The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#184 - The Disaster of the Duke of Hell

Zun Zun thought he would be mocked after being resurrected, but unexpectedly, Aqua and the others patted him on the shoulder with concern. Even Kazuma Sato didn't dare to continue mocking him.

After all, even without using his natal sword, Zun Zun had a hundred ways to send him to see the goddess Eris.

In the days that followed, Zun Zun idly stayed in the mansion.

… Well, not exactly.

Although he wasn't short of money, Zun Zun still diligently produced superior potions.

Besides wanting to give Wiz some benefits and discounts, he also had the idea of building a reputation and benefiting the sheep-tailed nobles of Axel.

Because superior stamina potions were very popular.

Zun Zun's money had unknowingly accumulated to tens of millions of Eris. Normally, the lich girl Wiz, who should have received 30% of that, should also have made a lot of money, but—

"You! Useless shopkeeper—!"

Just as he walked into Wiz's magic item shop, he heard Vanir roaring in anger.

Vanir, who had always used polite aristocratic language even when looking down on people, was now filled with heart-wrenching grievance and complaint.

Before Zun Zun could react, a fierce beam of light struck Wiz, blasting her until she was pitch black.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch—!"

What on earth was going on…

Vanir pointed to a small bottle in his hand and scolded, "A potion that makes people lose weight but also lose their teeth, who would drink that! Because of the excess inventory, all the profits We have earned are gone!!!"

The screaming tone and constantly trembling body indicated that he had reached his breaking point.

Zun Zun knew that Wiz was unreliable, but he didn't expect her to be this unreliable. Even Vanir, who was known for his good temper, was so angry that he almost fainted.

"W-well, but, as long as I stand at the counter, I feel like the shelves are empty… I really want to put some new products on display…"

"Are you trying to say that it's not your fault, but the shelves in the store? In that case—"

Vanir, with his white-gloved right hand, pointed at Wiz's forehead, spraying saliva as he scolded, "You are temporarily banned from standing at the counter!"

"I-if I don't stand there, who will?"

Wiz whimpered.

"Figure it out yourself," Vanir spat unhappily. "In short, you're not allowed to stand there yourself! Find someone to replace you at the counter!"

"O-okay…"

Wiz lowered her head in grievance, her eyes filled with obvious pleading when she saw Zun Zun.

"I refuse."

"Ugh!"

Rejected, she dejectedly left the magic item shop.

"Haa—, what a hopeless shopkeeper," Vanir sighed helplessly, then looked at Zun Zun and said, "Yo, because you haven't reached the age yet, you can't do what you want to do, a naive adventurer afraid of being rejected by his fiancée, what brings you here today?"

"Too many prefixes!"

Zun Zun rolled his eyes.

The demon who can see through people's hearts likes to tease and ridicule others in this way. To be honest, if he couldn't beat him, Zun Zun would have already taken action.

"I'm here to deliver goods today."

"Deliver goods? Oh, that!"

Vanir looked at the empty shelf next to the store, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"You've come at the right time! What good potions have you brought today? It would be even better if there were more stamina potions!"

"… Mr. Vanir, I still prefer your arrogant and unruly appearance from before, please restore it."

Zun Zun pushed away the demon who was being obsequious to him.

Although having money can't make a demon work for him, being able to make potions can make a duke of hell fawn over him.

Vanir couldn't help it.

Look at this magic item shop, although there are many magic items on the shelves, dazzling and bewildering, but none of them can be sold!

It's been almost half a month since he came to this magic item shop, and only Zun Zun's potions can be sold! In addition, Wiz always uses the profits to buy garbage magic items, how could he not be anxious!?

"Here, 10 bottles of superior stamina potion."

"Received!"

Vanir carefully placed these potions on the shelf, and only his tall figure could reach them, in a place that ordinary people couldn't reach.

If he didn't do this, a certain idiot goddess who always sprayed water would turn these potions into pure water.

"Alright, let's talk about something else."

"Hmm?"

"Don't play dumb, We can see through people's hearts, you can't hide what you're thinking from Us!"

"Then…!"

"We refuse!"

"Then what the hell are you saying!"

Zun Zun gave Vanir, who enjoyed negative emotions, a contemptuous middle finger.

Just now, he saw that Vanir liked potions so much, and thought that he might as well use potions instead of money, just like Kazuma Sato used copyrights to exchange for money, and use this method to entrust the other party to kill the evil lord Alderp.

But obviously, the other party was unwilling.

"Hmm~ Delicious, truly delicious!"

Vanir enjoyed tasting the negative emotions emanating from Zun Zun, laughing loudly, "We have said, your negative emotions are very delicious, to the extent that they are priceless! And We are a demon, the thing We like to do most is things that people are unwilling to do!"

"Then you said 100 million would be okay…"

"That's a level higher than priceless."

"… Hey!"

Life is precious, emotions are more valuable, if it's for (hundreds of millions) of money, both can be discarded.

Vanir was even more so.

"Forget it, I'll…"

Just as Zun Zun didn't want to waste his emotions and was about to leave the magic item shop.

