The next day, I woke up early in the morning.
Not because I wanted to...
"Brrrrr... Fuck..."
But because it was freezing cold in the library.
Grumble...
Also, I was starving.
'I didn't get to eat lunch or dinner...'
I had been so overwheld by everything yesterday that I forgot to eat. Maybe it was the adrenaline, but I didn't feel hungry then.
But now, it hit all at once.
I felt weak, and the cold air only made my hunger worse.
"I need to eat..sothing..brrrrr..."
"Sniff..."
'Ugh, now I've got a runny nose. Just great.'
Anyway, I couldn't bear the hunger any longer.
So, I hid the bag containing Raye's personal belongings, which the maid had given last night, under the table in the very corner...
Then, I grabbed the spatial bag and the bag of gold coins.
And after that...
"Food..."
I quickly left the library to find sothing to eat.
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*****
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As Raye ntioned last night...
The academy is as big as a city.
That's because Zion Academy is basically a city.
There are shops, residents, inns, travellers, and many more inside the academy.
Everything of it belongs to the academy, so it's not an official city, but more like a giant campus.
And now...
"Fuck... Everything's closed..."
Raye is searching for an open shop in this hour at this huge place.
It was about 3 AM, and almost every store was closed.
Raye knew this, but he was desperate to eat.
Normally, his als were served by servants in the dormitory and he can just go and eat in the kitchen anyti he wants...
But after being kicked out of the Alvah Dukedom and the Amaya dorm, food wasn't free anymore.
'I feel like I'm dying...'
Raye thought.
It was then...
"Ah, that's right..."
He rembered sothing from the ga.
'I forgot because of hunger, but there's a shop that's open all of the ti near the training grounds!'
And as soon as he rembered that...
Tap- tap- tap-
He imdiately headed toward that shop's location.
...
*****
(Raye's POV)
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The hunger was so bad that I couldn't run.
Tap- tap- tap-
But my hurried footsteps echoed down the empty street.
Then soon... The food stall that I had been looking for ca into view!
Crackle... sizzle...
Pop...
Hisssss...
The sizzling at crackled over the fire, the fat popping and hissing as it dripped onto the hot coals.
"Ah..."
The aroma of roasting at hit my nostrils, making my mouth water and my hunger worse.
So without further ado...
Tap- tap- tap-
I rushed to the stall.
And before the young man cooking could even notice approaching...
"Give four servings of beef skewers, please!"
I exclaid that out loud.
"?!"
So loud that the young man flinched and almost dropped the at he was grilling.
...
...
...
Burp-
With a burp...
"Haaa..."
A relieved sigh escaped my lips as I smiled in satisfaction.
'I'm full...'
I just ate a ridiculous amount of beef skewers.
Enough for four people, and I ate it all by myself...
"Wow, you must've been really hungry, huh..."
The young man said as he continued to grill more at.
"I was dying, honestly. Your shop saved my life."
Then I responded as I handed him 20 silver coins.
"Oh? I'm glad that I helped, then."
He said and smiled innocently.
I had eaten like a madman earlier, not caring about manners, but he didn't seem to mind.
In fact, he looked happy watching eat so much. It made feel a little relieved...
For the first ti since coming to this world, I received a look that wasn't filled with hostility.
Then becoming curious, and to pass by ti as I let the food in my stomach digest...
"Why are you open, like... all of the ti?"
I asked the young man that question.
"Hm?"
In the ga, this naless skewer shop was like my stamina refilling station whenever I was grinding my character's stats at the training grounds.
It was the only store in the ga that closed just before the end of the day and opened early in the morning.
My character would be forced to sleep for six hours after a certain ti of not sleeping in the ga...
But this man's shop was always open before I passed out and still open after I woke up!
He must've been getting even less sleep than in the ga, and he looked to be around Raye's and the protagonist's age, if not, younger!
I didn't care about the reasons before, but now that he was a real person I could talk to and not just buy at skewers... I just beca curious.
"Umm..."
At my question, the young man scratched his cheek with an awkward smile...
"I need the money. Opening early, closing late. It's the only way I can make enough."
Then he answered.
"Why do you need it? If you don't mind asking..."
I followed another question.
"Haha, it's fine... Well, my mom's sick, and I've got two younger brothers. I need to provide for them."
He replied.
He looked sowhat relieved to share even a bit of his story with soone.
I thought our small talk was done after that...
"Though lately, the price of at has been rising, and so has the cost of my mom's dicine..."
'Huh?'
But he kept on talking, and for so reason, his words seed familiar.
"Sooner or later, I'll have to close the shop. I'll prioritize my mom over the business, of course."
He said that with a defeated smile.
Hearing his story, I sympathized with him. We were both dealing with unfair situations in life.
coming into this world, and him having no choice but to work extra hard...
Because of that, it made want to help him.
And as soon as I thought about wanting to help the young man...
Swoosh-
'Huh?'
A bluish window appeared before again.
And this ti...
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Sub Quest: Out of Cash, Out of Kebabs: We're Skewered!
Condition: Help the owner of the skewer shop.
Rewards: 2 stat points, (???)
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"Wha..."
It's giving a quest to help the skewer shop owner.
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