8. Unconfirmed ProgressFr?nze was still performing her commission as an adventurer, working part-time as a bouncer/guard at the brothel owned by Valentina, Vionte's mother. While she was still guarding the entrance of the establishment, her colleague, Heinz, was pying cards, Brisco, in particur, with another guard and two prostitutes.
"Damn, you sure are good at this game, Heinz!"
"Yeah, Mr. Heinz, your ability is outstanding.
Heinz, liking all the fttering he was receiving, ughed.
"Oh, it's nothing. I just have a good memory."
Fr?nze puffed.
"Am i the only one working here?"
"Don't be like that, Fr?nze, we are just recovering a bit of energy. You should get five minutes of free time too."
Heinz signaled Fr?nze to join then with his hand as he stood up from the table. He had a warm expression om his face.
"Just rex a bit."
The red-head sighed, but she complied, sitting in his pce at the table, while him took her pce at the door, observing the potential customers
"Fr?nze, have you seen Oktavian perhaps?"
"He's been tasked to guard the higher floors, the ones farther away from the bar."
Fr?nze shrugged as she mentioned that.
"He's always the same..."
The other guard at the table became curious about the other member of the trio.
"He loves alcohol too much, i hope he doesn't decide to have a turn with out employees... Even if it was consensual it still would be being negligent while working."
"I don't think he's interested in that kind of entertainment, also... With all the alcohol he drinks he's probably impotent at the moment..."
Heinz remained calm as he expined such thing. The other guard's curiosity was picked once more
"Are you sure about that? Did something happened?"
"Something indeed happened, however... I'm not the one who should divulge such information. Just ask Oktavian... And hope he's willing to answer."
Some minutes passed. Fr?nze's tension dropped as soon as she started to win some games, letting herself go to some ughs and boasts, with her opponents gd to join her in her fun. However, a guard soon descended from the upper floors.
"We've received some juicy news from the border with the kingdom of Deuteroanoigma. We already informed our Mistress, but the informations present are probably important to you too, temporary newcomers, especially you, miss Fr?nze."
"Can you tell me how a brothel manages to get such infos?"
Heinz was perplexed, rubbing his head, while the redhead stood up from her seat.
"You obviously can't know that our Mistress is very well connected, especially since she dabbled in politics in the past."
"So, what's the news?"
The woman used a serious tone.
"The news is that a runaway sve was caught hiding into a carriage transporting farming equipment after he tried to attack one of the guard working there. He was subjected to an interrogation where he said that he was searching for the captain of the guards of the neighbouring baronate whose name was Fr?nze."
Fr?nze's face became pale, and she was starting to sweat.
"Y-you can sit down if you don't feel well."
The redhead sat down, without saying a word, as soon as the preoccupied guard finished talking. Standing at the door, Heinz was twirling his moustaches.
"Go on. Did he said anything else?"
"O-oh, yes. He said he was ordered to catch Ms. Fr?nze by the local baroness and her cousin, a sver and brothel owner of whom he and his whole family are property."
Heinz rubbed his own head for a moment, before sighing-
"Typical baroness, forcing people to do her bidding even when it's out of their sphere of competence."
The guard attention was drawn by that statement.
"So... I don't want to pry into your lives... But... Can i know your story with this baroness?"
Heinz smirked.
"Sure, as long as you tell us what's the problem your enstablishment is having."
The guard started to think. After some seconds, he took the decision.
"Alright, We have a problem with sve colrs."
"WHAT?"
Both Heinz and Fr?nze expressed their shock in unisone. The woman then observed her pymates. She noticed that the prostitutes weren't wearing any colr.
"What do you need colrs for? Your employees don't wear them."
The prostitutes started to gre at an already confused Fr?nze, who realized her blunder, panicking in the process.
"M-m-my apologies."
The guards started ughing. The guard on the stairs then tried to reassure her.
"I understand your reasoning. However, the prositutes here are employees like us. It's usually the other kingdoms who uses sves as prostitutes."
