Looking at Miss Witch's posture, Aiden figured she planned to shop all day. So he quickly said, "I actually hope this ends soon. To be honest, I did see quite a few outfits I liked."
Miss Witch curled her lips in disdain, "You mean those sets of all-black casual wear from head to toe, even the free socks were black? Please, sir, don't you think that outfit's way too casual?"
"But those suits you liked were way too flashy, red, yellow, green, white." Aiden frowned. "Compared to those colors, I still prefer black."
Hearing that, Jeanne glanced down at what she was wearing and also frowned. "Then you should've said earlier. I've got black dresses too."
"And... you don't like red?" Jeanne's current favorite was that red leather jacket she'd spent a whole month's salary on.
"No no no, I meant my personal preference, for what I wear." Aiden shook his head and explained, "As for you, you look good in any color."
"What about not wearing anything?" Jeanne suddenly asked.
'Miss Witch, you're driving this car way too suddenly. How am I supposed to answer that...'
Clearing his throat lightly, Aiden replied with a serious expression, "That would obviously be the best look."
As they spoke, the restaurant server brought over the dishes Jeanne had ordered, so the witch lady closed her just slightly opened mouth again.
'Flirty talk, not great to let outsiders overhear.'
The two of them couldn't eat that much, of course, so Jeanne only ordered four dishes.
As he ate, Aiden glanced around the restaurant in small movements while casually chatting with Jeanne.
"What's the most famous thing in this country? If I've got nothing to do, I'd like to take a look."
Because Aiden was eating, he didn't speak clearly, and Jeanne, who was lost in thought at that moment, didn't catch it well. She blurted out, "The most famous thing in D-country… might be the Gestapo?"
Aiden froze for a second and said helplessly, "I meant a place."
"Then I'm not sure. Even if I go out, it's not for fun." Jeanne said somewhat awkwardly. "But I do know there's a beer town near this city. I think there's going to be a beer festival soon. If you want to go, we can go together next time."
"We can check it out sometime." Aiden nodded.
Just as they were chatting, a couple walked into the restaurant. Each of them was holding a child, a boy and a girl, both very cute.
Seeing them, a trace of doubt flashed in Aiden's eyes. He thought it strange to run into him in this city.
"That guy's name is Enzo. He's an information broker."
The silver-haired witch noticed that Aiden's gaze hadn't shifted and looked over too. Then she recognized the short, fat man holding a little boy.
"You seem to know him too?" Jeanne was curious. She remembered Aiden had said this was his first time in Europe.
"I don't know him." Of course Aiden couldn't say he did. He shook his head slightly. "I just sensed a magical energy fluctuation from him."
"That's normal. Besides being an information broker, he's also a magic artifact pawn dealer. Of course he'd be carrying some magic tools to protect himself. It's normal for you to sense it."
Jeanne said, "And he's very famous in the underground circles of various countries. The quality of the magic items he sells is high. If you're interested in magic tools, you could ask him about it. Though I suggest just asking, many say he's extremely greedy."
"For money, he even dares to deal with both demons and angels. Anyone who trades with him, even demons, usually ends up bleeding heavily."
"That's exactly the kind of person who gets rich." Aiden chuckled, then was about to look away.
But just then, a man in a trench coat, cowboy hat, and with a flippant expression walked in.
'Luka…'
Seeing that man, Aiden narrowed his eyes slightly. The man in front of him was probably, if barely, the male lead of the Bayonetta series.
Then he shifted his gaze back to the short, fat man, Enzo. He now understood one thing, that man named Luka had been following Enzo.
Sure enough, at that moment, Luka suddenly sped up and deliberately bumped into Enzo hard, so close and with such force that he nearly knocked the short, fat man off balance.
"Bastard, do you walk around blind? Can't you see I'm holding a child?!"
Enzo had many character flaws, arrogance, vanity, greed, and a cowardice that allowed him to survive as a magic artifact pawn dealer for so long. But his strengths were obvious, he loved his family dearly. Even though the man in the trench coat looked like trouble, Enzo still shouted angrily.
"Sorry." Luka didn't care about the scolding. With a serious expression, the flippant man apologized. He'd already achieved his goal, a few curses didn't matter.
Seeing Luka back down, Enzo mumbled a few more complaints, then let it go. After all, he was timid, had his family with him, and was in a strange city. He had to think about their safety.
Seeing the conflict resolve so quickly, the diners watching looked a bit disappointed and turned their curious eyes away.
Aiden and Jeanne did the same, but both had noticed Luka's little trick.
"That tall guy seemed to stick something onto Enzo's clothes," Jeanne whispered.
"Probably a bug." Aiden recalled the plot. He remembered that in the first game, Luka used this method to find Bayonetta's location. But Bayonetta quickly discovered the bug.
"Looks like this information broker has pissed someone off again." Jeanne giggled quietly. "But that's nothing new. He's so greedy, he might get whacked in the street by an enemy any day."
"I think the chances of him getting killed by a demon are higher than by a human." Aiden suddenly said this out of nowhere.
Jeanne was momentarily stunned, then narrowed her eyes and nodded. "Looks like he's not only pissed off people, but demons too."
