Chapter 144 – Old Connection (3)
Roden, who had disposed of most of the loot acquired in the dungeon, was walking the streets side by side with Marill.
“Except for the dungeon entrance fee, wagon fee, and the cost of consumed supplies… The profit from this search is 56 silver and 30 copper.”
“I couldn’t catch many because of the terrain, but it’s quite good because it’s a large monster. By the way, Maril, you’ve been calculating the money that escaped one by one.”
“Ever since, when my sister and I traveled together, I was in charge of the family budget.”
“Okay? You were blocking Merim’s expenses.”
“My sister would often pick up the wrong things from her when she was careless.”
At the same time he is talking to Marill in the midst of her conversation, he is paying attention to the gaze and presence he feels around her.
‘… He’s a great guy, but I can’t catch his tail.’
Because there is a guy following you.
I don’t know exactly when and where I was caught, but thanks to the experience and sense I have accumulated in the past, I vaguely noticed the existence of the pursuer.
Even Marill, who was accompanying her, pretended not to know anything about her while sparing her words, and tried to lure her to her station, but her opponent’s stealth ability was more than expected.
‘With this level of ability, he wouldn’t be a bastard chasing after women, and the possibility that he might be a guy from Merlin can’t be ignored. Anyway, I’ll have to completely shake him off or catch him…’
Experience has shown that escaping the pursuit of this level of pursuer is next to impossible in the city.
Then the only option left is to catch him.
As she was contemplating how to pull him out, Marill, who was next to her, gently held his hand.
“Master, I think I’ve looked around the streets enough. Wouldn’t it be better to go back soon?”
“… Yes. I did move around a lot.”
Instead of returning to the inn after noticing the tailing, he wandered around the city for about an hour with a good reason. ．
Most people will notice a slight awkwardness in their face or behavior as soon as they realize that they have been followed, so they decided it would be more appropriate to delay it after arriving in the room.
‘Hey, I can’t just play hide and seek like this, and the place I’m staying at right now is only a temporary place anyway, so it won’t be a big problem if the location is revealed.’
In one case, I left the city ahead of schedule and thought that it would be enough to deal with the pursuer outside, and as she said, I turned my steps toward the inn.
* * *
Not long after, Roden and Marill arrived at the inn, and within a few seconds of entering, the doors opened one after another, and in response to the sound, the two looked back and saw a knight wearing light green armor.
“Oh, that’s the guy I saw at the guild earlier…”
Marill murmured, immediately remembering the fact that she encountered a knight in the guild thanks to her characteristic armor.
“…”
On the other hand, Roden’s mind, which was silently staring at the knight, was surrounded by doubts.
‘There’s no doubt. The pursuer is this guy. I couldn’t find him even though he was wearing this kind of armor… No, more than that, what was the intention of following them perfectly until now and now revealing themselves openly?’
There is no point in directly examining the tailing because it is enough for the other party to pretend.
As he was glaring at how he would come out, the lady who had been watching the customers approached the driver with a friendly smile.
“Welcome! Are you the companion the scholar said?”
“Yes.”
“I was told to lead you to my room on the third floor when you return. Please follow me.”
“Yes, please.”
At the time Mana rented her room, her waitress, who received a considerable tip from her, took the burden of her knight instead to show sincerity as much as possible.
The knight, who started following the maid to her stairs, passed by Roden, who was standing in front of her, and gently bumped into him… ．
“I’m sorry.”
He spat out a short apple with a hard tone like a machine and went upstairs.
“If it’s on the 3rd floor, it’s the room across from us. The scholar said something a while ago, but it must be an escort mercenary, right?”
“… Probably so. Let’s go to our rooms as well.”
“Yes.”
In Roden’s hand, who started climbing the stairs alongside Marill, was holding the note secretly handed over to him the moment he collided with the knight.
* * *
Roden and Marill opened the door and saw the backs of two women sitting side by side at a desk.
Of course, it was Roxia and Merim. They reacted immediately to the sound of the door opening and slowly turned their heads.
