Chapter 106 – The Black Hound (7)
“All in all, 3 silver coins and 9 large copper coins.”
“It’s old, check it out, lady.”
After receiving 4 silver coins from the head of the party of adventurers who picked up some medicines including a health potion and an antidote, Loxia presented a large coin she took out of her change bag.
Flicking it lightly with her finger and putting it in her pocket, the adventurer and her companions looked at her cute waitress happily, then gave her and Roden a short hello and left slowly from her potion shop.
“Haaaaa…”
Only then did Roxia breathe a sigh of relief as the store door closed and she watched her customers leave through the window.
ㅡ Questions and answers.
Then, with both hands, she gently touched her ass, which still had a tingling sensation, which had been overworked by her master’s palms until her guests arrived.
Standing by the window alongside Roxia and looking at the backs of the adventurers, Roden lightly touched the buttocks that her girl was rubbing and said.
“This innocent-looking employee was actually a pervert who walked away after being hit on her butt… Those guys can’t even imagine.”
“Eww… I’ve been punished enough, so please don’t say mean things anymore.”
“You shouldn’t have done anything wrong in the first place.”
Loxia has a stern and cute expression befitting her age.Laughing, Roden brought out her medicine bottle and cotton swab for her girl, who was still rubbing her butt.
“Roxia, can I apply some of this?”
“… Yes.”
She enjoyed the corporal punishment, but Roxya nodded her head obediently, as if the aftereffects of her butt tingling were not very pleasing.
Roden took her hand and walked slowly to her room.
Anyway, when a person arrives, the sound of bells resonates and can be heard throughout the house, so leaving the shop area for a while is not a big problem.
Roxia, who soon entered her room with her master, closed her curtains to prevent prying eyes from outside, then lay down on her bed, taking off her skirt and panties. Exposed her chubby buttocks.
‘I’ve lost my temper too much.’
Her cheeks, which Roden had slapped merrily a moment ago, had clear handprints engraved in several layers, to the point where she felt guilty.
To be honest, I was too absorbed in the middle.
When she thought about herself objectively, she was no longer in a position to unilaterally call Roxia a pervert.
Roden, who was agonizing for a moment thinking that she might have entered an irreversible path of pervert, smeared her medicine in the form of her ointment on a cotton swab.
“I’m going to apply it from now on, shouldn’t I feel it even as a medical practice?”
“I don’t feel it!!”
Oh, I’m angry.
Roden, who had gently comforted Roxia, who had abandoned her resentment, began to spread her ointment evenly over the girl’s buttocks, which were even redder than her face, which was flushed with shame.
“Eww…Hee hee…”
Roxia, who flinched at her body each time the medicine on her cotton swab smeared on her handprint, quietly buried her face in her pillow and received the treatment.
It’s much easier to consume a recovery potion than apply her medicine.
However, using a potion to this extent is like using a knife to kill a cow to catch a chicken, and to prevent scarring caused by abrasions or burns, ointment-type medicine is even better.
As an aside, this drug does not have an immediate effect like a potion, but it is popular as a substitute for a potion to beginner adventurers and farmers because of its good cost-effectiveness.
While I was in the middle of applying her medicine, thinking that 『Give me a bottle and give medicine』 Might be just like this, Roxia, who removed her face from her pillow, kissed her lips.
“… While doing this, it reminds me of the day I first met the owner and the first time I came into this house. The owner also looked after my wounds at that time.”
“Ah, come to think of it. At that time, you were not in a good condition in many ways, so you were given vaccinations, applied medicine all over your body, and ate plenty of food…”
Roxia’s appearance at the time she first saw her is pictured in her mind.
A demon girl who was being sold as a slave at a simple auction house.
Empty eyes that gave up everything.
A shy expression.
A voice full of tremors.
Coarse, frizzy hair.
Scars were carved everywhere on her skinny body to the extent that even the outline of her bones could be seen.
… The girl in front of Roden’s eyes was so pitiful that one wondered if it was the same person.
“At that time, I was in a state where I didn’t even know that my master was treating me, so I was vaguely terrified.”
“I still remember vividly how you asked, ‘Master, is the torture over?’ After I finished applying the medicine. Thank you for making me laugh.”
“… Please forget about that…”
ㅡKuhm, great!
Roxia, who changed her mood by clearing her throat several times in order not to recall the dark history that was about to be revealed, raised a serious voice.
“Since I started living with my master, everything has been like magic. He willingly brought me back when I was just a humble slave, healed my wounds in my body and mind, and gave me affection. Even if I give my all for the rest of my life, it won’t be enough.”
