16 Changing Lifestyle

"Wuaahh..." I woke up from my stupor—no, no, no, I woke up from my sleep after a nightmare.

My head was so dizzy, my body suddenly had a fever, even my body was so weak, even though last night I was only in this room there.

"What was that dream just now?"

What I dreamed of felt so real, but when I woke up, the dream slowly disappeared from my memory. I know that it was just a dream, but this dream of mine is different from usual.

The dream was so dim when I woke up from this deep sleep. But a glimpse of a face still lingers in my memory. What I saw was the face of Karin Nakano who kept asking me not to leave, and her face was full of tears as if she didn't want to lose something important.

It's just a dream, but it feels so real to me, even like I've been through.

"Hmm... bad, I have to run."

Feeling dizzy too thinking about it, I decided to get out of my bed for some reason.

After 1 week out of the hospital, I stayed in a hotel. All of my maintenance costs until I get old, all of which are paid by the government on the condition that I become a member of the military to participate in eradicating Astral.

Since I came from a place they couldn't protect and it was also their fault, they are responsible for what I've been through. The government will pay for all my expenses because they feel I am a shared responsibility.

And the one who did it all was Karin Nakano, who was the daughter of the leader of the government called the Wlynina Association.

I only knew that, because she was the one who took care of this and forced me to enter the Wlynina Military School.

She asked me to come in because I have a knack for combat, as I once fought those creatures using a katana. It was my fault for wanting to work too much and didn't want to just sit there at that time. If only I had followed their words, maybe my fate wouldn't be like this, and I could find a job in this city and live in peace. But the porridge has become rice, so what can I do—wait, isn't it upside down?

And the reason I quickly got up from this bed was that I no longer wanted to see food and drink suddenly appear on the table, beside my bed.

Since yesterday, I have always been afraid of the appearance of food and drink on the table, even I was afraid that it was the work of a ghost. I feel that this hotel is a bit haunted to live in.

I squatted down and looked at the table with a sharp gaze without looking anywhere.

"Hmmm..."

And today is also the day I started school there. I wanted to skip and get out of this neighborhood and enjoy my freedom in this city, but because of her presence, Shiva and Karin, kept me locked up in the cage they created. This is annoying, I can't work anymore.

Continuing to pay close attention to the table, I unconsciously almost fell asleep. But luckily, my concentration was awake again.

"Oh, luckily."

"Ouch..."

BLEEK!!! Suddenly a bowl containing still hot chicken soup fell onto my head, it made me ache and scream, "AWWWWWWW".

I moved here and there because my head hurt.

And after a while, suddenly water splashed on my head.

"Aa... I tripped over this bed earlier."

With the pain gone from the splashing water, I immediately looked at the source of the sound.

When I looked at it, I knew that it was Karin Nakano who was wearing her uniform and holding a glass in her hand.

I turned to the door, and it was still tightly closed. It was certain that she's existence surprised me a bit.

"Woah..." I was startled and jumped back. "W-Why are you even here?" I immediately covered my body with my hands, "you must be doing stuff while I sleep, huh?!"

"No, I didn't do anything like that."

Seeing her beauty this morning, I feel that her beauty will remain the same in the eyes of others. After all, her face was so white with her long black hair. Plus, the uniform made her body so beautiful to look at for so long.

But still, she has messed up with my body. I must have been tainted by her since yesterday.

I looked at the bowl, the glass in her hands and the watch she was wearing, looked at the door, saw her face, then thought for a moment.

"Why?"

"So you're the ghost."

I know seeing her wearing a watch like Shiva, so she could disappear at any moment. Shiva had shown this to me since the hospital, disappearing after pressing a button on her watch. And chances are, she's the one who gives me food and drinks every morning, not the ghost I thought she was.

But, how did she get in here?

"Akio, you have to..." Shiva suddenly appeared behind the door and replaced her words when she saw Karin Nakano in front of me and also saw me in this wet condition.

"Aa… I forgot to lock it."

Okay, she came in through that door I didn't lock. And every morning, she's the one who gives me breakfast, not this hotel maid.

Noticing the 2 women who were bothering me, I slowly walked towards the closet and took my clothes. Then after that, seeing the open door, I quickly ran away from them.

"Wait!"

Ignoring the voices of the two of them, I continued to run along this corridor.

"Do not want!"

I tried to open several doors, but they were locked.

My wish is to stay away from these two. I want my life to be free like an eagle soaring high. If I confronted them, I would be silenced.

