User blog comment:Darkcloud1111/Good Idea, Bad Idea~Painting the Town.../@comment-3257939-20140817000819

I don't think that the shopkeeper counts as a bad point. It's a running gag, it's funny so there you have your reason for why he is everywhere.

The fact that they protect her doesn't mean that they look out for her 24 hours a day. Besides, there is no telling that she would get hiccups when she lies if you talked to her. Don't look at it from the spectator POV, look at it from the character's POV.