Volume 3 - CH 3.7

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Part 7

From the Central District’s south gate, they came out into the direction of the plaza.

They went this way because Alicia said, “This way should be a shortcut” but……

There were street stalls lined up, and it was crowded with shoppers. Unlike the Central District where the rich lived, this area truly felt like it was the district of the masses.

「I am sorry, to think that it would be this crowded……」

Alicia said that sounding apologetic.

It couldn’t be helped, the marketplace being crowded wasn’t her fault.

Normally, due to Diablo’s outward appearance, the people walking down the road would take some distance, but with this many people, that wasn’t possible. Because everyone was engrossed with shopping, there were a lot of people that wouldn’t notice even if they were bumped into.

Unless they were face to face, even the Demon King was nothing.

Krem started to get annoyed with the crowd of people.

「Eei, should I just burn them all!」

「You can’t!」

「Everyone’s gone!?」

So they got lost.

Rem, Alicia, and Krem’s figures weren’t there.

In this case, since they were the ones that were fewer, were they the ones that got lost?

However, since they were the ones at the lead……

──Were we walking too fast? Since I’ve never walked as the lead when moving in a group, I didn’t know.

If it’s Rem and Alicia, they would probably head to the inn even if they were separated, is what he thought.

He had a strange uneasiness.

At a quick pace, he returned to 《Relief・Twilight Store》.

Rem, Alicia, and Krem had not returned. He decided to wait for a bit.

He probably waited for about 20 minutes──

The bell indicating 5 o’clock in the afternoon could be heard from the neighborhood church.

The one that couldn’t endure it any longer first was Shera.

「I, I’ll try going back! They just might be searching for us in the Central Plaza! Diablo, you wait here. Since we might miss each other.」

「Umu.」

In a situation like this, he was unable to devote himself to the Demon King role play.

Krem was a Demon King, but she was still a child.

He thought that she would be alright if she was with either Rem or Alicia but……

No, if they were together, wouldn’t they have already come back? The possibility of her having gotten completely separated and being lost alone was high.

And then, the Alicia, with her strong sense of responsibility would be searching about for her? What was Rem doing?