## Chapter 398 – Unintentional Intent (18)
Hye-ryung had obtained a new face, albeit temporarily, that of Yui.
And Yui, using Nemea to disguise herself as a female lawmaker from Chaoxing who worked with her, walked alongside her inside the outpost.
“Remember what we practiced, okay?”
“Don’t worry.
I won’t make any mistakes.
More than that…”
It was fortunate that the disguise worked effectively because they were of the same race.
If they had tried to disguise themselves as someone from Barenheim or Groden, Nemea, no matter how versatile, probably wouldn’t have been able to change their inherent racial characteristics.
Thanks to the successful disguise, Hye-ryung found it much easier to move around compared to sneaking around as they had been doing. She confidently held her head high, bearing Yui’s face as she strode through the streets.
“Ugh… why me…”
“I’m sorry, Carla.
But you’ll help, right?”
Carla, walking beside them, seemed unable to adjust to Yui’s voice coming from a stranger’s face, and she let out a groan.
“What is going on…!
Are you really not going to tell me?”
“Later. I’ll tell you when the time is right.”
Eventually, Carla, pouting at Yui’s promise, gently reached out and took the hand of Hye-ryung, who wore Yui’s face.
“I’m only helping because Yui asked…!!”
“I know, so take it easy?
If you say that one more time…
I’ll make you live in the bathroom all day…”
“Eek…!! Yuiiii!!
She just said something scary!!”
“Carla?”
“A… alright…
Shall we go then…?”
A combination of two Chaoxing women and a Barenheim woman would normally be an odd sight.
Usually, people from Chaoxing were in charge of medicine, while those from Barenheim were in charge of engineering.
From a common-sense perspective, it wasn’t common for people from different backgrounds and fields to hang out together.
However, one thing was clear.
At least the fact that Yui and Carla were close was already known by many who had watched their lively interactions.
‘Carla seemed very excited after coming to the dungeon.
There must be several people who remember us.’
“C-Carla…?
Well, it seems like time is precious.
Shall we go to your brother right away…?”
“Ugh… not an unpleasant suggestion, Yui?
Brother is probably in the makeshift building he converted into a workshop by now?
But Yui is busy with medical duties, so you can go straight back to the tent, you know?”
Of course, Yui had to suppress the urge to rub her throbbing temples as she watched Hye-ryung and Carla exchange uncomfortable glances and forced smiles.
“Then I’ll slip away here.
Can you two go together from now on?”
“Yeah…!! Thank… you!! Lao Unni!!”
Currently, Yui was borrowing the face of another medical unit worker named ‘Lao.’
If she wandered around any longer and encountered the original owner of this face, the reaction from the other person, as well as the entire investigation team, would be obvious.
In the worst case, she could be treated as an accomplice related to the assassin who infiltrated the investigation team in disguise. Therefore, Yui, who had lent her face to Hye-ryung, needed to hide her movements as much as possible.
‘In the end, this is all I can do.
The rest is up to Carla and Hye-ryung somehow…’
The two girls walked forward, bickering subtly under the surface.
After parting ways with them, Yui glanced back at their retreating figures, then let out a worried sigh and started walking forward again.
‘Then where… should I hide now……’
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Vivian tossed the bundle of documents she was holding to the side, expressing her dissatisfaction with the list of new essential oils to be brought in.
She wore a sulky expression, then leaned her upper body slightly, as if wanting to be healed, and rested against the mass of tentacles wrapped around the back of the chair.
At least on the surface, she looked like an excellent madam to anyone. However, due to the incident during the Barenheim delegation’s visit, she had suffered unexpected losses, and her mood didn’t seem good.
Nevertheless, she didn’t openly express her feelings. Instead, she seemed to be enjoying the current leisure, where she could comfortably act spoiled with Enic.
“Do you think so?”
‘Maybe not? Vivian is amazing.
I thought maybe you could have done it.’
Vivian, leaning her head against the soft tentacles and looking down at the documents, felt the sensation of writing tickling her cheek. She blushed shyly and glanced at the tentacles.
“I wouldn’t say I’m amazing…
I’m just doing what I can.”
Vivian, with her head resting on the fluffy tentacles and looking down at the documents, felt the sensation of writing tickling her cheek. She blushed shyly and glanced at the tentacles.
“As I said before, if I could have, I would have made a move first.
But we have limitations as a business…
There’s no reason for a brothel to be involved in the Barenheim investigation team.”
‘Can’t you just make a reason?’
“If they were just riffraff who wanted to bring pleasure toys for a fun ‘trip,’ maybe.
Then we could have dispatched our people to use as ‘eyes.’
Maybe… I could have gone in myself as a ‘toy.’”
As my tentacles subtly twisted at Vivian’s playful face, her eyes narrowed provocatively, Vivian smiled as if satisfied with my reaction.
Eventually, Vivian gently placed her hand on the tentacles, deliberately getting entangled in them, and burst into laughter.
‘But unfortunately, this time the other party is a nationally recognized, highly formal investigation team.
Probably no one can get in, and even if they did, they wouldn’t even look at them.