"So, what do you need sve colrs for?"
Heinz raised an eyebrow.
"Well... We don't need them. We just produce them, and when i say we, i mean the Mistress. She's the only one here proficient enough in magic to make sve colrs stable and durable enough that can be used to ensve dangerous prisoners. Basically, we sell them to the government."
"I understand."
While Heinz remained collected, Fr?nze was agitated. The guard signaled her to calm down.
"I'm not finished though. Those colrs, being extremely dangerous, are well protected. However, recently it happened that the youngest of the Mistress' daughters was interested in these colrs. She tried to make some herself under her mother's supervision, and she was... Threatened to not have any funny thought with them or else she would have been the one wearing them."
"So she's the culprit."
Heinz twirled his moustaches.
"Mr. Heinz, that's wrong. She's far from being fwless, but she means no harm. She's rather sweet, honestly. The point i was making is that she managed to make some colrs over time, but the quality was very low. Maybe the Mistress and us had too high standards so we didn't dispose of such items immediately. They were thrown into an empty box. Said box was found to be missing. Initially we thought they were disposed of by the Mistress, however she told us that she just forgot about them."
"How many colrs were into that box?"
"I never actually counted them... We should ask the Mistress, or her daughter... However, we haven't only lost this box, at least another couple of box were stolen the same way. The st one was a bait, we put a little instrument that emits a magical signal which was then monitored by us. We had some bureaucratic problems with it... Still... We managed to locate its position after it stopped moving and now the Mistress and some of her most trusted people have started observing whoever the culprit is."
"And who is the culprit?"
Heinz rubbed his chin.
"The Mistress never mentioned them. As long as she knows, she can handle them."
"I was thinking... If a sve was caught, can't you... Analyze his colr? If it's one of those made by that girl we could link that sve to the baroness... And we can dispose of her for good."
The redhead rubbed her cheek, unsure of her idea. But the guard's eyes started to sparkle.
"That's not a bad idea at all... We'll have to tell the Mistress when she returns. Now... What's your problem with this baroness of yours?"
Fr?nze blushed, turning her face away from the guard while the bald man sighed.
"This Baroness is not a problem per se, since she's the stupidest person i've ever met, but she's rich, ruthless and her cousin has some brain. So we decided to flee to bide our time. It didn't help that this woman has an obsession with Fr?nze, and she arrived to try to molest her while working. Fr?nze stood up for herself and received insults by that woman. We left shortly after. We wanted some time to think about what to do, trying to remove her or just fleeing... But now we don't really have a choice. Maybe your help can be our... Salvation..."
The bald adventurer still kept his straight face, with a subtle smirk on his face. The cheerful guard, however, frowned.
"I don't want to kill your hopes, but we would rather avoid to pick fights with people outside our realm. The Mistress may decide otherwise, but she should be really angry to do that."
"We understand."
Both Fr?nze and Heinz replied simultaneously. The first was sad, sighing, while the tter was still composed. The guard tried to simile at them.
"Don't worry, you may have joined us only temporarily but the Mistress and us will avoid that you may get hurt. I've to go now, sorry."
The guard climbed up the stair, leaving the group on the ground floor. The redhead was feeling down, her eyes pointing downward, before observing a deck of cards near her. She started to shuffle it.
"I kinda want to py again, are you ok?"
The other people at the table watches the girl, before smiling in response.
"Sure, give us the cards!"
Heinz, standing up in front of the door, smirked observing his friend. Soon, however, he turned his head towards the front, seeing a customer.
"Documents, please."
The costumer readily gave his documents to him. Heinz observed the documents, saw that there were no infractions and he gave them backs at the customer, who was almost entering the enstablishment with a satisfied look on his face.
"Welcome to 'Full Companionship.'."
The next day.
Agamennone was reluctantly listening to the lessons about magic. He sporadically yawned, and usually was distracted for at least half of the time thinking about trivialities and giggling at them. He still, however, took notes about the lesson's argument. He was keeping for himself while suddenly a paper ball hit him on the head. He became visibly annoyed, turning his gaze towards his deskmate, who bore a simir expression.
