Year 9987, Day 18 of the Month of the Sun.
"Luciel, it's time." - Don Armando said who had come down to call Luciel like every day.
"Already?" - Luciel asked, meanwhile He was still tired, He just had a bad night again.
"Yes, it's time, soon the first customers will start to arrive, go clean up a bit and once you get up, clean the tables and water the plants." - Don Armando explained.
"I get it."
"Ah, I almost forgot." - Don Armando said before leaving. - "Once you finish, go to my office."
"Okay." - Luciel answered as he got up from the bed.
"Good." - Don Armando said as he finally left Luciel.
"..." - Luciel watched Don Armando leave, and once he realized that he had already closed the door, he went to the small bathroom there. - "It is good that the drainage and toilets exist in this place." - He answered as he entered the bathroom.
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Once Luciel finished using the bathroom, he went out and put on his restaurant uniform, white pants, and a red shirt with a crimson sword logo across his chest.
"Too bad there are no mirrors." - Luciel said while He started to climb.
"Good morning Luciel." - Once Luciel got up, he was received by Doña Julieta, Don Armando's wife.
"Very good day." - answered the boy who went to the room where they put the cleaning equipment, and began to clean the tables, put the tablecloths and then water the plants that were as decoration. - "Today is really a good day." - Said the young man who continued to water the plants.
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Once Luciel finished watering the plants, he went to Don Armando's office.
"Enter." - Don Armando's deep voice sounded from the other side of the door.
The young man opened the door, entered, and closed the door again. Finally, inside, there was only one Eox Crystal that illuminated the room, the Eox Crystal was created from various materials, including an Energy Crystal that was obtained by killing certain monsters. The Eox Crystal was used to illuminate rooms and the streets, but it was awfully expensive, so only few people in a town like Hope could afford to have Eox Crystals.
When Luciel finally closed the door, he turned and looked at Don Armando, a 57-year-old man, a man who was once a promising adventurer, but later retired from that profession and opened his own restaurant in this town thirty years ago. . He was a tall man, measuring 192 centimeters tall, being taller than the young Luciel who was barely 155 centimeters tall.
He was an honest and straightforward man at times, but he was a righteous person who believed in kindness and hard work.
"Luciel, it's good that you're finally here, I need you to help me with the following documents." - Don Armando said with concern.
"Yes." - answered the young man who saw Don Armando's desk filled with sheets a lot of them.
"Ah, seriously, is really great that you can read and count, you have no idea how rare it is to meet people in a town as far from the capital as this one who know how to read, write and count, hell, I hardly know how to count until thousand, it really surprises me that you are very good with numbers. " – said Don Armando.
"Ha, it's not surprising, on the contrary, where I come from, I was someone who was not very good at numbers like others, always my math scores on exams were sevens and eights." - Luciel said with a smile remembering the scary math tests.
"Hm, math? What is that?" - Don Armando asked who had no idea what that was.
"Ah ... it's difficult to explain, but it's something that made all generations of students from where I come to suffer."
"Hm, I see, it must have been a scary thing."
"Yes, it was, even thinking about it gives me the creeps."
"Then don't think about it." - Don Armando said with concern.
"Don't worry, it's not really that bad actually, is just…well, you could say it was a very stressful thing." - Luciel said as he sat down in the chair he always used when he came to help Don Armando and began to listen to Don Armando's explanation of what he had to do.
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An hour later.
"Here, some juice." - Don Armando said, while he gave Luciel a glass with Juice of Eden.
"Thank you." - Luciel thanked meanwhile he left the sheet he was checking on the desk and took a break while drinking Juice of Eden.
"Seriously, I didn't expect that by hiring you that you could read and count, is even more surprising knowing where you came from." - Don Armando said in wonder. – "Specially that you could talk the language."
"Well, it was something that was given to all of us, after all, so it would help us better adapt to this place, after all, imagine how horrible it would be if we couldn't communicate with you." - Luciel answered.
"Hm, you're right." - Don Armando answered who was looking at Luciel, a young man barely twelve years old, one hundred and fifty-five centimeters tall, with white skin, short black hair, and blue eyes. - "It also helps that you are somewhat attractive, I hope that when you grow up you can attract young women to come here, although well, you already have a small group of e fan. " - Don Armando said at the end with a smile.
"Ha." - Luciel laughed nervously. - "The old ladies treat me like a baby."
"Well, all those old ladies who come to visit you are mothers whose children are no longer in town, and taking into account your origin and youth, their maternal instinct is activated with you."
"Still, it's like this is a zoo and I'm a local attraction."
"Zoo?"
"It is an establishment where animals are found, you can go visit them and see all kinds of animals."
"Wow, I don't understand who would want to see animals."
"Well, it was a form of attraction in my world."
"Hm." - Don Armando looked at Luciel and began to think for a few moments. - "Well, it's good to know that at least we have more customers thanks to you."
"Ha, I expect a raise."
"Well, wait for a few more years." - Don Armando said with a smile.
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At noon, when Luciel had finally finished fixing all the documents and jotted down everything that needs to be done for vendor payments and tax payments, Luciel headed outside.
"Luciel, good that I see you finally." - Said a man with short brown hair and eyes of the same color. - "I need you to take care of the dishes, the cleaner left a few minutes ago for family reasons, and as you can see, today we have many clients, so neither I nor Judith can wash the dishes." - I mention the man who wore the same uniform that Luciel wore, only clearly a larger and longer uniform.
"Sure Jared, no problem." - Luciel answered and went to the room where they put the dirty dishes, a room that is in the middle of the cleaning's warehouse and the kitchen.
"Thank you Luciel." - Jared answered, then went back to serving the waiting customers.
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While Luciel was washing, a young man somewhat smaller than Luciel arrived and greeted Luciel.
"Hello Luciel."
"Billy, so today you come to help too." - Luciel answered with a smile.
"Yes, today is a day with many customers, and clearly the place needs help." Billy answered. - "It is one of my duties as my mother's only child."
"I see." - Luciel said. Billy was the only child of Susan, the Floor Manager who also worked as a receptionist, cashier and supervisor, and Jeremy, the Restaurant Chef. Susan was the daughter of Don Armando, the Owner of the Restaurant, which made Billy the grandson of Don Armando and Doña Julieta, and Susan being the only daughter of the two, that made Billy their only grandson.
Don Armando's entire family worked at the Restaurant, and over time, the hard work of the family, and Jeremy's talent as a cook, made the restaurant become the most popular in the Town of Hope, surpassing even to the Restaurant of the Fairies.
In addition to Don Armando's Family, there were other people who worked here, but Luciel only got along with Jared and Judith, who were waiters and had been working here for five years.
Since Luciel came to work here, the people he talked to the most were Don Armando, Billy, and Jared.