I easily persuaded Henry and Kiri as they accompanied me to my building. It felt a bit weird since I just bought it 30 minutes ago. We walked inside as they marveled at it.

“Hiik!”

They gasped when they saw the building’s interior. The more quick-witted Kiri noticed something unusual.

“T-There’s nothing here…”

“Huh? Oh.”

I could understand their misunderstanding. Crimes usually took place in empty buildings like these.

“Hiyaak!”

KWANG! To make matters worse, a fierce wind shut the door.

“It’s empty because I only bought it a while ago.”

I tried to calm them, but Kiri’s legs shook uncontrollably. She hid behind Henry, who glared at me with a terrified expression.

“W-What do you want?”

“S-Save us! We’re sorry, please don’t kill us!”

“Um, kids. I’m not a bad guy…”

Their faces turned purple as I slowly approached.

“Kids?”

“W-We’ll give you the money back! Please don’t kill us!”

“Ah, aaak! Aaaak!”

“… Uh.”

Talking any more would only make the situation worse. I simply sat on the ground and took out the burner and frying pan. Then I began to cook my special marinated boar meat.

“Hic.”

“Hic.”

The brother and sister slightly sobbed, but became quieter. I placed the meat on the frying pan and glanced at them. They still had their guard up, but also sniffed the air and smacked their lips. I finally spoke again.

“Of course there’s nothing here. I just bought it. Come eat. You must be hungry.”

Most suffered from starvation in Prestige. I even wrote something about a group of cannibals. Because of this, the children naturally grew suspicious. Kiri still hid behind Henry as he stuttered.

“Re, really?”

“What would I gain from hurting you two?”

Tzzz— The marinated boar meat gave off a tempting smell.

“Come eat. It’s fine.”

“That, that’s not human meat?”

“It’s boar meat.”

“W-Where...