"I'm bored, do you want to py with me?"
"Entertain yourself!"
The lord espressed all of his frustrations, tenporarily stunning the lizardman. The tter, however, did not surrender and threw other paper balls at the other young man. As the lord's anger rose, his attitude became more aggressive and caustic. Until he snapped, yelling at him.
"DECEASE IT NOW!"
Tiberio was quite confused.
"You meant: 'Cease it now!'"
"I KNOW WHAT I'VE SAID."
"you two, out of the css."
The professor was not happy about those two making too much noise. He was frowning, almost gritting his teeth while pointing towards the css door. The two men left the cssroom slowly. When the duo exited, Tiberio decided to go to the bathroom.
"I have an urgency, bye."
"STUPID IDIOT!"
Agamennone waited in front of the door, walking up and down, trying to calm himself. His routine was however interrupted when his nose capted something unpleasant.
'Why do i smell smoke?'
The lord turned his head, watching the anthropomorphic lizard returning from the bathroom.
"Did you set yourself on fire?"
Tiberio was confused by the question.
"Why would i set myself on fire?"
The boy coughed
"Because you smell like a burning coal."
The anthropomorphic lizard blinked.
"What are you talking about?"
"You're getting oxidized by the oxygen in the air."
The lord groaned, losing his patience once again when his cssmate failed to understand what he was saying.
"Just tell me what's passing into your head."
"i'VE TOLD YOU! YOU SMELL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN CHARRED!"
The lizardman started to smell his hand, then his arm and stly his armpit.
"I do not."
"I'M LEAVING!"
The anthropomorphic lizard watched as his cssmate was leaving.
"If you want to smoke, you can go in the bathroom, the surveilnce doesn't really control them."
As he said that, Tiberio picked up a half consumed pack of cigarettes and offered them to Agamennone, who, seeing this, stormed back to pick the package and then throwing it away. His ck of strength didn't made it fly too far. The anthropomorphic lizard ran towards them, picking them up as soon as possible and put them back in his pocket. He was slightly upset.
"Hey, they're mine! You could have just declined."
"Mine's a statement."
An annoyed lord cold-heartedly replied to his cssmate, who was slightly hurt.
"Don't be mean..."
The duo shared a couple of moments of silence.
"So... You IDIOT smoked in the bathroom..."
"I just had a cigarette, yes."
The anthropomorphic lizard shrugged.
"Now i understand everything..."
"I don't though. I don't smell like i'm charring. It was just a cigarette. The smell is surely barely noticeable."
"Barely noticeable indeed."
The lord used a sarcastic tone, and was leaving again, not without giving a hand sign to his cssmate meaning "Sod off." His march was stopped however by the opening of the css' door.
"You two, enter!"
An annoyed lord and a retively calm Tiberio followed the order without compining.
The demon lord was slowly walking towards the canteen, accompanied by Tiberio. He wasn't pleased by that.
'Why does he always follow me like a roulotte does with a car?'
He tried to ignore his unwanted companionship, barely managing to do that. Tiberio, meanwhile, while walking slightly behind his cssmate, noticed a new note on a noticeboard on the wall. He instinctively grabbed Agamennone's arm to stop him.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!"
The lord quickly freed his arm from the grab. However, he didn't start to walk again, because he also noticed the note.
'Monthly Fighting Tournament? As if i'd be interested by such stupid endeavours...'
His thoughts were suddenly interrupted.
"Why won't we join? We'll surely be able to win it!"
The lizardman was excited after reading the notice.
"There's no 'we'. I will not participate, not even dead."
"Oh, come on! Real men show their fighting skills. This is also one way to impress the dies."
"Real men don't dies in a stupid way. Also, you're not a man."
Tiberio shrugged.
"Don't focus on details..."
"Still, no means no. So, sod off and leave me alone for once."
