The Reason I Got Engaged to My Ex-Boyfriend - Chapter 74

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Episode 74

At my question, Ransel’s words followed naturally as if it were an obvious sequence.

“Because you’re pretty.”

I tilted my head and then touched my bangs.

“Well, I suppose so.”

Usually I sweep them back, but today I let my bangs down, so maybe the atmosphere is a bit different.

Before long, we reached our destination.

A small sign was attached to the alley wall.

‘This place is…’

Where Marsha got me the disguise stone.

Recalling the shop name written on the certificate, I entered inside with Ransel.

“Is that where they show the goods?”

“Yeah, seems like it. Wait here.”

Ransel gently positioned me against the wall, then headed toward where I had pointed.

So, our strategy was like this.

The ‘demon clan member he knew well’ that Ransel mentioned was the owner of this shop. Dassiel Evankis.

There’s no way an owner would personally attend to human customers.

So the first part of our plan was for Ransel to approach an employee pretending to buy a mastone, then use a ‘trial experience’ as an excuse to touch the mastone.

Since mastones operate through the magic power inside them, once they touched Ransel’s hand, they would become no different from stones rolling around on the street.

Then the employee would panic.

“Huh? Why is this suddenly acting up? I’m sorry, let me show you something else.”

Of course, other mastones wouldn’t function properly once Ransel’s hand touched them either.

After breaking about three mastones like that, Ransel would shout.

“Get the manager out here right now.”

That way, confronting Dassiel Evankis was our plan.

‘The reason we absolutely need to meet this demon clan member called Dassiel is…’

According to Ransel, he’s apparently the illegitimate son of a Demon Lord. So he knows a lot of miscellaneous information about Demon Realm affairs.

I crossed my arms and leaned against the wall at an angle, watching Ransel from a distance.

In front of Ransel was someone with long braided hair wound around horns, clearly a different race, wearing a business smile.

“Did you come alone?”

Just then, someone approached me.

It was an obviously sleazy tone that made their pick-up attempt blatantly obvious.

I only moved my eyes to check out the person.

Sharp features… also clearly someone who looked like a different race.

I gestured toward where Ransel was and said.

“No, I came with that person.”

So don’t talk to me anymore and just go away.

Contrary to my wishes, the man seemed rather stimulated and twisted up the corner of his mouth.

“Really came together? Then why are you standing apart?”

“Because you guys made a rule that only one person at a time can inquire with the staff.”

“Hmm, but your companion seems like he’ll take a while? Instead of waiting here, why don’t you come with me…”

A large hand slowly approached me.

I immediately cut off his words.

“Move your hand. If you touch me, I’ll kill you.”

“…Huh? How scary.”

The man laughed as if amazed and lowered his hand.

Even so, he persistently continued talking.

“Honestly, I’m better looking. Come with me.”

“Doesn’t everyone tell you to go see an eye doctor or psychiatrist?”

“Hey, don’t be so difficult. You were actually standing here wanting this kind of thing anyway.”

“You only hear what you want to hear.”

“Acting cute. But really…”

The man moved his hand slowly as if entranced.

Touch, his large hand made contact with my cheek.

“You’re exactly my type.”

Sigh…

I looked at the man’s hand and his grinning mouth, then asked.

“But.”

“Mmm…”

“Didn’t I say I’d kill you if you touched my body?”

“…Huh?”

I bent one knee and pulled off my high heel.

I had regretted wearing high heels since the path here was longer than expected, but now it seemed like it was an excellent choice.

“W-wait. What are you doing…”

Thud.

The sharp heel pierced straight into the man’s chest.

“Guhk!”

The man collapsed on the spot.

I didn’t care and continued swinging the high heel.

Still, this should count as a minor incident. Yesterday some guy apparently got his head beaten crazy with a shovel.

“Ugh, ahhh! Ahh!”

Thwack thwack, under the relentlessly swinging heel, the man couldn’t even fight back and just screamed.

Soon the surroundings became restless. Lower-rank demon clan members and robed people surrounded us, chattering and proving that the most entertaining spectacle in the world is watching a fight.

“N-no, stop it now…!”

Whether they were watching or not, I focused only on beating the man. There were plenty of spectators anyway, but no one to stop it.

Even Ransel, who came over after hearing the commotion, didn’t stop me. He only supported me from behind when I occasionally staggered from my own strength.

Then the fight stopped at someone’s sharp shout.

“What the hell are you doing in my territory!”

I stopped swinging the high heel and turned my head.

There was a boy about a span shorter than me. Looking at his large mouse ears and mysterious purple eyes, I guessed he was also a different race.

The surroundings stirred once more at the boy’s appearance, but only briefly.

“Caldeon. Get up quickly, you idiot!”

“Ugh…”

The boy who had rushed through the crowd kicked the man, Caldeon, repeatedly.

Then he glared at me with triangular eyes.

“What are you? What gives you the right to… A mere human entering our territory, aren’t you even scared?”

This boy was probably the shop owner, Dassiel Evankis.

“Anyway, I absolutely won’t overlook this problem…”

Dassiel, who had been grumbling, suddenly became blank-faced.

Why is he suddenly acting like that?

Dassiel’s gaze was fixed behind me.

When I turned my head as well, I saw Ransel throwing off his robe and smiling calmly.

“Hello, little mouse. How long has it been.”

“…”

It was the moment when the boy’s lips, which had been squeaking loudly, magically shut tight.

***

Dassiel Evankis.

The reason Ransel came to know him was simple.

Three years ago, Dassiel had been used by his father, the Demon Lord, and infiltrated the Westport Line as a spy. Though he was caught from the first day.

When it was revealed that he was just a low-level demon with no particular abilities, the Naval Base simply released Dassiel.

Since sending someone back from the human world to the Demon Realm was quite complicated, low-level demons were usually just left in the human world. They were also a major source of Mastones that nobles used while pretending not to.

‘That bastard…’

Ransel recalled the news about Dassiel he had occasionally heard at the Naval Base.

Since they couldn’t let a released low-level demon harm humans, the Naval Base would patrol the alleys from time to time. And there was information that came out during that process.

Dassiel was truly… acting like a boss here and getting a real taste of money.

He wondered how that little rat had become an alley boss, but it seemed he had cleverly introduced his identity as the Demon Lord’s bastard son as merely ‘that person’s son.’

‘I didn’t expect meeting him would be this easy.’

When the commotion broke out, Ransel was in the middle of testing the second Mastone.

He hadn’t paid much attention to the sound of people stirring, but thinking about it, that was where Mary had been, so he headed there feeling anxious.

And he found Mary beating a man with her high heels, thwack, thwack.

He didn’t know what had happened… but he figured that guy must have done something to deserve it.

Since the Princess would win everything on her own without his intervention, he watched comfortably, only catching her when Mary swayed so she wouldn’t fall.

After the situation was resolved with Dassiel’s appearance, Mary went to settle things with that pervert Caldeon or whatever his name was.

Ransel leaned against the wall at an angle, watching from afar as Mary sent murderous glares toward Caldeon.

As expected, the Princess would definitely win this time too.

“Um, excuse me.”

Just then, someone cautiously called out to Ransel.

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