Chapter 67 – Cupid Rye

#067.

“Mark. Sorry. Did it take a while?”
“Are you okay.”

No matter how short Mark was, it wasn’t like that to Lina.

Even so, giving a short answer like this meant that it wasn’t okay.

As I smiled, I met Mark’s gaze.

“It was nothing. Don’t worry. Rather, let’s have a drink!”
“Okay. Let’s have a drink!”

At my suggestion, Lina looked at Mark’s expression, then raised her beer glass and shouted.

Mark shook his head as if he couldn’t help it, and raised his beer glass.

“Let’s eat and die!!”

Percussion!

He smashed the glass and threw it all into his stomach.

The carbonic acid rumbled in my throat and made me feel refreshed.

“Big! One more drink!!”

We started our own little party happily while adding beer again.

…

A few hours after that.

Before I knew it, beer glasses piled up like a mountain on the table.

Even though the staff cleaned it up periodically.

“Mark uhh”
“Reena. Drunk a lot.”
“Aww..”

Lina lost control of her body, her face flushed from her drunkenness.

Of course..

‘It’s acting.’

That’s just smoke

My keen senses told me that none of that was true.

As Lina, who continued her drunkenness, met my gaze, she again rocked — rolling her eyes to the side and leaning her face against Mark’s chest.

“Mark. How about going up now?”
“Um… Yes. I’m glad you’re fine too. Let’s go up.”

Mark looked at Lina, stood up, finished her checkout, and supported her.

“Oooooh.. Go quickly.”

I deliberately pretended to be drunk and staggered up and moved to the second floor together.

“I’ll take Lina to her room, so go in.”

Then, Mark turns around.

I looked at it quietly and muttered to myself as if secretly talking to myself.

“Uh.. If you see them stretched out like that, don’t you think guys in heat are hiding in the room? It’s a big deal.”

Saying that, he grabbed her door and Mark, who was heading to Lina’s room, was startled.

‘Hehe… Doesn’t it bother you?’

Maybe today the two will come together.

Lina will seduce you pretending to be drunk, but can you withstand that?

Of course not.

Rina is also quite beautiful, and she has been trained while working as a mercenary, and her body is also amazing.

Inside she let out a sullen laugh, and she entered the room and looked outside.

Then, in her mana sense, I felt Mark slowly heading towards Lina’s room.

-Reena. Wake.-
-Ughhhhh… Mark ugh…-
-This..-

Mark kept trying to bring Lina back to her senses, but that couldn’t work.

Lina also did her best to act as if this was an opportunity.

After a while, as soon as the two entered the room, I came out into the hallway and headed in front of Lina’s room.

As I listened and focused more on Mana Sensing, I felt more.

The sound of Mark’s footsteps as he moves while carrying Lina.

Even the sound of the mat being pressed as Lina was laid down on the bed.

Everything.

-Reena. Good night.-

Mark laid Lina down, brought a chair, and sat down in front of the bed.

Maybe he was worried about what I said earlier and was trying to protect him.

‘Very good!’

Then, if Lina just seduces—

…

“What? Why aren’t you doing anything?”

For five minutes, Lina hadn’t thought of flirting.

Upon closer inspection, Lina was also hardened.

Even if you cling to it saying ‘Mark, I’m lonely’, the game is over!

‘No, fuck! Why aren’t you having sex!!’

Of course, I’m not saying I’m trying to steal it.

It was just too frustrating.

Mark also said, ‘Huh? Are you asleep Can I touch it once?

‘Ah.. Sweet potato..’

If I look at it any longer, it feels like my blood vessels in my brain will burst.

In that state, I searched for about 10 more minutes, but couldn’t find an answer at all, so I clicked my tongue and entered the room.

“Whoa, let’s go to sleep.”

Normally, if I slept like this, I would have a hangover when I woke up in the morning.

But I don’t have to.

“As expected, it’s the duke’s Aura practice method.”

Because even at this moment, drunkenness is escaping in real time.

The excellent aura performance method was not simply about high output.

Exceed is carried out on its own even during sleep, although less so than when it is concentrated.

So, you can drink alcohol and detoxify at the same time.

“Ehh… It’s frustrating. What should I do…”

With mana detection, I peeked at Mark and Lina, who were still as they were before, and fell asleep.

***

“No, fuck.. When the hell are you doing it?”

It’s been a month since I started helping Lina and Mark in earnest.

It’s been two months since I started working as a mercenary.

So far, no progress has been made between the two.

He worked really hard for a month.

There were times when I intentionally left the place just to keep the two of us alone, and he made me jealous by saying that Lina and a certain man were close.

But to no avail.

“Ha.. What if you overturn the table even if you scoop it up?”

