"I see…. To think such scum was running such a place here in the capital." Carlos's brow furrowed, reading the ledger. There were thousands of entries in the book, Alissia handed him. "We will need to do a detailed investigation. This inn will also be shut down and searched. Every floorboard will be upturned."
"Carlos, is that serious?" Princess Fina asked.
"This could easily solve many missing person cases." Carlos explained lightly.
"Umm…" Alissia cut in. "Before you go ripping the inn down, can I go grab my things?"
"Ah Ye, go right ahead. However, you will need an escort. It is not that we do not trust you since you are the one who brought this all to light, but it is for the investigation to make sure nothing is removed." Carlos explained.
"That's fine." Alissia had no issues with having an escort. In her past life, she had uncovered many things like this and was even arrested a few times as a person of interest, but after a few days, she would be let free.
"I will go with her." Princess Fina raised her hand.
"I will still send a guard with you, Princess." Carlos would never give full protection of the Princess to someone we did not know. Even if Alissia seemed to be strong, the fact was that she was still not someone he knew.
"Mmm…. Alissia, let's go." Princess grabbed Alissia by the hand and pulled her along.
Alissia felt the soft hand in hers, and a silly smile formed on her face. Millie, who saw it, felt something was strange about her Young Miss's reaction to the Princess. But she couldn't put her finger on it. While at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed at that hand that held her Young Miss's hand.
As they walked in, Princess Fina asked: "So how did you know something was off about this place?"
"Well, when Millie and I came here to get a room, before we could even say anything, the innkeeper was already offering us up a room. And when he suddenly said the room was free, and the best room they had, I began watching the man's eyes closely and what I saw was a deep fire of lust within. I knew then that there was something going on. So I decided to check the room the best way I know how. With my fists!" Alissia said proudly while shaking her fist in the air, causing Princess Fina to chuckle.
"You are very different from the stories I have been told. If you were this strong, why did you let that bitch hurt you?" Princess Fina asked. Her choice of words would seem odd to those who knew her because she would never swear in the presence of others besides her own guards, but she felt being around Alissia, who was so carefree and straightforward with her actions that it was perfectly fine to act like her true self even if it was only a little.
"Ahh… well… To be honest, I didn't have my strength then." Alissia had no idea if this was true or not so it could not be said to be a lie.
"I see... Well, it's a good thing that you are able to live more freely now. I heard you were treated very poorly at your estate." Princess Fina had heard many, many things regarding her future sister in law. At first, she wondered why her father would force her brother to marry such a poor girl. While at the same time, she felt bad for the girl who was used as a trophy all because she did not have a mana body. But now…. Now that she was seeing with her own eyes. She felt that Alissia was too good for her brother. She seemed to smile like the sun, which drew Princess Fina's attention to her. It was a strange sensation like the girl in front of her will amount to things that only some could ever dream of.
"Ahh yeah, about that… You see, I already got revenge for that and walked out the door." Alissia said casually as she went to pick the bags up off the floor. But was stopped when the knight guarding Princess Fina stepped forward. "Miss, allow me."
Alissia looked up at the guard that was smiling away at her with a strange look in his eyes and frowned. "No thanks. I don't like men. So don't even try."
"Pfft!" Princess Fina spat out and looked at the guard, whose face turned bright red, and then at the disgusted look on Alissia's face and found it quite amusing. She softly spoke under her breath: "It seems this outing was very much worth it. I should thank Father later for allowing me to meet such an interesting person."
With her things in hand, Alissia, Millie, Princess Fina, and the red faced guard all walked back outside towards Princess Fina's carriage. "Someone come, take Alissia's things, and put them on the luggage rack. And get ready to depart to the Dillon Residents."
"Princess Fina! You are going to my house!?" A voice came from behind the group. Princess Fina turned around while Alissia was helping store her luggage. She had her personal items inside and did not wish for any of these perverts to try to snatch any of them. Alissia was finding it much harder to be a girl than she had originally thought. Mainly now, she had much more to watch out for.
"Oh? Speak of the devil. Miss Dillon, I was just thinking about you." Princess Fina said with a smile. She had an excited look in her eyes, wondering just how hard Alissia would punch this girl. She did not have to wait long because not even a second later, a yell came from behind her.
"I was too! Come let me punch you in the face!" As soon as the voice fell, Emilia Dollin only saw a delicate white fist the size of a mountain appear in front of her face. Then the sounds of something crushing inside her body which was soon followed by an immense pain in the back of her head.
*Boom!*