Chapter 13: The Mercenary and the Maiden

Honestly, being harassed by a girl is a deeply shameful thing.

While it can be pleasurable, as a normal man, being harassed by someone shorter, younger, and my legal fiancée always makes me feel uncomfortable.

It feels like my masculinity is being seriously threatened.

It’s not that I hadn’t considered giving her a taste of her own medicine—taking advantage of her in the same way she took advantage of me…

But after considering the difference in our combat strength, I gave up on that idea.

What if I accidentally messed up? Aisilis could easily overpower and pin me down…

I feel like dealing with me would be as easy as handling a little chick for her…

Looking at Aisilis who was still hugging me.

“Aisilis, it’s okay now… we’re down here, you can let me go.”

“…Eh… what a pity!”

Aisilis reluctantly let go of me.

What are you pitying?

“I wanted to smell… I mean, hold Yuren a little longer.”

You said ‘smell’, didn’t you? What on earth do you take me for…

Whatever, ignoring Aisilis, I took out the Luminous Stone and started walking deeper into the sewer.

It’s not that I hadn’t considered giving her a taste of her own medicine—taking advantage of her in the same way she took advantage of me…

But after considering the difference in our combat strength, I gave up on that idea.

What if I accidentally messed up? Aisilis could easily overpower and pin me down…

I feel like dealing with me would be as easy as handling a little chick for her…

Looking at Aisilis who was still hugging me.

“Aisilis, it’s okay now… we’re down here, you can let me go.”

“…Eh… what a pity!”

Aisilis reluctantly let go of me.

What are you pitying?

“I wanted to smell… I mean, hold Yuren a little longer.”

You said ‘smell’, didn’t you? What on earth do you take me for…

Whatever, ignoring Aisilis, I took out the Luminous Stone and started walking deeper into the sewer.

I’m not going down to the sewer on a whim.

Instead, I’m following the standard plot of a detective story…

According to my reasoning, since I found Liya in the sewer, there’s only one reason for her to be there: she was being pursued and had no choice but to hide in the sewer.

In that case, the people chasing Liya would most likely enter the sewer to find her.

So, if I can just capture one of the people pursuing Liya… I can follow the trail to find the mastermind…

As for what to do after finding the mastermind… Mmm, I’ll figure that out then…

For now, I just have to wait patiently…

But I have to say, the sewers of Erisburg are a complex maze.

No different from a large labyrinth.

This is probably why Liya was able to hide in the sewer without being found…

It’s just that this reason is a bit disadvantageous for us now…

I don’t know when we’ll run into the people chasing Liya…

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that my reasoning is correct…

Maybe there’s no one in the sewer at all.

“What damn bad luck…”

Hmm? A voice came from up ahead. Looks like my luck isn’t so bad after all.

We just got down here and we’ve already run into someone…

“Aisilis, let’s hide first.”

With that, I pulled Aisilis into a nearby corner to hide.

“Is there really someone? That woman…”

The voices grew louder, and then some light began to appear…

Followed by the sound of footsteps…

This is not good. Judging from the footsteps, there are five or six people on the other side…

And there are only two of us. The situation is very unfavorable for us (you don’t even count as a combatant).

“What a pain… how long do we have to stay in this sewer for a little brat?”

With a loud, gruff voice, a group of people appeared in my field of vision…

By the light of the Luminous Stones in their hands, I could see that there were six of them in total, all wearing cloaks, but I could tell they had burly physiques.

One of them was wearing a pointed hat and holding a staff. Needless to say, this was a mage…

And the other five all had swords hanging from their waists. These five were swordsmen…

The one walking in the front seemed to be the leader. He stopped upon hearing the words of the gruff-voiced man and berated him angrily:

“Hank… I’ve told you before, stop complaining. How many times have you complained on this trip?”

The burly man seemed to be somewhat afraid of this leader, and his voice became much quieter.

“Big bro… I’m not complaining, but we’ve been searching in this damn place for almost a day. In the end, forget about finding a person, we haven’t even found a fart.”

