'It's very ...... delicious ......'

Tino said with a happy, debauched smile. The chocolate parfait was even better than I'd heard about it.
A thirty centimeter high glass bowl was filled with ice cream, chocolate, crispy cookies, and garnished with a generous amount of whipped cream and sauce. The top of the bowl was covered with chocolate in the shape of a crown, giving it the dignity of a king.
As a chocolate producing area, the quality of the chocolates was certain, but more than anything, the quantity was tremendous. If Liz and Cicely had seen it, they would have frowned.

But what made the taste so special was the information that Tino had overheard from the hunters outside, that the orcs had gone away.
When you are worried about something, no matter how sweet it is, you can't enjoy it.

I don't know why, but I feel lucky that the trouble is going away from the trouble. It was proof that if you can stop your childhood friends, you can avoid getting into trouble. You're good, ...... me!

Tino was smiling, I was smiling, and everything was going well.
I wanted to jump for joy, but I'm not a hard-boiled man, so I just smiled quietly. I don't want to puke!

But ...... this is a little too much.

I look down at my parfait. I have a secret sweet tooth, but unlike the other hunters, I'm not a big eater. I moved my spoon at a decent pace, but there was still about half a parfait left in the beautiful glass bowl.
Tino, on the other hand, had already finished his meal and was sitting still, even though he had ordered the same thing. Hunters tend to be fast eaters and gluttons. I wonder how many parfaits he has in his slender body.

I'm sorry to leave you with this. ...... Do you want Tino to eat it? I'm not sure what to make of it, but I'm sure it's a good idea.
A lot of the time, the best way to get the most out of a product is to use it as a tool. So Tino may not mind, but it may destroy the impression of hard-boiled Mastaa. ...... Is it too late?

Tino's jet black eyes are looking up at you. I'm sure you've been through a lot, but those eyes are still genuinely respectful of me.
You can order more if you don't have enough ...... food.

After some struggle, I pulled out a stick of cookie that was stuck in the parfait and offered it to Tino. I haven't touched it yet, so it's okay.
Tino's eyes widened and he looked around.

'! I'm not sure what to say. I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that,....... ............I'll take it.'

Tino was lost in thought and bit into the cookie, his face turning bright red.
The white skin is reddish up to the ears, and it looks really embarrassed. I felt like I was feeding her a fresh expression that I couldn't see in my group.
Indeed, if I were in the opposite position, I might be a little embarrassed too.

'Is it good?'

'...... Yes. It's very ...... sweet. ...... Great.'

Tino replies in a small voice, chewing in a small way. You really like sweets, don't you?
...... I need to score some points on this vacation and have them protect me in case of emergency.

I was in a peaceful mood on a very rare date with Tino when an older man wearing a large white hat and a white apron came out from the back of the store.
He seemed friendly, probably because I was used to seeing strong hunters all the time. He walked towards me without hesitation, looked at Tino and me in turn with a slightly wary expression on his face, and said in a hushed voice: '

'.................. I'm sorry if this is sudden. I'm sorry if you've mistaken me for someone else. ...... Could it be that you're that "Thousand Transformations"?

What?

I'm not sure how they know I've used a fake ID. I checked his face without showing it, but as expected, he had no memory.

I didn't react, but perhaps that wasn't such a good idea, because the man smiled and nodded his head in agreement.

'After all, ......! I've been waiting for you for a long time! I'm the manager of this shop--'

The tone of voice was excited.
He asked me to shake his hand and I did so without hesitation. His hand smelled of chocolate, as if he was also making parfaits.
This is the first time that my identity has been revealed to an ordinary person, let alone a hunter, just because I was eating a sweet. Moreover, this is the first time that an ordinary person has been exposed to a hunter who has a strong impression of roughness. Tino also rolled his eyes.

'In this industry you are very famous. You may be the best among the hunters. A legendary treasure hunter who visits every coffee shop and pastry store in the country and abroad! The stores he visits are said to bring happiness and prosperity for a long time. ......! The two names given to him by the way he changes his orders until he has conquered the menu are -- "Thousand Changes"!

I'm impressed. That's what I'm talking about,..........'?

That's what I'm talking about!

