9 A common day

I enjoy the morning like any other day and get ready for a new day.

I stand in front of the mirror and see my new body that I have in this new life.

After the 'incident' with Loki in my room I thought about what she had said to me.

I hadn't fully investigated my body and just concentrated on cleaning myself and dressing properly, as well as 'acting' like a woman.

My attitude around here is very calm, unless there is something exciting I don't behave in an active way so to speak.

I always have a serious look on my face while I work, I concentrate on what I have to do and when I talk is when I make expressions so that people don't see me as someone without emotions.

But whenever I deliver the food I always do it with a smile to cheer up the visitors. Mama Mia told me to do that to make the customers feel good, they will spend more in the pub and they will come another day, profit for us.

Well, now looking at my body I can say that my skin is always a little paler than others and my eyes are red.

I am not an albino, I checked because if I were the sun would hurt me more than others and for some reason I enjoy sitting and feeling the sunlight on my skin.

My hair is shoulder length and at the moment it's a bit straight because it's a bit wavy at the ends.

It takes me a while to comb my hair for these reasons, at least the water makes it a little easier.

And my breasts.

Curiosity is always on my mind, I don't want to do this first, I have the body of a little girl and I don't want to experience that yet and second, my room is next to the other girls and I might get to let out some kind of strange sound.

When Loki massaged my breasts my brain took a while to respond to the sensation of touch. As I hadn't experienced it I didn't know what to do at that moment and just pushed her away to avoid any problems for me.

But I will never forget the little moan I made.

Putting all my thoughts aside, I put on some short clothes and get ready to take my daily bath.

Before leaving, I carefully take out what I had prepared the night before.

I put on the glasses and the mouth cover to avoid an accident, the gown is not necessary because I am going to take a bath and if I get stained I will be able to remove the liquid on my skin.

Removing the plastic and the lid, which is a plate, I can see the liquid in the bowl.

I grab another bowl that I had brought with me, and place on top of the plate a tea filter paper that I had taken from the grocery store.

I hope Mama Mia doesn't notice.

I hold the paper and pour the mixture over the paper so that only the liquid passes through the paper and the solids stay behind.

This is so that when I try to use the spray some tiny object doesn't get stuck and end up clogging the spray trigger and leave me helpless when I use it.

Now I look at the result and analyze if it is necessary to filter it again so that no residue remains and as far as I can see it is not necessary.

The liquid has a striking reddish color and honestly the smell it has is very strong.

Using a funnel that I collected from the cleaning supplies I place it in a plastic jar and slowly pour the liquid through the funnel to prevent spillage.

Finally I just put the spray cap on the bottle and my scientific component is ready.

Now it just remains to see who to use it on. The toughest person here is Mama Mia, but if I use it on her I may not see the light of tomorrow and I don't want that. I also don't want to use it on my companions as they may see me in a bad light and I don't want to ruin my friendships.

With me less as it could affect my growth in the long run, I am less concerned about others.

Putting everything aside I make my way to the bathroom and step into the tub to enter my deepest thoughts.

After taking a walk around town my mind cleared from the fog of thoughts in my head.

I wondered Why? or How? I don't know how I had appeared in this place and only Loki knew more or less what had happened.

I don't want any more Gods to know about me.

Loki being a trickster knows the importance of information to use it against others.

For Loki I am probably someone too important to let go, at some point she will try to invite me to join her Family which I see as more feasible to do.

If I join Loki she can't do anything against me, there is nothing that belongs to me in this world so they can't threaten me with objects or anything else.

So if I join her Family now she will have to protect me and we all win.

But my age will probably affect me and I don't want to perish quickly. I will wait a few years and when I look old enough I will join a Family with Mama Mia's permission.

Mia wants me to refer to her as Mama Mia so I consider her as my Mother in this world, for that good reason I need her opinion and permission to move forward.

Leaving aside the Family.

What existence will have brought me to this new world, of course it doesn't bother me much, just being a woman a little, as I can experience new things I considered impossible.

