557 I’m a minotaur! (2/2)
”…Why?”
”Because you're able to enter this location.”
”I don't understand what you mean.”
”This isn't a place where you should have originally been. But, you were able to enter, which means you have the right to join us.”
”…And if we don't wish to join you, what will happen?”
”We will help you to leave this place, and I think that we'll never meet again,” the dog-head girl mentioned casually.
Conversation options appeared in front of Seiji:
[A: I would like to join you.]
[B: I'm not interested in joining you.]
[C: I would like to learn more first.]
Seeing these three options, Seiji fell into silence.
He felt that these two individuals were highly likely to be from the Soul World faction, or related to it!
According to what the dog-head girl said, they weren't intending on getting others involved in this Inner World. However, he and Mika had entered this place, which meant to them for whatever reason that these two were interested in recruiting them.
Although it didn't sound like she was lying, it was difficult to tell. If he chose to join them, perhaps it would be some type of trap. If he chose not to join them, they might attack. Asking to know more might also cause them to attack.
All three options had some risk… Seiji first silently saved a file before he made his decision.
”I would like to know more so that I can make a more informed decision,” he stated in a serious tone.
”If you join us, you'll be asked to perform tasks for us for which you'll be paid appropriately. Failure may have some type of punishment, but also may not,” the dog-head girl explained. ”You can also refuse to do the tasks that you don't wish to do. However, you can't refuse every single one. All relevant information needs to be kept secret. There will be a punishment for revealing our secrets. The payment is quite excellent. The punishments are severe as well. The tasks are high-risk, high-reward… That's all I can tell you.”
”Only knowing this much isn't much different from not knowing anything at all.” Seiji expressed his dissatisfaction.
”I apologize, that's really all that I can tell you.”
”Dog-head girl… are you really being serious?” the minotaur boy asked in a low voice.
”Of course I'm being serious.” The dog-head girl looked at him. ”These two should be fine.”
”You're being too casual.”
”Please don't say that to a lady like me.”
”Lady…? Ha.”
”What could that laugh of yours possibly mean?”
The minotaur boy ignored her and looked back towards Seiji.
”The two of you are a couple, aren't you?” He insisted on continuing to ask this question.
”What if we are, and what if we aren't?”
”If you are, I'm going to attack you.”
Seiji was rendered speechless. Was this guy really a terrorist member of the FFF cult?
”Don't scare him, minotaur boy,” the dog-head girl told him.
”I'm not scaring him. I'm being serious.”
”That's even worse, then.”
”Relax, I'll only attack with the blunt side of my sword.”
”That's still going overboard.”
”Only by using my sword's blunt side will I be able to vent the rage in my heart.”
”You're too violent.”
The minotaur boy once again rose his head and spoke in an adamant tone, ”I'm a minotaur!”
The dog-head girl ignored him and turned towards Seiji again.
”I apologize for the antics of such an idiot.”
”It's fine… I'd like to ask, are there more people like you in your organization, or more people like Mister minotaur over here?”
”I don't know.”