Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite

The Wonderland Mercenaries left Kamark and headed to the nearby village, which was a garrison, but Rion did not accompany him and remained in Kamark. It is to discuss the future.

The meeting was held at Kamark Fors. It is inside a building at the back of the site, where only authorized people can enter. Lions are gathered in a corner of a dark room with many sofas.

"... Hey, Leon. What's here?"

In a shady atmosphere, Eriel asks with a suspicious look.

"Membership Club"

"Where is it?"

The meaning of Rion's words is unknown to Aeriel.

"A place where the rich have a beautiful older sister to sit down and enjoy"

"... Rion?"

Eriel's eyes staring at Rion are even higher than usual.

"It's not. Nothing wrong. I just drink and enjoy conversation."

"... what is the difference from a party?"

Drinking and enjoying conversation is like a party. When dance is added, it becomes a ball.

"Many people who come to this place have never attended a party."

"I don't know."

"For example, a merchant. A merchant who makes a lot of money comes. The opponent is Takamine's flower that I can not usually talk about."

"... What is that Takamine flower?"

Somehow, Eriel has come to understand the situation.

"Noble"

"After all ... but noble women work in such places."

"In order to get back debt, the salary is pay-as-you-go. If you do your best, the harder you work, the more you earn. Of course, some prostitutes make better money but don't like it."

"People with strong drinks have an advantage."

Eriel knew that women with many customers could earn more. Not wrong, but this is not all.

"Even if you can't drink alcohol, you can do it. Anyway, let the other person have a good time, order a lot of sake and dishes, fall in love with yourself, and make tribute."

"Yes?"

Towards the end, I heard words that could not be ignored.

"A certain percentage of the money paid by the customer goes to the woman you dealt with. All personal gifts you receive are women's gifts. However, if you want to change it to gold, you must be taken to the store. The store pays women a certain fee from the purchase price. ''

"... I don't know. What does a gift mean?"

"Customers are enjoying their romance and enjoyment. People who can never be lovers can be treated like lovers. Regardless of their status or appearance, they can pay money. Of course, there is a feeling of good luck."

"... A man is the worst."

Eriel feels like she buys her feelings for money. In fact, the man is deprived of feelings and money, but this mechanism is not understandable by Eriel.

"I'm buying a dream for money. Even if it's a temporary dream, there are people who want it."

"I can't understand it, I don't understand."

"I guess. I don't even know.

"……so"

In the case of Rion, as he says, he lives in a world different from the original reality. Rion was happy, but Eriel was a little happy.

This is where Eriel's feelings have finally calmed down a little.

"Welcome. Nice to meet you, I'm Rose. Thank you."

A voice breaking into that mood came in. A woman in a shop dressed in a beautiful dress.

"... Um, I'm not a customer?"

"I know. I really wanted to see your face and asked the store manager to do it and let me greet you. Do you understand me? Your real name is Sherry."

"……Ah!"

When asked by her name, Leon finally realized that she was a woman she had met during her school days.

"Did you remember?"

"Oh, I remembered."

"... Rion. You and the old woman again."

Eriel is frustrated by the situation. I don't like the appearance of new women before Rion one after another.

"No, I've never talked to her."

"So what?"

"She was the one who abused that woman during school. I remember that."

"……eh?"

Aeriel knows who she is. I was surprised at the unexpected female identity.

"Don't remember that embarrassing past. And I don't want to remember that woman either."

For Sherry, Maria has degraded herself to this position, no matter how hated she is.

"Oh, sorry."

"It's good. I'm Lion, so I'll forgive you specially.

With that said, Sherry sits down next to Rion. There are no gaps and the feet are in close contact.

"that?"

"I had no choice but to thank Mr. Leon. It's like a dream to meet in this way."

In addition, his face was brought close to Rion's ears, and his chest was pressed casually on Rion's arm. Nothing but provocation.

"... so I'm not a customer"

"But this shop belongs to Rion?"

