"The ability to transform?"
Kashi was stunned for a moment before she reacted.
"This isn't a transformation. My current appearance is my true form.
The childish appearance I had before was my weakened state after losing my magic power.
However, there is magic that allows for transformation, but you are a human, without magic power, so you cannot learn magic."
"What? How boring."
Tanaka Masao instantly lost interest.
Although he knew that the so-called magic power was within that red magic stone.
But the setting where humans are cursed if they touch a magic stone clearly meant he couldn't use it.
Just then, a sound came.
"Gurgle~ Gurgle~"
Both of them simultaneously looked down at their stomachs.
Kashi, due to insufficient magic power, was feeling a bit weak, and her stomach reminded her to eat to replenish energy.
Tanaka Masao had just returned from Tokyo, and it happened to be dinnertime, so he needed to eat.
"The shopping street is right next door. Let's go grab something to eat."
Kashi, who had been covering her stomach, feeling that her stomach growling was beneath her dignity, heard this and her eyes instantly lit up.
"There's food? I want to go too."
Looking at Kashi, who was following him, Tanaka Masao didn't chase her away, but merely reminded her.
"Let me be clear, I won't pay for you."
"Pay? What is paying?"
In the Demon World, strength was revered, and Kashi was the second-in-command of the Demon World.
She always got what she wanted just by asking, so she had no idea what paying was.
"Alright, stop dawdling, quickly take me to eat. I'm practically starving to death."
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At Kashi's urging, the two arrived at a nearby shopping street.
Because Kashi was very beautiful and dressed very revealingly, she attracted a lot of attention.
Even Tanaka Masao, who was next to her, received a lot of attention.
Kashi, the person involved, didn't care at all about everyone's attention.
Tanaka Masao, however, couldn't stand it first and spoke.
"I say, Kashi, can't you wear a bit more? Walking down the street dressed like that, you'll be considered a weirdo."
Hearing this, Kashi looked at herself, then at the people around her.
She had been wearing these clothes for who knew how many years, and she didn't feel there was anything wrong with them, so she asked, puzzled.
"These clothes perfectly show off my charm, what's wrong with that?
Forget it, forget it, I'm ignoring you. I'm going to eat."
After speaking, Kashi ignored Tanaka Masao and ran off to find something to eat.
"You don't have any money."
Tanaka Masao felt a bit helpless looking at Kashi, who had run off and disappeared, completely ignoring him.
"She's a demon, after all, and she has magic. She should be fine, right?"
Thinking this, Tanaka Masao didn't chase after her and found a nearby shop to eat.
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Ten minutes later, Tanaka Masao walked down the street feeling quite unsatisfied.
"Sigh, I should have known not to have that indulgent meal at Eriri's house yesterday."
Looking at the tempting snacks on the street, Tanaka Masao, who had just eaten a very light meal, felt hungry again.
"How about just one dorayaki? Just one shouldn't have much of an impact, and Yukinoshita won't know.
No, no, if there's a first time, there'll be a second. If this continues, my diet will definitely fail."
Just as Tanaka Masao was having an internal struggle, he heard a commotion ahead.
Seeing many people gathered together, Tanaka Masao temporarily forgot about food and walked forward, intending to join the fun.
After taking a few steps, he heard a familiar voice.
"What are you doing? Let me go! I am the second-in-command of the Demon World, be careful or I won't be polite to you!"
Tanaka Masao stopped. This voice must be Kashi.
From her words, she had been caught by someone.
No need to think, it must be because she didn't pay.
However, wasn't she the second-in-command of the Demon World, and she had recovered her magic power by getting back the magic stone, so why was she still so easily caught?
...
On the other side, Kashi, who had long been targeted by the police due to her strange attire.
Ten minutes ago, seeing the dazzling array of delicious food, she took a piece from this stall and a piece from that stall.
Because she didn't pay, she was quickly caught by the police.
Kashi, being held down by two police officers, struggled indignantly.
However, the magic power she currently possessed only gave her the physique of a normal adult woman, and she couldn't break free from the police's arrest at all.
Just then, she suddenly saw Tanaka Masao in the crowd and quickly shouted loudly.
"Hey, Tanaka, come quickly and save me!"
Everyone followed the direction of Kashi's shout and turned their gaze to Tanaka Masao.
Tanaka Masao saw the people around him, who very consciously made a path for him, and he walked over.
The police looked at Tanaka Masao as he walked over and asked.
"Are you her friend? She bought things without paying. If you can settle the bill, we won't take her back to the police station."
This wasn't a big deal, even if they took her back to the police station.
It would just be a verbal warning, and then they'd call her relatives to pick her up.
So, if it could be resolved on the spot, the police didn't want the trouble.
Hearing that she would be released if someone paid, Kashi quickly urged Tanaka Masao.
"Hey, Tanaka, quickly help me pay the money."
Kashi now knew that she couldn't break free on her own, so she could only ask Tanaka Masao, the only human she knew, for help.
Tanaka Masao looked at the police, then at Kashi, who was being held down, struggling constantly, and looking anxious, and he didn't say anything.
Seeing Tanaka Masao not speaking, Kashi became even more anxious. She didn't want to be taken away and locked up. If that happened, how would she find the magic stone?
Suddenly, she remembered Tanaka Masao telling her earlier that he wouldn't help her pay.
Kashi gritted her teeth.
"For freedom, it seems this is the only way."
"Tanaka, if you help me, I will agree to any request you have."
"As long as I get out of this predicament early, whether I agree or not will depend on my mood then."
Kashi thought to herself.
The onlookers around, hearing this, all widened their eyes and then looked at Kashi with strange gazes.
They began to whisper.
"I knew why she was dressed like that. She's an escort girl, isn't she?"
"Sigh, what a pity. Such a beautiful girl, for money…"
"What's there to pity? I wonder how much per time. Can we get in touch?"
...
Tanaka Masao sighed helplessly. He intended to help Kashi.
It wasn't for the 'any request' she offered.
It was just another big promise and an empty check; he couldn't trust it.
He helped her simply because he didn't want this farce to continue.
"Officer, how much is the total, please?"
Seeing Tanaka Masao preparing to pay, the police officer took out the bill recorded from the shop owner.