Thankfully it was only afternoon when he submitted his task. Strolling the streets, he decided to find some food as he hadn't ate the breakfast served in the inn and it was currently lunch. Wandering, he saw a pretty popular food store. It seemed they served all sorts of baked goods. Looking around, he went up to the counter and saw the menu. Deciding to get something simple, he chose a relatively cheap bread and bought 2 of them.
After a while, he paid 15 coppers for the two pieces of bread, feeling empty as he only has 5 copper left over from his job. Grabbing his bread, he went over to a corner for a table to sit and eat. As he seated himself, he stared out the window and munching on his bread. He couldn't help but feel this city was vastly different from his life within the family estate. In the estate he could eat whatever he wanted for free and roam around without care.
In the city, he had to wait in line, find a job and paid for food only to be sadden by the price to commission he had earned. Lost in thought he glanced around at the interior of the store. He couldn't help but notice a small poster that stated the were hiring people to work here. Thinking about the price of the food here, he felt this place paid quite well.
Soon, he finished up the bread he ate and walked up to the counter again to ask about hiring.
"I noticed that you guys have a sign that says you're hiring?"
"Ahh yes, we're actually hiring right now. When I got time, I can pull you aside to conduct an interview."
"Yes please. Thanks for the opportunity."
With that, he secured his job interview. Simple and easy.
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Sitting at a table with a person opposite of him. He noted that this woman seemed to be the owner of the store and emanated professionalism.
"What makes you want to work here?"
"The bread I ate was good and I need money."
"What skills can you provide?"
"I'm quite quick with my hands and swift on my feet, I can do things quickly."
"Do you have any experience in this kind of field?"
"No, I've never worked, I've only done a mercenary task so far and have no experience in anything else."
"Do you have any questions?"
"Yes, is there a limit to how much I can work?"
Hearing this, the boss of the store seemed to pause and think for a while. Although there wasn't a limit to working, there was a limit to how often he'd be assigned work as she had to rotate workers around to ensure fair opportunity in the work field.
"You would be scheduled to come in periodically so there is technically a limit, yes."
"I see, I have no further questions and thank you for your time."
With that Calamity stood up and bowed, leaving the store. Tomorrow, he would come back and see if he got accepted.
Meanwhile, the boss simply stared back at the young man. She hadn't even said anything yet and he left. Not even waiting to see if she had accepted him on the spot or whether or not she wanted to talk a bit longer. Seeing this, she could only shrug thinking that his character was quite unique.
As Calamity wandered around the city, he tried to find more job opportunities but continued to find nothing that stood out. Even though the scope of his search was small, he thought it'd be best to find a job not too far from where he was staying in.
Finding a job is important but ensuring that my own goals and ambitions aren't hindered by the job is just as important!
Soon, dusk began to creep up and Calamity started heading back to the inn. Walking in, he saw Chen Wu and decided to strike up a conversation with him as he was the only person he actually knew. Eventually the topic of conversation was about Calamity's job search and Chen felt like it was a perfect time to offer a job here at Traditional Housing.
"You know, we're actually hiring people to work here?"
"Really?"
"Yeah, but the job might be a little different from all the jobs that you know."
Hearing this, Calamity couldn't help but feel it didn't matter how unique the job was as long as it paid good.
"What kind of job is it?
"It's a bit special, but pretty much you'd be a male escort worker."
Escort? What is a male escort?
"What is the job details?"
"Well... you'd pretty much be a sex worker as a man in this inn."
Hearing this, Calamity was stunned. He had no idea men being a sex worker was a demand. He especially didn't think Traditional Housing had that kind of job opportunity.
"Will my choices be limited in the type of work I engage with?"
"You can choose what commission you accept but you'd be put in a catalog for people to select from. From there they'd select you or whoever and you get to decide if you want to accept based on the offered price."
"What if they choose to buy for cheap?"
"Don't worry, there's a base price as sex workers come along with the additional services offered in housing. They're contractually obliged to pay a minimum of 5 silver coins."
That was a lot.
"What's the schedule like?"
"Usually it's only during night as that's when it's in the most demand but on some occasions people can ask for it in the mornings."
Thinking about the job and the details of it, Calamity pondered for a bit. If he could work at the bakery and the inn, it'd definitely be much better than being jobless, right?
"I'll do it, where do I fill out the contract?"
Hearing this, Chen Wu simply pulled out the paper work from a cabinet. The contract was quite simple, he'd work at Traditional Housing as a sex worker and he'd be obliged to fulfill commissions once accepted. The payment itself was simple as Calamity as a new worker would receive 40% of the commission as a rookie sex worker. If he were to be promoted his cut would increase and he'd receive additional benefits like live-in housing without paying.
Seeing this benefit, Calamity couldn't help but feel he should try hard to get a promotion as he didn't want to pay for housing as it was quite expensive. He initially thought that those 5 silvers would be all given to him but if he only received 40% of it, that'd be fine too as it'd still be close to 2 silvers.
Filling everything out, Chen Wu looked through everything especially making sure Calamity was of age which luckily, he was. With that, he placed the contract away and told Calamity that he would be officially employed by tomorrow when the boss enters him into the system.
With that, Calamity went to his room 206 and began his workout routine. This time, he spent 4 hours working out as he had significantly more time than yesterday and he felt as if he didn't do much today. Feeling his muscles quaking from the workout, he was left satisfied as his body felt heated and tensed.
Heading down and out to the bath house, he proceeded to take off his white robe and shoes but kept his underwear on. He went to the wash room, in the corner cleansed his clothing and went to the bath room. Once there, he went through the motions of cleansing his body and eventually soaking in the bath.
Few hours later, it was midnight and he had accidentally bumped into a woman on his way out the door. Quickly reacting, he caught her before she fell but that in turn made it uncomfortable for the both of them as he had accidentally grasped her waist.
Once he had gently raised her up to stand, he quickly let go, apologized and left. The woman who looked at the man who caught her and left was stunned. Truthfully speaking, she had never seen that man here until now. She was a regular here at Traditional Housing for those famous deeds. She wasn't a sex worker but she was a customer instead.
Remarking at how good looking the young man was, she couldn't help but want to see if he was a new worker here.