{Third person POV?}

With their keys in hand, Noit'e arrived at their room after passing by a dining area and a area that seemed to be for children play around, ‘they’ put the keys on the keyhole and opened the door to their' room, and something rather interesting that wasn't told to 'them' but 'they' noticed anyway was that the keys 'they’ had were in fact something more of a key-shaped cards that opened the door by proximity than actual keys, the keyhole, the key shaped things and the door lock were in fact just for show, but stop to think for a moment.

I don't mean to insult you but did you really think a simple door lock could stop a being that was basically a soul and passed through things? You really believed that a simple lock could stop a being who could shatter a planet with a punch? or even those that could tear space apart as easily as flexing a muscle? And that without mentioning beings who create machines that would fry a human brain from sheer complexity on a daily basis, making a simple lock seem insultingly easy to bypass/crack.

So no, a simple lock wouldn't stop a regular customer of this hotel, it was there mainly because the hotel owner discovered that the guests liked to see the door lock mechanism in action, it gave the guests a sense of stability and security that was in all honesty, was a very childish and even bordered superstitious behavior, yes they can be superstitious, you would be too if you saw fate and destiny with you very own eyes, wouldn't you?

From what i just said you might think that this hotel can't handle even the weakest of the beings that visits the central library as they are exactly the beings i mentioned that wouldn't be stopped by a "simple" lock, and that is where you are wrong! This is in fact a normal hotel, but it is normal from the point of view of the powerful beings that wander through the omniverse like its nothing, it is to them what a normal human hotel is to a mortal human, just like every other building across the central library obviously.

And don't be mistaken again, while i said it is a "normal" hotel, to these beings, its human equivalent would be a 5 star hotel, the owner of this hotel is very proud of himself for having a reputation of leaving every customer satisfied with the accommodations!...

Sorry, i kind of got a little too passionate there and derailed from the topic, its just that this new "world" that is the omniverse is simply incredible and very interesting…

Anyways, getting back on track... Noit'e entered their room unsure of what would be behind the door, but to their lack of surprise, it was exactly what 'they' asked for, it was a hotel room designed for a human being, but it didn't let 'them' down as it was indeed very luxurious, but it still had the usual things you would find in a normal hotel room, it even had a small kitchen.

But something that made 'her' lips twitch a little, almost making ‘them’ have an awkward smile plasted across their beautiful face, but that ‘they' somehow held back, it was that the entire room was different shades of pink, as in the color pink, it was literally just different variations of pink, with the only exception being some of the furniture that were different shades of grey, which was surprisingly strange that they didn't go 100% pink. The receptionist must have very good or a very bad eyesight as he somehow saw something on Noit'e that even themselves didn't see, must have been their feminine allure, who knows.

But with a impeccable control of their facial features ‘they’ entered the room and closed the door behind 'them', their next stop was on the fluffy bed, that was also a shade of pink, and without delay 'they' were with ‘theirr' back on the bed and their head on the pillow, that was also pink, with closed eyes and remaining immobile, but sleeping 'they' weren't, while on the outside ‘they’ seemed to be meditating or sleeping 'they' were in fact talking with 'her' sexy, beautiful, smart and cherished Dy'a!

What 'they' were talking about you ask? None your business!

After some talking 'they' got up from their fake slumber and picked a remote control from a nightstand by the side of the bed using it to turn on the tv that is facing the bed, and no, the tv is not pink... this time.

There was some kind of commercial going on on the tv, nothing that interesting. 'They' just changed channels and the next was some kind of news channel, the person who was speaking the news was some type of slime person and it was talking about what i could only assume to be a outbreak of some type of super aids…

hahahha, okey i confess, it was not some super aids, but you have to admit, the idea alone is kinda funny, specially if such news were presented by such a silly looking slime person, and to make this thing more hilarious was that the slime person was entirely light purple and almost pink, even their clothes! Today must be the “everything pink” day or something.

But again returning to Noit'e and 'her' very serious business,l. 'They' watched the news for a hour or two before switching the tv off, just in time for 'her' stomach to growl in its righteous ire as it was forced to remain empty for so long, but just so you know, their stomach couldn't possibly growl by itself as not only ‘they’ weren't exactly human anymore, and 'they' also had a perfect control over their body, which means ‘she’ or Dy'a did that on purpose, probably Dy'a, which also indicated that the righteous ire thing was obviously a lie... Teehee.

Noit'e and Dy'a again talked some more, and this time Dy'a used the growling stomach as a excuse and suggested that 'they' take on the offer of that nice old man from the train and go to his restaurant, and Noit'e again acted all tsundere like but accepted the suggestion saying "I-i was d-definitely planning on go-going there anyways! Humph!"