Agamennone's expression was a very annoyed one, with a frown on his face and and a piercing gaze. He walked away from the noticeboard.
"Wait!"
The anthropomorphic lizard, quite armed, tried to stop his cssmate, whose response was aggressive, turning around and clenching his right hand in a fist.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW!"
"T-thats the wrong way..."
An almost apologetic Tiberio pointed with his hand and his tail at the right direction to reach the canteen, while Agamennone just sighed, reluctantly following the other man to the right direction.
As they reached the canteen, they noticed Timotea and Vionte, whose hair were tied into fluffy high twintails, sitting on a free table, already starting eating some sagna. As the couple of males added themselves at the queue to receive their meals, Agamennone decided to observe the girls, curious about any gossip. He, however, stopped almost immediately.
'Drat! i can't read lips!'
"They're beautiful, aren't they?"
Tiberio's question annoyed the lord.
"They are, but that's not what i was interested into."
After a couple of seconds of silence, another question was asked by a curious, smirking Tiberio.
"Who would you like to fuck more, the catgirl or the other?"
Agamennone rolled his eyes.
"Noone. I barely know them."
The lizardman shook his head.
"Wrong answer. The right answer is both, at the same time."
He pointed his index finger up to emphasize his statement.
"Keep dreaming..."
Agamennone used a sarcastic tone in his response.
After they manage to get their lunch, the men joined the couple of girls. The succubus let out a subdued smile, while the catgirl didn't change her expression.
"Hi there."
"Hi..."
"Hey girls, Do you know about the next tournament? I'll participate and i'll show you how much of a real man am i! Will you see me?"
The anthropomorphic lizard started to act excited.
"I'm not interested in such activities."
"I am, but i won't watch, i'll participate."
Vionte was assertive in her response, while Timotea's was a confrontational one. The tter the turned towards her friend, who sighed in response.
"Will you support me at the tournament?"
"Huh... Honestly... Watching said tournament would bore me to death..."
Agamennone listened the discussion withouth being actively involved, limiting himself into eating his share of sagna.
"Well, catgirl, i'll let you know that I'LL win the tournament..."
The lizardman's tone was becoming even more excited. He suddenly stood up at the table, pointing the fork towards the girls in front of him.
"...And then my greatness will make all the girls fall to their knees, which is the right hei-"
"I dare you to continue your statement."
The half-succubus was serious, her tone threatening enough to stop Tiberio's ramblings. Timotea smirked, while Agamennone watched his companions with a confused expression, then he suddenly start ughing like a maniac, almost spitting out pieces of food.
"C-calm down... I was joking."
The anthropomorphic lizard was still scared.
"Uhm... Agamennone... Since i returned being a 'real' adventurer, while also studying here, well... I think i can't really help you anymore with your request. I hope you aren't in a hurry."
Agamennone's eyes squinted as he heard his own name. Timotea noticed it and opened her eyes
"Oh, your name's Agamennone... Kinda weird name."
"SHUT UP!"
As the red-haired Tiberio managed to anger his companion yet again, the girls were discussing by themselves.
"Ah... His tendency to never introduce himself to anyone... It's very annoying..."
"Now that you mentioned it, Vionte, i remember having to ask his name at some point..."
The girls ughed together. Timotea however ended up smirking.
"Tell me, Vionte. How's your pn to seduce him?"
The half-succubus' face bacame red. She also blinked fast from the shock.
"I-i don't want to seduce him!"
"Well, i know that there's something between you two. I understand that this is not the time to discuss such things, but don't yout think i'll give up on finding why you behave like this with him. You act like a babysitter."
The bck-haired woman pointed her finger towards her friend, pyfully accusing her. In the meantime, the other couple was arguing, barely managing to keep things contained enough to not cause too much troubles. The demon lord was giving his back at his acquaintance who instead was trying to get his attention back.
"YOU INSULTED MY NAME!"
"Mine was a statement! And friends don't treat each other like that."
