Three days have passed.
During those three days, nothing important happened on Rosalina's side. The journey of the woman with the bandit victims went smoothly without anything life threatening.
Although there are some monsters in the way. Rosalina could easily kill it.
On the other hand, in another world, Earth. Theo who finally chose to resign from his job at the publishing company. Instead of getting more free time, somehow he felt even busier.
Theo had a lot to think about. It's like going back to college. Where he has many homeworks to read and analyze hundreds of books.
This time, Theo was indeed at home, but he spent the whole day learning about the geographical situation in Etheria. There were many things he needed to understand in order to guide Rosalina.
And one of the things he wanted to know was about the Black Horns and Seven. Two organizations that currently have a high probability of pursuing Rosalina.
But unfortunately, after two days of searching about the two names in the Maps feature. Theo still had not found anyone related to the two organizations.
From this, Theo concludes that the Map feature in the application is not as great as expected.
Not only the details about people who were deemed not popular or useless were not shown. Apparently, data about groups that are classified as secret organizations will not be displayed.
Perhaps it would appear if Rosalina learned firsthand the information about them. Not from the Maps feature. Well, that's still a possibility.
Because he is not getting any useful information about the Black Horns and Seven. For now, Theo would prioritize building up Rosalina's strength first.
Not only in terms of Rosalina's strength as an individual, but in other aspects. Such as economy, fame, as well as groups.
Yeah, group. As he had thought from the start. Theo felt that Rosalina would not be able to confront the Demon Lord alone. She needs to create her own group or organization.
With the woman's profession as a peddler, then she can create a traveling merchant group.
Recruit adventurers or warriors as guards. Coachman, personnel and so on.
Theo hoped Rosalina could do all of that in Solmare later. And for that, she also needs funds.
After establishing contact with Jabbar. Rosalina can now start offering the pepper she has to the owner of the big company.
Selling it to a large company, although the profit is smaller than selling it yourself, but the level of security will be more guaranteed. At least, Rosalina's identity as a supplier will not be immediately identified.
Large companies like Midsun, selling rare items like pepper are not considered strange by the public. Those who are after the company will think twice.
So, Rosalina only had to sell pepper in large quantities to Jabbar. Then with the funds raised, started recruiting people to join her, prepared a new caravan and left Solmare before anyone realized her identity as a supplier.
Theo discussed this plan with Rosalina. And the woman agreed.
[So, after Solmare, where are we going?]
Asked Rosalina who was currently sitting in the coachman's seat.
"I already have two places in mind. But, before confirming that, I want to ask you to do something."
[What thing?]
"As a large company owner, I think Jabbar knows a thing or two about the Black Horns. We need information about the organization who is chasing us. It would be very lucky if he knew about Seven too."
[Hmm, I see. I'll try asking him.]
"Good. Ah, and also went to a bar called Red Spiders. The manager of that place is a well-known informant in the black market. He might also know something about our pursuers."
***
Elsewhere, at an inn within Altira Town.
A woman with black hair and sapphire blue eyes arrived at the door. She knocked twice, before about a minute later she heard a reply coming from inside.
The woman entered, finding a man who was her master sitting on a bed naked.
Beside the man, a girl lay limp with a pale face and skin. The light in her eyes was dim. She's not dead, but not sure if that condition can be said to be alive too.
"I hope you didn't come bothering me with empty information, Dawn."
The black-haired woman named Dawn immediately lowered her head, then began to report her findings about the two adventurers who destroyed the goblin settlement.
First, the two adventurers named Lyra and Rosalina have now left Altira. Only Ricky is still actively working as an adventurer in this city. But that man is not the figure Mercury is looking for.
"The two of them gone… where?"
"They went in different directions. C-Rank adventurer Lyra went to the west, while D-Rank Rosalina went south. As for the exact destination, no one knows."
Then Dawn continued, that before leaving Altira, the adventurer named Rosalina took the time to register as a merchant.
If you consider the direction of the destination which is in the southern area, the most logical destination for Rosalina is the city of merchants, Solmare.
"Hmm, Solmare… we might be able to stop by there after picking up the product from the Black Horns. Let's go tomorrow. Ah, do you know the figure behind those two adventurers?"
For Mercury, it would be odd if a pair of two low-ranking women were able to slaughter all the goblins in the settlement. He was very sure that there was a big figure behind the two.
But Dawn did not find any information about this. Nothing at all! There are no rumors either.
Instead she had information on how the two of them massacred all the goblins. Namely with poison! It is already a public secret that Rosalina mixed poison into the water sources in the settlement.
This caused the majority of the goblins to lose their lives without the two women directly using their hands.
The rest of the goblin survivors, including the Goblin Shaman, were wiped out by Lyra. And that too with the help of Rosalina's poison.
Almost all residents know about this. Even the children on the side of the road told the story excitedly.
"With poison? What poison?"
"No one knows. Of the adventurers in the guild, all of them said that it was a new type of poison made by Rosalina. Poison without color, smell and taste. One of the guild employees once took a sample from a well in the settlement and applied the poison to a B-Rank monster. As a result, the monster died in less than two minutes."
As a result of the experiment, the Altira Guild decided to fill the well in the monster settlement with earth. So that the poisonous water does not fall into the wrong hands.
Hearing this, Mercury seemed interested.
"Hee~ so, this person named Rosalina has that kind of poison. No smell, taste and color... hahaha, what is this? Isn't this the perfect weapon for assassination?! Solmare, huh… I hope she hasn't left before we get there."