Vol 2 Chapter 5 (1/2)

Soy Sauce, Salesgirl, Picking up the Goods

“Master, we are out of that soy sauce seasoning.” Silent Water told me after dinner while we were watching television together.

“Oh, got it, I’ll go and buy some now. Oh right, Silent Water, I forgot to tell you but I’ve found a way to conceal your spiritual aura, so you can go out in the future.”

“Really?” Silent Water’s eyes were wide open. Even though in the past she had said that she didn’t mind, whenever she saw the beautiful scenery of the mountains, forest and sea, her eyes were always filled with expectation. I knew that she always wanted to experience life outside.

“It’s true, it’s just that recently I’ve been busy with school, so I can only go to the Demon World during the weekends to find Nora Gra.s.s.”

“Demon World? Nora Gra.s.s?” Silent Water squint her eyes, while revealing a worried expression,”It’s fine Master, the Demon World is too dangerous. Furthermore, Nora Gra.s.s is poisonous to Spirits, so it can’t be eaten.”

“Poisonous? What’s going on?” Nora Gra.s.s is poisonous? What is that Freed doing?

“Nora Gra.s.s is the most commonly found wild gra.s.s in the Demon World. Even though it’s common, wood spirits do not dare to consume it. Its poison will cause our spirit power to decrease, and drain our magic power. Hence, that gra.s.s is considered a taboo amongst spirits.”

“There’s such a thing?” That Freed didn’t tell me about it. ‘Hey, Freed you b.a.s.t.a.r.d, what are you trying to do? Why didn’t you tell me about this?’

‘Hey, a.s.shole, can you not hear only one side of the story? She’s talking about using it as food while I was talking about carrying it. I never said anything about eating. b.a.s.t.a.r.d who only hears one side of the story, can you grow a heart? If you’re still worried, go and ask her whether spirits can touch Nora Gra.s.s!’ Freed got angry…

“Silent Water, if it’s just touching the Nora Gra.s.s, will it cause spirits any harm?” For the sake of Silent Water’s safety, it’s best that I ask first.

“That shouldn’t be a problem. Some spirits even use Nora Gra.s.s to build houses.”

“Is that so… that puts me at ease. Uh… let me tell you, you see Nora Gra.s.s, if you carry it with you, it will s.h.i.+eld your spirit aura.”

“No wonder some spirits used it to build their houses, so it was because of this effect? Excuse me, where did you get hold of this information?” It seemed that Silent Water got excited after hearing this information. It should be because she could finally go and explore the outside world?

“About this… I read about it in a book. You know, some people are crazy about spirits that they understand spirits more than spirits understand themselves. That’s why it’s not strange that they know about Nora Gra.s.s’s effect.”

“So that’s how it is…” Silent Water nodded her head before knitting her eyebrows, as if she had thought of something, “I think it’s better to just forget about it. The Demon World is too dangerous, I can’t let you go.”

“Listen, Little Silent, it’s true that the Demon World is dangerous, but if it allows you to be able to live like a normal person, then no matter how dangerous it is, I’ll still do it. Don’t forget, I took care of that superior demon in one shot.” Took care of a superior demon in one shot, I can’t believe I actually said that… For one superior demon, I had already burned my soul once. Then what about ten or a thousand? How many times can I burn my soul?

A smile appeared from Silent Water, “Mn! Master is the best, I believe in Master, but if you want to go, please take me along with you. Like this, if there’s any danger, we can take it on together.”

We’re only going to the Demon World to get some gra.s.s, it’s not like we’re going to fight. Besides, I don’t want Silent Water to find out that my body harbors something that was once the Demon World’s administrator —- Yalide, “We’ll talk about that when the time comes. I’ll go out and buy some soy sauce now.”

“Okay, please be careful out there.”

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“Thank you, please come again.” The clerk said to me with a polite smile.

I took the soy sauce and some snacks, and left the shop.

The streets at night were filled with people. Shoppers, vendors, and some girls who were standing by the side of the road who waved at some older men. After some exchange, those men left with the girls. It should be the parents came and fetched their daughters, right? That was what came to my mind first, but it seemed that one of the girls in front of me was being yelled at by some perverted looking baldy?

“Who do you think you are? You want three million? You think you’re some kinda angel?”

The young girl hung her head low while being scolded. Her fingers drawing circles. Then, she timidly said with a very lovely voice, “My dad’s sick. I need money, so…..”

“I don’t care if your family is sick, the most I can give is three hundred thousand.” The baldy fiercely said.