"You're not my friend, you're a hindrance!"
"You should learn not to say such bad things."
"You should learn instead that if you continue to annoy me i'll make bags out of you!"
"That kinda hurt."
"I wished it hurt more."
Vionte opened the door that conducted to the same spot she and her lord trained the previous day. She then exited from the building, followed by Agamennone, who clumsily hit his forearm with the door's handle while walking.
"OUCH!"
As she heard the scream, the indigo-haired girl stopped herself.
"Are you alright?"
"Yes, i just hit the door's handle with my forearm."
Vionte chuckled.
"You seem prone to such weird accidents..."
"Being here being the weirdest one."
Agamennone's response was an annoyed one, but it didn't affect the dy's attitude.
"Fair point."
The two then moved off from the building and prepared to exercise together.
"Today Ferdinando won't be here, since he's busy. Actually, more often than not he's not here. That's good for us, since i'll be in charge."
Vionte was cheerful, as she searched into her backpack, which was put on the ground, until she managed to take out a bag of chillies.
"Yesterday we didn't have any chance, but today we'll continue our experiment with the pepper. Maybe this time is the time you'll become a magician."
The guy rolled his eyes.
'I hate those chillies. I hate spicy things in general.'
"I know it's not a pleasurable experience for you, but we've made some progress, so it's worth continuing to follow this way."
The half-succubus' soothing voice was enough for Agamennone to comply. He took the chillies from the girl's hand. Vionte smiled in response.
"Good. Now, before we start, i wanted to tell you that since i'm training you i can't train myself with my new lessons. So today i wanted to try the basics of hand to hand combat with you. I need to keep up with my studies too, i hope not to create any additional problem to you."
"It's not a problem, but i have no idea how to fight either..."
Agamennone rubbed his cheek.
"Don't worry, I only need to memorize some moves. I'll tell you before hand do you can try to dodge, but since your reflexes are slow, i'll probably also miss on purpose too."
The smiling indigo-haired girl waited for her companion's response. Agamennone nodded.
"Let's start. Eat a pepper and try to control the burst of magic it gives you."
The boy took a pepper and then he ate it. He then started to blow a regur fme out of his mouth.
"You really like to shoot fire from your mouth, uh? Didn't we also tried to control your magic with your hands too?
Agamennone stared at his feet.
"Yes, but the results were... ughable."
"It's still a progress though, don't give up! Now... I'll go for a right hook. Dodge it and try to counter me."
Vionte took an offensive stance, then she threw a right hook at the man. As she noticed that he was dodging way too soon, she decided to just punch in wathever direction he left.
"As i thought. You don't trust me this much..."
The guy, who also covered his own head with his arms, was tense.
"How am i supposed to avoid that?"
Vionte was surprised by that question.
"Do you really don't know? You're kinda smart though, i'm sure that if i change approach you'll answer correctly."
The half-succubus returned to a normal position, while Agamennone already stood up.
"So, a hook is a punch that hit you from the side."
Vionte start moving her right arm, throwing very slow hooks without hitting anyone.
"This is the movement, What do you think it's the best way to dodge it?"
The lord watched Vionte throwing the hooks. He thought for a couple of seconds.
"You dodge to the same side of the punch."
"Correct."
The dy appuded.
"Now we'll do the same thing, but now i'll use my hair."
She suddenly controlled one of her twintails with magic, using it to throw a jab at her companion, who made a step backwards.
"Does it hurt?"
"... No."
Vionte smirked.
"So, let's try again."
The girl took an offensive stance and then she threw the right hook with her twintail at the lord. This time he tried to dodge the blow as it came. He failed and took the blow on his cheek.
'Great...'
Vionte giggled.
"You took the hit, now attack me."
Agamennone, who was overthinking the hit he just received, stopped to do that and prepared a counterattack. He managed to create a small spark on his finger and then he threw it at his housemate. The spark flew quite slowly and extinguished itself after a second.
"That's kinda cute..."
