Chapter 10: Beautiful night
A few words from our humble author.
This book has been translated by me by various means to get the best result so you can find some simple or normal redactions.
I wanted to publish this earlier but I got sick for four days and couldn't see anything without getting a headache.
Enjoy the chapter and remember that there will probably be mistakes.
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Opening my eyes, I wake up from my long slumber in this new world. I get out of bed to get ready and start my work at the Hostess of Fertility.
It's been a long time since I woke up in this city and I've managed to get used to what it takes to fit in here.
Since I used to be a man and now I am in a woman's body I have managed to get used to the clothes I need to wear. At first I was very embarrassed but after a while I started to wear it without any problem.
I still do not possess the desire to wear any dress or a skirt, both of which I do not like and the only dress I wear is the Hostess of Fertility uniform and only that.
I feel quite well in my job.
When Mama Mia found May and me in the kitchen while we were wasting time she judged us with her eyes and then forgave us after eating a slice of pizza.
The good thing about the situation was that Mia accepted my food as a new food to sell in the pub.
Of course my first emotion from the notice she gave me was to freeze in surprise and then jump with excitement.
I was not the person who invented pizza but in this world it seems I did so I can take credit for it and thank the original creator of pizza.
After the announcement my coworkers congratulated me and several of them even hugged me tightly while encouraging me to continue helping as much as I can.
We all support each other in the pub and we never leave a partner alone.
Although I also felt their breasts during the hugs.
Even if I am 9 years old in this life I could say that mentally I am older than others and I still have many thoughts of my old way of being.
Also because I am short my head is exactly between their breasts during a hug.
I'm not complaining about that.
Harassment and perversion are different.
If I just give them a quick glance there is no problem, it could be considered something of perversion but if I keep looking at them for a long time it could be considered harassment.
We must learn to have respect for other people.
Continuing with the work, each day ends up being different, even if the difference is very small.
Some days a large number of adventurers come to hang out after a dungeon expedition and other times a moderate number of people come.
When there are not many people I don't make much effort and avoid rushing to deliver people's orders.
Obviously, Mama Mia does not enjoy the fact that not many people come as she sees it as a loss of profit and she does not like that very much.
The pub has not been open for long and there are not many things defined yet, it was in the process of growing and we needed more employees.
We have to divide the work carefully so that we don't get overwhelmed while we are working and then we can rest easy during our break.
"Mama Mia, can I take a break?"
"Hm" Mia mused as she gave me a calculating look.
I noticed Mama Mia giving a few glances around the pub and I can think that she was seeing if my work I had done was decent enough to allow me a break.
Mama Mia just smiled and ruffled my hair with her hand, it felt good for some reason "Go ahead, you're still too young to work all day. When you grow up you'll work hard enough, remember that"
"Thank you very much, Mama Mia"
"Of course, and you girls get back to work!"
""Yes, Mama Mia!""
As always Mama Mia's love for all of us.
I always appreciated my rest and made the most of it.
I took my break as a way to distract myself from the many things going on throughout the day and also because there wasn't much to do to distract me in the city.
What I did most of my free time was reading books and writing down various things that I could use in the future.
I am a little grateful that Mama Mia was considerate of my age and did not give me heavy jobs.
When I grow up enough time will have passed and I will have already joined a Family, of course I will not forget my companions and I will constantly come back to hang out with them.
Even if I don't want to join a Family because of my distrust of the Gods, joining one of them is the fastest way to gain strength in this world.
Humans do not use their body's capacity to its fullest. We can train throughout the course of our lives but there will always be a limit to our body that will stop us at some point.
And that's what falna is for.
When a person with falna performs certain activities he/she gains excelia which raises the status of the person when he/she actualizes it with the God of the Family. The strength gained may vary depending on how much effort was made.
In other words, you get stronger with good training and the strength gained builds up without changing the person's body so much.
As I took my break As I took my break May brought me a snack to go with my break and I thanked her for her nice gesture. I happily took a seat at the bar and let everything flow around me.
Hearing the sounds coming from the pub brings back several pleasant memories of going out with my friends to eat.
Mama Mia could also be heard, as she did every day, scolding the girls for doing something wrong or wasting their time on other things.
While I am eating I always keep my ears active, there is not much to do other than chat with someone else when I am eating as there is not all kinds of entertainment similar to my previous world.
So I prefer to listen to other people's gossip.
As this place is a pub there is a lot of information that you can get from others. People talk freely around here as this is a place where people don't worry about problems due to the strength of Mama Mia who keeps the pub under control.
Mama Mia is a monster.
