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The sounds of fighting, roused Blue awake. The young man was trying to sleep in a tree in the forest on the edge of Gloriville.
Letting out a sigh the black haired man jumped down from the branch he was on, landing softly on the forest floor.
'Perhaps its two fallen angles fighting for territory?' Blue mused sticking his hands in his pockets, if it was fallen angles he could easily go find another place to nap, but if it wasn't then he might have to fight somebody.
"Tiramisu, watch out!" A feminine voiced shouted near the clearing where the fighting sounds were coming from. Blue watched the fight from near a tree, a tall brunet lady with a staff spoon thingy and another tall lady this time with pink hair where fighting a Bulimia fallen and from the looks of it, about to get their ass kicked since the bulimia seemed to get ready to call for help.
Blue let out a soft sigh before snapping his eyes to the Bulimia fallen.
"Per et ossa custom uri" Blue muttered flicking his wrist towards the fallen, and with a tired grin he watched as the grey haired fallen scream as she caught on fire.
'Hopefully now I can go get some sleep, maybe I'll head into town and write a letter to baby sis' Blue mused cracking his knuckles. He was almost out of the clear before a voice stopped him.
"Hey you! You're the one that killed the fallen right?" The pink haired lady asked starring at Blue's form. Blue not being good with social interaction nodded before trying his best to shuffle away.
"Then you must be a cooking attendant right, what are you doing at the edge of Gloriville? You should be with your guild or restaurant or at least with a food soul" The lady said one hand on her hip while the other was resting at her side.
"I'm not a part of a guild and I don't have a restaurant, sorry miss" Blue said staring at the forest floor by the right of the lady’s foot.
"But you clearly are capable of using cooking talents" the brown haired lady said looking over him.
Blue really wanted to run away. He hated when people looked at him like this, like he wasn't supposed to be different. It reminded him to much of that man he called a father.
"Not to be rude miss but, I never said I wasn't a cooking attendant, I just said I didn't have a restaurant" Blue said flickering his gaze from the woman to the floor.
"So you are a cooking attendant?"
"Yes miss"
"Miss is too formal, you can call me Olivia, and this here Tiramisu" Olivia said a soft warm smile gracing her face.
"Well then Olivia, Tiramisu you can call me Blue, Blue De Angelo" Blue said shifting in place.
Tiramisu smiled sweetly, before turning to her Attendant.
"Shall we walk back home Madame Olivia"
"Sure, Blue come along"
"Huh?" The man in question sputtered only to walk behind Olivia and Tiramisu as they started to walk away. He had several sisters, he knew how terrifying woman were when they were angered.
"Uhm where are we going?" Blue asked playing with his evil eye bracelet.
"Were heading back to Gloriville and you might have been the person we were looking for" Tiramisu said turning back to smile softly at the nervous male behind her.
"Person you’re looking for?" Blue questioned tilting his head to left a little.
"Yep! You see Master Blue, Madame Olivia was assigned by our guild to sell a new restaurant to a new cooking attendant, we have had a hard time looking for one but viola you appeared!" Tiramisu chirped.
Blue too confused merely nodded. He was going to get a restaurant? Something good was going to happen to him?
A warmth filled Blue who at first was confused by such an emotion, he doesn’t remember feeling like this in a long time. A smile etched its way onto the brown eyed males face.
“If you want me to, I’ll gladly accept!” Blue said.
Olivia smiled as she led the trio down the forest path that heads back into town. With a fond smile Tiramisu leaned slightly to her master attendant’s side and whispered
“It seems we have found our new saving hope”
“This place is huge! There’s no way I’ll be able to afford it!” Blue shouted staring at the large building in amazement in fear. It was so much bigger than he expected and he only had a few thousand pieces of gold which was basically a couple dollars!
“You don’t have to afford it, it’s being given to you as a gift!” Tiramisu said smiling at the black haired humans’ reaction.
“Gift! Why would trash like me get a gift?” Blue asked. Olivia looked at the male a frown on her face as she flicked him on the nose.
“Don’t talk about yourself like that” She scolded.
“You helped up slay the fallen, think of it as if you were getting paid for mercenary work” Tiramisu said voice as cheerful as ever.
The young cooking attendant smiled softly as Olivia placed the keys into his hand. Finally a place of his own, maybe he’ll get to call this place home.
“Oh and also here you go, each new attendant that gets a restaurant gets one of these” Olivia said placing three pouches in his hands. “And don’t even think about saying how you don’t deserve these” she continued. The pouches were labeled different things, a black pouch was labeled diamonds, a green pouch was labeled coins and a white bag was labeled soul embers.
“So well give you today to settle in and we’ll stop by tomorrow to check in on you alright!” Tiramisu said waving goodbye as she and Olivia left the male to settle down.
“See you tomorrow then!” Blue said giving a two-finger salute to the ladies as they left the building.
Blue smiled before placing the pouches on a counter. He smiled softly as he cracked his knuckles, it was time to get to work.
It took him forever, but Blue was done sweeping and dusting everything in the restaurant. Giving a quick glance to the clock the male groaned it was 2:39 in the morning.
‘I’m finally done cleaning up and everything is working smoothly, tomorrow I’ll open up for business and impress Olivia and Tiramisu with my cool cooking skills’ Blue cheered.
It was sunrise when Blue woke up, well technically he’s been awake all night and just actually got out of his bed now. He was too excited to sleep and kept tossing and turning.
He didn’t know when Olivia or Tiramisu where coming so after getting himself cleaned the male rushed downstairs and across town to the market.
