Chapter 65 – Cupid Rye

#065.

Knock-!

As I pushed through the swing door, which is often seen in taverns in western movies, the tough guys’ eyes focused on me.

However, most of his eyes turned around for a moment and a woman approached.

“Who is this? It’s Mark! I was worried, but I’m glad you’re okay. But.. Who is this..?”

The woman came up to Mark and greeted him, then tilted her head when she saw me.

Mark, who was smiling as if he was glad to see him, glanced at me and said.

“Well, it just took a while. How about we talk later? I want to start by completing the request.”
“Okay! I’ll be waiting for you over there come fast!”

At Mark’s words, the woman pointed to a table in one corner of hers and headed there.

“Who is that woman? She’s not going to be my lover.”
“A friend.”
“Is it so? You are pretty.”

When I deliberately feigned interest, Mark flinched and glared at me.

“If you want to play with it, stop. I’m not an easy-going woman.”
“Hey~ I told you. Because I don’t lightly date women either.”

When I said that I was really interested, Mark twitched the muscles in his face.

So he burst out laughing and patted him on the shoulder.

“Puhahaha! It’s a joke. Are you interested in that girl? I don’t think we’re just friends?”
“…Let’s go. I’ll be at the table over there after completing the request, so you can test your skills before coming.”

Mark said that, as if he didn’t want to answer, and he headed to the reception desk first.

He smiled happily at the sight and followed it.

“Yes. The request has been confirmed.”
“Thank you.”

In that short time, Mark received a mercenary card from the receptionist wearing glasses, as if the story was over.

“What. Are you done already?”
“Okay. Ruler. Tell me I am not waiting.”

Then Mark turned to the woman he said was his friend.

“What are you doing?”
“Ah, I’m here to apply for a mercenary card.”
“Are you reissued? Or not..”
“This is the first time.”
“I see. Please fill in the information here.”
“Yes!”

After answering quickly and filling in all the information, the host receptionist stood up.

“Then please wait a moment.”

Having said that, the receptionist went up the stairs and after about two minutes came down with a man.

“Since you have been accepted, please follow this person and have your skills verified.”

When I looked at the man, the same man who looked me up and down said.

“Follow me.”
“Yes.”

After such a brief conversation, nothing more was said between the two of us.

After walking up the stairs and walking down the hallway for a while, the man opened the door at the end.

Kiik-

A fairly large area was revealed along with the screams of the old tree.

There were wooden weapons hanging on the wall, but the man walked over and took up two longswords and threw one at me.

Whiririk- Tak!

After skillfully receiving it, the man stood at a certain distance and said.

“I have learned swordsmanship and use a long sword. Right?”
“Yes. You’re right.”
“Then let’s jump on it.”

At that, he looked at his wooden sword for a moment and then raised his hand.

He even smoked an aura.

“Isn’t this okay?”

The man, who held out his aura and asked, was silent for a moment, then nodded his head silently.

“… Passed. I’ll give you a C grade.”
“Thank you. Here you go.”

Swish-

After expressing gratitude and returning his wooden sword, the man scribbled letters on a piece of paper and handed it over.

“If you hand it over, it will take care of itself. Welcome. To come to the world of mercenaries.”
“Please take care of me too. Then let’s go.”

After completing the skill verification in an instant, like roasting beans with lightning, I came down to the first floor and handed out the documents to the receptionist.

“Here you go.”
“Uh… Burr, are you done already?”
“Yes.”

The female employee stuttered as if she was a little taken aback, then put on her glasses and accepted the documents.

“Oh my God… You’re amazing, aren’t you?”

I don’t know what she saw, but the female employee opened her mouth in disbelief and looked at the documents alternately.

“First of all, you are in C grade. See the request on the bulletin board over there and bring the paper, and I’ll take care of it. Do you have any more questions to ask?”
“No. It’s okay. Then, have a good time at work. Sister.”
“Oh my.. Hehe.. Thank you. Mr. Lai, please work hard too.”

‘As expected, it’s a face worth using.’

I didn’t say much, but the receptionist’s liking rose with just one word.

So I turned my back to the reception desk and headed straight to the table where Mark and his friend were.

“Mark. It’s done. What are you talking about?”

When I approached and asked, Mark, who was talking in the middle of the day, explained.

“I was just talking about what I experienced with this request. I was just talking to you.”
“That..”

Is that so? I tried to say it lightly, but I couldn’t say it all because of the woman who intervened.

