The crowd dispersed after a while, whereas the teachers and Dicus stayed. They were all looking at Luna since she apparently knew the man who had just ridden off.
"Yes, Mr. Hydle. His name is Mag. He is the father of one of my students," Luna answered. She didn't understand why they were all fixing their eyes on her.
"Do you know where he lives?" he asked, excited.
"Yes. He owns a restaurant at the far end of the Aden Square. You can find him there. He is really a great cook."
Now they understood why Mag had said he had a cooking job to do. They had considered it his lame excuse. What was baffling them now was why he had turned Hydle down. The way they saw it, joining Hydle's project was far more rewarding than running a restaurant since every participant got at least 100 gold coins a month. A normal teacher's monthly salary was only around 30 gold coins.