The reason they said this was because they had sensed a hostile demonic aura nearby, and that aura's hostility was clearly aimed at Enzo.
"Jeanne, if I kill a demon in front of you, your contracted demon wouldn't say anything, right?" Aiden looked at the silver-haired witch before him.
"Hell is chaotic and disordered. Infighting is perfectly normal." Jeanne said indifferently, then asked, "You want to save him?"
Naturally, Aiden wouldn't reveal his real goal and only said, "I like his kids. They're very cute."
Jeanne's answer was, "Trust me. The kids we'd have together would definitely be cuter than his."
"So, Aiden, do you want a child?" Jeanne asked again.
Aiden had said he liked kids to find an excuse to get involved in Enzo's situation. Of course, he did think Enzo's kids were cute, but he really hadn't thought about having children so soon.
So he shook his head. "Although I like children, I'm not currently interested in raising one."
Jeanne wasn't disappointed. She asked again, "Then what are you interested in?"
Facing the witch, Aiden answered very directly, "The process of making children."
The witch froze for a second, then immediately understood what he meant. She gave him a very meaningful look.
Then she smiled again, but didn't say anything more.
Because Aiden had decided to help Enzo, the information broker and magic artifact dealer, the two of them slowed down their meal after wrapping up the previous conversation.
Meanwhile, Luka, who had planted the bug on Enzo, packed up and left after ordering just two dishes.
The silver-haired witch didn't care about Luka's departure. Aiden, however, only withdrew his gaze after watching Luka leave the restaurant. Then a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
As for what he was thinking, Jeanne, who had been watching his expression the whole time, couldn't guess at all.
About an hour later, Enzo, his wife, and their two children finally finished eating. Seeing them get up to pay, Aiden also called the server and then followed Enzo's family out of the Chinese restaurant.
They discovered that after leaving the restaurant, Enzo's family didn't take a car but instead crossed the road and entered the mall they had visited earlier.
Jeanne had originally thought their afternoon shopping was canceled when Aiden said he wanted to help Enzo. Now that she saw Enzo bringing his family into the mall, she smiled brightly and said, "Looks like we can kill two birds with one stone today. I'll finally buy those outfits I picked out for you this morning."
"Where do you think he'll go first?" Aiden asked as he watched Enzo carry his son on his shoulders and shook his head.
Jeanne thought for a bit and hesitated. "The children's clothing floor?"
Aiden nodded and said to himself with some relief, "So we'll just have to come back next time to buy clothes."
He still wasn't quite comfortable with Jeanne's unique fashion sense.
However, Jeanne wasn't disappointed at all upon hearing this. On the contrary, she got a little excited and said, "That's fine. We can browse the children's clothing stores too, think of it as picking clothes for our future child in advance."
Hearing that, Aiden was speechless. He didn't expect the excuse he casually made up would be taken seriously by the witch lady.
But seeing Jeanne so excited, Aiden sensibly didn't break her illusion. After all… this wasn't so bad, was it?
Sure enough, Enzo brought his family straight to the children's clothing floor via elevator. Immersed in the happiness of shopping with his family, Enzo didn't notice Aiden and Jeanne following behind.
In fact, as an information broker, his sense for danger wasn't any worse than a legendary demon hunter's. He was also very sensitive to changes in his surroundings. But he loved his family too much, his whole heart was on them, so he didn't notice the two people swaggering behind him.
Of course, another reason was that Aiden and Jeanne had no ill intent toward him. Otherwise, given Enzo's timid and cautious nature, he probably would've sensed something.
At that moment, Aiden and Jeanne, who had followed Enzo into a children's clothing store, were doing their own things.
Jeanne held up a red children's T-shirt in front of Aiden. "Aiden, what do you think of this T-shirt?"
She didn't care about Enzo's fate at all. She was way more interested in the styles of the children's clothes.
"Mm, not bad." Aiden answered perfunctorily. He didn't like shopping in the first place, and most of his attention was on Enzo.
Seeing Aiden's half-hearted attitude, Jeanne was very unhappy. She walked directly in front of him and used her perfect body to block his view.
Then, she held up the red children's T-shirt again.
"Aiden, do you think this looks good?"
Aiden had no choice but to shift his attention to the T-shirt. Only then did he notice the color, it was red again…
"It's okay." Aiden rubbed his brow and replied tactfully.
"But you just said it was 'not bad,'" the silver-haired witch muttered as she handed the T-shirt to a nearby salesgirl.
"Ma'am, would you like me to wrap it up?" the salesgirl asked hopefully.
"No, just put it back. We don't have a child yet," Jeanne replied.
After hearing that, the salesgirl's professional smile instantly disappeared. She mumbled something inaudible, then looked enviously at her colleague…
That short, chubby man she had looked down on, thinking he didn't have money, had already bought four or five expensive children's outfits for his kids.
Meanwhile, this noble-looking handsome couple had only looked around and hadn't bought a single item.
Still, upholding her professionalism, the salesgirl resumed her practiced smile and said, "Let me know if you need anything," then walked away with the clothes.
Watching the salesgirl's back, Aiden looked toward the silver-haired witch, who was now picking up another piece of children's clothing and studying it closely.
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