The next morning, I teleported to do 6 because I believed my chances of success were higher in one of the ten great dos. The humans constituted a closed society for more than eight hundred years, and if I rembered anything from my history lesson, it ant there would be an opportunity if I looked for it.
There wasn’t much ti difference between the two dos, so it was morning there too. I went to the city hall and sat on a bench in the main hall. From there, I observed the many civil servants handling citizen requests. Considering this was a large city, around fifteen of them were busily talking to one person after the other.
Slowly, I categorized them, eliminating so and rating the rest, until only a few were left. I did the sa with those few, using more ti to get a better assessnt of each. Eventually, I was left with only one woman I believed was the one I was looking for.
For the next couple of hours, I focused only on her, monitoring all her movents and facial expressions. The subtle manner she had to watch people coming to her, the way she seed to always hope for sothing, and even the slight disappointnt in her eyes when nothing happened. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to catch her in the act but still ended up with eighty percent certainty about her personality.
I waited until it was lunchti, with the flow of incoming visitors slowing down. When no one was left at her desk, I stood up, making my way to her.
“A good day to you, ma’am.”
“Hello. What can I do for you?”
“I’d like to get an ID.”
“Oh, did you lose yours? I’ll need a birth certificate, then.”
“Ah… I know that, but I just can’t find it either. Can’t you do sothing about it, please?”
I tried to act cute but she only shook her head.
“I’m sorry, miss, there’s nothing I can do in that case. You’ll need to make an appointnt with soone specialized and co with your mothers to prove your identity.”
So far, she acted as a perfect official, handling a troubling citizen with dignity. It was ti to test how correct I had been in my judgnt. I discretely took out a small envelope, which contained ten thousand lods, a very consequent sum of money, and handed it to her. It was risky but that was also why I chose to do it here and not in do 82, which I considered my ho turf. And also where Ulum worked. I wasn’t sure how she would react to such a bribe if she heard about it, but she would certainly rebuke .
“I know it’s a troubling request, that’s why I prepared sothing to compensate for your effort.”
She didn’t touch the envelope and scowled.
“Who do you take
for, girly? You can get into a lot of trouble for that.”
“Ah! I’m sorry, ma’am! I just need a little bit of help! I’m really in trouble here. Please! You’d save
so much by doing this!”
All the while, I kept sending her strong signals with my eyes to check the content of the envelope. She eventually sighed while still frowning and checked around to see if anyone was paying attention to us, before opening the piece of paper. When she recognized the amount inside, she held her breath in surprise, stunned for a long mont. Right after that, she swiftly put the money away and gave
another long sigh.
“Miss… This is troubling… I’ll help you but only this once, all right? You should be more careful in the future.”
As expected, she was a corrupt civil servant. My eyes didn’t betray .
“Of course! Thank you so much, ma’am!”
“Yes. Let’s get this done fast. What’s your na and surna?”
“Na is Tila, surna is Urtek.”
“Date of birth?”
“47 winter 817.”
“Adress?”
I gave her Suuru’s address for now and she scowled again when realizing it was in 82. She asked
a few more questions and headed to her back office after that. A few minutes later, she ca back with a tallic card which she passed to .
“Here you go. You’re registered now. Since you live in do 82, you’re affiliated with that city hall. Don’t co here again, okay?”
“Yes, ma’am. Thank you very much.”
“Go now.”
“Yes. Goodbye.”
I escaped from the place, happy with my success. The amount I gave her was way too much for bribing a governnt worker of her level but I didn’t want to take any risk. In short, it was too much money for her to refuse. Plus, considering I now had an official ID, it was worth it from my point of view. This would open so many doors to .
I happily went back to 82’s market to et with Suuru. Since I had decided not to lie to her anymore, I told her what I did, which was t with her expected disapproval. Nevertheless, I managed to convince her there was no other choice. She wouldn’t want the dos’ police to find out I was an illegal alien and hunt
down, right?
Once this was settled, we used the opportunity to finally transfer the Urtek company to my na. She now beca my employee, with a salary equivalent to the money she earned through her share before. By now, she had already reached a point where her imagination was running low on ways to use all the money she was earning.
She had finished decorating her house and didn’t have any special hobbies since she was so busy working to survive. I told her to search for sothing she liked to do in her free ti and chuckled when she answered sex. I insisted on sothing else since there could be tis when I wouldn’t be here, just like when I was traveling to Makji. I believed that hobbies were important to keep a stable ntal state, especially when life got harsh.
As for , it just happened that socializing and trading were my hobbies, which were also part of my work. I was one of the rare people who took pleasure in their job.
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