The man rolled his eyes.
'It's pathetic.'
Vionte noticed his ck of faith and tried to encourage him.
"You'll do it, don't worry. The progress has been not so slow and quite steady, so don't give up yet. Let's continue. Next, a left jab."
Agamennone blowed from his mouth as a way to reduce his frustrations, before complying with Vionte's request. The duo trained together for around an hour, doing simir exercises. At the end, the duo decided to sit down on a nearby bench.
"That st pepper got you 30 minutes of magic, while the other only gave you around 4-5 minutes of autonomy. I'm sure you're close to unlock your magical ability. Or maybe... you've already unlocked it... Let's go home, then you'll try again to cast a spell or two. And then... we'll party! How about dining out?"
Agamennone was confused.
"What if you're wrong? Don't make a step longer than your leg. Also, i have to work tonight. Even if i actually just try to sleep because ter i also have to meet with that walking ham..."
The half-succubus became cautious.
"You're right. But... i think you're really close. If mom's at home, we could ask her to see if you can now manipute magic autonomously, but these days she was busy with something at work. I've barely talked to her."
The girl slowly stood up, followed by the boy, who stood up even slower. They then returned inside the academic building.
That night.
At the adventurer's guild, Agamennone was technically working. He was sitting behind the counter, watching a kinda raunchy and erotic animated serie on the TV. He was also eating a Margherita Pizza, the same his housemate Vionte, who was sitting near him and was also interested in the serie, was eating too. The girl was in a good mood, contrasting the almost complete apathy of the adventurer.
"It's a shame mom was busy today too... We can't really celebrate a success. However the effects seemed to st. We should try again before i leave."
Agamennone didn't reply, trying to follow the plot of the program on the tv.
'That girl is getting undeserved hate.'
His thoughts were interrupted by a pinch on his cheek.
"OUCH!"
"Are you hearing me?"
"Huh?
Vionte's eyes closed partially, at half mast.
"Understood. I was saying that i'd rather celebrate a full success over a partial one and that we should verify that you can still control some magic before i go."
"Ah."
Agamennone yawned, and then he drank some co from a can. Vionte observed the scene.
'Did i do something wrong?'
The girl drank some co from her own can, then she started eating a slice of pizza.
"Did i do something wrong?"
The boy turned his head towards the girl for a moment, then he returned watching the tv.
"No, you haven't. I just don't like to talk about such things, independently from the matter of their importance."
"I understand. What do you want to talk about, then? If it's something i know about, i'll gdly entertain you."
Agamennone started eating another slice of pizza.
"Can you tell me why that girl is hated by the protagonist?"
The half-succubus' eyes widened slightly in surprise.
"That girl was the protagonist's girlfriend. To make it simple, The protagonist found out she was of an opposing faction to the one of the main female lead and he broke up with her thinking that she was his girlfriend only to gain advantage over the main female lead's factions. The audience can see all her struggles while the protagonist just cut her off to 'keep his budding harem safe.'"
"Are you sure you haven't missed a clue or two? What if that guy's right?"
"I'm not sure, but such things are very btant 90% of the time. She would have got at least a couple of shots where she was smiling viciously or smirking grimly."
Agamennone drank some co.
"You're right..."
"If you find this serie interesting, we can watch it together. It's not a famous serie, but it's not hard to recover it."
The lord nodded. The couple continued to eat their food and to drink co while watching the episode on the tv. They ughed together at a funny scene, then there were some moments of silence.
"So... Do you miss your world?"
Vionte's face became red, while her eyes gnced downwards.
"I-i... Don't want to make you upset but... I'm curious."
The lord did not reply.
'She's a bigger pervert than the protagonist and yet she'll always assault him if he accidentally, or not, observe her body. She does the same to him, at least she should have had the decency of being coherent.'
The ck of response annoyed the indigo-haired girl slightly, propting her to pinch his cheek again.
"OUCH!"
"Hear me. I asked you if... If... you miss your world... But probably that's a stupid question."
