The Adventure Story of the Devil, the Maid, and the Hero

In a certain restaurant not far from the Adventurer's Guild, around an inconspicuous wooden table in the corner was a group of four furtive and suspicious-looking demon kings.

As for the reason for this weird atmosphere, it is because the three of them changed their clothes after entering the city——

"Guria, why are you wearing this robe?"

Fuono, the only one among the four who was dressed like an ordinary adventurer, couldn't bear the weird atmosphere, and asked Giulia who was directly opposite him first.

The thick black cloth robe covered his whole body from head to toe, so even his face was a bit difficult to identify.

"Oh?" Yulia's hand holding the teacup froze slightly, and then said in a natural tone, "Well, look, don't all mages wear this kind of robe."

But her extremely inconspicuous sideways gaze revealed that her owner's heart was not as natural as she said.

Fuono, who has always been dull, didn't notice this unnaturalness. Although Giulia's explanation was a little far-fetched, it was not to the point of relentless pursuit, so she simply turned her head to look at Iluna again.

"Iluna is an archer, why is she wearing such a thick cloak?"

Iluna who was called by her name swallowed the pudding she had in her mouth, and had no choice but to pretend to be stupid, "Well, Xiaofu, don't you think the temperature is a bit cold?"

"Is it cold?" Fuono asked in surprise, "On the contrary, I think you won't be hot if you wear such thick clothes?"

Right now, it is the time when the sun is at its peak in the afternoon, and they have just finished lunch, so it is reasonable to say that they feel hot, but it is absolutely nonsense to say that they are cold.

"It seems that it is indeed a little hot."

I don't know if it's because she was dizzy from the heat, but Iluna accidentally said her true thoughts.

"..."

So Fuono stared at her wordlessly, his eyes burning.

"...Ahaha, it must be Xiao Fu, your eyes are so hot that I have an illusion."

After reacting, Iluna tried to make amends, shouting haha ​​and trying to get away with it.

Excuses, □□ naked excuses!

Even if she was a little dull, it was impossible to reach this level. Fuono was obviously not so easy to fool this time, and looked up and down suspiciously at Iluna who was constantly wiping her forehead with her hands.

——It’s already hot and sweaty but still refuses to take it off, no matter how you look at it, there must be something wrong.

However, Iluna just lowered her head for a moment, and when she raised her face again, she had a weeping expression on her face.

"...Is it possible, Xiaofu, don't you believe me?"

When she spoke, she clenched her hands slightly, with tears in the corners of her eyes, and her serious tone showed a bit of grievance. After speaking, she pursed the corners of her mouth and looked straight at Fuono.

"How is it possible, of course I believe you."

As if being manipulated by something, Fuono blurted out such words by the time he realized it.

Fuono, who suspected that she had been enchanted, thought that the opponent was indeed an archer who could not understand spells, so she continued to shift targets while feeling slightly annoyed.

"That Hill - um, huh huh?!"

As soon as she opened her mouth, she was caught off guard by the hand extended by the other party and covered her mouth, and she was stunned for a moment.

"Shh, it's Tifa now."

Shirpasha raised her index finger to her lips with her empty hand, reminding her softly.

So Fuono nodded to show that she knew, and Shirpasha smiled and said "Very good." After that, the covered mouth was released immediately.

"Ahem." Clearing her throat, she looked at Shirpasha who was also wearing a black robe, "Then Tifa, why are you dressed like the two of them?"

"It's because they all wear it like this, so I wear it like this." Shirpasha replied calmly, and then suggested, "Why don't you just use it as a team uniform?"

"No." Fuono rejected this not-so-good proposal without hesitation, "Is that suspicious?"

"Really."

Shirpasha's voice sounded a little regretful, but that's all. It seemed that he just mentioned it casually.

Fuono, who had inquired around but still had no results, turned her attention back to the teacup in her hand a little depressed, and drank the weak tea in the cup one after another.

The four of them spent a few days walking through the foggy forest at a leisurely pace like traveling, and arrived at the nearest town not far from the edge of the forest. The journey was smooth and unbelievably smooth. ...If you ignore Fuono who was frightened by a mouse that accidentally jumped out halfway and tried to escape in a panic, but accidentally bumped into a tree trunk.

Then, after Iluna casually asked passers-by for directions, they were led all the way to the Adventurer's Guild by that kind passer-by, where they spent one silver coin to receive a medal as proof of membership.On the way, I was also introduced to places like cheap and affordable hotels and restaurants, and heard some rumors and gossips that I don't know whether they are true or not.

Later, it was almost noon, so I went to a restaurant not far away for lunch as a matter of course. By the way, this restaurant happened to be one of the ones recommended by the kind person before.

Suddenly, Fuono, who was drinking tea, seemed to notice something, and lowered his head to point at the bottom of Giulia's stool.

"That, what is it?"

"Ok?"

The three of them heard the words and looked towards the direction Fuono was pointing at. It was a small bag that was almost the same color as the ground, so it was easy to miss if you didn't pay attention.

It's lucky that Fuono was able to find out.

Giulia bent down and picked up the small black bag, and placed it in the center of the table so that everyone else could see it easily.

Then she looked at the inconspicuous little bag, and said with some uncertainty:

"This is……?"

"purse?"

Iluna rested her chin on her hands, and answered in a little surprise.

"Who fell here before?"

Shirpasha speculated not too concerned.

"But that person is really careless, it will be very troublesome later, and I don't know when he will notice."

"It's so inconspicuous, it's thanks to Xiaofu that you can find it." Iluna sighed, "Could it be that this is a talent?"

"No, the decoration above looks a little familiar."

Giulia looked at the money bag again, it was still black and inconspicuous, but what I didn't notice before was that there was a light yellow leather rope tied to the seal, and there was a small pink dot on the leather rope. Rabbit head decoration, the two round eyes on the rabbit's head are also light yellow.

"Familiar? Have you seen it before?"

So Giulia asked.

"Well, it seems that I have seen it somewhere, but I can't remember clearly."

After thinking about it, Fuono replied with some uncertainty.

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