I'd have a skit here, but then I remember...you're not here for the skits. Are you? You're only here for my talent! Which I may or may not have much of. Anyway, I don't know what to say today, so read on I guess.
Chapter 32: Working In The Inn
"This brings back memories." Yuudai says to himself seeing the massive pile of dishes in front of himself. After the doors were opened, Scarron handed Yuudai an apron and sent him to do dishes. "The only thing that would complete the memory is a bunch of relatives running around or talking."
With a sigh, Yuudai starts on the massive amount of dishes. His mind proceeds to wander as he quickly washes the dishes. Some time passes since he started, so he takes a look at all the dishes to find the same amount there as when he started. A tick mark instantly appears on his forehead comically.
"So you want to wage war on these hands? Bring it on!" Yuudai exclaims washing them quicker and with more focus.
"Not to interrupt your battle with the big bad dishes, but we are out of dishes." A girl says walking to his side. He turns to find a girl with long, straight black hair and the showy outfit he has quickly gotten used to seeing already. Seems the girl is close to his age.
Yuudai laughs blushing a small bit from being caught talking to inanimate objects. "Right right. I'll do that right now." He says starting on the plates.
She watches him wash the dishes surprised at the expertise he puts into it. "You sure have quite the skills in washing dishes. Did you ever have a job like this before?" The girl asks.
He shakes his head. "Nope. I was always the one cleaning dishes after family gatherings and since I hated how time consuming it always was, I eventually figured out a quicker way of doing them." He explains to her.
She sticks her hands in the sink helping out despite his handle on the dishes. "My name is Jessica. You're the new girl's brother, right?" She questions looking at him.
"Yes I am. My name is Yuudai." He tells her.
"Quite the name that is." Jessica comments on the name.
Yuudai shrugs his shoulders in response. "I guess."
Yuudai watches her from out the corner of his eye look around real quick. He prepares himself for whatever she has in store for questions. "About you two being siblings, that was a lie, wasn't it?" She questions surprising Yuudai.
He doesn't let the surprise show though. "Well I did say half siblings. Different fathers." Yuudai replies.
"You two's hair color, eye color, and face shape are completely different. If it weren't for you saying the half siblings part, there wouldn't be anybody who would believe you." She tells him bluntly.
Yuudai chuckles at her analyses causing her to give him a funny look. "You sure know how to call it as you see it." He states. "Seeing as you know this, would you mind keeping it down low because we have made enemies that we'd rather keep uninformed of our whereabouts." He explains not exactly lying.
She nods with a smile. "The girls here are all fine with any reason, so relax." She says. Yuudai lets out a sigh of relief. "But what is your relationship with her? Did you really escape somewhere with her? Please tell me!" She begs excitedly.
"I guess you can say is like my little sister. Not by blood though." He tells her. No need to tell her the actual reason why he is even in this world. "Well I don't want you to get in trouble for talking to the new guy here, so you should probably go and tend to…" He trails off giving a look to some guys that look to be drunk while others are just enjoying themselves. "The lively customers."
She giggles. "Thanks for the concern, but I'm a special case. I don't need to do any of the waiting." She tells him with a closed eyes smile.
Yuudai focuses on her looking for any telltale signs of a handicap or something. He does find something, but it has nothing to do with her health. "I guess that would be plausible when you are the daughter of the manager."
Her jaw drops for a moment before turning in a smile again. "It seems you're fairly observant." She compliments.
"I've only been told that a few times." He says trying to be modest. Too bad it looks like he is only bragging about it.
A bang sounds from out the area where Yuudai last saw Louise so he sighs turning to where she is. When he sees her, she is spitting wine on a guy that looks very upset now. Yuudai shakes his head knowing it'd happen eventually.
"She definitely full of spirit." Jessica states sweat dropping.
"I'm only surprised this didn't happen sooner." Yuudai replies turning back around to do more dishes.
Later That Night
"You all did your best this month. It seems we're in the green this month." Scarron tells the workers. They all give a cheer seeing as it is payday.
"Holy crap. We made it in time to actually be paid." Yuudai mutters pleasantly while standing next to Louise.
"And this is for you Louise and Yuudai." He says handing Yuudai a small pile of money while handing Louise a piece of paper. "I'm honestly impressed with your work ethic Yuudai, keep it up." Scarron tells him with another happy shake of his hips.
"Thank you, sir. I'll definitely keep it up." Yuudai replies sticking the money in his jacket pocket.
"Très bien."
"What is this?" Louise questions looking at the paper in her hand.
"That is a bill. Do you know how many customers you angered?" Scarron asks rhetorically. "It's ok this time though. Everyone makes mistakes at first. Just work hard to pay back the bill."
"Come on Blanc. We should be heading to our room for some rest." Yuudai tells her. She glares at him, but still nods. "Goodnight everyone!" Yuudai says loud enough for all the girls and Scarron to hear. They all repeat the phrase back giving a grin to his face as they walk to their new room.
"Why did you say that to them?" Louise asks suppressing her anger until they are able to be in their room in private.
"I'd rather have them think I'm a respectful guy rather than some perverted brother with a sister complex." Yuudai answers knowing how easily misunderstandings happen.