Well, 'she' did not say that, but it definitely for sure 100% without a shred of doubt would be something 'she' would say!

After a nice shower('They' don't need one, 'they' did it mostly because it is nice) and wearing the same clothes that wefe in fact made of those "pillar" worms, 'they' exited the room and walked through the corridors to leave the hotel, and there wasn't many guests on the corridors of the hotel, 'they' only encountered a human to which 'they' only smiled and waved to say hello to them with them reciprocating the gesture, and curiously enough, they also passed by a silly looking slime person that was pretty similar to the one on the news channels, but this one was blue, and 'they' greeted this guest just like the human with the slime person waving back.

Outside these two guests ‘they’ didn't meet any other, but the receptionist was another person this time, they were some kind of beastkin often seen in mangas from earth, they looked like some type of black panther beastkin, and just like the half dragon receptionist she talked earlier with this one looked pretty much human but with quite a few animal characteristics, but 'they' only said "Hi" to the receptionist while briefly waving to them before leaving the hotel.

Once again on the plaza huh, it was not a sad thing, it just that... despite dealing with big groups of people before, 'they' mostly dealt with smaller groups at a time and more often manipulating the bigger groups from the shadows, so in the face of the big plaza that seemed to have an increase on the pedestrians as it was one of the peak hours, 'they' suddenly became quite the shy introvert, and the fact that most of them weren't that much weaker than 'them' wasn't helping with this either. But 'they' weren't know for being weak, much less for having a weak will, so 'they' fixed their hat and clothes and with a indomitable will 'they' started walking towards the restaurant on the other side of the plaza, not a difficult task, right?

With steps that on the outside portrayed pride, happiness, high status, grace and courage all at once, 'they' successfully walked across the plaza until 'they' reached the restaurant, and despite showing all that on the outside, on the inside ‘she’ was a complete scared shitless introvert nerd, and even while trying to maintain their cool image 'she' were so focused on it that 'she' almost bumped on a few of the people walking across the plaza, but luckily 'she' somehow avoided the people around ‘her’ while maintaining their image, it for sure would be a disaster if 'she' bumped on someone, not because 'they' would be hurt or something, but because ‘she’ would probably die from nervousness and embarrassment on the spot.

Well, this cute shyness and level of introvert-ness was a problem Noit'e both needed and was working on, it is not new and Dy'a who's a big extrovert been helping Noit'e (the giant introvert), 'they' were having success on making it better, it was slow but was progress nonetheless.

But putting their progress aside, once arriving on the restaurant 'they' noted that at the entrance there was a being taller than 'them' that greatly resembled a manequim of a human, it was purely black with zero outside features, it seems to be wearing some kind of guard uniform and holding something that greatly resembles a baseball bat which is also pure black on both hands, and at first glance 'they' thought that it was a regular manequim but soon discovered that it was in fact alive or at least seemed alive when 'they' approached the restaurant open double doors and it started "looking" at 'them' with it's nonexistent eyes, 'they' were a little ashamed of having such a silly misunderstanding so 'they' awkwardly smiled and waved to the "guard", he only nodded in acknowledgement and returned to do his job

One obstacle beaten, one thousand left to go. A mountain for a introvert, a small bump for a extrovert.

Like the hotel the restaurant interior was very luxurious, dozens of exquisite wooden tables covered in covers of silk with plates and cups made of a type of glass, there were sets of a silverware atop the tables with a myriad of beings occupying them, some in groups of 8, some in 5, some in pairs, it could easily be seen that there was many families, couples and friends enjoying the food and drinks the restaurant had to offer, there was a joyful atmosphere in the air and from the way the customers were acting, everyone showed some respect for the rules and the restaurant staff.

And as the name of the restaurant is the same as the owner, it probably is a family business, but that wasn't exactly hidden and was easily observable because despite the luxurious interior, decoration and staff uniforms, the restaurant still had a air of humbleness and simpleness to it, some of the customers even treated the staff as old friends!

'They' liked the restaurant just from those initial details alone, but she also liked that there was quite a few humans eating on the restaurant, a few were on the tables while most of them appeared to be buying lunchboxes on a specific area of the restaurant to eat elsewhere, and again, even the humans had quite the variation between them, and just to show the diversity of origins and backgrounds, there was one that was dressed similarly to 'them', albeit with slightly different colors.

'They' approached the receptionist desk close to the entrance and talked with the receptionist who was one of those galaxy people.

