Ilaya felt that she had been doused with cold water and shivered
'I'm so stupid! Why did I even decide to find the killer's hiding spot and even sleep there! Do I have a death wish!?'
She suddenly felt unsafe at the realization that the killer that's terrorizing the city almost targeted her. She looked around anxiously to see I there's a person following her. She didn't see anyone
Ilaya started walking while thinking
'I think it's better to postpone my search for a while. I'll only search at daytime if I'm going to search, and leave before the sun comes down'
She soon found a convenience store and bought her food. She started her breakfast while walking back to the store. As she walked back, her expression now is similar to the faces of people when she's on her way to buy food
She arrived on the restaurant at 6:30 and starts to get busy. She took a bath and brush her teeth, after she finished. She started to clean around the place as she has nothing to do. She finished sweeping the place for about an hour and started to inspect the cooking utensils at the kitchen. After that, she sat at the counter while looking uncomfortable, she had nothing to do and extremely bored
"Maybe it's better for me to go outside and search again. Every minute will feel like hours if this continues"
But I don't have the key to the restaurant, I already took a risk of leaving the front door unlocked while I bought my breakfast. But leaving the place unlocked while I wandered away is irresponsible. The owner trust me so he decided to leave the place to me, and I don't want to break his trust
'If the owner arrives when I'm not inside the restaurant and finds that the door is unlocked. I'll be so embarrassed that I would want to beat myself too'
Ilaya the sighed
"Waiting here it is"
She then took her notepad at the staff room and walks back to counter. She then started scribbling and did other things to let time pass. When the time arrived at 11:30, the owner arrived at the restaurant and looked at Ilaya with confused expression
"Why is your expression like that?"
Ilaya then sighed and said
"Good morning owner, I'm just bored to death while waiting for you two. I can't even go out because I don't have the key to this place. So that's that"
The owner then walked towards the counter and said
"I will give you a spare key later. But first, give me my seat"
Ilaya then shrugged and got up and sat at the chair in front of the counter
"By the way, owner, what's your name? I know Mars' name now but I still don't know your's?"
The owner sat at his chair and said to Ilaya
"Just call me boss or owner, my name doesn't matter"
Ilaya looked at him and didn't continue the topic. She instead talk about the recent murders around the city
"By the way, did you hear the news about the recent killings? What is your thoughts about that?"
The owner then said
"What are my thoughts on it? I hope that the killer can be killed quickly"
Well yeah, a person like that deserves to be beaten to death
The owner ask Ilaya
"By the way, did you have your lunch already? Also, did you have breakfast early on?"
"I didn't have my lunch yet, I decided that I'll wait for you two to eat together. As for my breakfast, I already had one"
The owner then nodded
"Good, By the way, do you want an advance payment? You said that you didn't have money anymore"
Ilaya then hesitantly ask
"Is that okay?"
I really needed money to buy my necessary things, as well as my damn phone. My money now is only enough for a meal, so I needed money
The owner then smiled and said
"It's okay, since I decided to help you, I need to do it thoroughly"
Ilaya then looked at the owner face and didn't say anything
It's nice to have someone who cares about me. I wonder if someone is also looking for me and worried about me? Can I find them?
Ilaya then said to the owner
"Then I'll take an advance payment, thank you owner"
The owner then waved his hand then started reaching inside his bag and said
"You'll be working hard on your payment anyway so it doesn't matter"
The owner then got his wallet and took out cash from it, then he gave it to Ilaya
"Here, you can go buy what you want to buy and get back here at 12:30"
Ilaya nodded and took the money from the owner's hand. She then said
"Thank you owner. Then I'll go out for a bit"
The owner then nodded and got busy assorting the papers in the counter. Ilaya goes to the staff room to place the money in her backpack and only takes half of it.
She then walked out of the room then walked out of the shop, she started looking for a phone shop
"I'll try to call Yamato later, I hope that the landlord agrees to my request"
Ilaya then found a phone shop and entered it to buy one. She looked the phones with sparking eyes and as she looked at the prices, her expression changed from wonder to blankness
'They're so expensive!'
She felt regret about not being able to pick a cute one and then changed her search from the appearance of the phones to their pricetags. In the end, he bought a cheap one that cost 14000 yen and exited the shop to return at the restaurant
'Finally! I have a phone now!
Ilaya thought as she excitedly looked at her shopping bag that contains the phone
On her way, she saw Mars in the distance and approached her. Mars then noticed Ilaya walking towards her and greeted
"Good morning Ilaya! What are you doing here?"
"Good morning nee-chan, I bought a phone because I don't have one, can you help me operate the phone later?"
Mars then explained
"Ahh! I remembered that you said you didn't have a phone last night. I have an extra one at home and decided give it to you, too bad you've already bought one"
Ilaya stopped walking then asked
"You planned to give me one?"
Then, does that mean that I had wasted my money!? Why didn't you say that last night!
Ilaya's mouth twitch, then calmed herself down
'Well, that's okay too. I can't always rely on them on everything I need'
Then the two of them looks for a place to buy a sim card. Then they found one and bought one. They chatted on their way to work and reached the place around 12:20. As the two entered the front door, Mars greeted the owner
"Good morning.. or afternoon boss!"
The boss glanced at them and nodded
"You're finally here. Hurry up and make lunch. I'm hungry now and I think that Ilaya is too"
"Yes, boss!"
Mars then heads to the kitchen and starts preparing their lunch while Ilaya assists Mars in cooking. After cooking, the three gathered at the staff room to eat and left satisfied
Ilaya's returned to the staff room after she washed the dishes
"I think I'll search tomorrow morning, I need to do work to survive but I also needed to achieve my goal"
Then she looked at her notepad that has a number written in it