Chapter 56

"How about this, Fin?"

Eria-sama asked me in a muffled voice. She was wearing a mask she picked up from a stall on the side of the road. The mask didn't have any holes on it, so it looks like she wasn't able to see anything.

I wondered what that mask was even for, but I didn't bother to think too much about it. Right now, I'm with Eria-sama, so I'm spending all my energy in entertaining her properly. I don't want her to think that I'm a boring person.

"Fin?" waving her hands, she called for me again.

Oops! I was so focused on watching Eria-sama's cute gestures that I forgot to answer.

"I-it looks good on you, Eria-sama!"

"Do you think I should buy it?"

"Erm..."

"It's cool, isn't it?"

Eria-sama is back to being weird again. When she's like this, she's like an extremely enthusiastic child who's going out to play. She looks so innocent like this, and yet... when we were in bed, she was more like the goddess of lust.

I can still remember how otherworldly that experience was. Eria-sama acted so differently, she felt like an entire different person. Her eyes glowed in the darkness of the night as she gave me pleasure I never felt before.

She looked so mature and seductive. She endeared me with her body, and so hypnotic, she send my mind into a frenzy.

In contrast to that...

"Excuse me, how much is this?"

"That goes for 8 copper coins, miss..."

"I'll give you a silver coin, then."

"Oh! Thank you very much!"

If she was a demon back then, she's an angel right now. I suppose she's back to her usual self again.

"Let's go, Fin!"

"Yes...!"

I followed behind Eria-sama as she goes on the road again.

Currently, we're in the market area of Root. Eria-sama said she wanted to buy some things, so I went together with her as a guide. It's not like I've ever been in this place before, I just wanted an excuse to go spend some more time with her.

Being with Eria-sama fills me with joy, so I'm willing to take any opportunity presented to me to be with her.

"Don't you have anything you want to buy, Fin?"

"Nothing in particular, Eria-sama... if I find a staff better than what I have right now, I might buy that."

"Ehh... I doubt you'll find anything like that here..."

My staff was crafted by the best craftsman in the royal capital. All of its materials are A class, and only a few exist that's on par with it. Even less so, better.

"Oh, how about this?"

Eria-sama went to another stall and pointed at one of its products. It was a cyan bracelet. Its design was simple, and there's really nothing noteworthy about it.

"You have a nice eye, miss elf! It has such an exquisite design, doesn't it?"

"I think so too," Eria-sama nodded to the stall owner.

"I'll sell it to you for only 5 copper coins! How about it?"

"Easy!"

With no hesitation, Eria-sama handed the coins. She said she doesn't have much money, but she just keeps on buying unnecessary things. But as long as they're not expensive, I think she can spend as much as she wants...

"Here, Fin."

"Huh...?"

"Since you won't buy anything, I bought something for you."

"B-but...! Taking things from you doesn't sit well on me, Eria-sama."

"It's a gift! A gift! And it's not much anyway...!" Eria-sama shouted and pouted as she kept pushing the bracelet on my chest.

"A gift...? Um, o-okay... thank you," I said, reluctantly receiving the bracelet from her hand and putting it on my wrist.

As I thought, its quality was low. It was even cheaper than that mask Eria-sama bought, so it's not really surprising.

"Do you like it?"

"Of course, Eria-sama...!"

It has no value on its own, but since it's a gift from Eria-sama... it's worth more than gold now. I'll be keeping it forever.

"Fufu... you look so happy about it, Fin."

"Uhh... yes, I'm happy about it."

"Then I'm glad, I'd be disappointed if you didn't like it."

"No, no! I like it, of course!"

Eria-sama's sense on things is questionable, but that doesn't matter. If she liked it, I'll force myself to like it too.

"Then, let's go on. I like to see more of the stuff they sell here."

Is shopping a kind of hobby for Eria-sama? They do say that women likes to shop, so maybe Eria-sama does so too.

"That place Jonah told us about is close here too, so let's go there later."

"Jonah?"

That's right... I almost forgot. That big plebian tasked Eria-sama to give letters to someone. The guts of him to do that to her... If only Eria-sama won't hate me for it, I'd have him executed.

"By the way... have you ever thought of doing it in a public place?"

"Hm? Doing what, Eria-sama?"

"You know..."

Turning back on me, she made a strange gesture with her hand and mouth. I turned red when I realized what she meant.

"Sorry, I'm still still craving for it..."

"B-but in this place, Eria-sama...!?"

I looked everywhere to find a place to do it, but I couldn't find any.

"Fufu... there's that place, you know?"

There? Really? Won't people see us? I looked around at the place Eria-sama pointed at, but I still doubted it will be possible to do it there without being seen.