Chapter 72 – His and Her Tavern
“Let’s go now. Kitty.”
After walking for a bit, I looked back and saw Eclair looking at me without moving from her seat.
She gave me a small rebuttal, somehow resolving her eyes that shook mercilessly in embarrassment.
“Kitty…? A little… Isn’t it?”
“Why? It’s cute, it’s common. The daughter of the bakery I go to every time with Ricke must be Kitty, too?”
The white cat living in the alley was also named Kitty by Rike, but he buried it for now.
Anyway, isn’t it a great naming that will take your vigilance down a notch, regardless of the reason, just by listening to it?
“It’s a cute name, so it’s obvious because it’s a pseudonym…! At least mention a name that suits your image even a little bit.”
“It goes well, but it’s tricky…”
Just before, you said you wouldn’t be picky.
Éclair let out a heavy breath, probably thinking that I was joking.
“…Roman. I understand jokes to relieve tension when it comes to requests, but I want you to carry out this request especially seriously.”
I approached Eclair, who was staring at me.
“Even though I’m an adventurer who enjoys vulgar jokes in a tavern, I’m serious as long as I’m at work. I want to go back even for a second.”
“It’s not meant to be vulgar or anything like that.”
“I know-I know. If Kitty doesn’t like her, she’ll have to think about something else. I thought it was a good enough fit, but she can’t help it if she doesn’t like herself.”
“…”
About 10 seconds after that.
As if it was difficult to give a definite answer, she kept her silence, but turned her body by pressing the hood she was wearing.
Eclair, who had an appetite like a mother-in-law when choosing a pseudonym, thought it was a waste of time to think about it.
Kitira did not deny this further to her alias and headed for the entrance to Limno.
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At the entrance of Limno, round mirrors that screen out perception and disguise magic are placed all over the place, and all the people guarding the mirrors are there.
Even though I was hiding my face like this, I was embarrassed to know that it was the first time I could enter the area safely.
Even the slums and back alleys of the empire would be more wary of new people than this.
“Yeah!”
I couldn’t help but marvel at the primitive bare face of Limno that I faced after passing through the entrance.
In the Harun Empire, which is human-first, the beasts who are hard to meet are seen first.
There are also minorities who can be seen one or two among the crowded crowd.
Dwarves, elves, dragons, etc.
It was a strange neighborhood where human species like us were less than half.
Judging from the eyes, it seems that there are the most beasts that far surpass humans in fertility.
-Huh!
-Don’t touch the tail!
-Today, the three of us-.
Is it the time of day when the sun goes down, is it the city of Limno, or is this normal?
There was also a significant group of people enjoying obscene skinship in every corner of the alley.
Rather, as if enjoying the gaze of others, he exhales excitedly and rolls his eyes here and there.
It was more impressive that the passers-by had no interest in their affectionate acts.
‘An animal demon… It’s definitely murderous. Where can I not dig with a headband?’
Looking at the pricked ears of the beastmen everywhere, a strange delusion of what it would be like if Rike had animal ears dominated his head.
To me, animal ears are murder…
“Roman! Don’t stay idly. Move.”
Éclair, like a racehorse, fixed his gaze straight ahead and began to stride.
“Kitty? Even if you don’t sleep, you should have a base to assemble if there’s a problem. Kitty.”
“…Don’t name it twice unnecessarily! I was thinking about it anyway.”
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Limno’s lodgings are saturated every day as they are betting crazy prices, which is a gut trade itself.
The guests for gambling are spread out as much as the sand on the floor, but the number of rooms is limited.
The streets of the entertainment city are openly dangerous.
It is said that it is essential to secure a space where you can sleep even if you do not eat rice for gambling.
That’s all.
There are also plenty of customers who relieve their own castle walls that they have been hiding by robbing them of all their money.
Even if you buy an opponent in the village, depending on the play, there are shops that you can enjoy by calling them to your room, so Limno’s accommodation is always collecting money.
Even if you know about the connection business that is openly ripped off.
‘It’s all a lie.’
In order to suck up the side without missing even a little bit of honeydew, there is a space next to the counter where you can lend money with a pawnshop and a ‘low interest rate’ sign hanging up.
Looking at the intelligent bodies standing in line with eyes full of dark circles, their future is clear.
‘He’s openly printing slaves.’
In Limno, where slavery is legal, there are better ways to produce slaves all around.
The counter of the inn and the stairs leading up to the floor are full of advertisements for slave auctions, red light districts, and gambling halls.
Leave the eclair behind and go up the stairs. After checking the lake, I turned the key and pushed the door.
Queek, Queek Geek-!
“Why don’t you pay that expensive price and not even oil the door…”
We managed to find the one remaining room and landed.
Like Eclair, I also had no intention of sleeping while I was in Limno, so he looked around for cheap lodgings that were barely visible.
