"But from its appearance, it already scored a perfect 3 points for quality," Opera said, surprised. He hadn't expected Shesi to have such culinary skills, after all, he, Opera, had been the one doing the cooking since they arrived in the Demon World.
The three tasted it.
... The result was indescribable.
"What's wrong?" Shesi asked, puzzled. He picked one up and took a bite himself.
"Hmm… so sweet… sickeningly sweet… Ah, I remember now, this is the sugar Ameri prepared…" Shesi suddenly recalled. This was the chocolate where Ameri had put an entire bag of sugar, and he had forgotten to swap it out… Ameri took a bite and immediately knew it was her fault. Her ears drooped, and she walked over to Shesi.
"Sorry…"
"It's fine, I'm sure you'll do better next time… Actually, it's my fault for forgetting to swap it. But I quite like eating it anyway," Shesi comforted her, taking another piece.
"Stop eating it!" Sullivan tried to snatch it away, but Shesi dodged him.
Scores: 4, 3, 3.
Iruma and Eiko-chan's group won.
A few days after this incident, Asmodeus sent an invitation.
Shesi looked at Clara and David at the door.
Shesi took the invitation David handed him and glanced at it.
"Ah… this one. Okay, we'll get ready right away, please wait a moment." Shesi called Iruma, and they returned to their room to change clothes and prepare a gift.
After a car ride, they finally arrived at Asmodeus's house.
The three got out of the car.
"Oh, though Grandpa's house is also very big, Asmodeus's house is truly huge!" Iruma exclaimed. If his own house was a castle, Asmodeus's house was more like an estate.
"Indeed, it gives a very clean impression," Shesi also commented. After all, white does give a clean feeling, no wonder Asmodeus always wears white clothes.
Just then, the door was pushed open, and Asmodeus immediately rushed forward to welcome them.
"Welcome to my home, Lord Iruma, Lord Shesi!"
"Here, these are Iruma's and my gifts… Hmm, can you guess which one is Iruma's?" Shesi handed the gifts to Asmodeus, suddenly feeling that the two gifts looked very similar, so he looked at Asmodeus.
"I can tell at a glance that this one belongs to Lord Iruma. Only Lord Iruma's would have such a fragrance," Asmodeus said without thinking, raising the gift in his right hand.
"Eh? You can smell it?"
"Of course. If I had to describe it, Lord Shesi's scent is more like the fresh grass of a forest, while Lord Iruma's is the scent of the ocean."
Shesi clapped his hands at this.
"Oh! You know the scent of the ocean, right?!"
Shesi stopped joking and secretly sniffed his own scent. Unfortunately, perhaps because he had been continuously spraying it, his nose had already become accustomed to his own scent. However, if the perfumes Balam-sensei formulated for them could be distinguished… that wouldn't be good for combat and assassination… Actually, Shesi was overthinking it a bit. The grass scent and ocean scent were both very faint. These were perfumes specially concocted by Balam-sensei. Normally, if a demon wasn't paying attention, they wouldn't be able to smell them at all. But… perhaps some special demons could.
"Clara also prepared something!" The three turned to look at Clara, who was dressed in a child's commando outfit.
"Kona and Marfu (Clara's slippers)! Charge!" With that, Clara immediately started running around wildly.
But she didn't get far before Shesi grabbed her by the scruff of her neck and carried her back.
"It's fine, Lord Shesi, just let her play," Asmodeus said.
"Eh? You're quite fond of Clara, aren't you?" Shesi said, surprised.
"After all, I am a noble [5]. And the two of you are [4]. How can adults act childish with children?" Asmodeus said proudly. Asmodeus's words broke Clara's composure.
Clara immediately hugged Shesi, "Shesi-kun, do you also think Clara is a child?"
Shesi could only pat Clara's head.
"Clara is very cute."
"Shesi-kun, am I a child or not!" Clara pressed.
"Clara is very cute!"
Clara turned away in a huff, then pulled out a plush costume, stuffed the three of them inside, and then went in herself. The three immediately felt their bodies shrink to that of children.
"Heh heh, now I'm the only adult!" Clara looked at Asmodeus arrogantly.
"Clara!" Asmodeus tried to attack but found that the flames he summoned were just tiny flickers.
"Oh, is this Clara's toy box? It looks like so much fun," Shesi exclaimed.
"Eh? Shesi-kun knows about it? That's great, let's play together quickly!"
... David, who had finished brewing tea, walked in.
"Everyone…?"
David looked at the main hall, where only a plush costume remained.
"Where is my young master? And his friends?" Why was there only a plush costume left?
Before David could think further, laughter from four people came from inside the plush costume. It wasn't until thirty minutes later that Shesi and the others emerged. It wasn't because they had played enough, but because Clara's toy box absorbed magic. Although Shesi still had enough magic, Iruma's and Asmodeus's magic was clearly insufficient.
"Then… please come this way, I've prepared a special party cake," Asmodeus got up and said to the three.
Inside the room, Iruma and Clara's eyes sparkled as they looked at the five-tiered cake.
"Please enjoy yourselves, don't be shy," Asmodeus, whose magic seemed to have recovered, invited Iruma.
Clara and Iruma: I'm going to eat!
The two took a bite, and their eyes instantly sparkled.
"So delicious!"
After everyone finished eating, they went to the entrance of Asmodeus's room.
"This is my room."
Iruma said upon seeing this,
"So this is Asmodeus's room. What will Asmodeus's room be like…?"
However, Iruma quickly lost his curiosity. Upon entering, they immediately saw a large section of the wall covered with school weekly newspapers, all cutouts of Iruma's deeds.
"Hey, hey… Iruma is one thing, but why is half of my face cut off…?" Shesi saw that on one newspaper, he was cut in half. Even if Asmodeus liked Iruma, he shouldn't treat him like this, right?
"Ah, that… that's not finished yet. Before, my two younger cousins came over and ruined one, so I'm looking for that one to cut out again," Asmodeus explained.
"Ah… so that's it… No, wait! I'm asking why I was cut in half!"
At this moment, Clara patted Shesi's head.
"Don't worry, Shesi-kun, I'll make one like this when I go home too, and I definitely won't let you be outdone!" Clara said, looking at Shesi.
"Although I'm touched, let's just forget about it," Shesi said, sweating. It wasn't that Shesi disliked it, it was just… what Clara made… was a bit scary… Afterward, Asmodeus and Clara both summoned their familiars to play, but Shesi and Iruma did not. Shesi didn't summon his because his Ink was too big for the room… As for Iruma~ those who know, know.
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