Chapter 05 Chapter 5

It's time to eat.

Yumi looked at her plate carefully.

Steak, foie gras, truffle mushroom soup, some side dishes, fruits... and a small cherry cake.

Yumi stood up with the food tray and went to a small empty room to eat with her back to the door and window.

He originally thought that he would not be able to finish it, but after taking a bite of the tender steak, all the restrained greed jumped out. His mouth was filled with a delicate fragrance, and his stomach was filled with a warm feeling of happiness. When he came to his senses, the food on the plate had been eaten up by him.

Finally, Yumi looked at the small cake and carefully cut it in half.

He ate half of it comfortably, put the other half in a box, and took it out to put in the refrigerator.

The photographer who was eating in the restaurant's staff lounge took a quick glance and assumed he was full.

The restaurant was much quieter in the afternoon. After the recording started, the guests were either in the kitchen, out buying ingredients, or out promoting restaurant activities.

In addition to the regular owners and staff, there are also some photographers who take pictures of customers' reactions.

Yumi stood obediently in the music box. The satisfaction brought by the delicious food made him full of energy. Sometimes, when no one came to turn the spring for a long time, he even wanted to spin in circles.

When it was time to get off work, the first day's recording was completely over. The guests left first, and the staff of the program team also left one after another after cleaning up in the restaurant.

Yumi's salary was paid daily. After receiving two thousand-yuan bills from the store manager, he was in a daze for a while, then tried to calm down and returned to the rest area to get the other half of the cherry cake in the refrigerator.

"Yumi, see you tomorrow!" the manager smiled at him.

"Well, see you tomorrow!"

When Yumi ran out with the cake, he saw Lin En waiting for him at the intersection with a bicycle.

At the same time, a man walked out of the employee lounge.

He was the photographer who had lunch with Yumi in the lounge area at noon. At this moment, he was standing in the small garden, holding a camera, ready to take some pictures of the evening sky.

Suddenly, two figures appeared in the downward-moving camera.

In the camera, the other half of the cake that was cut off at noon was being held up by Yumi, and handed to a boy who was much taller than her and had tentacles, as if offering a treasure: "It's delicious! Come and try it!"

The photographer was stunned, and suddenly understood... the child was reluctant to finish eating it.

Looking at the heartwarming scene in the camera, his tired expression softened involuntarily, and he subconsciously captured this scene.

Yumi was so happy that she went to the bank with Lin En to deposit the two thousand star coins she earned today.

He sat in the back seat of Lynn's car and kept talking about what he saw and heard in the restaurant today.

Lin En was particularly supportive and asked various questions. He laughed out loud when he heard the guest lamenting that a dish that had risen sharply in price was so cheap.

Entering the most prosperous area in the city center, Lynn slowed down his bike speed, and Yumi looked around excitedly and stopped talking.

When passing by a commercial building, Lin En sighed: "It is said that the people who work there earn so much money that they can hardly spend it all."

Yumi looked over immediately.

In his eyes, the towering building was like a ladder to heaven, huge and terrifying. The gate of the building was like the mouth of a monster, with all kinds of Sna people in suits and leather shoes pouring out.

They all look smart, capable and outstanding.

Realizing that Yumi hadn't spoken for a while, Lin En looked back in confusion, only to see the little guy in the back seat intently staring at the elites walking through the crowd. He was stunned for a moment, feeling sad for the little guy.

People like them would never be able to work in a place like that. He said in a muffled voice, "You can only work there if you graduate from the Imperial College."

Yumi instinctively asked, "How can I get into the Imperial College?"

Lin En smiled bitterly: "The Imperial Academy is for the nobility. Commoners like us can only enroll after awakening our skills and passing the assessment."

"……Skill?"

"It's a high-level skill that ordinary Sna people can't have. For example, some generals have combat skills that allow them to transform into mecha forms on the battlefield..." Lin En said patiently, and suddenly made a joke, "If it were me, I would want to have a skill that can make money... But now there are fewer and fewer Sna people who can awaken skills. Sna people who can awaken skills are already geniuses. Even if they don't enter the Imperial Academy, they are still popular outside."

Yumi seemed to understand: "It's a bit like magic."

"Hahaha... You can understand it that way, right?"

Yumi looked deeply at the commercial building. When he arrived at the bank and got off the car, he lowered his head and stretched out his hand, suddenly exerting force towards the air.

Lynn parked the car and came over to see Yumi frowning and clenching her fists.

He was startled, and immediately remembered the conversation between the two not long ago, and couldn't help laughing: "Mimi, are you stimulating your skills?"

