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Arcueid lifted her fair, delicate arm, her five fingers clad in white silk gloves, index finger held high, pointing towards the distance. "The one paying has arrived!"
Haru followed Arcueid's finger towards the end of the street.
There stood a young man in a white priest's robe, adorned with gold and silver. His expression was sowhat anxious as he continuously fiddled with the ten gold rings on his hands, looking around as if searching for sothing.
"rem Solomon!" Haru narrowed his eyes slightly, softly uttering the newcor's na.
"Eh? So his na is rem Solomon?" Arcueid said, surprised.
Haru's mouth twitched. He looked with pity at the anxious rem ahead. He knew rem had been Arcueid's attendant for eight hundred years.
After eight centuries—Altrouge still didn't know his full na—truly pitiful.
rem, searching for Arcueid's trail, felt a strange gaze upon him. He imdiately shivered, turning his gaze towards the source, then revealed an ecstatic expression. "Princess! I finally found you!!!"
rem quickly rushed before Arcueid, speaking excitedly.
"Seeing you safe and sound, I am truly overjoyed."
"You know, modern human society has changed greatly compared to decades ago. Your acting on your own could lead to many small troubles."
"Also, your pace is too fast. Please be a little more mindful next ti, so I can keep up with you."
"..."
Arcueid expressionlessly swept her gaze over the rambling rem, pointed at the pile of plates on the table, and then pointed towards the cash register inside the cafe.
"Understood! I'll go pay imdiately!" rem imdiately understood, quickly straightened up, expertly pulled out his wallet, and trotted towards the cafe's cash register.
Shortly after, rem's urgent voice ca from inside the cafe. "Boss, table 9 outside, I'm paying! Hurry up!"
From encounter to paynt, it seed rem's eyes could only accommodate Arcueid. From beginning to end, he hadn't glanced even once at Haru sitting not far beside Arcueid.
"..."
Haru, sitting beside Arcueid, looked speechlessly at the excited rem, the pity in his eyes growing stronger.
"This guy is capable. Without you saying a word, just pointing at the plates, he understood what you ant. No wonder you call him 'the one paying'."
"....." Arcueid tilted her head, looking adorably clueless. Then, seeing Haru's puzzled expression, she said,
"Because I always feel that talking to 'the one paying' makes things very troubleso. Plus, I don't think it's necessary to talk to him, so I don't."
"...Indeed, admiration is the emotion furthest from comprehension!" Looking at rem digging out money to settle the bill, Haru fell silent for a mont. Recalling rem's life story he had seen before, he spoke strangely.
rem Solomon was born with a special ability to fulfill wishes to a certain extent. When his special nature was discovered by humans, to prevent rem from escaping, greedy people cut off his four limbs, using him as a wish-granting machine.
Originally destined for tragedy, he was rescued by the passing True Ancestor King, the Crimson Moon.
The Crimson Moon, on a whim, also turned rem into a Dead Apostle, seemingly treating him like an interesting toy.
However, rem didn't think so. He regarded the Crimson Moon as his savior, worshipping the Crimson Moon pathologically.
When the Crimson Moon faded away due to carelessness, rem seed to transfer his spiritual dependence onto Arcueid, who looked identical to the Crimson Moon, crazily admiring Arcueid, even more so than the most fanatical idol chaser.
"Since the one paying has arrived, the accommodation should be arranged. Well then, Haru, 10 PM tonight, still here. You co find Roa with . With two True Ancestors searching, we'll definitely find him at the fastest speed!"
Arcueid stood up, lifted her right hand, clenched her small fist, and spoke seriously.
"Well then, Haru. See you tonight~" Without waiting for Haru's response, Arcueid trotted onto the street, waved at Haru, and skipped away along the street.
"Princess, wait for ! I haven't told you the hotel's location yet!" rem, having just put the change back into his wallet, imdiately rushed out, quickly catching up to Arcueid's pace.
While passing Haru, rem seed to finally notice his presence, looking astonished, as if surprised soone had been there earlier.
"Farewell, spare tire!" Haru waved at rem, speaking calmly.
"Spare tire? What does that an?" rem looked astonished. His na wasn't 'spare tire.'
"Oh, thank you!" Looking at the receding figure of Arcueid, rem nodded as if understanding, and quickly ran to catch up with Arcueid's steps.
——
Although the coffee was finished, Haru didn't leave the cafe. He waited for about five minutes.
Elesia ran over flusteredly.
"Sorry, sorry, Haru! I suddenly rembered I left the faucet running at ho! I actually left without permission and ran ho to turn it off. I'm really very sorry!" Elesia bowed repeatedly towards Haru, her pretty face full of apology.
Dispelling Bystanders—was magecraft involving subconscious interference, making people subconsciously rember sothing they hadn't done and imdiately leave the area where the technique was cast. Under Haru's curse power, it was further enhanced with an A rank conceptual judgnt.
The result was the bizarre phenonon of Elesia ditching a date to turn off a faucet.
"No worries! It was an ergency!" Haru sowhat admired the honest girl before him. Ultimately, to be able to state such a reason so directly required quite a strong heart. No wonder Elesia could survive Roa's possession in different tilines.
Elesia's face showed unease and constraint. Haru's forgiving words made her feel even more guilty. Suddenly, she looked puzzled. "Eh? Where's that blonde witch just now? She should have been here earlier, right?"
"She walked off down the street," Haru pointed towards the end of the street, speaking calmly.
"—That witch must have cursed ! Otherwise, how could I go ho just because of a faucet!" Elesia ground her teeth, looking resentfully towards the end of the street, muttering softly.
Haru pretended not to hear Elesia's muttering, whistled, and then spoke. "It's already 2 PM. Weren't we going shopping?"
"Oh, indeed! Let's go quickly!" Elesia was imdiately startled, quickly took Haru's hand, and the two trotted away from the cafe together.
——
On the street, Arcueid looked left and right, curiously observing the bustling street scene.
On a nearby utility pole, a crow's red eyes flickered slightly.
"Caw~~ Caw~~ Caw~" Sharp cries slowly began.
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