"Squeak-"

With the sound of the old door panel, the silence is like a ripple, centered on the door panel, spreading to every corner of the original noisy and noisy corner.

The person who pushed open the door noticed the unusual dead silence, and the muscles in his body subconsciously tensed. There were a lot of people in front of me, but I couldn't even hear the sound of breathing and clothes rubbing.

The man was ready to respond to an attack that could surprise at any moment, and of course, this was a bunch of mercenaries, how could he not attack them. However, to his surprise, the silence lasted only for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, everyone continued their conversation as if nothing had ever happened.

"Gail, let's go inside."

A soft girl's voice gave a natural command, and walked in without care. The man paused for a second, only to remove his defense, which had been raised by the strange changes in the hall, and followed the girl in a white dress, who seemed out of place in the environment.

The girl walked towards what seemed to be the service desk, observing the hall, which was said to be the most famous mercenary union on the continent.

It wasn't as dark and filthy as they had known, or rather expected...... More like an ordinary tavern.

Some of them were cloaked in black cloaks and whispering something, and the girl was sure that her eyes were not wrong, and she was holding what looked like bones in the hands of the person he was talking to. And some of them—and that's what makes the girl feel like a tavern—drank muddy wine at the little wooden table, and shouted and scolded the people at the same table, dressed like ordinary civilians, and at most had a few more weapons.

And there is nothing with these weapons. The girl thought to herself. In fact, even when they walk in small towns, they will encounter civilians who bring their own arms. After all, there are some Warcraft like that now—

"Miss."

The man's voice interrupted the girl's thoughts, and she looked at her entourage, no, he was more like family to the girl than an entourage. And now, this family member is scanning the hall with an eye that hides anger and dissatisfaction, and even his tone can reveal this negative emotion.

"Is this really the mercenary union to which 'that' mercenary group belongs? Look at how disrespectful these people look at you. ”

Even if he couldn't suppress his anger, the man still tried his best to keep the latter sentence down. After all, this is said to be the mercenary union to which "that" mercenary group belongs, and no one knows if what he says will bring danger to his young lady.

Hearing what the man said, the girl looked around the hall again. Yes, there were indeed some people who were watching them whispering, and one of the men with a fierce face noticed the girl's gaze, and deliberately looked directly at the girl, and smiled maliciously.

"Alright, Gail." The girl was completely unaffected, and said lightly, "Anyway, I am not the eldest lady who is kept at home, and I will only participate in banquets and marriages. Honestly, at least I'm the head of the family, and you should trust me a little more. ”

The man called Gale pursed his lips in dissatisfaction, and the small gesture almost amused the girl.

"Gail, Jura is right." A curly-haired man with a flirtatious smile said as he tried to put his hand on Yura's shoulder - naturally, this behavior was rudely interrupted by Gail, and the curly-haired man rubbed his hand innocently, "Little Yura is not a little girl without combat effectiveness, she is the second-in-command of our big family with me - in fact, I don't think there is a difference between little Yura and me." ”

Gail looked as if he was enraged, and he didn't know if it was because of his own words being refuted one after another, or because of the curly-haired man's accentuated "With me". But just as he was about to get down to business, Yura grabbed Gail's arm and began to shake it gently.

"Okay Gail, I know you're worried about my safety." The girl's voice became sweet and cute, and the curly-haired man smiled meaninglessly, "But with you next to me, you'll definitely protect me, right?" ”

Pressed to the close of the girl, his arm could even be felt—no, that's not right, not to think about—the pale blonde-haired man's face flushed, and his tongue even knotted.

"Yes, yes, of course I'll protect you......"

The girl happily let go of his arm and continued in her direction. The curly-haired man looked at Gail, who looked remorseful but couldn't help but smirk, and showed a mocking expression.

Gail will never be able to refuse Yura's request, especially coquettishness. That's everyone's consensus.

While thinking about the relationship between Gale and Yura, which is obviously ambiguous, but refuses to understand because of the stubbornness of one party, he thinks of his own - no, of course he has no lover, no ambiguous partner, just a close friend. That's right, my best friend.

