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I hate Costing. I intend to start translating again, but as you know, my plans rarely an anything.
Since Kaburagi wanted to see a commoner's supermarket I decided to pick a place far away, where the likelihood of b.u.mping into soone from Zui'ran was nil.
We stepped through the automatic doors with a shopping basket. Kaburagi looked at our basket, and then looked at the other custors in the shop.
"We're not using one of those?" He pointed at a shopping trolley.
"We are not buying anything bulky or heavy and have no need for one," I explained.
He humd in thought.
Although you couldn't tell from his expression, I could sense so dissatisfaction in that sound.
Had he wanted to use a trolley? d.a.m.ned child.
Stop staring at the custors who are using one.
"Well then, shall we head to the food aisles?"
I guided him further into the shop.
"See this?" I pointed. "Are the drinks here not cheaper than in a convenience store? Buying sweets are by far more economical in a supermarket as well."
"Hmmm."
He seed a little lost.
…I bet the problem was that he'd never looked at a price tag before.
Suddenly, from the side, sobody held a small plastic cup out in front of Kaburagi.
"We have a new vegetable juice on sale~ Would you like a try~?"
Kaburagi looked at the young woman like she was crazy and started to frown. Oh c.r.a.p…
I tugged him out of the way by the elbow.
"My, this seems delicious~" I said, taking the cup and drinking it.
"Wow, that was incredible. There was no bitterness to it at all," I shilled and took a bottle of it. Then, with a smile, I left the place while pulling Kaburagi along.
"…What just happened?"
"That was a product demonstration. They hand out samples of food and drinks in order to encourage purchases. So just because they suddenly speak to you is not a reason to take an att.i.tude with them!"
"Hmmmm."
Did this guy really understand?
Just whose fault was it that I was now buying so vegetable juice I didn't even want?
Oho? I sll sothing good cooking.
I was actually planning to buy so side dishes for a snack tonight, but I guess that's out since I'm stuck here with Kaburagi.
Ahh~ That yakisoba looks nice though.
Maybe I ought to buy a microwave for my room. But then what kind of young miss would have a microwave in her room? That'd be weird, right?
Wh, hey! Kaburagi!
Kaburagi was wandering here and there curiously, so I couldn't even take an eye off him!
When I quickly went after him I found him caught by soone trying to sell ham steaks.
Let explain to you exactly what I was looking at.
There's a high school boy with an dignified and handso face, and not the type you'd ever find in this part of town. In front of him is a middle aged lady cooking up pieces of ham like she's ready to give them all to him, saying,
"Co on, mister! Eat up, eat up! This ham steak cos with a special sauce, so all you've gotta do is grill it up like this and it's ready to eat."
"Hmmm."
Ah, he ate it.
"How is it, mister? Delicious, right~?"
"…Not too bad."
Uuu, it was hard walking away without buying sothing after having a sample!
In place of Kaburagi who got walked into trying so food, I was the one who had to grab one of the vacuum-packed ham steaks.
At least give so to try too…
After that Kaburagi was stopped by soone selling a season limited jam, soone selling yoghurt good for your digestive system, soone selling freshly baked garlic bread, and each ti I ended up with more and more unnecessary additions to my shopping basket.
"Product samples, huh? So this sort of thing existed too," he murmured admiringly between chewing his garlic bread.
"If it is product sampling you are looking for then departnt stores do so on their bas.e.m.e.nt floors. It is not exclusive to supermarkets."
It was just sothing I happened to ntion in pa.s.sing, but the next thing I knew Kaburagi was muttering "Departnt store…" to himself. Ah, I'd done it now…
"All right then. Next ti we're going to the bas.e.m.e.nt floor of a departnt store-"
I cut him off and began tugging him.
"Oh my! Look! That, there, is the sweets corner~ There should be plenty of chocolate: your favourite~"
If I let him finish that sentence just now it would have been a real crisis.
Hmm, since I was here anyway, maybe I ought to buy so sweets and then head ho. Oh! Lucky Turns were on special!
I put two packets into my shopping basket.
"You're buying two?"
"This is the lowest I have ever seen it, so I am buying so extras."
Maybe I could buy one more?
Oh dear, but these fried rice crackers were quite a steal too. Into the basket they go.
Mmmn, and what about these biscuits with cream between them. After all, the slightly bitter chocolate-flavoured biscuits just went so well with the flavour of milk!
Yeah, I'd just buy them all!
"…You look really practised. So you co here often?"
"Yes. For market research at the like. I am an advocate for getting your own hands dirty when it cos to these things."
While I was shopping about for more sweets, Kaburagi wordlessly took the shopping basket off my hands.
"Eh…?"
"I'll hold it for you."
It actually occurred to the Emperor to hold soone else's things!
Kaburagi, the guy with no consideration whatsoever, the guy who unhesitatingly used a frail girl (that's by the way) as his gopher, had noticed that I was carrying a heavy basket and decided to hold it himself.
Did anyone foresee a day such as this!?
Wow. Humans really never stopped improving themselves.
Still, if we wanted to be technical about this, normally you'd offer right after entering the store, huh~
While I was lost in the feeling of watching my unworthy disciple grow up, the boy himself had already walked off quite a distance. With the basket.
Waah-! And now he was throwing whatever caught his fancy into it!
A fish-shaped kitchen sponge? What dishes do you even clean!?
And what are you going to do with that mapo tofu marinade!
Put everything back right now!
