The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Vol. 2 by Satoshi Wagahara

Author:Satoshi Wagahara [Wagahara, Satoshi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2016-04-19T04:00:00+00:00

Even by evening, the waves of heat that lapped over Tokyo’s summer skies showed no sign of relenting.

As they left the office together, Rika asked Emi what her plans were for the evening. Emi hesitated before briskly dodging the question.

“I kinda have someplace to go.”

She was terribly harsh on Suzuno earlier in the morning, but there was every chance the girl decided to take action after all, despite her stern rebuke.

“Oh? That’s too bad. Something with your friend from this morning, maybe? Well, lemme know when you’re free, ’cause I still have this Takano Fruit Bar coupon to use, okay?”

“…Sure, I’ll find a free day pretty soon. Sorry.”

Visions of the colorful all-you-can-eat fruit paradise flashed across Emi’s mind. It took all of her willpower, alongside her sense of duty, to quell the thought.

It was understandable, then, that the disbelief was written clearly on Emi’s face as they found Suzuno just outside the building, looking very different from the way she had in the morning.

“Hmm? Hey, isn’t that the girl you were with?”

For a second, Emi considered denying everything and dashing off.

“Emi! Have you finally completed your duties?”

Well, scratch that, Emi thought as she ran up. Forced to accept the cards dealt, she dejectedly turned toward Suzuno.

She was sporting a refreshing water-print kimono, the kind one would expect to see in Kyoto travel pamphlets, along with a cross-shaped glass hairpin. In her hand were two bags—one paper bag from a store inside the Kakui Fashion Square building, the other one plastic, bearing a DEF Mart logo and apparently holding a pair of sandals.

A balloon was tied to her tote bag, which featured a Japanese-style print of a goldfish. Inside, Emi spotted a plastic mineral-water bottle and a Moonbucks Coffee tumbler.

“You bought all that, and you still couldn’t pick anything besides a kimono?”

Emi felt perfectly justified in saying that ahead of anything else. What on earth had happened to this poor girl, the girl who’d asked the Hero to slay the Devil King just half a day ago?

“As a member of the Church missionary force, it is part of my duty to examine the economic trends in our areas of operation. Besides, I noticed multiple women in similar kimonos passing by.”

“…You had that much money on you?”

“I did bring a sizable number of, ah, financial instruments along with me. I sold several examples to a store known as Mugi-hyo.”

That was that name of a well-known Tokyo pawnshop. But what would a high-ranking Church figure be doing with “financial instruments,” whatever those were? Emi doubted she had much idea of the yen’s value in modern Japan. Hopefully she didn’t flog off precious Ente Isla relics at bargain-basement prices.

Suzuno continued by taking a pass holder out from her bag, one with yet another fetching Japanese-themed pattern on it.

“And look! I purchased one of your ‘fare cards’! I, er, ‘charged’? Yes! I did that! All by myself!”

In a rare bout of excitement, she flashed the penguin logo on the card at Emi.

“…Well, good job.”

It was like congratulating your baby sister upon completing her first errand for Mom and Dad.

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