They finish their trek to their room by climbing a latter into an attic. From the looks of it, they usually put their junk in there. A lone wooden bed is sitting by the window. Yuudai deadpans at the arrangements thinking of how Louise would laugh at him if it was only him sleeping in the bed.
"They expect a noble to sleep here?!" Louise exclaims seeing it all.
"Good thing there isn't a noble to actually sleep here." Yuudai retorts walking to the window. "Just two regular people trying to get through life."
"Are you really going to keep this act up in public?" Louise asks as if it is a crime.
Yuudai opens the window then turns to her. "Why not? This was the way life worked in my world. Work hard for money, get sleep to rid yourself of some stress then go back to earn more money for your needs to survive." He says to her laying on the bed. "Now get some sleep." He tells her closing his eyes.
She sighs getting on the bed as well. "I suppose so." She mutters. 'At least the maid isn't here to try and steal Yuudai away now.' She thinks smiling at the thought. Louise closes her eyes after that thought cuddling against the sleeping black haired teen.
The Next Day
"Well this is boring." Yuudai says to himself looking around the bar at all the customers.
He has been doing this off and on for a while now. The reason is because he has been able to keep up with the dishes since he has become used to the rate they come in, so he goes faster and is able to keep up. It is tiring, but if he can catch some breaks in the process then he is all for it.
He watches the waitresses walk around conversing and serving all the people there. It seems to be male only place since that is all he is seeing. The only thing that has been irking him is some of the men's behaviors. Some of them have been trying to cop a feel even though they are told not to.
His eyes land on Jessica making him think. "What if I was able to turn her into an information gathering ally?" Yuudai asks himself quietly. "Since I am stuck here doing dishes and Louise is too busy getting herself in trouble, having an ally like her might do some good." He tells himself.
Out of nowhere a glass bottle comes flying at him. He raises a hand and catches it realizing it is a wine bottle. The teen boy looks around the crowd to find whoever did it finding Louise to be the culprit. Yuudai walks over to the table she was at and places the bottle down while Louise is pulled to the side by Scarron.
"I'm sorry about that, sir." Yuudai says to the man then walks back to his sink finding some more dishes. "Abmush I say!" He exclaims pointing at the accursed dishes.
"Excuse me, Yuudai." The voice of Jessica sounds from behind him. He turns to her. "May I have a word with you in private?"
"Sure. I have no problem with that." He replies following her. She opens a door down upstairs allowing him to walk in. One look around easily shows that it is her own room. She closes the door as he turns around with a straight face. "What did you figure out this time?" He asks predicting her intention.
She giggles at his straightforward question. "Besides my theory of her being a noble?" She states thinking he'd get all flustered.
Too bad he expected her to figure that out already. "Try to keep that on an only you know basis." He tells her.
She walks up closer to him with curiosity shining in her eyes. "So you're not surprised I figured that out?"
"Nope. I suspected you'd find out with her attitude, horrible people skills and lack of basic chore based skills." He replies.
"I also seen your reaction to that glass bottle flying at you." She tells him. He raises an eyebrow. "That eliminated my small suspicion of being a noble yourself. There was no magic, a bored look when it happened and you brought the bottle back out to the man with the most respectful tone I've heard compared to Louise's entire time working with the customers. Another noble wouldn't have even bothered." She analyzes.
Yuudai laughs good naturedly from her analyses. "You are the first girl that has been able to figure things out like I do in so long if ever." He tells her pretty much giving her a compliment.
"Is that a compliment?" Jessica asks with a smirk.
"Sure is." He replies giving a small smirk too.
"Since it seems you gave up on hiding why you are here, why don't you tell me how you play into this little game?" She questions trying to push out her larger chest to entice him. Yuudai ignores the little gesture surprising her.
"How about this. I'll agree to to explain to an extent as long as you agree to help me in gathering some information." Yuudai suggests.
"So now you are bargaining with the manager's daughter?" She asks with amusement. "I'll accept that condition. Now tell me."
"I am a guy that has been helping Blanc as a guardian and need to figure out if someone in this town is planning a revolt or something." Yuudai explains to her. He gives her a death stare slightly making her uncomfortable. "Now I expect you to keep that to yourself and help out when you hear something like what I said."
She gives him a playful salute. "No problem! Now I'll need to talk to Louise about her problem with all the customers. So get back to work and I'll be sure to let you know if I hear something." She says putting a look of relief on Yuudai's face.
"Thank you so much Jessica. You are really saving me a lot of stress." He thanks. The teen boy walks to the door only to be stopped by Jessica with her putting a hand on his shoulder.
"So just asking, but you haven't been out on a date with a girl before, have you?" She asks getting a deadpan look from him.
"That is none of your concern." He answers bluntly.
"It will be if someone decides to ask you out soon. After all, you are too loveable to not yearn for." She tells him.
Yuudai opens the door giving her one final look. "I doubt it. Especially since I have no interest in dating right now. You see, I wasn't lying when I said there are people I'd rather not have know where Blanc and I are. If I let a girl in, they'd be in trouble." He admits shocking her. "Like I said, keep all of this to yourself." He then walks out of the room returning to the sink full of dishes.
End
Welp...this is done. I loved writing this chapter, but it is full of information and getting accustomed to things for them. I hope the next chapter will be more exciting, don't you?
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