There are no continents in this world equal to my old world, the way to travel by sea is through wooden boats or in some cases special boats made by rich people.

There are also the Gods who walk among us, it is impossible for one of them to have brought me, their 'arcanum', which is what they call their divine power, is sealed and they can only use it to give the falna to people.

That's what they say about the Gods, but I think some Gods use it for other things that don't affect them to the point of returning them to heaven.

I can think that it was a God of life or one of death since their domain is much greater than others and they were able to take my soul and bring it with a different body.

Even the existence that brought me here could only have placed my soul in this body and now I will have to fight for control at some point.

Or also a being beyond knowledge simply took me and left me somewhere else.

Power is everything.

And now, Why me?

I'm nobody special. I'm just like anyone else in the world, there were probably people much better qualified than me to have this experience.

Unless multiple people have experienced this and they are in different parts of the world or in another reality than mine so we don't clash here.

I also didn't get off to the best start that I can remember.

My whole body was battered and bruised, I slept for 5 days to recover, I woke up in a different body, at a younger age and in a different world. That's not the best I can get.

At least I don't end up being a half animal to avoid having to take care of my animal ears and tail, I can't imagine someone at some point cutting them off and not being able to regenerate them.

The good thing was that I started at a low age and can grow up to see the dangers of the place. So when I start I can be prepared, I just don't want to see in the future a guy try to pick me up.

It would be disturbing for me, not that I hate it, but I don't like the idea of dating men, I prefer women.

I hope alcohol does not end up with problematic results.

At least the prejudice against women is not as strong as I had imagined.

If this were the Middle Ages or something similar women would be treated as objects or trophies.

This changes with high-level women from various families and the presence of the Goddesses.

Also the Amazoness race can be very strong physically in a natural way. I have heard that they fall in love with a man who defeats them in combat and enters into their preferences.

Amazoness say they want strong offspring so that their daughters will be as strong or stronger than they are, I call it the Amazon instinct.

If it is the case of a powerful being who brought me into this world I may think that I have a marvelous power hidden in me or I am just another one of the bunch.

Putting everything aside I get ready for a new day in this world while trying to become an excellent waitress.

*****

"Riku, yesterday I heard that Mama Mia had scolded you nya" as I entered the kitchen May approached me curious about what had happened to me "Are you ok nya?"

"Well... suppose I want to buy a few things and instead I go on a hike and end up getting involved with other people and take longer than I had scheduled" I said with a grimace as I remembered the Amazoness and how I sent them as a gift to Loki.

"You mustn't do that nya" May scolded me " Remember that Mama Mia is always looking out for us and we can't let anyone stop working, the staff is very limited nya"

"Ha" I let out a small laugh in understanding "Good thing Mama Mia didn't scold me too much, she just put more work on me than I had to"

I honestly don't know if someone like me working here can be considered child exploitation.

Although I am not forced to work or given hard jobs, it is more like a punishment for disobeying orders.

"Right!" I exclaimed excitedly as I snapped my fingers "Today I'm going to teach you new recipes to prepare between us!"

"Really nya?!" May shouted excitedly "How did you come up with that nya?"

"During my walk I observed the different places and the foods that were in some of the street food outlets" I explained as May nodded at my words "And it occurred to me during the night when I was making the food for the pub, this food is something special"

"And what could it be nya?" May asked.

"Fufufu" I chuckled to May's surprise.

"Nya?"

"As the pub has not been open long the food they offer is still limited, as the years go by the menu grows and I will give my share"

"And that would be nya?" May asks me.

"Let's head to the kitchen before we start our thunder May!" exclaim with excitement.

"It's okay nya"

*****

"Do you have all the ingredients listed?"

"Yes nya! It's all on the table nya!"

"Our time to keep Mama Mia from scolding us?"

"There's still time nya!"

"Well" lifting the ingredients and placing each one to have the process much faster than normal.

"What are we going to do nya?"