I think the limit was just having them visit Floraz in the middle.
Even the investigation team will need some rest time, no matter what.”
‘You saw it too, but I heard Yui went in with them…’
“I don’t want to sound like I’m belittling her, so I’ll say in advance that’s not what I mean…
But the position Yui is in is probably just a errand runner.
Bringing medicine when they ask for it to treat patients.
Or performing simple medical tasks instead of other experts.
Otherwise, there’s no way a mere student could push aside other experts and get into such a position.”
Vivian crossed and uncrossed her legs, then reached out to the side table, picked up another stack of documents, and leisurely flipped through them.
“Of course, even that would be a good experience for a public event.
I’m sure many people would want to be in that position, even if it’s just at the end.
Yui’s close friend, Carla’s family or relatives…
In this case, would it be Antonio von Sterben?
He must have been in a position to create this opportunity.
It’s like going to the capital because of a friend?”
‘Is that really it?’
“I’m also interested in that dungeon over there.
So I tried to get through to the Groden people who are most involved?
But the only personnel Groden is supporting are security personnel…
They’re cutting out anyone whose identity isn’t guaranteed.
So I was surprised when Ranie managed to get a position.
I didn’t expect her to secure a position through a Barenheim person…”
Just as Vivian, who was repeatedly expressing her admiration, was trying to convey her surprise to me, the door to the queen’s room opened with a knock on the root-made wooden door, and someone familiar appeared from there.
Vivian tilted her head with a questioning expression at the sight of someone smiling brightly in front of her.
“Vivian-nim? I have news.
The investigation is over.”
“Aurora. Is it finally over? What’s the result?”
“Deborah said that normal business operations can resume.
I’m glad it ended two days earlier than expected.
The indicators show that the losses are enormous.
This month’s revenue may drop to 60% of the usual.”
Thanks to Aurora, who brought the news that the long-felt suspension of business had been lifted, Vivian’s expression seemed to brighten.
After the emergency was declared in the lair due to the Floraz invasion incident, Aurora had been punished on the tentacle sofa for a while on charges of staging a coup(?).
As soon as she was released from the tentacle sofa, which only injected pleasure without emotion, she rushed to the main body’s tentacles and spent hours groaning and receiving the master’s ingredients(?), and immediately jumped back into the fierce business front, checking the status of Floraz again.
Perhaps it was from the loneliness of not being able to taste the sincere tentacles while her limbs were tied to the tentacle sofa for a while.
Now a little more docile, she was able to respond quickly to various problems by returning to the business front, but Vivian frowned at Aurora’s remarks that she could not help the immediate losses.
“There will be customers who are watching for a while and don’t come out.
It can’t be helped because they were caught up in an unnecessary incident.
First, let the customers know that Floraz is still standing.
If you need to set a budget for advertising, use it appropriately and just submit a report.”
“I’ll take care of it appropriately.
I think I can just use some of the operating expenses.
More than that… it looks like I’ll be busy again…”
Aurora, who was about to answer and turn around, hesitated and trailed off, looking back at Vivian with a look as if she wanted something.
Vivian, who noticed Aurora’s eyes, smiled and shook her hand.
“Okay. Take it easy today for tomorrow.
Tell the Henias who are on guard to come back slowly.
Let’s all enjoy a ‘feast’ today.
Tell the Elves that there will be a ‘prayer meeting.’”
Sometimes unpredictable, and this time quite cunning, Aurora.
However, Vivian, who was able to understand her behavior a little more properly due to this problem, seemed to learn how to use carrots rather than whips properly this time.
As soon as she announced that she would hold a ‘feast,’ a euphemism for a large-scale orgy party by Enic’s tentacles, and a ‘prayer meeting,’ a ritual for the elves to connect with the World Tree, Aurora’s expression brightened, and she bowed her head and left the queen’s room with light steps.
Like the story that culture creates a sense of belonging, as the number of people in the lair increases, the lair of Enic is also establishing its own culture, just like the cities of humans outside.
Whether it was to prepare for the ‘feast’ that would be held tonight, Vivian was shown putting down the documents she was reading, getting up from her seat, and walking towards the bed.
She walked with a seductive gait, swaying her hips, and then turned back slightly to look at the tentacles coiled like a snake on the back of the chair where she was still sitting.
Then, as if she was about to take off her clothes, she gently pinched and pulled the black, sticky skin of Nemea that she was wearing, and showed a bashful smile and a tantrum.
“I’ll show you the next one at the feast.
So now… uh-huh…!!”
‘I’ll have to look forward to later.’
Eventually, the tentacles that had been coiled and drooping were sucked into the hole in the ceiling, and the queen’s room became quiet.
There, only the rustling sound of Vivian rummaging through the closet, looking for new sexy underwear made of environmentally friendly pure cotton material that she had ambitiously prepared, filled with happiness and anticipation, could be heard.
And if either Vivian or I had known in advance what would happen that night, we probably wouldn’t have been doing such comfortable things.
While a love triangle was raging in the dungeon, an amazing thing was happening in the lair that probably no one had expected.
