(10 days later)
(Maxwell Pov)
This place is boring. Perhaps it is the difference between the worlds but going around London is boring. Most of the people around here are as cold as the air as well. I guess it will be better to go to Japan now. I did hear the people there were warmer. If what I know is correct, an old house is pretty cheap there so I could buy it and use it as some sort of house which I can just use as a place to go back and sleep while traveling. Yeah this is a pretty good plan, this way my money won't finish as fast too.
Since I already paid today's money I just need to give the keys back.
I got out of the room since I didn't have anything to pack and started to walk down the stairs. There was a woman welcoming people and when she saw me she smiled more than before "Hello Mister Maxwell, how are you today?" This person was one of the people I liked to talk to.
"As great as yesterday. This old bag of bones now feels like he has enough energy to start his journey." This seemingly made the woman a little sad. "Oh, so you're going?"
"Yes, I did say this to you before too, right? Now that I have traveled around, my next destination is Japan. I will probably come to London again later so if I do I will make sure to visit you" this again put a smile on her face.
"Japan huh. Did you make a decision on where you will be staying?" Should I have? I was going to do the same thing I did here. "No, not really. I was going to look when I arrived there. I was also planning to buy a house there to be honest"
"Ah then I got a place for you. Someone I know is actually coming here so she was going to sell her house. I can talk with her this way it would be cheaper too. And no don't refuse me it's a little gift from me" i was just going to refuse her too. It's been almost just a week and she already knows about me. Heh well now that she put it that way i can't refuse her, its also convenient too.
"Well then, I would appreciate it if you do so. By the way, where is this house in Japan you are talking about?" I don't really know about Japan other than Kyoto and such but i don't really want to go to places as big as there.
"It should be Fuyuki City." never heard of it before "Fuyuki?"
"It does make sense if you have never heard of it. Not many people know about it anyways. Rather remote city of Japan around Oita Prefecture" also never heard of that. A rather remote place, good. Just what i was searching for.
"Thank you once again Miss. I should go now. Can you give me the address as you know I don't have any phone" I was still lacking phones.
"Oh right, she is currently not staying at that place so i let me write to you where she currently is. I will call her to say that you are coming. She stays around the shopping district of Misaki Town. Please wait a bit will write the detailed address down" She went to the front desk and got herself a pen and paper.
I got quite lucky with this. But Fuyuki city… I really can't remember anything like that. Ahh being old makes it really hard to remember stuff.
"Here, I wrote her and mine number as well. I know you don't have any phones but I wrote it just in case. We wouldn't want an old guy like to be lost in a place you don't know right?" ahh just what am I going to do with this girl. She is quite cheerful.
"Hahaha you're right. I would love to also give you a gift but as you can see i don't have anything with me."
"No need, you being here was more than a gift. People here are usually so boring" that i agree with her.
"Well then this is a goodbye. See you later" I waved at her as I headed towards the exit.
"Goodbye" she waved at me like a small child does. With taking my last step towards exit and being greeted by the sunshine I headed towards a place that was not really occupied.
Seeing how there was no one around me I went ahead and teleported towards a back alley close to the Shopping District. This power is quite convenient as I don't apparently need to remember the place.
My body suddenly blurred and it was like I was never there. The next moment I saw that I was elsewhere. I guess walking around the place should be fine, if i go to the address now it would be awkward to explain how fast i got here.
She did say this was a shopping district right? first let's change some of my currency. But where exactly can i?
While i was thinking about this i went out to the shopping district and somebody bumped into me.
"Oh sorry old man" it was a red haired woman in her late twenties. I could just ask her
"No problem little girl. Ah before you can I ask you a question?" She turned towards me again. Stopped by me "Sure what do you wanna know?"
"Can you direct me to a place where i can exchange currency"
"Ah then you are a lucky old man. I was going to pass by that place, here let me show you the way" I just left one energetic girl and now I'm with one again. Let's just follow her
While we were walking she broke the silence by asking few question to me
"So old man, you are new here huh. Let me say you choose one good place to visit."
