Author's note:

Not a new chapter. I was just changing a detail in a previous chapter and I added this note to let you guys know that I do read the reviews. Thank you all for reading and I hope you're enjoying this.

"SHE LEFT ME! SHE LEFT ME FOR A TINY WEAKLING!"

"Listen to me kid. One, you two were never together. Two, you are the most terrifying creature I've ever seen. No one in their right mind would want to be in a romantic relationship with you. And three, SHE'S A FRICKIN' CAT!"

"I LOVE CATS! Especially the black one she left me for. He was delicious."

"What?"

"What?"

Louis was excited when Otto told her they were going to the capital. She didn't have a memory of it, so she spent quite some time daydreaming about tall buildings, bustling streets and lots, lots of food. However, she hadn't thought of how the trip there could go, but the little girl was confident that even if she had, merchant and ground dragon screaming at each other with high-pitched roars while driving an empty carriage for some reason was not a possibility she'd have considered.

"Hey Frufoo, would you rather have a pet skunk that sprayed you once a month or a pet porcupine that quilled you once a month?"

"Kid, have you ever thought that maybe if you never spoke again, the world would be a better place?"

"I have actually, but then I remember the speeches I will deliver when I conquer the world, to strike terror into the hearts of the people."

"I sincerely hope you never have offspring."

"Don't worry. My parents too didn't want me to have offspring, so they castrated me when I was five."

"Huh..."

"I'm grateful you know? I don't want children and I don't trust myself with self control so-"

"Kid"

"Yes?"

"I hate you. Kill yourself"

After a moment of silence, the merchant spoke up again.

"Frufoo"

"What"

"If you get tired from pulling the carriage, we can always use Louis"

Having arrived to the capital, Otto stopped the carriage somewhere close to the slums, instructing the ground dragon to wait there until he comes back for them to leave, leaving out any mention of Louis.

"Why the slums though? What would you want to do here?"

"Strong knights and successful merchants make me feel threatened, and the nobles don't care about poor people, which makes them easier targets."

"Kid... What are you scheming?"

"I want to laugh at poor children, and hopefully convince some of them to make paintings all day in the basement for food and shelter."

"KID!"

"You! Retarded Cinderella, you're not-"

"Yes siw~"

"Did... Did you just call me sir?" It would be no exaggeration to say that Otto was shocked. There was not a hint of sarcasm in the child's tone. The words she had spoken, they were honest words of respect coming from someone who had willingly accepted to obey him. Just like that, his rotten heart was moved.

"Hm Hm" The little girl, ignorant of the effect her words had had on the merchant's heart, nodded repeatedly and violently, with an innocent smile stuck on her cute face, only to be suddenly hugged by her companion. She could not see his face, but she could clearly hear his sobs.

"No one- *hic* No one has ever *hic* shown me this much respect before" He said in between sobs, before allowing himself to cry wordlessly on the girl's shoulder, the girl who placed a comforting hand on his head. As emotional as this moment was to the creepy merchant, his earth dragon was not impressed.

"Are you really crying that much because a little girl called you "sir"? Kid, what life have you been living!" the dragon yelled at its master, its gaze mocking the merchant.

"A happy one until you entered it. Why did you interrupt this bonding moment?" Otto replied in a slightly disappointed tone. He had finally received some respect, finally heard a sentence directed at him that did not contain an insult... All the despair that had built up inside him for being mocked, spat at, physically harmed, insulted, fueled by the lack of self awareness that prevented him from realizing that he brought that treatment on himself on most occasions, had been kicked out of him by a single word from a little girl, in the form of tears of happiness and relief, and yet this dragon of his had simply and easily interrupted that moment. It made Otto... mildly annoyed. Seems like he didn't really value that moment that much after all.

"Anyway, I'm bored of you. Now as I was definitely, surely, certainly about to say, you! Retarded Cinderella, you're coming with me"

"Yes siw!"

Although they were originally going to spend the day in the slums, a series of events caused Otto and Louis to end up in one of the richer parts of the area. Having left Frufoo on his own to wander because Otto wanted to "go for a walk" and couldn't be bothered to find him a stable, merchant and child walked through the streets of the city.

"Hungryyyy" the word echoed in a childish tone. Well, it wasn't exactly an echo, rather the source was repeating it again and again, the source being Otto, not Louis. That was unsurprising, and kinda sad.

"Yes! Eat! Eat! Me want eat!" the small girl seemed to like the opportunity as she jumped up and down while holding Otto's sleeve.

