Seems Like I’m Being Searched For
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On a clear winter evening when the sun began to tilt.
On the roof of soone’s house, sowhere in the town of Serelirin.
A cursed child clad in sothing like a pitch-black rock was lying on her back.
With her【Presence Concealnt】in full effect, she was just lying still.
Not moving.
Not moving at all, as if she were a real rock.
Near that cursed child, a pigeon was flying.
This pigeon is the gray bird we can encounter in parks and such.
It’s safe to assu it’s a bird that looks like what we generally consider a pigeon based on our common sense.
That pigeon was about to pass over the cursed child without caution… at that mont!
A part of the pitch-black, rock-like sothing covering the cursed child’s body ca undone and stretched out with an agility reminiscent of a frog’s tongue, capturing the pigeon!
The pigeon, caught by the pitch-black sothing, was squeezed tightly by it and died instantly without even causing a fuss.
“…………”
The cursed child drew the pitch-black sothing… 【Black Arms】 close to herself and stared intently at the carcass of the captured pigeon.
Then, what do you know?
Just as a wisp of smoke seed to rise from the pigeon’s carcass, it was engulfed in flas in the blink of an eye!
This is the cursed child’s abnormal ability, 【Ignition】.
This ability, which has been magicized by the God of Magic and is also affectionately known as “living magic” by people, would originally be able to create a small fire on easily flammable wood chips at best.
This cursed child has sublimated it into an ability to directly burn and cook targets by forcibly pouring in her abundant magical power.
And so, a little later, the pigeon gripped by the 【Black Arms】 beca a crudely roasted whole bird.
The cursed child began to devour it, bones and all, while remaining expressionless.
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Hmm, hmm, hee-hmm!
Hee-hee-hmm, hmm, hmm!
Oh, Extra-sama, you can tell?
That’s right, I’m in an excellent mood!
That’s right!
I’m grateful for that encounter with that boy, which beca the trigger…
The chubby boy I happened to et in the back alley where I lost my footing and fell.
He gave a bag full of dried fish in exchange for my churros.
From that experience, I had an inspiration!
The groundbreaking idea of obtaining food through bartering!
This operation has been successful, and I’ve been able to obtain various foods so far.
Not only foods I’ve heard of in my previous life, such as dried fish, but also snacks I’ve never seen before, which made feel moved like, “Ah, it’s a different world culture.”
By the way, this barter operation targets children.
One reason is that for so reason, children in this town often walk around with snacks.
The second reason is that if I deal with adults, they might cause unnecessary commotion by calling the guards or sothing.
The third reason is that I think children generally like shiny things, and they seem to purely appreciate my churros as compensation.
It’s fine, it’s a hassle.
There’s a high probability that I’ll just be turned away at the door for being a cursed child and that’s it.
That perverted old geezer and office worker I t in the forest, they were surely exceptions.
And even if I get money, I probably won’t be allowed to shop at most stores anyway.
It’s pointless.
Then, it’s better to make the children happy, right?
I’m sure that big deer would have wanted that too.
I’m sure it’s looking down on us from the sky, laughing…
Well, anyway.
While chatting with Extra-sama, I was eating the roasted pigeon I caught to satisfy my hunger… that’s when it happened.
“Cursed child! Where are you, cursed child!”
From a distance, such a shout was heard.
I poked my face out from the edge of the roof and looked down at the back alley.
Since it was originally a street with few passersby, I could imdiately tell who the voice belonged to.
A boy walking from over there, looking around restlessly.
He’s calling for .
His age is probably younger than mine.
He’s wearing a helt-like hat, and he’s carrying a bag that makes so kind of clattering tallic sound from inside.
And… is he wrapping a cutting board around his stomach?
What a strange outfit.
Hey, Extra-sama, you’ve been badmouthing quite frequently lately, haven’t you?
What’s the deal?
Alright, I forgive you.
Now, let’s get back to talking about that boy.
“Co out! Co out, cursed child!”
The boy is holding a pastry-like snack in his left hand and a wrench-like tal tool in his right hand, searching for nervously.
His features are quite well-defined.
With upturned eyes, he gives the impression of being strong-willed.
Extra-sama says that, but I have no mory of him at all.
That boy shouldn’t have been among the children I’ve t in this town.
There’s no way I’ve seen him before.
I’m sure it’s just your imagination.
For now, I loosen my 【Black Arms】 and check inside my pocket to confirm the number of churros.
There are three left.
Now, should I go for a trade again this ti?
It’s a mutually beneficial barter where I’m happy to get food and the other party is happy to get sothing of value.
I jumped down behind the boy without a sound.
I said, “I’ll start moving the story from the ,” but it’s not moving at all!
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