Middleman of two worlds

'5'

Henrich took the contract, closed the bar and went home. When he came home his uncle was already sleeping, therefore Henrich quietly got upstairs. He took a shower, lied down in his bed and started reading the contract. The contract wasn't long there were just 7 rules.

1)'' You can't choose whether you are on the good side or bad side, you must treat each creature equally''

2)''You can't be late for the meetings with the creatures''

3)'' You can't tell anyone about who you are and what you are doing''

4)'' Even if it's affecting your personal life, you can't change the deals by yourself''

5)''You agree to go through a month of training under the control of another dealmaker, where you will learn about all the creatures that you will get in touch with''

6)'' You will get paid a lot for this job, but if you don't follow the rules the consequences will be terrible''

7)''If you don't sign this contract we will turn your life in a hell''

''Wow, how nice, they will turn my life in hell, as if it wasn't hell already,'' said Henrich and laughed. Somehow he still thought of this as a joke, therefore he signed it and fell asleep. The next day he woke up, but the contract was gone. He didn't see it as anything strange, he just assumed that his uncle's cat carried it somewhere. He went downstairs. There was a strange silence in the house. Henrich went into the kitchen and found a note on the fridge from his uncle. '' I didn't want to wake you up, but I had to visit one of my friends, please make something for breakfast and feed the cat. I will be home around 5 pm and I will need your help in a bar, so don't plan anything in the evening.''

''Uhh, great no plans for the evening, '' said Henrich. He was too tired, he slept only 5 hours, therefore he just ate cereals for breakfast. He fed the cat, dressed up and was about to go to school, but then he got a call from Sebastian. ''Good morning, buddy, I will be at your house in 5 minutes. I'll take you to school,'' said Sebastian. ''Oh, okay, I was just about to leave the house, the see you there'' said Henrich. ''See ya,'' replied Sebastian.

Henrich locked the door and waited for Sebastian. When he finally was there he got in his car.

''Hi, how are you feeling today?'' asked Sebastian.

''I'm tired. I don't know how I'm gonna make it through the lessons, '' said Henrich.

''Me too. The best thing is that we will have history today,'' Sebastian said sarcastically.

''What's wrong with history. It's my favorite subject,'' said Henrich.

''Really? Maybe I should change my seat then,'' Sebastian laughed and then continued, ''You just don't know our history teacher. She's terrible.''

''Will see,'' replied Henrich.

''Any plans after the lessons?'' asked Sebastian.

''Yeah, I've got plans. I'll be working again in uncle's bar. I think there's something wrong with one of his friends. He said that he will be home by 5 pm, but I doubt it,'' said Henrich.

''Oh, I see. Then how about the weekend. We could throw a small party,'' said Sebastian.

''On the weekend I'm free,'' said Henrich.

''Okay then,'' said Sebastian.

Henrich barely made it through the lessons without falling asleep. The history wasn't that terrible as everyone was telling him. When he came home it was about 5 pm. He did his homework and started to play the fortnite when he got a text from his uncle ''I'm not gonna be home today, the bar is in your hands''. ''Great,'' sighed Henrich. He took a shower, changed his clothes and went to the bar. There weren't too many clients today, but it was enough to earn a decent amount of money. When the last two clients had left. Henrich started to clean everything up. He was so tired that he could barely walk. He was about to take some drink by himself when someone knocked on the door.

'' Who's there? '' asked Henrich. The same mysterious man that gave the contract to him yesterday suddenly appeared.

''Oh, it's you again,'' said Henrich.

''Yes, it's me. You signed the contract. So you're now one of us,'' said the man.

''One of who?'' asked Henrich.

''One of the dealmakers, your training will start on Saturday at 6 am,'' said the man.

''6 am ? 6 am? I can't get up so early, besides I already have plans for the weekend,'' said Henrich.

''Your plans don't matter right now,'' said the man.

''How can I know that this all isn't just a joke?''Henrich asked.

''Didn't you notice that your contract disappeared? Here it is. You can take it back now. There is also my signature,'' said the man.

''What? How? '' asked Henrich. He was a bit scared of the whole situation.

''You still don't believe me, huh. That's okay. The other dealmakers also didn't. See you on Saturday,'' the man said and left the bar.

For the first time, Henrich doubted. Maybe it was all real?