Incompatible Interspecies Wives

86 – Mercenary Meeting (2)

After seeing off Arwin, I went to Adam’s house to talk.

As always, my brother was looking around at various documents.

It’s something I always feel… That kind of hyung’s appearance is both familiar and unfamiliar.

Did I ever think that the person who taught me the sword would lead a quiet life like this?

I always feel that I am not an ordinary person.

“Are you here?”

Right after that, Adam asked me.

“Just bring me a drink.”

At his familiar request, I move as well.

I looked at the bottles of alcohol piled up in his house, took out a bottle of Bardi and poured it into my glass.

Brother Adam, who was being handed a drink, frowned at him.

“…I don’t like this drink.”

“…”

I shrugged and sat down.

Anyway, his complaints soon subsided.

I wet my mouth with alcohol and looked at the documents.

“Give me the next request. To go out again.”

I asked my brother. The soles of Ner’s feet were also healed, and he rested for a long time.

I thought it would be better to schedule the next one.

But the older brother shook his head.

“No, not now.”

I had doubts about his resolute refusal.

“Why?”

“Mercenary Talks.”

“…Ah.”

And with his answer that followed, all doubts disappeared as if they were melting.

He clicked his tongue inside. Will that annoying meeting happen again?

Mercenary Meeting is a meeting where several mercenary groups gather in one place to establish their own rules.

Since there are so many different clients looking for the mercenaries, sometimes a fight over rice bowls broke out.

When a mission that is not too difficult is accompanied by a generous reward, a battlefield is created.

There were many cases in which the two mercenaries went to war because they quarreled over each other’s request, and it turned into a battle of pride.

The mercenaries that disappeared or collapsed were not the only ones.

We also had such a battle.

Of course, it happened several years ago, when the size of the Red Flame Team wasn’t that big.

So, in order to reduce such wasted battlegrounds, mercenary meetings were held from time to time.

I don’t know if small-scale mercenaries would have such a place, but if it was large enough to occupy a village like ours, it was definitely a place to be.

Check each other’s lines and zones and establish appropriate rules.

The problem is that there is a fierce battle of nerves at the place where this meeting takes place.

The captains keep each other in line and smile, but the members below them had to hold their heads stiff so as not to look down on them.

There is no such thing as a mentally exhausting and uncomfortable space.

Even if I wanted to avoid it, as the vice-captain, I couldn’t escape.

Of course, no one has raised a dispute with me as I quietly attend the meeting like a ghost.

But now that the situation has changed, wouldn’t something annoying happen?

“… Ha.”

I closed my eyes and threw my head back.

I ask him a question that suddenly bloomed.

“…We have nobility on our backs now. Do you still have to go to those talks? Aren’t they all watching us?”

Hyung laughed at my words.

As if you don’t know yet.

“…”

At first, I was half empty.

There will definitely be things that will change with the nobles on their backs, but it’s not enough to threaten the rice bowls of other giant mercenaries.

In the end, I let out a long sigh and put the troublesome schedule into my head.

“…When?”

“In 10 days.”

“…”

My brother speaks to me who is silent.

“I will take your wives too. It’s only natural.”

“…What? There?”

“I didn’t bring you here with the intention of hiding it in the manor. It’s not much different from when you went to Dems Village and announced your ties with the nobles.”

I knew he was right.

But because the place is the place…It was awkward.

I can already see the wives who will be hurt by the pranks they throw at me.

As much as I know he’s somewhat of an aristocrat, I’ll keep my mouth shut… But there are countless ways to make him feel offended without crossing the line.

In the first place, not all mercenaries are squeamish towards nobles.

If they were a tribe that valued their lives that much, they wouldn’t have become mercenaries in the first place.

My brother drank for a while and put the glass down.

He too sighs and looks at me.

“…”

Recently, my older brother’s attitude toward me has changed.

I wonder if it has been like this since the story about Xian.

An attitude of apologetic attitude.

I was uncomfortable with that.

“Berg.”

But hyung changed his expression as if he understood my feelings.

“…Tell me.”

“I intend to greatly raise our status through this meeting.”

I rolled my eyes and looked at my brother.

He told me once or twice.

We can ultimately grow only when our position among the mercenaries is high.

It wasn’t just public opinion that mattered.

Even among mercenaries like us, our names had to be famous.

“…So?”

“…So, there is no need to avoid fighting this time.”

“What do you mean?”

“If the opponent provokes you, it’s okay to step on them.”

“…Ah.”

Belatedly, I was able to understand his words.

In other words, it was like saying that it was okay not to hold back when a fight broke out at the mercenary meeting.

A request that contradicts his previous advice to kill his personality and live.

Maybe it even sounds like you want to step on some snobbish opponents.

“How many people are you talking about stepping on?”

My brother shook his head.

“No. There is no such thing as that.”

I scratched my cheek.

Is it only the hyung’s consideration that if he is angry, he should at least resolve it like that?

Actually, I didn’t have anything like this.

I was only thinking about my next trip from the beginning.

With her wives, the matter about the Church of Hea has already been spilled.

Also, it’s the first time for hyung or Shien, it’s a story I’ve always had.

On the contrary, the mercenary meeting was a matter of concern.

How will wives react to this fact?

