## Chapter 288 – (9)
“Shit, shit…”
Harsh curses spilled from Silver’s mouth.
She looked like she was about to explode any second, but she was holding it in well.
I whispered softly next to Silver.
“Hold on, your turn will come soon.”
“Hoo…”
She breathed roughly at my words, enduring.
Hoyden’s ex-wife.
That is, the woman who was Ayla’s first assassination target was a beastkin hater.
Those traces remained intact in this mansion.
In the form of tail collecting.
Walking through the mansion’s hallway, various beastkin species’ tails were occasionally displayed.
At first glance, they seemed like mere animal tails, but sometimes, human skin was attached to the part where the tail began.
“Th-this, I’m sorry… These traces of my ex-wife haven’t been cleaned up yet… I didn’t expect you to bring a beastkin…”
Hoyden, being a merchant, was quick on the uptake and began to rattle off excuses.
I didn’t know if Silver would be convinced by such words.
We were led to a large reception room.
From the table and sofa to the chandelier hanging overhead.
Everywhere was filled with splendor.
It seemed like a place specifically for welcoming VIPs.
And that was us now.
Hoyden rubbed his hands together and said.
“So… shall we talk about the deal?”
“Talking is good. But, it’s a bit overwhelming.”
I glanced at the soldiers stationed in one corner of the room.
There were many soldiers in this room right now.
From Hoyden’s guards, who looked quite skilled, to the two soldiers who seemed to be guarding the room itself.
Not only in this room, but even when walking inside the mansion, a new soldier could be seen almost every five steps.
“Haha, since I’m a merchant, security is important, and…”
Hoyden’s gaze turned to Ayla.
“There was also the assassination attempt on my ex-wife.”
“…”
Ayla remained silent and stared at the soldiers.
With such an incident, it was natural for security to be strengthened.
“Tsk… It’s hard to negotiate like this.”
“Don’t worry, these guys are tight-lipped! Even if you sell Ayla, we’ll keep it strictly confidential.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Huh?”
“I never said I was selling Ayla?”
A deep wrinkle formed on Hoyden’s brow.
Then he slowly asked again.
“You didn’t come here to sell Ayla?”
“Nope?”
Gritting.
The expression that had been beaming until just now twisted.
“Are you serious?”
Hoyden was quite an impatient man.
When Hoyden flicked his fingers, the soldiers in the room crowded around the sofa.
It was as if he was trying to intimidate us.
But of course, this level of pressure didn’t affect me at all.
“You should always listen to what people have to say until the end, Hoyden.”
“If you’re not here to sell Ayla, there’s nothing more to hear.”
I looked around at the soldiers and chuckled.
“You’ll regret it.”
“You’re the one who will regret it.”
“It can’t be helped then.”
I also flicked my fingers.
To be exact, I tapped Silver’s cheek, who was sitting next to me.
It was a soft cheek.
“Just one person.”
“Hoo. Finally.”
Silver stood up from her seat as if she was finally moving, and stood in front of the approaching soldier.
Her movements were light, as if the moment to release her boiling anger had come.
A soldier wearing armor and weapons versus a frail beastkin woman.
It was a scene that painted a terrible future.
“Kill that beastkin bitch!”
Hoyden shouted, as if to set an example.
Then, the soldier thrust his spear at the girl in front of him.
Whoosh!
Swish.
Silver lightly twisted her waist to the side, dodging the quickly thrust spear.
Tap tap!
Then, she grabbed the spear shaft and quickly closed the distance.
The panicked soldier tried to pull the spear back with all his might, but—
“Ugh?!”
It didn’t budge.
“What strength…!”
He might have ignored her because of her frail arms, but Silver is a wolf beastkin.
Her strength was different from ordinary humans.
Silver’s strength, having been a knight for a long time, was incomparable to ordinary soldiers.
Grasp.
Silver grabbed the soldier’s helmet with her other hand.
Then, she lowered her body as it was—
Bang!
She slammed the soldier into the floor with his helmet on.
A crushed helmet and an unmoving soldier.
The fight was over in an instant.
The other soldiers stood frozen as if they had turned to stone at the violent sight.
Hoyden also opened his mouth, staring at the scene with a dumbfounded expression.
“…Leave that beastkin woman alone, and get this guy…!”
One soldier gave up on Silver and raised his spear towards me.
I just stared intently at that soldier.
Lightly filled with killing intent.
“…U-Uaaagh…!”
The soldier trembled with the hand holding the spear, and stepped back.
Then, he stumbled and fell spectacularly against the furniture behind him.
It seems like he hired a lot of soldiers.
