Ameri picked out a few hair clips in front of her, looking at them.
"This one is so pretty… this one too… Sigh, Lord Shesi probably wouldn't buy me one, so I'll just buy it myself… But it feels like it would be missing some meaning…"
Just as Ameri was agonizing, Shesi, hearing her, picked out a hair clip he thought was very pretty from a nearby store selling similar items, quietly walked behind Ameri, and then helped Ameri put it on. At first, Ameri was startled by Shesi's touch and was about to react, but seeing it was Shesi, she immediately stopped.
"Don't move, I… I'm not very good at putting this on… There, it's done."
Ameri took a mirror and looked at herself.
"What is this? It's so ugly," Ameri said, looking at the hair clip adorned with a demon clam pearl at its end.
"Don't laugh at my taste! I think it looks quite good!" Shesi said, a little displeased by Ameri's comment.
Seeing Shesi's expression, Ameri also started to laugh. Though she didn't know why, she just felt it was so funny.
Shesi was also infected by Ameri's laughter and started to laugh. After laughing for a long time, Shesi was the first to break the awkwardness.
"Oh, right, we still need to buy gifts for everyone."
Shesi walked back to the doll section and began to choose.
"A blue doll for Iruma? No… not cute enough. How about this one for Clara, and the pink one for Iruma?"
Ameri, hearing this, had a black line on her forehead and immediately swapped the positions of the two dolls.
"Girls should at least have pink! The blue one suits your brother very well."
"Eh? Alright… Then I must get this green anglerfish hat for Asmodeus and Opera!" Shesi felt it would be hilarious if they wore such goofy hats.
"What is this… a snake that blows bubbles? So weird! I love it!" Shesi said, looking at the dolls on the nearby counter, then with a wave of his hand, he bought one for each of his classmates.
As the sun set, the two walked towards the exit, chatting happily. Shesi suddenly put down the gifts in his hand and Crab Bro on his shoulder.
"Miss Ameri, would you like to complete the final step?" Shesi said, looking at Ameri.
"Eh? Eh!!!" Ameri exclaimed, starting to search for her notebook, then was shocked to find it was gone! Gone!
Shesi took the notebook out of his ring and returned it to Ameri.
"Sorry, after we finished the Christmas parfait and left, the waiter came over and said you forgot this. My curiosity got the better of me, and I took a peek…" Shesi was also embarrassed. Admitting to looking at someone else's notebook to their face was still a bit… "Eh!?" Ameri immediately blushed, snatched the notebook back, and turned away. Just as Shesi thought Ameri would be angry with him, he suddenly heard:
"Yes."
"Eh?" Shesi was stunned and subconsciously asked.
"Yes!"
"Then I shall take the liberty," Shesi said, directly picking Ameri up in his arms.
"Oh… Miss Ameri isn't light."
"Less talk!"
Seeing Ameri's shyness, Shesi also got into the mood.
"Hmm~ Upon closer inspection, it seems Miss Ameri isn't heavy at all."
"Who… who asked you to inspect closely! I want to get down!"
…The bells jingled, the magic cicadas sang loudly, and Apocalypse Day for the demons was quickly drawing to a close.
In a huge castle, a blue-haired boy was complaining to his brother.
"Why didn't I know about this kind of magic?"
Iruma watched his brother across the table, who was looking at a book, while on the table, a crab was helping its master with homework using a pen.
"Crab Bro doesn't know or can't do it, but the pen has a magic circle I carved on it. All that's missing is someone to hold the pen," Shesi said, turning a page of his book.
"Besides, I've already finished all the first-year stuff, so homework is irrelevant to me~"
"Damn it, it feels like my brother just showed off."
Time slowly passed. The moment Iruma finished his homework, Crab Bro also finished his.
Shesi stood up at the sight.
"Alright, Iruma, don't move now that you've finished writing."
"Eh?"
Shesi walked over to Iruma and then wiped the magic circle off Iruma's clothes from the opposite side.
"Eh?"
"It's an imitation magic circle. Crab Bro was imitating you~" Shesi said to Iruma with a smile. Iruma now understood that he was being used to help Shesi with his homework.
"Brother! This isn't right, you…" Just as Iruma was about to say something, he saw Shesi suddenly pick up a few test papers. These weren't exam papers but rather papers Eiko-chan used to tutor Iruma.
"I heard Eiko-chan made rapid progress in her studies for someone, even reaching tenth in her grade. What's this? Is this a kitten Eiko drew? Who drew the pig next to it?"
Iruma quickly snatched the papers back.
At this moment, Opera walked in with some fruit.
"Congratulations on finishing your homework. You both worked hard, Lord Iruma, Lord Shesi."
Iruma stopped talking about his brother and lay directly on the tatami mat.
"When the homework doubled, I didn't know what to do," Iruma said.
"That's very Kalego-like," Opera also said.
"Honestly… just a familiar," Shesi said, looking at Opera.
"Opera-san, don't you agree? Shall we call him over and give him a good lecture?"
"Brother! What's wrong with you? Why do you seem to have become more uninhibited after that outing?" Iruma asked, looking at Shesi suspiciously.
"Of course! It's a sin for a familiar to make its master unhappy. Oh, why do I have a summoning sticker in my pocket? It seems it's fate, Lord Iruma."
"No way!" Iruma sternly refused.
"Because… Brother had a lot of fun that day and played away all his worries," Iruma said, first pausing, then smiling.
"Is that so? That's wonderful."
As for why the Apocalypse Day homework doubled, it all goes back to after the Walter Park incident. Everyone thought that day was a happy one, because Teacher Kalego was treating them to a meal. After all, the rule that day was that the person who had the least fun would treat the person who had the most fun. But in the end, everyone was first, so… Later, at a restaurant on the street:
"I declare the winner of the Walter Park Fun Play Competition to be everyone! That's right, Kalego is treating us all~"
Shesi still remembered how brightly his grandfather smiled that day, and how brightly he and his classmates smiled.
At another table, Balam looked at Kalego.
"Are you really paying for everything? I can pay for part of it."
Kalego: "It's fine. After all, if everyone is first, then everyone is also last~"
Shesi swore that the way Kalego postured that time, it was the first time Shesi felt that the demon sitting across from him must be the Demon King, the most evil demon!
"But at least it got revised."
Just then, the door suddenly opened, and Sullivan rushed in.
"Hehe! My work is done, and Iruma's and Shesi's homework is finished! We finally have time! Let's all go! Shopping!" As soon as Sullivan finished speaking, Opera immediately prepared the carriage.
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