"Mom, I want to eat that." The little girl tugged at her mother's skirt and pointed at the shrimp rolls on the stall.
The blonde woman swallowed as she smelled the fragrant shrimp rolls. She wanted to try them too, so she asked the vendor, "How much is a skewer of shrimp rolls with blueberry cream cheese sauce?"
"Twenty Knuts per skewer," the vendor said.
The price was not low, but since she had brought her child out to have fun, she did not mind spending a little more. The blonde woman took out one Sickle and eleven Knuts from her wallet. "Give me two skewers."
"Thank you. Please wait a moment," the vendor said.
The little girl watched expectantly as the vendor got to work. He took two skewers of shrimp rolls from the oil pan, fried them, sprinkled them with spices, and drizzled them with blueberry cream cheese sauce.
Just then, a faint chanting sound reached her ears.
Red light flashed in the little girl's eyes, and her expression swiftly turned blank.
Without a sound, she left her mother's side and walked toward a corner.
Once she reached the corner, she completely lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.
In the corner, a red-haired witch stepped forward and stuffed the unconscious little girl into an Extendable Pockets.
"This candy works so well..." the red-haired witch muttered.
She was a member of the Beastman Circus, and the candy had been given to her by the ringmaster.
Some time ago, the ringmaster had said that he had made contact with the Magical Countermeasures Bureau and brought back a kind of Potions that could delay the onset of their Blood Demon Curse.
There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and the Magical Countermeasures Bureau certainly would