Since he didn’t have a lot of money to even start with and he wanted to wait to use the pouch of money till he really needed it, Blue was only able to afford about six potatoes. With a childish grin on his face Blue rushed back to his restaurant.
It was around lunch, when Blue heard the bell on the door signaling that someone entered the restaurant.
“Welcome!” Blue said leaving the kitchen and entering where the seats where. Olivia and Tiramisu were waiting for him soft smiles on their faces.
“Where running a half price special today on all French Fries!” Blue said guiding the duo to a seat.
“Well take it Blue, just hurry because we have official guild business soon” Olivia said smiling fondly at the male that was practically vibrating with excitement.
Nodding, Blue left to the kitchen where it took him about nine minutes to make the food for two females waiting outside.
“Thanks for waiting, bon appétit!” Blue said giving a little bow which caused Tiramisu to let out a little chuckle.
‘Will these street foods be enough to knock their socks off’ Blue mused waiting in the kitchen for Olivia to call him back.
A loud snap brought the anxiety ridden man out of his thoughts as he hurried to the pair.
“Blue the food was really good and you clearly have talent but I know that look on you face, you all already out of ingredients and you can’t restock right?” Olivia asked. Blue sheepishly nodded his ears turning red with embarrassment. Olivia scolding reminded him so much of when his older brothers would scold him.
“I’m going to tell you this straight Blue, with all the Fallen Angles around transportation is too risky and the prices are going to be crazy high” Olivia started.
With a look form her pink haired companion Tiramisu finished up “but you could summon a Food Soul to help you collect the ingredients and run the restaurant”.
“I know, I’ve read up on them before and how they help but I don’t know exactly how to summon them” Blue said scratching his neck sheepishly as he looked to the side.
Olivia sighed softly before flicking the male on his nose.
“Go get the pouch that I gave you that said Soul Embers” Olivia said. Blue let out a confused noise but quickly ran upstairs and into his office/bedroom and grabbed the pouch before racing downstairs to stand in front of Olivia.
“There’s two hundred in there, if you put your hand out one hundred and fifty would start circling your hand, alright” Olivia said demonstrating for the starry-eyed male.
Blue mimicked what the pink haired adult showed and made a weird squeaky noise as a bright light filled the room.
"Hello?" A new voice asked. When the light dyed down a young girl stood in front of Blue, she had pale skin and long soft looking white hair that reached past her knees. Her golden eyes watched him.
"Hiya! I'm Blue and you are?” Blue asked rocking on his heels.
"Rice" Rice mumbled, her eyes staring up at the male.
Blue smiled as he turned his head to look at Tiramisu and Olivia. Tiramisu had a look of disappointment on her face as she stared at the other Food Soul.
"Master Blue, Rice here is an empty shell she doesn't have any Soul Power" Tiramisu said voice laced with sadness.
"Empty shell?" Blue questioned, they never mentioned those in the books he read.
"An empty shell is a Food Soul without any Soul Power which makes them useless to us. They are usually left alone to fend for themselves. Rice is an empty shell. Normally she would be tasked with odd jobs or have her contract cancelled and she'd be sent to the Guild" Olivia sighed, running a hand through her hair.
"Why would I cancel the contract?" Blue asked voice raising a little at the end. How typical of humanity, if something's not useful to them they just throw them out.
"That's what other people would do. Now, what do you want to do with this seemingly useless Food Soul?" Olivia asked her eyes boring into the male.
"I want her to stay! Whatever her faults are, I still summoned her. How could I abandon her?" Blue said crossing his arms over his chest. Olivia smiled softly at that, he reminded her of her younger guild members.
What surprised the three adults was Rice grabbing onto Blue's shirt.
"You're my master attendant?" Rice asked tilting her head to the side. Blue smiled softly and nodded his head.
"Food Souls carry their "past" with them. Rice may have become like this due to her past experiences. Perhaps one day she'll remember the events from her past" Olivia said wistfully.
"Ah my heart can’t take it your so cute!" Blue said fawning over the younger.
"Master Attendant complimented me! I'm so happy!" Rice cheered smiling for the first time since she got here.
"Master Attendant?" Blue asked looking at Olivia
"All Food Souls refer to their masters this way. If she's calling you this, it means that she's already accepted you. Isn't that great? Since you want to keep her, be sure to raise her with utmost care. Perhaps, with your training, she can have a better future" Olivia declared.
"Being accepted is just part of being bound by the contract. Of course I'll take care of her. She's my Food Soul" Blue said. She reminded Blue so much of his baby sisters, he couldn't help the urge to protect the small white haired girl.
"It's kind of you to think of her this way. Didn't you need to gather ingredients? Hurry up and go! Don't worry, your Food Souls will ensure your safety" Tiramisu said smiling at the duo.
"Well, we'll leave you too it" Olivia said placing her payment in Blue's hands as her and Tiramisu left.
Blue and Rice watched as the duo left before Blue turned to Rice. "Well, let’s close up shops and get situated shall we" Blue said giving a close eyed smile to smaller.
Rice nodded before grabbing Blue's hand as they both left to go get ingredients.
'I would like to help her remember her past' Blue thought watching as the young female smile in amazement at the outside world.
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In the outskirts of Gloriville...
"Master Attendant here you go!" Rice cheered handing a basket full of ingredients to Blue.
"Wow, you gathered quite a bit! Beautiful work, Rice. It looks like we'll have to be careful from now on! These Fallen Angels seem to be everywhere now!" Blue said patting the younger on her head, which caused her to let out a soft giggle.
'So pure' Blue thought.
The duo where unaware of the trouble awaiting them, as a Bulimia Fallen watched them from afar.