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Part 2
“Ugh, I got so into it that I ended up spending too much… I’ll have to live on bean sprouts for a while…”
“Come on, cheer up, Noah-san.
After playing games at the game center, Kaori and the others left the department store and walked around town.
The afternoon streets were filled with families, couples, and students.
Like Noah, who was feeling down, Sumimaru also looked depressed.
“In the end, I couldn’t get Lily-chan’s figure-maru… Without money, I can’t even get my favorite stuff-maru… I really feel the importance of money-maru…”
“T-That’s true. Maybe it’s important to stop and think before spending money…”
“We rejoice when we get money, and we cry when we lose it… No one can escape money… We are all slaves to money…”
“Oh no, Noah-san has come to a strange realization…”
As they walked along exchanging such words,
“Oh, isn’t that Houjou?”
“Eh?”
They turned to the cheerful voice.
There stood a woman with a somewhat languid expression.
“Sa-Sawada-sensei!”
It was Sawada, a teacher at the Ousei Academy.
She was Yuuya’s homeroom teacher and a wild teacher who had once proposed to him.
Her clothes were sloppy, but she had a well-proportioned body and a face like a celebrity.
Sawada waved her hand.
“What are you doing here? It’s rare to see you here. Huh? Who’s with you?”
“Oh, this is Noah-san. She’s my sister’s friend. She just transferred to the middle school at Ousei Academy, so I show her around town sometimes.”
Kaori introduced Noah, who saluted smartly.
“Nice to meet you, I’m Noah! My dream is to become a billionaire, and my favorite phrase is ‘kill two birds with one stone’! Please take care of me!”
“Oh, you two seem like you’d get along well. It’s great to have big dreams. I’ll be rooting for you. And when you become a billionaire, take care of your teacher!”
“I’ll do my best!”
“They clicked right away…”
While Kaori was astonished, Sumimaru, disguised as a keychain, stuck out her nose.
“This teacher is so nice and sexy-maru… Ufufufu.”
“Huh? What’s this keychain? Does it talk?”
“U-um, it’s a latest-model keychain with AI technology!”
“Wow, technology is amazing these days.”
Sawada looked at Kaori and Sumimaru with amusement.
“So, are you two going shopping today?”
“Yes. What about you, Sawada-sensei?”
“I came to the bank to get some money. It’s payday, so I’ve been waiting for this day. Now I can finally say goodbye to living on salt and alcohol for a while.”
“Wow, that’s amazing. Even as an adult, you live on the edge in so many ways…”
“Um, please take care of yourself…”
Sawada was a good teacher, but she had some problems in her personal life that tended to worry her students.
Sawada took a purse out of her bag and stood up straight.
“Fufufu, it’s fate that we met here. Since it’s payday, I’ll treat you to lunch.”
“Eh, really? Is that okay?”
“I get a free lunch!? Yay! I was feeling down because I lost all my money on the crane game, but this is great!”
Noah jumped up and down.
“Then let’s go to the bank and get some money… Huh?”
“What’s wrong?”
“S-something’s wrong. Is it here? Or is it here… No, no, it can’t be…”
Sawada looked into her purse and checked her pockets repeatedly, but finally she turned pale and cried out.
“My… my… my bankbook is gone!”
“Eeehhhh!?”
“I-I’m sure I put it in this purse…”
“T-This is terrible! I can’t miss this chance to eat for free! Let’s look for it together!”
“We might find it if we keep looking. Can you tell me the route you took to get here?”
“Ugh, I’m sorry. Let me see… I think it was this way.”
Sawada pointed to a dark alley between two buildings.
“W-why did you go down this alley…?”
“Haha, actually, I’ve been drinking since this morning, so I don’t remember very well.”
“Is that teacher really okay-maru?!”
Kaori and the others followed Sawada’s memory and entered the narrow alley.
“Ugh, it’s so dark…”
“Oh no, there’s a mouse! Are you sure you came through here?!”
They walked, peering into the shadows.
“We can’t find it…”
“Hmm… Oh, let’s ask that fortune teller over there.”
Just as Sawada said, there was a sign that read “Fortune Telling” on the side of the road.
Sawada approached a petite woman who looked like a fortune teller.
“Excuse me, did you happen to find a bank book around here?”
“Huh? No, I don’t know anything about that…”
“Hmm, I see. Thank you.”
As the group was about to leave, the fortune teller called out in a panic.
“W-wait! You are going to be in big trouble!”
“Eh!? Trouble…?”
The fortune teller solemnly warned Kaori, who was startled.
“I have never seen such a terrible omen! Something terrible is going to happen… Be careful!”
“Y-yes, thank you…”
Sumimaru trembled as they walked away, thanking the fortune teller.
“The fortune teller was really serious-maru… It didn’t seem like a joke-maru…!”
“W-What on earth is going to happen…?”
“Could it be that we’re going to miss out on a free meal…!”
While Kaori and the others panicked, Sawada laughed leisurely.
“Well, there’s no point in worrying about that. Whatever will be, will be.”
“Sa-Sawada-sensei, aren’t you worried?”
“Fufu, I don’t believe in bad fortune telling.”
“Sawada-sensei, you are so cool!”
