Chapter 143
In the carriage going towards Malonei .
Delfina and I are sitting facing each other .
Neora is also riding on my side, and she is sitting in a behaved manner .
「How long is it before Malonei?」
「Ally」
There was a reply from outside the carriage .
「At this pace, we should reach by after lunch」
「You heard her」
「I see」
「It is just a little more patience . Please forgive me, I have not let them know that we are coming, so a warm reception is……」
「Don’t mind it . We aren’t going there to play in the first place」
「It is very nice of you to say that」
Inside the carriage, I chatted with Delfina with ease .
Is it because she’s a merchant? I feel like she’s used to talking about trivial things .
I felt like I could kill time with her as much as I want .
「Come to think of it, you, is the only town you have is Malonei, just one?」
「Yes, at least, right now」
「Do you plan on having others?」
「Not at all . It is unexpectedly difficult to possess one, so I am not considering on having more」
「……」
『What a strange conversation』
Eleanor whispered at the pause in between . I agree .
Delfina Homers Lanmari .
She had extended her business widely, and it is said that her financial power is equal to that of a kingdom .
A person who is that skilled, is there a possibility that she would misread the maintenance cost of the thing that she bought?
……well, unlike merchandise and stores, a whole town might just be different .
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As scheduled, we arrived at Malonei after lunch .
To resolve the problem, we disguised ourselves as simple travelers and entered the town .
Not the Five Noble Titled Kakeru, nor Delfina the Don in the Shadows .
As simple travelers, we got off the carriage, and passed to the check station-like place .
「Your name」
「n? Ahh, it’s Yuuki Kakeru」
「What a weird name . Where did you come from?」
「Reiusu」
「I see . Where’re your belongings? What’s that thing on your waist」
「A sword」
「What, it’s that Demon Sword Replica in the trend huh . What generation version is it?」
「It’s the oldest one」
「I see」
“Fun”, the man scoffed .
After that, I received useless, as in useless questions, and I was finally allowed to enter the town .
I stopped to a standstill and looked at the town .
The town looks full of life .
「Welcome, welcome〜 we have Torideca’s sweet fruits here〜」
「Fish, would anyone like to buy some fish〜 . You can get it fresh and alive after the magic is removed when you buy it〜」
「Hey there missus! What a cute little kid you have there . How is it? Would you like to buy this new Demon Sword Replica『Matchless Twin Dark Wings』, it’s the latest version〜」
There is a lot of people and lots of businesses are bustling .
It is developing without a doubt, and it looks like a town that would continue its speed of developing .
「This is amazing」
「Thank you very much」
I heard Delfina’s voice from behind, and after a few moments, Neora also passed through the checkpoint .
Delfina stood in front of me . After a few moments, Neora started to focus on being a guard .
「What will we do now?」
「That thing, guys that were possessed by that thing, they’d be creating commotions right?」
「That seems to be the case . Shall we go to a place where there would be many commotions……for example, taverns?」
「That’s too much of a pain . Just wait a second」
I slowly closed my eyes……
I crossed my arms and focused on my eyes .
The superhuman-like hearing which was multiplied 777x .
「So sweet〜, this is the first time I ate such a sweet fruit」
Not that, next one .
「Uwwa! The dead fish from earlier revived」
Not that too, next .
「Mama〜, buy me a Demon Sword〜」
Do your best, boy……next one .
I sorted out the sounds I could hear .
It something like telling apart a certain sound of an instrument while ignoring the others while listening to music .
And just like that, I gathered almost all of the people’s voices in Malonei, and sorted them out .
And .
「Stop! That money, that money’s for out cost of living!」
「Shut the help up!」
It’s this .
I opened my eyes and started running .
「Kakeru-sama?!」
「Neora, guard her and follow!」
「Yes!」
I left the two women behind and went ahead .
I changed the supplemented sound into three-dimensional coordinates, and just rushed towards there .
I jumped kicked the wall up and ran through the roof . The residents became noisyーーI ignored them .
I advanced through the shortest distance, and the place I arrived at is a single house . I opened the door and encountered a quarreling scene .
The furniture had scattered everywhere, some were spread out and some were broken .
And within that, a middle-aged man is trying to take out the money from a drawer, and a middle-aged woman is desperately trying to stop him
The woman saw me and was stunned for an instant, but immediately asked for help .
「Please help me! My husband, my husband is strange」
『Taking out their house’s money, huh』
「What an asshole」
「What did you say?!」
The man got angry and went towards me . He picked up the knife along the way, and tried to stab me with it .
「Bastard, don’tーー」
For the meantime, I knocked him down . Without needing to draw a weapon, I casually knocked him down .
The man rolled on the ground with turned eyes .
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I dragged the man out of their house and left him alone .
Crowds who heard the commotion pointed their fingers from the side, and started squabbling .
『Are you going to take out that dark thing now?』
「That would be the same to up until now . I want to remove the cause」
『What are you going to do?』
「Let me think……」
「Kakeru-sama」
Passing through the crowds, Delfina finally caught up . There is also Neora right behind her .
Delfina quickly glanced around, and instantly understood the situation .
「Is that the person you captured?」
「Yeah」
「Should I say “as expected”, or should I be rolling my eyes……we have only arrived too」
「There’s no use taking time on doing it right?」
「What do you plan to do with him?」
「I’m thinking about that right now . It’s very easy to take out that dark thing, but I want to remove the cause . Do you have any idea?」
「Let me see」
When Delfina was thinking, the man gradually woke up .
He grabbed his temples and shook his head . And slowly raised his body .
「U〜n」
『He woke up huh . Hmm, it’s inside him as I’ve thought』
「Yeah」
I nodded back to Eleanor .
It looks like it’s easier to tell that dark thing is “inside” him compared to when he’s knocked out .
「Uu〜n」
The man stood up sluggishly . Maybe I should knock him out again, but when I was thinking of that .
「Ohh」
The man’s gaze captured Delfina .
「Isn’t this that brat, that 1 Kre slave」
「1 Kreーーwhat the heck is he saying?」
『……Delfina seems a little strange』
「Eh?」
I looked towards Delfina .
Her usually composed face rapidly changed .
Her eyes widened, and saw the man as if she is looking at a subject of tremendous fear .
She held her head with both hands and started to tremble profusely .
「Sorry brat, my budget at that time was just up to 30 people . If I’d had 1 more Kre, I would’ve bought ya」
The man continued while grinning .
「I’m really sorry about that okay? Making you a slave that won’t even sell with 1 Kre . What happened after that? Were you disposed of as a slave that can’t be sold? Haha」
Delfina’s look changed more and more .
「Hahahaha, you damn bitch! A fucking slave who can’t even be sold for a single breadーー」
I chopped the man’s head . Just hearing him speak pissed me off .
On the other hand, Delfina . Her face became pale and her hair became messy .
「Uwaaaaa!!!」
In the end, she even started to shouting like crazy .
It was just an event for a few seconds . After Delfina shouted, she dropped her head with messy hair .
『……it entered, huh』
「……yeah」
It also entered inside Delfina, huh .
The process of entering inside, and a person’s aptitude for it .
It looks like, I need to investigate more about that .