CH 122

Chapter 122

When Peaceful Times Cease To Exist : Flames Of War In The Central Plains, Part 10 — Watchful Eyes

Translated by KaiesV

Edited by KaiesV

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On the other hand, the duo of Rhine and Dance Slave returned safely to Trimedo. Since they had eaten up an unexpected amount of time, they decided to visit Rayfan once to make sure she was safe, and then go to the capital city of Seimrid to check on the situation. Thinking that he would have already gathered information on Zelvados from the time spent in Zamwed, Rhine turned his feet to the guild. He decided that it would be more effective to go to Seimrid after getting information about Zelvados.

Then Rhine came to the guild. Looking at the reception desk, he saw that the previous receptionist was sitting there again today.

「Hey, miss. Are you getting the info?」

「Erm…」

「It’s Rhine. Did you remember me?」

「Ah, yes, yes. Please wait a moment while I inquire about it.」

So the receptionist calls out to the person in the back, and with a smile that couldn’t have been more infectious, she is all affectionate on Rhine. Strangely enough, however, Rhine isn’t concerned about the women, but is simply looking around the store. Dance Slave could see, or rather she could see, that the woman at the reception desk was endearing herself to Rhine as more than a customer, but it was strange to Dance Slave that Rhine was unaware of this. In fact, he may dare not even notice.

While traveling alone with Dance Slave, Dance Slave has seen many times Rhine where Dance Slave, who appears to be a woman on the outside, calls out to a woman when he sees them and even shows his excellent man-in-the-middle skills. So she thought Line was a complete helper, but something was not quite right.

Meanwhile, in the back of the reception area, another woman is looking for something while at the same time talking to the man in the back.

「That man is the mercenary I mentioned, Rhine.」

After telling them this fact, the woman hurriedly gathered the documents related to Rhine requested as if nothing had happened.

「Hmmm…」

「Is that him, Silence?」

「Yeah, that’s him, Anomaly.」

「Hmph…」

He was called Silence, a beautiful red-faced young man who was always working with Doom and Anomaly. He was the one who watched the battles of Alfiris and her group from above in the forest of Dulcass. Silence went here after receiving a call that someone was inquiring about Zelvados, and he happened to meet up with Anomaly, who was in the vicinity of here on an errand.

「It’s Hidden’s job, and Silence is having a hard time with it.」

「Well, that can’t be helped. Unlike us, Dearest Brother isn’t so vacant. Could you please not call me by my name so much? He doesn’t really like that name.」

「What should I call him then? Like Handsome?」

「He doesn’t like that either. He didn’t like to look like this.」

「It’s an extravagant problem, isn’t it? Look at my face.」

「You like that look, don’t you?」

「That’s not to say. But calling me by my professional name would give away all my abilities in your case, wouldn’t it?」

「Well… please still call me by my name.」

「Why didn’t you just start that from the beginning…」

While dictating to each other, the two watch Rhine from the shadows. Although they were both reported to be philanderers in the documents, they weren’t paying attention to the receptionist in front of them. Even when the receptionist spoke to them in a friendly manner, posing in a way that emphasized her breasts a little, they were somewhat unaware of what was going on.

「So, what are we going to do about the mercenary? Kill him?」

「No, let’s just wait and see. Maybe he can be of some use to us?」

「I don’t think so… he doesn’t seem that dumb to me…」

Anomaly crosses his arms and twists his neck.

「Well, killing him will always be possible. It’s more interesting to make him swim. Let’s take our time to decide if he’s the one who can sink his fangs into us.」

「I hope that’s what you mean. Don’t let your guard down too much. Humans aren’t all that stupid.」

「I know.」

Then the two giggled and disappeared from the scene; their position wasn’t supposed to be visible from Rhine, but for some reason Rhine was checking that direction out of the corner of its eye.

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「How did it go, any information?」

「Yeah, we’ve got a pretty good turnout. I’ve already decided what I’m going to do. There are some informants I haven’t met yet, so I think I’ll make a final decision tomorrow at noon. But, well, from what I’ve heard from all three of them, they’ve always said similar things, so I doubt there will be any new developments.」

Dance Slave chuckled and shows her glamour. Rhine showed her a「geh!」 swear word, but she couldn’t help but blush, as it was a surprise when I was thinking about quite a few things. He had inadvertently caught his eye on Dance Slave’s seductive cleavage.

Although he usually tries not to think about it, he admits that Dance Slave is quite attractive and beautiful. There was no doubt that she was at least one of the five most beautiful women Rhine had ever seen. More than once Rhine wished that Dance Slave hadn’t been a magic sword.

However, as expected, he wasn’t horrified to push down the magic sword, and he cannot deny that there was something that made him shrink at the thought of her returning as a sword in the middle of the fight. And as someone who wields her as a sword in times of need, he didn’t want to be in a relationship where the tip of his sword would be dulled even for a moment. Of course, hesitation at the point of a sword can lead to death, but he was a very sincere man as a swordsman, no matter what he usually was.

Rhine’s serious thought was disrupted, and he explained to Dance Slave somewhat tediously.

「I’ll discuss that at the place where Rayfan is also present rather than talking about it here. For now, let’s go back to Rayfan’s place. I don’t know what those hookers are doing.」

「And whose fault is that?」

「You’re noisy.」

Rhine was getting back to its usual routine. He must have been relieved to be out of immediate danger. Despite her outspokenness, Dance Slave had been worried about Rhine’s lack of speech the past few days, so she was glad to see him back to his normal self.

It’s also Dance Slave that teases Rhine.

「That was a rarity on Rhine, by the way.」

「What is?」

「I’m talking about that receptionist. She’s been flirting with you, hasn’t she? I don’t think you’re unaware of it, but you were very unobtrusive.」

「Ahh, that’s true…」

Rhine suddenly looks at Dance Slave with a strange grin on his face. Dance Slave noticed a strange light in his eyes.

「By the way, Dancer.」

「Hmm?」

「I’m suddenly feeling a little horny… can you clear that up for me?」

「Hah? What are you suddenly saying… H–Hey!」

Then Rhine suddenly pulls the hand of Dance Slave and runs to the inn where she is taken in the area. The area is already full of such sleazy stores, as the original destination was a brothel. And when they entered the inn, he tossed a gold coin to the man at the reception desk.

「Is room 104 full?」

「There’s only one available.」

「I see.」

After exchanging a few words with Dancer, they proceeded to a back room. He then forced Dancer into the room, which was an abnormally small room with only one bed and very little extra space. There is barely enough room to walk around the bed, and only one side table with a small drawer next to it. The bed was strangely large for the room, and at least a smaller bed for one person would have freed up a little more space.

Dancer was thrown onto the bed by Rhine. Rhine then draped over Dancer without hesitation.

「W–W–Wha… What are you doing to me!」

「I told you I wanted to clear my head. Shut up and suck it.」

「Wha–… Mmhm?」

And Rhine covered Dance Slave’s mouth with his hand. Dance Slave tried to resist by flailing her legs, but Rhine easily put her down. Then the face of Rhine comes closer to the face of the Dance Slave.