I put on the best smile of happiness I could in the last days of my new life and could see May puzzled but still had her curiosity.

"It's called Pizza"

I smiled as I flashed an excited smile at the sparkle in May's eyes.

*****

"Thanks for the food nya!" May said as she smiled out of pure happiness having tried a few pieces of the pizza.

Getting things ready to recreate the pizza was difficult in one way or another.

Several ingredients I bought beforehand during my walks in the city. I had never enjoyed a city walk in my life.

I could say that I only left my house in my old life if work called for it or I needed to buy things for my day to day life, I also took the dog out to enjoy walking.

Finding some things around here was a bit tricky. Mama Mia has trusted places and people with whom we can trade the necessary products and not spend a lot of money on them.

For some reason my head told me to look for different places and see which was the best option to get a taste similar to the one I knew.

I wouldn't be able to do this if I hadn't accompanied my family those times when we would buy food for parties or, in some cases, prepare a special food because you had a craving.

It helped to learn to cook on my own.

"So May, what do you think of my food?" I asked watching her out of the corner of my eye as she chewed another slice.

The cat girl nodded with a face full of happiness "It's delicious nya!"

"How did you come up with this nya?" May asked.

"When I looked at the pub food I imagined myself in the future, if I kept eating the same thing I would probably stop liking a lot of things"

"So I had several ideas and started to write it down before going to sleep" a book with my old language to avoid problems and someone stealing it.

But I must be careful with the Gods they might understand.

"This... I have no words nya"

"What's wrong?" I asked curiously, her face showed a lot of things and I wanted to know.

"It's great to try something new nya, when I taught you how to cook you were showing that you had no knowledge of cooking nya, but every time I showed you something you learned it very fast nya"

I could only blink in my confusion and give her an incredulous look "Quick, I just copied what you did and that's it" I had the same thing happen to me when cleaning my old house I had the need to learn and here too.

If a person wants to learn something new there are three ways to learn it.

With the passage of time, learning by study and finally learning by necessity.

"That's nya"

"Is something wrong?" with concern I asked the cat girl why she was telling me these things. The last thing I want is for someone I get along with around here to hate me.

"No" May shook her head as she gave me a smile, which I was quite relieved "I just feel proud of you nya"

"... What?"

"Realize nya! I was left in your charge to teach you how to cook and after several days you have been giving details to the food nya, Mama was happy to see that the work was going great for you!"

I snorted at her words and the emotion she was showing. May looked like a big sister proud to have taught her little sister how to walk.

"What can I say? I learned from the best" I replied as I scratched my cheek with a finger embarrassed by what I said.

"Yes nya! You even enjoyed the pats on the head Mama Mia gave you!" May reminded me of what Mia did every time she complimented me.

"What can I say, they felt good" I mumbled with a pout on my face, I didn't deny that I liked it but somehow Mama Mia made it feel good and with her congratulations she made my day.

"Nyahahahaha" May laughed at me and I just gave her an iconic smile for her behavior.

I was glad to have time with someone else in this new life.

We were enjoying a simple but delicious meal without worrying about our surroundings.

But that didn't last forever.

*BAM*

The door burst open

"You two! What are you supposed to be doing?! There are too many orders to place for you to be slacking off!"

""Hiiiiii!""

May and I hugged each other at Mia's fear, we were trembling under her gaze and there wasn't much we could do without her scolding us.

"So What happened here?!" Mama Mia shouted with narrowed eyes.

"They can't be wasting time for a while, I even saw you brat, you were rushing to get the job done" Mia growled in a stern tone as she raised her fist menacingly towards us.

I just swallowed hard and stood up at the sight of Mama, I could even see Syr peeking through the door giving us a somewhat concerned but slightly amused look.

I saw a slice of pizza on the floor which I gave May a sidelong glance, but she was already starting to crawl somewhere.

I took May's hands and pulled them away from my body and to prevent her from doing anything I gave her a spatula to defend herself in case of emergency.

I raised my arm at Mama Mia's gaze and pointed to the table where the pizza was.