The girl started to smile to cover up her embarassment.
"Of course i do! You know how much time i've spent on Formu Racing Cars Manager? I managed to get at the 7th season! And let's not forget about F/S Manager, where i managed to finally understand how tactics worked. And then there's Bike Manager, with my all italian team ready to conquer the three grand tours."
The half-succubus was shocked. She pointed her finger at her housemate, but her indecision made the index finger curve.
"You really miss your world only for some games?"
"You can call it sunk cost falcy if you want, but i call it investment."
Agamennone started to become aggressive, making Vionte even more confused.
"That's not the problem... But don't you have something more precious than your save files? like... Your family?"
The demon lord raised an eyebrow.
"My family? Maybe... But i've found a repcement already, maybe a better version even. You surely are better than my brother. However these game files can't be repced. I've spent a lot of effort to build them and i refuse to restart from scratch."
The succubus was surprised, almost shocked by the reply.
"I... Can't rete at all with such thoughts. I'd be lost without my family... Yet... You grieve your savefiles more than them."
Vionte tried to calm herself down.
"I-i d-don't want to pry into your life... But... How was your family? Did they... mistreat you?"
Agamennone, still eating, turned his head towards the girl, with a puzzled look on his face.
"Why would you think th..."
The boy realized his companion's train of thoughts.
"No, really. We are a normal family, even if i don't like my brother in the slightest... I, kinda... appreciate your mispced concerns though..."
The girl sighed. She started eating another slice of pizza while her gaze was on the counter. Her mood was not great.
"I... Hope that... Whenever you return to your world... You won't forget about me and... that you would feel bad about leaving me behind."
The man returned to watch the TV.
"I can't guarantee that."
The couple finished finished dining in silence, watching the animated TV show as it continued. Agamennone watched the clock on one of the walls, before returning watching the show. Gncing at his housemate, he instinctively put his hand on her shoulder. As soon as she noticed, she blushed, diverting her gaze from the TV. Meanwhile, hard steps could be heard from the stairs. The figure of the guildmaster appeared on the right of the counter. He noticed Vionte.
"Did you change idea, girl?"
His tone was provocatory. The half-succubus was still thinking, however she managed to hear him and turned her head accordingly.
"No, i just wanted to keep some company to your employee."
"You should know that only our employee can be behind the counter, that means that you're an adventurer now. I want to see you tomorrow!"
The guy happily and swiftly left the building, leaving an annoyed girl behind.
'Did he really just used a syllogism? Why does he want to make me an adventurer... Money? Other than that, i don't really have any expnations... I think he's still hurt that i outsmarted him... Not that i'm that smart, he's just negligent. If it wasn't for that... i would have still been an adventurer...'
Agamennone was too absorbed by the show to hear the strange conversation that unfolded around him. As soon as the guildmaster left, Vionte sighed. She then turned her head towards the lord, sightly pulling his sleeve to gain his attention.
"Before i leave, would you like to see if magic still lingers in your body?"
The boy did not reply, still absorbed by the TV. However, he raised his arm and his index finger. Turning his head toward the finger, he focused on it, managing to create some sparks from it, leaving the girl impressed.
"Nice! I have a good feeling about it."
The girl smiled.
"Still, do you like that show so much? You're absorbed by it."
Agamennone shook his head.
"Not really. I just want to distract myself from my upcoming meeting with Mr. Roastbeef."
Vionte giggled.
"Before i go, can i hug you?"
The lord blushed, his expression full of annoyance.
"If you really want to do it. Do it... Cut it short though."
The dy acknowledged his annoyance, so she decided instead to just pull him close to her by embracing him with her left arm, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Is it comfortable this way?"
Agamennone nodded. The housemates remained close to each other for around a minute. After that interval of time, Vionte gently removed her hand from his shoulder and her arm.
"Good luck."
Agamennone nodded again as the dy slowly left the pce, taking the trash from their dinner with her to dispose of it.