Yomigaeri no Maou

Episode 140: Crystal

"Are brothers and sisters all together such amazing magicians, after all, the gift of your parents' education?

Claire asked about that as she walked through the market.

Kyou, along with Fuuka, says he's going to buy some baked sweets at the stall he passed a while ago, and he's a little away with Fuuka.

Iris was unsure for a moment of what he had answered, but he wanted to tell the facts as far as he could tell, to be honest.

"I'm sure your father-in-law and mother-in-law are very good people. Your father-in-law will be the guide to swordsmanship in the Royal Knights in particular for the art of fighting...... However, since I learned how to fight and witch my true (...) father and mother, will the answer to that question be yes or no..."

Ilis didn't go into any particular detail, nor would he get stuck in the middle of talking.

That's what I told him as if it were nothing, but Krall seems to have sensibly guessed.

I heard something very bad, with a face like that,

"Ah... sorry..."

I said.

As an Illis, I have never been particularly offended by Krall's questions.

Of course, it's not that I have nowhere to think about the fact that my parents would no longer be in this world, but I had no aversion to talking about my real parents.

Because even though I know it's people who are no longer there and I can't see them, their presence still floats around behind Iris' brain.

The people who lived and ran through those times together will never be forgotten, and I don't want to forget them.

Besides, for Illis, those days were only seven years ago.

In the last seven years, the air of those days, and the breath of those who ran with them, has not faded.

That's why I can't say I don't remember the slightest cut and chest pain to remember, but that's why I'm not going to let it be something I didn't.

So, Illis talks about them, with his chest up.

Because I believe that they made who I am now, and perhaps even in this day and age.

"No...... that's okay. For me, neither my real parents, nor my step-parents, make a difference that they are both true (...) parents. That's why I told you because I wanted to talk to you. Instead, I'm so sorry I made you look like that... I was insensitive"

That's what Iris said.

But Crail shakes his head and says.

I guess I never imagined that I would be apologized for the story I had to tell.

Besides, Claire was essentially a sweet girl.

I didn't want Iris, who looked like he was hanging up, to feel like he was guilty because of himself.

"That's not true! Me, I thought I said something extra... and I thought I let Mr. Ilis talk hard, and I'm sorry... But Mr. Iris cares about your parents now and your real parents... and you look so sweet. If you don't like it, why don't you tell me about Mr. Illis' family…?

That may have been the kind of insensitive step in some cases, they say.

However, Krall's expression and attitude did not express any emotions that made him feel that way.

Rather, there was a tenderness to care for Iris wholeheartedly and to try to help, as an acquaintance, by being the other person to talk about something.

Illis understood the matter, and thought that if this were the case, he tried to speak out.

Breathe in, try to remember.

"... well, your father was a very good magician and warrior. And your mother... is a very nice woman who supports your father like that..."

But when we talked that far, Claire said.

"... Mr. Iris. To the eyes......"

"... Huh?

Under my eyes I was told to touch it.

There's a build-up of water droplets there, and Illis, as he talks about himself, is astonished.

"Oh... this is... I'm sorry..."

I apologized more to Ilis for saying that.

"No...... Mr. Iris is not bad at all...... sorry. Looks like I was the one who was really insensitive..."

To the unexpected reaction of Iris, Krall seemed badly depressed, and that was how he seemed to cry now.

Really, Claire's not bad at all.

That's what Iris thought.

In fact, Iris has been so surprised by his own reaction.

It can't wait to be predicted by Krall.

Besides, this is how I've always had tears, and I've thought about it.

Pretending to be nothing until now, he's had a modern life, but maybe he's more shocked that no one is there than he thinks.

Without Lulu, I felt like it might even have been like a shell out, but now I did.

I only learned to thank you for making me realize that, but I don't feel like blaming you.

That's why Iris said.

"Mr. Claire...... that's fine. I didn't know that even myself...... these feelings were in me. I don't want to blame you for making me realize that... Rather, I was happy. I knew I had this feeling... I kind of felt like the old days were still behind me... and I thought it was far past, but not yet over for me. Thank you for making me think so."

"Yes, no... no... at all..."

There were tears in Krall's eyes as he raised his face all the way to the words of Illis.

When Iris softly wanted to stroke Krall's head asexually for some reason, Krall jumped into Iris' chest and hugged him.

"... you two were in that relationship, so awesome!?

With a bag of baked confectionery in one hand, he threw that baked confectionery into his mouth, while Kyou said so and came back.

Is the timing good or bad......

Then, Iris and Krall became feathers explaining to Kyou how they got into such a situation.

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"- This is"

That's what I said and opened my eyes. It was at the corner of the market, in front of a certain outdoor store, that Illis stopped.

"What's wrong with you?

That is what I have asked with my neck tilted.