Soon, the three people and one pet reached a fork in the road.
The road splits into several paths.
“Sawada-sensei, do you remember which way you came from?
“Hmm, I think it was this way… no, maybe it was that way? I think I’ll remember if I have a drink.”
“We’re getting nowhere! Let’s split up and search!”
“All right! I’ll check out the right way!”
“I’ll follow Kaori-maru! I’m her guardian fairy-maru!”
“Okay. Then I’ll check this side.”
“Alright, Noah, you go left!”
The group split up to look for the bankbook.
Noah stared intently at the floor.
“I need to find the bankbook quickly so I can get a free lunch!”
Soon, she passed what appeared to be an abandoned building…
“Ah, there it is!”
She jumped on the bankbook, which had fallen behind some scrap wood.
“Yay, now I can get lunch! I had better hurry and catch up… Huh? Is anyone here…?”
She senses someone in the abandoned building and quickly hides.
When she looks inside, she sees more than ten men talking about something.
“Hey, should we really do this…?”
“What, are you getting cold feet now? You want the money, right?”
“Y-yes, but…”
“Then we have no choice. With money, we can do anything.”
“Yes, that’s right… For a large sum of money, I’ll do anything.”
Listening to the men’s conversation, Noah nodded deeply.
“Yes, I understand. Noah is always short of money, so I want as much money as I can get.”
“Noah-san!”
At that moment, Kaori and Sawada ran up.
“Ah, Kaori-san, Sawada-sensei!”
“I can’t find it over there.”
“I couldn’t find it either.”
“Hehehe… It seems that the goddess of fate has chosen Noah.”
Waiting for the right moment, Noah held up the bankbook.
“Ta-da! It’s the bankbook!”
“Oh!”
“You found it!”
“Thanks, you saved me.”
“Hehehe, it’s nothing with lunch on the line!”
Sawada ruffled Noah’s hair, and Noah smiled happily.
Then the three of them went back to the bank.
“Wait here, I’ll be right back.”
“Okay, I will!”
Sawada entered the bank in a good mood.
Noah watched her go and tilted his head.
“By the way, Kaori, what is a ‘bank’?”
“A bank is a place where you can deposit and withdraw money.”
“I see, it’s like the Magic Money Bureau in Prism Wonderland.”
Noah’s eyes lit up at Kaori’s explanation.
“So it’s where all the money in the world is kept? Wow, I’m suddenly really curious!”
“Ah, Noah-san, wait!”
Before Kaori could stop her, Noah had already rushed into the bank.
Kaori hurriedly followed her.
“No-Noah-san, I’m sure you know this, but you can’t just spend money however you want!”
“Huh!? Wait, both of you-Maru! There’s something strange coming from inside the maru!”
Sumimaru shouted, but his voice didn’t reach them.
And what they saw when they entered the bank was…
“Give me the money!”
A masked man pointed a gun at the counter.
“I-i-i-i-it’s a robbery!”
Kaori screamed involuntarily.
Looking closely, there were about ten other accomplices inside the bank, some of them holding customers hostage while the employees helplessly raised their hands, their faces pale.
There were also mothers with children, elderly people, and young couples cowering on the floor in fear.
“Oh no, what are we going to do? This is terrible! Come to think of it, what about Sawada-sensei…!”
Next to Kaori, who was panicking, Noah raised her voice happily.
“Ah, those people are the broke friends I saw in the abandoned building earlier! But using such a method to withdraw money… Banks in this world are so aggressive!”
“No, they’re robbers! They’re bad people who steal money!”
“What? Those people are so evil!”
“Hey, you two girls, shut up! What are you doing busting in here and talking like that!”
The man who seemed to be the leader of the robbers shouted angrily at the two of them.
“P-please lie down for now.”
“Pueee!”
Kaori quickly pushed Noah down.
“What are we going to do? I never thought this would happen… Is Sawada-sensei okay…?”
“Those thieves! I can’t forgive them for trying to get rich by cheating!”
As they spoke in hushed tones, Sumimaru, disguised as a key chain, raised his voice in alarm.
“You two, be careful-maru! There’s a dangerous presence nearby-maru!”
“Huh? Could it be…!”
“…Huh!? That’s…!”
Noah pointed to the back of the man, who looked like the leader.
Kaori’s eyes widened.
“It’s Debipachi!”
A black octopus was attached to the man’s back.
“That is the source of the aura!”
“It’s the same parasitic Debipachi from the maid’s cafe! Does that mean that Debipachi is behind this robbery?”
Sumimaru shook her head at Kaori’s words.
“No, this one is completely different from the parasitic type of Debipachi… Debipachi alone couldn’t have made such careful preparations like gathering allies and preparing weapons!”
“So it’s an unconfirmed type of Debipachi! However, if we leave things as they are, the Debipachi will increase their desire to rob, and the situation will undoubtedly get worse!”
“Yes, first we must remove Debipachi-san…!”
At that moment, a man who appeared to be the leader pointed a gun at a woman nearby.
“Hand over the money quickly! If you do not comply, we will kill you one by one!”
“Ugh…”
“Sa-Sawada-sensei!?”
The leader was holding Sawada hostage—the very person they had just parted with.
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