Yumi came to his senses in an instant, and he quickly let go of his hand, shaking his head embarrassedly.

The monster, who had been disguised for so long, almost mistook himself for a Sna alien.

…

Compared to her previous jobs, being an "actor" at Garo Restaurant was an easy job for Yumi.

Starting from the second day, Yumi was able to play the dancer on the music box more realistically.

He did not speak to anyone during the work until the end of the recording.

Things like being deducted money for dropping raw materials at the furniture factory because of lack of strength never happened!

Three days of work are about to end like a dream.

This episode will be aired in a week. On the last day of recording, Joseph did not leave as usual. He sat at a table with no customers and straightened his clothes, but his eyes were always on Yumi on the music box. He did not get up and leave until his subordinates came to remind him. Then he smiled and stood up.

It was time to get off work, so Yumi left the music box and changed back into her own clothes.

The store manager and the staff said goodbye to him reluctantly, but no matter how reluctant they were, they felt that his small body was not suitable for being a waiter in a restaurant.

They watched Yumi carrying the milk given by the restaurant to the employees, running and jumping up the garden steps and walking towards the intersection...

Yumi is rich now!

The next morning, he and Lin En went to the business hall to buy an optical computer implant that could be enlarged or reduced according to the size of their wrists, and went shopping together with the shopping card given by the restaurant.

There were people coming and going in the store, and Lin En was afraid that Yumi would be hit by those huge Sna people, so he simply put him in the shopping cart and pushed it. Yumi would stand in the shopping cart and point at what he wanted to buy, and he would help take it out.

Lin En also received this month's salary, and they bought each other gifts.

Yumi bought Lin En the game card that he had always wanted, and Lin En bought Yumi a decoration set for a realistic doll's new home, which included curtains, a small bed, a small sofa, a small table and chairs, and wallpaper.

“I saw this before and thought it would be perfect for your cabin,” Lynn said with a smile.

This set is definitely a big item for him, but fortunately someone will deliver it to his home after purchase. Yumi touched the packaging for a long time in surprise before looking at the other doll sets next to it.

There is a set of clothes called Prince’s Wardrobe, which is the peripheral products of a 1.7-meter-tall male lifelike doll. It contains all kinds of clothes: suits, sportswear, pajamas, windbreakers... some outfits for all four seasons.

After looking at the price and then at her shopping card, Yumi bought it without hesitation.

After returning home, Yumi's doll set had been delivered to his door. Lin En helped him "decorate" the wooden house before happily riding away.

After Lin En left, Yumi, who had tidied up the house, came out immediately and locked the door. He looked around and made sure that there was no one around, then walked out of the community silently.

He used his optical brain to open the navigation and walked alone towards the underground black market.

The underground black market was located in the most remote place in the main urban area. Yumi took the wrong road halfway and it was almost afternoon when she found the correct entrance.

The situation in the black market was completely different from what he had imagined. There were no gangsters, no dirty and messy environment, and the entire street was very quiet and tidy. If someone said that this was an ordinary commercial street, Yumi would not doubt it.

He walked into a shabby little shop. The shop was obviously very old and the door made a loud creaking sound when he pushed it.

Sitting in the store was an old man with a white beard and brown wings.

Yumi suppressed her fear and walked over: "Hello, I want to buy..."

"What are you buying?" The old man looked at the little figure in front of him, "Do you have enough money? We don't sell on credit."

"I've brought enough," Yumi said, "to buy horns, tails, ears..."

The old man glanced at him again: "The original body is injured? Buy a prosthesis?"

"...Hmm." He said, looking at the horrific objects displayed on the wall.

"Those are the most expensive ones, and they cost this much." The old man pointed a number at him.

Yumi said quickly, "I just want the normal ones."

Without saying a word, the old man turned around and opened the cabinet behind him. When the cabinet door opened, all kinds of horns, prosthetic limbs, prosthetic ears and prosthetic tails were revealed.

The horns are the most eye-catching, including the horns of evil beasts, deformed horns, deer horns, yak horns, and various strange shapes and even sharp horns like blades...

Yumi leaned forward and looked carefully for a while. He picked out a ferocious beast horn that looked relatively scary and put it on. However, before he even reached the mirror, he was weighed down and fell all over the place.

The old man quickly took it off for him: "This won't do. Don't be greedy when buying this kind of thing. You have to find a size that suits you, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to wear it every day."

Yumi blushed and said thank you. This time she chose the antlers, but they were still very heavy...

The old man watched him try on the horns one by one, and almost all of them stood out on his head... He stroked his beard and thought for a while, asked Yumi to wait, and then went back to the house to search.