I felt like I had to speak well so that I could adequately prepare for anything.

****

Ner washed himself.

To have dinner, and after that to go out for a night walk and wait for Berg, now was the best time to wash up.

She recently realized something.

For some reason, putting body odor on Berg’s body is becoming a habit now.

For some time now, his body smelled of Berg.

In a way, it was natural.

If you put incense, the incense sticks out.

And the smell of berg emanating from my body makes my stomach feel strangely heavy.

The sound of breathing also seemed to be getting a little rough.

Now that I am naked from washing my body, the scent might make me feel even more strange.

Ner shook his head from side to side and brushed off his thoughts.

Water is scattered.

Since Berg will be back soon, it seemed better to put on his clothes and get ready to go out.

Ner dries her body with a dry cloth and puts on the prepared clothes.

Compared to what I wore when I was aristocrat, it was really shabby, but… I haven’t been paying much attention lately.

With all of her clothes on, she naturally stretches out her hand.

She groped for the last thing to take care of.

“……Huh?”

Ner turned her head as her hand caught the air.

It was nowhere to be seen.

Her eyes blink in disbelief.

“…My ring.”

Her body, which had been stunned for a moment, moved rapidly.

Look around the bathroom.

Still, the ring was nowhere to be seen.

“… Huh?”

I wonder if I lost it.

The ring I had recently become accustomed to suddenly disappeared.

“…My…My ring…”

And with that fact, it felt like a heavy stone had been placed on Ner’s chest.

I pressed myself to the floor and looked all over the place, but in the end the ring was not revealed.

Did you ever think that the day would come when you would find that shabby accessory like this?

Ner hurriedly headed out of the bathroom when he couldn’t find the ring after searching for a while.

Someone might have left it in the room.

The possibility was slim because I had never taken it off except when washing.

She didn’t even think to dry her hair.

As she hurriedly headed to the master bedroom, she found Berg returning home before she knew it.

“Ner. I’m here.”

And at the smile he shows, I can’t raise my head as if I’m guilty.

Berg was able to catch her change of mood right away.

“…Why?”

At that question, Ner looked at Berg in shock.

He slowly walked towards me.

Only Arwin, who was sitting at her table, stopped and stared at her.

Ner met her eyes with her for a moment.

“…”

“…”

Removing that strange gaze, Ner said.

“Oh…No, wait.”

Then I passed Berg and went into the master bedroom.

Of course, it was clear that he wouldn’t be here, but he looked around the room just in case.

It was a ring that could not be found anywhere in the bathroom.

A table. Under the bed. Under the blanket.

I couldn’t find the ring anywhere.

It was a natural thing for her, but that naturalness gave her surprisingly negative emotions.

“…Did you lose your ring?”

While doing so, Berg quietly asked from behind.

Ner’s body stiffened at that question and she couldn’t move.

The pricked ears went down helplessly.

Her tail started curling wildly.

Berg’s brief sigh continued.

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Surprised by that sigh, Berg said the moment Ner turned his head.

“It’s okay. What else am I saying?”

“………”

“It could be. You didn’t lose it outside, did you?”

“Be, Berg. I took it off for a while to wash it off, and that’s… So…”

She tried to make an excuse, but Berg’s expression remained soft.

“It’s okay.”

Then he even smiled.

“If you look for it, it will come out. I’m hungry now, so let’s go get something to eat.”

“…………”

Seeing Berg smiling even in this situation, Ner felt a contradictory warmth.

How can you do this?

It is said that wedding rings are quite important to all human races.

However, it was only for a while to feel that warmth.

Ner had no thoughts of eating right now.

The more Berg was like this, the sooner he wanted to find the ring.

When she didn’t let go of her expression, Berg cracked her joke.

“It was uncomfortable anyway. You live naked like this for a day or two.”

“………”

Ner did not laugh at the joke.

My heart only felt heavy.

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Berg stroked Ner’s head, which finally stopped, and forcibly grabbed her hand.

Ner was endlessly drawn to that touch.

Berg said to Arwin, who was sitting at the table indifferently.

“Arwin. Let’s go. To eat.”

“Yes.”

Ner couldn’t lift her head.

At the same time, Ner felt a touch through Berg’s hand.

When she holds Berg’s right hand, she feels…Arwin’s ring.

Ner’s heart sank at that fact again.

Ner’s eyes carefully looked down at Berg’s hand.

Next, he even looks at Arwin’s hand.

They both had rings of the same shape on their hands.

Arwin says that she can’t love Berg because she is a single noble, so she seems closer to Berg.

If I can’t find the ring in the future, will this situation continue?

“…”

In Ner’s hands, power went into his own hands.

She held Berg’s hand tighter.

With that power, Berg looked down at Ner.

Ner whispered.

“…Sorry.”

“It’s okay.”

“…I will definitely find it.”

Berg was okay, but this was entirely her fault.

Her fault for constantly taking off her ring.

Again, she was surprised.

She didn’t think she would feel this way.

It was the culture of the human race, but she must have gotten used to it before she knew it.

The ring that once felt like Berg’s restraint is gone… I hate it so much.

Is this feeling due to feeling sorry for Berg, or is there something else?

She didn’t know.

Anyway, she couldn’t think of anything else.

Only her thoughts of finding her ring dominated her.