“…Ugh. I thought I made it clear that I don’t do business during the lunchtime. Who is the runt that didn’t get the memo?”
Soon, they could hear an annoyed voice. The unwelcoming voice was coming from the changing room.
The changing room’s door opened with a squeaky noise, and a man with red hair walked out of the room.
“…”
The man walked out of the door as he scratched his head. His eyebrows twitched when he noticed Riley leaning his upper body on the bar table.
“Ha?”
Watching the man with twitching facial muscles looking at him, Riley raised a hand and greeted him.
“Wow… You finally woke up? You have gotten really lazy.”
“Shut up you lunatic. To think I’ll be hearing something like that coming from you of all people…”
Extremely annoyed, the man scratched his head with all of his might. With a displeased face, the man walked behind the other side of the table that Riley was leaning toward.
It appeared this was Andal, the pub owner.
“About cleaning up after Tes’s higher-ups… Did you do it right?”
Andal washed his hands immediately after coming inside the kitchen. When he heard Riley ask the question, he turned his head for a brief moment toward Riley and then went back to rubbing his hands under the running water.
“Ah, don’t even bring that up. Because of your stupidity, I had to do all sorts of bullshit stuff that weren’t even becoming of me. All in order to round up what you did...”
“…”
Because the man kept on spewing out swear words at Riley, unable to stand it any further, Nainiae was about to step in, but she was stopped by Riley.
“There is no need. He is an old friend.”
“He is a friend?”
‘Could it be that these swear words are different from how they are in Lower Solia?’
Because Riley gestured toward Nainiae to stay put and sit down, Nainiae lowered her head a little and sat down.
“…I understand.”
“What’s this? Is it a new servant? She sure listens well.”
‘I’m sure he had a good look of my scar, so why?’
Andal was not batting an eye despite having noticed the scar on her face. Surprised, Nainiae stared at Andal’s back.
“So? What would you like to drink? The usual?”
“Yes.”
Having heard Andal’s question, Riley smiled widely and nodded.
Andal sighed heavily, turned his body and complained.
“Tsk. If you are called the Lazy Sword, why don’t you go chug a bucket full of sleep aid drink and sleep? You really have mastered the art of causing annoyance to others while having everything to be convenient for yourself. You are a master at it I tell ya.”
Mumble Mumble
Complain Complain
The way he talked was somehow similar to Riley.
Noticing this, Nainiae shriveled her shoulders and started to be cautious of the atmosphere.
“Riley. About the Tes incident, you owe me. You know that, right?”
“Hey. That one doesn’t count as a debt.”
“Bullshit!”
“I’m serious.”
Nainiae slowly turned her head and looked at the inside of the pub.
She observed it with her eye, and then examined it with her search magic. Either way, it was an ordinary store.
‘Hmm…’
She was wondering if it was not her place to sit next to her master at a pub like this, so, instead, she was torturing the tip of her skirt that was innocent in all this.
She started to stare at the back of Andal and listen to their conversation again.
“Ha! Right… Let’s hear a reason. If you are trying to scam me, you better be prepared to eat my burp. You know that, right?”
“Hey. I absolutely don’t want your burp.”
Riley answered as he giggled.
Andal served two cups of beverages to Riley and Nainiae.
Riley said as he grabbed the cup.
“I was at Solia recently, and I heard an interesting story when I visited the Holy Temple.”
“So what does that have to do with how you are trying to scam…”
“Can you guess what they told me to do?”
As if he was trying to say Andal should just hear the whole thing first, Riley interrupted him.
Riley lifted the hand that was holding the cup and opened just the index finger to point it at Andal who was standing inside the kitchen.
“…?”
Andal was furrowing his brows. They looked like they were saying, ‘What did they say?’
“…They told me to slay you. Can you believe that?”
Having heard what Riley said,
“…?”
Nainiae’s lips became shaped like a circle.
It looked like Nainiae was having a hard time understanding what she just heard. Nainiae, with a confused face, went back and forth looking at Riley and Andal.