Chapter 1440: Leaving The Infrid City |
Well... With how much everyone drank last night... It was not surprising that all of them woke up nursing headaches the next morning.
Thus, I spent the entirety of next morning just healing everyone and all of them requested that they get healed while laying on my lap.
I was already used to it so I just did as they asked and healed each of my girls in turn while giving them a lap pillow.
They would really rather just wait and suffer through the headache to get that lap pillow healing instead of drinking a potion that would have the same effect.
I guess... To be fair, I would also do the same thing as well if I was offered the choice.
Now that everyone was properly healed up and no longer clutching at their heads in pain... I went ahead to ask about the first thing I wanted to know.
"So... Emilia... Where did you get these bottles?" I asked, lifting up one of the bottles of alcohol that my girls had been drinking all night.
Emilia blinked at the bottle as if trying to remember just where she got them.
"Oh, it was a trader by the harbour. A rather pretty one, in fact. Told me that this was a very premium stash of alcohol that is apparently made by some exclusive brewer and she was only willing to sell it to me for cheap because of my relation to you. She was your acquaintance, apparently."
"She seemed to know you quite intimately so yes."
"And... How intimate?"
"She knew you liked to have your dick sucked all the way to the ba--"
I cleared my throat and interrupted her, "Ahem... Emilia... You basically got scammed..."
Emilia’s eyes widened and she took a step back as though she was physically struck.
"Sca... Scammed? Me? That’s... That’s not possible!" She gasped.
"How much did you pay for it?"
"A whole twenty crates for just a single Crea!! We only cracked open a box yesterday and it tasted so good!! I could totally sell them for more than just a single Crea per bottle, much less an entire bottle!! There’s no way I would be wrong about the value of them, Boss!! This would definitely bring us a profit! I even know people who I can sell it to and I have plans to establish a permanent supply from that supplier!"
I cleared my throat, "Well... I would say that you got scammed in the sense that you definitely won’t be selling that... Not after you know where it came from..."
She blinked at me, clearly having no idea about its origin.
I sighed and placed the bottle on the table, "This... Well... The person who sold these to you... That’s Drebann in disguise... These were made using my honey as one of its ingredients... Ah... But if you still want to sell--"
"I’M KEEPING EVERYTHING!!!!" Emilia cried out.
Yeah... I thought so...
Well, at least Drebann only charged her a single Crea for it... And she even gave me that ’enhanced’ bottle to Katsuki which she clearly intended to let me try as a way to show off what she managed to make with my honey I guess...
I never thought that goddess could have such a side to her.
Maybe this was a way for her to incentivise me giving her more honey...
She might have meant well and tried to give us some benefits since she did make use of my honey to create this... So she thought she would sell it to Emilia for cheap and let her do some quick business with it.
But... She isn’t familiar with my girls... Emilia would definitely much rather take the loss of whatever she spent to buy this to keep this for herself rather than sell it off to make a quick profit when it involved me...
Not only just her as well...
I peeked at the other girls and they were all looking at the bottle I had just placed on the table with clear hunger on their faces.
Even if Emilia was willing to sell it off, they definitely were not.
Well... It’s not really a big deal since it was just a single Crea anyway... Emilia spent way more on our private date and that bottle of wine she bought for our dinner cost her way more than just a single Crea...
Anyway... With that settled, that left me with the next issue on the table...
"Lilith?" I called out, the succubus straightening herself the moment she heard me call out her name.
"Yes, Mistress!!"
"Err... No need to be so nervous... I just wanted to ask if your handover is complete?"
"Yes!! As of yesterday, a new Mayor of the city has been named and I have officially stepped down as the Mayor! I will only act in the capacity of being an advisor so while I might not officially be in charge anymore, the new Mayor will still listen to me! So you don’t have to worry, Mistress, we still have full control over the city!"
Well... I don’t really care about controlling the city... I care more about the city not descending into chaos and burn itself to the ground just because I took its Mayor with me...
Although I suppose with the fact that Lilith admitted to basically doing mostly nothing but making lewd art everyday... The city will be just fine.
Since she already assured me that it would be ok, I decided to just take her word for it.
Which means I have to address the third issue now.
"Well... I guess that means our work here in this city is done. Are we ready to leave yet?"
Lisa pouted, "Whaaaat? So soon? But I haven’t even brought you out to see the strip dance clubs! And the free sex avenues!! And the free use alleys!! At least let me take you to the sex dance bars!! Those are so fun!!"
Lisa... Is everything just all about sex with you?
Actually... Don’t answer that question... I already know what she would say...
I cleared my throat, "Ahem... We’ll come back here again, Lisa."
"Really?! Please do!! There’s so many things I still want to show you! Wait... How about just one more night?! Please?"
"If we stay any longer than this, we’re going to miss the enrollment window for the Academy... Next time, Lisa."
"Mouuu... I’ll agree to it if you give me a good dick slapping session tonight, Aster..."
What kind of-- You know what, sure, whatever... Anything to make my perverted little Infrid happy. Seriously, I have a succubus over here and somehow you’re even more perverted than she is...
With that decided, we started packing up our things and prepared for the next part of our journey to head towards Aerialla Academy.
And since it had been a while, I went to check the local Guild if there were any Requests that were headed in that direction.
Hey, might as well take a job since we’re already going there, right?
Though now it’s less about the money since Emilia’s basically managing all of that and we apparently have a lot of money... We might meet some interesting people so that’s something to look forward to.
As luck would have it, I found a single Request asking for Mercenaries to escort a merchant ship heading towards Anam City, which would be where we’re boarding the airship that will bring us to Aerialla Academy itself.
There were no groups heading out on land since most people wouldn’t be using the land route there due to the dangers of the Abhorrents and those that are are strong enough to not require hiring escorts anyway. Especially when there’s a perfectly functioning sea route to get there.
I took that Request and brought my girls down to the harbour to look for the merchant ship in question.
I had to ask around for a while before someone pointed me to a Carrack that was anchored at the edge of the harbour.
I went ahead to approach the person whom I believe to be the owner of the ship judging by the fact that they were a Nekomata and also dressed in expensive looking clothes.
"Hello. We’re the White Dragon’s Sword Maidens. We accepted your Request for a Mercenary escort to Anam City?"
The Nekomata, a male with greyish hair who looked to be in his mid thirties, turned to look me up and down with a critical gaze.
As though happy with what he saw, he nodded at me and jerked his thumb at his ship, "We’re setting off in an hour. Get your stuff on board and we’ll leave once we’ve loaded all our cargo. If you’re not here by that time, we’re leaving without you. Anyone else who isn’t on board gets left behind. I’m on a tight schedule."
Without waiting for an answer, he turned away and went over to supervise a couple of deckhands, leaving us to our own devices.
Well... I guess we’re going on board then?