That's my best friend who has lasted for more than ten years, and now he is also his right-hand man, of course, he won't develop into a lover, of course, if he wants to become a lover, he should have been ten years ago.

The curly-haired man thought, then looked at the remaining companion among them, who had remained silent. The companion casually put his hands in his pockets, as if he were eating something, maybe some kind of candy. This companion was a dear friend of his best friend, yes, but not his.

He exhaled through his nose, as if to express some displeasure.

This companion is a very important, indispensable, and chief engineer in the family.

As an engineer, I shouldn't have been involved in this mission. How could this life-threatening mission to meet the legendary mercenary group make a distinguished engineer condescend?

And yet he came along, for some damn reason why he didn't come.

A reason to increase the chance of success in meeting that person, and thus the hope of his best friend to survive.

The curly-haired man's face darkened. He would prefer to save his best friend.

The man who was eating candy glanced at him, and he didn't seem to want to see the other person, he sneered and followed the footsteps of the girl in front of him.

"Hello."

Jura smiled and greeted the staff at the desk, at least as it looked. And the one opposite, unexpectedly, is a very cute girl. She has peach-colored hair and two balls tied around her head, looking childish, as if she is only about 14 years old. She looked at Yura, blinked her big watery eyes, then looked at the three men next to her, and then at Yura.

"Oh!" She seemed to finally react and put on a professional smile - at least Yura didn't think the other party really wanted to laugh - "Hello, my name is Momo, how can I help you?" ”

Yura placed a black rose badge in her hand and held her hand in front of Momo. Momo looked at it with some curiosity, and then gasped.

"Oh-oh!" Momo exclaimed, "This is their external reception badge, yes, it is, but-" Momo glanced at the four people opposite suspiciously, "Please forgive me for being abrupt, I need you to give me the badge, I'm going to make it compare with your soul." ”

Jura tilted her head, and Gail took a nervous step forward.

What does it mean to contrast with her soul? What do you want to do—"

Tao Tao raised her hands, then waved her hand at Gail, and quickly explained: "This gentleman, I'm afraid you have misunderstood something, this is a normal process. ”

Seeing that Gail was still looking at her suspiciously, Tao Tao lowered her hand and lowered her voice slightly: "After all, their badges are hard to find, and there will always be people who take some special means to obtain badges from channels that should not be allowed." In response to this, their badges are a soul-to-soul fit with the first person other than them to come into direct contact with them - believe me, there is nothing to lose to the bearer. After it is used, that fit is erased. ”

Gail seemed to be about to say something, but Jura stopped him and handed the badge directly to Momo. Momo pulls out some kind of strange device—to her surprise, Yura thinks mercenaries can't use machines—and puts the badge inside, and motions for Yura to place her index finger on the badge. After about three seconds of waiting—Gail had been staring at the device, as if ready to destroy it—a rose was visible from the device's display. At least Yura thought it was a rose, but it was too small and not quite open yet.

"Well, the test passes! You are indeed the true holder of this badge! Momo announced the news in a very energetic voice, and the curly-haired man sensed that the hostility in the hall had partially subsided, but with it an even stronger restlessness.

"If it weren't for the holder of this badge, what would have happened just now?" Gail watched as Jura retrieved the black rose, and suddenly thought of this question, staring at Momo and questioning.

"Oh! Oh! - That's a very good question. Momo smiled sincerely, "There is no doubt that her hand will be greatly traumatized." Maybe it's the hand that will be bitten off? ”

"W-"

Gail looked very eager to strangle the cute girl to death, and Yura grabbed Gail and tried to calm him down.

"Gail, unless I'm going to take someone else's badge, I won't have this kind of accident, will I? Oh my gosh...... Gail, calm down. ”

Maybe the girl's words made sense, or maybe it was the girl's last plea, in short, the man who couldn't calm down as long as the matter involved Yura finally calmed his anger, reluctantly.