"Ok ok. We'll find somewhere to- ah!" as he was talking, Otto accidentally scraped his finger on a fence, causing it to bleed.

"Auuuh! Bwood! Uncwe cweep-san! Pain!"

"We'll talk about that name later. Do you have a napkin?"

"No. Sowwy"

"Don't worry. I know someone who lives just around the corner. Stay here. I'll be back in 5 minutes."

"Yes siw!"

"And keep saying that. Much better than whatever monstrosity that last nickname was"

And with that, Otto left a child alone in public. Louis watched him turn the corner and disappear, before-

"Hungryyyy"

"Haga bwah!"

Before jumping in terror at the familiar voice that suddenly came from behind her.

"Eh? What kind of sound is that? That's the sound you make when you're surprised? Seriously?" The figure seemed to be talking, but Louis wasn't paying attention. Currently, there was something else on her mind.

"How?"

"How what?"

"How awe you hewe? You just went behind that cownew. How did you do that?"

"Great. Child's a lunatic. I was here the whole time" As he said that, he started leaning on the fence.

"Ha? Youw fingew is not cut? Be caweful that fence is shawp"

"Ah! You're right. I just scraped my finger. Do you have a napkin?"

"... What... Huh... " Needless to say, the poor girl's brain was quickly getting overworked there.

"Napkin. N-A-P-K-I-N. Do you have one?"

"Uh... Uh... No. Sowwy..."

"Don't worry. I know someone who lives just around the corner. Stay here. I'll be back in 5 minutes."

"Um um... Uncwe cweep-san, can Louis come with you instead? Pwease?"

"What kind of demented nickname is that?! But sure. Stay here, come with, get lost, I don't care"

After getting a napkin from Otto's "acquaintance", who turned out to be a merchant who begged the duo not to put anymore rabid dogs in his wife's closet for some reason, they started heading towards a place to eat.

As she turned a corner, Louis realized that she was suddenly alone. She looked around, looking for the merchant, and saw him on the roof of a building, waving at her.

"Why awe you on the woof?! How could you even get thewe so fast?! We wewe just togethew!"

"I wanted to check out the view. Wait, I'm coming down."

Louis watched in confusion as Otto took 3 minutes to get down even though she could have sworn he was walking next to her seconds before they turned the corner.

"How why when?"

"I already answered one of these. Why are you even so surprised?"

"Wam-sama said that uncwe cweep-san is vewy weak but also vewy scawy which is pwobably why he is not dead yet."

"Hk-! If only my dark tendrils could twist that girl's throat. Well... Another doll for revenge fantasies."

"That sounds sad"

"Shuddup! Go back to being confused. Anyway, I hear there's an open buffet nearby. Come with or starve"

The two arrived at their destination, went in and started eating. Otto went and got himself two plates and ate them, then went and got two more, then two more...

"20 plates! Uncwe cweep-san, you vewy hungwy! What is this?! You've been sooo weiwd the whole day"

"I was just hungry..."

"I don't believe you. Fiwst I see almost the same scene twice, then you go to the woof weaaally fast, and now this. How do you do this?"

"So time travel, teleportation, and... being a huge glutton? The last one isn't really cool. But for the first two, I would say you are crazy"

"Am not cwazy!"

"Anyway. Time to go home... Well, when we find Frufoo that is."

2 hours earlier

Eyes wide, heart pounding, cheeks red, mouth drooling, such was his state as he gazed at the sight before him, a sight that demanded undivided attention, and his undivided attention it had received. For a moment, the creepy merchant felt as if he was in another world with only him, her, and the sunglasses wearing giant carrot with multiple human arms organized like the legs of a centipede, that once used to be a human child. She who stood next to the monstrosity looked at Otto in anticipation, like an artist expecting the audience to praise their work. Her or the thing, it was hard to say which was more terrifying. While the thing was ugly, being around her felt like being around a snake with human skin. Otto, who had not yet uttered a word, opened his mouth and said "What is this dark repulsive majestic beauty!"

She, more disturbing than the thing next to her, seemed to be satisfied as her gaze became one of arrogance and mockery. To the creep's twisted comment, the narcissist replied saying "Oh? You like what you see? Well, let this lovely lady show you even more! Kyahahahahahaha~"

"Who are you?"

A sadistic smile appeared on her deranged face as she extended her arms to opposite sides, and declared "Archbishop of the witch cult, representing lust. Capella Emerada Lugnica"