After a while, the old man came out with a smile and took out a pair of small, round lamb horns: "This is it! These horns are too small, and no one bought them, so I put them in there. I thought they would become waste... Do you want to try it?"

Yumi took the pair of horns and put them on the head carefully. Surprisingly, they fit perfectly!

He lowered his head, then raised it, and finally jumped. No matter how he moved, the horns on his head did not make him feel uncomfortable.

In the mirror, the sparkling black eyes looked at himself seriously; the lamb horns on his head and the non-aggressive face above the mask seemed as one.

Although so weak, its lamb-like eyes are filled with vigorous vitality.

The old man was stunned and couldn't help but praise: "It doesn't look fake at all. How about this one? It suits you very well!"

"Okay." Yumi finally found horns that suited him. Although he didn't buy the intimidating monster horns he wanted most, the result of getting a "Monster Pass" still made him feel very good. He then bought the matching sheep ears and tail, paid, and left wearing the horns.

However, not long after leaving the store, Yumi was blocked by a huge figure.

Looking at the terrifying giant shadow on the ground, Yumi pretended to be calm and looked up. It was a woman whose lower body was a snake and the upper body was a human. She stared at this tiny "goat-horned man" with shining eyes: "Oh my God, there really are people the same size as dolls in the world!"

Yumi was extremely nervous. He lowered his head and turned to run, but before he had taken two steps he was caught by the python-like tail.

Yumi's face turned pale and she trembled as she tried to press the alarm bracelet.

The snake girl took one look and quickly explained, "No, no, no! I'm not a bad guy! I just asked you not to leave yet. I wanted to ask if you want to be a model in my store! Don't press it!"

"...Model?" Yumi instantly forgot her fear.

The snake girl retracted her tail and said excitedly, "Yes! A lifelike doll model! I've never seen anyone the same size as the lifelike dolls in my store. They're so cute... Hello, my name is Vera. Do you want to go to my store and take a look first?"

Yumi followed Vera into the two-story building next door.

This is indeed a lifelike doll shop, but compared to normal doll shops outside, the reason why it is on the black market is that the dolls sold inside are all perfect human bodies - there are laws on the planet Sna that prohibit the sale of lifelike dolls with perfect human bodies.

Vera: "But everyone likes the perfect human body, otherwise why would we pursue the most human-like human form? Our business is very good. Customers who buy lifelike dolls will only buy subsequent clothes and accessories from us. Sometimes we also shoot some commercials and MVs, and models are hard to find. Lifelike dolls can't make more subtle expressions and movements... You are like a gift from God to us!"

Yumi pursed her lips and said nothing.

Vera: "It's okay if you don't have experience. You'll know after you shoot a few times."

Yumi frowned, "Will I be caught then?"

Vera was stunned for a moment. After a few seconds of silence, she burst into laughter and almost laughed to death.

"You, you are so cute... Although this is a black market, it has been operating for hundreds of years, and even some marshals and generals were born here! You can completely treat this place as a special area of ​​the capital. It is in a gray area, and even some nobles and even royal families come here occasionally... Don't worry, as long as you don't cause any deaths here, basically nothing will happen."

Yumi: "But the laws of Planet Sna don't allow it."

Seeing how serious he was, Vera had no choice but to use her brain to pull up the law for him to see: "Even if something really happens, only the boss will be held responsible. You don't have to worry at all. And with your small physique, it shouldn't be that easy to find a long-term job outside, right?"

This statement hit Yumi hard, and he pursed his lips even tighter.

The working machinery, tools and environment here are all based on the body size of ordinary SNAR people. He is so small that he cannot do the work better or faster than a normal SNAR person in such an environment.

Work like the one he made with music boxes was only occasionally available for a short period of time, but he wanted to settle down here and live there for a long time.

After a while, Yumi agreed to Vera's job invitation.

The two exchanged contact information and agreed to start work tomorrow.

After returning home, Youmi could not help looking at himself in the mirror again and again. He was very satisfied with the newly bought horns. Due to the novelty, he poked them several times with his hands. The horns were very stable during wearing and would not fall off at all.

...Finally, I don’t have to wear a mask anymore.

After looking at the horns for a while, Yumi's attention inevitably shifted to the hair.

His hair has grown a little longer, and if he pulls it with his hands, it can almost be tied into a ponytail.

He will be a model tomorrow and needs to manage his image.

He did it right away. He rummaged through the drawer and found the bathhouse voucher given by Garo Restaurant. He then took out the basket and new clothes, packed up his clothes, and with a goat-like horn, Yumi went to the bathhouse with the full basket.