This is exactly why I didn't want a shopping trolley!
I took the shopping basket back.
"What's that?" he suddenly asked.
Ah, the cup ran section.
I glanced at the prices and just kept going. These noodles could still go cheaper.
The next area that drew his attention was the crowded fresh foods section. They were giving out lon samples here.
Spot the handso young man behind the crowd of housewives, the staff mber who was handing them out pa.s.sed a toothpick with a sample on it to Kaburagi.
Not this again…
I was pretty much resigned by now.
"I've never seen this kind of lon before," he muttered as he looked at the mountain of lons.
"It's an Andes lon, known for being sweet." And cheap, a friend to commoners everywhere, I left out.
"Oh?"
The big sucker that he was, Kaburagi nodded thoughtfully as he tried a piece of it.
I sighed. While Kaburagi was enjoying himself again I picked out a pack of lon bites and put it into the shopping basket.
Aah, we'd have to finish the fresh food today…
After making a round of the store Kaburagi seed more or less satisfied, so it was ti to head for the counter. I was buying more than I'd planned…
While we were waiting in line I pulled out my points card. Kaburagi noticed and asked about it.
"This is a points card for this supermarket. For every 100 Yen you spend, you receive a point in return. On occasion there are days when they give out five tis the points too."
"Hmmm."
It was eventually our turn, so I was about to pay when Kaburagi stopped from the side.
"It's fine. I'll pay."
"Will you? Well then, I will pay you back later."
"It's fine."
"Eh? But…"
"It's thanks for coming here with ."
Kaburagi flashed a quick smile, which had the girl manning the register flushing.
He didn't seem likely to change his mind about it, so I decided to just accept his thanks this ti.
"So let have this."
Those were my Lucky Turns! ntion that part beforehand!
I placed the shopping basket next to the counter and began stuffing our purchases into the grocery bags there.
"Do we pack the bags ourselves?"
"Yes. Supermarkets like these implent this sort of system in order to speed the process up."
Kaburagi humd in thought at that. After watching work for a while though, he told that he'd do it instead.
I guess it's like how pre-schoolers like to play shop, huh?
I watched as he emptied out the bag I'd just filled and began thodically packing the heaviest items first, and then neatly putting the softer items on top.
"How conscientious of you~"
"You're just too carefree. Look here. The bread is a little flat because of you."
"…"
Kaburagi took the lion's share of the snacks I'd picked out for myself. Oi! If you're going to do that then take back this vegetable juice with you too!
What "I only drink freshly made"!
At least I managed to force the yoghurt into his bag. It was sothing else that he bought after having his interest sparked by samples. I figured he could probably do with it anyhow, since the curse I placed on him with my Third Eye back in the Handicrafts Club had to be reaching his intestines by now.
When we left the supermarket my sense of sll detected an anomaly. In the parking lot next to the supermarket was a smoking yakitori stall!
No, Reika. Kaburagi is with you right now. You can't buy it. You can't…!
"Mister~ I'd like the negima please!" I smiled widely, having run straight up to the yakitori stall.
"Coming right up! How many skewers do you want?"
Negima is a type of yakitori (grilled chicken) skewer that features spring onion and chicken at.
I was firmly in the negima camp when it ca to yakitori.
Naturally I'd order both salt-seasoned and sauce-seasoned. But then wouldn't it be rude of if I only ordered one each? In that case~
"Give five of each, Mister!"
"That's five of each, so ten in total, coming right up!"
Uhuhu, they looked delicious. I watched him put the skewers into a paper bag.
"You're a gorgeous little missy, so I've included an extra skewer of each for you."
"Ehhh~!? You shouldn't have! Thank you, Mister! You're the best!"
I took out the freebie and bead as I waved him goodbye and left.
"I love you, mister! Thanks so much!"
Man, what a steal, what a steal.
Is this what they an when they talk about the kindness of regular folks? Gosh, I wanted to start eating already.
"Oi…"
Geh! Kaburagi. Thanks to the allure of the yakitori I'd forgotten he was there for a mont.
"…What the h.e.l.l did I just watch?"
"…Whatever do you an?" I tried.
"It's like you turned into so whole other person. You said 'I love you, mister', what was _that_?"
"Why, learning to adapt yourself to the people here is just one part of what composes fieldwork, Kaburagi-sama."
After my previous display Kaburagi looked at like I was so strange creature.
Well, if it was for delicious yakitori I'd go any number of extra miles to appear friendly.
"…Kaburagi-sama, would you like so yakitori?"
"I would."
There was a bench off to the side so we ate the yakitori there.
"This is pretty good."
"Right? Have one of the sauce-flavoured ones."
"Cheers. I'm getting a bit parched though."
"Would you like so vegetable juice?"
"…I'm good. I'll grab so tea from that vending machine. You want anything?"
"Then a tea for as well."
Thanks to the freebies I earned with my friendliness we ended up having six each, and when we finished that marked the end of our outing.
That night I received a rather cheerful ssage from Kaburagi.
'That trip to the supermarket was genuinely fruitful. It was my first ti trying cheap sweets too. Interesting flavour. I wanna try a different supermarket next ti.'
I read the text in my room as I ate bread and ham and lon in between gulps of vegetable juice.
That lady was right. This roast ham really was good cold.
That night I woke up to my stomach disagreeing with . Aaah, my curse had co back to roost…!
"It's an Andes lon, known for being sweet." And cheap, a friend to commoners everywhere, I left out.
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