"Phew..."
After eating and drinking his fill, Duanmu Huai stood up and rubbed his round, stuffed stomach. Setting aside how demonic food tasted, the main thing was that there was plenty of it. He had eaten quite happily.
However, the fact that he had eaten about as much as Frieren left Duanmu Huai somewhat shaken.
It's not that I eat too little. Frieren just eats too much. Come to think of it, when they had adventured together in her world, he had never seen her eat this much.
Could the Elves of that world be like animals, gorging themselves in winter and living off the stored fat until spring?
"I'm going out for a walk to help my food settle."
Duanmu Huai called out to Mary, then left the banquet hall and arrived at the plaza outside.
It was already deep into the night, but for Demons, this was probably when the nightlife was just beginning. Duanmu Huai stretched his body, then began walking around the lake outside the hotel.
"Hmm?"
However, while Duanmu Huai was strolling around with his hands behind his back like a retired old man, he saw a familiar petite figure walk out of the hotel. It was a girl with short white hair who looked about the age of a middle school student and was wearing a formal dress. If he remembered correctly, she was one of Rias's peerage members, the Rook Toujou Koneko.
Speaking of which, Toujou Koneko and Maria were truly polar opposites. One was usually quiet, taciturn, and expressionless, while the other was the sort who would tear the roof off the house if no one disciplined her for three days. Yet in certain respects, they were surprisingly alike. For instance, both were white-haired lolis who looked delicate and frail, but had