Chapter 271

　　Shopping

　　The next morning, we had breakfast and decided to go out for a shopping trip immediately after .

　　“”What first~?””

　　“Let’s go to the Adventurer’s Guild first . ”

　　“”Guild~””

　　“Cuckoo . ”

　　At the Adventurer’s Guild, I plan to get money by selling the materials I received from Oswald-san . Although I have enough money even without doing that, I’m thinking of not mixing that money with my own money .

　　“Good morning . How may I help you?”

　　“”Good morning . ””

　　When we arrived at the guild’s reception desk, the receptionist lady greeted us with a smile . Then, Allen and Elena also returned the greetings with a smile of their own . Their shyness has completely softened~

　　“We’d like to sell off materials . Oh, there’s a good amount . ”

　　I stated our business while handing over my guild card .

　　“Understood . In that case, please place the items at the s.p.a.ce over there . ”

　　“Okay, got it . ”

　　I put the materials to be sold on the counter-like large table indicated by the receptionist . By the way, I’m going to keep Lyra’s——Edenbird’s feather instead of selling it .

　　“This is all . ”

　　“Wonderful . Please give me a minute to a.s.sess the value . ”

　　“Oh, I’d also like you to dismantle this for me separately…”

　　“Then, I will take care of it for you as well . ——!!”

　　The receptionist gulped as I placed the carca.s.s of the b.l.o.o.d.y Wolf, that is the souvenir for the Ruven family, on the counter to have it dismantled .

　　“Bl, b.l.o.o.d.y Wolf!? Where did you!?”

　　“Ah, we haven’t come across it around here, so no need to worry . ”

　　“Ho, however… it’s still warm, you know!?”

　　The carca.s.s was as fresh as when we caught it since it was stored in my Infinite Storage . Well, it would become a serious matter if b.l.o.o.d.y Wolves appeared regularly around this town, so it cannot be helped that the receptionist was panicky .

　　“We defeated it in the Gaya Forest, so please calm down . ”

　　“… Gaya Forest . Ah, magic bag… you are in a possession of something good then . I’m really sorry . ”

　　She didn’t question the fact that I had a lot of stuff because I was pretending to be taking it out of a magic bag, but because magic bags that slow down the pa.s.sage of time are rare, she did not think of that right away .

　　“You want this dismantled… so that means you are not selling it, correct?”

　　“I want to make a rug out of the fur, so selling it would be a little…”

　　“T, then, at least the meat!”

　　Regaining her calm, the receptionist negotiated to get at least some of the b.l.o.o.d.y Wolf material .

　　“Can’t have . ”

　　“Meat~”

　　Allen and Elena were against selling the meat .

　　That reminds me, did we ever eat… b.l.o.o.d.y Wolf meat?

　　“Err, I’m sorry, it doesn’t look like I can sell it . ”

　　“… How unfortunate . ”

　　The children’s opinion comes first, so I decided to reject selling it .

　　I could have taken out the other b.l.o.o.d.y Wolf carca.s.s I have, but I somehow managed to stop myself .

　　“The total price came out at this amount . Please come again . ”

　　After receiving the money, I decided to come for the dismantled b.l.o.o.d.y Wolf later, so we went shopping at last .

　　“”Next is~?””

　　“N~ let’s systematically visit the necessary shops, I guess?”

　　“”Systematically?””

　　“It means to visit every shop in order . ”

　　“”Got it! Then~””

　　“First place is . ”

　　“There~”

　　The place Allen and Elena pointed at was a bakery .

　　“”Bakery~””

　　“They didn’t ask for ingredients, but I did forgot to tell them about sweet buns and stuff like that . ”

　　Sweet buns——jam buns, cream bread, anpan . In addition, Oswald-san could enjoy berry filled pastry, too . Oh, but they probably don’t sell cream bread and anpan here, so let’s buy only jam buns and berry pastry .

　　Ah, I surely can’t take Lyra inside the bakery, so I had her wait at the roof for a little .

　　“… Huh? They have cream bread here?”

　　When we went inside, I saw that they were selling cream bread .

　　“Lad, you are lucky! Cream bread usually gets sold out right away, but there are still some left today!”

　　“Eh, I will take the rest then . ”

　　I reflexively buy up all the cream buns left . There are only three, so I wouldn’t have a chance to buy them anywhere else if I didn’t take them .

　　“I would also like three of these and these, and also these . ”

　　There were also bean jam buns and maro buns on the shelves, so I bought all the kinds that Oswald-san would be okay with, in numbers .

　　The magic ring that Lyra is wearing does not have the effect of slowing down the pa.s.sage of time, and I don’t know if Oswald-san has that kind of magic bag, so I tried not to buy too much .

　　“… I have to thank Rebecca-san when we return . ”

　　I’m sure Rebecca-san is supporting this bakery . In addition, the bakery is located right next to the Adventurer’s Guild, which makes it easy for us to stop by . I’ll have to thank her when we get back~

　　“Onii~chan . ””

　　“N? What’s up?”

　　“Allen wants to eat too . ”

　　“Elena also wants to eat . ”

　　“Eh, a bread? It has not been that long since you’ve had breakfast, no?”

　　“”We will do halfsies, so~””

　　I’m weak to children pleading to me~ Moreover, to make it even harder for me to say no, they said they will split it in half beforehand!

　　“N~~~ Sure, if you split with Lyra, too . ”

　　“”Ya~y . ””

　　“So, what bread do you want?”

　　“”Maro bread!””

　　… Their reply was too quick . It seems that they were really eager to eat as they had already decided on the type of bread . They probably had no doubts that I would allow it . As their elder brother, I occasionally have to tell them no clearly, but Allen and Elena never do something that needs me to scold them strictly .

　　It’s… difficult to know whether I should feel proud that my younger siblings are good kids or lament that I have nowhere to show my dignity as an older brother . Well, if anything, it’s better to be proud .

　　“”Lyra, thank you for waiting~””

　　“Cuckoo . ”

　　When we stepped out of the bakery, Allen and Elena immediately called Lyra .

　　Then, Lyra flew over right away and settled on my shoulder .

　　“Lyra, can you put this into your magic ring?”

　　“Cuckoo . ”

　　Because there were no people in sight, I had Lyra store the bread which we just bought into her magic ring . Of course, except one of the maro breads .

　　“… Nn~?”

　　When I handed the bread to Allen, he, with a serious look on his face, split off a third of the maro bread off .

　　“Here, Elena . ”

　　“Yay~ halfsies, halfsies~♪”

　　Elena, who received two-thirds of the bread from Allen, effortlessly split it in half .

　　“Here, Lyra’s portion!”

　　“… Cuckoo?”

　　When Elena presented the maro bread to Lyra, Lyra tilted her head in puzzlement . She probably doesn’t understand the meaning of the bread being offered to her . So I took the bread instead, split it into bite-sized pieces and carried it to her beak .

　　“It’s a bread made from maro fruit . Why don’t you try it, Lyra?”

　　Lyra alternated between me and the bread near her beak and timidly took the bread into her mouth .

　　“Cuckoo!”

　　“”Delish?””

　　“Koo~!”

　　Lyra was clearly in a good mood indicated by the lively chirp after eating the bread .

　　She seemed to like it, so I tore off more of the bread and brought it to her beak again . Then she ended up eating her third of the bread in no time at all .