Chapter 66 Strangely Stayed in my Mind (1/2)

[So that’s a total of 4750R…… but since you bought so much, I’ll just leave it to 4700R.]

I took out the five silver coins from my purse and handed them to Alice, who looks like she’s in a good mood when she said that with a smile on her face.

In the end, I ended up buying just until I used up the budget I told her earlier. It’s not really because of Alice’s super sales talk, but simply because all the products in this store are very good.

Not only did I buy shoes, a knife, a water bottle and some survival magic tools in preparation for the Sacred Tree Festival, but I also bought some clothes.

All of the clothes are of comparable quality to the ones I’m wearing now, and the designs might be simple, but they are also what you would call casual wear back in my previous world. I don’t know if Alice has good taste or not, but I couldn’t help but buy them because they were all elegant and made to look good even if it were nobles who were wearing them.

[Well~~ This is the first time I’ve sold this much since I’ve opened my store! Kaito-san, please visit our store again!]

[Unnn. All of these “items that I never thought were made by the shopkeeper” are quite good, and I’d like to see more of the magic tools next time.]

[Whoaa, I somehow feel like I’m being slightly insulted there, but I’m so happy now that I will forgive you.]

[Ahaha.]

Well, I didn’t really know what to expect at first, but when it was all over, I think I got a good deal and found a good store to buy stuff.

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As they said they have everything but foodstuff, there were also a variety of interesting trinkets and magic tools, so I’ll come back to look around again.

When I finished shopping, I thanked Alice and was about to leave the store, but at that moment, Alice spoke.

[Ahh~ Kaito-san. Can I have a moment?]

[Unnn?]

[……As thanks for all the things you bought, I’d like to give you a warning.]

[A warning?]

At those words, I turned around and looked at Alice, but her expression was hidden behind her mask, so I couldn’t read it.

The emotions I felt from my Sympathy Magic also seem to be calm, it’s as if she was just making small talk, but I somehow feel like there’s something strange in the mood.

[I think there is also one story that’s like this back in your world, Kaito-san. That a hero who gets too close to the sun, would get their wings burned and crash to the ground……]

[…………………]

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If I remember correctly, wasn’t she talking about the story of Icarus of Greek mythology? The story is about Icarus, who flew through the sky on wings made of wax, but he got too close to the sun, so his wings made of wax melted and he fell to the ground.

But why did she suddenly bring up such a story? She said that it was a warning, so I guess this is the message she probably wants to tell me.

[The closer you are to great beings, the greater the chance of risks suddenly coming from unexpected places…… Please keep this in mind. This world isn’t just filled with good people, and if those wings of yours were just born from hubris…… Those fake wings will just melt and you may end up crashing on the ground, you know?]

[…………………]

[……Or something like that~~ Well, Just keep in mind that humility is the best policy.]

[O- Okay……]

I don’t know. I feel like there’s meaning in her words, but it’s like I strangely can’t understand Alice at all.

One minute she’s throwing out a warning like her sharp eyes could see through everything, but she would suddenly be smiling like a fool in the next minute.

It feels really strange. It’s as if I’m peering into a hole that I can’t see the bottom of, as if I can somehow understand her, but the words to describe it were caught behind the back of my throat.

However, it doesn’t seem like Alice wants to say anything else, so she removes her gaze from me and sits down on the counter again.

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Thinking that I probably wouldn’t arrive at any answers even if I keep thinking about it, I gave Alice a slight wave before leaving the shop.

Dear Mom, Dad——- the shopping at Alice’s store ended well, but the last words Alice said—– strangely stayed in my mind.

After Kaito left the store, Alice slowly shifted her gaze to the door where Kaito left from and muttered.

[The Underworld King, the Death King…… And on top of those two, the Supreme God of the God Realm…… For him to intermingle with those three, I thought he was some kind of monster…… Turns out he’s just a normal, slightly good-natured, but a normal person.]

Absent-mindedly muttering to herself, some kind of noise rang out before Alice’s figure blurs and her appearance changes back to the stuffed cat costume she’s wearing before.

Then, Alice sits down on the seat near the counter and out of boredom, began lining up and counting coins.

Yes, she knows. About how Kaito is an otherworlder and about how Kaito interacted with Kuromueina and Isis, knowing all of it from her own network of information, she feigned ignorance and approached him.

[You have to be careful, Kaito-san. The world isn’t as bright as the theaters, for there are always people lurking around in the backstage…… Sooner than you may think, there will be some people who will start seeing the value of who you are.]

Muttering to herself, in a mocking tone to Kaito who isn’t here. No one can see her expression because of the stuffed costume she’s wearing, but the atmosphere around here is completely different from the carefree shopkeeper she was until a while ago.