It must be this place. Can’t imagine having two places with a sign “Best sweets in Flark” in one city. By the way, what “Flark” even is? Is this the name of this city? If it is, then it’s a stupid one.

I looked at the place. It seemed nice, with two big windows, through which you could see the inside of a well lit shop, and a single wooden door. The building was big, but it was a lot smaller than the guild.

Well, there was no time to waste. Every second I stay outside, every second this girl gets to catch me. That’s why I quickly knocked on the door, and when the voice of an old woman from inside said “It’s open”, I went inside.

What I saw there… Well, I can believe now, that this place has best sweets in Flark. As I looked around, watching the cakes, croissants, chocolate buns, and other desserts, I was greeted by a small, and old lady.

“I was about to close, but it seems that you will be my last customer for today.” she said, and smiled.

She was standing behind the counter, in an apron, and an old, white dress with red dots. I don’t know how old she was, but she looked like a sixty years old woman, with a fairly gray hair made into a bun, and a face full of wrinkles.

I didn’t respond immediately, because I was looking at the things she was selling. The only thing I have had in this world, was an old soup and a glass of water. A glass of water is obvious, and the soup was given to me by Eri. Can’t say it was the best thing I have ever eaten.

“Ah, don’t worry about that. I don’t have any money.” I responded after some time.

“Oh? You don’t have any money?” she said, as she looked at me with colder eyes “Then could you get out?”

Whoa. Can’t anyone be kind to me in this world?

“Ah, it’s not like that. I’m here to give you this.” I said, as I took the envelope from my pocket. When I handed it to her, her expression became even worse.

“Don’t tell me, that it’s from this witch.” she said, with an angry voice.

A witch? Did she mean Eri?

“Oh… Yeah, it is from this witch.” I responded, and she looked at me.

“Are you her new puppet? If you are, then I advise you to get away from her as fast as you can.” she then said, almost as if she had a grudge.

Well, I didn’t say anything, but this is the thing that I want to do. I’m only here because of that potion, and because I need a place to stay. She can give me both of them.

“By the way. I don’t want it to sound stupid, but is this city called Flark?” I asked, and she took another glance at me.

“Are you an idiot? Of course this city is called Flark. There is only one city called like that in the whole kingdom!”

“The whole kingdom?” I said, and this time she seemed to be surprised.

“Who are you? Someone in your age should know things like that.”

I can understand her words, but I have been living in this world for a few hours. It would be hard for me to know those things. At first I was too confused, to think about them, but now I have the opportunity to learn about the place I will spend the rest of my life in.

“Let’s say I’m someone from far away. Anyway, what is this kingdom?”

“Hmm… If you say so. It’s not like I can’t tell you those things. We are now in the kingdom of Beorean. It is the biggest kingdom of the west, if you don’t count the kingdoms of Cu…”

“Okay, I’m sorry. I don’t really care.” I interrupted her, and she looked at me displeased.

“Weren’t you the one, that wanted to know those things?”

“Yeah, yeah. I know, but I forgot how boring can this be in games.” I said, but it’s not like she would understand me “Anyway, what do you know about the demon king? It’s something that interests me more.”

“A demon king? You don’t even know that much? Well, they call him the demon king, but he isn’t a threat for us.”

Wait, what?

“Why?”

“He doesn’t attack us anymore. I don’t know why, but I have never even seen a demon, and I lived for some time.”

Ahh… So this is the case....

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Why was I reborn in this world! She said that they have a problem with demon king!

Ehh, nothing good will come from this. I shouldn’t get angry. I was the one that didn’t want to fight with the demon king. When I think about this, it’s better that way. I will just live the rest of my life, working in a shitty job…

It’s all because of that dog!

“Anyway, I did what I needed to. I must go back, or the “witch” will get angry at me.” I said suppressing my urge to break something, and the woman looked at me with a smile.

“Don’t want to make her angry, do you?” she said, and grabbed one of the chocolate buns “Here, take this with you. For your service.”

Oh, is this the first act of kindness towards me?

“There is no reason to cry because of that. Just take it.”

“Thank you.” I said, as I took the bun from her hand. It was cold, probably because it was baked in the morning, but I was still happy.

“Goodbye, and thank you.” I said, as I approached the door.

“Yeah, yeah. Just go.” was the last thing I heard, and then I went outside.

Fortunately, this weird girl in wizard hat wasn’t there. It seemed that she gave up. I still came back using other road. There was no need to risk meeting her, and I had more time to eat the bun that this lady gave me.

When I came back, the guild wasn’t as full as before. Many of the people left, and both of the girls were now doing nothing.

“Oh, you came back? Did you have any problems?” Eri said, when I entered the room. She was now counting the money, that she earned today.