“No… No… This is my first time… Furthermore… It’s because my father is sick, that’s why I…” The girl’s voice was very sweet. Just hearing her pleads, my heart went out to her.

“A little s.l.u.t like you dares to bargain with me? So what if it’s your first time?” The brutish baldy that raised his hand looked as if he was going to slap the girl’s face.

“Pa~~” A loud bang. The young girl raised her head and found that the baldy’s hand was caught by a guy, and that uncle’s face revealed signs of pain.

That’s right, that guy was me, Lin Xiang.

Even though I had no idea what they were talking about, what I did know was that they weren’t related. Besides, I didn’t want to see a girl getting hit.

“Bullying a girl, do you even consider yourself a man? You’re already this old, and you even went so far as to hit a 16 or 17 year old girl, in the middle of the streets no less. Do you have no shame?”

“Little brat, what does that have to do with you? I’m her customer, I do what I want to do.” The baldy wanted to pull back his hand but sadly, I couldn’t feel anything from that weak strength of his.

Her customer? This girl is a saleswoman? Was it because her father got sick that she came out working at such a young age? This is really pitiful.

“In that case, you can get lost. I’m her customer now.” I swung my arms around, and that baldy nearly fell. After he steadied himself from flailing around, he shouted at me, “You smelly brat, you’re her customer? Fine! You virgin of a brat can be her customer, I’m leaving.” He pointed towards the girl, “You can now go after this brat, little s.l.u.t! I’ll see how much money he can give you for your dad’s treatment.” After yelling at the girl, who had her head hung low, the baldy left with a snort.

I gave a disgusted look at the baldy, and counted my lucky stars: I was glad that he left quickly, if he didn’t, I really would have to beat him up…

I turned around and looked at the girl, who was still keeping her head down, and asked, “ What are you selling?” Even though I have no interest in her product, from their conversation just now, I understood that her father was sick, so I decided to lend her a helping hand. After all, she was a filial daughter, to work for the sake of her father.

“I’m…. I’m not doing sales, but if you’re talking about sales, I guess it counts as well?” The girl’s head hung low, her supple hair covered her face. I could only see her pure white chin, and her slightly tilted lips.

“Ack…. Your answer really got me confused…. How about this? Whatever you are selling, I’ll buy it.”

“Really?” The girl lifted her head. Her skin was like fresh fallen snow. Her face was adorably cute. Below her long lashes, her eyes were bright and electrifying. In addition, her somewhat full lips were rather seductive. The most strikingly were her b.r.e.a.s.t.s. I could only describe her as “out of this world”.

Many people thought that girls who looked like the main heroine in mangas: big chest, small waist, pretty and adorable face, did not exist. In reality, the girl in front of me was just like a heroine in manga. Hers seemed bigger than Silent Water’s and Satsuki’s, and maybe even bigger than Meiko sensei’s?

W-wait! What’s wrong with me? It’s my first time meeting this girl and I’m checking out her chest? Aren’t I too perverted?

Because of my guilty conscience for harboring these thoughts about the girl, I immediately replied, “Really, I’m speaking the truth.”

“Bu… But it’s three million…” The girl was a little doubtful of me having that much money.

“Well.. It’s true that it’s a bit expensive, but it doesn’t matter. I don’t mind telling you this, I, er, I have no parents.” That’s right, I lost my parents for over twenty years (that is, if I added both my memories, and the memories of the other “me” together, it would be over twenty years).

“I’m really sorry about this, but why… help me? So it really was because…” The girl looked at her chest, looked at me, and mumbled to herself, “But there are plenty girls out there who are bigger and are cuter than me. Even if I’m a Intermediate Magician, isn’t three million a bit too much?”

“Well… Even though I don’t understand what you’re thinking, I just want you to know that since I’ve lost my parents, I understand the pain of losing them, and I envy people who still have theirs. So I don’t want you to lose your father. That’s all.”

“You… you really are a kind person….” The girl was very emotional. Clear liquid glistened down from her large and beautiful eyes. The girl was crying. I knew she was very grateful, but whenever I see a girl cry, I get fl.u.s.tered. In a panic, I blurted out, “Let’s go, let’s go. Let’s go to the bank. Do you have a bank card?”

“Mn, mn, mn. I do, I do.” Ecstatic, the girl wiped away her tears and began to smile. I was stunned when I saw her previously tear stained face light up in a brilliant smile. This girl…. was really pretty. I felt like… protecting her….

‘Want to protect her?’ Freed spoke.

‘How’d you know?’