Luciel continued to wash dishes, and Billy helped him by wiping the freshly washed dishes dry and placing them on the shelf where they should be.
"Hey Billy."
"Tell me." - answered the young man who was the young image of his grandfather, a ten-year-old boy, who was 150 centimeters tall, with white skin, crimson eyes, and short red hair.
"Have you ever thought about the future?"
"Hey? What do you mean?" - Billy asked something strange.
"Well, you know, in five years you will reach the age when you will be consider as an adult, and you will be able to do whatever you want, do you plan to stay here, or will you try to go to another place to live? Do you plan to continue working here, or seek another profession? " Luciel asked curiously.
"..." - Billy was surprised by the questions. - "Whoa, I didn't expect ... questions like that ..."
"It's okay if you don't want to tell me." - Luciel answered.
"No, no problem, it's just that ... I've never really thought about it." - Billy said.
"Seriously?" - asked Luciel who was still washing the dirty dishes.
"Yes, as you said, I still have five years to go to be an adult, and to be honest, I think I have not thought about my future because it is practically already decided, I am the person who will inherit the restaurant after my grandfather and my mother, so in the future I will have my own business. " - Billy said.
"Well, it's true, in twenty or thirty years, you will inherit the restaurant from your mother."
"Yes, and to be honest, I think the best thing is that I stayed here, I don't want to worry my parents."
"Yes."
"And you?"
"Me?"
"Yes, what are you planning to do? After all, in three years you will be fifteen. " - Billy said. – "You will be an adult."
"..." - Luciel began to think, remembering what he had experienced in the Month of Flowers. - "I do not know, I still want to go in search of my family, but ... it is very dangerous to leave the safety of the town, I do not know if one day I am ready to leave here." – said while touching his shoulder.
"Yes." - said Billy who still remembers when his grandfather brought a wounded Luciel with him, it was surprising that Luciel was gone that day to look for his parents, and even more considering how extremely weak Luciel is. - "And… why don't you train? You could tell Grandpa to teach you his Cultivation Method. " - Billy said. – "You can get stronger."
"Well, I don't want to trouble your grandfather anymore, and to be honest, I'm scared to go out."
"Clearly." - Billy said. - "Even so, you do not plan to look for your family in the future, after all, I am sure that one day you will be strong."
"Hopefully." - Luciel said. - "It's what I want the most, to be able to one day find and see my family again, see them safe and healthy, see them alive… but… I'm too weak… even brats Eren's age can beat me up easily, and a single Wild Dog almost killed me. "
"Well, a Wild Dog could kill me too." Billy answered.
"Yes, but you could fight, you could try to protect you and kill that thing, but I… I was not… I was at its mercy if it had not been for your grandfather… I…" - Luciel stopped, while touching his right shoulder. - "It was complete nonsense what I did, but thanks to that I have been able to understand the dangers that lie outside."
"..."
"I've been through a lot already ... I don't know if I can take anything more." - Luciel said.
The two at that moment stopped talking, and continued cleaning and tidying the dishes.
...
When they finished cleaning the dishes, Billy washed his hands, and went to the kitchen to help his father and grandmother who were cooking, but not before turning to see Luciel.
"You know, it's okay if you want to stay here, in the future you have a place reserved as my Floor Manager." - Billy said with a smile.
"..." - Luciel watched as the younger man than he was leaving. - "Really… thanks." - Luciel said with a smile. - "The future ... who knows what I will bring." - Luciel said as he remembered the first days of his life in this world. - "Even so ... who would have said that this would be my present."