Back To the Beginning
Milin asked

Drinking warm drinks in the morning is a pleasure for me. I am currently in the kitchen to make a cup of tea. This is our kitchen at the moment.

One night has passed since I set my foot here. It felt a little strange when I realized that only Noland and I slept in the basement last night, no other customers.

I was suspicious from the beginning, not about the negative, but maybe something a little heartbreaking... This place rarely has customers. But it seems this place used to have a hefty customer, what happened before?

Well, I don't really care either. You see, we only stayed for a few days and we will leave this inn and forget everything as if nothing had happened.

The current condition is morning to noon, I deliberately to wake up a bit late so as not to disturb Milin and also his Grandmother who may not wake up too early, too late, and also I'm very cape on the way here, so I need more sleep.

But it seems my first hypothesis was wrong. When I went up to the ground floor, Milin was already working on cleaning the floor, and judging from his small body condition, it seemed that he had started working a few hours ago, so did her grandmother who was sitting at a small reception desk made of wood.

And long story short, after a bit of regular conversation, I was here in the kitchen to brew tea. Of course they volunteered to make it for me, but since it seemed that they were a little busy, I took the initiative myself to make it in the kitchen.

Of course they feel bad to abandon their customers without service, so Milin accompanied me at this time to brew a cup of tea.

"Sorry to be troublesome" I said.

"Not at all," Milin argued as he tried to reach for the cup.

He was on a wooden chair that he dragged from the end of the room to reach the cup above him. He raised his right hand and his little legs were slightly on tiptoes. Am I supposed to help her?

Maybe it's best not, it'll look like I'm tarnishing her fight. After all he looked supple, like it was his daily food.

She managed to grab it and instantly showed it to me like she was showing off her prowess, her face portraying a feeling of pride.

The cup he was holding was a cup that was quite small in size, had a motif that could not be described with words, and had a small handle on one side, or a small handle on one side, this cup is very trendy right now.

Milin got off the chair slowly and carefully, after which he placed the cup on the table for the next process.

"By the way, sir.." said Milin open the topic.

"Yes?"

"If you may know, which area is your master from?" ask while preparing the ingredients.

"Me and Noland from Monte Rosa."

"Monte Rosa? If not wrong, it's a city across the ocean, right? At... The west?"

"Right, there it is. You know a lot of things, yes" I said.

"Hehe~ I heard about the city of Monte Rosa from past customers, he said the city was quite magnificent."

"Yes... And again, there are a lot of smart business people there."

Or rather, sneaky.

"Isn't that place very nice? Why did you choose to come here?"

Milin finished preparing the necessary ingredients. The sugar, spices and ingredients that were familiar to me, were all located on the table according to my reach. Unfortunately there were no instant teabags in this era. Do I have to be the pioneer?

"Maybe... Looking for something new."

I started grabbing the necessary ingredients and started concocting.

"New stuff?" asked the curious Milin by tilting his head.

"To be honest, this is not the first time we have traveled far. It may feel strange when suddenly in a foreign place, but every time it arrives in a new place, language, fashion, to the habits of people... It's something new to see and learn, and it's also..."

"And also?"

"... I wonder what new story will be created in that place with all that new stuff."

The mixture is ready, then add hot water.

"That sounds exciting!" milin was interested.

"Really right?!"

Well even in my past life I just spent my time in my room and rarely went out.

"Mr Arthur seems to be eager to enjoy life!" milin said as he passed a teapot filled with hot water.

"Well, you know it once" I confirmed.

I received the teapot and poured the hot water into the cup slowly.

"But why do you want to work in the kingdom?"

HEH?!

Why would he know? I'm not talking about that, am I?

"Hm? Why Mr Arthur?" tanyakan surprised at my behavior.

"Ep... Milano..."

"Yes?!"

"Where do you know that?"

"What about wanting to work in the kingdom?"

"Yes, where are you from?"

"From Mr. Noland."

Oh, it makes sense.

"Eh what is taboo information?!" Milin said, he began to panic because it disturbed the privacy of his customers.

"Em, no-no. I'm just surprised you found out, I almost thought you were a mind reader."

"I'm not all that Master!" milin replied guaranteeing himself.

Thank goodness then. I continued pouring hot water.

Milin took a clean rag and wiped away the water spill that was on the table.

"So, why do you want to work in the kingdom?"

He was very curious. I use my classic excuse.

"Working in the kingdom one of my dreams!" I say with confidence.

"Why did you dream of that?" milin asked in surprise at my answer.

The water had reached its perfect limit in the cup. And a cup of warm tea was finished.

"Is there anything strange about that?"

Why is he that nice?

"It is not offensive but why does Mr Arthur who wants to enjoy life even dream of being a slave and a royal shield?"

"... Is it that bad?"

"From what I hear from the population, the salary offered by the government is high, but safety must be at stake" Milin told the information in a somewhat low tone.

"What's so? It's possible that it's just being overstated by the population to reduce competitors who can bother them to work in the kingdom" he said, pacifying Millin.

"Is that really so?"

"It should be true" I said convincingly.

I picked up the cup pad that was on my right and started walking out of the kitchen.

"Come on Milin, I'm done," I asked.

"Yes, sir."

Milin started to step up to me from behind.

"Be careful, sir," said Milin still doubting what I said.

He's very nice.

"Calm down Milin, all my decisions up until now... I've been counting."

***

Indeed, my words deserve doubt. Because the kingdom has long been blatantly indirectly giving the signs.

Conflicts between kingdoms and even countries have begun to be seen through internal and external conflicts. The war is beginning to spread in some areas, I don't really take care of this, because this is a common reality that even small children know about.

Every year there is a massive recruitment and recruitment of workers in the Breithorn kingdom, which is very strange. Is it so bad that the previous year's labor until the next years will need an even larger workforce?

Is this because of a war crisis, or something else?

I thought of this by sipping slowly on the warm tea that had been kiracik itself and waiting for news from Noland who was looking for labor registration information.