"But—" As if afraid that this would be the end of the matter, Momo added slowly, "I must confirm with you that you probably don't want to specify a meeting with one of them, do you?" ”

Yura and the curly-haired man looked at her in unison.

"Why...... Yura hesitated, "may I ask what you mean by ......?" ”

Tao Tao blinked her aqua blue eyes, and in those eyes that looked clean and flawless, there was a very obvious doubt that anyone could understand.

"Don't you know?" Momo asked rhetorically, "Oh my God, I thought you'd at least do your homework before you came......

Just as they were about to ask, a man next to them laughed maliciously.

"Look, Momo, what did you ask?" The man's hoarse voice was full of mockery—to the four of Yura—"Of course the noble family doesn't understand this, in their eyes the mercenaries are just a bunch of ants, and they don't even bother to inquire about anything in advance, even if they have a request now." ”

The hall erupted in a burst of unpleasant laughter. Everyone was smiling maliciously at the girl, and some of them seemed to be not enough, slapping their glasses on the table and screaming loudly.

"That's a noble family!" They yelled, "How can we sluts ask of them for anything? Even if they don't understand at all that what they want to see is an existence that is many times more noble than them! ”

Yura's face turned slightly pale, and the three companions subconsciously surrounded her to protect her - after all, no matter what, no matter what time, a petite girl should not be allowed to deal with malice, in the presence of the three of them.

"Hey! Don't do that! Tao Tao shouted dissatisfiedly, "I'm the manager here!" I! Be! So I should be allowed to speak!! - Oh! Over there! No slapping of wine glasses! If you dare to smash 1, pay me 10! ”

The girl crossed her waist and roared unhappily, even though she looked very imposing, just like a little sister next door playing with her temper, but the hall quickly fell silent, and the few people who slapped the table also gently put down the wine glasses.

"Well," Momo tilted her head to look at Yura, "well, I have to tell you something, or I'll be scolded if you see one of them...... Something that should be well known even if you are a family - after all, there are a lot of families among you who say they hate mercenaries, but in fact they are secretly looking for us to cooperate. ”

Tao Tao sighed and continued: "The Fili mercenary group, what I hate the most is that you families will not accept the family's commission at all. It's not a dislike out of stance. After all, if that's the case, the mercenaries should be gloating and laughing at you and offering you a high price, just to see you bow your head. ”

Jura paused for a moment, then her eyes widened, as if she couldn't accept it.

"What is the reason?" The curly-haired man frowned, looking incomprehensible, and said, "Like you said, they could have offered us a high price to make it difficult for us to retreat, instead of making up our minds that they wouldn't accept our commission even before they saw us?" ”

Although some of them do have such bad roots...... Oh no, please act as if I didn't say anything. Momo said quickly, "They hate your family because ...... Some special reasons. Don't ask me what it is, I don't know exactly why, they won't let us know. ”

This time it wasn't just Gail, the other three frowned.

"So, you mean it's possible that we won't even be able to meet them? So what is the significance of this badge that you confirmed just now? The curly-haired man gritted his teeth as he questioned.

"If you only have this badge, I can only say that you will definitely be able to meet their agents......" Tao Tao was also a little worried, after all, although she was a waitress in the mercenary center, but according to the rules, she could not refuse the family just because of her position, not to mention that she was not a mercenary, "I will help you convey it, as for the result...... Well...... Unless...... It's unlikely, but maybe you have other badges? ”

The mercenaries, who had thought that they could only see four people leave in frustration, or who were about to laugh at them for reluctantly agreeing to give it a try, were surprised to see that the four of them exchanged a look—and it was definitely not a relinquishment, but a look of some kind of conviction—to be precise, three of them looked at the remaining one.

The man eating the candy—he was still eating—was silent for a moment, then took his hand out of his pocket, and then placed a badge in front of Momo.

"What? Do you really still have their badges? I'll state that other badges don't count, and if you want to pretend to be them, it will only make them more disgusted......" Momo said incredulously as she looked at the badge, "Wait...... What——! ”

Momo let out a scream and almost fell to the ground.