Chapter 3: Trying Out Going to a Cafe – Part 6
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Part 6
One week later──
The church’s bell rang three tis, informing them that it was three o’clock in the afternoon.
Diablo’s group was headed towards the cafe.
「......I am sorry, having everyone expressly walk there.」
Right when they were passing through the gate to the Central District, Rem formally added those words.
Shera raised a lively voice.
「It’s fine! I was really looking forward to going to a cafe!」
「......True, we did promise to go there before.」
Alicia asked a question.
「Shera-sama, do you like cafes?」
「Ehehe, I’ve only heard about what it’s like. I’ve been thinking that I want to run a cafe. Rem would be the person that brings the custors coffee, and Diablo would be the person wiping the glasses.」
Before he knew it, he had beco the one wiping the glasses.
Rem shrugged her shoulders.
「......I still haven’t made any promises about the future. Well, I did make the promise to bring you to a cafe. It’s just, I didn’t think that it would be like this.」
「There’s nothing to mind though? Since I’m happy as long as we can go to the cafe.」
Alicia nodded.
「The matter this ti, I believe that it is a necessary arrangent. Rem-sama, there is nothing for you to fret over.」
「......I wonder if that is really the case.」
The place of destination was the cafe that was in the Central District.
There, Celestine Bordorel, the head of the Magician’s Guild, was waiting.
Towards Rem who had reported the chain of events, Celes said that she “wanted to et with her by all ans”.
Because of that, Krem was also accompanying them.
Shera was pulling her hand.
Diablo was gazing at the girls from his position of being last in their line. He was bad at joining in the conversation of a group of people.
Rem was uneasy.
「When I said that it would be difficult to bring her to the Magician’s Guild, she designated the eting to be at the cafe.」
Alicia nodded.
「I believe that was appropriate. At a ti where the other party would have thoughts of inflicting harm to Krem-sama, it would surely be difficult to resist while inside the Magician’s Guild.」
「......While Celes knew that the Demon King’s soul was sealed inside of , she allowed freedom. At this point, I would like to think that there is no need for that concern.」
「A person’s true feelings is sothing that can’t be understood by anyone and everyone.」
「......This ti, there is one more worry that is bothering but......no, as long as Diablo is around, I believe that it will be alright.」
「I see.」
The reason why the girls’ words were ambiguous was because Krem was around.
In other words, she was probably worried about a case where Krem would suddenly awaken as the Demon King and attack Celes.
It seed that at that ti, she was expecting that Diablo would protect her.
He had made preparations so that it would be fine if sothing were to happen, but looking at Krem for these past few days, he thought that such worries were probably just needless anxiety.
──This girl, she just simply “lives idly/does nothing but eat and sleep”.
She was an exact image of an infant that gets as many biscuits as she wants.
Shera beca sothing like a kindergarten teacher, teaching her songs almost every day, and was making her toys.
She opened her heart to her.
What should worry them is that the amount they paid for biscuits was not insignificant.
The mont the money that this party possessed ran out, wouldn’t that be the mont the Demon King make its descent into the world. It was enough to make him think that.
The Central District was partitioned off by a stone wall.
Even when they went to the Feudal Lord’s mansion before, they passed through this gate.
At that ti, there was a bit of trouble with the gatekeeper, but this ti, since the State Knight Alicia was there, they were able to pass thanks to her position.
The ground underfoot changed from stone pavent to tiles.
Also, the buildings, they weren’t made of stone but were lined up estates made of brick and denoted that this was a district where the rich lived.
Watch-keepers ant for the sake of maintaining public order were standing all over the place.
Several tis, ahead of them when they turned a corner, they would discover sowhat stylishly made shops.
Shera raised a voice of admiration.
「Uwaah......So this, is a cafe, isn’t it!?」
It was fundantally a brick building, but the eaves were made with a wooden frawork. An iron signboard was hung at the entrance.
Above all, there was glass fitted “in” the door.
Sothing like a door with glass in it, this was the first ti he had seen such a thing since coming to this world.
Rem introduced it.
「......It is said that this was made in the sa way as the buildings in the royal capital. Celes might already be here. Shall we go in?」
They pulled the door open.
The fragrance of coffee drifted in the air.
Having co to this world, he had drank coffee several tis, but he felt that this was a different fragrance from those other tis.
Shera pulled Krem’s hand and entered while looking around restlessly.
「Wah! Incredible! It’s sohow, incredible!」
「Fumu, I don’t really get it but......This place, does it really have delicious biscuits?」
「They do～. They are called scones. A girl that went to the royal capital’s cafe boasted about it.」
Alicia made a face that looked like she wanted to say sothing, but she kept silent.
Properly thinking about it, she lived in the royal capital. Moreover, she was the daughter of a duke family. Most likely, she has at least gone to the cafe.
Even Diablo, in the world before he was summoned, he obtained a certain level of knowledge.
──Scones aren’t biscuits, you know?
In the store interior, there were five counter seats and two four-person tables.
It wasn’t very spacious.
There was the fact that it was just made, but the store interior was sparkling everywhere and looked new and clean.
He had heard stories that it was a considerably high-class store, but even when compared to the stores in the world that he was forrly in, it was full of a high-class feeling.
──Crap. I’m getting nervous. Now that I think about it, I, I’ve never entered a place with a riajuu atmosphere like a high-class tea house.