At the crucial moment, Mark never stepped forward, so even Lina would have to seduce her, but in that situation, Lina was more passive than Mark.

While thinking about how to put the two together, I stretched out on the bed and looked up at the ceiling nervously scratching the back of my head.

“Haa.. How are you all doing..”

For a month, he agonized over whether to return to the kingdom of Lianne.

But she just decided not to go back.

“Even if I go now, it won’t help.”

Aside from convincing everyone, what can I do by going there?

In the end, just practice as always.

In that case, it was wise to go around and accumulate karma.

I’m constantly looking for news from Rianne Kingdom, so I can find out before anything happens.

Besides, since Lucas is there, nothing serious will happen in the near future.

“Ehh.. Let’s go out.”

Thinking of her lovers again, she shook her head to shake off her worries, and left the room and went down the stairs.

“Lie. Are you here?”
“Lie. Good morning!”

‘Good morning, damn..’

The two greeted me warmly without even knowing what I was thinking.

Dreuk-

“So what are you going to ask for today?”
“Maybe it’s autumn, so monsters will come down from the mountain. They will come to loot food.”
“Then there must be a lot of requests.”
“Okay. Let’s finish eating and then go.”

After that, Mark focused on the meal.

Seeing that their bowls were already half empty, I quickly started eating too.

After paying the bill, he headed to the mercenary guild.

“Mark. Is the Auror still there?”

Mark sighed as he asked while crossing the main street.

“Okay. The mana load is too rough and complex, so the aura doesn’t pass through properly.”

Perhaps it was regrettable, Mark looked at his hands with complicated eyes.

“Cheer up. I thought I could do a little more.”
“It should be.”

As Mark’s face darkened, Lina, who had been listening quietly by her side, pushed the backs of the two of us and said.

“Ruler. Ruler. Let’s cheer up! The mercenary guild is here!”

Looking ahead, they had arrived right in front of the mercenary guild.

As usual, various mercenaries gathered on the bulletin board when I opened the door and entered.

“Wait a minute. I will pass,”
“What..? Ugh!”

Sigh-

Using brute strength, he pushed the mercenaries and stood in front of the bulletin board.

“A request…”

Since I had no intention of accepting a special request, I took a quick look around the bulletin board and brought the Orc Subjugation Request Form.

“I’m here? What request is it?”
“It’s just an Orc subjugation. It goes to its habitat and wipes it out.”
“Give me a second.”

Lina took her request form, looked it over, and nodded her head.

“Hmm! It’s suitable let’s go!”

After she went to the receptionist to accept the request, we left the mercenary guild.

No, as I was about to leave, I ran into a group of people.

And the one in front of them approached Lina as if she was happy to see them.

“Uh? Who is this? Are you Lina?”
“Ah… Ben. Long time no see.”
“Haha! Is it after a month? My father sent me here to gain experience. Long time no see How have you been?”

At the approach of a guy named Ben, Lina looked at Mark and responded awkwardly.

As soon as she saw that, she got a sense.

‘It’s a crisis!’

I thought of a scenario where, although I am not a tanned blonde, I was promised that I would look nasty and nasty.

I was just smiling with anticipation when Mark came out.

It seems she doesn’t like that Lina is in trouble.

“Excuse me. Do you have any business with Lina?”

His gaze turned to Mark.

“Who are you?”
“I’m Mark, Lina’s colleague. I need to make a request, so would you please step aside?”

‘Popcorn corner!’

I watched the scene with interest from a distance.

“You? Reena. Why don’t you join us rather than this person? If you tell my father, he can join the mercenary squad.”

The guy looked Mark up and down, then offered it as if it wasn’t the same.

In fact, it was only because he seemed capable of manifesting auras.

From his point of view, a mark that could not manifest an aura must have looked ridiculous.

However, when Lina made a remark that disregarded her mark, she said coldly, as if she had never responded timidly.

“I’m sorry, but I will be with Mark. Can you get out of the way?”
“…I’m serious?”
“Huh. I’m busy, so get out of the way. Lai, let’s go Mark.”

Lina, as if she didn’t want to talk anymore, grabbed me and Mark, and she pushed her way through the guys.

And, again, he didn’t end there.

“Reena. Are you going to decline my offer?”

He stayed blank for a while, then raised one corner of his mouth and said that.

Lina, who flinched for a moment, firmly nodded her head and quickly moved her steps.

‘Really stood up!’

Maybe this time, Lina and Mark can really bond.

After a while, when they were completely invisible, Lina stopped.

“Sorry, both of you. Were you offended?”

Mark firmly shook his head when he said that he had caused trouble because of him.

“No. If it’s more like a mercenary group…”
“Know? The famous red wolf mercenary in the area.
“No way..”
“That’s right. The mercenary leader there is Ben’s parents.”

