The Branded Female Fencer
City of Pleasure, Part 152 - Retaliation ⑤ -
"Are you all right, boy"
"... what?
"I can't hide my anger. Please don't be hasty."
"I can't do anything, you luggage man. Bye. Besides, I'm sending you two friends, and you're done for. Sorry to bother you so far."
Levere understood that it was a superficial word, but the boys didn't think they should be on the spot, so they did as they said. And once they all leave, the formination comes in.
"Luvere. What happened?
"Lord Rana has seen Miss Ranili's death face. She could be trapped in anger for the rest of her life."
"Is that - is she now?
"I let him sleep on his own. You won't wake up for half a day."
"So it would be better if we moved on right now, right? Is the target's eye-catcher on?
"Yes. Definitely the killers are Dart and Anarches. Finally, their poison fangs have reached our people."
- I wonder what's going on.
Formination was troubling. Retaliation must undoubtedly occur. The same goes for the condolences to Ranili, but this golden purity hall will be insulted if it does not retaliate. Since then, it is likely that your companions will continue to fit in with similar eyes. In fact, whorehouses that can't protect whores, not just them, have since become obsolete. There is no door in the mouth of the people of Tarram, and it is a city tough on the weak, this place.
The problem is the way. To be sure, we have to keep them as secluded as possible. Especially Zems, in a way that Enema won't notice we did. No Liliam. The tarram itself could be targeted if we let her intervene. Neither can Fostina. She doesn't originally take requests to kill people. And then you have the strength to take them, and you're going to be asked to kill them.
"I can't help it, I can't stick to ethics at this time. Not when you're wearing a thread on your money."
"Do you have any idea who you might be asking for?
"There are about two of us in this city right now. I guess it depends on the persuasion and the terms."
"- There are still forces in this city that don't know how to move. Remember, there are threats outside the city."
"Absolutely. Just fulfill my responsibilities as head of the whorehouse guild. We shouldn't put up with this any longer, and we can't. Worst case scenario, I'll do something about it when I get out."
"Dart is a magician. Poor tricks can be counterproductive"
"... you're always so calm, you are. Why don't you just give me some more of your own emotions?
"I'm always, always a guide."
Luvere followed the scene with a salute to his bitter-faced forminy. Luvere also responded to the line he later visited the hall, but when the line picked up Larna, who remained stunned, he returned with a thick thank you. And he told him that if anything, he would help, and that he would remain vigilant because the crisis in the whole city had not yet left.
The golden purity hall was then opened as usual. Each of the prostitutes was shadowed by this incident, but they immersed themselves in their work without giving it any expression at all. But one, Primuse, was given a day off, and some of the prostitutes were not in the house that day.
"Ugh... ah?
"Are you awake?
When Larna woke up, that was Inn's own room. In front of me is Alphilis and Sister borrowed from Arnelia, plus Ekla. When Alphilis gave Ekla an eye signal, Ekla left with Sister.
When Larna looked out the window, the sun was already about to set. Larna tried to wake herself up all the time, but was blocked by Alphilis.
"Stay asleep. You must be strong."
"... were you asleep for half a day?
That's what I'm talking about.
"I'm sure there was a catch in the evening."
"Yeah, I left that to the line. You should be working with Liliam by now. Either way, Corsens will have no escape. Whatever escape route or hidden path you have, I'm wondering if you can get out of the oak siege net. Oak won't have the brains to understand fine deals, and his knowledge of finance won't help. Capture is only a matter of time."
A joint catch with Liliam. In fact, when Alphilis heard that the EXPERION epidemic was Tarram, someone at the head of the Tarram Guild said it was suspicious from the beginning. We know that Xperion is a drug made by black magicians. But it takes some human means for them to circulate. For black magicians the lack of a way to do so would be a weakness, but in many cases they thought they were in circulation by Almas.
But the stakes are too complicated in this city, and even Almas can't bullshit the distribution. Although Tarram is a city of pleasure, Almas, an apparent arms dealer, has not so much place to play. Either the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce or the Yatri Chamber of Commerce, which deals with specialties and rarities, are making the extra width more advantageous, he said.
Then it was reasonable to assume that one of Tarram's leading men was chewing one. I also heard that Arnelia had gone on an evil spirit crusade, and rather, Alphilis wondered that there had never been a single request for an evil spirit crusade that far. He then paralleled the investigation to Arnelia and examined the owners of a strip of land where Libidu was based. Then, the land had been owned by Corsens for more than a decade, and the investigation had been discontinued, or expulsion from Tarram for a reason, sometimes with too much condolences, while reports of the death of the inhabitants had been raised. The inhabitants were deliberately silenced.
Alphilis thought that when the fog came out, Corsens, or if there were any other collaborators, might have foreseen this. So he manned the mercenary regiment to keep an eye on the perimeter of each guild chief's dwelling, which he asked Lilliam. Then only Corsens was moving to a separate residence in the city opposite the place where the fog came out. Moreover, the building had only been purchased a few months earlier. Alphilis had forced the man standing on his arm to sneak into the hall of Corsens and grab a number of evidentiary items.
And when it dawned and I found out that the city was safe, Corsens' separate residence was busy with Russia. I tried to get back to my own hall soon, but I can't walk as I think because of martial law. This was also one of the Alphilis prospects, but the martial law was lifted around noon, and Corsens may have desperately disposed of the evidence by now. Since I have already contained the most evidence and thoughts, I expect Corsens to rush out further blurring.
Continued