2 Chapter 2: How to earn money

"Mmmmm! This is delicious!" Yoshinon exclaimed. He was eating an apple. That's right, an apple in a ramen restaurant. Apparently after the ramen was delivered, Yoshinon took a mouthful of ramen and tried swallowing it. However, either because the noodles were too long or they didn't taste good to him, he immediately spit them out, staining the entire table.

"Bad Yoshinon, you shouldn't waste food like that you know?" Shido reprimanded his puppet. Currently, Yoshinon was seated opposite Shido in the form of a rabbit puppet. Although he doesn't have legs, he could still hop about in his seat.

"Sorry Shido, but I don't like the taste. It's too greasy..." Yoshinon complained. "I want something sweeter and fresher!"

'Sigh, what am I going to do with you?' Shido thought internally. "Well, this restaurant doesn't ha-" He was in the middle of telling Yoshinon that there weren't any sweet things when the owner interrupted.

"Hey kid, here's an apple for you. Nice quirk you have by the way." The owner's gruff voice entered their ears. Yoshinon, who saw the fresh apple offered immediately jumped up and snatched it away from the owner and ate the entire thing, the stalk included within 3 bites.

"Nice apple you've got there shop owner! Shido, I want more!" Yoshinon whined.

Having no other choice, he agreed to his request. "Thank you for the apple owner-san. Do you have more for him? I'll pay for them." Shido asked the owner.

"I do have more. But you don't have to pay for it. I'll give you the apples for free." The owner told him.

" And why would you do that? Giving me apples for free?" Even Yoshinon, who was usually playful turned serious and asked him. The atmosphere suddenly turned cold, and the table started to freeze slightly.

The shop owner was slightly startled at the ice, and hurriedly explained himself. "Hey hey, relax. There's no ulterior motive at all. I just wanted to thank you for bringing in more business for me. Ever since you entered here more people (mostly girls) also came to dine here." Hearing that, Yoshinon calmed down and started eating his apple, at a slower pace this time.

Seeing the owner's startled expression, Shido apologised. "Sorry owner-san, Yoshinon was just worried for me. After all, we can't trust anyone, especially people who are nice to others without a reason. It's just too suspicious."

"It's okay, it's normal to be suspicious after all. Well, here's five apples for you." Thanking him, Shido took them and put them in his shadow dimension without anyone knowing. After Shido finished eating his ramens, he paid for them before leaving. "Bye owner-san!"

"Bye boy! Come again soon!" The owner bid them goodbye before returning to the kitchen.

Walking back out to the streets, Shido faced a new problem. What should he do now that they've eaten and drank his fill? "What should we do now, Yoshinon?" He asked his puppet as he walked down the streets, without any specific place to go.

"Hmmm, since you don't want to use the fake money, why don't we earn some now?" Yoshinon suggested. He honestly didn't mind using fake money, but since Shido didn't want to, he didn't force it.

"I see. Let's do it then." After saying this, he summoned another item.

[Rasiel!]

A book appeared and floated in his hand. People were staring at him, wondering why he suddenly used his quirk in the middle of the street. Shido didn't know it wasn't allowed, and he wouldn't care either even if he did know. Opening Rasiel, he asked,"Now let's see...how can I earn money?"

Although he could just brainwash a random shop owner and force them to hire him, he didn't want to work. He wanted to enjoy himself while earning some money in the process. Money is important to him, yes, but not priority. He wanted to enjoy his life. Although he couldn't recall any memories from before, he wanted to live his life as a new one. Although his clock could allow him to peek into the past of anything and anyone, he had a feeling that it wouldn't help him in the slightest. And he trusted his feelings.

He focused his search on how to earn money without tedious work. Although his book could be said to be almost omniscient, in order to use this ability he has to consciously think about the subject he is looking into and his Angel does not automatically detect any danger coming to the user. It is also incapable of giving information about a person's inner thoughts and events that have not occurred yet. Another limitation is that the Angel can only give facts, as it cannot tell Shido subjective information like what he should do when she's unsure of herself.

[1.Brainwash someone to give you money

2. Become a mascot of some companies

3. Become a hero

4. Heal others

5. Become a paid assassin

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35. Become a street performer

36. Become an idol]

Seeing all the choices available for him, he narrowed it down to a few for himself. He didn't want to work under somebody, so everything related to working for someone was instantly removed.

"Street performer huh?" Shido mumbled.

"Shido becoming a street performer? I think it would work. You are pretty and I'm handsome. People would naturally be attracted to us!" Yoshinon shamelessly declared.

The people surrounding them looked at his weirdly, and thought that he was being shameless, even if he was actually quite cute. "You think so?" Shido confirmed with him,"Do you really think we can do it?"

"Yes! And after we sing, we can go buy some apples!" Yoshinon reassured him.

"Well, if you say so. I trust you."

"But do you know how to sing or perform anything?" Yoshinon asked an important question.

"I don't know, but I know instinctively that I am able to play the piano and sing?" Shido was unsure. He didn't know why he knew all the songs in his head and how to play the piano.

"Hmmm...let's try first. If it doesn't work we can just find another way." Yoshinon said.

As Rasiel disappeared, he summoned his piano.

[Gabriel!]