I got back to my room. Looking around, I didn't see BK.
"I guess he is still training. Well, not like it's my problem."
Shrugging it off, I prepared my stuff to go back to my store tomorrow.
It's not the first time he's done this, actually.
We've been living in the same room for almost half a year now.
At first he was laid back, but now he is moving like he is on the run.
'Poor guy; maybe the training he had received from Mr. Vandel was too much to bear, so he trained relentlessly not to be punished again.'
As I finish packing some stuff. I then ate at the cafeteria, after which I hit the hay.
'Oh yeah it's been roughly half a year since she took the saint's blood, but the effect hasn't subsided yet.'
As I was about to go to sleep, a sudden thought came to mind.
'That's really concerning.'
But since it's nighttime, I thought of looking it up next time.
I then fell asleep.
~~~~~~~~~
"No way did I give her the wrong one!"
I suddenly realized what my mistake was.
It's not that I haven't given her the saint's blood, but it's the same one as I gave Claire.
"No wonder. I mean, it's good, but were those two potions the same?"
I then checked my storage and records of my items, and sure enough, I was missing one of the high concentrations of saint's blood.
'Now that I think I always get that feeling of connection with Claire it's just that I see her on a regular basis, so it's not really new to me.'
"This is bad. What should I do? I don't know when the effects will wear off."
Knock knock.
As I was agonizing over what to do, a knock came from the door.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Lina."
"Oh, it's Lina." I then opened the door and saw her sisters all dressed up.
Then it hit me. Oh yeah, it's time to celebrate my supposed rank up.
Earlier, I locked myself up in the basement for the supposed rank-up. And came out as a rank one.
But I made sure that it was convincing enough for them not to question me.
"It looks like everyone is ready, let's go then."
"""Yay!""" The kids cheered as we got down and saw how everyone was party-ready.
"Well, then let's go."
We then rode a carriage to the place we made a reservation at.
And when we arrived, something happened.
"What the heck did you do?"
"Shame on you; do you know who he is?"
"I'm sorry, but we really didn't mean it."
"Oh, so you don't mean it. What if I cut down that child and said I didn't mean it? Would that suffice?"
"How could you say that?!"
An argument then happened right inside the place of our reservation.
From the looks of it, the two sides are arguing due to some accident the woman and the child had made, and they seem to be a mother and daughter pair.
While the other party seems to be a noble, and he has two guards with him.
"I don't care what excuses you both have. Either compensate me for the damages, or I'll show you what happens when you cross paths with the great me."
"How could you? It was you who bumped into us, not the other way around."
"Oh, you're talking back again, huh?"
'I don't know what's going on here, but it's better not to let the children see anymore of this. And from the looks of it, the staff is also having trouble with this situation.'
Thinking so, I stepped in between them.
"I don't know what is happening here, but please let me apologize for what these two have done to you, great sir."
"What do you mean? Are you saying they're with you?"
"Yes, they are. So would this help?"
"I then handed him a bag filled with money."
"Hmph, do you think this is enough?"
Click.
He snapped his fingers as one of his guards took my money.
'As expected of greedy guys like this prideful piece of s**t.'
"Of course not; I reserved a room with a great view of the place. I was about to use it, but seeing your greatness, I think the place deserves you more."
"If that is so, then I will humor you."
He then followed me as we arrived at the receptionist's place.
As we talked things out, everything went well, and they like the place very much.
"Alright, then, I guess I'll forgive you for now. But there won't be another time if you ever make a mistake. Understood?"
"Of course, of course."
As things ended, I got down the stairs and told the girls what happened.
"I see. I guess that's inevitable."
"No food? Ouch!"
"Leona!"
"I'm sorry."
As the young ones were sad. Lina pinched Leona for her rude remark.
"It's okay, Lina."
"But, owner."
"Don't worry, let's just go somewhere else, and it's good that there are a lot of places we could go to."
"I understand."
"Um, excuse me. I'm so sorry for the trouble we caused."
"Oh, don't be; I should be the one apologizing for butting in."
"Oh no, it was me and my sister who inconvenienced you and everyone else."
She said this as she looked at me and the girls.
'But they are sisters, huh? I didn't notice since she is far away, but she really is young, not to mention beautiful as well.'
"It's really no problem."
"Is there anything I can do to repay you?"
"You don't need to do anything. I did it on my own."
"I see you really are kind, huh? Thank you. I will never forget this favor."
She said those words as she left with the child.
"Owner is really kind, huh?"
"Yeah, he is."
"Stop gossiping, and let's look for a new store to dine in."
"Excuse me, we still have a vacant room, although it wasn't like the last one you reserved, and it is still available for use."
"I see. Thank you. We would like that, please."
"Good, right this way, please."
As we were thinking of going to a new place, a worker came to us and suggested a new place or use.
which we also obliged.
And as we were eating, Claire suddenly talked to me in a whisper for everyone else not to hear.
"You didn't stop them, so you could save those two girls, right?"
"Oh, as expected, you noticed."
And as expected of Claire, she noticed.
"It's nothing much, really. I just don't want the kids to see blood."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Her bloodlust was silent but deadly."
"Yeah, not to mention the amount of mana she used is no joke, even though it was just for a moment."
"Really? I didn't notice. I only saw her canceling the spell, not the amount."
"Yeah she cast it fast and canceled it in an instant."
Our conversation ended there, as we were quite intrigued by the two people's identities, but now's not the time to dwell on that. Let's enjoy it for now.
I was enjoying this day. I didn't know that we would see each other again in the exact same month.
And it would not be a pleasant one. But a bloody mess, which I tried to stop from happening earlier.
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The two people that Dustin saved earlier came out of the city.
"Big sis I didn't know that there were also people like us living well in the city."
"What do you mean?"
"That guy's mana is so pure, like ours."
"Don't tell me-."
They were then interrupted when someone suddenly called out for them.
"Where have you two been?"
"We were just inside the city."
"Why are you there? The reconnaissance is already over."
"We were just trying to celebrate her birthday."
"What do you want to enjoy in a place that is filled with people who took advantage of us?"
"It's not like that, plus it's not like all of them want that to happen to us."
"Ignoring our pleas is the same thing."
They then started arguing with each other.
"Um, I'm sorry." The little girl then apologized, seeing as they were starting to raise their voices against each other.
"I'm so sorry." The woman then hugged the little girl as she apologized.
"Haaa. Whatever, just don't go back for now. After all, the plan starts this week."
"So it's finally happening, huh?"
"Yes, we will fulfill the lifelong wish of our lost comrades."
"Alright, then let's go."
They then walked together. They arrived at a hidden place far from the Labyrinth City's reach.
They then arrived at a secluded place, where a group of people were waiting for them.
"Good I guess everyone is here. Then we will start the preparations. For now is the time to get our revenge against those heartless bastards."
"""Yeah!"""
"""Yes!"""
"""Finally!"""
"We will start with that city and do the same for other countries. Now is the time to rise up and show them what the consequences of their actions are."
"""Yes!"""
They cheered as their leader briefed them on the plan they were about to execute.