An accommodation that stands out for its insincerity, with no beds and loosely folded bedding on the wooden floor.
“Shall we go right away, Kitty?”
“Ki…! Haa… Let’s start with the explanation. Sit down.”
She took out a wad of paper other than the montage from her pocket and began laying them out on the floor.
It is extremely inefficient to stab Rimno blindly to find Cutler Duo.
There are two places that you need to move and see right away.
A store where traitors return their weapons and enter, but they often appear regularly, or a store where they freely enter and exit without returning their weapons.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m going to go to the store where I return the weapon first.”
“The reason is?”
“Destroying Cutler Duer is the most important goal, but he did not escape alone, but with his knights.”
With words, she sorted out some papers on the floor and handed them to me.
“This is one of the speculations of the upper echelons, but… Cutler Dewar, due to his personality, would have assumed it even when the rebellion failed. It seems that Limno had a link to aid the rebellion from the beginning, so he did not settle down with the party.”
“If possible, let’s catch all the members of the Knights and all the collaborators. That’s it.”
Eclair expresses her affirmation.
I turned over the papers with the candidates written on them one by one and put them in my eyes.
“At the very least, Cutler Duo’s treatment… Up to a collaborator. The remnant’s treatment is not included in the request, so if found, I will handle it alone.”
“It’s okay. Let’s do it together and clean it up quickly.”
Now, I feel that Eclair’s businesslike attitude is an effort and attitude that gently smooths over her own situation.
“Thank you. I will definitely suggest additional compensation for your help.”
“You can do whatever you want. Even if you run into them, you’re not going to kill them, right?”
“I want to secure the location of the main characters in advance. I want to grab the blade and wipe it out at once. If I erase them one by one, no matter how quiet it is, it’s easy to get suspicious.”
“It’s nice because it’s clean. First of all, let’s have dinner here and start stabbing at the tavern.”
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The first destination we decided on in Limno was a tavern called [Golden Honey].
Before entering, I left the sword worn by Eclair with the guard standing at the entrance and went inside.
-Added tempura set here!
-Do you have a kid who wants to play blackjack for drinks?
Haha!! Mare! How are you with me today! Didn’t you feel it when you were with this guy yesterday?
It was a noisy atmosphere reminiscent of the late night adventurer’s guild.
However!
Apart from the familiar atmosphere of the overwhelming male ratio, there was an incomparable difference from an ordinary tavern.
A nightly stage taking place in the center of the tavern?
It was a device that the adventurers of the empire would envy while squeezing bloody tears, but there was something else that was more mysterious.
“Elf?”
“…Elf-kun.”
People taking orders and serving.
All the figures dancing there were elves with pointy ears.
It wasn’t that there were no female customers in the tavern just because there were only elves. A small number of female customers were openly stricken with sexual desire when they saw the elf.
The greed-stricken momentum that would at least cut the branches of the World Tree with scissors.
I stood there for a while to be guided to a seat, and a person came running from a distance.
“Sorry I’m late! Are there two of you? Or do you have more people?”
“This is the end of the two of us. I don’t smoke, so it would be nice to have some distance from smokers.”
“Okay! If you’re new to our restaurant, how about the elves’ stage? There’s a separate fee for nearby seats, but no customer regrets it.”
The waitress smiled brightly as she pointed to the stage where an elf in a see-through dance costume was exiting.
“Not sure yet? I’ll call you if I have an idea.”
“Okay~ Please follow me.”
Guided by the dark elf, we took a seat in the corner and opened the crisp menu.
Tup-
“What’s up?”
This might be a strong stimulus to the knight who has been producing only bloodshed with a knife.
On one page of the menu board, there were explicit prices for many things to do with elves.
I even put a picture as an example, so it was so naked that there was no shame, and I laughed because it was absurd.
“Mmm-“
Éclair frowned at his eyes with a slightly red face, perhaps taken aback by the unexpected development.
Seeing her like that, she wanted to tease her once, but she called her thinking that she should refrain from her pranks.
“Kitty- Let’s start by ordering the dishes. If you look at the back page, they also sell regular meal menus.”
“I have enough of bread and corn soup.”
“What about alcohol?”
Seeing him quietly shake his head from side to side, I called the waiter and ordered food.
‘I don’t have to wait to see the store management…’
Until the food was served, I also observed the interior and watched the passing elves.
Like the Elves, who are called the race of beauty, their faces are pretty without any angular spots…
That was all.
Where would a human who drank unicorn blood go in a building that looked like a brothel?
Éclair, who was sipping water while looking at her eyes, tapped the table and cleared her throat, drawing my attention.
“Roman… You don’t seem to have any interest in the elf? Is it because of the young lady?”
It was a sharp question that did not suit ‘Kitty’.
