"Welcome in- Ugh"
Zeno glances up. The sudden noise of displeasure from the teenager welcoming him into the pharmacy confusing him.
Zeno closes the door behind him and finally the smell of different herbs and medicine hits him. It is sort if bitter and Zeno can even recognize a few distinct blends he has used before that contribute to the tangent fragrance.
The teenager has a scowl on his face, eyebrows twitching. Zeno can see the teal haired teenager sweep his gaze over Zeno before the expression lessens quite a bit. Assuming from the slit purple eyes Zeno concludes this boy is a demon who reacted to the uniform Zeno is wearing.
The frown lessening is probably after the demon boy concluded Zeno isn't a threat. Zeno is sure his baby face and smooth hands with no callouses contributed to the harmless look.
"Yushiro, be nice." A gentle voice comes from the cashiers' desk snapping both the boy and Zeno completely from their thoughts.
"But Tamayo-sama, he is a demon slayer!" The boy, assumed as Yushiro, heatedly replies to the woman he said was Tamayo.
"He is a customer. Now could you ask what he is here for, as is usually polite to do?" The woman replies sternly to Yushiro's rebuke.
"Yes ma'am." The teen's gaze loses it's heat, instead gaining a cold indifference as the boy now turns his attention to Zeno.
"What are you here for dear customer, anything specific?"
"Ah! Zeno is here to get the new blend of balm for Ubuyashiki Kiriga! Zeno assumes it's ready right?" Zeno grins at the boy. Usually the medicine for the Ubuyashiki's are from the doctors and nurses in the corps. However, some specific pharmacies have been providing medicine for the Ubuyashiki line.
Usually the medicine is picked up by kasugaikarasu or kakushi. Yesterday a crow alerted Kiriga that the new blend was ready to be picked up. This time however the blend is new and Kiriga sent Zeno to go get it instead of a kakushi.
Both demons seem to realize what Zeno is explaining and Tamayo nods at Yushiro with a gesture Zeno would assume to mean, go get it. Yushiro walks away with a reluctant expression and Zeno turns his attention to Miss Tamayo.
"Where are the bandage rolls located at miss demon?" Zeno asks in a cheery tone. He needs to restock after all.
"Oh, the fourth row on the left, the upper and middle shelves." She replies in a surprised airy tone and Zeno follows her directions. Just as she said, the bandages were there and Zeno grinned as he started examining the different kinds.
Zeno ended up grabbing the softer, more stretchy kind on the upper shelf. He hopped over to Tamayo-san just as the teen came back. He handed three delicate but bigger than palm sized boxes to her where she laid them on the desk.
"These are for mister Ubuyashiki, I have included in the box numbered 1 a small sample for the medical faction of the corps." She explains away and Zeno listens with a keen attention. She finally names the cost and Zeno happily hands over the yen.
The medicine cost itself wasn't the problem but the bandages were. After all the money for the medicine came from Kiriga's pocket but Zeno paid for the bandages with his own money. And Zeno earned money from odd places, like street performances and helping around with whatever establishment needed help. Just rarely but sometimes there was monetary compensation for the riskier of the missions.
Well, shopping done at the demon pharmacy.
Maybe he could get something from here for Erimi next time? He forgot to ask if they have anything to help with her kind if symptoms.
Time to get back to a 14-year-old Kiriga who is panicking over his pregnant wife.