Chapter 888: In the Demon Realms City ② (2/2)

[Yes, I couldn't help but be dumbfounded.]

After I said this with a wry smile, Sieg-san smiled as well. At that moment though, I suddenly remembered something.

[……Sieg-san.]

[What is it?]

[That clerk earlier…… She was quite tall, wasn't she?]

[That's right. She was obviously taller than me, so I'd say she was about 180cm……]

(T/N: 5′ 10 or 11″)

[……She had deep purple hair, tied in a ponytail, right?]

[……That's right. I don't think someone with such a deep purple color would be usual.]

I felt that the characteristics of that strangely enthusiastic clerk earlier perfectly matched with the person I had just heard a while ago.

[……Could it be that the person those two were looking for……]

[H- Hmmm, as expected though, couldn't it be that she's a different person? I mean, those two obviously just came out of the store earlier, so I don't think they would have overlooked the person they were searching for at the entrance of the store.]

I was wondering if she was the one the twins, Cento and Cien, were looking for, but as Sieg-san said, that was probably not the case.

As expected, if that clerk is who they were looking for, I would rather be wondering about what skit they were playing here.

[Indeed…… but I'm still a little curious, so can we go back for a moment?]

[We're not really in a hurry, and I'm curious too, so let's go back.]

After getting Sieg-san's approval, we went back to the first floor to check the clerk. As I recall, the two of them seemed to be looking for someone they called ”Esteemed Sister Tre”, so I could easily find out her name by asking her.

With that thought in mind, we went back to the first floor……

[……Arehh?]

[……She's not here.]

We should have only gone for a short time, but the clerk from earlier had disappeared. I looked around and tried to find her, but although the floor was fairly open and clear from clutter, I couldn't find that distinctively tall clerk.

[She might have already returned. I'm curious, but I don't feel comfortable going to the trouble of asking another clerk to call someone we don't know…… Let's not mind her and just check out the magic tools.]

[I guess so. Let's do that.]

Feeling as if I'm bewitched by a fox, I moved upstairs with Sieg-san.

But come to think of it…… I came to this store once before to buy magic crystals, but was there a clerk at the entrance to guide me back then? There was a floor map right after we entered, just like the one upstairs, so I think I just checked that out……

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [A mysterious clerk who disappeared and two girls looking for her…… This feels like a mystery, but the content was just comedy.]