## Chapter 341 – Dungeons and Adventurers (8)
“So much money is being wasted?
Every single thing is inefficient.
It’s even outdated…
What era is this from?”
“What did you say…?”
As if she were a cunning serpent tempting Eve, Lara Tinar’s plump lips moved, spewing out criticism that was far from sweet, bordering on bitter.
Hearing this, Vivian’s forehead seemed about to burst a blood vessel, and Lara Tinar, as if delighted to have caught her out, smirked at her.
“If you can’t understand what I’m saying, is that thing on top of your shoulders just for show?
Hmm… you even bothered to write everything down…
Ingredients should be ordered in bulk from fixed suppliers.
Are you planning to build a sandcastle buying them like this, a penny at a time?
Bulk orders make it easier to negotiate and secure a sufficient amount of supplies.
Especially for the brothel’s furnishings, are you not even considering that?”
“Ugh…”
Even if she was told by Enic to try and get along without fighting, that was fine.
But Vivian was clearly the queen under Enic, above everyone else.
For her, the intervention of Lara Tinar, whom she could call a rival, was a situation that wounded even Vivian’s pride.
“And messing with the chain of command as you please is fine, I guess.
But why maintain such a flimsy system?
Frankly, if you just grab any one of your ‘ladies’ and squeeze, all the information would spill out, wouldn’t it?
About the brothel, and even about this.
I could never work like this.”
“Tch…”
Of course, Lara Tinar wasn’t unaware of her position, and she wasn’t just pointlessly antagonizing Vivian.
“I created a tiered organization.
I had the men work in a modular system, dividing every element.
In the end, every apex leads to me, but they don’t know about areas outside their jurisdiction.
And no one knows about the work of other departments except for me?
All I had to do was coordinate what was happening in between.”
It was hard to believe that this was the woman who was rumored to be a worthless female with nothing but men on her mind.
Lara Tinar began to explain everything she knew, clearly and without hesitation.
“So even if one department is attacked, the damage doesn’t spread to other departments.
Later, you just have to rebuild the attacked department separately.”
“But you were breached, weren’t you?”
Vivian muttered mockingly to herself, seeing Lara Tinar’s elated expression as she continued her explanation.
Hearing Vivian’s muttered remark, Lara Tinar grabbed onto her as if she had been waiting for the chance.
“That part is actually strange.
What did you do to my men?”
“Why don’t you figure it out yourself?
Anyway, so what? What happens then?”
Despite Lara Tinar’s urging, Vivian stubbornly stuck to her ‘I won’t tell you’ stance, and in the end, Lara Tinar was defeated and continued her explanation with a click of her tongue.
“Haa… such a petty child…
After that, you have to work, right? What are you asking?
If you leave the work to the experts, it’s over, isn’t it?”
“That’s all?”
“Worrying about useless things is bad for your biorhythms.
And not being able to sleep on time is just awful.
It ruins my perfect skin!!
This is why you can’t trust children who don’t know how to take care of themselves!!”
Vivian, who might have nodded a little at her confident attitude, closed her eyes and quietly exhaled through her small nostrils, barely suppressing a sigh that threatened to burst out.
‘So the conclusion is men, after all…’
Lara Tinar’s confident statement that she had been handling all the work with her amazing skills in managing her ‘fish farm,’ but in a way, that was also her skill as a woman who knew how to find and use talent.
It wasn’t entirely wrong, and it was also the secret to maintaining Mademoiselle and various businesses until now.
‘I can’t give her too much authority yet…
But I might be able to entrust her with some office work…’
Lara Tinar, who had fallen head over heels for Enic’s tentacles, wasn’t stupid, so she was being rude and hostile to Vivian, but subtly maintaining the minimum level of respect.
Lara Tinar knew very well that she, who had already been defeated, couldn’t compete with Vivian, so she was showing a willingness to back down.
Vivian, clutching her forehead, could judge that Lara Tinar’s proven abilities would definitely be helpful.
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“Haa…!! So sweaty…!!”