"Hello, do you have a table available? A table for... two"

The receptionist made those nice bell chimes sounds, saying "We do have tables available, just follow the waitress to the table and they will take your order", and as she said that, another galaxy person appeared by Noit'e 's side, this new one was similarly wearing a high quality suit.

'They' followed the new galaxy person to a nearby table, upon arriving at the table 'they' seated themselves on the nice looking chair and the waitress took a small notepad and was ready to take the orders.

But 'they' took the book in the table and examined its contents first, it was obviously the restaurant menu as it had various pictures, names and prices of the foods and drinks the restaurant had available, the menu options were very well organized and separated into different groups and categories that were obviously made so that any type of being could chose a compatible food or drink.

But unsure of what to choose 'they' chose to call the old man just like he offered on the train, so 'they' informed the waitress that was waiting by the side.

"Excuse me, but Mr. Kalakco told me to call him when I arrive here, it's my first time here, can you inform him that "Noit'e & Dy'a" have arrived?"

The waitress just nodded and said "wait just a moment" before disappearing, and she didn't take long to return, just a minute or two, but 'they' took this opportunity to scan the contents of the menu nonetheless, just out of curiosity.

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After those two minutes the waitress returned with the old man, but instead of the waitress appearing from nowhere like they were observed doing multiple times, they instead came out from a door at the back of the restaurant following behind the old man.

Both of them walked to the table 'they' were using and while the old man took a seat across from 'them', the waitress just stood by the side of the table, probably waiting orders from the old man.

When the old man seated himself 'they' immediately gave an excuse to him.

"Sorry for taking some of your time, you must be quite busy. I didn't come here straight away because right after passing by the bank I went to a hotel and got myself a room, but here I am"

The old man was about to say something when a man suddenly laughed a bit and spoke to 'them'.

"Haha, whoops, sorry to interrupt you miss, but The old man, busy? You are lucky if he signs a single paper in less than a cycle. And you don't need to worry, the old man does this all the time, he often invites someone to the restaurant, and as a matter of fact, 3 out of 4 of those here were invited by him personally, it's been a long time since he started doing this, and he doesn't seems to be stopping anytime soon, so feel free to exploit him to the bone, haha"

The man who spoke looked like pretty much a human and a average dad, but with a pure black skin and where a face should be there was a void that strangely was blacker than the night itself, he was on a neighbouring table with his family of four that seemed to be from the same species as him, one woman and two small children, and the most interesting thing was that he spoke in what sounded like old Norse from Earth, but gave no other indicative for a possible origin.

But before 'they' said anything, the old man spoke, defending himself.

"What's the problem with it? You know I have a good eye for people, everyone I bring here always is or ends up as someone interesting, you are no exception, Xitsuky The Judge!"

The void man only responded with "me? I only am a humble judge, like you, a "simple" restaurant owner, haha"

When the man laughed, a good portion of the people on the tables of the restaurant also chuckled and laughed, it seems like this is no simple old man as he shows himself to be, but his only answer was to point to 'them' and say "well, for this young one I am only a simple old man who happens to own a humble restaurant, so don't spoil it!"

The void man only said "sure sure, have your way" while waving their hand in a dismissive way and returning to put food into his void of a face.

The old man tried to change subjects justifying himself from an unasked question, to ‘their’ amusement.

“Don't mind him, he's a old friend that likes to gossip about others”

‘They’ already felt that it was just like the old man had said, the “old friends” part at least, so ‘they’ asked the question that found its way inside their mind.

“Old friend? How old exactly? He seems to be only a few years older than me” was asked with a tone of curiosity and doubt.

But instead of the old man answering, the void man did.

“Actually, both me and him are quite young, we only gave him the nicknames of “old man” and “grandpa” because he likes to act like one, but he coincidentally also looks older than he actually is, and you probably are in fact only a few cycles younger than me, I am only 324 cycles old by the way”

Despite not knowing how long a cycle is, ‘they’ still doubted that they were close to being 300 cycles old, and the curiosity got the better of the old man.

He asked “I can see that you are young, but how old are you exactly?”

“Hmmm, how many earth years are one cycle?” Was 'their' question-answer

The old man stopped to think “Earth years, earth years huh… from what I know, it would be something around 1000 years, if every year had 365 days that is”

‘They’ answered with “Then I am 17, almost 18 cycles old. So I guess I am not that close to both of you in age”

The void man seemed to be surprised by this information like a few of the other people at the restaurant, but the old man while surprised, didn't know if he should laugh or if he should cry.

