Zenitsu's behavior startled Sayo a little too, and she cautiously took half a step back.
"Sorry, that's just how he is." Chiba Yo gave Sayo a helpless smile and apologized.
"It's all right." Sayo smiled and shook her head, showing that she didn't mind.
Then Chiba Yo glanced at the little ornaments hanging from Sayo's cloth bag and said, "Your ornaments are pretty too. I'll buy some."
Chiba Yo guessed that this little girl gave away wisteria sachets because she wanted to protect people from demon attacks. Although he didn't quite understand why she absolutely refused to accept money, there was nothing special about the other ornaments. Surely she wouldn't refuse payment for those too.
She seemed so poor yet sensible, and so kindhearted as well. Chiba Yo wanted to help her as much as he could.
"Of course. Which kind would you like?" Sayo held her cloth bag up before Chiba Yo, showing him the ornaments hanging from it.
"If none of these appeal to you, I have some more over there." Sayo pointed at the ornaments displayed on the little stall behind her.
Although she insisted on atoning for her sins by giving wisteria sachets to passersby, she still had to support herself. Naturally, she was happy when someone wanted to buy the things she made.
Chiba Yo made a show of inspecting every style of ornament, then waved his hand grandly. "I like all of these. I'll take them all!"
"Huh?" Sayo cried out in surprise at his words. She didn't have that many ornaments, but altogether they still amounted to quite a few, and several were the same style.
She immediately realized that he was doing this out of pity. Just as she was about to refuse, Chiba Yo continued with a slightly bitter expression, "People