The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 244

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Part 2, Chapter 42

Since the Assassin Butler was scheduled to come straight here once his conversation with the Weatherwax Baroness ended, I took the Legion officials to a drawing room near the office for now.

“With all the talk about how amazing, how amazing this place is, I had some expectations… but it falls far short of even the New Magic Union Guild. The treatment too—a guest arrives and not even a glass of water…”

That’s when it happened.

As soon as we settled in the drawing room, somehow knowing we were there, the Bandit Maid came stomping up with heavy footsteps and served colorful refreshments and herb tea piled high on a tray.

Bang!

When her arm, even thicker than Deshang’s, set down the teapot, hot water spurted like a fountain from the small teapot’s spout.

The man couldn’t say a word and froze stiff.

“There. Eat to your heart’s content. It’s cake mixed with my blood and sweat.”

“I-I see. Thank you.”

“Hey, you bastard. You die if you leave any. Got it?”

“…”

“Look carefully… this is bread kneaded with these fists. If you leave any… I’ll turn you into chewy bread too.”

As the Bandit Maid gently caressed her rock-sized fist, the man could only break out in cold sweat with a face that couldn’t cry or laugh.

Leaving them behind, I greeted the Bandit Maid.

“You look healthy. Have you been well?”

“Of course, Master. Tell me if you need more snacks. You’re quite the big eater, after all.”

“How are the other family members?”

“Well, there was an incident, but everyone trusts you, Master.”

“What about Renya?”

“She’s on dawn duty so she’s sleeping. I’ll wake her if you want.”

“No, leave her be. This won’t take long to sort out either.”

“That’s a relief then.”

The Bandit Maid wiped her hand that got splashed with hot water on her apron and left the drawing room.

“So what exactly is this party thing?”

Perhaps frightened by the Bandit Maid’s warning, the woman who had been hastily eating cake looked up with whipped cream around her mouth.

“Ah. Shall I explain again? The Grey Spear Guild is with the Sword Master’s party and…”

“No, I’m curious about what exactly this ‘party’ means. I know about guilds, but I still don’t quite grasp the definition of a party.”

The woman looked incredulous that someone who was a member of the Grey Spear Guild wouldn’t know the meaning of ‘party,’ but she kindly explained.

“Um. A party is, well, simply put, composed of skilled individuals who can cross the Wall of Fire… to express it in Pen Rota terms, it’s similar to a special forces unit?”

“Wall of Fire?”

She scanned the interior of the drawing room, spotted a map hanging on one wall, and stood up with a pleased expression.

“It happens to be marked here. Do you see this red line drawn on this map?”

“This line is the Wall of Fire. Because the flames of death block the way, ordinary people can never set foot in that land.”

The land surrounded by the Wall of Fire wasn’t far from Trash Hill and was even quite large.

“Rien and his followers have made the inside of this Wall of Fire their occupied territory and built their own base. The Wall of Fire is essentially their stronghold.”

“There seem to be several cities inside.”

“That’s right. This isn’t abandoned wasteland. There are many residential areas where countless people live ordinary lives, factories too… even here, this Sentibon is the third largest city in the Contaninos Republic.”

“So they’re self-sufficient within the Wall of Fire?”

“It’s generally difficult to be completely self-sufficient. That’s why we came to find the 【Grey Spear】!”

The woman who returned to the sofa scooped up a handful of the remaining cake and put it in her mouth.

“The Wall of Fire disappears exactly once every six months, mmm, only for a certain period in specific areas. Our union supplies materials inside the Wall of Fire at that timing. Ah, this cake is really delicious!”

“…”

“It’s an opportunity gained through great difficulty via an agreement between Calamity Lien and Legion… it’s extremely difficult and dangerous work. So unless it’s a considerably trusted guild, they won’t assign the job. The competition is fierce too.”

“Eat slowly.”

“Yes!”

Right, I think I roughly understand what it means now.

‘They said our guild was selected as a support guild for that party the Sword Master or whatever belongs to, right?’

From the nuance, it seemed our guild’s role was to clear the path to the city or protect supplies when the Sword Master’s party crossed the Wall of Fire.

To enter land ruled by the demigod Rien.

It was certainly dangerous work.

‘But it’s quite surprising that such dangerous work has high competition.’

I asked with a slight hope.

“Is the pay for this job good?”

“No. Only transportation expenses and meal costs are provided.”

“It’s dangerous and doesn’t pay well, but the competition is high? Why?”

The woman put down her fork with a flustered expression.

“That’s… there is a reason, but it’s a bit difficult for us to say…”

That’s when it happened.

Bang!

The man who kicked back from the table stood up and pointed at me with a bright red face.

“I can’t listen to this anymore! Damn it, do you think we came all this way to have this level of conversation!”

“S-Senior. Please calm down…”

Despite the woman’s restraint, the man showed no signs of cooling his anger. Instead, he even panted as he shouted.

“Listen here, Grey Spear secretary! Do you know how fierce the competition for this work is? Why would it be fierce? Of course, there might be guilds that apply with good intentions. But the biggest purpose lies elsewhere. It’s to recruit world-class heroes like the Sword Master as allies!”

“…”

“We don’t care about such personal motives. Fine. Let them be as greedy as they want! But our republic’s people… have been trembling in fear beyond the Wall of Fire for a whole 4 years!”

“Senior…”

“I don’t want to waste any more time on pointless conversation. The person we need to meet is Graysphere! Bring that man here immediately!”

Though his attitude was poor, the man’s complaints were somewhat valid.

For me, it was just asking about things I didn’t know, but from the republic’s perspective, this would be important business.

Just then, the Assassin Butler entered the drawing room.

“Sorry for being late, Master. I heard guests from Legion came to visit… ah, are these them?”

“Yeah.”

Upon confirming the Assassin Butler’s face, the man’s previously red and blue complexion noticeably brightened.

“Finally, someone we can communicate with…”

“Danahan. I hear you need two people to send inside the Wall of Fire. They’ll move together with some Sword Master’s party or whatever. If I go, I’ll be able to meet Jin too, right?”

“Yes, I was originally thinking of sending Old Man Malicops. Will you go personally?”

I nodded lightly.

“Since our routes overlap, it would be better for me to go. Me and…”

The Weatherwax Baroness should move.

Since protecting me is an imperial command, he absolutely won’t want to separate for any ordinary matter.

‘But what alias did the Weatherwax Baroness have as candidates?’

Damn. I can only remember the most striking alias.

“Me and… the Handsome Inspector…”

“Yes, understood. Listen, Legion officials. For the support guild work, we’ll dispatch this person who is our guild’s new guild master and a new guild member, the Handsome Inspector.”

“What? This woman is the new guild master?”

The man looked at me with disbelieving eyes and burst out in indignation again.

“This… what do you take us for! Not even Graysphere himself, but sending someone we don’t even know inside the Wall of Fire? Absolutely not. We can’t allow it even if it’s dangerous!”

Hmm.

That’s also a valid argument in its own way.

If it were business for the Pen Rota Empire or North Continental Union, I’d use someone I know and roughly join up, but I don’t even have any acquaintances in the Contaninos Republic.

“Then would Andert Pager be sufficient?”

“…Excuse me?”

The woman who was eating her second cake looked up with a blank expression.

“Just now… who did you say…”

I spoke to the man who had an equally blank expression as the woman.

“I’ll dispatch Andert Pager instead.”

“That’s… preposterous…”

“You can’t leave our house until you finish eating all this cake.”

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