The Reincarnations of Veldanava

Faustain Bargain

A few nights before Walpurgis—

Youm and his party of adventurers arrived at the Kingdom of Blumund. They were tasked by Rimuru to conduct an unrest within Falmuth, and Rimuru had someone here who could help them.

"Let's find Sir Mjöllmile."

"It shouldn't be difficult to find him, right? He's Blumund's renowned Grand Merchant after all."

Youm and Mjurran entered beyond the wall while other party members waited outside. The person they were finding was under Gard Mjöllmile's care at the moment, they had to pick her up first.

Rimuru told them to look for a building that stood out as if it came from another world. "Was he talking about this place?" Mjurran stopped at one of the buildings, a restaurant.

"Oh! I think I've heard of this one before," Youm said. "Isn't this the same restaurant that Hero Masayuki promoted?"

"It is," she nodded.

This restaurant was an offshoot of the one in Inglassia, a business started by a man named Mikami Satoru. Not much information was known about him other than he was an otherworlder.

Youm had heard of it, but he had never been inside before. Since it was promoted by the Rising Hero, it was very popular, and Youm didn't have time for the queue. If he wanted to eat delicious food, he could just visit Tempest, so it wasn't a huge loss for him and his party.

Entering the building, they were hit with a fragrant aroma of newly prepared meals. 'This place feels a lot like Tempest,' Youm thought, which considered Blumund and Tempest's proximity, it did make sense. 'Now what?'

"You should be Champion Youm, correct?"

"Uh, yeah!"

He was approached by a gray-haired boy, one of Moss' many body doubles. "Sir Gard is waiting for you, follow me."

He looked like an adorable child, but he was more professional than they thought. That was because the two of them only saw a child, and not the daemon hidden in plain sight.

But it was not their fault, Moss came from the White line, he had control over his emotion and power more than daemons of other colors, not that the bar was that high in the first place.

They entered an office while Moss would wait outside. They were greeted by a plump man with a well-groomed handlebar mustache.

"Glad to meet you, Sir Youm."

"I believe that you know why we are here," Youm said during the handshake.

Mjöllmile was informed beforehand by Moss. "You are here to find one of Sir Rimuru's subordinates, are you not? She's here, in this room with us."

Youm looked around the room, but he didn't see anyone or anything that stood out other than a cat that was playing with a yarn ball.

"You gotta be kidding me..."

"You may not like it, but that is what peak performance looks like."

Youm and Mjurran walked out of the restaurant with the cat. They were told by Rimuru that he would have a reliable ally waiting for them here, but they didn't expect it to be a goddamn cat!

Mjurran pointed out, "Maybe Lord Rimuru sees this work as something even a pet could do."

Youm replied, "Well, he did send Sir Ranga with us, so maybe you're right." He was carrying the purple cat which was the size of a Maine Coon.

She wasn't this big when they were inside the building, she just enlarged herself to mess with Youm.

'Whatever is this cat to begin with? A magic beast?' Mjurran wondered. 'I cannot sense any trace of magicule from it, but it should have some in them to be able to enlarge itself like that.'