Chapter 7
Mofu Mofu is Justice
I added the new eye drops to the shelves, and they sell pretty well to grandpas and grandmas .
There are also people coming to the store to give their thanks for being able to see their grandchildrens’ faces clearly .
If it makes them so happy, then making those eye drops was the right thing to do .
“Um~ Reiji-san? Is it alright if I ask you to go shopping? We’re running out of ingredients, so…”
“Un . Do you have a list?”
“Yes, here it is . ”
I took the shopping list from Mina .
For the record, Mina is this house’s ghost, so it seems like she can’t leave from here .
“Will Noela come too?”
“Will go . ”
Leaving the shop keeping to Mina, we left the store while carrying a shopping basket .
“Have a nice trip~ . Be careful-“
Noela waved back to Mina, who was standing in front of the store, waving her hand .
“- will definitely, return safe . ”
“Where are you intending to go?”
We walked through the town that had returned to its normal calm after the festival was over .
Alright then . What shall we buy today…
I unfolded the list from Mina .
[Woolen panties . ]
Bu-!?
What are you making me buy?
… Or like, you can wear them as a ghost? Panties?
No, well, she has a real body so there’s a need, huh…
“Master, face red . Why?”
“Nothing… that Mina, did she give me the wrong note…?”
Being so reliable but having an unexpected flaw is pretty common .
When we made a u-turn to return to the store, we heard loud, flustered footsteps and a scream .
“H,heeeeeeeeelp-“
“Wait wait wait wait, why are you running? Let’s talk properly, why why why –“
When I looked over my shoulder, there was a 20-something man and a similarly aged woman chasing him .
That woman’s hand was grasping a large, around 30 cm long, knife .
The man’s eyes were full of tears, and the woman had an almost demonic angry expression, and her eyes were bloodshot .
These … are people you shouldn’t get involved with no matter what .
They’re running this way, but when I moved to the side to give them room and avoid them, they came directly towards me .
Why are you coming here!?
When he met my eyes, he made a face like he found his god .
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“P,please save me-“
“N,nononono, impossible! Do something about it yourself!”
Going around me, he hid behind me as if using me as a shield .
“S,sorry! Please do something about her!”
“Even if you tell me to all of a sudden…”
“Jiral … why are you running…”
When I heard the girl’s voice from behind me, I trembled .
Very timidly, I turned my head, and a glinting knife was thrust at my throat .
H . Hiiiiiiiiiiii!?
“U,um, I’m Reiji … the sh,shopkeeper of the pharmacy over there, and I,I have absolutely nothing to do with the two of you-“
“The pharmacy’s shopkeeper – Aa, you’re the rumored alchemist – what are you doing with Jiral – there isn’t anything fishy going on between you two, right? Right? Right? Right? RIGHT!?”
She seems to be quite the yandere…
Or she could originally be a girl like this .
With out even trying to give excuses, Jiral clung to me while trembling .
Someone help me out here . Noela…
A . No good .
She’s avoiding reality with the shopping basket over her head .
“I really have nothing to do with it . – Hey, stop hiding and say something . ”
“Ferris, is kind of weird, Alchemist-san – do something, please . ”
“I’m not weird, I’m not weird, I’m not weird, you’re the weird one, Jiral, doing things with this shady alchemist, just how am I weird –
Ah- . Ah- . Ah- . Geez, I’m completely involved now .
“I get it, I get it, I get it, so, a,anyway, Ferris, san? Lower the knife – if you don’t, we won’t be able to get anywhere . ”
At my fervent persuasion, Ferris-san let the knife fall onto the road .
She covered her face with both hands and began to sob .
“I I I I I I I’m not the one who’s wrong, why does everyone say bad things about me – why, why, I’m not the one who’s wrong . ”
E- .
Eh- eh- .
She’s an emotionally unstable person…
Oi, you . Jiral .
What are you trying to pull, sneaking away?
Looking at this scene, I look like I’m making Ferris-san cry, rather than being someone who was pulled into a lovers’ quarrel .
I grabbed Jiral-san by the scruff of the neck .
“I wonder if I can’t have you explain the situation to me first . ”
“Ah-, yessir…”
There are spectators, so we moved to a park with no people around .
We sat Ferris-san down at a bench .
Seeing the still crying Ferris-san, Noela patted her head comfortingly .
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“Ru!?”
Grab; arms circled around her body, and Noela was caught by Ferris-san .
She’s flailing, so I moved away from the bench and heard about the situation from Jiral .
“I’m really sorry about just now . “
“Forget it . … What happened with Ferris-san? Um, sorry to pry, but your relationship with her is…?”
“Ferris and I recently started going out … so we’re lovers . ”
“Heh – aah- I see . ”
I unconsciously had a rude attitude about it .
“She was that angry and then crying so much … was it a fight?”
I seem to be wrong, because Jiral-san shook his head .
“No . It happens a lot recently . Today was the worst it’s ever been . Although you might be able to call it a fight . … It’s Ferris’ anxiety . You can call it excessive, of something like that…”
Haa; I made that kind of meaningless sound .
“She was so worried about me that she was saying, “I can’t sleep at night,” … at first I thought it was adorable, but it keeps escalating more and more…”
From what I here, she seems to be a girl with anxiety and deep-seated jealousy .
Things like, is he fooling around with another girl .
Or things like, she became strangely angry just from him striking up a light conversation with the female shop worker when he went to go buy bread .
