4-2. Little Girls Shopping (2/2)
”If you use your body to fight, then sandals is dangerous you know? Boots or at least shoes from thick leather is better.”
”Our skins are sturdy, so it will be fine.”
Arisa shocks her head.
”Biting insect, and among them some have poison, creatures like that exist. If your soles got injured, even if you're a hero, you could still die! Therefore, we should buy shoes.”
She is push-fully going to the store, but the shopkeepers refuses.
Arisa tries to force through, but the shopkeeper doesn't seem that he's going to compromise.
”Why can't we!”
”Who want to touch demi-human foot! These guys are just right barefooted. You're obstructing my business, go away!”
Since he's going to thrust away Arisa, I lift her from behind. The shopkeeper's fist hit my stomach, but the power is too weak, it doesn't hurt at all.
After spending time in labyrinth together with master, it seems that I've become strong.
If allowed, I would like to fight in the labyrinth with master again. That frog's grilled meat was delicious ...No, this isn't for the sake of grilled meat at all. I was happy to be helpful in the labyrinth.
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”Now then~ I've pulled myself together, next is general goods!”
”Goods~.”
”Goods nano desu~.”
I wonder if Pochi and Tama understand what general goods are...
”Arisa, what kind of things are we buying? If it's tablewares or cookwares then we have it to some extent.”
”Is that so~ then, let's omit things that I have and unlikely to be needed.”
Arisa is citing the goods as if singing.
”I wonder what's available~ comb, hand-mirror, cup, flask, sewing needles, threads, cloth scissor, towel, pen and ink, and paper, I guess.”
”Arisa, isn't hand mirror too expensive? Beside, what do you want the sewing kit and writing tools for?”
”Writing tools are a request from master. The sewing kit is going to be used by me. Since I was a self-sufficient cosplayer back then, even without skills, I could use sewing kit~ I could even make cute underwear and period-related clothing~.”
We've finished gathering general goods from various shops, but we didn't buy hand-mirror in the end. Hand-mirror was exactly 3 silver coins. Even after Arisa tried to haggle it, it's still over our budget.
She readily gives up on buying the scissor and needle, but she only gives up on the hand mirror after terribly hesitating about it.
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”Alright, mission complete~ Next is the long-awaited snacks~”
”Snacks~ Meat~.”
”Meat~ Nano desu~.”
”Even though we've just had breakfast in the morning, we're having another meal?”
I thought meals are only for morning and evening, is it different for her?
Certainly we had many meals in the labyrinth, but that was special occasions to recover our strength that had been sapped by continuous fights.
”Sweets are needed for cultural life!”
Master has allowed it, let's not oppose it too much.
Even while we're choosing foods from the stalls, she didn't forget to pick fruits for Lulu. Since Lulu seems to be her big sister, she's a good little sister who thinks of her sibling.
”Everyone, what do you want to eat?”
”Meat~!”
”Meat!”
”Meat is nice.”
Arisa becomes to look a bit disappointed.
I think there is nothing more delicious than meat, is it different for human race?
”What kind of meat?”
”The one with skewer~”
”Meat stick on bones nano desu~”
”I'd like roasted bird's leg meat.”
After listening to our opinions, Arisa declares.
”Alright, since the budget is aplenty, let's go in turn~.”
After that, it's the time of bliss. With moderate salt and oil, brimming with good smells, the grilled mountain mutton meats, I don't understand which kind is it, but it's meat attached to bone having chewing texture out of this world, it taste a bit like grilled chicken meat. Meat is wonderful after all.
Lastly, I tried eating the sweet paste recommended by Arisa, but it's inferior to meat. Human race sense of taste is different after all?
Even before I became a slave, I could only eat meat during a festival and it was fish meat. When I think about it, I'm lucky to be master's slave.