Chapter 64 – 64. Demons (1)
After meal time, I was barely able to free myself from this embarrassing dress.
As I wore the nun’s clothes that had become soft overnight, I felt as happy as if I had returned to my own home.
After putting the veil on my head for the last time, I glanced back at the dress I had placed on the bed.
The old-fashioned color seemed to be begging me to wear it more.
“Uhm…”
I thought about it briefly.
Anyway, I am reluctant to wear this level of exposure with everyday clothes.
In the first place, it makes no sense for someone with the status of a saint to go around wearing such unconventional clothing.
But even so.
The pure cartoonish expression of Liliana could not be erased from her mind.
『Doing this makes them look like a married couple.』
“Ugh.”
The agony didn’t last that long.
I slowly opened the door and stuck my head out.
She asked her maid who was waiting outside.
“Hey there. “I’m talking about that dress.”
“Yes, saint. Would you like to take it?”
“Oh, is that okay?”
After she looked back and asked back, she covered her mouth.
The maid seemed to find my reaction amusing, and she responded with a small laugh.
“Sure. From the beginning, it was a dress only for saints.”
However, the maid interrupted her and glanced at the dress lying on her bed.
“Can we send you to the cathedral separately later? “After we trim it as much as possible, we will ship it to you with storage and washing instructions included.”
“If you do that, I’d be grateful!”
She answered in a high voice, then bowed her head and expressed her gratitude.
The maid seemed taken aback by my polite greeting, but she was no longer paying attention to me.
Liliana was so happy, I wonder how happy the others would be.
With a happy heart, she followed the guidance of her maid and headed outside her mansion.
***
She left the mansion with Liliana in a chaotic atmosphere.
She went on her way, greeted by numerous servants, but Liliana’s heart was still sighing as she was still in her mansion.
“You don’t want to go that much?”
“Of course. “Who says they like going to work on Monday?”
I admit that.
Even in my past life, Monday was the most hated day for everyone, regardless of age or gender.
Even I was often overcome with the urge to set the company on fire on Monday morning.
… In the end, I was the one who got burned.
She stuffed some not-so-pleasant black comedy down her throat.
Lyriana, who was on her way to work, changed her direction at a crossroads.
“Then Tessia. See you later in the evening.”
“Huh? “Will you come again later?”
I don’t care, but I can’t clearly see a future where Debbie will go on a rampage and reject me.
I was a little worried, but Liliana just smiled relaxedly.
“Are you okay. Last time, you didn’t seem to like Debbie either, right? So it will be okay this time too.”
“That… “Go?”
I don’t know.
Erop, didn’t you get annoyed while playing Erop?
She thought of those words, but couldn’t bring herself to say them out loud because of her strangely confident appearance.
“Hehe, don’t worry. Debbie will also be very happy this time.”
“I’ve never been too worried…”
She timidly grabbed her horse’s pod.
Lilia I just hurried on her way to work with a relaxed expression on my face.
“Anyway. “Then I’ll just leave, Teshia.”
“Oh, yes. Have a nice trip.”
After shaking her hand one last time, I entered the street opposite to Liliana.
“Okay, then.”
What should I do from now on?
Perhaps because I ate such a luxurious breakfast, I didn’t feel like exploring restaurants.
However, if she goes to the academy again and causes a commotion, she will not have the courage to face Ariel.
“Hmm. “I’d like to go to a café for the first time in a while.”
Come to think of it, she had heard a rumor that there was a café with a bookstore in Luz.
Having decided on a destination, I began to walk forward blindly.
It’s quick if you ask people.
I simply thought and walked through the middle of Luz.
***
“The door is closed?”
Absurd news betrayed my expectations.
I asked the bakery man, who was showing off his beefy arms, as if to double-check.
“That’s right. It was a café that I quite liked, but the day before yesterday, they suddenly announced that they were leaving and closed the store.”
“Oh my God, my God.”
The man wearing the white baker’s hat answered kindly while wiping her face, which was covered in sweat and flour, with the back of his hand.
What on earth does this mean?
To suddenly close a store that had just opened is an impossible feat unless you have a very strong heart.
