I’m the White Moonlight, Pay Up

I'm an utterly ordinary person. I went to school, found a job, started working, and became one face in the crowd.

I thought my life would keep on going along in the same dull way, until one day, a person in bizarre clothes grabbed my hand.

He wore a gorgeous mage's robe straight out of a movie and wept as he spoke. "I've become the most powerful mage on the Xifeng Continent... I'm sorry. Please, come back to me, okay?"

Me: Huh?

After that, all kinds of strange people and even nonhuman monsters showed up. They all said I'd once been someone very important to them.

They said I had been reborn and lost my memories. They sincerely repented for the wrongs they'd done in the past, fought through every obstacle and overcame all the dangers in their original worlds, then crossed between worlds to find me and take me away.

The flood of complicated people and information made my head spin, so I ducked into my childhood friend's place and complained to the friend I'd grown up with about all this nonsense.

My friend and I usually joked around and bickered. He was always teasing me. I thought he'd make fun of me first this time, then offer some advice, but he didn't.

His expression turned strange. Then he moved closer, put both hands on my shoulders, and slowly tightened his grip. "...They want to take you away? No."

No. First come, first served. He was the one who found his lost treasure first, the one who claimed it first.

No one gets to take a dragon's treasure.

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The strange people kept appearing out of nowhere and disrupting my normal life. Eventually, I found a great way to deal with it.

To those strange people, I said, "All right, I'll go with you. But this is my work time, and I'm still saving up to buy a house... So you'll have to make up my wages, right? You're welcome to pay for a trip, dear. I only accept cash or bank transfers in RMB. No money? That's fine, I'll find you a job!"

Then afterward, I turned to my childhood friend and said, "I helped a customer find a job, so we'll split the agency fee fifty-fifty. If a customer pays for a week-long trip and doesn't bring me back on time, don't forget to fish me out, big dragon. We'll split the money fifty-fifty, too."

My friend: "...Why are you reacting like that? Don't you want to go with them now that they've made a name for themselves?"

"What are you talking about!" I shoveled in a mouthful of fragrant white rice. "My parents are alive and well, and I've got my childhood friend by my side. Of course I have to keep living this life!"

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They all say I was their dearly departed, but all I want is to finish the bowl of rice in front of me.

Let go of the past and focus on this life, here and now!

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○ Main story is told in third person.

○ The uke is a sunny, snarky, practical puppy type. Dog 0. The seme is his childhood friend. =w=

Theme: Laughter is the most important thing in life.