Chapter 288: 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 space 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 assess 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 carcass of the Bloody Wolf, that is the souvenir for the Ruven family, on the counter to have it dismantled .

“Bl, Bloody 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 carcass was as fresh as when we caught it since it was stored in my Infinite Storage . Well, it would become a serious matter if Bloody 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 passage 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 Bloody Wolf material .

“Can’t have . ”

“Meat~”

Allen and Elena were against selling the meat .

That reminds me, did we ever eat... Bloody 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 Bloody Wolf carcass 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 Bloody 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 passage 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 . ”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“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 .