“There are quite a few today…!!
Those who are dismantling them must be having a hard time, huh?”
“Good work, guys.
Go inside and rest for a while.
Hey!! Bring out the snacks!!”
“Wow!! It’s a lunchbox!!”
Basic daily wage, plus performance-based pay per monster hunted, and even meals if desired.
For a temporary job, it was a fairly unconventional offer, and the commoner students of the Academy’s Fencing Department were working hard in the dungeon today.
They came with the intention of working their butts off because they needed money, but they were receiving pretty good, no, excellent treatment in a situation where they were grateful just to be included.
Because of the unprecedented surprise event of the dungeon gate opening, the Academy was also closed, and while the entire royal capital was busy with cleanup and reconstruction.
The students were working hard today to earn even a penny more in performance pay, sweeping up prey.
“Listen while you eat.
Production is quite good today.
I think we’ll meet the quota even if we stop here.
Are you going to go home from here? Or…”
“Of course we’ll do more!!
Should we try to catch twice as much today!?”
“I think we can even do three times as much today…!!”
The students, already excited at the thought of earning more money, chattered excitedly to the yakuza who was acting as the supervisor.
The yakuza, as if feeling the passion of the young people, nodded and scribbled on the list he was holding, as excited as a sports coach.
“Geez… good for you…!!
Then eat and gather again!!
Go work hard, you Hassan’s!!
Eat slowly so you don’t get indigestion!!”
The students happily ate their meal and set out again from the outpost.
They quickly finished their meal, eager to raise sales again, and gathered one by one at the meeting place with beaming faces, checking their equipment.
“Hey, Anna!! How about a round after work?”
A yakuza offered Anna, who had just come back from the bathroom or something, her face still wet as if she had washed off the sweat, a ‘side job.’
Anna, who had become quite well-known, had become a delicious and unique restaurant that could only be found through rumors among people.
From her firm yet feminine and soft body to her face that created a pure feeling, even though she seemed distant.
As a fuckable female that could not be underestimated in any way, Anna was secretly satisfying the desires of the men who came to her with requests, earning a pretty good side income.
“I’m busy with something else right now.
And I have something else to take care of after work today.
I’m sorry…”
“Oh, no need to apologize?
I’ll keep that in mind.”
But seeing Anna, who usually pretended to hesitate for a moment before accepting the offer right away, firmly refuse, saying she had something to do today, the yakuza was momentarily flustered.
Watching her walk away, the yakuza chuckled and began to look for other prey.
After the day’s schedule was over.
“Sister, I’m going to stop by somewhere else for a bit.”
“Where are you going? Should I come with you…”
“Umm… I’m fine on my own.
It’s nothing big…
I have to stop by the Academy for a bit…”
The sisters, who had returned from the dungeon to Floraz, were on their way home through the back door.
At her younger sister’s sudden words to go ahead, Marie blinked and slowly nodded.
“I see? Then should I do some of the things I’ve been putting off…”
As a sister who always trusted her precious younger sister, Marie smiled and waved her hand.
But Anna, who was turning away, couldn’t see that one side of her smile looked a little dark.
After her younger sister disappeared.
After a brief pause, Marie turned slightly and re-entered the door they had come through, heading towards the counter.
Henia, who was at the counter, greeted Marie with a welcoming smile and began writing her name in the attendance book, as if she understood the situation.
“Oh, Miss Marie? Not 퇴근…
Oh? Are you working more?
Is it because you’re a mage, so it’s not physically taxing?
If so, I’ll register you for overtime pay.
Will you go to room number 4 to change?”
Despite the rising sense of guilt and the involuntary feeling of wrongdoing.
She couldn’t help but anticipate which man, no, which ‘dick’ she would meet next, her breath becoming uneven.
With the faint light of the candlelit table illuminating the bed, she had neatly folded her clothes on top of it.
The short hem of the dress fully revealed her smooth, slender thighs and plump buttocks, and the loose-fitting tank top exposed her ample side breasts, enticing the desires of men. She was wearing the comfortable dress that was Flora’s uniform.
