Chapter 898 – While Drunk…

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＂Ugh… I drank too much… ＂

Cleon placed his hand on his forehead, regretting not stopping his hand from moving the glass even though he knew he would regret it.

After looking back at the party members who were already scattered and those who continued to move their glasses, he stood up first and headed toward the garden.

Fortunately, in the heated atmosphere, even if one person, Cleon, disappeared, there was no one to catch him.

Cleon walks from the dining room to the living room, and from the living room to the garden, feeling the cold outside air on his face, trying to catch his mind even a little dizzy from alcohol.

As he walked, holding on to the wall to avoid falling, he felt as if he was exploring a labyrinth as he walked with his senses becoming strange.

Now that I think about it, it seemed like I had a drinking party like this not long ago and drank until I passed out…

When I somehow arrived at the garden, the first thing I saw was Gonzales, who had returned to his original form and was already in a deep sleep.

When you see it curled up in its cage, covered with a fluffy blanket, it looks like a rather large dog.

It’s probably because the noisy voices in the living room can’t be heard in the garden.

Cleon, who had quite a bit of alcohol in his head, seemed to be staggering closer to us to observe the scene.

My legs suddenly lost strength and I almost collapsed on the gravel floor in the garden.

＂Oh my.＂

Unless someone was there to hold him.

＂The warrior who saved the Eastern Kingdom… No, the magic swordsman was so drunk that he almost fell. If he gets hurt like that, where can he go and say he’s sad?”

Cleon, who belatedly understands that the voice coming from next to him is the person who caught him, turns his head and checks the person.

There, standing there was an androgynous-looking woman with her green hair tied up in a ponytail and smiling helplessly.

Although he wasn’t as tall as Cleon, he was quite tall, so he was at eye level when Cleon bent his waist slightly.

“… Ventuna? Ah… Now that I think about it. I was there.”

During the day, she remembers what was there when she fell asleep and woke up, and Cleon mumbles, and after a while, when her thoughts come together a little, he turns to her and asks.

＂… Wait… If you haven’t returned yet, you can eat together…”

Cleon had no idea that Ventuna was inside her mansion. If he had known, he would have had her sit around her table.

However, Ventuna smiled ahaha at Cleon’s words and waved her hand.

“Huh? Ah. It’s okay, it’s okay. There is no need for me, an outsider, to sit in on a precious scene between party members. “I can read that kind of atmosphere, too.”

Outsider… She is definitely not a party member, but if you say so, Beatrix and Anatis are not party members either.

Of course, I consider Beatrix a valuable colleague, and I have received help from Anatis in many ways.

She said that it had been hundreds of years since she had hugged a human around a table, and she seemed a little more excited than her usual cool self.

Just because she was Ventuna, there was no way Cleon or the others would refuse to sit there.

“But I drank too much. Wouldn’t it be better not to drink any more today? I think I was told that I can’t rest tomorrow because there’s still work left to do.”

Bentuna supported Cleon’s shoulders as she said that, and Cleon, in a half-asleep state, slowly nodded, perhaps thinking that what she said was correct.

“Ah, ah… I think it’s true what you said.”

“Yes, yes. Then. I will carry you to the bed like this.”

So, when she spoke as if to reassure him, Cleon had no choice but to nod his head.

＂Thank you… Then… I will ask you a favor… ＂

Just like that, Cleon was unable to resist her eyelids, leaving her own fate to her own.

Ben Tuna gently waved her hand in front of Cleon’s face.

“I really fell asleep. It’s full of gaps… Enough to worry.”

She smiled and spoke in a tone that seemed to somehow arouse people’s anxiety, then raised the corners of her mouth and whispered to Cleon.

Regardless of whether he heard it or not because he was already in dreamland-

“… I’ll even carry you to the bed as promised. Well, you never said it was the bed in your room.”

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Cleon suddenly came to her senses, opened her eyes, and muttered as she looked at the ceiling that stretched out in her field of vision.

＂… It’s an unknown ceiling.＂

For some reason, she felt like she had to say it, so she said it, but as she slowly began to come to her senses, Cleon noticed that she was lying on a bed under a ceiling she didn’t really know, along with a bitter feeling left in her mouth.

“Huh? That’s right.”

At that time, at the sound of a voice coming from a little distance away, Cleon gently raises his head and looks in that direction.

There, Bentuna, who seemed to have just finished her shower, was standing there with a bathrobe draped over her body and a towel wrapped around her head.

＂Ventuna…? This place… I think he said he was going to bed.”

“You moved to the bed properly, right? Well, this is the bed in ‘my room’.”

＂… Your room?＂

So, does that mean this is Ventuna’s mansion in Helix?

For some reason, I thought the ceiling gave off a feeling closer to a kingdom rather than an architectural style unique to Eastern countries…

Was that the reason…

＂…＂

Cleon nodded his head as if he understood what she said and tried to lie down on the bed again.

＂No, your room!?＂

She suddenly raised her upper body and asked her again in an embarrassed voice.

“Haha, funny reaction. It’s like having a comical conversation.”

＂Why…? Was I kidnapped by you?”

When Cleon spoke like that, Ventuna nodded and sat down on her bed, wiping her still wet hair with the towel she had wrapped around her head.

“Kidnapping, something that could be misunderstood by others. I only borrowed it for a short time. When the business is over, I will return it to Asteris properly.”

