Orlov Rocco's right hand was sweaty and fuzzy. Honestly, it was uncomfortable, but the tacket didn't give him that kind of a gift, and he shook hands with him with a smiling smile. He still wears a mask on half of his face, but his friendly attitude will have been well communicated just around his mouth.
(That's the hand of the guy who only used people with his mouth....)
I felt it frankly.
It's the opposite of what I felt when I first shook hands with Clinston. Clinston's hands were stiff and strong, and there was dry mud in the middle of something.
The impression I had when I thought it was the hands of someone who worked hard was getting stronger and stronger, rather than changing.
(This is Criston and Caron.....)
I feel like I'm overgripping myself, and when I let go of my hand, Taketo starts talking in a friendly atmosphere.
"Also, I would love to participate if I had this opportunity."
"Yeah, yeah. For those of you who are wonderful, such as you, we really want you to enjoy it. Yes, why don't you join us for dinner tomorrow?"
It says, "Tacket."
(Screams!)
I wanted to gut pose, but I couldn't do anything suspicious like that, so I gave it back smiling.
"Yeah, sure."
The purpose of this auction was to stand out and be loved and friendly by Rocco. Become an acquaintance, preferably a friend, of his and explore from him the inner affairs of the organization behind it.
The operation seems to be going well so far.
The following evening.
A member of Orlov Rocco's crew came to pick them up in a carriage at the hotel where the Taketos were staying.
I can't wear a mask because it's no longer an auction. There was no anxiety about being seen barefaced, but Taketo and Chante got into the carriage.
Just in case, Caron will stay at the hotel. Unlike the auction venue, which was crowded with many people, dinner for a small group is not unlikely to make Rocco aware of Caron.
Karon was with Rocco more than a decade ago. The length of the back and the body are different from the current Karon. Also, since Karon was hardly humanized at the time, I didn't think he would remember the face when he was humanized, but just in case. Besides, if Taketo and Chante don't come back, it would be more convenient for them to come and help us or contact King's Landing.
A carriage with a tacket and chante passes through the city of Grinade and runs through the woods for a while. The carriage stopped when my buttocks hurt a little after about an hour. Looking out the small window, there was a large Western hall in the forest. Looks like this is where Rocco is now.
A carriage reaches the front entrance. The first tacket followed by Chante stepped out of the carriage and the maids and butlers lined up on both sides.
And then a big man comes to pick up the tackles from the front door.
"Welcome. Thank you for coming so far. Eisen-sama and Rosa."
Today's Rocco outfit is wearing a fluffy fur coat on the shoulder of the suit. A large jewelry ring on the finger. There was even more bad taste.
While enduring the feeling of disgust on his face and forcing him to smile, Taketo remembers in his liver that he has to pay more attention to his face than he did the last time without a mask.
The two were passed through a large room on the second floor of the mansion. A large sweeping window leading to the veranda is filled with sunset red light.
There was a long table in the middle of the room where ten people thought they could sit gently. Based on the number of dishes arranged neatly on top of that, it seems that today it is not only the tacos that have been called. Below the table is a carpet made of the fur of a large beast.
There are several strips on the wall that look like the neck of a beast jumped out, nothing but creeps.
For them, the macho-beast stripping and fur were meant to show off their wealth and authority. Taketto thinks he doesn't want to be a friend even if he dies.
By the time the sun was completely dark in the western sky, dinner had begun with all the guests.
At the far end, Rocco sits in the so-called birthday seat and opens a seat on the left hand side of the seat and takes a seat with Taketo and Chante. Two couples sat across the street.
Cheers with aperitif champagne bring the dishes one by one by the maids. In addition to being overwhelmingly large, they were all luxurious ingredients that normally could not be eaten by a taco.
But I couldn't afford to taste it slowly.
Enjoy conversations with Rocco and other guests. Carelessly carelessness is likely to lead to wear out.
Chante was excited about the dress lady and sweets sitting across the street. Confectionery that uses plenty of expensive sugar, raw cream, butter, etc., can be said to be something that only the rich are allowed to eat. In Chante's case, Marie was close to a senior aristocrat, so she often received sweets for her hobbies, but the other lady seemed to have assumed that Chante was a lady of some aristocracy.
On the other hand, Rocco was obsessed with bragging about what kind of amazing beasts he had dealt with until now in his middle-aged nobility sitting across the street from Taketo.
"Whoa. Large beasts are romantic. What kind of beast did Eisen have?
Suddenly, the baked dessert sorbet was shredded with a spoon, and he stopped and thought for a moment.
I didn't want to say anything that was too appropriate, so I tried to raise the beast that I had been involved with until now, but I suspected that Mandragora, Salamander and Forest Cat were too rare. I wondered what was going to be okay.
"I see... Hippoglyph and Fenrir. Oh, I had Kelpy, too. It's convenient because it can run on the water."
Remembering running on a Kelpy Byron, he said that. If the Byron asks me, I may get angry and get eaten.
However, the man opposite and Rocco seemed to have taken a keen interest in the words of the tacket. With the momentum to sparkle your eyes, you catch up with the conversation.
"Kelpy! That's amazing! I didn't expect to ride such a fierce and rough demon beast."
"Hey, I've dealt with all kinds of beasts, but Kelpy hasn't dealt with them yet. I've been eaten by a few people trying to catch me before."
Rocco pours wine out of a bottle into a taco glass when he turns his eyes in surprise.
(Do it, Kelpy was such a tough beast. Yeah, well... maybe he would have eaten me if I hadn't seen my sister.)
While listening to the wine poured into Rocco, Rocco was tempted to think that he had made a mistake in selecting the beast, but Rocco was often interested in the talk of the tacket and managed to repeat, "Oh, great." Looks like you're getting a lot more drunk.
"I would definitely like to show Eisen-sama, who is good at handling magical beasts, to our store."
"The store...?
When asked about the taco, Rocco sips the wine out of the cup.
"Yes, it's my shop. There are a lot of beasts that don't appear in the auction, so I'm sure they'll like it. You can also let go of the wild and enjoy the hunt. The pleasure of defeating a large beast with this hand is irreplaceable."
So laughing with a red face, Rocco laid down his glass and stood ready to shoot with both hands.
Taketo's eyes fainted.
That's what Taketto, no, Caron, Clinston, and the Sheriff have been looking for.