The Author's POV

Walking along the streets of Ashton city, in the area next to the Lock, with my hands inside of the pockets of my newly purchased black hoodie, I calmly looked at the stores around me.

As I observed the stores around me, glancing towards my right where a black cat was lazily resting on my shoulder, I helplessly shook my head.

...since I couldn't let her stay in the Lock by herself, I naturally could only bring her alongside with me on my little trip out.

Currently, there were quite a lot of people walking down the busy streets as shops with large signs and posters appeared everywhere. Moreover, large billboards with handsome and beautiful girls could be seen everywhere as every one hundred meters a new billboard could be seen.

"Waa, look at how cute that cat is?"

"Do you want to go pet it?"

"Look at its fur, it's so beautiful"

However, if there was one thing that was currently bothering me, it would be the continuous whispers coming from the people around me as everyone stared at the black cat who was quietly resting on my shoulder.

...the culprit for such commotion was obviously Angelica who was currently in disguise. Fortunately, the reason why they were looking at her wasn't because they had found out her true identity. No, rather, it was because she was too cute.

Despite currently being in the form of a cat, because of how naturally charming Angelica was, her charm was naturally preserved even in her cat form causing anyone that saw her to involuntarily want to pet her.

Fortunately, it looked like no one noticed that she was a demon else things could've gotten quite burdensome.

"Please don't touch her"

From time to time thought, I had to stop people from approaching her and touching her. This was for both my good and their good.

...considering the fact that Angelica was a bloodthirsty demon, there was a possibility of her suddenly killing anyone without notice. Moreover, if they suddenly injected mana inside of her body, there was a chance that her identity would be exposed. Thus, I stopped anyone that tried to approach her.

Lazily resting on my shoulder, gently licking one of her paws, Angelica asked

"Where are we going?"

Wearing my earbuds without playing any music, I calmly replied.

"Not sure, I'm just taking a casual look around"

...it's true.

Since I had nothing else to do, I decided to take a stroll in the city that was next to the Lock. Moreover, since I didn't trust Angelica being by herself in the Lock, I brought her with me.

I did have one goal

Buy a new sword.

time with me, I

because of the

"Casual look?"

"Yeah"

wasn't part of the original

originally thought of visiting my family since my headquarters weren't too far from where they lived, but after

alert Matthew of my appearance. If my appearance alerted him or altered his plans like before, there was a possibility of something unpleasant happening. Thus, after a bit of thinking, I decided to not interact with my family face-to-face until I returned

sure to call me at the end of each day. I guess this was the consequence of having a doting family...which was

preparations for the future after the curse that plagued my parents

broke the curse, the first thing Matthew and his contracted demon would do would obviously be to try to attack my parents in hopes of taking revenge against me. This

rather, this wasn't good at

ranked hero, the enemy he was facing at

out what to do after I broke the curse. Feeling Angelica's small body

'Should I send her?'

protect them, perhaps Matthew wouldn't make a move...yeah, that idea sounded indeed quite plausible. Moreover, I was sure Nola

that was something

for the streetlight to turn green, looking ahead, I calmly

get in the Lock? You know that the Lock is filled

I was most

fact that the whole academy was filled with superhuman teachers who could crush buildings with just the

how strong they were, they

curled together and eyes closed, hearing my

human, as long as I retain my form and don't channel any of my energy, it is impossible for anyone to

this, I secretly

safe rather than sorry. After I returned back to the Lock, it was better that I

like a mom, this was in fact for my own benefit after all. Her actions directly reflected me, therefore,

there, I soon found myself in front of a large shop with

"Might as well"

of seconds, I decided to open the door

the fact that I needed to buy some books for some of

-Ding -Dong!

Thereafter, as soon as I stepped in, I instantly smelled the

"Welcome"

a brown apron. Pointing towards the