-I.. I I-mpossible!(Innkeepers daughter)

-What? No. This is my son Venir I talked about. We don't look alike?(Dan)

-No, no. It's not that. (Innkeeper)

Venir and his father has finally arrived at his workplace to shock the innkeeper and her daughter.

-Didn't you say he was nine years old? (Innkeeper)

-Ah. Yes he is nine. He just have been through a growth spurt lately. He-hehe! (Dan)

Dan smacked Venir on the back and smiled wide.

-Let me reintroduce him again then. This is Venir, my nine year old son. He will be in your care from now on Shena.

-Hmm.. (Innkeeper Shena)

'He doesn't look like nine. More like 16 or older. But very good looking... Jackpot!' (Shena)

-We were only stunned. He looked a little older than nine, that's all. But we will happily show him around and set him in work first thing tomorrow.

The innkeeper Shena seems to say it with sparkling eyes for some reason and then yelled out to her daughter which startled both Dan and Venir.

-Violet! Take the kid to his room and then show him around. (Shena.)

Violet was clearly named after her hair color and her parents bad naming sense.

Short haired and candy violet in color. A face that was more cute then beautiful. Around 1.7 in height. Currently she was biting her under lip and looking at Venir with a skeptical expression.

'Like hell he is only 9. He is nearly as high as me! And those eyes...' (Violet)

-Don't stand there and stare, let's get a move on squirt. (violet)

She seems a tiny bit angry at something while she yelled at Venir to follow her.

She lead him upstairs and on the way when she didn't think he noticed she eyed him sideways.

It made Venir uncomfortable, he wasn't used to be with other people and now a girl around 19 years of age looked at him like some strange animal.

'Best pretend I don't notice her looking at me.' (Venir)

What Venir could tell from the short time they walked, Violet was a pretty open minded and nice person.

She talked about her mother and that her dad died some years back from a monster attack, so her mom was now the Innkeeper and owner of the place.

Violet herself was helping her mother run it, a sort of unspoken Vice Innkeeper. So if Venir had any questions he should come to her.

The Inn was called The Wild Dendor.(A Dendor is a demon boar)

A creepy sign on the outside with a dead Dendor, skewed on a lance. That was their trade and welcome sign. Weirdly enough it seems to work, the Inn was quiet popular among both nobles and commoners. Adventurers could often be found there talking about different rumors.

They got a cook, a cleaner and one waiter, whish was Violet. She was a sort of multitasked personnel and jumped in where it was needed.

They had two waiters before but one ran off with a costumer. Clearly it wasn't out of the ordinary, Violet explained to Venir. This is also why they will give Venir a chance to work here.

It seems Dan drink and eat here moderately often, when he heard they needed a waiter he asked if his son could get a chance to try it. He was pretty familiar with Shena by then, so it wasn't a big favor.

He told her his son was nine and needed a good start and if she could give him a small room while he worked it would be good enough. The pay didn't have to be that high as he was still a kid.

But when they got there, what they saw wasn't just a small scrawny kid but a kid that was well built and high enough to be called a late teenager.

His face was very handsome and not cute at all. He was clearly a man, not a kid.

Both Shena and Violet got shocked when Dan presented him as his son and was about to tell him it was a lie when the boy bowed and in a crispy clear voice presented himself.

Without thinking clearly Violet stuttered and broke the illusion for Shena.

*-I.. I I-mpossible!(Violet)*

They both seemed sincere and she saw no point in refusing Dan's son to work there. On the contrary.

Watching Violet walk away with Venir, Shena turned her attention to Dan.

-So. For how long is he going to work here? (Shena)

-I can't say. But for a few months if that is fine with you? (Dan)

-Ho hoo ho! Of course! He can work and stay as long he want as he wants to. I thought you were going to send me a scrawny kid for some extra help. Not a healthy young man. (Shena)

Dan was scratching his head and haven't been seeing it like that. Venir was only 9 after all.

Smiling while thanking the innkeeper again for giving his son a chance. If any trouble comes up she was to send him a message.

After that Dan left for his work shift and Venir was putting in two sets of cloths he had with him in his small room. It was no more than a bed and a wardrobe, with no window to the outside.

It was more a closet then a room, but Venir wasn't unhappy. He was hoping to save more money this way.

After meditating he went to bed because he didn't want to trouble the innkeeper and her daughter. Tomorrow as going to be a busy day for Venir anyhow.

He needed to go up early to meditate before he started to work and after work he was supposed to meet Dan for his sword training.

....

At the morning he had just finished his meditation when he heard a light knock on the door. Before he could answer or even open the door Violet peeked inside. She looked quite disappointed when seeing him sit on the floor already awake and dressed.

-It's time for work Boy. (Violet)

-You may call me Venir miss Violet. (Venir)

When he stood up and greeted her in that manner she started to blush slightly and got irritated for no reason.

-You are just a kid and I am the vice innkeeper so I will call you whatever I want. Humph! (Violet)

Venir just raised an eyebrow and wondered what mad her act like this. Shrugging it off and walking pass her and politely responding to her behavior.

-If you wish to call me that, fine by me. (Venir)

-Errr... (Violet)

Lost for words she pretended that nothing have been said and done. Instead she walked off and showed him to the main room where they serve food and drinks.

-We take orders and you write them down on this C-plate. When the cook have the food done you will see it checked on the C-plate. (violet)

-You then go and get the food and drink that are ordered. Deliver it to the costumers and don't forget the payment. (violet)

She showed Venir a blank slate she called a C-plate and gave him a pen to write with. It made it very confusing.

-Hmm. What's a C-plate? (Venir)

-Are you dumb? You are holding it. (Violet)

-I meant to say. How do I use it? (Venir)

-Ah. Never seen one I guess? Country bum, let me show you.(Violet)

She took it and showed him how it worked. By holding it, it was automatically activated and used very little mana.

It is used to send messages to another board in the cooks kitchen. They are copy boards and everything written on either one is shown on the other. They seem to be in sync with another in some magic way.

Like a text message but with magic instead. Very simple and very effective instead of running back and forth between the tables and the kitchen to order. They are only used in small areas like offices and inns because of the short range needed between them to work. Only twenty meters away from another and they won't work at all.

'Cool. Magic is used for this too. Convenient.' (Venir)

-Thanks for teaching me Violet. (Venir)

He was very honest in his thanks when looking at Violet which made her blush and laugh silly.

-Hehe. Of course! If you need any more help ask this big sis. (Violet.)

...

The day then started with costumers coming in and ordering food and drinks. In the early morning there were not that many people and Venir manage to do pretty well. But later on the stream kept increasing and soon Venir was running around and trying to keep up with all the new orders.

It wasn't hard, but he wasn't used to so many people around him and it all got much worse as people jumbled together yelled and laughed.

He lost his calm and ended up with his handicap activating. Seeing everything in slow motion was infuriating and he couldn't do much about it. It felt like his workday lasted forever. When he finally was done he was mentally exhausted.

-You look tired. Hehe! (Violet)

She was sweaty but other than that in a very good mood. She doesn't look tired at all, either mentally or physically.

-Don't look so down it will get better. (Violet)

Venir could only nod and smile at her when he slowly regained his calmness. He know she was a nice person and just wanted to show him. Violet thought that because she has been working here longer than Vanir, also could handle it better than him.

-I need to be off and meet my dad now. But thanks for today and see you later big sis. (Venir)