"I am Megumin! I specialize in explosion magic, and I am here to take care of the shop!!!"

Megumin suddenly appeared here.

The moment he saw her, Vanir painfully covered his forehead.

Wiz said happily, "Mr. Vanir, I'm back."

"Why did you find this explosion girl? There should be other better candidates, right!?"

"Is that so? I was thinking she might be more suitable than Aqua-sama..."

"There's no need to mention the penniless goddess, but the explosion girl is no better... I don't need to see through it to predict problems."

Vanir was so certain.

Kazuma was also surprised by this, "Is that okay, Megumin? Although you worked as a waitress in the Crimson Demon Village, you almost blew up the shop back then. It's impossible for you to serve others."

"What!? Are you looking down on me? Fine, I'll show you my strength!"

Megumin rolled up her sleeves.

Just then, a customer walked in.

"Hello, I'd like to buy a skill point potion."

Skill point potion?

Kazuma was slightly stunned.

This was a big customer, after all, 20 million Eris wasn't something just anyone could pull out.

Vanir thought so too, and just as he was about to step up himself, he saw Megumin rush over to greet the customer.

"Welcome! This customer, the skill point potions are right here, and if you buy in bulk, it's about half price!"

......Huh????

Half price? Who gave her the right to offer half price? Half price would leave Kazuma without even her underwear.

The customer looked excited.

"Half price!? That's great..."

"However—! The only thing you can learn using the skill point potion... is Explosion magic!"

"Eh... Explosion magic? Ahaha! I don't want to learn that kind of ridiculous magic—"

"Then please leave! We don't need customers who don't understand the charm of Explosion magic!"

She just kicked the customer out.

Vanir finally couldn't bear it any longer and rushed up to her, angrily yelling, "It's you who's not needed! Get me someone who can properly serve customers!"

"Eh? I was just about to start—"

"Replacement!"

Without giving Megumin a chance to speak, Vanir threw Megumin out of the magic item shop, along with Kazuma. Feeling looked down upon, Megumin was about to cast Explosion magic on the spot, but Kazuma stopped her.

What happened next was something I only heard about later.

The next person asked was Darkness.

"This item is being moved to the warehouse, right? Leave it to me." She nimbly picked up the box and headed towards the warehouse.

Vanir nodded in satisfaction, "Very reliable, I really wish she could just stay in this shop forever."

"F-forever!?" Wiz panicked, "How can that be, this is my shop...!?"

"That's exactly why, rather than going bankrupt like this, it's better to have someone take care of the shop. Don't you think it would be run more smoothly this way?"

"I don't think so! Mr. Vanir doesn't understand at all! It's definitely better for me to stand at the counter in this shop!!!"

Without thinking about how much money this shop has lost.

For her to be able to say such lines.

However, if she really cared about this shop, it would be best to officially transfer the penniless shopkeeper away from the counter—

Just as Vanir was thinking this.

"Ugh, ugh, aaaaaah——!"

Darkness's scream came from the warehouse. The two exchanged a glance and quickly ran towards the warehouse.

"What happened, armored girl!"

"Huff... huff... No good... Uh-huh?"

The moans were very suggestive. If Kazuma were here, he definitely wouldn't be able to hold back.

Wiz said with some doubt, "She seems very excited... Ah! This, this is the potion I stocked—"

She picked up a potion bottle.

"She drank this potion?" Vanir leaned closer, "It can invigorate people, but for 24 hours, they will constantly hear hallucinations of being scolded... What is this!"

"Huff... huff... Even if I'm scolded like that, I won't get excited... Ugh!??"

It doesn't seem to be what she said.

Vanir said in distress, "Delicious feelings full of shame... Even so, there's no way she can watch the shop like this!"

"Don't underestimate me, I'm still a crusader knight, I won't succumb to mere hallucinations... Mm! To have to listen to such scolding while watching the shop? What kind of reward is this!"

Darkness rubbed her body breathlessly.

To this, Vanir shouted.

"—Replacement!"

"Huh? There are hallucinations again..."

"That's not hallucinations! Worthless shopkeeper! Send this armored girl home and go stand at the counter."

He said this with incomparable pain.

Wiz said with joy, "Mr. Vanir, have you finally recognized my strength?"

"Yes, I understand clearly, you are slightly better than them."

Even though he said that, Vanir didn't think so. The worthless shopkeeper's level was too high, and there was no way to see through her actions... Entrusting her with extra things would only increase losses.

Rather than that, it's better to let her be a counter girl.

"Thank, thank you, Mr. Vanir! I knew you would say that! And to get you to recognize me even more, I actually prepared this—"

She took out a bottle of potion from the wide slime. Vanir already felt uneasy.

"...What is this?"

"The effect of this potion is the complete opposite of what Darkness-san drank. Although it will make people listless, they will hear hallucinations of being praised... M, Mr. Vanir? Your expression is scary, Mr. Vanir? W, wait, that stance of yours is—"

"You stocked up on these unnecessary things again! I will let you fully taste this move... until you learn your lesson! Vanir-style Killing Ray!"

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

The lich girl, completely black, collapsed in the shop.