But whether he was obsessed with numbers, their level wasn’t that high.
Hoyden looked at the fallen soldier with a dumbfounded expression, looking dismayed.
I smiled and spoke to Hoyden again.
“How about it? Do you feel like talking about the deal again?”
The momentum had shifted to our side.
Hoyden already knew it too.
Two soldiers incapacitated, and Silver’s martial arts skills at a high level.
Moreover, Ayla, who was an assassin, hadn’t even moved yet.
Threats or pressure through force were no longer effective.
Rather, he now had to worry about his own safety.
“…What do you want to trade…”
He asked again with a more polite attitude.
“A viewing ticket.”
“Viewing…?”
I gestured to Hoyden.
Hoyden moved closer, and I whispered in his ear.
“Let me let you watch what I do with Ayla.”
“…I-Ick!”
Hoyden jumped up as soon as he heard that story.
I nonchalantly leaned back on the sofa and wrapped my arm around Ayla’s shoulder.
And pulled her in.
Ayla was flustered, but did not resist the touch.
Her cheeks were slightly flushed.
Hoyden reacted to that.
“…W-what’s the relationship between you two!”
“Master and servant.”
Saying that, I kissed Ayla.
As my face naturally approached, Ayla overlapped her face with mine without being told in advance.
Such a natural movement.
It showed that this wasn’t the first time.
Hoyden’s eyes shook.
His face, filled with anger and embarrassment, quickly turned red as if it would burst.
“How is it?”
I slowly turned Ayla’s face and showed it to Hoyden.
Then Hoyden made a flustered expression instead of anger.
“…What…”
Ayla’s face, which had always had the same expression, changed in an instant.
Her eyes were half open, and the corners of her eyes were lowered.
But she quickly returned to her original expression.
The expression she had briefly made was not that of an assassin, but of a woman.
“How…?
Hoyden seemed surprised.
He couldn’t believe that Ayla, who had been trained as an assassin, would make such an expression.
“How about it, will you buy it?”
I asked again about his intention to purchase the viewing ticket.
“Why, why would you think I would buy something like that!”
“If you don’t want to, then forget it.”
“…Keuk…”
At those words, Hoyden bit his lip tightly.
He wouldn’t be able to resist.
A man’s lust is stronger than pride or money.
He would want to see Ayla’s expression from earlier and the scene of Ayla having a relationship.
Moreover, the fact that he would never be able to see it again if he didn’t accept this deal was making Hoyden hesitate.
“…Everyone, get out.”
“You thought well.”
The soldiers glanced at Hoyden and then started to leave the room.
The two fallen soldiers were also dragged out together.
“…How much do you want?”
“First, Ayla’s comrades.”
“That was a bluff.”
Gritting.
Ayla bit her teeth tightly.
At the same time, she was relieved that her comrades had not been bought.
“Then, a thousand gold coins.”
“A, a thousand gold coins?! That’s enough money to buy dozens of slaves… Just to watch from the side, such a price…!”
“You don’t want to?”
“…Kuek…”
Hoyden shouted as if he was wronged, but he didn’t seem to have any intention of stopping now.
Whether a thousand gold coins was a lot of money, he couldn’t prepare the gold coins right away, so he decided to pay with 500 gold coins, jewels, and goods.
There was no need to worry about the process of checking whether the jewels and goods were worth that much.
All I had to do was receive them until the quest was completed.
“…Do I really have to do it in front of that man?”
“You don’t want to?”
“Of course I don’t want to. Doing it in front of someone else… But—”
Ayla glanced at Hoyden and nodded.
“If it’s a thousand gold coins just to show it…”
After finishing the whisper, I told Hoyden to guide us to the bedroom.
Hoyden frowned, but guided us to the bedroom.
Even in that process, the soldiers did not follow us.
On the bed, Ayla and I slowly took our places.
“It’s worth a thousand gold coins, so watch carefully.”
“…Kueueuek!”
Hoyden gritted his teeth while looking at us.
Whether he wanted to see it from closer, he gradually got closer to the bed.
“Stop.”
Silver blocked Hoyden.
It was only a viewing after all.
Excessive approach was prohibited.
I slowly grabbed Ayla and lowered her dress.
I slowly caressed Ayla’s white skin.
Ayla, who had been somewhat stiff at the touch, slowly turned her gaze to me.
As if there was no one around, she began to focus only on my touch.
“I paid a lot of money, so should I tell you a little bit?”
“What…”
Hoyden, who was distracted by Ayla’s skin, asked in a weak voice.
Looking at his expression, he seemed to be half-possessed already.
“How to arouse a woman.”
