Chapter 7

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Not even 5 minutes had passed until they arrived at the city. They didn’t land closer to the city in order to not cause a panic, so they had to walk at least that far.

To the around 35 year old gatekeeper, Lily raised a friendly voice.

「Ya, Rozzo-kun. Good work. I’ve come by, again.」

「Oh, Lily-san, huh. I’ve said this how many times, but, won’t you stop adding “kun” to my name?」

「Fufu, more than me, to someone younger than me, I will add “kun” or “chan”.」

「…I’ve also

said this many times, but, how old are you?」

「That’s

not a question to ask a woman」

「Hah,

well, whatever. By the way, it seems that there is a new face together with

you, but」

Saying

so, Rozzo faced Lapis.

But,

Lapis hid in Lily’s shadow.

「Oi, oi.」

「…Hah,

sorry. U-um, I’m Lapis.」

While

sticking behind Lily, Lapis introduced herself.

「I met

her around 10 days ago, but it seems that she has no relatives. I’ll become her

guarantor, so can we enter?」

「Oh, if

it’s you then there’s no problem. You can pass.」

They

said a parting with Rozzo and passed through the gate. In order to find where

the ingredients are sold, they looked around as they walked, when Lily asked a

question.

「Lapis-chan,

are you shy with other people?」

「Hah.

Close people, um…」

Her

words were cut, and slightly hesitated—

「…I’m

afraid of men.」

「…Lapis-chan,

there are lots of scary things, huh. At this rate, thunder and ghosts are both

also no good?」

「I don’t

know about that. Ah, but, if I’m with Lily-san, then I think I’ll be okay.」

「Fufu,

then, if it comes to that, I’ll give you a squeeze, okay♪」

They

made small talk as they walked, before they knew it, they reached a marked

road.

They

could hear voices calling out to customers, with a circulating enthusiasm, an

unusual liveliness was overflowing.

As far

as the eye could see, there were meat shops, fish shops, vegetable shops, fruit

shops, bread shops, ingredient shops, seasoning shops, tableware shops, and

cooking ware shops.

There

was even an odd store like a rice shop, there was every type of conceivable

store gathered.

「Wah♪」

Lapis’s

eyes sparkled as she observed the surroundings. The road seemed very busy at

the moment.

Lily

charmingly smiled at her.

「So,

Lapis-chan, what should we start with buying? I don’t know cooking stuff, so

I’ll be leaving it to you.」

「Okay,

first is from vegetables. Ah, but we also need to buy tableware and cooking

ware, so we might end up with a large amount of luggage.」

To

Lapis, who realized such, Lily smiled boldly.

「Fufun,

it’s alright, since I’m carrying a magic bag.」

「Mahjik

Bag?」

「Right. It’s

a useful item that if you put something into the entrance, it can store up to

the mass of a whole house, but its weight won’t change.」

「Heh,

that’s amazing. Did Lily-san also make this?」

「Well,

yeah, though it’d be annoying if anyone else found out, so I act as though it’s

a normal bag.」

「That’s

right, huh. Then, I don’t have to worry about luggage.」

「Incidentally,

you don’t have to worry about money either. If there are any things that you

want, go ahead and buy them. Just, be sure to make me some tasty food.」

「Even

when you say such joke-like things, Lily-san should learn some restraint.

Thanks.」

Lapis

thanked Lily and started shopping. Starting with the vegetables and working

through the meat, fish, and fruits, Lapis bought everything she could gather,

along with her tableware and cooking utensils.

Then, Lapis entered a seasoning store and found ‘that’.

「! There’s soy sauce and miso! Alright! With this, I can increase my repertoire!」

「Soy sauce? Miso?」

「You don’t know, Lily-san? On an eastern island country, it’s an extremely popular cooking ingredient?」

「Heh…

Nina-chan, did you know that?」

Lily

tried asking the seasoning store’s shopkeeper. By the way, she seems to be

around 60 years old.

「Don’t use “chan” for the elderly, young lass. Well, just as the girl here said, it came from an eastern island country, as a common seasoning. If it’s used as is, it’ll just have a minor taste.」

「Fuun,

then, it’s not very tasty?」

「Don’t

be stupid, these two are all-purpose seasonings. Meat, fish, vegetables,

whatever it’s used with, it’ll taste delicious. Especially those with cooked

rice, with the seasonings. The day you eat it, you won’t be able to return to

bread foods.」

Here,

Lapis returned from examining the other seasonings and joined the conversation.

「Grilled

onigiri! They’re good with soy sauce or miso.」

「Hm? You

knew about that, young girl? You have good eyes, huh.」

「Ehehe.

I also know about pork miso soup and netsuke,

and you can only add soy sauce to grilled eggs.」

「Hoho,

you really seem to like soy sauce and miso. I’ve taken a liking to you, so I’ll

give you a special service.」

「Wha,

really!? Thank you so much!」

「Have

you already bought rice? If you haven’t, you can buy it here cheaply.」

「Thanks

for everything!」

With

Lapis’s unexpected communication power, rice and seasonings were cheaply

bought.

Lapis

was happily chuckling to herself, but Lily was slightly displeased. They put

the bought items into their magic bag and quickly left the store. Lapis bowed to

Nina and Lily hurried after her.

The two

of them went towards the rice store in silence. Timidly, Lapis addressed Lily.

「Um, …Lily-san.

Sorry. I, did I do too much?」

「N-no, not

really, it’s not Lapis-chan’s fault… I’m also sorry. I got the wrong impression.」

「No, it’s

fine. …But, why’d you get mad?」

Asking

such, Lily made an unusual, troubled facial expression.

「I got

mad at, um… …Somehow, I hated it when Lapis-chan looked like she was having fun」

「Eh!?」

「Ah! That’s wrong, that’s not it! That was a mistake! U-m… seeing you have more fun talking than with me… somehow I didn’t like it.」

「…」

「…sorry.

I said a reason that I don’t understand. Now, let’s head to buy rice and

quickly head home. You’re making me delicious food, right?」

Saying

so, Lily quickened her pace.

Lapis

also sped up to catch up with Lily’s back.

Seeing such an envious Lily, Lapis felt happy and grinned, letting her face slacken since it couldn’t be seen.

(TN note: This chapter had some confusing parts, so I’m not sure that this is completely accurate.)

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