One time a guy got up to complain about the price of the food and Mia simply told him to leave the pub if he didn't like the way it was set up in this place and not to bother others.
The guy was a level 4 adventurer, so some witnesses had said that day, the adventurer stood up and Mama Mia simply grabbed him by the head and threw him out of the pub.
The adventurer was pinned to the street after being knocked unconscious.
I feel good as a worker.
Returning to the gossip spoken by adventurers, some of the gossip varies depending on the person. If they are Families of a high or medium rank the adventurers talk about failures or annoyances they have on a day to day basis.
Low-ranking Families usually complain about how difficult it is to level up or about the effort they have to make to go down more floors in the dungeon.
I focus more on the tables that have alcoholic beverages and have been around for quite some time, these tables are the most important.
Trying to use my 'skill' of concentrating on a sound and I pay attention to the tables with important adventurers.
"-things are getting more and more complicated on the streets"
"Yes, adventurers have found a few lifeless bodies over the course of the month. They recently found another one abandoned in an alley"
"Is this a joke or is it true?.... Damn, just now when we thought the streets were safer for walking this kind of thing happens"
"He was found in the market near some small Family bases. The Ganesha Family has not been able to find the culprit in the cases that have been occurring over time"
"By the way, What Family was the one involved?"
"They said he was part of the Rudra Family. You know there are rumors dealing with God Rudra and that he is involved in illegal cases. For that reason the guild doesn't give them enough support to help them"
"There is not much we can do except watch each other's backs. The peace between Families lately is very fragile and trust is too low to ask for help"
"Evilus is still around. *sigh* If only that Family was still around Orario, I'd even give them support to save people"
"You mean that Family made up of first class adventuresses, what were their names...?"
"Astrea Familia and no, there is nothing to be done for them. They died in the dungeon by an enemy trap and their Goddess left Orario. All that's left is to fight. We'd better toast and stop worrying for now"
"You're right"
"Yeah, I'll join you for another round on me, Hey, over here another round of drinks!"
"I understand nya!"
Listening to every part of the conversion and carefully analyzing it the words of the adventurers that conversation was a bit serious.
My body shuddered a little.
A high-level Family killed by one of their enemies and even the Rudra Family is slowly perishing.
If what they said is true the only thing I can think of is that there was a survivor of the Astrea Family and he/she is seeking revenge or other members of other Families want the Rudra Family dead.
Orario is returning to the dark ages.
I heard about it.
Or I also read about it.
It was said that Evilus constantly led attacks on the city and a large number of people died.
Several adventurers fought and put an end to those dark times but the price was a large number of adventurers of high or low level who were killed. The enemies spared no one and even killed Gods of various Families.
It is by law that it is forbidden to kill a God.
The punishment is death.
If these people were to ignore that, How likely is it that they would forgive people? Knowing these kinds of things there is a high probability that they will do various horrible activities with those they capture.
I am thankful that the dark ages are over.
But...
A thought comes to my mind.
If I put together several parts of the story I was found on the verge of death and after that Syr saved me from before I died. I am thinking of a minimum probability of having been abandoned by Evilus or escaping from them.
They would not be able to abandon a girl in the middle of the street unless I was not useful at the time and that caused them to discard me.
Even horrific thoughts came into my head, the possibility that my captors would use me as an object and never leave me. Maybe the price of keeping me was high and they abandoned me.
If so, I am grateful to be alive in this body, even if it is that of a girl.
Evilus used to be, or is because rumors say it is still in hiding, a radical group of Families with the goal of sowing chaos, fear, despair and anything horrible anyone can think of.
They acted due to the loss of the Hera and Zeus Families to a very powerful monster and these two Families eventually left Orario.
Evilus was defeated by the Guild and a large number of Families gathered with the sole purpose of eliminating them.
By eliminating I don't mean stopping them, I mean killing them to prevent them from coming back in the future.
Although they could not always do that since they could not reach a Family and eliminate them, proof was needed in order to do that and eventually the evil Gods would be returned to heaven.
I am grateful for having heard and read several things related to that topic.
Even when Mama Mia found out I was reading about it, she wanted me to know so I could stay on top of things and not despair because I didn't know what happened.
I followed my food with sadness.
Reading about it is one thing, but hearing about it from someone is different.
You can feel the emotions they speak with and most of them are always negative, even though I always deny it I am empathic and that bothers me because it makes me want to help, but it's not my problem.
Part of me says no and part of me says yes.
All I want is to live.
I hope the world changes for the better.
"Tch, it's already getting dark and what I sent for hasn't arrived yet" Mia's voice caught my attention and I could see her frustrated at not having what she wanted for a long time.