“Really? Being able to use Auras.”
“Yes. Well… You can use it.”
“Anything great? How old are you?”
“I am 14 years old.”

When she revealed her age, the woman took her breath away! She gasped, and then she began to spit out words like a rapid-fire cannon.

“Oh my God… Are you even a runaway youngster from an aristocratic family? Looking at her appearance, it seems that she is cute..”
“Excuse me..”
“Or even a hidden birth? Are you actually an illegitimate child from a kingdom?”
“No. Calm down and…”

As she was troubled by her unstoppable chatter, Mark put her on the shoulder.

“Reena. Do it in moderation Rai is in trouble.”
“Or is the dragon actually a polymorph… Uh, uh? What?”

This time, Lina, who had been making absurd hypotheses about dragons, stopped at Mark’s words.

“Because Rai is in trouble. Do it in moderation And it’s not a good place to talk, so let’s get out.”

Looking around her, everyone in Lina’s fuss was giving a stinging glance.

So I got up from the table and left the mercenary guild.

“Ahaha! Sorry. It’s because I like novels. What did you want to do? Aren’t you a person who just came from another world or something like that?”
“Uh, yes..”

It’s a coincidence, but I guessed the truth.

‘To be precise, it’s reincarnation…’

Even while walking on her path, Lina continued to show her curiosity, and she naturally became friendly with them through conversation.

As she walked, she arrived at an inn.

“I am staying here. I was just about to take a request after taking a few more days off. How about together after a long time?”

At Lina’s suggestion, Mark looked at me and said after thinking about it.

“I’m fine, how are you? Of course, the power difference is severe, but it is.”
“That’s good. No matter how strong you are, what do you do? What are you going to do if a rookie gets hit in the back of the head by recklessly stepping out?”
“Good idea. Then let’s take a few days off here and take on her request.”
“Yes. Let’s go in and have a meal.”
“Good! It’s party formation! From now on, call me Rina noona!”
“Yes. Lina sister~”

As if on purpose to tease her, I smiled at Lina and called her older sister, and Mark looked at us alternately with a worried look.

‘Because it’s fun…’

While coming all the way here, he wasn’t an interesting person because he didn’t talk much, but when Lina intervened, he changed completely.

We sat down right away and chatted while ordering food.

In particular, I inquired about Lina’s relationship with her man in detail.

“Lina’s sister. I have a partner?”
“Huh? Yet..? Why. Is she interested in your sister?”
“Of course, there is a lot of interest. You are pretty!”
“Look at him? Whoops!”

As Lina and I talked amicably, Mark’s expression gradually changed to a stern expression.

Then he stares at me with scary eyes.

“Huh.. Then should I go out with my sister?”
“Maybe?”

Lina said that it appealed to her, but I knew right away that I wasn’t like that.

‘What is this. Are the two of you mutually exclusive?’

As Lina answered her me, she continued to look at Mark’s reaction as she turned her eyes to Mark.

In other words, it is causing jealousy.

Then she looked at me and shook her head.

“Oh, I can’t. Because I’m a bit young. Age is good About three years old?”

Mark flinched as Lina recited her specific information, then she raised the corners of her mouth very subtly.

‘I openly express my liking, but what is that doing? Tsk tsk..’

I already knew the age from looking at the status window, so I knew that it was a word aimed at Mark.

However, the person in question only blinked his eyes.

‘It smells.’

This was the scent of NTR.

It’s not that I’m trying to steal Lina.

It’s just that Lina gets tired of dragging her along so sluggishly, and she wonders if she will meet another man.

‘Shall I help…’

I am a pure lover who hates NTR very much.

It was all the more so because she didn’t have to depend on her daughter-in-law in the first place.

On the contrary, Geumdaughter’s will was shaken and she intentionally avoided it.

“Hmm..”

Lina cautiously asked.

“What’s the matter? What’s going on?”
“No. It’s nothing.”

I was just going to tell Lina that Mark likes you too, but I don’t think so.

‘I don’t think we’ll get along well just because it’s connected like that…’

Whatever it is, you have to do it on your own.

‘I’ll have to think about it.’

After organizing my thoughts like that, I focused on eating.

Since they were mercenaries, they had a habit of eating quickly, so the two quickly ate the food.

I also peeled off the noble’s womb and hurriedly drank food.

“Then Lina. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Huh. I’ll go up first!”

