Chapter 88 – [Porter] Groundwork
The first thing I did when I arrived at Aseila was the ground work.
First of all, from the accommodation.
It’s not difficult. I’m sure I’m the only one here who’s been to Aseila.
Anyway, it’s still here.
This vulgar smell that can be felt from the entrance of the city.
It is a smell that will never be forgotten by those who have set foot once.
I thought that was just the case before, but thinking about what Arin said, this feels a bit suspicious.
Maybe this smell is something like that, isn’t it because of the umma?
Hmmmara, I’ve only heard the name, to be honest, I don’t know.
All I know about umma is the vulgar jokes exchanged among the underdogs.
It’s bullshit that isn’t worth listening to, such as saying that it would be nice to tighten up with Emma and that it wouldn’t be that bad if you died with Emma.
I expected it before coming in, but as expected, starting with the hero, the fellow years were at a loss when they saw the people around them.
I’ve never had sex before… Ah, the warrior is no more.
It must be a rather embarrassing scene for honorary adas and virgins who have only had sex once.
To be honest, it seems a bit like that to me as well.
If you’re going to wear it like a fucking bitch, then only pretty bitches should wear it!
내가 뭘 잘못했다고 꼬추 새끼들이랑 못생긴 년들이 헐벗고 돌아다니는 걸 봐야하지?
This is torture in effect.
Widely!
“Go away.”
I almost kicked it without knowing because a bitch like meju was flirting, but fortunately Seria took care of it first before taking action.
After all, having a well-raised slave is reassuring.
The place where I arrived with slaves and prospective slaves was the lodging where I had been taken care of on previous visits.
It is a store that has some sort of partnership with the city’s largest strip show shop, ‘Thousand Faces’.
I don’t know these guys, but if you stay here, the shop usage fee will be cheaper.
Of course, I don’t intend to stay here simply because of that one thing.
After I stopped the Hero and the others outside for a while, I had a quick chat with the shopkeeper.
Well, I didn’t say anything.
Since we brought in a decent candidate, I want to ask the president to verify it.
That’s it.
This boss has a rather peculiar corner, and he personally sees and selects the dancers in the store.
As if he had a discerning eye different from others, he actually had a lot of talented dancers.
I bet on his eyes.
If he sees Arin and thinks he’s okay, he’ll propose a business on his own.
If not? Then find out something else.
After all, this is a night city.
There are not just one or two things that can seduce Arin.
The key is whether the innkeeper believes and relays what the stranger says.
Once the opinion is delivered, there is a certainty that it will be passed unconditionally.
It’s not a word, it’s that Arin.
It’s already more than enough to pass through with only the face and body.
After the innkeeper was bothered by the tea, I pulled out a magic tool that turned all negotiations in my favor.
“Hmmmm… Something like this… I don’t normally do things like this, but… Only this time.”
He glanced at his surroundings and stuffed his wad of money into his back pocket.
It’s a familiar skill, so I haven’t done it once or twice.
From the beginning of the partnership, the owner of the thousand faces must have wanted this.
First of all, if they select candidates from among women and send them up, he decides for himself.
In the meantime, it’s just a little bit of money back and forth. Well, you understand.
It would have been a waste if it was my money, but it doesn’t matter because it’s Seria’s money anyway.
Now I just have to wait for a reply.
The warrior party stayed at the inn without knowing anything.
Of course, he didn’t forget to sneakily introduce Arin to the owner.
When he saw Arin, he suddenly became active.
He seems to have some dark feelings, but even if he wakes up from death, he won’t taste Arin.
It seems that the hero’s party has decided to start another counter-inquiry like the last time.
There’s very little information you can find out by poking around at the bottom anyway, and to be honest, it’s a waste of time.
Of course, the more time they waste, the better it is for me, so I didn’t bother to tell them.
On the day they left for the first investigation, I, who remained at the inn, heard good news from the innkeeper.