With a pounding heart, she swallowed audibly, the sound echoing in the room.
As she sat on the bed, waiting for the man who might enter at any moment, an unmistakable, subtle smile appeared on Marie’s lips, coinciding with the sound of footsteps approaching from the hallway beyond the door.
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– Knock knock
“Come in. Who is it…
Anne? It feels like it’s been a while…?”
As she looked at the person standing in the doorway as it gently opened, the girl’s eyes shimmered with a bewitching light.
“I’ve been busy… something came up…”
“Ahem… I noticed you haven’t been coming to training lately.
Even if it’s hard, you must never neglect your training…”
As always, the girl cut off her kind teacher, who was feigning ignorance and clearing his throat.
“Were you worried……?”
“Oh… well…… yes……?
You’re a… precious… student, aren’t you?”
He, who was always confident and an excellent teacher, could no longer meet her gaze.
How many times had she taken his ‘thing’ inside her in this very faculty office of the Department of Swordsmanship?
And how many times had his hot essence filled her up to the point of feeling pregnant?
“Edward…… you liar…
You just met a student……
But you’re so hard here…”
A devilish and seductive whisper that should never occur between a teacher and a student.
As Anne began to approach Edward, who was standing by the door, he retreated into the faculty office as if being chased.
As the door of the faculty office slowly closed automatically, the room was filled with a quiet silence created by the two.
“A-Anne…!? We’re still teacher and student…
And having done this so many times, there’s no excuse…!!
I don’t think… we can continue this kind of relationship…”
He was always like this.
Unable to reject her, yet constantly trying to.
Was that his mindset as a teacher towards a student?
“I know… it’s not up to you…
That’s what makes it worse…
I wish you were only like this with me…”
If she reached out, he couldn’t run away and would be caught, and if she clung to him, he couldn’t shake her off and would reluctantly carry her preciously.
She wished she was the only one who had this warm-hearted, kind man.
“What… did you say just now…?”
He treated her with such care.
She couldn’t help but want to be a little more spoiled with him.
“It’s nothing……
It’s just that a precious student happened to be thinking of her teacher and came to visit.”
As a girl who had now become an adult, although she had become a little twisted, she still thought it might be possible to dream a little.
“Anne…… so… you’re not going to… chase me away……?
I’m cold…… I want to get warm……”
“That would be difficult.”
But just as she was about to embrace Edward.
From under the table beyond the partition, as if someone had been crouching there, a husky yet firm voice was heard as someone slowly rose.
Not even thinking of covering her beautifully grown and nurtured breasts, as if she had only eaten good things and applied good things.
Anne’s eyes wavered slightly as she looked at the figure confidently walking out without wearing a single thread.
“Teacher already has a guest.”
As Anne turned her head towards the source of the voice, her eyes met the figure, and she bit her lip slightly as if the inevitable had come.
“Senior Lucia……”
“I guess we have nothing to say to each other.
I can’t just stand by either.”
A healthy and vibrant female body in its natural state, without a single thing covering it.
Anne couldn’t help but feel intimidated as it swayed its fertile hips and slowly walked towards her.
The confidence of a true aristocrat, one of the top five, who could look her in the eye without being intimidated even when completely naked, and who exuded the aura of an absolute ruler.
It was inevitable that Edward, caught between the two women, would look even more terrified as Lucia looked at her with cold eyes and gently wrapped her arms around Edward’s neck, her firm body pressing against him.
“A-Anne… it’s not what it looks like…”
“You don’t have to explain.
I already knew everything…”
The mysterious waist that straightened and tapered to the hips, and the heavy presence that generously covered that waist from the middle.
And even the eyes that were slightly raised, holding an authoritative gaze.
“So, Monehen.
Would you mind leaving?
I’m not done with my business yet?”
Of course, she had confidence that she had a body that was not inferior to others, as she had many opportunities to see other people’s bodies.
