A few days later, I prepared to visit the human city in this world, you could say that I'm going on a date with Mallory, but it's not like that, we'll just spend time with her like normal friends, go shopping, eat sweets and just have fun.
Just like with Chris... I still haven't realized it, but I miss her so much, I hope she was able to move on...
"Miyabi, are you ready?" Mallory asked me when we went down to the very bottom of the tower.
"I think so, and thanks for the hooded cape." It was nice of her to give me this cape, of course, my ears are not very comfortable, but it's bearable.
"You're welcome, I don't need this cloak at all, and I still have one." she replied.
We left the tower, which was in the forest, a strange place of course, for its location, and very close to the human kingdom, but still...
There were quite a lot of demons in this forest, from slimes to bats, I think they all serve the demon queen, but in the tower, there is not enough space for all the demons to stay there, that's why they are outside.
"By the way, why did the demon queen look so unhappy when we left?" - asked me Mallory, as we walked through the forest.
"She didn't want to let her most powerful demon general go to enemy territory," I said.
"Oh... So you convinced her to let you go?"
"Well, but I had to promise that if I get exposed, I must kill everyone I meet."
"That... I don't think it will come to that..."
"Well, I really don't want to start a massacre, so I'll probably just run away."
"Thank God!" she exclaimed.
"Come on, I don't look like a maniac who only wants to kill, and the Demon Queen said so because she was worried about me." - yes, I became even closer to the Demon Queen, so we can be considered friends.
She also told me why she hates humans. When she was a child, she met a girl, a human, with whom she became friends. Even though her father said that humans were terrible, she wanted to be friends with them.
And when she met that girl, she became friends with her, but she betrayed her, and simply used Velverosa for her own purposes.
"I understand what you mean!" - Mallory said, nodding at me.
The rest of the way to the city was spent mainly in conversation on various topics, until we reached the city itself.
This city looked... Well, basically, like you would imagine a city in a sword and magic world, large stone walls and behind them a medieval city, and a huge castle stands out in the background.
"Um, Ceric, should be at the academy. Miyabi, do you want to go to the adventurer academy?"
"Yes, come on, I'll go wherever you say!"
"Great, let's go!"
We were easily let into the city, without even being asked to show documents, although it could be because Mallory knows everyone here.
We approached a large building, which was apparently an academy, well, that's how I imagined this academy.
Entering inside, there were many different students who were busy with their own affairs.
The classrooms were mostly ordinary classical rooms with tables, and a large board.
"Ceric, should be in the library." Mallory said and walked in a certain direction.
I followed her without thinking, and immediately pulled my hood tighter, because I noticed three familiar faces that I humiliated the other day. I didn't want to be exposed, so I didn't pay attention to them.
"This new demon general is too strong." I heard the guy's voice."
"Well, yes, I think that one team won't be enough here. Although I haven't seen her, but I can say that if she defeated you with ease, she is incredibly strong."- it was another guy.
"Yes, recently the guild asked me to present all the information I have on her, since they first heard about the new demon general."- the knight said to his friend.
"Well, I hope the guild will send someone strong to test her strength. Since we were asked to describe her strength, but she didn't even take her katana out of its sheath. She didn't take us seriously," said the witch I burned.
Hmm, so the guild is interested in me? How flattered I am!
In the meantime, we reached the door next to which was written "Library".
After opening it, Mallory asked me to be quiet, otherwise we might get kicked out.
She immediately noticed a guy sitting at the table and drawing something.
She leaned over to him.
"Tserik, what are you doing?"
"M-Malorie? Nothing, just homework!" the guy said, slamming his notebook shut. But from his stuttering voice, you could tell he definitely wasn't doing his homework!
"Really? Well, never mind, Tserik, I want to introduce you to my new friend Miyabi!" Mallory said, pointing at me.
"Malorie, this isn't funny! So that you could make a friend, but I would rather…" - he didn't have time to finish, as Mallory slapped him on the back of the head, pouting.
"I'm telling the truth, you know I can have friends besides you." - she said.
"She's telling the truth, I'm her friend." - I intervened.
"Really? This isn't some kind of joke or something?"
"No, I really am Mallory's friend." - I said.
"Well then, nice to meet you! My name is Ceric, my class is a swordsman, for better or worse, I am Mallory's best friend." He said, holding out his hand to me, I accepted his handshake.
"Ceric, we can move on." She said, looking at him.
"What? Why?"
"Miyabi wants to show you something else!" Mallory said, and the three of us walked towards the bookcases.
"Ceric, don't panic, and don't scream."
"What…" He didn't have time to finish speaking, as I took off my hood.
The guy immediately turned pale.
"Calm down Ceric, she won't do any harm, she's just going for a walk with me."
"Malory, do you know what will happen to you if she is discovered? You will be branded an enemy of humanity!"
"Calm down Cerik, everything will be fine!" Mallory said.
"But…" I interrupted him.
"I'm just here to spend time with my friend, I don't intend to cause harm." I assured him.
"Well, if you say so… Wait, aren't you the new demon general rumored to be all over the capital?" he asked me.
"Eh, am I that famous?"
"No way! Rumor has it that you're a really scary demon general, not inferior to the demon queen herself." he said.
"Well, I don't agree with the first one, but the second one might be true."
