ᴹʸˢᵗᵉʳⁱᵒᵘˢ ᴸᵃᵈʸ||𝙻𝙼𝙺

𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚

"The thing you need to understand about the old legends is that the story is never finished. There maybe no pages left to turn, but there is always more to the journey. Rising from the Netherworld, the Demon Bull King attacked. No one could stop him, no one could resist. No one except... the legendary Monkey King. The Monkey King used his magical staff to pick up a nearby mountain. He trapped the Demon Bull King underneath it. The Monkey King sealed the mountain with the staff that no other being could wield, trapping the Demon Bull King forever. With the battle won, the Monkey King vanished, never to be seen again. Legend says the staff still lies on top of that mountain, the one thing keeping our world from certain destruction. And with the Demon Bull King gone, civilization was able to advance into the amazing city we now live in. A world of elegant cultures, gentle loving people, a city brimming with five-star cuisine, and all because of the Monkey King."

A man with glasses who is named Tang, finished the story while the boy named Mk, looked excited after hearing his favorite story of all time, he's basically a huge Monkey King fan. No surprises there.

"Oh, that's so good! Monkey King's so cool! He's so strong and handsome!" Mk did some pose making Tang lightly chuckle at the boy.

"Oh, MK. And you thought you knew all the Monkey King stories." Tang leans back more into his seat, Mk jumped in "Oh, but I do. I got his whole life documented extensively in this unauthorized autobiography of Monkey King. Written and illustrated by yours truly." He winked at his fellow employee who he crushed on, "Like I knew he was born from a stone, and live behind a waterfall with his sweet little baby monkey friends! And- and- and oh!" Mk realized and turned to another person next to him who just finished cleaning all the tables for today "(Name), right on time! Do you like the story? Do you? Do you?" Mk asked to a woman who is crushing on.

Her name is (Name). No last name but he didn't bother questioning it.

The said woman slightly perked up, adjusting her uniform and cleared her throat "Oh.. The Monkey with the staff. He looks decent enough to be a hero." She answered as she sat next to Mk's stool, Tang chuckled and looked at Mk.

"It's nice to know someone's taking in all these stories. Pearls of wisdom, dripping from my lips." Tang said dramatically before clearing his throat, "Well, you know the deal: one story, one free bowl of Zha jiang mian. Hmm?" He hummed.

(Name) silently sighed and facepalmed, knowing what's going to happen when someone asks for free noodles.

Here we go again...

The woman rolls her eyes and crosses both her arms and legs, leaning into the counter "Huh? Oh right, free noodles! Yep, on it. How heavy do you think a mountain is, (Name)? Compare to like-" Suddenly, a spoon came flying towards Mk making him caught off-guatd as a pig demon named pigsy effortlessly catch the bowl that was flying into the air but came out alright once it lands on his hands.

"Free noodles?!"
No one gets a free meal at Pigsy's! I'm not running a charity here, Tang!" Pigsy shouted and quickly took away his noodles from his freeloader, who looked at him with a smile and gently moves him away.

"Ah, but Pigsy. I was paying with wisdom." Tang spoke calmly, but it made pigsy more angry at him, "Yeah? Well, wisdom don't pay the rent, you freeloader! And you!" He the points at Mk who flinched and hid behind (Name) who was watching the whole scene this entire time.