＂Well, I guess so…＂

Ben Tuna says this while squinting and closing one of her eyes.

“The reason I brought you here… Well, to put it simply, is because you haven’t received the reward you promised from Laila yet? She wouldn’t forget her either, but it would be hard to talk when she was drunk. Well, I had no choice but to see the opportunity and take care of it myself. I take care of my share. It’s truly a merchant-like idea, isn’t it?”

When Ventuna said that, Cleon couldn’t help but think about what kind of contract she had made with Laila.

After all, she was asleep, and since Lila had arbitrarily divided her contract with her in exchange for her, she had every right to complain. Br〉

“What. Don’t be so nervous. This is to satisfy her simple curiosity, and there’s no need to think too hard about that either. If you’re a libertine like Cleon, you’re familiar with ‘one-night stands’, right?”

＂… That means the price… No, I should have expected it when I heard it was on the bed in your room… ＂

Cleon frowns as if his head hurts.

＂Oh. Hangover? “

“No. I don’t think alcohol is the cause of this headache.”

“I guess so. I’m glad that the alcohol-dissolving medicine that Da Capo made seems to have worked well.”

Did you order Da Capo to do something like that?

“Of course, it would have been nice for Cleon to be half-asleep and do whatever I wanted… But that’s just cowardice, right? To attack someone while they are unconscious. We are not in a relationship where we can be forgiven by smiling and apologizing.”

＂I was kidnapped while I was half asleep…＂

Cleon answers Ventuna’s words like that.

“Ah. That’s also true.”

＂Haa…＂

Ventuna didn’t seem to reflect much, though.

“So? Are you going to refuse? If you refuse, just as you refused… I have no choice but to charge them for the costs of manufacturing, transporting, and repairing the golem used to prevent the fall of the fortress.”

When Ventuna says that, Cleon taps the abacus in his head for a moment.

However, it would be better if an expert showed this in person.

Thinking so, Cleon asked.

“… For reference, how much does it cost?”

“Huh? Ah, do you still want to check? Wait a minute…”

As if she knew she would say that when Cleon said that, Ventuna waved her finger at her nod.

Then, the drawer of the simple desk a little away from the bed opened, and something that looked like a ledger with a leather cover flew into her hands.

Then, after opening the cover, she clicked and quickly turned the pages to display a specific page.

“Ruler. This is the warm bill I wrote down today. Isn’t it luck for Cleon that he can pay for this with a night with a woman?”

When Cleon saw the price written on the page, she lost her senses for a moment.

That must be true, too. What was written there was the cost of taking on this job, which was detailed, and the amount was enough to cost Cleon all the savings he had accumulated while working as an adventurer.

＂Wow, it’s a rip-off…!＂

“What a rip-off! How many golems do you think I used to take down that fortress? Material costs, magic attribute used for operation, and compensation for Da Capo’s hard work! If you calculate it all, it’s a reasonable amount! They’re saying they’ll hit it with Cleon’s stick!”

Bentuna raised her voice so confidently without saying anything, and Cleon couldn’t help but be overwhelmed by her momentum when he heard those words.

“Ruler. Cleon, decide! Should I pay with gold coins… Or with my body?”

Well, you only have one choice.

I couldn’t squander the savings I had saved for my retirement and my colleagues here.

Cleon answered with his eyes closed, as if he had no choice.

＂… Okay… If you say it that way… ＂

＂… Wait a minute, if you say it this way, it seems like the situation where an evil merchant tells a girl who owes a debt to pay with her body, but with the genders reversed.＂

＂In reality, that’s the situation… But the genders are opposite, as you said.＂

When Cleon said that, Ventuna seemed speechless and said, ‘Hmm…’.

If she looks at her own behavior objectively, she probably realizes that it’s not a very good picture.

In that case, calm down a little, and I won’t think of another way-

＂Something… It’s good! Something like that! I didn’t understand the psychology of such trash merchants. Since I experienced it right in front of my eyes, it’s not that bad!!”

＂Haa!?＂

Cleon raised his voice as if embarrassed by her words.

“If you wave this ledger, you’ll be able to do whatever you want with Cleon for at least one night, right? The position and the action… Hehe… I have to do it the way I want.”

Looking at her, as if her vices were already on fire, Cleon could not help but stand behind her on her bed.

However, even if she stepped back, the only thing that touched her back was the back of the bed.

Ventuna’s eyes lit up as she looked at Cleon, and she untied the towel from her head.

Her wet emerald hair was shining and fluttering under the lights in the room.

At the same time, the bathrobe wrapped around her body came down, revealing a body wearing only simple underwear.

Rather than the flashy lingerie or cute underwear that other women usually wear, it’s closer to practical gray sports bras and hot pants-

A type of underwear that is a bit far from sexy.

Even compared to Lila’s, is that kind of underwear enough to cover up breasts that are only slightly swollen?

However, her thin limbs clearly had muscles that could be said to be signs of healthy training.

And, when the water droplets from the steamy body after the bath roll down the cracked abdominal muscles.

At the location of her belly button, a green pattern was shining.

A pattern representing the wind attribute, symbolizing that she is, after all, a spirit who has acquired a human body.

Even in the dark, with her eyes sparkling the same color as the green light, she licked the corner of her mouth with her tongue and spoke to Cleon.

＂Take out your dick♡＂