This place, it was sothing different from the type of stores where sweet coffee would co out in plastic or paper cups for 300 yen.
In the store, there was only one custor.
While still sitting in the chair, she expressed a smile this way.
Her looks were gentle, and her voluptuous body was wrapped up in a long robe.
A staff was leaning against the wall, indicating that she was a Magician.
It was the person they had an appointnt with──Celestine Bordorel.
「Ara ara, welco......Wait, it feels odd for to say that even though there is an employee here, doesn’t it?」
Rem greeted her.
「......Did we keep you waiting?」
「Actually, I was looking forward to this a bit too much, and ca here considerably early. But, it was correct to make it at this shop. I didn’t lose interest no matter how much ti I waited. To tell you the truth, I also wanted to try coming to a cafe, you know?」
She expressed a childlike smile.
Shera leaned forward.
「M, too! I was really looking forward to it, the cafe!」
「Araa, then, you’re the sa as . It is wonderful to be able to drink coffee with the sa taste as the coffee in the royal capital, isn’t it──Ah, could it be that child?」
Even though she should know Krem’s true identity, Celes’ facial expression was calm.
Her gaze t with Krem’s.
「Who are you -nanoda?」
「Nice to et you, I am called Celes. I work as the head of this town’s Magician’s Guild.」
「Hou, I see. The one that maintains this town’s barrier, so that is you.」
Krem had her gaze go around. It would seem that she was able to see the flow of magical power that was used for the barrier.
Rem beca a bit nervous, and her face stiffened up.
Celes smiled.
「That’s right, it is a significant responsibility. That’s why, it was really difficult to co here alone. But, I’m glad......After all, you are very adorable. I’m glad to have t you.」
「Maou only ca here to eat biscuits -nanoda!」
「Is that so? They are very delicious, aren’t they. Please have a seat.」
「Umu!」
Krem took her seat, and it was automatically decided that Shera’s seat would be next to her. She was sothing like her guardian.
Following that flow, Rem sat in the remaining seat.
Since they were four person tables, without forcibly gathering at one table, Diablo and Alicia used the neighboring table.
Alone together with Alicia.
His nervousness beca even higher.
──To think that my human life would awaken just from sitting opposite of such a beautiful girl in a riajuu tea house like this.
So that the heart throbbing in his mind wouldn’t be perceived, Diablo deliberately behaved imposingly.
「You should order anything that you like.」
「Thank you very much, Diablo-sama. But is that alright?」
Alicia pointed at the nu that was on the table.
Incidentally, when drinking coffee at 《Relief》, one cup was 200 F (Furis). Even in other stores, it wouldn’t exceed 300 F.
In this high-class shop......
One cup of coffee, was 3000 F.
──HAAAHH!? There are three zeros!?
His voice was about to reflexively co out.
That was an amount of money that matched one night (breakfast and a bed for one) at Relief.
──To think that she would arrange to et at a place like this! That damned Celes, does she plan on making us go bankrupt, that damned oni! Damned witch!
That devilish woman expressed a sweet smile.
「I’ll be the one paying here, so please order anything that you like, okay?」
「What, so she was a goddess.」
Diablo’s muttering was fortunately not overheard by anyone.
The brought out coffee was different from the stuff that they normally drank.
Its acidity was strengthened, but that beca an accent to the bitter taste and made it easy to drink. Also, surprisingly, what was suggested was the orange juice. There certainly existed a sweetness different from sugar.
──Amazing! If it’s this taste, it would definitely be popular even in a tropolitan area!
Krem found the coffee to be bitter and no good, but once the cocoa and scones ca out, she beca quite pleased.
「Sweet! Tasty! It is tasty, this muddy water and these biscuits are delicious -noda!」
It seems that to her, snack-like things were all biscuits.
「I am so glad that they are to Krem-chan’s liking.」
「Umu, I shall praise it! The usual biscuits are good, but this place’s biscuits were also delicious -noda!」
「Ufufu......Would you like a second helping?」
She looking like she enjoyed it quite well.
At the ti they were going back──
Shera, Krem, and Alicia left the store first.
Taking only a small amount of ti to pay the bill, Diablo, Rem, and Celes exchanged words. So that not even the employee could hear them, they lowered their voices.
「Celes, you have heard of the situation from Rem, correct? Krem has lost her mories but......She is the Demon King. What do you intend to do?」
He didn’t want to make enemies of the Magician’s Guild.
However, she definitely also had the responsibility of protecting the people of the Races.
Just how would she move?
「Fufu......I don’t think that there is a Demon King like that out there. To not be killing people of the Races and be liking snacks. Soone like that couldn’t be a Demon King, right?」
Celes’ cheerful smile didn’t darken at all.
Rem asked a question, sounding worried.
「......It, really helps us for you to say that, but......Celes, will you be alright? Won’t you get punished?」
「It’s the sa as the ti with you. If the matter becos public, I don’t know what will happen. But, for ......Things that tie people down and steals away their freedom even though that sort of thing isn’t necessary, I get an “I don’t want that” kind of feeling, you know?」
Celes is the key that activates Faltra City’s barrier. She is unable to leave this town.
It was sothing that she herself chose to do, but it is a position where she has lost her freedom.
It was for that reason, that her words were believable.
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