The leader heard Hank’s words, and his tone softened considerably.

“I know you’re all on edge today. I am too. But what can we do? We take their money, we do their bidding. Since we’ve accepted their money, we have to finish the job. Until we find that girl, we have to stay in this place.”

The man named Hank seemed to want to say something more, but before he could open his mouth, he was interrupted by the mage.

“Big bro, who is that girl? I heard the client not only hired us, but also other mercenary groups?”

Hank interjected angrily:

“Exactly… they hired us, and then went and hired other mercenary groups. It’s obvious they don’t respect us. We’re a B-rank mercenary group…”

The leader interrupted Hank.

“Shut up! We’re just here to do a job for money… We don’t need to concern ourselves with other matters…”

“…”

“…”

They seemed to be discussing something else, but their voices were much quieter…

But from what I’ve heard so far, I’ve gathered a few clues.

First, this group is a mercenary group.

Second, besides them, there seem to be other mercenary groups looking for Liya.

Third, the force pursuing Liya must be very powerful, otherwise the commission for so many mercenary groups would be a considerable expense.

‘A mercenary group, huh? This is troublesome.’

Just as I had reasoned, the people pursuing Liya had indeed sent people into the sewer to search…

But I didn’t expect it to be a mercenary group instead of the mastermind’s own people.

A mercenary group, as the name suggests, is a group of mercenaries.

In this world, there are many people like me who adventure through various cities and continents, known as adventurers.

And while adventuring in various cities, one also needs to spend a lot of gold coins, including replenishing resources, buying weapons, etc.

And for adventurers, since they are always drifting around, they have no fixed job and therefore no source of income.

Thus, the profession of a guild was born.

Adventurers can accept quests in the guilds of various cities and then receive a certain amount of gold coins based on the completion of the quest.

And for some of the more difficult quests, like-minded adventurers will form teams to complete them together.

And among them, there are also adventurers who are formed specifically for gold coins. These adventurers who are specifically for gold coins are called mercenaries, and mercenary groups are formed by these mercenaries.

And the difficulty of the guild’s quests also varies, divided into six levels from top to bottom: S, A, B, C, D, E.

Among them, there are A-rank quests for dealing with demonic beasts, and also E-rank quests for clearing lawns.

And corresponding to this is the adventurer’s rank.

The adventurer’s rank is also divided into S, A, B, C, D, E.

You will be promoted to the rank of the quests you can complete alone.

For example, if a C-rank adventurer completes a B-rank quest alone, then this adventurer will be promoted from the original C-rank to B-rank…

And most adventurers aim for S-rank. After all, the difficulty of the quests you can accept also represents your own strength.

And the guild will give high-level adventurers some other benefits, such as a lifetime discount in city shops and so on…

Of course… among the many adventurers, there are always one or two special ones…

For example… me.

Because I can’t use magic or sword techniques… so I can’t become a mage or a swordsman.

Although there are other professions… such as bards, hunters, and so on, but whether it’s a swordsman or a mage, or other professions, besides needing rich knowledge, they all need one common thing… elements.

Elements are the source of magic, and to use magic, you need to learn to use elements.

The same goes for swordsmen, who also need to infuse elements into their sword techniques…

And I don’t know why, but I can’t feel the existence of elements at all.

So for so long, I’ve just been a weakling…

Perhaps some people are very curious about how I’ve survived so many years of travel…

Hmph╭(╯^╰)╮, do you think I don’t work part-time?

Although I can’t accept mercenary quests… washing dishes in a restaurant or something… is completely no problem for me…

The rank of a mercenary group is the same as that of an individual adventurer…

But there’s a lot more leeway here…

An adventurer who completes a B-rank quest alone and a mercenary group that completes a B-rank quest as a team are completely different things…

After all… in a mercenary group… you can slack off… ahem…

Alright, according to what that Hank said earlier, they are a B-rank mercenary group.

So now there are two paths before us. One is to quietly retreat without disturbing them. The other is to take them down directly.

