Ikrel city tour (1)

We have to wait an entire day for ourselves.

"What do you think we should do Hana?"- I looked around the city, not knowing what we should do in it first.

"Well, we should be visiting some landmarks or killing some monsters for their skills"- I suggested to her via the telepathic link.

"It's best that we refrain from killing anything. Everything including the monsters is owned by the local lord here. It is best that we refrain from doing it"- Fumiko appeared behind us exhausted, looking like she has run a marathon.

"You look exhausted, what happened to you Fumiko?"- Hana turned towards Emiko and lifted her.

"Well, I did run after the 2 of you. I heard you wanted to kill some monsters here, the local lord will get mad at us if we do something like this"- Hana let Fumiko down.

"What should we do then?"- Yawning, I looked at one of the shops in the city.

"That looks like a sweet shop, can we please go there?"- Fumiko asked us with puppy eyes.

"Sure."- Hana responded and carried Fumiko on her back.

"I don't know if going to a sweet shop is productive"- This sucks a lot, why can't we do something that will move us closer to our goal instead. We are acting like a babysitter for Fumiko.

"Come on Hikaru, relax for a bit. It's not as bad as you say it is"- Hana tried to at least appease me in some way. It's bad, it is bad.

!Don't be such a killjoy Hikaru, try to enjoy yourself at least this time. You realize that the only goal on your mind is to evolve and get stronger, it has been like that since you met the king, try to relax and have some fun!

"Why are you advising me, Sia, I thought you are a skill that only makes fun of me"

I can hear Hana starting to laugh a little at my conversation with Sia

!Negative, I might be a skill but I have my sentience and a faint ego, I do care for you in my unique way Hikaru, I want you to feel happy as much as possible since happiness is required for human life to continue, it could result in another suicide!

"Sia is right Hikaru, at least this once, please take things less seriously for now at least."

I finally give in and we go into the sweet shop.

"There are so many options Hana!"- Fumiko looked at the sweets.

"Indeed, I might choose something for myself"- Looking around the people there are giving me weird looks, some of them are even horrified of me.

Looking at the prices these are cheap.

"Don't worry Hikaru, I will pay for them"- Fumiko saw me eyeing some eclairs, they look similar to the ones in my world but they are a little wider.

"Ok, if you insist"- This shop is strangely regarding us, what is happening?

!These people figured out that you are a demon, Hikaru. They are likely humans with a skill that allows them to see magic aura around people, demon aura is usually golden!

"Why are demons feared again?"

"Hey miss, we will take 1 eclair, and 2 raspberry cakes please"- Fumiko smiled at them, when I tried to get closer the women at the sweet shop brought Fumiko closer to the counter.

!Because of King Wieka, that's the main reason why they are feared, same with other sentient monsters, he is the root cause of the problem.

"Well, I think you are right Sia. Well, how do I change my aura? Can't Lucifer disguise my aura?"- This is what seems weird to me, why can't my Primordial skill disguise my aura as well?

!It can but you never commanded it to, they disguise you but not your aura or the magic that is around you. Remember skills such as Lucifer who have no sentience will do exactly what you ask them to do and nothing more, I can predict what you may use certain things for and enable some extra features.!

"Understood"

The women served us our food, and at that time I made Lucifer disguise our aura as well. The people working in the sweet shop still looked at me with disgust and anger.

"Don't mind them Hikaru"- Hana touched my hand for a few seconds.

"Come on Hikaru, you can dig in as well, these sweets are delicious!"- Fumiko is chewing her food rather fast.

"A demon here?"

"That is the daughter of Lord Welcia there. What is a filthy creature like that doing there with her?"- One of the human customers commented, well, more like a whisper but I still heard it due to my high senses.

"Is she kidnapped or something? No, she seems quite to enjoy herself there"- Some other humans whispered.

"Is it ok to leave a demon here? We haven't seen one in ages. I am afraid that he will be turned into a slave like us forced to work for Lord Ikrel"- Slaves? Lord Ikrel?

"Less talking more working, and keep that freak out of the way of the customers"- A old woman, she looks like the one running things around here, better lay low.

"Understood"- It's useless to whisper due to my senses, something that is being talked around 10-20 meters from me, even in a whisper I can hear it.

We finished eating and we had gone back outside.

"I need some time for myself"- Looking everywhere I saw a small alley where I took a small walk, in the end, I bumped into one of the women working at the sweet shop, she looks like another monster just like me.

"Hello there. There is something that I need to tell you"- I helped her up and we both sat down somewhere no one could hear us.

"Sure, go ahead, I am listening. Also, I heard all of the conversations in the sweet shop."- I stared at her for a few minutes and then she stared at me.

"Monsters here are treated as slaves, demons are especially valuable around these parts, we don't want you to become a slave like us, law dictates that humans are to be kept away from demons but not other monsters so we had to bring that girl closer to us, sorry"- She looked at me again putting one of her hands on my shoulder.

"It's nothing. But thanks for the heads up"- Going back to the alley, she followed me until I reached back to Fumiko and Hana.

"Well, see you 3 off. Hope better times come and we may see you again"- She waved us off.

Now, what are we going to do next?

Reflecting on this day, it's like in school, because of my condition I was ignored, people were talking behind my back all the time and I was insulted. Not a great feeling to feel