Lina, who was already staying, went straight to the second floor, and we headed to the innkeeper.

“Two single rooms.”
“One silver each.”
“Here you go.”

After handing over her money, the innkeeper handed out her keys one by one.

“Mark, see you tomorrow.”
“Okay. Good night.”

We went straight up to the second floor, and after exchanging greetings, we each entered the room written on the key.

Kik-kkeok!

“Oh my gosh.. It’s hard.”

I didn’t do anything, but the sound of everyone dying came out of my mouth.

I lay down on the comfortable bed and stared at the ceiling.

“Something… I’m bored…”

Arriving in a big city, getting a mercenary license and even forming a party.

Clearly, there were many actions, but the emptiness was not erased.

“It’s all because I can’t have sex.”

To be precise, it’s because I couldn’t see the exquisite beauty.

After seeing Nia, Eris, and Arisha for over a year, my eyes starved for not seeing the most beautiful woman for a month.

Should I say something like the taste of attacking?

That’s not enough.

“But I don’t want to seduce anyone…”

More than expected, my appearance was much more liked by women.

So it was easy for me to fall for my words.

It’s not that I don’t like it.

It’s just too futile.

I couldn’t feel the affectionate yet happy feelings I felt for Eris and Nia.

“Wouldn’t it be nice to be a mercenary?”

I wonder if I’ll still be able to meet them if I go around many places, but I don’t know how long it will take.

“Haam.. Let’s go to sleep.”

In the middle of the night, I thought what the fuck was this, brushed off my thoughts, closed my eyes and went to sleep.

***

After resting for two days at the inn, we returned to the Mercenary Guild.

“Then, how about a simple goblin subjugation request first?”
“Sister. No matter how much it is, goblins are a bit… Orcs!”

I rejected Lina’s offer and pointed to the orc request document on the side.

The request was that an orc had appeared in the back mountain near the eastern side of the territory, so he had to deal with it.

The two thought for a moment and then nodded.

“Okay! It’s not a subjugation of the village, it’s because we only deal with those who have fallen from the group.”
“Um… At this level, it’s still going to be actual combat training.”
“Then let’s start right away!”

As soon as I came to a rough conclusion, I took the orc request form off the bulletin board and headed to the receptionist’s sister.

“Sister. Long time no see! I’m here to accept a request!”
“Oh, nice to meet you. Could you please give me a request?”
“Here you go!”

When I handed over the request form, the receptionist checked this and that, scrawled a ballpoint pen, and nodded.

“It’s done. If you bring the orc tusks as proof, the quest will be counted as complete.”
“Yes. Sister. Thank you.”
“It was nothing. There are two other people, so it’s safe, but don’t overdo it.”
“Isn’t that too kind? Are you doing this to anyone?”
“Yes. Because it’s like this for anyone. Go quickly.”

The receptionist deftly passed my playful words and waved his hand.

After watching it, I left the reception desk and headed towards the entrance.

“What. Are you interested in Sara?”
“Oh, is that sister’s name Sarah? What’s your interest… Just a kind older sister?”
“Huh… Will it get in trouble if you do that to anyone?”
“I know. You have to buy it in moderation.”

While talking like that, we headed east of the territory.

There was no need to delay because he had completed all the preparations by going to general stores and smithies with his party for the past few days.

After a while-

“Are you here?”
“It seems so. There are definitely orc footprints all over the place.”
“Yes. Maybe 7 or 8 of them? Are these people leaving traces too openly because they are stupid?”

Looking at the floor, there were quite large footprints embroidered in a mess.

I don’t have any particular skills in tracking, so I’m sure I’ll be able to track it right away.

Mark warned as he climbed the mountain, following the footprints in front of him.

“Be careful. There may be traps.”
“A trap? I said it was stupid.”
“It’s a small chance, but there might be a shaman. They are the ones who can even speak human language. It could be that he is deliberately trying to catch his guard.”
“Yes. All right. I will not be offended.”

Certainly, there are still too many things in this world that I do not know.

Considering that this was all an experience, it wasn’t boring at all.

Beat- beat-

As he proceeds cautiously, the grass is stepped on and he lets out a scream.

Other than that, there was no sound other than the occasional chirping of birds and bugs.

How long did it take

At some point, Mark stopped.

“Hey-“

As I cautiously approached the side of Mark, who quieted him with a hand over his mouth, I saw five orcs over the bush.