To pay off debt, it is faster to ask Rion to get rid of the debt than to earn money from the customer. That's what Shelley thinks.

"... I see. There is a woman who makes the most money in this store, but maybe Sherry?"

"How was it?"

Despite his utterance, his confident expression proves that Rion's words are true.

"It's okay to be strong, but I don't like active women."

"But I can't refuse to be aggressive. In the case of Mr. Rion, I thought that it was better to make an established fact than a feeling because my heart was originally high."

"... as expected, number one"

Sherry showed Rion's personality perfectly, though he shouldn't have been.

"... I make money this way. I understand a little."

Airiel also forgot to get angry and was impressed.

"But it's a failure. Sorry, we have to work harder."

"There is a way to get rid of the debt. I came here today to consult."

"……Lie?"

"That's true. If you ask me, I'll make debt repayment unnecessary."

"... I see. Rion is beautiful and I can't be a child forever."

Shary leaves her body with Rion while showing a sad face. It looks like she was willing to take over her debt repayment.

"It's different. Do you know?"

"Because I have to think after debt is gone. I'm in a year when I'm late."

Sherry, who had the toughness and gained the thickness of the figure after experiencing the difficult times.

"I don't have a reason to take care of that much. If you're a single man you can introduce me a lot, but that's only if you have the opportunity."

There are many single men in the Wonderland Mercenaries. Those who have been living without a specific woman. You will be happy to run, but that's not the story to do now.

"Sorry"

"It's easy to ask, but I want to ask other people, can you call me?"

"Yes, glad"

Sherry is sitting down and trying to get to the women in the waiting room at the back.

"... a little more. It's almost over."

Rion cried out on his back.

"... Yeah, but I'll wait without expecting it."

Sherry stops and replies without looking back. Perhaps it wasn't Lyon's mind that the voice sounded faintly shaking.

Sherry walked away with her back turned.

"... were you strong?"

"I think that's right, but what makes you stronger is still strong?"

"Yes"

Some live in tears every day in pity for their circumstances, while others, like Shelley, live determinedly. Which is better and which is not worse. However, it is better to have the strength to live. No matter how hard it is, the end of the dead will never be a happy end.

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After talking with the women, we have a meeting with False. In fact, she was planning to meet with False, including the matter of the women, but Sherry's partition was quick and the business ended before the busy False time was available.

"She's the number one in this store. Other women will obey what she says."

"... What was the order of the shops like that?"

Rion does not know how the ranks of cabaret clubs affect human relationships.

"Even in the order of sales, it becomes a person's value. Higher people look down on the lower ones, and lower ones can't resist high ones. Just like in the world."

"... It's a disgusting story. After all, people like to rank."

"That's right. And the number of customers who will be appointed only by number one will increase. Well, I know this, but that number one is the same as just title."

There are many customers who nominate that they will provide the best service because they are called number one. Most of them look like customers.

"What is it?"

"I wasn't biased, I thought the other daughters were poor, so I messed up a little. After that, the number of daughters who became the new number one after all increased. The same applies to other daughters."

"It's the same as the world."

The person decides whether it is good or not only by the title, not actually. That's a common story.

"Yes. The funny thing is that my daughter was dropped from number one and complained at first, but sales were upside down."

"I understand that. A familiar customer spent money trying to return to number one."

"It's a general, you know."

A ranking to stimulate the competitive spirit of working women. Not only that, it will also stimulate the competitiveness of customers attached to women. This is as expected.

"It seems that the system is working well, but is it really tough now?"

"Yes. Right now, we keep only the money dropped by merchants who made money in the wartime economy. However, this only widens the gap between daughters who have good customers and daughters who do not, and how long will it last in the first place?"

With wars happening everywhere on the continent, merchants who handle supplies needed for the war make a lot of money. However, that is because there are supplies that can be sold, and if wars are prolonged and supplies are depleted, merchants will lose their profits at once.

"In that case, you should expand the security zone at once. Do you need to move north and south?"

In order for people from other countries to visit the land of Bandu with peace of mind, the war must be eliminated far away from the front. It means expanding the area of control.