“Don’t you know why?”
“The reason is… Umm.”
The man seemed uncomfortable and tried to avoid answering, as if he knew something.
My curiosity was further amplified by the reaction that seemed to be watching me.
“If you know what it is, please tell me.”
I urged the man with regret that I could not find him sooner.
Seeing me trying to solve her curiosity by holding both of her hands together, the man finally opened his mouth.
“I will tell you exactly what I heard. “Please just know that this does not contain any of my opinions or opinions.”
A man who wants to get insurance first.
What on earth are you trying to say that makes you so cautious?
When she nodded, the man took a breath and barely managed to say anything.
“Last time, the manager of the café went on a rampage saying that a demon came into his store. There was no chaos, like there was corruption or this place was abandoned by Goddess Isis.”
“A demon?”
At that moment, I remembered Amy’s phone call with the guild yesterday morning.
A report from a guild that said there were remnants of the Demon King’s army.
Did some of them come all the way here?
It was a time when I was quietly continuing my reasoning.
The baker wiped away more cold sweat and continued speaking.
“It’s just that he’s a demon.”
“That demon?”
The man who had been keeping an eye on me until the end probably realized that he couldn’t hide it and confessed everything.
“It looks like that demon was actually Devi.”
“… Yes?”
Why does Debbie’s name appear here?
I didn’t understand.
As she kept her eyes wide open, the man managed to tell the story behind her.
“Debbie said she ordered a cup of her tea at her café. As a bonus, I also borrowed a book. But, the store manager said she didn’t want to see that, so she kicked Debbie out.”
“… So.”
My voice suddenly sank.
An unpleasant sensation went up my spine.
Perhaps because of her cold chest, I felt the space between my eyebrows narrowing on its own.
The man, who flinched for a moment, continued speaking at my urging.
“Debby complained, but the manager didn’t listen at all. “They say he’s a stooge of the Demon King’s army, or that he’s attached to the humans, or something like that.”
“…”
“In the end, Debbie didn’t even get a refund for the coffee and was kicked out… That’s what I heard. “This is what the store manager himself said, so there are no lies.”
I was very angry.
Debbie also went around telling people that she was a member of the warrior party.
Are there still people in the world who give Debbie a cold look?
If you think about it, it was like that last time too.
The day Debbie came to see me at the restaurant attached to the cathedral.
At first she thought she had said it to me, but then someone blurted it out to Debbie.
『How could there be such a disturbing presence in the cathedral? …』
Crackling, my teeth ground apart.
I never wanted the treatment of other demons to change in the first place.
Humanity is still fighting big and small wars with demons.
But, at least as much as Debbie.
I hoped that the scarlet woman who fought alongside us against the Demon King would live comfortably in the Sonia Empire.
What reason is there for Debbie to be treated with such discrimination?
It was a time when she was so overcome with anger that she couldn’t say anything.
“Oh, saint. That… ?”
The man who was watching me suddenly turned his gaze beyond the door.
When I noticed that his complexion had changed, I also turned my head back.
A lot of people were watching something from afar.
If it was a fight, I didn’t feel that kind of harsh atmosphere.
However, the occasional shouting made me realize that it was not a pleasant experience.
I ran straight outside and moved forward through the crowd.
I ran towards the source of the commotion without even paying attention to the looks of surprised people.
“Aren’t you just saying the same thing? “I just wanted to read a book.”
There was Debbie, a red-eyed woman I knew well.
However, she was not alone.
Three believers wearing plain-designed priestly clothes surrounded Devi, creating an intimidating atmosphere.
“Then show me the proof.”
“Isn’t this book and ID not enough? “I don’t know how to prove that I wanted to read the book.”
“You have to find that on your own. Did you think you could get away with anything just because you were called a hero?”
“Hmm.”
Debbie, who was sitting on the bench, slightly frowned as if she was troubled.
Her believers only cast sharp eyes at her as she was deeply troubled.
It was a ridiculous request.
Deciding that I couldn’t stay still, I immediately got in front of Debbie.
“What are you doing now?”
