The plain and unnoticed me is no more

"Thank you! Ah, Fred, welcome! I'm sorry, but please wait a little longer until your checkout is complete."

Chiyo's cheerful voice echoes in the cafeteria between closures.

The kitchen has already been cleaned up, and the customers who have finished their meals line up at the front desk where Chiyo is, and go back in turn to finish the accounting.

Will, who came to replace it, told Chiyo to wait and stood straight by the wall and watched the guests go out in silence.

And Chiyo, who had dropped off the last guest, hurriedly took the room key off the shelf and placed it gently on the counter.

"Thank you for waiting. It is unusual for Fred to see you on weekdays. Besides, it's been a long time. It's been more than a month since you've been here."

"Yeah, I'm busy, too."

Will smiled bitterly and received the key.

"Um, by the way, the dining room is closed... how about dinner?

Chiyo asks if I'm sorry.

Will was sure to eat when he came here, but he came a little late.

In the hall, the chair is raised to the table and cleaning is started, and the kitchen is in the middle of putting out all the fire and cleaning up.

Thin and Taki look at me with a face like, "What should I do?" I thought about what to do, and turned my attention to the food I had prepared separately for our dinner.

Though we've made a lot, it's subtle whether it's enough or not.

"No, I'm done today, so I don't need to eat. By the way, Liam told me that Chiyo was coming home....."

"Yes, Lana will be in the kitchen. Lana!

Just out of sight from the front, I snapped my face out of the delivery port of the partition shelf that I always used to give rice balls to Chiyo.

"Chiyo, you don't have to say that loud. Welcome, Mr. Fred. It's been a long time."

When Will and I looked at each other, he somehow felt relieved.

"Long time no see, General. I've been home for a while."

"Ah... yeah, that's right."

"What happened to your family?

"No, it wasn't like that... but I needed something..."

I'm a little reluctant to lie to the prince.

I glanced out of sight. Then Chiyo looked at me with a complicated expression that couldn't be said to feel the same way.

Will seemed to realize something was wrong with us, but instead of pursuing why, he told us why he came here today.

"Ah... well, there's something I wanted to talk to the General about today. I want Sin and Taki and Chiyo to listen to me if possible."

"Me, too? Master Fred, what happened?

"... I'll talk about the details slowly after everyone's work."

So my stomach rang.

Will was confused about how to react to it, but he smiled at the smiling chills.

"Did you guys still have dinner? I'll be in the room, so let me know when you've finished eating."

"Yes, I understand."

We finished dinner in haste and hurried to clean up the kitchen.

Then Shin magically boiled the water and prepared the tea, and Chiyo rushed up the stairs to call Will.

"What the hell are you talking about asking people to listen to me?

"Come on? But I've come all the way to this hour of the week. It must be something important."

"Hmm... it didn't seem like such a good story. Maybe he asked us to do something."

As soon as they waited, Chiyo and Will came down the stairs.

"Fred, please come to this table."

Will was guided to the table where the tea was prepared, and we arrived at the table immediately.

"So, what do you want to tell me?