Vol 7 Chapter 113 (2/2)

『Lyle, you don’t have to do anything Don’t try to sy, just earnestly listen to what she has to say』

So I listened to her story

“All of your partytoo deeply into it, but that sort of party is quite rare A large portion of theo for ones out of the trade And for Beim’s adventurers, many choose the harlots as their partners”

I knew there were many a adventurer who didn’t look at coworkers as ht courtesans would be the first they’d turn to

(I thought it would be the receptionists or normal residents for sure)

“Well, Beim’s ‘entertaine of daughters sold off cheaply by parents of some far off land I was the same On year with little harvest, the monsters attacked, and they needed money no matter what”

With apologetic senti…

“U able to earn…”

She shook her head, and gazed at me in all seriousness

“Ae number who’ve passed It’s not that they eak, I heard it truly was a lack of luck To be able to safely earn money, you have to overcos to be found Education was a necessity, they said, so etiquette, reading, writing and calculations were hammered into my head over my first two years”

From the Jewel, the sixth let out his voice

『Hht off by quite a decent shop there』

For soeable in the field I didn’t want to pry into it now, si woman’s words

“Even if you try to stay quiet, Beie hits a certain point, then work in the business becoular custo Of course, if you really hate it, you’re able to refuse”

And since she didn’t thatto the chief, is it?

“He’s a kind person I think I was lucky”

After looking at the chief, she returned her gaze to me, and smiled

“That was quite a long preface What I really want to say is in regards to your party, Lyle-san”

“Mine?”

I tilted ave a wry smile

“How should I put this… bothbut pretty words Lyle-san, your face is decent, and you see to suffer for that, so let ive you some advice You’ve helped my husband quite a bit, so you may think it a reward of sorts”

I do think I’h some troubles at present

No, rather than that… there are tih tensions causingthem to follow my lead… yeah, that’s my fault

But it’s not like

I straightened my posture, and she instructed me

“Are you listening? Please think that the sirl a present, and it’s best you assume everyone will know about it next you check Your party members are, no matter how you look at it, quite conscious of you You’re being watched quite a bit, you know”

I gulped down so watched

“I’ll be quite blunt here, but do you have ‘relations’ with all of them?”

I gave an immediate response

“None But I’ve kissed… three”

(First was Monica, then Novem… wait, there was another Monica after that, and finally while in quilin forht?)

She looked at me and shook her head

“Are you looking to be stabbed?”

“Stabbed!? No, but that much is…”

When I thought about that, Aria and Miranda’s faces surfaced in my mind

“If you make a move once, then it’ll be troublesome if you don’t deal with the other members It’s fine if it just causes thee, it’s possible for your coo at one another’s throats after all”

I’ve heard about it before I thought, as I began worrying over how to counteract the calamity to come down on my body

(Huh? But they’reeven after I announced oal, so won’t it work out?)

Is what I thought, but I recalled the tense relations of Novem and Miranda

“If it’s impossible to make it clear, then I recommend you think of a way to deal with the proble explodes”

“D-deal with…!? No, that sort of thing is…”

My face reddened, causing her to laugh to herself

“You sure are an earnest one But It really will be dangerous if you don’t take some countermeasures I’ve seen love turn to hatred plenty a time Lyle-san, you should make sure it doesn’t come down to that”

In an expression as serious I could ain

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Theof the next day

We had coe

Since the Gray Wolf and quilin problem had been handled, all that was left hat to do to the three boys

Before we departed, the chief had, with a pained expression froover, explained the likely situation

(So forced servitude for two years followed up by exile… I’ve heard of slavery, but coeable)

I knew it existed in itself, but I dom didn’t have such a system, so I didn’t knoorked in depth

So as not to let the over the boys quite carefully

I opened the door of Porter’s loading tray, sat doith s out the entrance, and stared blankly into space

The reason being that Porter’s insides were quite lively

I wanted to flee to the roof, but the ones currently on watch up there were Noveame

I didn’t want to approach

Our new recruit May was fighting with Monica

“Cheapskate! Let me eat more!”

“Quiet down, you beast! That is the chicken dickwad’s lunch you’re eying!”

But in regards to the maid, May didn’t back down at all

“Isn’t it unfair to have only one person receive special treatment?”

Monica scoffed But with a basket in one hand, and the other hand pushi+ng back May’s head, the action wasn’t much of a definite one

“Hah! Just make do with his leftover scraps You don’t hear anyone else co”

Well of course not

I mean, even if they were different, their contents were pretty much the same

But the one who didn’t stay silent was Shannon

“Hey wait a minute! If you eat those, then Lyle’s dessert won’t circle around to me!”

Hearing that, Monica…

“dairl! So you were also a vulture after the Chicken dickwad’s lunch!? I won’t forgive it! This is the meal I’ve specially balanced and optimized to the superb ratio for that Goddamn chicken! ”

May

“Yeah, that’s fine and all, so hand it over It’s all the same after it’s eaten!”

Monica yelled out

“It ain’t lunch yet! Just how !?”

Eva was recording various things on her memo pad Perhaps so quite seriously

Clara had to deal with Porter’s , so she was stuck in the prickly air up top

And within that, Aria sat to my side

“It’s getting quite noisy How about you do so about it, leader?”

With those words fro around Porter’s insides

(Porter, you sure were made durable)

Was my impression of it all

And wait, I really don’t want to be involved in that

If I put my mouth in, I’m quite certain it will only fan the flames

What the Fifth had said… leave it be But the chief’s wife toldtrack of what I should do

“I think they’re justoff some steam over there”

With ht hand, Monica equipped a drill on her left to threaten May and Shannon

They were both cooperating to try and nab my lunch

“Moderate? That is? I… see…”

We had gotten a new member, but May had already fit herself in

Everyone already knew of how she was a quilin And May’s reason for joining was just left at a debt to be repaid to my ancestors

Imy seed

“What?”

Aria looked like she wanted to say so

“Well take it as you will, but you sure do go about e ones into your co lineup here”

Definitely, the quilin May and Automaton Monica were a novelty

And the rest of thee adventurer, had more than an idiosyncrasy or two

“I’ure out how it came to this”

That was my true and honest sentiment