Illis answers her question by pointing to one of the products arranged in the outdoor shop.

"This is what bothered me..."

Claire looking to what Illis has shown.

What was there was a crystal stick that had no philosophy whatsoever.

It's just about the size that's going to fit in your palms, clear and beautiful, but I don't see anything that's going to attract any particular interest from Illis.

Leaning his neck, Kyou also asked.

"How did you get this again?

"Why, when they say..."

When he saw the owner of the outdoor shop, Ilis shut up.

So Krall and Kyou somehow guess.

I guess that means that if you mouth it, Illis has found the value of this crystal that could hang.

Then Krall, who is the most dependable person at a time like this, says in a whispering voice to Illis.

"... I'll pay for it"

Illis thinks a little, but Lulu also knows that Krall is a master of shopping in the market.

The battlefield is my domain, but the market must also be a kind of battlefield.

But there is something called specialization, and it's better to be Krall, not myself, who's in charge here, Iris decided, and nodded.

"Can you please......? Honestly, I really want it...... if it's not extremely expensive, there's a prize for a fighting tournament. I can pay you instantly..."

Krall nodded at Iris' words, then went into negotiations with the store owner.

"Excuse me, it's this crystal..."

The store owner, who looks a little frigid on his mustache, starts talking with a grin on his face.

"Whoa, lady. Your eyes are high inside! This crystal is different from what you have there..."

It started that way, it was an attack between the two of us, but Krall was still a master.

The first price offered by the shopkeeper was quite high - though at that point it was about three times the normal crystal, so it was still good for the United States - but Kreil gradually lowered it to a reasonable price first.

That's what's normally done in this market.

It is a technique that housewives are told must be able to do to that extent, and so is Illis.

But from there it was the true price of Krall.

Speaking skillfully, he explored the purchase value of that crystal and probably calculated from it how much it would be in the store owner's interest to sell it.

They dropped the price to the end of the line.

"... I lost to your daughter... I didn't think you were going to say this dialogue in real life. Yes, mojo thief!

That said, the store owner handed the crystal to Krall wrapped in something like protective material.

The charges were about to crawl out, but we can't let the boulders get that far.

Ilis took his wallet out of his nostalgia and paid for it.

"Yes, go ahead. Mr. Iris."

That's what Claire said and handed the wrapped bag of crystal bars to Illis.

Ilis slowly receives it and thanks Krall.

"Thank you so much. Mr. Claire, I didn't think it was going to be that cheap. One third of the market…"

That's usually an unlikely price.

It was a ghostly technology that only Krall could do.

Besides, they weren't so angry at me for making it so pricey, and they even like me for telling them to come back. So awesome.

"No...... more than that, now you're apologizing for making me cry earlier?

Apparently I still have something to catch on to as a crail.

Illis smiles and says because he doesn't care at all anymore.

"Yeah, that's enough. On the contrary, I feel like I owe you more."

That's what Illis says as he takes the crystal out of the wrap.

Crystals that Illis says that much.

It was the same with Krall and Kyou that I wondered what that was, which is why Kyou asked with his neck tilted.

"So... what the hell is that crystal? It just looks like a crystal to me."

"Me too. They sell the same crystals everywhere on the market."

That's what the two of us said. Iris thought a little and then tried to open his mouth to start explaining.

But then,

"Thief!!" "He got away!!" "Get someone -!

Such a voice echoes the market.

If the three of us looked back at what had happened, there was one man running towards the Iris.

The man had something, and I see, it was thought that he had stolen something from somewhere in the market.

Ilis looked at it,

"... may be just fine"

So I said, with the crystal in my right hand, I stepped out in front of Claire and Kyou.

The man gradually approaches.

"... Should I lend you a hand?

When Kyou asked, Illis shook his head.

So Kyou takes a step back and positions himself in such a way as to protect the crawl.

And finally a man came in front of me.

"Out of the way, out of the way!!

That's what I'm saying. A man pushing people around.

Shortcuts are gripped in the hands of those who do not have luggage and seem quite dangerous.

But Iris slowly began to move toward the man, without worrying about the existence of such a thing or anything.

…… What, you are! Get out of the way!!

The man notices the girl approaching unnaturally, shouting those words, but when he sees Illis move on without any particular reaction, he grabs the short knife he set up and sticks it in.

On a good note, they had magic in them, and they had quite a fight in mind.

And then Illis and the man intersect.

That was a quiet sight.

Oh, and two different people.

Then, just a little further away, the two stopped, and the man collapsed more or less.

Iris can't see anything particularly unusual.

No......

A little different.

A long and beautiful sword was held in the hands of Illis, which had not been gripped until earlier.

No matter how you look at it, it's made of crystal, and it's obvious that's what I bought earlier.

Ilis looked back to Krell and Kyou and said:

"Here's the thing."