Chapter 265 – 22. Warrior’s Party – Blackened Mint (1)
[Hero’s Party – Black Mint]
The city was full of life.
Valdes was amazed at how many mercenaries and merchants overflowed with monsters. It was an atmosphere that I couldn’t go on for a few years, but the lively feeling reminded me of my days as a mercenary before becoming a warrior when I was Pedro, so I felt new.
It was even more so because of the situation they were in now.
“Where should I get the inn?”
Yuri asked his party with eyes filled with anticipation.
“Isn’t the largest inn good too?”
“No. There will be a commotion on the first floor every two days.”
“That’s right. The clean appearance and the right size are the best.”
“As expected, Valdes knows something!”
After Valdes and Sasha exchanged tikitaka, the party decided to go around the outskirts and find an inn.
There may be a market in the city, and maybe even a nobleman, but the reason why the warrior party was holding an inn was simple.
It was because of a suggestion that Yuri suddenly thought of before entering the city.
“How about going in without revealing that you are our warrior?”
“What?”
“Yuri. What’s that all of a sudden…”
“Don’t you think it would be fun? There must be a lot of mercenaries like that. Let’s pretend to be mercenaries. There are Sasha, Valdez, and Vilma who will be good instructors.”
Going into the city like other mercenaries without revealing the hero right away.
If only one of the two warriors had said that, opinions would have been divided, but Jinhyeok agreed with Yuri’s words. It wasn’t just because he was his older sister her, he was also interested in what she said.
He is living as a warrior all day long in a fantasy world he longs for, but his short-lived deviation and play his made people’s hearts excited. The mercenary here was very different from what the two expected, but it was clearly different to hear it with your ears and experience it yourself.
“I think it’s good.”
“Haa, even Jinhyeok…”
In the end, with everyone in favor except for one objection and one abstention, the warriors entered the city imitating mercenaries.
The mercenary plaque was modeled after the one Valdes and Sasha had, and Vilma and Yuri used magic to process the tree.
Jinhyeok and Yuri were worried at first, saying that it was identity forgery, but they were disappointed when they heard that the mercenary guild was at best a local industry and there was no anti-counterfeiting measure in the mercenary troupe.
The purpose of the mercenary plaque was to leave it along with money when entering the city, and to cause an accident and not get it back and to be kicked out. For this reason, one pair was issued per person.
“It’s very different from what we expected.”
“So.”
Jin-hyeok excitedly shared her story with her on a topic that she only shared with Yuri after a long time.
And Valdes and Sasha looked around the city and looked at the atmosphere of this place.
“What do you think?”
“It’s better than I thought. Still, it hasn’t been long since it’s grown to the size of a city, so there doesn’t seem to be much conflict.”
“That’s right. I thought that too. I guess the mayor is an aristocrat? That’s a bit of a title.”
“When I came in, the guards were also very disciplined.”
There are many mercenaries famous for being tough and tough in the city. Even so, there are few mercenaries who want to fight each other. This is most likely because if you get caught wrongly by the guards, you will be kicked out of the city and fined heavily.
If you do tough things to make money and pretend to be strong, but if you pay a fine and get kicked out of your job for just doing that, that’s an idiot, and there won’t be such an idiot. Of course, everyone knows how to get away with it.
“What do you think, Fiora?”
“I’ll look into it a bit and if the mayor is really a noble… I’ll have to apologize in an official letter later.”
“As expected.”
Sasha looked at Fiora as if suffering.
While mercenaries are known for being tough and rough and live on momentum, nobles are dirty and fussy and live on pride and honor. If a party of warriors passed through the city under his rule her, and they secretly stayed there without saying a word and then passed by, they would consider themselves to be disrespectful.
I didn’t do banking, and I went to see the faces of nobles in all other areas. However, if he just passed this place, the nobleman would be ridiculed and half-outcast in the social world. Even if that person gets angry, the cause is sufficient.
“Um, did you agree for nothing?”
“No. It’s not bad to experience something like this once.”
“Isn’t it? Looking at it, both of them seem to have a little bit of expectations about mercenaries.”
“How hard is that?”
“I have to make you realize the reality.”
The three of them nodded and glanced at the twin warriors chatting behind them.
Meanwhile, Valdez had other thoughts.
I wonder if Yuri’s expectations for a mercenary will come true. Jinhyeok really seemed to think of mercenaries as a group of lonely solvers or hidden talents on the continent.
Despite being disappointed by asking Valdes and Sasha about this, they were unable to completely dispel their expectations. It was all the more so because two of the party were former mercenaries and their skills were such that they could be called warriors.
I don’t know what it would be like now, but it seemed like I was dreaming of a female mercenary who was rough-mouthed and easy-going, but was soft and virginal on the inside. Sasha was an unusual case, but it was such a ridiculous case that there was only one or two on the continent.
“It’ll be pretty fun though.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah. I was an orphan myself, but after being picked up by Luciano-sama, I’ve only lived there. I’m a little curious.”
Those were Fiora’s words.
As Sasha continued her conversation with her, she glanced at Valdes next to her.
‘It’s really strange….’
