walk, where Karl could see the picture of a twin tailed Nekomata on the sign, next to a slice of cake on a tray.

"Did we just find a cat café on another continent?" Dana asked as they followed the Nature Priestess to the shop.

"Possibly." Tessa agreed.

But the shop was not what they expected at all.

It was the Nekomata Bakery, but there were no cats roaming the dining room. Instead, it was a maid café stocked with catgirl employees.

"Bonus." Karl laughed as he realized the baker was actually an Ascended Rank Nekomata using a humanoid transformation skill.

But the food smelled delicious, and Lotus was a sucker for the sales pitch. She had been ushered in to a table so fast that the staff hadn’t even realized she was part of a group.

Tessa sighed. "It’s like being back in school. Every new thing gets her sidetracked."

The hostess welcomed them into the restaurant, where Lotus was already beginning to order for everyone. A different flavour for each, so that she could steal a taste and sample them all.

The staff slid an extra table together with the one Lotus was at to make room, and started to bring out cakes, croissants, puffs and other treats, along with various flavoured coffees.

Now Karl knew why the Cleric had been in a hurry. If she hadn’t ordered first, Tessa would have never let her have caffeine. But she wouldn’t humiliate her friend by taking her drink away once Lotus had started.

"Are you new in town? We welcome all lovers of sweets to our shop." The fluffy eared server in a frilly maid outfit asked.

Lotus nodded happily. "Yeah, we’re on an adventure. They sent us to a random city to start over, and here we are."

The maid looked confused for a moment, then realization hit her.

"Wait, you were exiled from your home island, weren’t you? That’s wild. You’re so cute, who would have thought that you were that sort of badass?"

Lotus smiled at the compliment, not realizing that the woman thought they were criminals from another one of the Dragon Isles.

"Technically, Karl was exiled, and we all chose to go with him on an adventure. But they said we can come back when he reaches Totem Rank, so it’s not like it’s permanent." Lotus happily explained, then winced as Tessa thumped her on the head.

"The short one misunderstood your words, I think. We weren’t exiled as criminals, but for political reasons." Tessa explained.