The little princess seemed a lot more tame and calm than the other days. Maybe it was the whole atmosphere of the little village that just screamed 'calmness'. Noboyuki could appreaciate it too, since his sarcastic comments went in a downward spiral to nothingness. It was nice not having to think on how he could answer people with a witty comment at least for a while. 

Rena also seemed to be quite interested in the stalls and whatnot. As the man he was, though, Noboyuki stopped in the weapon's shop to look at whatever new things they had. Swords and whatnot. Just then he started thinking, why did he choose a simple short sword in the ened? There were a lot more of weapons aside from that, but he still chose the most generic looking one. Mayeb it was just as per habit of not standing out? Now that he looked at them, there were a lot more weapons that he could use and, while his own wasn't exactly a katana, it was still slightly curved. Maybe he only felt more familiar with those kinds of weapons in general? Japanese blood and whatnot. He asked around for a bit, and was even about to turn to Rena to ask her if he could buy a new weapon. Even so, what he found was the girl gazing at the jewels and then going on with her journey, without buying anything. 

Well, he had enough money, and he hadn't done anything good for her lately, not to mention that she did cure his foot yesterday.... He approached the salesman and decided to buy one of the jewels she was looking at, to be honest, the cheapest he could find, well, he didn't really buy it because of the price, but because it was also pretty. A sapphire heart, a pink heart that shined brightly. While he said it was cheap, though... [B]"Damn, that hurt my wallet."[/B] He looked at the inside of his rather modern looking black and blue wallet. It was now mostly empty with just a bit of this world's currency inside of it. [B]"Critical hit to my exonomy, huh?"[/B] He sighed. Well, that girl should really appreciate what he was doing for her. 

Later on, they were just having bits and bites of small talk. Noboyuki answered Rena's jokes with some of his own, and laughed a bit more heartily than other times. Yeah, it was nice being like that. He felt in high school again, when he had the right to laugh at nothing and just because. As an adult, he didn't have as many opportunities to do so. He also included some of the funny and even outrageous stories of his past that he thought would entertain Rena, of course, taking care not to say any details that would confuse her since her world did not have such things. He told her about the time he mocked a professor behind their back but didn't notice the one in front of him and got suspended, another time when he fell off the stage in a school play and even the time when he laughed so hard that milk came out of his nostrils while drinking in front of his crush at the time. Now, he just had to wait. For a good moment he could give her the collar he had bought for her, and for her not to think he is creepy. It wasn't until later that he questioned why the hell he bought it in the shape of a heart.