Volume 6.5 Chapter 76: Naivety Part 1/2


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 6.5 Chapter 76: Naivety Part 1/2


    <span style="font-weight:400">A small Scarlet wandered around the castle. She had always been quite the rambunctious demon. If a person said to go left, the girl would go right. If she needed to go down, she would go up. Everything would be the opposite.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hmpf!" And this was one of those times. Scarlet was running outside in the garden without a care in the world. But when she did that, a person beside her sighed, "Princess, you can''t run away from your studies." It was time for her lessons, yet this girl had escaped from the room.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t want to. Those people are so mean!" Scarlet pouted.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Princess, you can''t behave like this. It''s all for your own good." The maid tried to reason. They were so hard on the girl because of her talent. They had never seen such a talent like this before.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I don''t want to listen to any of them!" Scarlet hugged the maid''s legs, "Selk, can''t we go out and y?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">Selk''s expression twisted when she saw that. This is so unfair. That angelic expression!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Another sigh soon came out of her mouth, "Fine. But we can only go out for 1 hour. The guards would worry if you''re gone for too long."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yay! Selk, you''re the best!" Selk had always been by her side since her childhood. She was her best friend, a maid, and a 2nd mother figure. She would scold her lightly, treat her kindly, andfort her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The two had gone out through a secret passage and into the kingdom.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Remember to wear this, Princess." Selk covered the child with a cloth. Her appearance was too noticeable.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s go get something to eat!" Scarlet quickly dashed off, and Selk promptly chased after her. The two had gotten some bread to eat. As the two ate, Scarlet and Selk looked at the stalls around. It was filled with different types of jewelry and other assortments.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Princess, we should head back." The two had been walking around for quite some time. It wouldn''t be long before the guards became wary.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Wahh? Five more minutes?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Your parents will be worried."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"But-" Before the two could leave, a thud sound came! That sound caused the two to turn their heads. What they saw was a person on the ground. Scarlet tilted her head, "Are you alright?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">From how hard this person fell, it would definitely cause some damage.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I''m fine. Sorry about that." The person got up from the ground calmly. But when he did, the robe covering his head also fell. Selk''s expression dropped,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Why is a human here?" Without hesitation, she got in front of Scarlet, ready to protect her. Scarlet, on the other hand, was curiously staring at the human. This was the first time she had seen one.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The human quickly waved his hand, "I''m not here to cause trouble! I''m just a wandering merchant trying to sell some things!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"A merchant?" Scarlet tilted her head when she heard that. The merchant nodded as he exined, "My name is Fritz. Ie from the human nation to sell these trinkets." He waved his hand, and some unique orbs came out.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What are these?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Are you interested, Miss?!" Fritz smirked, "These orbs are popr in the human kingdom. They''re ornaments with special designs."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"How much for one of them?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"For you, 3 silver coins."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That expensive?" Selk sneered. Was he trying to rob them? There was no way this was three silver coins.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Beautiful miss, to get to the capital of the demon kingdom, I have to go through so many hurdles."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Here!" Scarlet didn''t hesitate to hand the coins to the person. When she did, Selk''s expression dropped while Fritz brightened.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Thank you so much, young miss."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Also, I want to hear some stories."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I want to know more about the outside world." That was something Scarlet had longed for. She didn''t know much about what was happening besides the demon world. And she hated that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Sure. I can tell you all about the things happening in the outside world." Fritz didn''t mind at all as he bowed. She made a friend on that day, but only endless regret remained.


    <span style="font-weight:400">…


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mr. Fritz!" Scarlet called out to the merchant. Fritz was on the side of the street, continuing to sell off his items. Seeing the demon girl, Fritz waved his hand, "Hello, Little Miss."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What do you have for today?" Scarlet questioned. Fritz grinned as he took something out, "Naturally, I have brought something interesting for you." What he took out caused Scarlet and Selk to tilt their heads.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Is this apass?" Scarlet asked, her eyes narrowing in on the peculiar device. It was unlike anypass she had ever seen, with a unique gemstone at its center.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm! Thispass had a special gemstone acting as a guide. This was something I have gotten in aquatic regions. This was used to guide sailors through the seas."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Oooh! How much?!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It will be 5 silver coins."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Sure!" Scarlet handed the coins over to the man. She stared at thepass in marvel. But she quickly turned to Fritz, "Now, will you tell me stories about your adventurers?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Of course, Little Miss. Now then, where did we leave off?" Fritz thought about it and began to tell his story. As he did, Scarlet listened to what he said. This had be a usual thing. Scarlet would skip out on her lesson toe here. It was a deal; she would buy something from him, and he would tell her stories about his adventures.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"And we havee to the end." Fritz took a deep sigh as he pped his hand. He had finished his story.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Aww, but isn''t there more?" Scarlet wanted to hear more stories about the other kingdom. Selk frowned as she stared at the man.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Someone stole from me!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">The three quickly turned their heads to see a demon running away. Scarlet frowned and turned to Selk, "Selk."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"But Miss." Her job was to protect her, not deal with things like this. But Scarlet shook her head, "I''m going to stay here. Go and deal with that."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"...Alright." Selk red at Fritz before she dashed off to deal with the robber. It was going to be quick and swift.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Little Miss, you should be more wary." Fritz shook his head as he warned the girl. But Scarlet shook her head, "It''s fine. And besides, I trust you." The two had talked so much that she grew to trust this person.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hearing you say that is great enough." Fritz smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"In the future, I''m going to meet more humans and make friends with them!" Scarlet grinned. If this human was this fun, what would others be like?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Fritz didn''t say anything.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I''m back, Miss." Selk returned to them. It was an easy capture for the likes of her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"We''ll leave now." Scarlet waved her hand as she moved away from there. Fritz nodded as he returned to his work.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Young Miss, why are you smiling like that?" As the two walked, Selk noticed her expression.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I have a goal now." Scarlet grinned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What goal is that?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I want to cooperate with the other races and make friends!" Why stop with humans? There were going to be so many more.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see. That''s a wonderful idea." Selk smiled when she heard that. But she added, "But you have to be careful too."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I don''t have to worry about it." Scarlet grinned. But what she didn''t know was the start of the horror.


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