Chapter 349 – Strolling through Elkay
Chapter 349 – Strolling through Elkay
Elkay was the town below the old Demon Lord’s castle.
There were many devils living there, much more than other towns. Because it was far from the capital, prices were quite high.
I was walking through Elkay with Vi-Vi, Steff, Femm, Tom, and Kay.
Of course, Shiggy was with me in my pouch as well.
Kay was happily riding on top of Femm.
「Femm, there’s a weird looking statue over there.」
「Wuff」
Kay was the small daughter of two deceased devils.
Since she and her brother Tom were still kids, they were running their parents house as an inn.
「Femm, let’s go see the statue!」
「Wuff Wuff!」
Femm did love children.
With Kay riding, Femm looked happy.
「Kay, don’t leave us...we’re going to buy food.」
Tom said, chiding Kay.
He was a pretty serious kid sometimes. Maybe about the age of 10.
「Sorry, bwother.」
「Wuff.」
Kay looked a bit sad, so I reached up and patted her head.
「No, we have plenty of time, let’s go see the statue.」
「Really?」
「Sure.」
「Yay!」
She looked happy again.
However, Tom looked a bit flummoxed.
「It really isn’t a bother to you?」
「We still don’t know this area well. Best to look around.」
「Yeah, you don’t need to worry about getting stuff done right away.」
Vi-Vi said, sounding suddenly like a bigger sister to them.
Plus, I kind of wanted to see what the statue was.
It wasn’t just seeing the statue that was my goal, though.
I wanted everyone to see Tom, Kay, and Femm with me together.
If everyone sees that we’re walking around the town, the town thugs aren’t going to try anything.
「Hmmmm...even with one day passing, the town seems a lot more peaceful now.」
「You think?」
Vi-Vi said with a doubtful look.
It was only a day since I got rid of the so-called Demon Lord.
Seems the fellow kept the town in a constant state of fear.
And the old agent in charge of the town was changed into a zombie by him.
It would take a few weeks until a new agent from the capital got here.
「We can’t relax one bit...there are a lot of thugs left here!」
「You’re right, Vi-Vi. We’ve only had a talk with Damian, after all.」
Damian was the leader of the Negly Gang from the capital here in Elkay.
He had tried to obtain spirit crystals and other illegal things at the request of the so-called Demon Lord.
I can’t trust him, but I was at least able to shut him down for a while.
「Ah, look! The statue!」
Kay said to me, while pointing happily.
「Ah...wha? What is that?」
「See! Weird, right?」
A strange statue – tall as a man.
It was made of metal, but not a statue of man or beast, but something like a rippled triangular pyramid.
If I had to guess...I’d say it was a pine cone or something...
「Is that devil art? If so, you people have some strange aesthetics...」
「No, I don’t know what that is either.」
「I think it’s COOL!」
Vi-Vi looked confused, but Kay still was happy about the statue.
「I have no idea what it is either.」
Seems like Tom was confused as well.
From there, we went on to buy food.
We walked through the various paths to get to the market.
As we turned the corner, I bumped straight into Damian.
「Ah!」
Damian saw it was me and turned pale.
Tom looked scared and hid behind me.
Kay just looked confused, sitting on top of Femm.
「Well, Damian, what a surprise? How are you?」
「Heh, heh...uh...good, I guess.」
「You’re not up to anything bad, are you?」
「N...never...」
「Well, not like I believe you anyway.」
「N...no need to be mean...」
I could see he had broken out in a cold sweat.
「You heard the dragon say it yesterday, right? That we cleaned out the so-called Demon Lord?」
「W...wait, that was you?」
「Yeah, that dragon’s in my party.」
「W...well...I guess that makes sense.」
「So don’t think that Demon whatever is going to protect you. If you commit a crime, you WILL be punished.」
And there was no reason to tell him about the new agent either...
「Um, well, I’ve decided to leave...my life of crime...」
「Can you quit the Neglys that easily?」
「T...there are scarier things than the Neglys.」
「I see.」
After talking a bit more, Damian left, still looking quite scared, but saying, 「I am sorry to have bothered you, Master Tom.」
He even apologized to Tom.
「Wow, Al, Damian even bowed to ME!」
「You really ARE good at talking to people like him, old man.」
I watched Damian scurry away, and thought out loud, 「I wonder what the Neglys are doing in the capital...」
「Cruz is watching them. I think it’s fine.」
「You’re right Vi-Vi, but she’s busy enough as it is.」
She had taken the zombified agent and the two demons to the Ministry of Justice.
It would take quite a lot of time to explain everything, and she would have to do it, so it’s not like she had much time to watch the capital.
So I decided to take a look myself.
「I’m going to go check.」
Thus, I decided to go back to the capital and check on the Neglys.