Gorms looked at both the scraplets and the books. When he did look at the books, they were mostly things like books on military history or tricks to strengthening your body.
Since Fii didn’t have any particular tastes, she just went to see if they sold the books that the Captain and the others at the 18th recommended to her.
After browsing for about half an hour and talking to the shopkeeper, in the end it was only the first boy, Slad, and Remié that bought anything.
They felt a little apologetic, but the old shopkeeper didn’t seem to mind. He saw them off with a smile.
They had been rather welcomed.
“What did you buy?” Fii asked Remié.
It turns out he had bought a book on embroidery. He liked plush toys but was too embarrassed to buy them. Apparently making them himself was his new goal.
(Looks like he’ll be last on the rankings as well, this time.)
As for Slad, he had apparently bought the new instalment of some action story.
Speaking of which, his room had a lot of these scraplets. Scraplets were only held together with glue, so it didn’t take long for them to fall apart. But Slad took care of him, and the old scraplets on his shelf were still pristine and readable.
“Is it interesting?”
“Yeah, it’s super interesting. Want me to lend you the series?”
“Yeah. Please.”
As for what the first boy had bought―――
“What the heck…”
“It’s a book with rumours and occult stories from different countries!”
Just a look at his scraplet was enough to see all kinds of suspicious lines.
『Suspicions regarding the circumstances of Prince Domash’s accidental death! It was no accident, it was an assassination!』
『A mysterious person who appears on street corners. The truth behind Balsmashshootman!』
『Unloved by the King, and locked in the inner palace! The grudge that drives the vengeful spirit of the second queen to roam the Capital each night!』
A glance was enough to tell that they were all incredibly fake-looking.
But the boys all read through it with sparkling eyes.
“Oooh! Amazing! They’ve apparently confirmed the existence of a mysterious giant creature in Borden Lake!”
“Ooohh! That one that people have been talking about?”
“In other words they’re f-, finally planning to capture it!?”
“Yeah. Apparently the survey team is recruiting people right now. And apparently amongst the members is the legendary hunter, Luvisess, as well!”
“UOHHHHH! I WANNA JOIN TOO!”
Fii had a look and listened in, but when she saw the boys getting engrossed over obviously fake stories, she couldn’t help but feel astounded. Fii now understood how the old shopkeeper felt a little.