Chapter 7: Someone Strange Is Following Me (1)
“I hope this happy life continues forever.”
Every night before I fell asleep, I made this wish as if praying to someone.
But human greed truly knows no bounds.
Far sooner than I had expected, reality dragged me into a cruel fate.
“Hmm? Customer, this cash card doesn’t have enough balance.”
“...!”
It was roughly a month after I had met Greg.
Was it because I had succumbed to the temptations of a decadent lifestyle?
The money I had thought was more than sufficient for two months had vanished in the blink of an eye.
If I’d known this would happen, I wouldn’t have done something as reckless as having steak sandwiches for every meal!
Feeling dejected by the shopkeeper’s troubled voice, I had no choice but to put the chocolate croissant I had picked up back on the shelf.
“Ahem... Customer? Since you’re a regular, I suppose I can let you have one chocolate croissant in the house...”