Chapter 585: Go with the Flow
The Grand Bazaar is still as lively as ever, and it has become even more lively now that the art ban imposed by the previous great sage has been lifted.
The team of travelers saw the target they were looking for from afar. It was a handsome young man with dazzling white skin, who seemed to be helping the fruit stall owner entertain customers.
Paimon looked doubtful, "Is that... the [skirmishers] you mentioned, Sora?"
His appearance is pretty much the same as what Sora described, but his demeanor and apparent personality are totally different from what Sora said!
Sora: "He looks a bit like the first time we met him."
At that time, [Scattered Soldier] pretended to be gentle and clear as he was in his time as a Stranger and took the initiative to get close to them. Everyone in the Traveler Team had a good impression of him.
Su: "He was like this at first, very easy to bully."
The puppet originally had a soft and clear personality. When faced with harm, he was better at silently enduring it rather than fighting back.
A kind person will be full of patience, care and protection towards him. A less kind person will think that he is a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch and it would be a waste not to pinch him.
The next second, the "guest" that the puppet was entertaining grabbed the fruit on the fruit stall, pushed the puppet away, and ran away.
Traveler Squad: ...
The puppet, who didn't expect this to happen, was stunned for a moment. Instead of chasing the thief, it apologized to the owner of the fruit stall and said that it would pick fresh fruits to make up for the loss.
Paimon was speechless, "He was bullied like this?!"
Kong also showed an indescribable expression, "Yeah..."
And his first reaction was not to get angry, but to take responsibility and compensate the fruit stall owner for his losses.
Is this person really the [Scattered Soldier] who fought against them brutally and violently some time ago?
Su looked like he didn't want to watch anymore, "I'm going to go out for some fresh air and come back later."
Paimon and Sora looked at each other and sighed at the same time.
Su left, and Paimon and Kong simply pretended to be customers buying fruit and observed the puppets closely at the fruit stall.
The owner of the fruit stand showed a helpless expression, "Look, you are working as an assistant here, why are you distracted again?"
It has been said that the Grand Bazaar is crowded with people of all kinds, and occasionally there will be some dishonest guys who steal things, so the young man was told to be careful. How did the thief succeed again?
Business has improved a lot since he hired this handsome and clean-looking young man to help look after the stall, but there have also been more thefts!
As expected, he seems too easy to talk to and easy to bully, alas.
The puppet showed an apologetic expression, "…I was negligent. Sorry."
The fruit stand owner sighed, "Young man, you are such a weirdo. You come to work for me without asking for any wages, but I really ask you to do some work, and you are..."
Puppet: "I'm sorry to trouble you... I will make up for your loss..."
"I don't blame you," the fruit stand owner said, "It was raining heavily that day, but you walked very slowly and leisurely. You didn't seem to be afraid of getting wet, and you didn't seem to be in a hurry to go anywhere."
Why should you travel in the rain if you have no destination?
If you are not in a hurry, why walk in the wild in the rain?
The aimless atmosphere of drifting in the wind makes people feel too lonely.
At that time, he just casually asked the other party to take shelter from the rain under the awning, but the young man took the initiative to stay and help him look after the stall for a few days.
"Who wouldn't understand? You helped me just to repay me for letting you hide from the rain, and you even deliberately didn't ask for my payment."
"But it's just a small favor for me to take you in. You don't have to pay so much back for this little kindness."
The fruit stand owner advised earnestly: "Your time and life are important. You don't have to confine yourself to my small stand."
The puppet lowered its eyelashes, "But I don't have..." There was no destination, no goal that had to be achieved.
For hundreds of years, he has just been wandering aimlessly.
The puppet was silent for a while, "I will first pick up the lost fruit."
The puppet left, and Sora, who pretended to buy something at a nearby stall, quickly paid the bill and followed with Paimon.
Paimon peeked at the puppet who was picking fruits seriously over there, "Kong, are we following him to rob him?" Let's see if he will get angry and show his true face after facing the repeated robberies!
Sora held his forehead with his hand. "We are not here to test humanity. I am thinking about how to convince him to go with us to Nashida to analyze and figure out the current situation."
Paimon: "Ahaha, so that's how it is..."
The puppet put away the sunset fruits it had picked, and then looked towards where Sora and Paimon were hiding. "You two, what do you want from me?"
Now that he had been discovered, Sora simply walked up to the puppet.
The puppet's amethyst eyes were clear, and Sora was sure that he was not pretending to have lost his memory.
Sora was observing the puppet, and the puppet was also looking at Sora, his eyes changed from confusion to alertness, "I have no impression of you... but your eyes seem... No, you do know me."
Sora nodded, "I do know you, and I would like you to come with me to a place to meet someone."
"Okay," the puppet agreed very kindly, "I'll go with you after I deliver the things, okay?"
Sora was silent for a second, "Okay."
This is too easy to talk to! Aren't you afraid that he is a bad guy and will sell him to some strange place?
Paimon couldn't help but mutter, "He really lacks common sense!"
Didn’t this child’s family teach him not to just go around with strangers?
At the fruit stall near the entrance of the Grand Bazaar, Su pushed the little thief in front of him hard.
The little thief took out the two sunset fruits he had robbed and put them back to the fruit stand. Then he bowed 90 degrees to the owner of the fruit stand and apologized loudly, "I'm sorry! I was wrong! I won't do it again!"
What day is today? Woohoo…
He was just addicted to stealing and stole two fruits and pushed the guy who was watching the stall. Was it necessary to mobilize such a strong force to chase and kill him personally?
Not only was he caught up immediately, he was also kicked three times, and finally he was taken to the fruit stand to apologize while being watched by a crowd.
"Oh my, oh my, this, this,..." The fruit stall owner was embarrassed by this situation.
Just a back view, and the puppet's eyes were completely lit up.
He was sure he had never seen this person before in his memory.
but……!
When he reacted, he found himself rushing over and grabbing the girl's wrist, "I'm sorry! Um, you..."
The puppet didn't know what he wanted to say. He knew it was not nice to hold a girl's hand like this, but he didn't want to let go at all.
Su didn't look back, but pulled his hand out forcefully and quickly disappeared into the crowd of people in the Grand Bazaar.
"Wait!" The slow-tempered puppet became very anxious. He quickly handed the picked fruits to the fruit stall owner, and then hurriedly chased in the direction where the girl disappeared.
But in the vast sea of people, the girl had disappeared without a trace.
The puppet lowered his head in disappointment, and suddenly remembered something. He looked at Sora and Paimon who were following him with anxiety and hope on his face.
"Is she the person you want to take me to see? Then let's hurry up..."
Paimon got angry and said, "You wish!" Don't make their childish behavior get excited again!