When the time was around midnight, I turned the small sign on the door back into the shop.
The dining bar "Anemone Night” was renamed “Silver Candle Light” and today served as an oasis throughout the city.
"Good work, owner."
"Nh, good day, Joshua. You can rest today when the sales report is finished. It's about time I went back to school."
That's it, but while I was talking about it, Joshua, a boy with light black skin, pointed his round eyes at me, which were still young.
"Can we take care of the money? They're just like the guys who used to live in Laran, right?
"It's been less than a month since I hired you. I trust you... if I say so, I'll lie."
Joshua's question is correct.
I wonder if there are any appropriate words.
"Either way, you guys are bad guys. If you want to live, you will stain your hands with crime and trample on the weak. Isn't it?"
Well, I guess so.
Joshua's nasty face distracts him.
Nevertheless, I don't think there's any guilt there.
I've lived in that environment since I was born. You couldn't afford to think about good or evil.
That means it's already been cut off.
"It's just that being a bad guy isn't stupid. Until now, while dying my hands for crime, I never crossed the line of being caught in immediate profit and destroying myself. That means you know how to pull it off."
So?
"You'll never betray me as long as I give you a safe place to live, a satisfying meal, and enough money to spend on entertainment."
I want to sleep safely, I want to eat hunger--
Organisms seek to protect, by their own instincts, places where such rooted desires are fulfilled.
In other words, it's hard to think about letting go of the current environment to get a few days' worth of sales.
"Even if you don't trust me, you can trust people who work for the purpose of living."
That's what he says, slaps his shoulders and urges him back to work.
Looking at Joshua's satisfied side, I sat down on a chair close to me with my mouth raised.
"Sti-- it wasn't. Congratulations, Christina's wife."
As he raised his face to Joshua's voice, Christina, who was wearing a school robe, came down from the second floor.
"Rosie, can I have a moment?
"What?"
"I saw the salary you just received, is that correct?
"Eh, fewer?
Christina shook her head sideways as she sifted with a moment of surprise.
"The other way around! Too many!
"It's not a lot, is it? I don't know about Laran, so I need someone to put together a staff member from Laran. And you're doing your job well."
"I appreciate your rating, but I'm still not convinced. Is it your fault that you feel sympathetic because you're poor?
"It's my fault. Miguel is just having a bad feeling about your share. [M] If you deliver results, you'll get a decent reward, because people and money work better."
"... I don't think it's the same age."
It's just rationalism.
Then you hear a bang running down the stairs.
Finally, I took a seat.
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
Risha, who looks like a robe, rushes towards us with her slightly cheeky cheeks.
I quickly realized that my long silver hair was rough and I had changed in a hurry.
"You didn't have to hurry."
"No, if it's too late, I might be late for class tomorrow."
"The date has changed, so today is the exact date. Well, that's right, so let's get out of here."
Yes!
I asked her to lock the door, and she called out to the back of the shop, turned off the floor lights, and then put on the robe.
When you try to straighten the wrinkles on the collar and hem and try to get out--
Yeah?
The sound of the doorbell, Karan, gathers everyone's eyes.
No one has opened it from inside. Is it a customer?
"As you can see, it's closed. I'm sorry, but..."
Christina, who responded, took a deep breath and cut her words.
With that unusual sign of surprise, he pushes away Christina, who remains rigid.
……
Beyond the door is a girl with a hood in her eyes.
My gaze is not busy moving and I'm just worried about my surroundings so much that it can be said to be abnormal.
- It's a mess.
I can see that without even observing it.
Now, when she gazed at Christina, she opened her eyes to see incredible things and held her hand close to her mouth, breathing roughly again.
"... Lisha. Can you give Joshua the money and tell him to stay somewhere else today? And I wonder if you could get me a lock on the back door and keep an eye on it."
"Huh? Yes, yes. I understand."
Hah, exhale and grab the girl's arm.
After the girl raised and lowered her shoulders, she turned her consciousness scattered around me.
Your hands are cold and trembling, your pulse is thin and fast, you are extremely tense, your arms are fine, but you are not malnourished, your back is as small as mine, you are close to your age, and there is no hostility or harm to us.
"Come in."
Pull your arm and invite it in, and close the door and lock it immediately.
I walked around in the dark and sat in the counter seat furthest from the window.
"Um, maybe you're the rumour--"
Wait, before you do that.
Intercept the girl's words.
Christina, come here.
"... hah, yeah."
He came here a few times, bumping into a table or chair.
The girl who upset Christina so much —— well, somehow, I could have predicted it.
Let me start with your name.
"... my name is Stea. Stea Reminkles"
When I looked at Christina with a familiar name, I noticed a small nod in the dark.