Volume 8 - CH 2.2

Part 2

They entrusted their carriage to a carriage shop. The southern district was a neighborhood of merchants, so carriage shops were all over the place.

Not only could they entrust it with them, they could even be asked to water and fodder to the horses and inspect and repair the frame of the carriage.

Since they had gone on a long journey, they also asked to have it inspected.

Diablo’s group of three walked to the bakery 《Peter》.

In front of the store, there was a crowd.

Rem tilted her head.

「……It seems that it’s packed, doesn’t it?」

「It is a bakery with delicious food, and it is lunch time after all!」

He didn’t deny Shera’s words, but he wasn’t satisfied with them. Something was strange about it.

Diablo gazed at the customers, and noticed the identity of the out of place feeling.

「A majority of them are men.」

「……Now that you mention it, it’s strange. There would be more female customers if they were just buying bread though.」

「There sure is a good smell in the airー.」

The irresistible fragrance of freshly baked bread didn’t change even in another world. Since there were few chances to eat delicious things, the appeal of it doubled instead.

Even for Diablo who wasn’t picky about his food, he didn’t think of going to a different place since it was crowded.

「……Well then, why don’t we go in.」

Rem said that with a tone as if she were about to go into a fight.

Shera also followed in after her.

He hadn’t seen anything like a queue in this town. In cases where it was crowded, if they waited elegantly, they could squeeze themselves in between those that came afterwards.

The residents didn’t have the concept of “making a line and going in order”. There weren’t even people that disputed about manners.

Rather than it being due to being another world, it was probably just a difference of cultural practices.

However, even without lining up with good behavior, the inhabitants of the town weren’t outlaws, nor were they of a savage tribe. He couldn’t even find people who exercised violence in the first place.

It was a place where a kindhearted-sounding young man could come up from the side, and, while saying 「Pardon me」 and making a slight bow if their shoulders touched, would buy bread ahead of him……

It was that sort of culture.

──Well, since a Demon King lining up for something is a bit strange in terms of image, it really helps me though.

Diablo’s group entered the store.

There was a counter, and it was possible to buy bread from there and leave. Since glass was a super high-class item, there was no show window. The goods were lined up behind the counter, and they were bought by either pointing at them or using the good’s name.

The clerk was a young Pantherian girl that had the appearance of a maid.

「Welcome～ ba……ck? Demon King-sama? Demon King-sama!」

The customer delightedly said 「I came again, Edel-chan」, and showed a slovenly expression.

Rem and Shera were shaken by her being in her Demonic Being appearance.

Diablo made a conjecture.

「Is this……that?」

Wasn’t it something like a maid cafe event?

「……D, do you know something about this?」

「Is it alright!?」

Diablo lowered his voice, and told the two of them.

「You should take a closer look. The customers do not consider Edelgart as a genuine Demonic Being.」

「……Now that you mention it.」

──What’s up with that, I want to try going there.

It sounded fun.

If I knew about it when we stayed at the royal capital, I would have gone──is what Diablo thought, but he didn’t let it show on his face.

A Demon King going to a Monster Girl Cafe was a considerably hard thing to do.

──Someday, I’ll secretly go there, alone!

He secretly resolved to do that.

Nevertheless, just who would have thought of the business conditions of a Monster Girl Cafe? Even though even normal cafes had just been made recently.

Diablo was summoned from his original world, and was transferred to this other world.

Since he had the appearance and abilities of his game character, so it might be a bit different from a normal transfer but……

Could there be other transferrees similar to him?

Taking a cup of coffee into his hand, he thought about that sort of thing.