Hearing this information for the first time, I looked twice at the manager's face.
I'm sure you've been going around hiding your true identity, but how could you be so obvious? ...... It's hard to understand why you're being treated like a lucky fairy. It's not hard-boiled at all.

...... I can't go out without a ...... reputation like that. If I had a hole, I would go in it. It's nothing to write home about. What are the two names you get for conquering the menu? .......

'Your dark hair and dark eyes and the young lady with you are proof of that. I was looking forward to seeing when you would come to my restaurant, but I didn't expect you to be here at such a difficult time. ......'

'............ No problem. Masutaa has already taken care of the Orc pack. You can rest easy. ...... chocolate parfait, it was very delicious.

I'll wait. I'm not doing anything!

I'm not sure why I'm intervening between Tino and the manager, who is going about his own business.
It's fine if you're happy about my visit, but it's not okay if you're happy about something I didn't do. It would be a liability.

'It's the other hunters who actually fight the orcs, not me. Don't forget that. It's also ...... probably coincidental that the orc pack left the fort. Tino? I didn't do anything.

I didn't do anything.' It was a coincidence because Mastaa said it was a coincidence. I'm sorry, manager, forget what I said earlier.

'Oh, I see. ...... I understand. If that's the case, ......'.

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'Welcome back! I've been waiting for you all day! Your sister wanted to follow me, but I stopped her!

'Huh! That's what Shito said! Kurai-chan, welcome back! What's that, a souvenir?

This place is getting crowded at once.
The moment I opened the door, I stopped Liz from jumping into my arms and handed Sitri the box that the manager had given me as a souvenir.
The contents are said to be an assortment of chocolates from the town of Gura. If I can receive such a gift, perhaps I should be willing to accept the title of chocolate spirit.

Tino, who had been walking next to me with a smile on his face earlier, pulled back his smile and made a sullen face.
Tino and I have known each other for a long time, and Tino and Liz have known each other for several years now. They seem to know how to get along.

Liz takes his arm and rubs his cheek against it.

'I was so bored, I wasn't sure if I should attack the fort. There seems to be a lot of damage, and they seem to have accumulated a lot of things, don't they?

'Yeah, it looks like the fort is already empty.

'What? What do you mean?

After we left the coffee shop, Tino and I checked the town just to be sure.
It would be a bad night's sleep if the manager was deceived by the strange information and suffered badly.

As it turned out, the information Tino had gleaned from the hunters passing by that the Orcs had abandoned the fort seemed to be true.
The pack of orcs that had left the fort did not attack Gura, but instead crossed the plains as if they were running amok.

The cause is unknown, but it seems to be fortunate for the town of Gura. If a pack of orcs is running rampant on the road, it will be a problem that needs to be solved immediately on a national scale.
The amount of money and manpower we can spend is incomparable. It would be troublesome to attack a fort with a forest nearby, but we could use a wide range of attack magic on the plains. The number of hunters who would gather would also increase.

If there is one concern, it is that the orcs seem to be changing.
They seem to be running with a willingness to injure themselves, and there were many orc corpses lying in the trail where the orc pack passed by. It's unnatural for a wise subhuman demon to lose its mind to such an extent. And we, the Ghosts of Sorrows, have been tormented by such irregularities for a long time.

Will he be all right? I was a little worried, but all I could do was worry.

Citrie, who was listening smilingly, clapped her hands as if she noticed something, but without saying anything, she turned to Tino.
He pointed to the bottle of potion on the living room table.

'Yes, Tee-chan. I've prepared a sleep potion to help you sleep better.

A sleep potion that prepares you to sleep well? ....... As a hunter, Sitri's potion is mainly for demons and illusions. They are specially formulated to be effective against demons and phantoms, which by nature are highly resistant to drugs, making them too dangerous for humans to ingest.

Of course, it's unlikely that he would serve such a potion to his junior, but there is a simpler solution.

'Oh, no problem. You can use the bed next to me, not the couch.'

'...... yes?'

Sitri froze, smiling, and Tino rolled his eyes.
Apparently, his insomnia was caused by anxiety, and he had a nice smile on his face today. I'm sure he'll be able to relax and sleep better with me next to him, the best (in Tino's eyes).