"The girls are busy and there are enough customers to send one of them, I even have my hands tied now, damn it"
Hehe, it always makes me laugh how Mama Mia gets mad about not having something on time. She delivers what she does and the people she meets with are also quick with the requests Mia makes.
It seems that someone failed her in one of her plans.
"Hey Mama Mia"
"What do you want brat? Can't you see I'm busy?"
"I know, I was just saying... if I go for what you asked for"
"…" Mia just stared at me with a look that would intimidate anyone if they saw her directly. I lowered my gaze for fear that I had asked her a stupid question.
"You know this is a very complicated assignment for a girl your age"
"Yes"
"The commissioning location is not close to the pub. I could tell it would take you quite a while to get there and back on foot"
"Yes"
"And you have only performed assignments while accompanied by Anya or Syr and have not performed them on your own"
"Yes!"
"Tch, damn girl, why the sudden help from you?"
Taking a breath I look up and meet Mama Mia's gaze, I shudder at the simple fact that she is judging me and open my mouth to tell her what I think.
"I wish to be useful" Mia just raised an eyebrow and I had to clear my throat to say my emotional speech.
"Because of my age there is not much I can do but I am slowly learning. I want others to see what I am capable of on my own and I want them to see that it is not necessary for them to watch out for me every moment of my work"
"In the future I will follow my own goals but if I don't try to move forward at this time I will be left behind watching others continue to move forward and I will be left at the bottom of the pit. So please Mama Mia, allow me to fulfill this order!"
I watch as Mia takes her chin in her hand and closes her eyes to think while I let out a sigh to get the nerves away from me.
The hard part is not asking Mama Mia for something, but the looks she gives you are a bit complicated to confront.
Mama Mia looks at you critically to see whether or not you are capable of doing something, a way of making sure no accidents happen in our jobs. The tough love she gives us always protects us.
"Go ahead" looking at her again with surprise I watch as she gives me a smile for my reaction and hands me a paper with instructions "Here is everything you need, if they ask anything show them the note and come back carefully Riku"
"Yes! Thank you so much for taking my order!" getting up from the table I hand the plates to another girl who was carrying dirty dishes and only get a sidelong glance from her before she shrugs off the event "See you in a bit!"
"Careful brat!"
My first assignment will be spectacular, like many other moments I let my childish mind take over and I will accomplish my task.
Here we go!
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After leaving the Hostess of Fertility I followed the instructions to the letter and the path along which I was heading was very well structured.
The streets were marked on the map that was on the paper and some establishments were marked to guide me better, thanks to that I can use some shortcut in case I need it.
The road I was passing was crowded with people and the place I was heading to was close to several stores. It looked like the place was still open as I could see the light in the window of the building.
Approaching the building I read the sign and make sure it is the right building and knock on the door to get someone's attention.
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
"Wait a minute!"
The place is illuminated and there are several decorations at the entrance of the establishment. This request is for some specific spices that this old man can offer us, Mama Mia is picky about food.
*Chiiir*
The door opened and I could see an old man with a cloak that covered his entire body, leaving only his face uncovered.
"Yes, who is it?"
"Good evening I'm Riku. Mama Mia sent me for the order she made some time ago, as it didn't arrive at the pub today I came for it personally" I handed him the paper and he took it carefully.
"Hmm" the old man started to read it and I could see his face from caution to a surprise, I think he doesn't know of my presence in the pub and thought I was someone else who might do something different.
"Ahhh yes, unfortunately I couldn't bring it today because of some health problems girl, my knee is killing me. Let me bring it"
"No problem"
The old man came in again and I waited for a while at the door for him to return with the bag of spices.
As I waited I unconsciously swayed my body a little from right to left as I was holding on to my dress so it wouldn't move too much.
Even if I was an adult now I am a little girl, I left my manhood that I forged and now I have to re-create my life... as a woman.
At least it hasn't happened to me yet those things that women commonly have, that's going to kill me with stress to solve it.
I hear footsteps and turn around to see the old man in the doorway with a bag in his hand as he lifted him in my direction.
"Here it is girl, tell Mia that I won't be available for a while until I recover, I don't want to fail her again"
"Sure sir, take care and thanks for the product"
Waving goodbye to him with my hand I watched as the old man said goodbye with a smile and went back into his home.
I started to move quickly through the streets to get to the pub before it gets dark. I remembered my mother's teachings that a child should not walk outside if it is already dark.
Stopping I notice that the main road for some reason is crowded with people, I will have to avoid them to avoid accidents and make sure I don't make some trouble with them.
"Right the streets!"
