BXBX NOVEL Chapter 70 70 – Chattering Friends
Hours after hours passed the discussion between Haruki and Moriyana kept on going. Their exchange of plans went on for so long that Fay started looking around Moriyana\'s mansion-like base, and even after she was done, the door to her office was still tightly shut. Growing tired of waiting, she sat down on a waiting chair and decided to take a nap.
Not long after Fay fell asleep, Haruki and the others stormed out of the office and were off on their way away to wherever they were going.
"Oi…wake up," hitting Fay\'s legs with her sandals, Moriyana glared at her annoyed. "This isn\'t a free lounging inn, you scoundrel."
Getting hit in her achilles, Fay\'s body was shocked awake from the pain bolting to her head.
"AGHHH!" Drawing her legs onto the chair, she got them away from Moriyana. " What the hell?! That hurts!"
"I know, now come in," ignoring her cries, she beckoned Fay with her waving index.
Caressing her legs for a moment, she glared at Moriyana\'s back contemplating taking some sort of revenge, but getting onto her feet she brushed those ideas off of her mind. Not planning to stick around once she got what she wasted, there was no benefit in making things harder for herself by trying to take revenge on Moriyana.
"Do you have it?" Fay asked as soon as she walked into the office.
Moving to the other side of the table, Moriyana sat down gently caressing her head. Slowly looking back up at Fay, she let out a tired grunt before leaning back into the chair to stretch her back a little.
\'Flaunting her breasts again? Ughh!\' Watching the ties on Moriyana\'s blouse loosen from the stretch, Fay felt somewhat embarrassed and even a little jealous. When she leaned forward once again, the strings on her blouse were so barely hanging that Fay couldn\'t help but stare at her heavy breasts nearly pouring out of her clothes.
"Riana! Bring me a drink!" She grunted before bringing her attention back to Fay again. "And no I don\'t have it."
"What…" Dumbfounded by her answer, Fay leaned forward onto the table to confront her closely. "Tell me that\'s a lie because I didn\'t come all the way here for such a lousy excuse."
"I need some time okay? The duke has promised to gather the ingredients for that potion," still rubbing her forehead to drive away the hangover, Moriyana stared at the entrance to the other room. Coming out through it with a bottle of wine and a glass, Riana quickly set them on the table in front of her. "Thank you…no wait, next time don\'t bad mouth me in front of the duke!"
Puffing up her cheeks, Riana turned around and went on her way to clean the rest of the mansion. Glancing over the small exchange, Fay pulled up a chair in front of Moriyana to further confront her about the matter.
"You told me it\'d be ready now, don\'t back off!" She yelled, glaring at the drunken mistress.
"Oh shut up you charlatan! Let me drink!" Pouring into the glass, she offered it to Fay. "Here, drink some so you can digest that stick up your arse."
"Will you stop insulting me at least?" Knowing there was no stopping her when she was drunk, Fay simply took the glass from her hands. "And what\'s with all the favors the duke is doing for you? What\'s that about?"
Taking a hit directly from the bottle, Margarette set it aside before picking up a quill. Fixing her eyes on Fay, she reached into the drawer and picked out a bunch of undone documents.
"Don\'t poke your nose Fay, just wait until the duke gets the ingredient for your love potion, you\'ll be done in a jiffy once it\'s all in my hands," as a master of potions, Fay had to take Moriyana\'s word for it. "I need those ingredients myself, controlling people…Nah, I mean controlling slaves requires all kinds of charming potions."
Intentionally disregarding the controlling human part, Fay sipped onto the wine to discuss further compensations.
"I\'m never giving you free ware ever again," she murmured.
"Yeahhh, you shouldn\'t," Moriyana laughed it off.
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While riding the carriage back to the castle, Haruki was still trying to work through everything that Moriyana had told him. Going back to her for advice every time, made him wonder if she should be deemed the honorary title of a councilmen.
\'Relying on her is going to backfire sooner or later,\' Even though she was his servant, the way she interacted with him was vastly different from the others.
"Master, have you decided what we should work on first?" Holding Haruki\'s hand, Asuka looked right into his eyes. A hint of concern trailed off her gaze, letting Haruki know that his sore mood was affecting everyone around him. "Or should we take a rest for the day and decided on it later?"
"Capturing Minotaurs won\'t be easy regardless, so I\'d advise we take our time to think about it," added Riley.
"What about the girl? You need her skills but-"
"For that, we need to capture some Minotaurs first…" cutting off Margarette he was left in deep thought. "Then there\'s that surprise of hers that we know nothing about."
\'Why the hell does she need minotaurs to create the potions anyway?\' Although he had left Moriyana\'s place with most of his questions answered, a barrage of new questions assaulted him right after. At least we\'ll have the gold to construct the bypass, and the illegal businesses should start earning us some good amount soon too.\'
Handing the corruption of his land into the hands of a succubus was perhaps the best way to reach his ultimate goal of taking his revenge by corrupting all of Atlas.
"Some of the adventurers we\'ve worked with might have some idea on how to capture minotaurs," although he doubted the possibility that anyone would take on a request to capture such raging beasts, he was still willing to give it a try. "If nothing else, we might have to do some adventuring ourselves."
Glancing around the three, he put up a cherry facade to not further discourage them with his dull mood. After exchanging quick glances at each other only Riley seemed a bit enthusiastic about heading into a dungeon filled with monsters.
"We are the demons, there\'s nothing in those caves we need to be worried about," right as Haruki spoke those words, the ride came to a stop at their destination.
\'Not like we have much of a choice.\' He thought, but it to himself.