The old man sighed and said “well, sorry but I can't sell you quite a few of the alcoholic items on the menu.”

He assumed more of a happy tone and said “And I am quite surprised, you are this strong while this young, you must have been eating well while growing up, hohohoh”

The void man face palmed but said nothing while his wife chuckled a bit but also said nothing.

The old man continued by saying with a hint of concern “Well, you said that you passed by the bank, did you get a good amount there? But I hope you didn't sell anything that much important to you, or you did?”

“ I didn't know what was considered a “good amount”, but seeing the prices of the food, I definitely got a good deal. And don't worry, I only sold a small piece of myself”

The old man basically paled, but before he could get up and raid the bank demanding a refund which he seemed to be about to do, ‘they’ better explained what ‘they’ meant.

“ No no no, it's not what you think! I sold what is basically the equivalent of a few strands of hair to them. It isn't exactly pleasant to pull out, but they easily regrow back, I even got a really good deal!”

The old man truly seemed worried for ‘them’ so he asked “What do you mean by good deal? Normally, even the “hair” of beings with your level of strength are quite valuable”

‘They’ explained further about the matter to ease some of the old man's suspicion.

“I sold nine of them in total, six of a lesser quality and three of higher quality, each of the lower quality ones fetched 35k with a bonus on top, and based on how much they are worth to me I think I got a pretty good deal”

The old man still had some suspicions so he inquired further again.

“Do you have one of both qualities to show to me? I am thinking they tricked you”

‘They’ said “sure” and pulled out one worm of a sequence 1 angel and one from a pillar from their personal storage dimension and gave them to the old man.

Without asking how such worms could be part of her, he gently picked the worms with his tentacles and examined them from top to bottom before saying “Despite not being a specialist, even I can tell they are worth quite some money, that might be why he gave you that “bonus”, but luckily I know the right person for evaluating this”

The old man said “Can you take a look at them?” Before he extended his tentacles holding the worms, passing them to the void man, ‘they’ weren't worried for the worms being stolen because the worms weren't worth much on their eyes and the void man was a old friend of the old man, so he couldn't possibly be a bad person!

The void man wiped where a human mouth should be with a napkin and took the worms, he examined them with a seriousness that was hard to go unnoticed, and he took a monocle from one of his pockets and placed it where a eye should be, it stayed floating in front of his “eye”. But this simple action made ‘them’ tense up and freeze for a moment as if encountering their natural predator, and despite both the old man and the void man being focused on the worms, they still noticed such reaction and the old man asked with a worried tone, a tone that gave the impression that if anybody saw this they would think ‘they’ were in fact his real grandchild or even his child “Whats the problem? Its just a appraisal artefact, no need to worry about it”

‘They’ took a deep breath and said the reason for such a reaction.

“It's… it's the monocle… There was someone I could call an enemy, his most used name was Amon, and no matter the form or appearance he took, he always wears a monocle on one of his eyes.”

”That bad thing is that he could steal and even replace someone's history, fate and even their whole existence, which he unfortunately did on a regular base, but to complicate it more, he liked to “prank” and annoy others, with said “pranks” or “jokes” having really bad outcomes for their targets. Its easy to spot why i don't have a good history with him”

The old man and the void man looked and nodded to each other before the old man hardened his gaze and spoke with a bit of anger, but the anger was directed towards this “Amon” not ‘them’.

“This Amon” He gave a pause and continued “Do you know where he is? Or can you direct us towards him? He seems like a very dangerous being based on what you described”

‘They’ answered by shaking their heads and saying “He is indeed dangerous, but he could only replace those weaker than him, the stronger the harder to replace, and compared to the current me, he was very weak, but at the time I was only slightly weaker than him. But I finally dealt with him after some trouble”

‘they’ laughed with self deprecation a bit before saying “He for sure was troublesome, I even had to basically seal and trick him just to throw a star at his main body to get some well deserved rest from the threat he posed”

The old man seemed to calm down while relaxing his tense muscles/tentacles a bit along 'them' who relaxed more while remembering that 'they' no longer have to deal with Amon. The old man gestured to the void man and he continued examining the worms.

After some more examining that took no longer than 5 minutes, the void man gave the worms back to old man who gave them back to 'them', 'they' just stored the worms back and when 'they' did it, the void man spoke his analysis result.

"I could clearly see that these "hair" strands lost some vitality, and this was expected as you pulled them out, basically killing it, and that does reduce its value a bit, not much, just a bit. I also saw that you severed its connection to you, a smart choice that do not affect its value.

