After the condition that Nagao experienced earlier, Nagao was brought into one of the rest rooms. Along with several royal physicians' arrival, they did start to check up on Nagao's condition while the others did remain outside of the room.
Many moments had left, and several royal physicians' came out from the room. One of the physicians—a middle-aged male with ivory skin—approached Lady Megumi,
"We have examined the patient's state, and—," He presented a few parchments unto Lady Megumi—"Employ this prescription and recipe to restore the patient's condition became a normal state, My Lady,"
Lady Megumi peered at those parchments and spoke,
"By the way, whereabouts didst those remedies for the patient, physician? Usually, you wouldst bring them, along with the prescription, and wherefore didst you bring this recipe instead of the remedies??" she said with authoritative intonation. "Art thou attempting to insult me at this time?!" her intonation pressed deeply, and her face suddenly changed to become serious.
"M-My sincere apologies, Lady Megumi! I-I-I did not intendeth to commit such offensive words to thee, My Lady!" The physician was immediately afraid of her attitude. "U-unfortunately, with deep regret bestowed upon my heart, those ingredients have not been received this time as the expedition team has not arrived yet. As part of my responsibilities, I have presented this recipe to you, My Lady, for the patient," the physician said while bowing at a forty-five-degree angle.
Because of Lady Megumi's words earlier, several persons at this moment became afraid of her, except one person...
*Shrrk!*
Adolph immediately pulled the physician's collar and spoke with anger expression,
"What did you say again?!! I swore if you say one more again—," Before Adolph finished her words, there appeared a notification board before Adolph, causing her to take her hands off from the physician's collar—"What the heck??!" she reflexively saw Lady Megumi because it appeared before her too. "Even you too?!"
Lady Megumi then saw toward Adolph,
"It did seemeth, we did get the same task at this junction,"
"Tsk! I hated this stupid mission more than anything!"
Both of their notification board displayed the same task...
[Side mission: bringing the ingredient to restore Nagao's condition.
Those ingredients:
- Several red zingibers spice. (0/10)
- Gold forest melit fluid. (0/1)
- Several pudina leaves. (0/10)
Note: In this mission, only you must complete the mission alongside your rival. Plus, you and your rival must wear disguise clothes.] (0/1)
***
Several moments later...
"Art you sure of attempting to do this with her, Lady Megumi?!" Mr. Eddie worried about Lady Megumi's decision.
"Fear not. I didst this for mine own." Lady Megumi spoke with an authoritative tone, bringing her silver guitar.
The head butler prepared everything for the mission Lady Megumi has got this time.
On the different side, Mr. Schmidt spoke to Adolph,
"Did you really want to do this?" he said while giving several things to Adolph for the mission.
"Yes, I did, Old man!" Adolph said confidently. "Moreover, this time, I must do what I must do, especially since Nagao always helped me!" Adolph said in a determined tone, gripping her hands for one moment hard.
Mr. Schmidt, who had seen her attitude, immediately gave Adolph several curved daggers,
"This the only I could've done this time. So brought those daggers, okay?"
Adolph received those things and replied,
"Thanks, Old man!" She began to hide it behind her waist.
After preparing everything based on the mission, they began to walk into the street, trying to search for those ingredients.
On the way, after several moments they didn't talk, Adolph finally spoke,
"Bluntly, I don't like you, especially about what you did toward Nagao. But this shit made me tag-team with you. What a bullshit-approached!" She said while giving a tsk sound afterward.
But Lady Megumi didn't respond to Adolph's words. Awaring of her reactions, Adolph mocked Lady Megumi,
"Perhaps you're just the type of person who giving some manners to the highest person than you. What an absolute jerk etiquette you've. And maybe, because of that, Nagao didn't like you in the first place!"
Hearing her words, Lady Megumi stopped walking, sighed, and grabbed Adolph's collar immediately...
*Shrrk!*
Lady Megumi responded to her after being silent for several moments,
"Listen, you fucking love rat! There was a line you shouldn't cross. One more time, you said that again... I swore to introduce you to how the cruel world works!" her words implied intense anger, which she could barely contain. However, she spoke in a subdued tone, not raising her voice.
"You stomped at the wrong person, bitch!" Adolph immediately pulled Lady Megumi's collar. "Because I was veteran more than you, you lecherous harlot!" she smirked evilly at Lady Megumi.
Because of her insults, Lady Megumi almost exploded with her anger emotion. However, she managed to remember her mission, making Lady Megumi only grip Adolph's collar hard. Receiving her demeanor, Adolph also did the same thing.
*Krrk!*
Neither of them released their grip on each other's collar. A few people even saw their activities. Eventually, Lady Megumi, in disguised mode, loosened her grip on Adolph's collar and spoke,
"Forget about this useless thing. I'm more concerned about him," Lady Megumi exhaled for a while, bringing her deep breath out of herself. "Would you help me, at least, for Nagao?" she reached out her right hand to Adolph.
Adolph peered at her face. Then she reached out her right hand while giving a handshake,
"At least for now... for Nagao. I inevitably must do it professionally,"
"That's more than enough," Lady Megumi started to look at the notification board again. "I wanted to search red zingibers firstly at the market. Or might you have any other suggestions?"