But since they are mercenaries, that means they don’t know about the mastermind…

So there’s no need to take them down.

Then only the first option is left…

Just as I was about to leave with Aisilis, she suddenly pushed me against the wall…

I was just about to speak… when Aisilis leaned in to my ear and said in a very soft voice,

“Don’t make a sound, Yuren~ or we’ll be discovered… Sorry, Yuren❤, I can’t hold back anymore.”

With that, Aisilis bit my ear and then kept blowing air into it.

The hairs on my entire body stood on end in an instant. What are you doing? Aisilis…

What the hell does ‘can’t hold back’ mean? I have no idea what Aisilis means…

But I soon found out.

Aisilis put my hands together, then grabbed them with her left hand, freeing her right.

At this moment, I felt a coolness in my ear. Ahhhhhh, you actually stuck your tongue in.

While sticking her tongue in, her right hand began to wander over my body.

Finally, it slipped under my clothes, touching my bare skin, and slowly moved upwards.

“Yuren’s body is very sensitive! Oh my? What’s this~ Yuren❤”

Aisilis smiled at me while her right hand was on a certain point on my upper body, continuously twirling her finger in circles.

Deliberately… she’s definitely doing it on purpose… I thought with humiliation.

Then Aisilis kissed me, and as soon as she did, she stuck her tongue in… launching a fierce attack.

Just when I thought it was over, Aisilis forcefully pushed my legs apart with her own, and then her right hand started to move down from my lower abdomen.

“Mmph… mmph, mmph”

I realized what Aisilis wanted to do, but because my mouth was covered by her, I could only make ‘mmph’ sounds.

So I blinked my eyes desperately… hoping Aisilis would stop soon…

But Aisilis acted as if she didn’t see, and her right hand continued to move down, her fingers already at my belt.

‘God, am I going to lose my first time here?’

“Who’s there?”

Perhaps we were making too much noise here, the leader of the mercenary group shouted in this direction and started walking over.

Oh, Lord God really does look after me after all.

Sure enough, Aisilis stopped.

“Tsk~ I thought I could get to first base.”

With that, she left me, and as she left, she licked my face with her tongue.

I collapsed powerlessly against the wall, a trickle of glistening saliva at the corner of my mouth…

My eyes filled with tears, and I unconsciously muttered,

“I’m… I’m not marriageable anymore…”

Aisilis smiled, squatted down, and kissed me, saying,

“Wait for me, darling❤”

After she said this, I don’t know if it was my illusion, but I thought I saw a flash of red light in Aisilis’s eyes.

But then I lost consciousness…

Seeing Yuren Xing pass out, Aisilis walked out towards the group of mercenaries.

“Huh? You are…”

The leader of the mercenary group saw Aisilis and was just about to say something when Aisilis charged forward.

‘? So strange, why am I seeing a body, and it looks so familiar?’

“Big bro…”

“Big bro…”

“Damn it, I’m going to kill you…”

‘Ah… so… that’s my body…’

As a headless corpse fell before Aisilis, the several swordsmen behind it charged forward, and the mage also began to chant a spell…

A slight smile appeared at the corners of Aisilis’s mouth, her eyes filled with disdain…

She charged towards the oncoming swordsmen…

Carrying Yuren Xing, Aisilis walked on the way home.

“Tsk, those trash interrupted us at such a crucial moment. Well, but thanks to them, I was able to temporarily suppress myself. After all, I don’t want my first time with Yuren to be in a sewer. Sometimes trash is useful… So, Yuren❤, let’s continue when we get home.”

With that, Aisilis looked at Yuren Xing in her arms, her eyes filled with happiness…

The next day… someone found several bodies in the sewer…

It was confirmed that they belonged to a somewhat famous mercenary group.

All 6 people were brutally murdered…

all their bodies were dismembered.

It was less like murder and more like the killer was venting something by killing…

This incident, along with the recent Aileron family case, once plunged the people of Erisburg into panic…

Of course, I didn’t know all this.

Because at home, I had to face an even greater crisis…