Even though my body is weak right now, but I will step forward to achieve my current wish. I won't be weak just because of this alone. I'm not that kind of person, I'm a hard worker. So, this is no problem for me.

When I managed to open an unlocked door, I immediately went inside and looked for a place to hide.

However, what I saw right now was a woman wearing only a towel.

"Kyaaah… pervert!!!"

Some cosmetic items were thrown at me by her.

"Sorry." I quickly got out of this room. "W-Why didn't she lock her room, even though she's still in clothes that aren't worth looking at."

While saying that, I looked left and right to confirm the presence of the two women.

Feeling safe, I ran to the right.

But unfortunately, in front of me suddenly appeared Shiva and behind me Karin Nakano.

"Catch him, Shiva!"

Seeing Shiva who was ready to cover my head with a black cloth in her hand, I tried to look down. However, Shiva who read my movement immediately lowered the black cloth quickly before I managed to look down.

"I can."

My head was covered by the cloth, it made it impossible for me to see anything and to breathe.

Why am I this shit?

"Good. Now, take him to his room."

Shiva locked both my hands with her and one hand was holding my head, I'm like a thief who has just been caught by the police at this point. It's embarrassing to see, even though I didn't do anything bad to them. This is a sad fate for me.

Ah, ah... I want to work.

My life before every time I woke up going straight to the rice fields to work, has now changed. Now, I have to deal with their appearance when I just woke up. Worse yet, they didn't let me go to work in this city. I'm stuck here. I beg you, anyone helps me!

Yeah, even so, I was taught them about life in this world, from politeness to how to deal with the higher-ups in the Wlynina Association.

The politeness I have to maintain first is to call out the name of someone I just met. I can't call her name right away, so I have to call her surname first. After someone I just met allowed me to call her name, I was allowed to call her name.

I'm being rude about this. After all, my neighborhood used to be where old people lived. So, I have no friends in my association and only Shiva is my friend.

So from now on, I should be able to be polite to people I just met.

After being thrown back on my bed, I opened the cloth and saw Karin Nakano and Shiva looking at me.

"Shut up there!!!"

Hearing Karin's firm voice shocked me instantly.

"Ugh..."

"Akio, you can't mess around here. You don't know anything about this city. You should have followed what I taught you." Shiva advised me, I am like a baby. "This city is different from where we live, so don't act weird, let alone suddenly disappear to find a job for you."

"Yes, sorry." I looked down and couldn't do anything.

Karin took off her white gloves and slapped me lightly.

"AW..." Even though it didn't hurt, I just wanted to scream for help to get rid of this.

"Don't run away again! I'll get some more breakfast for you, wait here."

Quickly, Karin suddenly disappeared from my sight.

Now, it seems that I have become a slave, and they are the queens. I have to get out of this castle, after all. A good slave is a slave who can escape from his queen.

Since it was only Shiva in this room, I immediately thought of various ways to escape from here.

I have 3 plans for this. First, I would scream to make other people come, it would give me an opening to escape. The second, I pushed her and ran straight away. The third, seduce her like a romantic man.

Of the three plans, I have to choose now.

"OK." I got up from this bed and approached Shiva. Seeing the bowl on the floor, I immediately took it and showed it to Shiva. "Shiva-chan, do you know what this bowl means to me?"

"..." Shiva was confused by what I said.

"Just as this bowl can make me smile, you can make me smile too, Shiva-chan."

PLAAK!!! I suddenly slapped her hard.

"What the hell are you doing? Why are you reaching me with a bowl, huh?! I am a human, not an object!"

Okay, I regret choosing the third plan.

Alright, I'll combine the first plan with my second plan.

"Help me!!!" I shouted after gently pushing Shiva back and ran straight for the door.

But when I just arrived at the door, Karin was already there with a bowl in her hand, and she accidentally threw the bowl at my face in surprise.

"Aaa..."

"HOT!!!" I screamed because it felt so hot on my face.

I have had this kind of misfortune since I was here. Destiny like this shouldn't befall me, because I'm just a human trying to stay alive after my parents sacrificed their lives for me.

I do fault with what I did, namely, I was not polite to others, but in this condition, I feel that this is not following what I did.

Whether it's bad luck or maybe luck, I will still move forward to stay alive with a smile.

"Karin and Shiva-chan, I forgive you. So… let me work!!!" I immediately ran to escape from here, but Shiva and Karin immediately pulled me back into the room. "Anyone, help me!!!"