At Lina’s words, Mark hardened his expression.

Lina lowered her head and apologized.

“Really sorry. If this causes any problems, I’ll get out of here.”

Chin.

Before Lina could finish her words, Mark put his hand on her shoulder and shook his head.

“Are you okay?”
“Hehe.. Are you worried about me?”
“…It’s a concern as a colleague.”
“Okay. Thank you.”

They look at each other and exchange affectionate glances.

I want to help, but I can’t help but feel annoyed every time I see something like this.

He jumped right in and shouted.

“Stop! Let’s go quickly to make a request.”
“Okay. Sorry. Let’s hurry!”
“…Go before the sun goes down.”

We headed to the orc’s habitat, brushing what had happened out of our heads.

***

“Then let’s go…”

After putting on the mask and cape, I jumped out the window.

I jumped from the height of the second floor, but there was no noise at all.

Taat-

I immediately moved to the area I had in mind.

He works as a mercenary, but he cannot take a break from cleaning the arches.

Thanks to that, a lot of karma gathered.

‘Okay.. Now I can collect 5000 in 3 months?’

As a result of collecting karma for two months, I was able to collect over 3500.

Originally, there should have been 200 more, but 200 was empty because he had been steadily investing in his physical abilities.

The problem is that the gathering speed is getting slower.

‘As expected, the more I catch it, the less it gets.’

At first, I collected more than 100 a day to clean the arches, but now I wondered if I could collect 10.

Tadat! Percussion!

While stepping on the roof of a building, I happened to pass by an inn.

Although familiar with mana detection, an unfamiliar presence was caught.

‘Isn’t this the guy I met this morning?’

That bastard, Ben or something, was pounding rice cakes hard in the room.

Then, when the woman collapsed from exhaustion, she smoked a cigarette and cursed.

“Fuck you.. You dare reject me? Be cheeky…”

He didn’t say who she was, but he knew that she was Lina.

‘What am I going to do?’

I waited for him to do something, but after swearing for a while, he woke the sleeping woman up again and entered into a relationship.

“Oops! What is it.. I’m sleeping. Do you know that this is an extra charge?”
“No, be quiet!”

When the woman who woke up in the middle said that, the guy pushed her even harder as if she didn’t like it.

When I asked why a guy who has a girlfriend was giving a shit to Rina, she must have been an up-and-coming girl.

After watching for a while, it seemed that there was no income, so I resumed moving to the original target area.

“What.. Are you not doing anything?”

In fact, if you think about it, it doesn’t make sense for him to joke that he barely got an offer rejected.

No matter how trash he was, it was natural if he wasn’t really a serial killer.

“Cabi..”

I wondered if the karma would roll in on its own, but it’s a pity.

I put my regret behind me and hurried to the slums.

***

“Mark. Did you? Can you believe it?”
“Um… I never thought that would happen.”

The next day, as always, I was heading to the mercenary guild to make a request, but I saw a familiar person in front of me.

“Uh..? Ben?”

Lina, who was talking with Mark, must have seen him, and she spit out the guy’s name.

Then the guy came leading the group.

“Reena. Why don’t you think again? You don’t know ‘when you’ll die’ if you go with such a small group.”

Lina furrowed her brows, deliberately emphasizing certain words.

“What do you mean now?”
“No.. It could be dangerous if you stay with that kid and a man who can’t even use aura, right?”

I wanted to immediately put a knife on the eyes that glanced at Mark and me, but I held back.

Because..

‘You can’t just kill him and end it. I have to send the rest of the group as road companions.’

I am not a brute force killer.

So it’s like waiting until the cause is built up.

Because his patience doesn’t seem to last that long.

“Ben. I’m disappointed. I’m sorry, but please don’t talk to me from now on. Let’s go.”

This time, Lina must have been sure that she did it. She drew her line firmly and headed to the mercenary guild.

“Reena! You won’t regret it, will you?”
“I will not.”

Lina gave a short answer to his warning, then she opened the door and headed inside.

He calmly let go, as if he didn’t have the guts to work in front of the mercenary guild.

“Reena. Are you okay?”
“Mark… I’m sorry. Reiner too. It looks like a headache because of me..”

Lina blamed herself for causing trouble.

So I shrugged and said.

“Are you okay. It sounds like shit.”
“Whoops! Is it? Then I’ll trust you.”
“Okay. Only believe in you please.”
“Don’t worry.”

I thought, speaking confidently.

‘I’ll let you two have sex!’

Happy happy pure love sex.

It won’t be long before I think it will happen.

Then use that time to bring the two together!

‘Hey.. He’s so nice?’

Shouldn’t this be called Rai, the angel of sex?

After that, we went ahead with the request as always—

One month later.

The day you’ve been waiting for has arrived.