"Speaking of which, aren't the brothers together?"

Forth thought that if Leon came back, Ein and Gordon would be with him.

"Oh, they went to another city. Gordon headed to the capital city of Alexandros. Ain was in the south."

"Suddenly. Both of them are hard workers."

"I want to keep my organization clean before moving in earnest. I'll ask you just to make sure, but is Kamark OK? Isn't anyone stained?"

In addition to the continued absence of Rion, the organization has become quite large and scattered widely. Some came out of control and moved freely. In particular, those who were moving without knowing anything at the end. There are many people who are profitable and act for other organizations.

"of course"

"Isn't this limited to the Great Alexandros Empire?"

Rion's line of sight looks false.

"Kamak knows who is the Lord, including people outside the organization. He's also a lifesaver."

Fors replied, undisturbed by Rion's gaze. False has no finesse or fear of loyalty.

"Is that really an exaggeration?"

When Leon hears False's answer, he returns to a calm atmosphere. I believed in False's words.

"It's not an exaggeration. You're a legend at Kamark, right?"

"Legend, I'm alive?"

"It's bad for a dead pretending general. Anyway, he's the hero who saved Kamark from desolation and from demons. Nobody has forgotten this."

"……Really"

Rion mutters small while looking away, looking shy. For this look at Rion for the first time in a long time, False seems happy.

"Is the war ahead?"

"Oh, I'm going to drop the Imperial City first. At the same time, I want to do something in the South."

"So they go first."

Gordon is on the way to the Imperial City and Ain is on the south. False knew it was an action in line with Rion's thinking.

"Yes. Not only cleaning the organization, but also preparing."

"What should we do?"

Knowing that things were moving more than they had imagined, False asked for their work. False can't help but get involved in Leon's big job.

"Nothing for the time being, but it's just an entertainment, as it may have more visitors in a while."

"Is it a visitor's entertainment ..."

Fors is a bit dissatisfied with his usual job.

"Employee officials may appear at the meeting. It's a response. However, you only have to meet until you have permission. Don't forgive returning home."

"... Is that so? Is it better to increase the number of guys in the store?"

There may be some who are brute force. To prepare for it.

"I was going to turn it from Gordon."

"I don't need it. I'll gather those who are scattered. If Ain's brother and Gordon are running, I'm okay.

"Hey. I'm doing it right."

Without knowing, False had increased hands. Leon was impressed by this fact.

"If nothing has changed, you're going to get angry, right?"

The thing that hasn't changed is that you shouldn't be left behind to be a member of Lion. That is growing the organization.

"Don't be angry at all. It's up to you to decide what you want to do with your life. It's better or worse."

"So, who do you want to live under?

"……What do you mean?"

"I said earlier that the people who live in Bandhu, rather than Kamark, know who their Lord is. That's good for that, right?"

Stand on all those of Bandu. False says: It's not Rion who doesn't know what that means.

"Requested Bandu as a reward."

"It's fine, but is it as a Grand Flam noble?"

"... Don't let the conclusions hurry. I haven't thought of the future yet."

"It's not me, but the people around me who are hurting my conclusion. The general has returned. I know its purpose, and I know that it will work. I'm worried. "

Rion has accumulated the power to achieve revenge. Resist is the largest of them. What Rion does after revenge is determined by how the organization should be. It's a big problem for those in the organization.

"After the end ..."

"I can't tell that the general wasn't thinking. I'm just telling everyone to help him make the decision."

"Isn't that impatient?"

Earlier, False was not so distinctive in character. It means that people have grown up. Forth is also the representative of those who live in Bandhu.

"Because I'm cheeky, I'm originally older than the general."

"……surely"

"I told you what I wanted to say. All you have to do now is to follow the general's decision.

"Oh……"

There is no reason you can decide freely. Rion knew again what people were expecting and what people were expecting. Rion is not selfish enough to ignore this feeling.

After revenge is over, Rion decides again to consider himself.