"This is how you're introduced," he said, taking a piece of paper out of his pocket.
That piece of paper had… me drawn on it?
Seriously, what's wrong with these people?
There was a picture of a fox standing on two legs, wearing clothes, holding a katuna, and with blood dripping from its mouth.
"..."
"Let me see." - Mallory said, and took the picture from me, which made her laugh.
"Mallory, do you want me to become the one on the sheet?" - I asked in a threatening tone, to which she shut up.
"Well, as I see it, that's not true. And the real demon general is a very nice girl." - he said.
"Thanks for the compliment! But Cerik, you won't get anywhere with me, I like girls." - I said, to which he blushed.
"I'm not hitting on you, I'm just telling you the facts!"
"Hmm..."
"What is Mallory?" - I asked the girl, who was thinking about something.
"Yeah, easy! How about finding you a girlfriend." She said.
"Melory, I don't think that's a good idea, especially around people." I said, sighing.
No, I can't yet, my heart is already taken by another person, and I can't yet. I know that she can probably find me, and I wouldn't want her to find me with another girl.
"I can't Mallory, I already love one girl, but she's not here…" I said, I could see how Ceric was a little saddened by my words. But Mallory, almost immediately understood that I meant this world, and not that she died.
"Anyway, let's go somewhere to eat! Ceric is paying!" She said.
"Melory… God, okay, let's go." He said, giving up.
After leaving the academy, we headed to the city center, where there were many restaurants and other shops.
Along the way, Ceric told me a little about himself. His family is well known in the kingdom, and in particular his father, who supplies weapons to the kingdom. So this guy is quite rich.
"This is my favorite restaurant," Mallory said, pointing to a cute-looking restaurant building.
Of course, we immediately headed there.
"Welcome, dear guests!" - at the entrance, we were met by a girl in a maid costume, who bowed.
Oh, I always wanted to visit a maid cafe, only a restaurant, but it's still practically the same.
"We need a table for three people," Ceric said.
"Of course, please follow me," the maid said and led us to a separate booth. Which confused me a little.
Mallory noticed this and explained it to me.
"She recognized Ceric, and therefore, we are in the VIP zone."
Sitting down at the table, she handed us a menu, where there were many different dishes that I could not choose, and my eyes just ran wild.
"Malory, can you choose for me?" I asked the girl.
"Yes, of course! My friend and I will have two portions of steak, medium rare, with spaghetti." - she said.
"Just a regular salad for me," - Ceric said.
The maid bowed and left the booth.
"Ceric, if you don't eat meat, you won't gain muscle, you need protein."
"Malory, we already talked about this…"
"As you wish, but Miyabi and I will eat deliciously," - said Mallory in anticipation.
"Well, of course, at my expense…" - he stopped because Mallory looked at him murderously.
After a while, they brought us our order, and it really was delicious. The steak was quite big, but I'm sure I could eat it, plus the pasta was also delicious.
"It's a shame she didn't make it like in the anime." I muttered thoughtfully, as I remembered all those anime in which maids "conjured" over food.
"Anime?" Mallory asked me.
"No problem." I said, to which she simply nodded, but Ceric had a different reaction.
Could he really...
Maybe, but I won't ask about it myself, if he wants to tell me.
Our lunch went quite peacefully, we ate our order, and Ceric paid for Mallory and me. And I don't know the currency of this world, but I'm sure that a few gold coins is a lot.
Is this restaurant really that expensive? Well, yes, the food is delicious, even very tasty, and we were sitting in the VIP box, I think that's why we had to pay so much.
After leaving the restaurant, we walked around the market a bit, until Melory stopped at one of the stalls.
"Miyabi, do you think she would like it?" she asked me, pointing to the earrings that were the color of the demon queen's eyes.
"I think so? But Mallory, you have so much money." I said, pointing to the price tag, and she immediately darkened.
"Okay, let's go further!" she exclaimed, taking me and Cerik by the hands and pulling forward, so that my hood almost fell off, fortunately I held it with my other hand." We walked all day, and at some point Tserik got tired. He said goodbye to us and went home.
"So how do you like Tserik?" she asked me.
"You mean…"
"Silly, you know what I mean!" I just laughed.
"He's a good friend," I said when I stopped laughing.
"Yes, but sometimes he hides something, I want to tell him that he trusted me."
"Don't push him, he'll tell you his secret someday." I said smiling.
"I hope…" she said when we approached her house, as she told me herself.
"Wait here!" she shouted and ran into the house.
A few minutes later, she came out of the house with two wrapped bags.
"These are the buns I baked myself, one bag is for you, the other you can give to Velverosa?" she asked me.
"Of course." I answered taking the two bags.
She walked me to the exit of the city, and simply hugged me goodbye.
On the way back to the tower, I decided to try her pastries, and they turned out to be very tasty. The Demon Queen will definitely like these buns.
Entering the tower, I met the Demon Queen, who was most likely waiting for me.
"Are you okay?" she asked she said in a worried tone.
I laughed and assured her that I was fine, handing her the bag of cookies.
"This is from Mallory," I said.
"It's her again, I…" I stopped her before she could burn the bag.
"You try it first. You'll like it," I said.
"Well, if you say so…"
We soon separated, and I went up to my own floor and without thinking twice I plopped down on my bed and fell asleep without even undressing.