But what reason would that guy have for doing something like this? 

It wasn’t unusual for someone to have taken a keepsake from their dead companion to commemorate him and stored it in their treasury. Vermouth hadn’t seemed to be the type for such frivolities, but then again, Eugene had never expected that Vermouth would take more than ten wives after returning from the Devildom either. That was proof, if anything, that time changes people.

‘But if they really wanted to commemorate me, they should have just killed all the Demon Kings.’

If they couldn’t do that, then at the very least, they should have properly registered the necklace into the treasure vault. While feeling a complex mix of dissatisfaction and doubt, Eugene nodded his head to show he understood.

“...Then is it okay for me to take this necklace?”

“The necklace is completely worthless. Are you sure you still want it?”

“For some reason, it just calls to me.”

“Hm. Well, I suppose that there are times when items do that.”

Children were often attracted to strange things. Even Gilead used to collect old coins when he was a child.

“Have you...