"Hey, you young couple! Look at that, royal capital's famous boa bake!　Yummy, huh?

"...... young couple

"Oh, well, let's get two ...... or three. Just wrap one up.

"There is a maido!

　I toss one of the wrapped spit-roasted meat skewers into the item box and hold another one in front of the mouth of a slightly disheveled smirk on Nell's face with a grin.

"Here, Nell.

"Oh, um, yeah, thanks.

　Nell snaps it into her mouth and takes the handle of the spit from me.

Is that a gift for En-chan?

Yeah, I thought he'd want to eat. He likes to eat. He'll sulk if he finds out we're the only ones eating good food.

　En isn't in my item box right now.

　I was in the room with him when I took him out of the item box and was relaxing with him when the princess found me, and I ended up introducing her to him, but it seems that they became friends in an instant, and today they are going to play in the castle.

　It seems that the princess was perfectly suited to En's appearance, as she had no friends around her age, and she was very excited about the fact that she had met her idol in the middle of the night. I was showing it.

　It was a bit amusing to see En, who doesn't show much change in her emotions, looking slightly bemused.

　Well, I won't be swinging her around town, and it will be good for En to make new friends.
　I'll be happy if they get along with you.

I'm sure you'll be able to find the right one for you to use.

"Oh. . isn't it super cute?

"Yeah, super cute

　As we were walking along in such a conversation, Nell suddenly stopped, made a gesture of resisting attempts to look in one direction, and then turned to me as if nothing had happened.

...... onii-san, that was, you noticed, right?

"Oh, Nell, you get it too,

　Well, if she's this close, she'll notice.

　The one she cares about is the observer who's been following us since a little while after we left the royal castle.

　We've been following her up to this point, but because we've entered the crowd, she's been coming closer so as not to lose sight of us, and I think that's how she understood.

What, if you knew, you could have told me.

I didn't want you to know I was aware of it. I didn't want you to know that I was aware of it, because I thought you'd look at me like I was following you.

　That bastard is probably here to find out who I am or to keep an eye on Nell.

　They want to leave it there to show how well I'm getting along with Nell so that they can impress me.

　This is the plan from the beginning. Who's the guy next to the brave man.

Oh, my god. For the record, I'm trained in that sort of thing, so I wouldn't do it. And I don't want you to say I'm out of it.

"All right, I'm sorry. --Well, I'm sure he's not trying to pull something on us, but he's just trying to get a feel for us. Let's just show off our flirting and make him feel like he ate a lump of sugar.

...... Yeah, okay.

　With a shy smile, she nodded with a coy smile.


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"Wow, that's awesome.

　Nell led me to a flea market, where I let out a few words as I looked around.

　It was much bigger than I had imagined.
　There are countless stalls lining the single street, and there are few places left for people to pass through.

　In a previous life, I attended a flea market in the city once, but this is probably even bigger than that.

　Nell says that this is open all year round, so it should be a tourist attraction in the capital.

It's not uncommon to hear of things of great value being sold here, such as things bought from a street vendor and then sold to a regular store for an extraordinary price. On the other hand, I've heard of people buying something outrageous and losing a lot of money.

"Wow, ...... like that jar?

"Huh?　That jar?　...... looks like an ordinary jar, what is it?

Oh. It seems to have a nightmare effect on its owner every night. There's no such thing as a "curse" or anything like that.

　It's not cursed like the axe, which was En's predecessor, but it's just a magic tool that usually has that effect. Who benefits from this?

It's not just a matter of time before you get your hands on a new one. I mean, you've just found something amazing right off the bat,

I just happened to see it. Well, at a flea market of this size, I'm sure there's a lot of crazy stuff like that. Maybe some of them are buried in secret and have a grudge in them?

"No, come on. I'm not very good at being scared.

That's rude. If I find something you don't like, I'll shut up so you don't get scared.

"...... teasing

　A grin twists the edges of my mouth, cowering my shoulders as Nell makes an angry face, her lips quirked up in an obvious smile.

　And then we laugh at each other.



　--Then for a while, completely forgetting about the observer, me and Nell look around the stalls.

　As Nell had said, there is a lot of junk here, but buried among the junk, there seems to be some valuable items mixed in both good and bad ways.

　There was one customer who had just bought a valuable item in a bad way right in front of us: ...... Sorry about that.



　I'm sure he'll be opening his own stall and selling the same items in a few days.

　Goods with good value can probably be sold for a higher price if you buy them and sell them somewhere else, but since I'm living in a place that's cut off from the economic society, I don't need money at all, so I pass it off.

　If I need money, I can sell the materials of the monsters I hunted in the forest of the demon world. It'll probably be worth a fortune.

　There were some tools and equipment with status-enhancing effects, but their effects were not very good, so I didn't touch them either.
　Honestly, I don't need them now. I can prepare it myself if I need it.

Doesn't this earring look good on you?

"Huh?　Is that so?

　I picked up a pair of earrings that seemed to be handmade.

　They were designed with small golden hearts at the end of several interconnected rings.

Did you make these?

"Yes, yes, I do!　Oh, um, I think it would look great on your girlfriend!　Would you like one?

　The girl, who seems to be the owner of the store, looks a little nervous and is not very familiar with it.

I'm sure you'll be happy to see me.

"Yes!　Thank you!

　Then I took the earrings I bought from the girl and turned to Nell.

"Look, Nell, turn sideways.

"Uh-huh.

　I touched my hand to her profile and put an earring in each of her ears.

"There we go. Hmm, looks good. I guess I haven't looked too far wrong!

　Well, really, I picked it up when I noticed Nell glancing at these earrings!

　Well, I'm thankful for the demon king's five senses. It's a little bit of a misuse, I guess.

Well, thanks to ......

Oh, yeah. I should be doing this for my lovely wife.

　Then, with a happy smile on his face, he walked out of the flea market again - at that moment.

　The sound of breaking glass and a resounding shout.

　The source of the sound is nearby, and nearby passersby cower in horror.

　The moment you hear the sound, Nell, who is next to me, quickly bends down a little and takes a stance to draw the holy sword from her waist at any time.
　It's a reflex action, a reflex movement from training. You've been a bit careless lately, but I guess that's what makes you a brave man.

　You'll be able to find out what's going on at a nearby restaurant. The voices inside have been leaking out here.

...... Something seems to have happened. You will be able to find out the best way to get the most out of this article. Wait here for me.

You've been so careless lately that your natural disposition is bursting at the seams, but when I see you, you're definitely a brave man. It's so cool!

............ Onii-san, I'm in the serious part of the day, so I hope you don't say anything too distracting.

　Yes, I'm sorry.