She arched an eyebrow at what I was seeing and let out a sigh which I also saw as an annoyed grunt.

Mia took a slice and saw several condiments around it, she saw them one by one and decided better not to put anything on it to savor the food in its base state.

And then Mia took a bite out of it.

"Hm" Mia hummed after tasting it and closed her eyes, I can think she was tasting it.

I saw May running away from behind Mama Mia and being pushed by Syr to keep her from escaping. I gave her a look of betrayal, but she denied and ran off to work.

Mia took a condiment and placed some of it on the slice she was holding and in the same way as a moment ago she took a bite.

Mama Mia gave me a sidelong glance as she let out an annoyed sigh.

"Go back to work" Mia told me in a clear tone.

"Huh?" I was puzzled and with a blank face at what she said.

First Mia comes in screaming, scares the hell out of us by her arrival, and now she tells me to go back to work.

What happened?

"Get back to work brat!" Mia yelled back at me much louder and angrier.

"Hai Mama Mia!" I exclaimed in fear and quickly left the room.

I think something came into her head and I forgive myself, her temperament of her is very complicated.

She can be normal one moment and then suddenly be angry and grumpy.

At least I got out of there whole.

*****

Mia was very upset because her workers were wasting their time somewhere and left work to do other things.

Her new employee had shown splendid efficiency in performing the work Mia had instructed her to do.

For the first few days Riku would put on a thoughtful face and then start working without a problem.

Although Riku was easily distracted and put aside what she was doing, after a few moments Riku returned to focus on what she was doing and obtained good results.

Riku was learning quickly from May and now there was a new cook who relieved the work in making the food, there was only the need to deliver the food in a short time to avoid the hassle of people coming in.

Like most girls Riku had some mishap in her life and ended up forgotten in an alley to die but for Syr she probably would have died bleeding to death from her wounds.

When Mia had a talk with Riku. She discovered that the girl sometimes used truth and lies together when they argued about something and so Riku created a new result, in other words Riku knew how to hide lies but didn't want to do it.

Mia didn't question it, but in case Riku did something that affected her girls she would pay dearly for it.

After several days Riku proved to be very nice and friendly with the other girls. The lies Riku used are probably about her past and she doesn't want to bring it back.

Although her past would probably come back at some point and end up affecting Riku more than it should and she would suffer for something.

After the talk Riku and Loki had Mia could see that the girl was happier and more satisfied with herself, there was probably an exchange of words and Riku found a way to move on.

That pleased Mia, to see her girls whom she considered her daughters, overcome their problems and live happily.

Back to the main problem.

When Mia entered the room next to the kitchen she could see May and Riku enjoying a meal but unfortunately because of the shock May dropped it and Riku gave May a questionable look as if she felt bad for dropping her food.

Mia came in angry and questioned why they were wasting their time and not working.

Riku pointed to a place where there was a variety of condiments, but there was a food in the shape of a circle with several pieces missing.

Mia gave her a calculating look and prepared the food while reading the recipe that was handmade.

A dish called pizza which can be made with a variety of ingredients and this was one of them. A very simple but delicious according to the written words, something basic.

Mia tasted it and could tell that for a simple food it was delicious and the ingredients to make it were not many.

I can see May slipping away, but then I would scold her.

Mia just told Riku to go back to work and the girl only showed confusion. So Mia yelled at her again and Riku went out without any hesitation.

That girl is very interesting. Watching her work Mia could understand that Riku was curious and intelligent when it came to watching others.

Riku had ideas at every turn and looked for easy ways to do tasks effectively.

First she brings her idea of the molcajete, which is a much different method than the blender, very simple and inexpensive to make.

But the mortar can be used at will and you get a unique and special flavor. You can also use it with small objects and avoid using other objects that could end up broken.

Mia is grateful to have known and cared for her for the last few days.

Not for nothing is it called Mama Mia.

Mia hoped to know what Riku will do in the future and also wanted to see her grow up like the others.