“Oh! I’m back now. Welcome.”
Merim greeted her and waved her hand as he sat with her legs crossed.
ㅡ Wow!
As soon as she saw her owner, Roxia rushed up to her and hugged her tightly with the force of burying her face in his body.
After blinking at the positive welcome for a while, Roden, who gently stroked the demon girl’s back, handed her a greeting.
“I’m back.”
“Welcome. Master, Sister Marill.”
Then there was a small change in Roxia’s face when she raised her head, and she was wearing round glasses.
“Hmm? What kind of glasses are these?”
“I have one. Wearing this while reading a book would make my eyes much more comfortable, so I bought it because Merim unnie recommended it.”
“It’s a popular product for intellectuals like us who have to wear books all the time. I picked the same one as the one I love.”
Merim, who got up late from her seat, put on her glasses with a condescending expression and a flurry of movements.
“How is it? How is it? Don’t you feel the charm of an intelligent woman more than usual?”
“What’s the use of putting on glasses and making such weird poses and facial expressions?”
Hearing her stern answer, Merim puffed out her cheeks, and Roden, who lightly turned away from her with a smirk, turned her head to Roxia, who had her young eyes looking forward to her.
“How do you feel, Master? Does it suit you?”
“You look good together. You look smarter than usual.”
It’s not really a glasses fetish, but I also found Roxia wearing her glasses very attractive.
“It’s cute too.”
“Ehehe…”
Roxia laughed at her compliment and enjoyed the hug for a while, rubbing her body like a charming cat.
A few minutes later, Roden, who finally got free and entered her room, looked at the desk where Roxia and Merim were sitting a moment ago.
There were books with contents that looked difficult and esoteric at first glance, and the cover had a seal unique to the Mage Tower.
“… I didn’t know she could borrow books from the Magic Tower.”
As the era is the era, the books themselves are secretly precious, but among them, books containing knowledge related to magic are expensive items that are treated specially. So it was unexpected.
“Magicians recognized in the Mage Tower like me and Roxia can borrow some books. Well, it’s not free.”
Merim and Loxia looked at the equipment the two men and women were putting down on the floor, and brushed away the small dust and glue clinging to it.
“They’re both biting each other, probably because they just came back from the dungeon. The smell of blood wafts through.”
“Because we will arrange the clothes and equipment for Master and Marill sister…”
“Relax… Umm~ No, no. Wash up quickly and come back.”
Roden and Marill, who gratefully accepted their kindness, went into the bathroom side by side and washed away the dust and fatigue accumulated during the expedition, and it did not take long because they only washed in a pure sense.
“Whoa… ! It’s several times more refreshing than usual.”
“Yes, I even feel a sense of liberation.”
The two of them, who had a much more refreshed expression, settled down next to Roxia and Merim, who were lying on the bed.
Roden and his party, who had reunited like that, began to unravel the stories they experienced in the dungeon and mage tower while they were apart.
… After a while.
“Khehe, do you know how startled the other guys were when Roxia cast her newly learned magic in the blink of an eye? It was to the extent that it was a waste to see only us.”
“Okay? It’s good that you’re learning smoothly at the Mage Tower.”
“And, by the way, this morning, I just harpooned the bastard who was arguing about the demon tribe…”
The story of Merim, who was excitedly talking about Roxia’s performance in her mage tower, was suddenly interrupted.
ㅡSueuuuuu… ．
It was because her younger brother, Marill, who was by her side, fell asleep while breathing evenly before she knew it.
“Eh, this is the really fun part. I don’t want her to fall asleep on her own without her sister’s permission.”
“You must be very tired.”
“While exploring the dungeon, I also trained in swordsmanship at the same time, so it wouldn’t be too much.”
“Whoops… Master? I think there must be more hidden reasons besides that…”
Roxia, who started groping her master’s crotch with her natural movements, like her flowing water, opened her red eyes insinably like her crescent moon.
“You must have trained the night with the thick, hot sword at the bottom of the master, right? Then it will be our turn to train now♡”