“…”
Such a precious memory. I wondered if there was something very wrong with this composition of her lying face down on the bed with her buttocks exposed… Roden decided not to mention it for the time being.
By the way, it’s already been over a year since she started living with Roxia… ．
I couldn’t help but feel that time passed so quickly.
“Okay, that’s it. You look tired. Lie down like this. You should take a nap.”
“… Yes.”
Soon after, the owner finished her treatment, covered her girl with a shallow blanket, and stood up from her seat. Closed her eyes.
Since then, she started looking at her shop alone, and Roden finished her quest and dealt with the visiting adventurers… It wasn’t until it was time to close the shop that she welcomed her twin sister back.
“I’m back~!”
“What? What about Roxia?”
“He’s taking a nap. By the way, your outfits have changed a bit, haven’t they?”
“These equipments were requested to be made to order the other day, but they were completed at the same time today as the Mage Tower and Blacksmith. Come on, Marill.
The two of them were better equipped than they had been when they left home in the morning, and they proudly posed in front of Roden with her fingers holding her V up in front of her. Rather, it would be more accurate to say that because Merim got caught up in it, Marill also crossed her arms.
“Hey, Merim. ?”
“Why is he so shy about a topic that he hides more than me? Smile a little more naturally! It’s been a long time. I have to show you a two-shot like this. Roden oppa. How do you like these new equipment we’ve put together? Doesn’t it suit you just by looking at it?”
Adventurers have basic physical abilities due to the nature of their job, but armor to protect their bodies is also very important. In that sense, the chest guards with pauldrons that Marill is equipped with, and the arm guards look quite sturdy.
And the robe Merim was wearing was made of high-quality material that assists the magician’s spell, and part of her chest and shoulders were exposed, and each edge had an orange color that matched her hair color.
At the same time, Merim’s string necklace is passing through her breastbone and rustling, so her gaze continues to be drawn to her as if it were attracted by a magnet.
“They both look good, but Merim is a bit too bold…”
“Huh, I’ll interpret that as a compliment. Anyway, today we’re going to shoot a lot to commemorate the new equipment, so let’s all eat out together. Roden oppa.”
“Actually, we even made a reservation in advance.”
“Okay. I’ll wake up Roxia and come back.”
Home-cooked meals with Loxia are good, but sometimes eating out without any preparation is not bad.
Roden, who immediately approached Loxia and gently woke her up, locked her shop door and slowly walked towards the restaurant with the four of them, a girl and a twin sister.
* * *
Roden, Roxia, and the twins are just returning home after eating out.
While pretending to be pilgrims in the city, the four black hounds, who constantly collected information about the potion shop, were slowly listing the information they found out while taking a room at the inn closest to Roden’s house.
1. The people living together at the only potion shop in the Varmela estate are Roden and Roxia, who are uncle and niece. Merim and Marill are twin sisters. They are all human.
2．The twin sisters have recently been promoted to silver rank.
3. Although he does not reveal himself, Rodendo was also a silver-level adventurer, and every day off, he hides his face and hunts nearby monsters with his niece and lover.
“… To put it simply, it would go like this.”
“There is no story about the most important kind. Are you saying they are hiding it underground?”
After roughly summarizing the story, the hounds opened the parchment again and tried to inject magic into it.
However, unlike yesterday, there is no response.
“Hmm, this place must be the right location. It’s strange…”
“A false leg?”
“No, no! There must be something here. When I was watching, this guy who looked like Roden or something was emitting an unusual sign and was alert everywhere!”
Erna, who had personally monitored the potion shop all afternoon, shouted in an enthusiastic voice, so the crew decided to slightly change the monitoring system.
The hounds split into two teams, one watching for new entrants into Roden’s shop, the other watching the parchment at the inn for markings.
As the night passed and dawn approached, a stain appeared again on the parchment indicating the location of the people, and it was still pointing to Roden’s shop.
“There was no sign of anyone entering the store at all. I don’t know what the heck they’re doing, but it’s certain that my own people come and go from that house every morning…”
It was the first time I had ever encountered such a strange case during my mission.
How to hunt a target that only appears at dawn in a house where humans live… The members held a meeting for a while, and the result of synthesizing their opinions came out.
According to the information collected, the twin sisters often sleep outside while carrying out adventurer requests.
Although they have recently been promoted, the time when the two silver-ranked fighters leave the house is a golden opportunity to make things easier.
The black hounds gathered opinions by raiding the potion shop at dawn on the day the twins were absent.
… After two days of calm, like the calm before a storm, the twin sisters who went to work at the guild accepted a request that would take at least a day to fully test the performance of their new equipment.