“Okay, I told you the story. I even added that I specially recommend it, so I will probably go into verification first.”
“Hey, thank you for this.”
When I bent down to the point where I looked slightly servile, he cleared his throat as if he was feeling better.
“Hmmmm, what… It’s not particularly condescending, but if it goes well, that’s what… At least once in the back seat…”
“Oops, of course. If that bitch passed, wouldn’t it be because of Nari?”
Back seat.
As you can feel from the word, it is a kind of after-party that follows the performance.
It’s a great opportunity to be alone with a dancer who has shown everything to show, but there’s no need to tell you what to do with a man and a woman in a secret room.
Of course, this is not a privilege that everyone can enjoy.
Unless, of course, I turn away from her, I have no intention of giving her to another man to be her female slave.
First of all, you have to keep your mouth shut, and cut it off in an appropriate line.
“Hmmmm, yes, um… If the boss sees it and likes it, he will give you a business card. Looking at it, it looks like you have talent, but I think the boss will be happy with it.”
It is his guarantee that he has been doing this for a long time.
Although he’s a bit of a rotten human being, he’s not sitting here without any ability.
I eagerly waited for the right time to please him.
From the second day, I followed the party and waited for the meeting between the president and Arin, but the boss was nowhere to be seen, probably because the owner of the damn inn had hit a hole.
I waited one more day and tried to turn it over if it still didn’t come out, but on the third day, I saw a suspicious man following the hero’s party like me.
Was the second day just because you were busy?
I went after him as he was tailing the Hero group.
And in the prescribed order, he waited for the moment when he was cut off by the party and ran away, blocking his way.
“Ouch, what a surprise! What are you doing?”
“Nice to meet you, boss. Who I am is a colleague of that party member.”
He was about to say something, but he heard me and frowned.
“Stop talking nonsense and get out of the way.”
“How do you see her?”
He pushed me away and went on his way, but after hearing my words, he stood still and looked back at me.
“It was worth it.”
“Heh… Isn’t that a great talent? It’s my colleague, but I’m surprised to see it. It’s a bit more suitable for rocking one’s waist rather than for an adventure.”
“Did you wind him up? Unprecedented genius or what, it was noisy.”
Did the innkeeper say that?
It must have had quite a bit of pods.
“Doesn’t it look like that?”
“Hmm. I definitely have talent, but I want it only because I have no intention of doing it myself.”
Yeah, if I thought I was going to pass over here anyway, I wouldn’t even introduce myself in the first place.
What I want is a slave who is loyal to me, not a vulgar dancer who shakes her waist at strangers.
Dancers are nothing more than a job for her to cook for her.
“I’ll bring it. Go and make a schedule.”
Hearing my words, he looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“What do I believe in?”
“Then are you just going to give up?”
This man is a mistress that everyone in Aseila knows.
And at the same time, he is also a man with a huge greed for talent.
So he goes around picking out dancers himself.
Talented people, once eyed, do not give up easily.
“… I mean, it’s a business. There is no going back without trust.”
Then he suddenly started making his other noises.
To change the topic like this without openly denying it means that you have some kind of heart.
It’s just that you can’t believe me, so you brought up this topic.
“Will this be enough?”
I took a necklace out of his pocket and showed it to him.
“Isn’t it just a Dawn Bridge necklace? What is that… No, wait.”
What I took out was the necklace Luella had given me.
Just the right thing to get caught for blasphemy.
I showed it to him proudly.
“… Why are you showing me this?”
“If you don’t come, report it.”
When I spoke confidently, he seemed at a loss for words.
If this goes viral and the church gets caught, my life will be over from that day.
In other words, I am now risking my life to secure trust.
“No, what the hell is this…”
“Everything has a reason. So, how are you?”
He looked at me for a long time and then said in a tone that it was nothing.
“Did you know that I am friendly with the officials here?”
“I know you can’t lie and sneak away.”
