The time is around midnight, when I turn the little sign on the door and go back inside the store.
The dining bar "Annemone's Night” changed its name to "Silver Candle Light” and served as an oasis throughout the city all day today.
"Good job, owner"
"Mmm, good job Joshua. You can take the rest of the day off when you're done reporting your sales. It's time for me to go back to school."
That's what I'm talking about, a shallow, dark-skinned boy —— Joshua turns to me with round eyes that are still young.
"Can we take care of the money? It's like they lived in Laran all the time, isn't it?
"It's been less than a month since I hired you. I trust you... I don't know what to tell you."
Joshua's questions are good too.
I wonder if there's a proper word for it.
"One way or another, you guys are bad guys. I dye my hands at crime if I want to live, and I step on the weak. Right?"
"Well, I guess so."
Joshua shifts her gaze with one evil looking face.
Though, I don't think I feel guilty there.
I've lived in that environment since I was born. I wouldn't have been able to afford to think about that, like good or evil.
I've already broken it off.
"I'm just not stupid, even if I'm a bad guy. Until now, while dyeing my hands in crime, I never crossed only a line that would have been caught and destroyed by the immediate interests. So you know how to pull it off."
"So?"
"As long as I'm giving you a safe place to live, a satisfactory meal, and as much money as I can spend on entertainment, you'll never betray me."
I want to sleep safe, I want to eat full ——
The organism tries to protect with its own instincts where such a rooted desire is satisfied.
This means it's hard to think about letting go of the current environment just to get a few days worth of sales.
"Even if I don't trust you, I can trust people who work for a purpose of living."
That's what I say, slap him on the shoulder, and urge him to get back to work.
Seeing the side of Joshua somewhere satisfied, I myself sit on a nearby chair with my mouth corner raised.
"Sti —— it wasn't. Good day, Christina."
Faced to Joshua's voice, Christina, dressed in a school robe, had just come down from upstairs.
"Rosie, do you have a minute?
"What?"
"I saw the pay I just got, am I wrong?
"What, was it less?
Christina shakes her neck sideways as she sifts with a surprise look on her face for a moment.
"On the contrary. On the contrary! I'm saying too many!
"You don't mean a lot. I don't know about Laran, so I need a human being who can put together the staff from Laran. And you're doing your job."
"I appreciate you rating me, but I'm still not convinced. Are you out of your mind to feel sympathetic because you're so poor?
"It's my fault. It's just that Miguel's been cheating on your share and it's making me feel weird. If you deliver results, you'll get what you deserve, because people and money move better."
"... I don't think it's the same age."
"It's just rationalism."
And, once again, there's a sound running down the stairs.
Finally, I took a seat.
"Sorry to keep you waiting"
Reesha in a robe rushes over here with a slightly upbeat cheek.
Long silver hair was bumpy and I knew right away that I must have dressed in a hurry.
"You didn't have to rush it"
"No, because if you're too late, you might be late for class tomorrow."
"The date's already changed, so it's today to be exact. Well, you're right. Let's just go home."
"Yes!"
I asked him to tighten the door, and he spoke to the back of the store, turning off the lights on the floor, and then weaving the robe.
wrinkles on the collar and hem, and when I tried to get out ——
"Yeah?"
Karan, everyone's gaze gathers at the sounds of a doorbell called
No one has opened it from the inside. Is it a customer?
"As you can see, it's closed. I'm sorry --"
Christina, who went to respond, took a lot of breath and cut the words.
To that unusual sign of surprise, I can push away Christina, who remains stiff.
……
Beyond the door is one girl with a hood in her eyes.
My gaze moves busily and I just care about my surroundings so much that it can be described as an anomaly.
- It's troublesome.
I don't have to observe it. I know it is.
Now when I glanced at Christina wondering what was going on, she opened her eyes to see even the incredible things and repeatedly breathed rough with her hands in her mouth.
"... Leesha. Will you give Joshua and the others the money and tell them to stay somewhere else today? Then I was wondering if you could ask me to lock the back door and keep an eye on it."
"Huh? Ha, ha. Okay."
Oh, and exhale and grab the girl's arm.
After the girl lifted her shoulders up and down, she turned her consciousness around me.
My hands are cold and trembling, my pulse is thin and fast, I am extremely nervous, I have fine arms but not bad nourishment, my back is about the same or slightly smaller than mine, I am close to my age, I have no hostility or harmfulness towards this one ——
"Come in."
Pull your arms and invite them inside, then immediately close the door and lock it.
I walked straight through the dark store and let him sit in the counter seat furthest from the window.
"Um, maybe you're the rumor--"
"Wait, before that"
Block the girl's words.
"Christina, come here"
"... is, oh yeah"
He comes fluttering over here several times hitting tables and chairs.
Who is the girl who upsets Christina so far —— well, somehow, but I could have predicted.
Let me start with your name.
"... Stia, my name is Stia Reminkles"
Turning to Christina for a familiar name, there were signs of a small nod in the dark.