As Luke and Leo stepped into their new apartnt, they were imdiately captivated by its unexpectedly spacious interior!
The entryway unfolded into a narrow corridor, flanked on the left by two distinct doors, each leading to separate bedrooms.
At the corridor’s terminus, a modestly sized common area opened up, boasting a decent sized lounge for furniture and a door that introduced an in-house lavatory.
” Finally we can shit in peace….. no more communal lavatory!” Leo exclaid in joy as Luke firmly placed a hand over his shoulder and displayed his support for Leo’s sentint.
By Earth’s housing standards, their 1BHK abode wouldn’t be considered particularly expansive, yet, such housing was extrely common if seen from the context of a bustling tropolis like New York, as it represented the pinnacle of what an average individual could aspire to secure.
For Luke and Leo who had slowly gotten accustod to a previous living space where taking ten steps in any direction was practically impossible, this new environnt felt HUGE! with its distinct rooms and actual walls offering a semblance of compartntalization and privacy which were godly features for them at this point.
“Hey guys, I’m Amanda… Please, take good care of ,” announced Amanda with a joyous tone, erging from the first room on the left to startle Luke and Leo with her sudden appearance.
“Holy mother of Jesus—” Leo exclaid, clutching his chest, as Amanda heartily laughed observing his reaction.
“I’ve snagged the first room for myself. I hope you guys don’t mind. I know we’re down to two single beds and soone will have to make do with the couch, but I really need my own space,” she explained, as Luke and Leo exchanged looks of mutual understanding and silently agreed.
While they were anable to Amanda claiming a room for herself, they couldn’t help but think that it would have been better if Amanda had discussed this with them before claiming the room, as democracy was key to living peacefully together.
“So, which one of you is Luke and which one is Leo?” inquired Amanda, as the brother’s imdiately felt perplexed as to how she knew their nas?
For a mont, Leo assud that she knew it because she must have read the housing allotnt list, however, her next statent proved his hypothesis wrong.
“I’m Luke” Luke said, extending his hand, as Amanda shook it and said “Oh, so you’re my future guildmate! You can call Kitty,” leaving Luke puzzled by her answer.
“Pardon?”
“Oh, right, you’re not aware… I’m also joining the guild Cervantez is organizing. In fact, just before the first evaluation, I shared my concerns about my level0 status and the potential for demotion with him and requested him to solve this issue if he could.
While the guildmaster could not stop from being demoted, he did his best to make my demotion housing safe as he spent so MP to ensure that, should I be demoted, my housing would be arranged with you guys and that I’d be safe-
He speaks very highly of both of you… Though, to be honest, I think he has a soft spot for you, Luke. He ntioned ‘the little one bites’,” Amanda recounted, prompting an imdiate frown from Leo, who retorted, “Well, tell him the feeling is mutual. I’m not exactly fond of him either.”
“Ahem—” Luke interjected, swiftly steering the conversation back to pleasantries with Amanda before they all began to settle in
Amanda being a future guild mate of Luke was definitely a welco surprise, as with them having common ground to talk about it would be easier to live together.
As for the internal housing status, Luke claid the room adjacent to Amanda’s as his own, while Leo, sowhat reluctantly, took to the couch.
With minimal luggage between them, it took re minutes to unpack and arrange their belongings as all three of them were pretty much done setting up their private spaces within fifteen minutes after which Luke and Leo invited Amanda to join them in the common area, where they uncorked the bottle of champagne gifted by Cervantez in celebration.
Lacking proper glasses, they passed the bottle around, each taking a sip in turn, as they toasted to better tis ahead and peace within the household.
Before long, the trio had finished the bottle, with Amanda expressing her heartfelt gratitude for being included in their mont of celebration.
Just by studying the behavior of the brothers for a while she could determine just how proud they were for having been promoted and how much this bottle of champagne ant to them.
Unlike herself who had been demoted, Luke and Leo had fought their way to sector D and they were damn proud of themselves for it.
The rich taste of expensive alcohol only served to increase their joy as although the apartnt was small and cramped in her opinion, it felt like a big deal to the brothers who seed to cherish every square inch of it.
‘Leo look, we can all fit on the couch’
‘Brother look, I can take twenty steps in the common hall. It’s huge!’
These were the kind of statents they shared amongst each other as it was clear to Amanda that the brothers were people who had very humble origins.
They barely had any luggage to themselves and the bottle of alcohol was by far their most prized possession, yet when it was ti to pop it open and celebrate, instead of doing it alone they chose to share with Amanda whom they had t just today, which went to show how pure hearted and kind they were.
‘Hmm, you were right guildmaster, I’ll be safe with them around’ Amanda thought as she smiled to herself, while Luke and Leo vowed to each other that sector D was not the end, that in the future they would work hard and reach higher sectors and bring their mother to this ship to enjoy a life of respect and luxury.
That this was but a small win, while the real struggle started now!
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