Remembering the trips I had made with Anya and May I took a shortcut they taught me to move quickly and avoid the crowd.
What I didn't realize was that it was too late to use the shortcuts at this hour, even if it's not too late at night the darkness prevailed in some areas and the lamps were not fully lit.
Imagining Mama Mia with a proud smile for my work done a smile grew on my face at such a thought in my mind.
I have become accustomed to getting very happy if Mama Mia compliments me on a job well done, it is a characteristic of what this body likes and my mind simply accepts it without hesitation.
It's a way for me to feel better about my surroundings by doing things right, it doesn't bother me and it makes me feel good about this body.
Taking the time with my mind I remember that soon my shift will start and if I don't make it on time I will have to work a little longer than agreed to make up for the time I lost.
My hours of sleep are commonly 8 but I have become accustomed to sleeping 6 hours because of college.
This body asks for more hours of sleep because I am young, compared to the hours I was already used to I had to reorganize my internal clock and get used to the new time.
Although sometimes I dream about my family and that makes it hard for me to sleep well some nights.
It is good to cry at such times.
Turning my head upwards I could clearly observe the stars and contemplate the beautiful view of this world.
Since there is no pollution, we only have to be concerned about other people and be aware of what we consume.
Who knows how much time I will have in the future to appreciate the sky before I start to become strong enough to defend myself in this world and not have to depend on others.
I shook my head to get the sad thoughts away from me and moved on to my work.
When I least expected it a strong blizzard shook my surroundings and I only observed a blur in the sky.
Several things were thrown or shaken by the force of the wind, it is very surprising to know that with the own movement made by a person it is possible to create this kind of things.
I was surprised to learn that adventurers were in these areas carelessly.
But then I noticed a sensation on my cheek, it felt a little warm and apparently it had fallen from the sky.
Raising my hand I touch what was on my cheek and place it in my vision to clear my doubts.
I froze on the spot.
My fingers were colored red.
Blood.
Blood had fallen on me and that made me realize that I was close to the combat zone. Probably the adventurer who passed by a little while ago is responsible.
Taking a handkerchief I wipe off the blood and start running with a fear growing inside me.
If I let fear take over I will take longer to get to the pub due to worry and I might trip over non-existent things.
I am no longer an adult capable of defending myself against my aggressors.
I am a defenseless nine-year-old girl in a world full of dangers.
There is no time for complaints and only time for action.
Following the path I begin to wonder if the person running across the rooftops is the one they are talking about the rumors of the Rudra Family murders.
If that's correct I have nothing to be afraid of but if I enter a combat zone I'll be dead before I know it..
Stopping abruptly I notice an alley with a scene that will be severely scarred in my head for the rest of my life.
There were several people lying on the ground with red stains all over the place, in other words, several pools of blood.
The bodies were stained with blood and dirt almost all over. Some were missing some of their body parts and others were mangled and I could not identify which body part was what I was looking at.
I had seen the scenes on the Internet and some images were shown to me by my friends but not at this level and in the front row the feeling is different.
Just imagining myself in this state and seeing my own body makes me shudder as much as I can and start hyperventilating out of fear.
Turning around I try to flee the scene but a building door slowly opens making a very creepy creaking sound at this point.
The building was marked with some damage and there was blood on the walls as well as on the windows, I could even see some dead people lying there.
But what really chilled me was that a person came out of the building in a terrible state.
It had been a cat man.
What scared me was that his left ear was missing and his right arm was missing, there was nothing and only his shoulder was shattered. I could still see the forcibly torn flesh even from my position.
He had recently been wounded and the damage to his body was still in a recent state. I watched it all from the front row unable to move because of the fear that grew in me.
It was not a scene I wanted to see on my own.
I watch as he starts to slowly walk out of the building and I couldn't move.
The reason.
He was giving off a dangerous sensation that made my whole body scream to run away from there without hesitation.
And I couldn't do it.
The man's face was distorted by anger, what could be considered a face was full of wounds and yet I could still identify his emotion at this moment.
A survivor.
That's what he was.
Those responsible were paying the price for sin as they were taken by the executioner who sought to eliminate each and every one of them.
In the cat man's remaining hand was an extremely long whip that was trailing behind him.
What made me lose all trace of hope in my body was when the cat man looked up and focused on the only thing in his field of vision.
It was me.
His eyes narrowed and then widened.
A sadistic smile crossed his face and a macabre chuckle fed the silence around here.
I knew it right then and there.
I was about to die.
And there was nothing I could do.
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Lacrima_de_Sal English is not my first language so you might find some mistakes in the translation of the chapter.
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