Obviously, Jinhyeok and Fiora did well again. By the time she met Fiora with her warriors, Jinhyeok and Fiora had already had a bad relationship, so I don’t know how it was before, but it was clear that the two of them were closer than the first time.
In other words, the two actually started dating again.
As if to prove that, Valdes and Fiora did not secretly disappear and engage in secret sexual activity, but there were not one or two strange things.
‘Why are the two of you so indifferent? Were you both just playing with fire?’
First of all, the two of them are so calm. It’s like we were just close friends from the beginning. It’s hard to believe that a woman went to her ex her and broke up with her while they were dating. In fact, it was like playing with fire, both pursuing each other’s bodies, or were both of them extremely cool.
‘It’s all nonsense. For that reason, Fiora’s expression and eyes her toward Valdes are inexplicable. Fiora wouldn’t have suffered because of Jinhyeok.’
It was one of the reasons Sasha hadn’t been able to confront Valdez until now.
She is worried about an unexpected situation, so she is unable to move with unresolved questions. Here, Valdez’s appearance in her, which seems to have become closer to Yuri, also contributed to her.
“It’s difficult…”
“Huh? What?”
Valdez reacted to the self-talk that sprung out involuntarily. Shocked Sasha shook her head.
“It’s nothing. Nothing.”
“Really? But if it’s something important, don’t worry alone. At least tell me about it secretly.”
“…”
“It’s between us.”
‘What’s between us!’
Pressing down on the desire to shout like that, Sasha rolled her eyes. She didn’t even know a woman’s heart and kept being friendly like that.
‘Is Sasha worried? I’m worried….’
Of course, the relationship between us, as Valdes said, was between father and daughter. There were many problems with her real father and daughter her, and it was very difficult for Sasha to accept, but at least Valdez thought of her as her daughter her. After all, he is a child born from the seed of his previous life his, Pedro.
At one point, I wondered if the emotions she was showing were those of a man and a woman, but unexpectedly, Sasha was quiet. Thanks to this, Valdes was relieved, but at times he shuddered at the complex expressions and eyes he saw.
“Oh, that would be nice.”
“Hey? The name…”
“The deer inn that came down from the mountain. The name isn’t bad either.”
‘Is it?’
After the inn was decided and he went inside, he saw a number of mercenaries having a meal. Most of them were male, but unexpectedly, there were quite a few female mercenaries, as Sasha said, it seemed like a good inn.
Upon the appearance of the party of warriors, people’s eyes immediately gathered on them. It was because they were all handsome and beautiful, and their clothes were neat, so it was because they had a strong feeling that they were nomadic nobles or knights rather than mercenaries.
“Isn’t there only one place to stay at an inn?”
“No. An inn is also an inn, but rice and alcohol pay well, so there’s no reason to do just one.”
“Ah, that’s right.”
“Even if you choose one or the other later, you’re going to try both.”
While the conversation was going back and forth, Jinhyeok, who was at the forefront, was engulfed in a strange atmosphere and made a mistake.
“Seven single rooms.”
“Single room?”
“Isn’t there?”
“No, it’s not like there isn’t… I get it.”
Sasha, who belatedly discovered that Jinhyeok was receiving the key to the single room, slapped my forehead and muttered that I had made a mistake because I wanted to regret it.
“Huh? What’s wrong?”
“Usually mercenaries don’t use single rooms. It’s expensive.”
“Well….”
“It means that you can look like a wealthy hukou. Besides, we only have 5 pretty girls.”
“…”
Sasha already foresaw the difficult situations ahead.
If there are really rich hukou, taking their money and running away is also a way. Of course not in the city. You can hit the jackpot if you wait until they go outside and run after them and steal the money.
You don’t have to wait, you can lure them to a back alley in the city and kill them to silence them. The city is where dozens of missing people come out each year. Moreover, foreigners. Who cares about them
“Even if it wasn’t, there would be a lot of controversy.”
“Ugh! That… I’m sorry.”
“Ha, no. We should have told you beforehand.”
“Yes. It was so natural that I was caught off guard.”
“Haha…”
Jinhyeok laughed awkwardly at Valdez’s praise, not praise. Anyway, it was something I needed to be a little more careful about. They weren’t weak, and even if dozens of mercenaries flocked to them, they were strong enough to compete against each other, so there was no need to panic.
“But if possible, let’s not go around with only women. It’ll be a hassle.”
“It would be nice.”
After talking in Jinhyeok’s room, the party received a key and headed to the single room assigned to each person.
It was quite large for an inn clean and tucked away. Thanks to this, there were 10 single rooms, and seven of them were occupied by them. Two of the remaining three also had owners, and there were almost no vacancies, so it seemed like an inn with good business in the city.
“Certainly Sasha has eyes to see the inn.”
“Hehe, then!”
The party of warriors gathered on the first floor and started eating lightly.
It was a very late lunch, so everyone was hungry. I did a simple snack with jerky in the middle, but it doesn’t compare to a proper meal.
The inn’s meal was quite good. Both the soup and the bread were satisfying, and the meat wasn’t too tough, so there was nothing lacking in their taste buds.
However, there is no way everything will go smoothly.
“Hey, why are there so many pretty people here?”
“…”
A mercenary who started drinking early in the evening started a fight.