But with ordinary values, she couldn’t stop herself from being overwhelmed by that overwhelming confidence.
“Did you say leave…”
“I’m sorry. I can’t do that, Senior.
You… know everything, right…?”
Anne had seen into the depths of the other person’s heart.
There was a time when she had directly opened her heart and revealed its contents.
Recalling those memories, the woman in front of her was no different from herself on the inside.
Running towards an uncertain future with trembling steps, desperately reaching out to grasp something she considered precious, and confused by the countless unresolved worries she held.
“Monehen…… I thought I had warned you several times.”
Lucia’s warnings had come in various forms, and even Anne, who was not very perceptive, could not be ignorant of them.
During class, during practice, and even at this very moment.
Looking at Lucia’s eyes, which were trying to push her away, made her feel like she was reminded of someone.
They could have remained just close seniors and juniors.
Where exactly did they go wrong? Perhaps it was the moment when their heated feelings collided.
The very moment they crossed the line they should not have crossed, and ended up reaching out and grabbing the object of their longing and admiration, which they both desired at the same time.
This battle had already lit the fuse, and it might be impossible to turn back.
“I said… I’m serious too…”
“I was first. More than anyone else.
I was the priority. More than anyone else.”
Anne clenched her fists tightly, determined not to be defeated even if she lost.
Her wavering eyes soon seemed to be fixed, and she quietly met the gaze of Lucia, who had come close and was looking down at her.
“Did you want to surpass me and have him all to yourself?
Did you think I would just… stand by and watch…?”
“As you can see… you didn’t.”
“I’m desperate too.
Lucia di Borgia, as everyone thinks, might not be like this.
But… I thought you would at least have some idea…
No, maybe I was just selfishly expecting to be understood.”
“Hey… what are you guys talking about…?”
“I’m sorry, Associate Professor…
Teacher Edward……
This is our business.
Right… it’s just our story…”
Lucia reached behind Edward, who she was hugging, and pulled something with a swish, then draped the pure white shirt that was in her hand over her shoulders like a cape.
A relationship that could not be justified to anyone, tangled and destined to be buried.
“Then… we need to resolve this in a way that we can accept…”
What would be the point of them talking about this, when they were only relying on Edward’s kindness, who couldn’t coldly reject their feelings, and when they were being pushed back by Eloise, his fiancée?
“Training. You haven’t been coming much lately, have you?
Did something more important come up?
It would be troublesome if you put your duties aside.”
Inadvertently, Anne blurted out a word as if she was complaining.
“I don’t go to training…
But instead, I’m doing practical… ugh…”
“Practical……?”
Seeing Lucia’s questioning gaze at her words, Anne realized once again that she had said something she shouldn’t have.
A moment of silence flowed between Anne, who was anxiously trying to think of an excuse, and Lucia, who was pondering something.
“I see… if it’s practical, you must be talking about the dungeon……
I heard that the Gate National Project has started recently.
I guess you had some connections in that area?”
While they were already immersed in hunting inside the dungeon, news was slowly spreading outside that the business procedures related to the Gate conquest were being completed.
The moment the brief silence was broken, Anne realized that her petty calculations were meaningless as she listened to Lucia’s words.
“Something like that…”
The other person was the eldest daughter of the Duke’s family, and the center of this country.
Lying to her, who could be seen as a literal ‘little princess,’ would probably be meaningless.
“Will you arrange a spot for me too?”
“Senior……”
“If necessary, you can use the Borgia name.
I hope you can make it happen.
Send your answer to the faculty office here.
I’ll be going now, Associate Professor.”
“Oh… uh… okay…”
Anne, who had suddenly been asked an unexpected favor by Lucia as she buttoned up her shirt, was at a loss and blankly stared with a dazed expression.
She had the ability and status to get a better position without having to go through her.
Only she herself probably knew what that little princess was thinking.
Anne, who had suddenly introduced a big shot to the workplace where she was only working temporarily, could only stare at Lucia’s back as she left the faculty office, wondering where to start with this.
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