"Why did you search red zingibers at the market?? Did you have a clue about those ingredients?" Adolph displayed a confused expression.
"You'll find out once we've got there." Lady Megumi said with an assertive tone.
Eventually, both of them walked into the market in the Angendal kingdom. Once they arrived, many people gathered in the market with many intentions.
Based on the parchment given by her head butler, those ingredients are on the market. They walked to one of the market stalls without saying much. Once they got there, they met with a bulky-body seller,
"Welcome! What did you want to buy?" A bulky-body seller said in a warm tone.
"We would like to buy several ingredients like red gingers and mint leaves," Lady Megumi said casually while giving a wicker basket to the seller.
Hearing Lady Megumi's words, Adolph immediately whispered to her right ear,
Adolph became calm again after hearing her reply. On the different side, a bulky-body seller replied,
"One moment, please," He started to remember something. "By the way, how much did you want each of them?"
"Ten pieces for each of them." Lady Megumi said assertively.
The seller started to take those ingredients based on what Lady Megumi said. After a few times, he brought and provided at her while saying,
"Total amounts of those ingredients are forty gold coins,"
"What the bullcrap is wrong with yourself?! Those amounts are incredibly expensive. Are you lost your senses?!!" Lady Megumi remarked in an angered tone.
"I'm sorry, but those ingredients are based on the calculation of many things, especially since food and spice prices have been tough lately," the seller said while smiling slightly at both of them, quickly blinking his eyes and attempting to avoid direct eye contact with Lady Megumi. Completely different reactions than they've met him earlier.
Seeing his different reactions, Adolph responded,
"Let me check those first," Adolph took the wicker basket from the seller and started to check it. Stared at those things, checking closely one by one.
Adolph realized that most of those ingredients were wilted and full of rot. Immediately, Adolph hurled a few ingredients toward the seller...
*Swoosh!* *Tak!*
"Forty gold coins for this fucking rot?!" Adolph was angered at the seller. "Even I knew this condition at first glance!! Did you try to deceive us with this dogshit, huh?!!"
"How dare you to claim that my goods are of poor quality!" the seller vehemently refuted Adolph's argument.
"I said that because I know it, you dickhead!" Adolph vehemently countered his argument, raising her voice and drawing the attention of several people.
"Let me see it once." Lady Megumi started to look at one of the gingers.
Simultaneously, several notification boards appeared before Lady Megumi, and most of them had the same explanation...
...
[Subject Name: Red ginger.
Condition: Unhealthy.
Estimated: Approximately seven months.
Specifications: This red ginger is shriveled and rot. Not for human consumption.]
[Subject Name: Mint leaf.
Condition: Unhealthy.
Estimated: Approximately three weeks.
Specifications: This mint leaf is wilted. Not for human consumption.]
Out of the blue, Lady Megumi approached the seller and pulled his collar. And she said something in a deep voice,
"Repeat that nonsense while delivering this rubbish to us, and I vowed to forcefully silence your words!"
Long story short, after an extensive negotiation involving several individuals and sellers who came to Lady Megumi and Adolph's aid as they were also victims of that deceitful seller, they—Lady Megumi and Adolph in disguise mode—ultimately achieved their objective. As a result of this incident, they managed to secure a substantial discount, bringing the price down to ten gold coins...
...
[Side mission: bringing the ingredient to restore Nagao's condition: several red zingibers spice.] (10/10)
[Side mission: bringing the ingredient to restore Nagao's condition: several red pudina leaves.] (10/10)
"Nice debate, especially when you debated about the price with the seller until he was afraid as fuck, hahaha! Looks like your nickname already suited with you, wise person~," Adolph spoke sarcastically.
"Our job isn't done already. Don't intend to mock me like that. Also, don't breathe beside me, you sneaky rat," Lady Megumi counterattacked her words cynically.
"Uhh, What A upper-class-fox you are~," Adolph said mockingly again. "By the way, only Gold forest melit fluid, right? What is that?"
"That's referring to forest honey. But, we didn't find any clue of it, especially when I talked with my head butler," Lady Megumi sighed deeply.
"Just search for it in the forest. Maybe, we could find some clues in there," Adolph said while yawning.
"I would do that in the first place if I knew the forest location!" Lady Megumi was irritated at Adolph's words.
Amidst their conversation, there was someone who spoke with them,
"I knew of the forest honey location, Big sisters!" A light voice commented on their conversations.
Adolph and Lady Megumi immediately searched for that voices. When they looked down, there was a little girl with dark brown skin, black hair, and a chubby face.
Recognizing that child appeared before them, Adolph and Lady Megumi started responding to her words,
"Uhh, I thought you'd been misunderstood about our convo, little princess," Adolph replied softly.
Lady Megumi suddenly squat with her knees and patted her head,
"Yeah, just like Adolph's Big sister said earlier, You shouldn't eavesdrop on grown-ups' conversation, okay?"
But, that unknown little child replied again,
"The forest where Nagao fought his anguish is the same forest where the forest honey is found."
"?!!" Adolph suddenly remembered her memory back then, remembering a scene of Nagao's lying on the Goliath carcass and their tag-team fight.
"What... did you—," Lady Megumi held the shoulders of that little girl, her facial expression abruptly shocked—"What... did you say...??!"