“Didn’t have any. I did what you wanted.” I said, and she smiled at me.

“Knew I could rely on you. Anyway, as you can see, we don’t have much more customers. If you want, you can have a room, and go to rest.”

Is this a trap? Is she going to tell me, that she won’t give me any money, because I went to sleep early?

“Why are you looking at me like that? I’m not lying. We will take care of everything with Mika, won’t we?” when she said that, the girl with dog ears looked at me.

“Y-Yeah, we will take care of everything.”

Well, I don’t see a reason not to trust them. I don’t remember working that hard in my life before. I don’t remember working at all to be precise.

“I will take my leave then.” I said, and took one of the keys from Eri. After that I opened the door that was on the right of the counter.

Might as well go to sleep. I’m too tired to think about anything.

When I went there, I saw a small corridor with a few doors on the both sides of it. All of them were the rooms for people that were staying in this place. A room like this doesn’t cost that much, so it’s a good way for adventurers to spend the night.

I just went to the nearest one to the right.

“Turn on!” I shouted, and a small, red orb on the ceiling illuminated the room. If I didn’t know better, then I would say that it was a lamp or something. Well, it wasn’t, it was some kind of magical device. I saw Eri do this a few times, so I knew how to use it.

“It’s not that bad…” I said, after looking at the room.

It was small, but it had a nice looking bed, with a large chest behind it. It was probably for the equipment. I didn’t have things like this, so I just locked the room, and covered the window.

After that I went to bed, thinking about the whole day.

It was bad. Maybe not everything, but most of it wasn’t good at all...

Is it because of my luck? Why do I even have zero luck? Is it possible? I remember playing lottery in the old world… There was no way that I would win! And what is with that intelligence! I don’t think it should be a ten outta ten, but five?

Ahh, there is no reason to think about those things.

“Turn off!” I shouted, and the orb stopped shining. After that I went to sleep. I was tired. Too tired to think about anything, and too tired to be angry. I just wanted, to sleep so that’s what I did.

I was woken up by Eri, but I don’t know for how much I have been sleeping.

“How much do you want to stay there!?” she said with a displeased voice, while knocking on the door “We need to prepare for the morning.”

“Let me sleep!”

“Who do you think you are?! Do you want me to throw you out?”

Ahh...

“I’m going!” I just said, and went to open the door. I wanted to sleep some more, but there was no reason to fight with her.

“Come with me.” she said, when she saw me. I did as she told me to, and we went to the bigger room.

“You can’t sleep for so long Ryan. We have a lot of work to do now. Don’t you understand?” she said, as she approached the counter.

“Good morning!” I heard a voice coming from the door to the guild, and when I looked into it’s direction I saw the familiar girl with dog’s ears. She was wearing a casual clothing now, and she looked nice in it.

“Oh, good morning Mika. You are early today.” Eri said, and the girl smiled.

“Yeah, I woke up earlier than usual.”

After that, Eri looked at both of us. She looked as she was thinking about something, and after that she started speaking.

“Before we will start, let me give you the money for yesterday.”

Money for yesterday? Finally! I worked for so long, so I want some money now! One day of work is worth three vlawnias. Those golden coins are called like that. Anyway, I don’t know how much it will take me to earn one hundred coins, but I know that it’s better than doing some reckless things.

“This is for you…” Eri said, as she handed Mika the money. Three coins, I could see it.

Yeah, yeah. Do it faster! Give me my money!

“And this is for you Ryan.”

Wait, what is that! It’s not even an one coin! What are those bronze things?!

“What is that?” I asked, and she smiled.

“Those are small vlawnias. One of them is worth as much as one hundredth of vlawnia, and you now have fifteen of them.”

“No! You didn’t understand me! Why do I have only those things! She got three, normal coins.” I said, and pointed at Mika. She just looked at me scared, as if she did something wrong.

“Well, you ate my soup, and after that you rented a room in here. It’s not like I can give you more.”

“I rented a room!? It’s not like anyone would rent it anyway! You didn’t lose any money!” I shouted, but she didn’t seem to care.

“Oh, Ryan. I can’t give my stuff for free, but don’t worry. I will hire you for as long, as you need.”

I looked at her. She really was a witch!

“I’m not your slave!” I said, and she smiled.

“Do you think you will find a better job in here? With those skills of yours?”

I looked at her. She planned this from the beginning. Yeah, she planned everything from the beginning, and it was all because of that stupid dog!

I don’t want to spend here the rest of my life! I knew it! I knew from the beginning that I will live my whole life, while working in a shitty job, but this is too much! I don’t want it! Can someone just save me!?

“Is it open?” I heard a cute voice from the door, and it broke this short silence.

When I looked into its direction, I saw a familiar girl in a pointy hat.