We chatted for quite a while until we lost track of time, the sky darkened and the twilight moon became more visible.
I had to hurry home before something bad happened.
So I told Alex that I would be going home soon because it was getting dark.
I also invited him to stay at my house, considering that he didn't have a place to live, but he refused and said that he was actually strong and could take care of himself.
Okay then.
I immediately rushed back home, the streets were already quiet, I also saw several SCH (Spirit Creature Handling) officers, they are people who are tasked with handling spirit creatures, either to tame or kill dangerous spirit creatures.
There was an SCH officer who approached me and reminded me to go home immediately and lock all access to the house.
But honestly I was more interested in his body than what he was talking about, I don't mean his sexy body shape but because his left hand was gone, besides he was a man AKA femboy.
Maybe this is a bit rude, but I'm confused why he was allowed to be an SCH officer?
Even though I was in normal physical condition, I was rejected... Well, no need to think about it.
Because I was curious, I asked when the twilight zone here would end. He said that around here the twilight zone would last the longest, approximately three days.
The twilight moon has a movement that is almost the same as the earth's rotation, which is why the twilight moon looks like it moves for a very long time in certain areas.
In the past, there is a place that had a twilight zone for five full days, but three days is also rare, normally it's only a day or even less than half a day.
The movement of the twilight moon was really random.
There was nothing that made me curious anymore so I continued my journey home.
The next day.
I tried to find work again at the roadside shops, maybe someone would be kind enough to give me this month's salary on the first day.
I didn't expect much, but several hours had passed and it still didn't produce any results.
From the time the sun was hot until it was a bit cool.
It was already evening, so I planned to look for food again in the trash can behind the bakery. Unfortunately, the shop was closed.
After looking in the trash, all the bread from yesterday was gone, it seemed like it had been taken by the garbage collector.
Am I going to go home hungry again?
"You there! Come over here first."
Suddenly I was approached by a man who owned a chicken noodle shop, he offered me to eat there.
"Sorry sir, I don't have enough money." I replied.
Unexpectedly he said this to me "Oh! You don't have to pay, we are giving out free chicken noodles"
Ohh... One word was enough to make me very happy.
"Free"
Of course I didn't refuse, but I was curious about why they were giving out free chicken noodles?
So I asked, they said tomorrow they would have a long holiday so they wanted to use up all the perishable cooking ingredients.
Oh that makes sense.
But then I had another question, why did they have a long holiday? But I felt bad asking that too, so I didn't ask.
I went into the shop with the owner, there were many people eating chicken noodles, it was very crowded.
"One portion of chicken noodles!" Shouted the owner of the chicken noodle shop.
"Okay!" Answered a woman who was preparing a chicken noodles.
Her voice was soft, her face was very beautiful, sweet, her body was quite good, but the femboy guy from yesterday was still more tempting.
"..."
Forget it.
She was also good at cooking, looked the same age as me, very much in line with my type criteria.
Is this what is called a soulmate?
"Don't daydream in broad daylight like this, boss!"
Ah... that way of talking, I can immediately tell who the jerk is who is disturbing my fantasy.
So I immediately approached him, and sure enough, it was Alex who was eating chicken noodles.
"What are you doing here, bro?" I asked.
Alex was seen chewing chicken noodles, his hands seemed to be signaling me to wait for him to swallow the chicken noodles.
While waiting, I sat in the chair in front of Alex.
after swallowing his chicken noodles, Alex replied "I'm eating, bro. You can see it too right? It's rare to get free food like this."
Yeah, that's true...
We chatted again after that, he said that yesterday he helped the SCH officer fight a spirit creature, his strength amazed the officers, so he was offered a job as an SCH officer.
Guess what this idiot Alex did?
That's right.
He refused, he said he already comfortable living as a vagrant.
Did Alex suffer so much in his old life? That living as a vagrant alone made him grateful?
I don't know his way of thinking at all.
After that my chicken noodles were delivered to the table, I spent my time eating and chatting with Alex.
He was a strange person, but we were quite compatible.
After quite a while, Alex left, the shop that was previously crowded was getting quieter, there was no one else except me, the shop owner, and the woman.
I've decided, I'm going to apply for a job here, if I'm not accepted...
I'm really afraid of not being accepted, for some reason, this is different from before.
It took me a long time to gather my courage, until finally the shop owner asked me "the shop is about to close, sir, the twilight moon is already visible, don't you want to go home?"
"Huff..."
Well... Regarding being accepted or not, I'll think about it later.
"Actually, I want to apply for a job here, sir"
From the shop owner's face, he looked a little surprised, the woman who was cleaning up also stopped for a moment and not long after continued cleaning up.
The shop owner asked me "what kind of job?"
"Like washing dishes, serving customers, basically anything I can do" was my reply.
Hopefully...
With an uncomfortable face, the shop owner told me, "Sorry, it's not that you're not worthy, but it's not possible for some reasons."
"..."
As expected.
Nothing has changed.