"I think the kids hate now. I should have told Iris to go easy on them since her training is hard. But the look Seraphina gave was so disappointing...Do you think she hates now?"
Kael asked Lyra as he took her out. He had her on a leash that the Demon Queen kept trying to tug against.
It was clear that she did not like her current condition, but Lyra was also willing to listen to him for the most part.
He had noticed her ears perked up whenever he talked, even when she pretended not to listen.
There were two reasons behind him complaining to the Demon Queen.
First, he wanted soone to listen to him, but that soone neither judged him nor replied to him. And that soone he had chosen was the cursed Demon Queen.
And the second reason was connected to the first. It was to make the Demon Queen put her guard down.
The more normal, everyday conversations they had, the quicker Kael would be able to make Lyra get used to him.
Starting with small talk to get to know each other was a tactic he used with his patients all the ti. It often helped them relax and consider him a friend. Currently, this was the effect he was going for.
"So, what do you think I should do? Should I bring sothing back for the kids to enjoy? What about you? Do you want so supplies?"
Kael had the money to spend, so he decided to buy so small things like hand cream for the kids and Iris before he decided to let Lyra pick what she wanted.
She imdiately tugged him toward the magic shop where all kinds of items were sold.
He could easily read her intentions behind going to such a place. She wanted to find sothing that could help her with her curse. Unfortunately, her curse could not be broken with ordinary items.
Still, Kael allowed her to tug him toward the store, and they entered the mysterious shop.
"Dear custors, how may I help you? Do you want a love potion? Sothing to revive your dead lover? Or maybe to change your life around? You can find everything here."
The old man behind the counter spoke in a mysterious voice. But it took Kael only a few seconds to notice that sothing was odd.
He could sense the aura of magic around the old man, cloaking his body in a way that was not natural. It could only be the result of a spell...no, an artefact that helped conceal one’s identity.
Once Kael had figured out that much, it did not take him long to understand what was going on around this shop either.
’I see. So this is a scam and not a genuine magic shop. But for it to have operated for so long ans it must have connections very high up. It would be best if I did not get involved here.’
"I am sorry, but I only ca here because my puppy wanted to visit. Since I am not looking to buy anything, I would like to take my leave now."
Kael tugged at Lyra to tell her that it was ti to leave. She must have noticed the scam as well by now because she showed no interest in the magic tools.
Instead, she started heading out as well.
Kael turned around and reached for the door handle. But he instantly felt the shop owner trying to use magic on him.
He was not the only one who felt that attempt because Lyra instantly started growling at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was sharp and instantly noticed that he had ssed up. So he quickly tried to rectify the situation.
"Sir, it seems like the magical items in this shop have startled your...dog and caused it to trigger a security chanism, locking us all in. It will take so ti for to disable it. Why don’t you look around in the anti? I am sure you can find sothing that catches your eye."
The shopkeeper assured Kael in the sa mysterious voice. But it was clear that he was panicking on the inside because his secret had been exposed.
Usually, Kael did not bother dealing with such pests, but this one was getting on his nerves. Even Lyra was getting irritated, which made Kael want to deal with this situation quickly.
"Are you sure you cannot get the lock down faster?"
He asked the shopkeeper, who shook his head.
"I am sorry, but I am going as fast as I can. But please, do continue to look around-"
Kael snapped his fingers, and the door unlocked itself.
The shopkeeper could only watch in muted horror as Kael headed toward the door with Lyra.
"Looks like both this shop and its owner are frauds who cannot even unlock a simple lock. Next ti, get an actual wizard to play the role. It would be better than pretending to be an old and wise mage."
Kael spoke before he tugged Lyra away from the shop.
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The shopkeeper paled even further as he watched Kael leave.
He had no idea who his custor was, but he knew that he had sohow ssed up.
No one was supposed to know that this shop was fake. But now that soone had found out, it would be a disaster if word got out.
"I-I need to call my boss and explain to him what happened. I-I am sure we can take that man out sohow."
Even if the person who entered the shop knew magic, there was no need to panic. The owner of this shop was a noble who had ties to all the important people. Surely he could silence the custor sohow.
The owner did not pick up the call for five whole minutes, and each minute made the shopkeeper more and more worried.
Finally, the call connected, and he let out a sigh of relief.
"This better be important because I-"
"Sir, we’ve been found out. There was a custor who saw through my disguise. W-What should we do now?"
The owner went quiet on the other end before letting out a sigh.
"Are you sure you are not mistaken?"
"N-No. I can send you the recording from the shop, and you can check for yourself."
The shopkeeper assured him, and the owner told him to do that.
The owner watched the recording for a mont before letting out another sigh.
"Ugh, I feel like I have seen this person before, but I cannot recall where. Anyway, I will take care of this situation. But do make sure to tell if you see this person again. It would make our task of tracking him down easier."
The shopkeeper let out a sigh of relief once he heard those words.
Now he was sure that his forr custor would soon be dead.
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