Chapter 24

"What the heck, this rag doll is just a bit bigger, and it actually costs 30,000 yen?"

At this moment, Yūto was looking at the clerk with a doubtful expression, who was smiling professionally. With a large sum of money in hand, Yūto had originally planned to buy some gifts for his family with a generous flair.

However, when he asked about the doll that Ryūki wanted, he was told that this thing actually cost 30,000 yen!

In other words, he would need to work day and night for three days just to afford this combination of cotton and fabric.

"Yes, sir, this doll is a limited edition, and because it's a merchandise item, we also need to pay the author, so it naturally costs more," the clerk, who clearly saw that Yūto was broke, maintained her professional smile due to her good training.

Looking at Yūto's attire and appearance, although his clothes were ordinary, his face was undeniably charming.

The clerk quickly judged that Yūto was willing to spend a lot of money to buy this doll, either to please a rich woman or to deceive a young girl.

So she was selling it with all her might and, based on her experience, told Yūto that you can't catch a wolf without a lamb, and you can't get close to a rich woman without spending money!

In the end, Yūto still bought the 30,000 yen giant doll. He had originally planned to buy a cheap one to satisfy his little sister, but the clerk was just too persuasive.

Yes, it was all because the clerk was too persuasive, not because she kept leaning against him and slipping him notes, absolutely not!

After buying the doll, Yūto also bought a dress he had been eyeing, intending to give it to his mother, Amamiya Masami. So another 20,000 yen was gone in an instant.

The 100,000 yen that he had thought was a huge sum was almost gone after just one transaction, and he hadn't even bought anything for himself.

"The life of the rich is really corrupt..."

However, although he spent a lot of money, the effect was clearly outstanding. When Yūto returned home this time, he received an unprecedented welcome from a certain little girl.

However, the little girl's words of "the best brother in the world" were clearly no match for the allure of the giant doll. After receiving the gift, she immediately ran back to her room with the doll.

While Amamiya Masami complained about Yūto's reckless spending, her smile never left her face. She even tried on the dress in front of the mirror, admiring herself.

Taking advantage of his mother's good mood, Yūto quickly mentioned that he had found a new job with a very generous salary, but he would need to come home a bit later in the evenings.

Even if Masami refused, it wouldn't matter because he had already prepaid his salary and bought the gifts they were holding.

By the weekend, Hina arrived as scheduled. Since she had been to Yūto's house before, she came to remind him not to forget tonight's operation.

When Amamiya Masami met Hina for the first time, she was quite enthusiastic upon seeing Hina in casual clothes looking for Yūto.

As a mother, Amamiya Masami had never seen her children, Yūto or Ryūki, have any friends.

At first, Masami thought it was due to their personalities, but later she realized that both Yūto and Ryūki were actually outgoing and shouldn't have trouble making friends.

So as a mother, she started to worry that Yūto and Ryūki might be ostracized because of their half-demon status.

After all, being a "half-demon" made them easy targets for exclusion in both human and demon societies.

Amamiya Masami had never encountered a friend of Yūto's age coming to play, so Hina was naturally treated with great enthusiasm.

Hina was somewhat at a loss with Masami's overly enthusiastic attitude, especially with the endless questions.

At first, Masami's questions were normal, like how long she had known Yūto and if she had any family.

But the questions quickly veered off course, eventually turning into "When do you plan to get married?"

Under Masami's aggressive questioning, Hina's pale face turned bright red, and steam seemed to rise from her head.

When Masami asked how many children they planned to have, Yūto finally burst out of his room, grabbed the completely stunned Hina, and slammed the door shut.

Hina took several minutes to recover from the shock after leaving Yūto's house.

"Your mom is really aggressive, right? And you're still a student, why does your mom seem so worried about you not finding a wife in the future?"

Hearing Hina's words, Yūto felt a bit embarrassed. Even he didn't know his mother had this side to her...

"That's because you're wearing casual clothes today. If you were in your police uniform, I guarantee you wouldn't even get in the door."

This wasn't a joke. Yūto's mother, Amamiya Masami, was most afraid of people like Hina. She knew that because of Yūto and Ryūki's special status, the worst thing that could happen was their identity being exposed and them being taken away by others.

In the human world, police officers were undoubtedly the last people Amamiya Masami wanted to deal with.

The last time Hina visited Yūto's house, Masami wasn't home, so she treated Hina as Yūto's friend this time.

If she had known Hina was a detective, Amamiya Masami's attitude would have been completely different.

"By the way, aren't we supposed to be working on a case today? Are you going to wear this?"

Yūto noticed that Hina, who usually wore a uniform, was now dressed in a white dress with a black vest, looking very lively.

Even with the loose dress, it was hard to hide her ample chest, so the black vest was stretched high.

It made sense; with her figure, she could only wear a small dress, and even a loose small dress couldn't hide such a large size...

"There's no choice. The company's boss is worried about the company's image, so he wants us to investigate in plain clothes.

If the company's clients find out that their company is a place of strange tales, even if the case is solved, the company will be ruined."

Seeing Yūto staring at her continuously and remembering what her mother had said, Hina blushed and said so.