Is this the case where love that’s too strong becomes hate…?
When I look at Ferris-san, she’s fluffing Noela and being soothed .
Her expression is loosening . Her looks are completely different from just now .
Noela is also engrossed in the fluffing .
Fluffy is justice, after all .
This might be something close to animal therapy .
“And so, I want Reiji-san to do something about it . ”
“So you’re tossing the problem at someone else1 . ”
“There’s definitely something possessing her! Whatever that evil thing is has completely changed Ferris into this . Her extreme delusions are also terrific, she insists that I’ve said things I haven’t, and also the reverse, where it’s as if the things I’ve said weren’t said…”
“If it’s that disagreeable, won’t it be better if you broke up? Jiral-san, you’ve just about had it, right?”
Jiral-san’s face lost color and became complete white, and he laughed without any strength behind it .
“… Reiji-san . Do you want to hear the story about when I tried to bring up breaking up?”
“ – Let’s leave it at that . ”
I replied immediately .
She was running all around town with that big knife .
It isn’t too hard to imagine that it would become a huge catastrophe .
“And so, if Reiji-san drives out the demon possessing Ferris, she should definitely return to the woman she was!”
“I’m not an exorcist, though . ”
“Ah, sorry, your primary vocation is an alchemist, right?”
“I’m not moonlighting as an exorcist either . In the first place, my actual vocation is a pharmacist . ”
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Most likely, it doesn’t matter if I’m an exorcist or an alchemist, or a pharmacist to Jiral-san .
He bowed his head deeply .
“… Please save Ferris! And also, by extension, save me…”
I sighed as I gave up .
“…I get it . I’ll see what I can do . But if it’s really a demon possessing her, there’s nothing I can do, you know?”
“Thank you so much!”
Jiral-san gave me a handshake .
I said I’d do it, but what can I do about it…?
Medicine can’t exorcise a demon…
In the first place, is she actually possessed?
I can’t make that judgement at all, so I’ll just try doing what I can .
Right now, Ferris-san is playing with Noela .
If you just see this, she looks like a normal girl you’d be able to find anywhere .
“This is just a possibility, but I wonder if THAT…?”
“That, is it?”
I nodded at the mystified Jiral-san .
“I have preparations to make, so please come to ‘Kirio Drug’ tonight . I’ll give you the medicine there . ”
“… W,wait a second – you mean for us both to come together!?”
“She’s your girlfriend, right? Do something about it, please . Because she’s probably not possessed by a demon . ”
So saying, I returned to the store .
“Ah . Welcome back . You’re quite late, aren’t you?”
“A lot happened… . And also, this … you probably gave me the wrong one?”
I returned the note to Mina .
Blush; her face turned bright red .
“I,I’m sorry~ . I,I seem to have g,given you the wrong note . ”
Hau~; letting out a weird sound, Mina stuck herself to the ceiling, both hands pressed against her bright red face .
“Wool panties . ”
“Hau~~ please stop, Reiji-san—”
Ah . Come to think of it, I forgot Noela .
It’s animal therapy, so I’ll have Noela do her best this time .
I shut myself in the medicine room and began to work .
I should be able to use the herbs that I’ve gathered little by little from going to the forest and the mountain this time .
I minced the dried vegetation and flowers, combined it cut up ginger, put it in a bottle, and shook it .
The liquid glowed softly, and the medicine was done .
Opening the lid, I sniffed the scent .
“Un . A pleasant fragrance . ”
After some time, Noela and Jiral-san came to the store .
I handed Jiral-san the medicine I just made .
“It’s more like a drink than a medicine, though . ”
I told him to have her drink it before she sleeps, and Jiral-san gave his thanks and left .
The next day .
As soon as the store opened, Jiral-san leapt in .
“Ah, good morning .
“Good morning – no, this isn’t the time to be giving such a leisurely greeting –“
Jiral-san firmly grasped my hand .
“Thank you so much! When she woke up this morning, Ferris … Ferris returned to normal – she had an extremely calm look on her face…”
“I see . That’s good . ”
“I truly understand, that medicine can exorcise demons!”
“You don’t understand at all … That was just a tea with a relaxing effect . ”
“Heh? Just that…?
“Yes . … Ferris-san told you, right? ‘I’m so worried I can’t sleep at night . ’ … And so, I gave you something that can help her sleep easily . ”
[Landen Flower Tea: Effective for calming nerves and has a relaxing effect . Can reduce anxiety and irritation . ]
I had thought it was just an expression, but from what I can see, it was applied exactly as it said .
“It’s common to get irritated and blow up at trivial things if you don’t sleep properly, after all . ”
With her original nervous personality, it probably led to this disaster .
And so, it’s not like she’s anxious or crazy with jealousy at heart .
Listening with admiration, Jiral-san gave his thanks and bowed his head .
“Jiral-? Are you done yet-?”
Ferris-san poked her head into the store .
Meeting my eyes, she gave an apologetic nod and a troubled smile .
Just like Jiral-san said, she’s making a calm expression like her demon mask had fallen off .
“Wait a second . – Today, we’re going on a date, so . ”
“Heh – a I see . ”
Jiral-san handed me the fee, and gave his thanks again as he went out of the store .
With their backs towards us, the lovers are walking arm in arm .
Ah- geez . Ah- geez .
I have no motivation right from the morning .
Normies should just explode .
Well, when it’s all said and done, at least no one died .
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