"Indeed, it was referred to me by a friend of mine so I came here as fast as possible. I'm actually going to Fuyuki City but I have some things to do here first." she seemed to be thinking after that. She also never heard of Fuyuki City? but then she clicked her finger as if she found it "Ah that place! yeah it is not that far from here. I heard it's not as bad too but never really went there. Maybe i should also visit that place"
"Well if you choose to do so you could always visit me there. I can give you a place to stay, of course if i can get the place" she smirked at that "Oh old man, i'm sure you're going to get it and the first thing i will do will be to visit you.'' It is always better when there are more than one person in the house. It just feels more lively.
"Ah old man, since you got a job here am i right to assume you will stay here for a while? If so , let me give you a warning. The nights here are not the nicest so it's better to stay inside." Oh? she also seemed more serious about that
"Well I wasn't actually going to stay but you got my attention with that. Tell me what is this problem that can rival old age?" she smiled at my little joke then suddenly stopped.
"Well Old Man we arrived. This guy is the most reliable one here. Just say Ao send you here and he should help you" she dodged my question but let's not pressure her. She helped enough already. Something also started to ring at that moment
"Oh old man, someone is calling me. I will be outside, i can show you around after you are done" She opened her phone and started to talk. Let's enter inside then.
The entrance had those bead curtains. I pulled some to the side as I entered so they wouldn't block me or make too much noice.
"Hello?" I tried to get any attention I could get with that. A voice came from the inside
"Yeah, yeah I'm coming. Just go next to the desk" I walked towards the desk and sat down on the chair next to it. After 2 minutes or so a man came out, black haired with dirty beard. As he came I got up from where I was sitting.
"So you came here to change currency, buy gold or something else"
"To change currency. Ao said this was the most reliable place so i came here"
"Ah that girl. She comes here often, actually she just came here this morning. Apparently she is going to London and was planning to sell a house of hers so came here to get some euros. So how much do you wanna change?" I pulled some euros out of my bucket. She was going to London and was planning to sell her house? I guess I already found the reason I came here.
"Oh you came here from England. Should have guessed it by the clothes you are wearing. Wait here a bit i will get the exact amount" he went back where he came from.
It did not take much for the man to come back with some money with him.
"Here, this is what you can get with this much"
"Thank you young man. I will came here again if i need some more" me calling young man seemed to irk him
"I'm past 40 you know? i'm not exactly a young man" heh rookie number
"Well I'm past 70 so you are still a young man to me" He seemed to be a little angry at me still calling him young but he still waved me off.
I went out of the shop and was greeted by the red hair again.
"So you were the one that was gonna buy the house huh. Lucky no?" It indeed was lucky
"Well old man, I have some other job to do so how about this. I will sell you the house right here, right now. You don't need to do paperwork as well since I have some connections and we can be done with it. You can also just pay me in euro as well" Wow fast. So she was money hungry huh? well while the other part are surprising i did see things like this happen before so I'm not super surprised at that
"Hmm, that would be convenient. I could also just go to Fuyuki today as well with that. Tell me your price" let's just go with it.
"Not much, with my friend's discount you just need to pay me £618 with all the furniture included." she brought her hand forward as if asking for a handshake. Hmm that is indeed cheap right? "Well then you got yourself a deal" I responded to her handshake the same way and squeezed her hand. "Nice, here is the key and the address. Well then see you later old man i need to go now" She gave me a key and a paper with an address on top of it. Just where did she pull them out? I'm not even gonna think about it.I guess there is no more reason for me to stay here. Hmm let's not teleport this time and go by taxi or something else. Let's just ask the guy inside first.
After 4 hours I arrived at the address. I thanked the driver and sent him off. Approaching the house I only had one thought. I really got this for cheap. This house looked quite good with white paint all over it. It also had a small garden. Entering the key and opening the door it was indeed already filled with furniture. I went towards the room that looked like the main room. It was pretty big with four chairs inside, a little family table, a television, some other thing here and there. It looked good enough.
It was getting late, let's look at the other things around the house that I can sleep for now. I will go around the City tomorrow for now. It is not good to overwork this body of mine.
After checking everything was good I went to the bedroom. It was a pretty normal bedroom. I expected some floor mats but this one had a normal bed. A king sized one at that. Well I guess this is for today.
I dismissed my cane and started to undress. I seriously need to get some other clothes. Put my top hat on top of the desk which was next to the bed and got inside the bed. Without much time passing i was already sleeping
