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 .