At my words, he pondered for a moment.
“How long can I bring you?”
“It can be done tonight.”
“Good. Then do it.”
Whoa, this guy’s acting is no joke.
As soon as I go back, I’ll have to order Seria to bring her.
Anyway, I had a rough plan.
It’s time to change the method of inquiry, so you can use that as an excuse.
You can use the business card as bait to entice them to dig up information.
Arin won’t admit it, but since she seems to be secretly interested in it, she’ll come over on her own if she has a suitable excuse.
“You’re new, right?”
He was about to go back after the short contract was concluded, and he looked back at me and asked.
Didn’t he look like a rookie? I don’t know what she saw in her, but it’s not a bad sign.
There’s really no reason to ask this.
It’s because the style of the store is originally like that.
The dancers belonging to the face of a thousand are largely divided into two groups, one of which is veteran dancers who fly and crawl.
Of course, the show revolves around them.
But in the end, dancing like this gets boring after seeing it a few times.
It’s all the same there, and at some point, people are only interested in the back seat, leaving dancing behind.
So, the countermeasure that this man came up with is another class, fresh novice dancers.
A woman who doesn’t know much about the show.
A woman whose movements are awkward and shame lingers because she has not learned properly.
It started to sell such a fresh reaction.
What the result is, the seat this man is sitting on now proves it.
“Of course.”
Arin would be a perfect dancer for that.
Just for a while
***
After the party of warriors went back, I also moved quickly.
First, after conveying the situation to Seria, he persuaded Arin and led the hero party to split into two teams and investigate.
Seria voluntarily took on all these hardships.
I’ll have to give you a light reward later.
It was a pretty good idea for an idea that came out of nowhere.
Eric and Uni plan to investigate the lord, while Jagi and Arin investigate the church and store.
Maybe he would have done this without my order.
Anyway, it was good for me because it wasn’t a loss.
Then, after seeing that the two of them were moving as planned, they entered the store in advance and waited in the president’s office.
I don’t know if it was a matter of taste or management, but the office was located directly overlooking the stage.
While watching Arin’s performance, he exclaimed, “Whoa,” And later applauded and liked it.
“Yeah, that’s great! My eyes are not wrong, but yes!”
Seeing that he likes it, I feel proud that Arin’s value has been recognized.
The slave’s value is the master’s value.
Not yet a slave, but anyway.
He was happy and went out to greet Arin.
He was about to run away, but he suddenly grabbed the doorknob, looked at me, and grinned.
“Keuhehe, please take good care of me in the future. It’s a pity that it’s not exclusive, but it’s worth it for that woman.”
I smiled, saying, “I don’t need a pepper kid’s smile, but I can’t spit on a smiling face.”
“Just do as you promised.”
“Kuhh… Okay. I wish you well.”
Thud!
He shut the door and walked out.
Now, in a while, he will return here with Arin.
She will be embarrassed to see me.
But you will find out soon.
That I am her ally.
Isn’t it the friendship you forged for this day?
I intend to help her.
Okay. It’s good enough to block Arin’s ‘exclusive contract’.
It’s absurd that she’s caught on her feet by a store like hers.
But…
If she ever comes back here on her own feet, despite my blocking.
If Arin succumbs to the ordeal given by the goddess.
Arin said she broke what she said.
The dogma that she spit out with her own mouth, she herself is violating.
In that case, shouldn’t someone teach her the right doctrine?
A bitch who only talks needs someone like that who can teach her with actions.
Okay. A guy like me, for instance.
“Let’s go in and talk.”
Sigh.
The door opened and two men and women entered.
Arin, who came in with a bewildered expression, soon saw me and began to get tired of it.
Alright, here we go.
I said, acting as she tried to greet her with her slightly disappointed look on her face.
“Oh, I enjoyed the performance. Mr. Eri.”
“… Hee-ik.”
A thin scream escaped Arin’s mouth.