But even considering its reduced vitality, if you considered its properties, usefulness, quality, and more importantly its rarity as i never saw you kind around anywhere, i can even count on my hands the times i encountered beings that only had a few similarities with you at once, and that itself says something important about you"

'They' doubted it was rare for a somewhat rare species to come to the central library as it was basically a multiversal hub where any being powerful enough could and eventually would come here, but it seems like the void man was some kind of expert on rare species as the other guests of the restaurant started talking and whispering between themselves, seemingly surprised on how rare 'they' were.

The void main continued "If you take all of that into consideration, the lower quality "hair" would be worth at least 300.000 om-credits, while the higher quality wound be at least 1.450.000"

Upon hearing that, the old man seemed to become more inflated with muscles and had bulging veins running across his tentacles, he again seemed to be about to assault the bank and beat up the personnel working there, but the void man calmed the old man.

"Relax Kal, the bank has a reputation to maintain, they couldn't possibly blatantly steal someone like that on purpose, they obviously assigned a novice or someone who is not that good as a appraiser to her by mistake"

The old man deflated a bit, but he still had a bulging vein here and there but seemingly calming down to considerable degree. The void man then proceed to assure 'them' that 'they' were in good hands/tentacles, and worry was not needed in any way.

"And you, you don't need to worry about anybody here stealing from you, most of us here are friend with the old man and money is not a issue for us, and those that aren't his friends don't seem to have the strength to take them from you, on top of it, the security on the central sector is very good, they like to keep things in good shape after all"

'They' weren't worried about it, but hearing it still made them feel safer anyways.

The old man interjected, eager to change the subject and bring 'their' mood up, not that it was down or something, in the old man's eyes 'they' probably were a pitiful poor child that was tricked by some bullies at the bank and needed to be cheered up.

"We will deal with that another time! You look so thin a breeze would blow you away! We are in a restaurant aren't we? Let's get you some food"

The old man took out a menu from nowhere and started looking over its option while picking a few of them here and there, the waitress noted down all the orders and was about to leave but 'they' asked for another chair for the table, the waitress did not ask why and the old man seemed to be curious but also didn't ask why.

Soon after the waitress brought the chair and placed by the table side, and to the surprise of the old man and a few of his friends, 'they' got up and took a step away from the table just to suddenly start to separate 'themselves' into two different beings, one remained the same while the other had the same clothes but a different appearance. It was obvious to the old man as he already meet both parties, one was Noit'e and the other was Dy'a, 'they' took their seats on the table and the old man couldn't not ask "You can separate? I thought that you two would never do something like that based on what i observed of you two"

'They' answered while speaking in unison as as a singular being "We didn't separate, we just thought that was better to have two mouths to eat so much food, but we can also act as individuals if you want"

The old man simply "smiled" and said "Don't mind me, do whatever you feel most comfortable with" And soon after two waitress appeared from nowhere while carrying the orders and placed them on the table.

And while almost drooling like a cartoon, both Noit'e and Dy'a started eating and drinking(juices of course) under the warm gaze of the old man.

{Third person POV}

During this whole event, something that did go completely unnoticed by both Noit'e and Dy'a was that all the friends of Kalakco or the "old man" as Noit'e & Dy'a calls him, noticed that while this peculiar and naive child was invited by Kalakco like all of them, the old man was treating this particular young one like a cherished and loved grandchild, and many of them understood why, both Noit'e and Dy'a were considered young children and adolescents at best but also were very cute, with this impression being shred by all of the Kalakco friends present there, you could almost hear a few "aaaawwww"s whenever Noit'e and Dy'a ate something they liked and their eyes flashed with strange symbols, which was basically every time they ate or drank anything on the table, or whenever they were to emit waves of pure and innocent happiness but restrained themselves just in time.

Both Kalakco and his friend planned to treat this child very well and protect them as if they were their own child or relative, not that they were going to say it to the child in question, they were planning on doing it from the shadows, and this simple innocent decision on their part would have quite unknow effects on 'their' life going on, as Kalakco and his friends weren't exactly your average joe, but 'they' didn't need to know that last part either, and probably wont discover it until quite some time later, considering how naive and innocent 'they' are.

But the immediate plans Kalakco had were simply to feed this cute child that in his eyes was to thin to his liking, tell his older sister about this child and deal in secret with that bully who calls himself "bank".

"Poor bank, rest in peace" was the thought of some guests who knew what Kalakco was both capable and likely to do once he get his tentacles on said bank, specially so to the appraiser who basically stole from his cute grandchild.

But again, these things weren't known to the cute child in question, the child who was simply and happily eating a nice food a simple and nice old man offered to them.