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Still, even that wasn't enough time to clean up the mess that had been left behind.
His fellow cook, a Cat-Girl called May, was still cleaning up the kitchen and washing up their pots and pans. Normally he'd help her, but given that the pile of dirty dishes left was just as tall as he was, he chose to help the waitresses with rinsing those instead. It was only Syr and Ryuu; the others were outside, mopping the tables.
"Let me give you a hand," he said as he took a small stack to his own basin.
"Thanks Godou!" Syr said excitedly, while Ryuu made a small grunt in acknowledgement. As he rinsed and soaped the plates, he found himself staring at the Elfish ears of Ryuu. The existence of demihumans in this world was something he'd never experienced in any other. Still though, he'd been in this world for almost two weeks now, and there appeared to be no sign of going back. A knot of worry formed in his gut. This...wasn't going to be a permanent thing now, was it?
The trio washed their dishes in silence for a while, with even the normally chatty human girl Syr overwhelmed by the task in front of her. But with time, the mountain decreased, and Godou found himself caught in the attention of both girls. He tried to ignore it at first, but glances turned into deep stares.
"Um, yes?" he finally addressed the elephant in the room, turning to face them.
"Godou," Syr pressed her fingers together. "A lot of us have been wondering...how come you're not an adventurer?"
The question caught him by surprise. As far as he was concerned, most of the citizens in Orario weren't adventurers, though with the Dungeon right smack in the middle, a lot of their jobs did revolve around them. He shrugged. "The same reason why Ryuu isn't, I guess. Or why Mama Mia isn't despite being one of the strongest people I've seen so far."
He didn't count the Gods, who frequented the establishment, since they couldn't technically use their powers. A popular place among Familias, he kept to the kitchen as long as there were customers, not wanting to be recognized.
He could see Ryuu tense, momentarily stopping her washing. "We all have our reasons, Syr. It's better not to pry. Mama Mia trusts him, and that's all that matters."
"Thank you, Ryuu," he said. Then he turned back to Syr. "Why would you think I want to be an adventurer?"
She blushed. "I mean...you're him right? The guy that stumbled out of the Dungeon covered in blood a week ago? The one that all the Gods are trying to recruit into their Familias?"
He blinked.
"Syr eavesdrops...a lot," Ryuu explained calmly.
The human girl didn't even look ashamed. "I haven't told anyone else yet! I know you want to keep it a secret, but I'm just so curious! They say that you're at least a Level Five."
Hanging around a tavern where adventurers visited and listening to the gossip of the waitresses had given Godou a decent grasp of the how adventurers and their Familias worked. A Level Five was nothing to scoff at, but Godou was quite certain he surpassed that.
"Hmmm, I just don't like all that fighting and magic stuff," he told her. Really, he'd had enough. He was determined to treat his time in Orario as nothing more than a break from all supernatural affairs, and he saw no better way to achieve his goal than to get a mundane job and live a mundane life. "It gets annoying after a while. I just want to have a normal life, do normal things, and die normally."
Syr frowned. "That sounds...boring."
Godou grinned. "Trust me, boring is good. When you've lived a life like mine, you learn to appreciate the little stuff," Godou said. "Being able to wake up and not wonder if today is the day you die. Not having random things attacking you for no reason. It feels good going to sleep, knowing that next day is going to end up exactly the same as the previous."
"I've never thought of it that way, I suppose. What about you, Ryuu? Do you miss being an adventurer?"
The Elf kept quiet for a while, and Godou thought she wouldn't be replying at all until she softly said, "sometimes I miss the people."
Godou sighed. Sometimes he did too
Trouble brewed the day the Loki Familia visited the bar. It wasn't Godou's first time cooking for them, and every time he heard Loki's high-pitched voice, he'd take extra precaution to not get seen and stick to the back of the kitchen.
They were a loud bunch, and today, their werewolf member was regaling to the whole bar that they'd unintentionally let Minotaurs escape to the Upper Floors, and how they'd
had to save one particular adventurer from it.
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