"Won't you buy me a drink?"
"If this is something that must be done for a lady, then I will still be happy to do it..."
"Hu Lin, have a glass of frosty blue."
"Sheng Hui, six hundred gold coins, sir."
"..."
The soft lights and atmosphere reappeared around Duan Qing as the nightclub returned to calm air. The peaceful music sounded vaguely in the corner here, soothing the hearts of others who had not yet calmed down.
At the same time, it also gave this dimly lit place a bit more of its own beauty and joy. Duan Qing, who had just been defeated by an army, smiled awkwardly, and then turned his head away as if he didn't hear it.
, looking to the left and right of this shop, at the top of the stairs hidden in the darkness, several guys who seemed to be customers here were also holding some beautiful and lovely girls in their arms, going up and down in the invisible depths of darkness.
, it seems that the second floor of this nightclub is a deep place more suitable for entertaining guests. However, from Duan Qing's perspective, he cannot see the scene on the second floor, what may happen behind the stairwell with a faint fragrance
, let alone something he could guess.
boom.
The sound of a glass slamming sounded behind his head at the right time. He turned around and saw that a glass of cold wine with an icy blue aura had been handed to the woman in front of the woman with the movements of the man who looked like an iron tower.
"Well……"
Then Duan Qing's face turned green: "This, that, I..."
"The underground world without money is very difficult."
The woman combing her hair touched the wine glass in front of her with her right hand, then supported her cheek with her left hand and smiled softly: "Especially for a newbie like you."
"Ah hahaha, I originally had a lot of extraneous things like money, but it's a pity that the leader of our family is too strict, so..."
"...I really doubt how you got to this place."
The woman looked sideways at Duan Qing and raised her delicate eyebrows: "Didn't anyone remind you?"
"Yes... uh, no." Duan Qing hesitated for a while, but finally did not mention Hank's name on the table here: "I was just chasing someone, so I followed you here, and then I found that you have a unique appearance.
A store with attentive service and good quality at reasonable prices...”
His words became louder and louder, and finally he stopped complimenting himself in the face of the woman's brighter smile, and scratched his head in embarrassment. However, the other person, who was crossing his legs and clasping his legs, didn't seem to be bothered by Duan Qing's pretense.
Feeling any emotional upheaval, she stretched out three slender fingers, twisting the wine glass in front of her gracefully, and after taking a gentle sip, she opened her thin lips again: "Then...
Have you caught the person you wanted to catch?"
"Oh, I caught you." Duan Qing said with a low smile: "Right in front of me, although...she hasn't agreed yet."
Raising her eyebrows again, the woman laughed softly: "This method is really clumsy."
"Okay, it's just a joke." Duan Qing waved his hand in vain: "After all... I don't even know your name."
"Kasha, sir." The woman replied calmly: "Just call me Kasha."
"Okay, then Sister Kasha..." Duan Qing paused, then imitated the other party's posture, leaned sideways and raised his head: "Your sister once passed by and wanted to find a guide and leader for me. I don't know.
Can you introduce me to...this place in front of me?"
"...Of course, sir."
The woman turned her head and took another sip of the wine in front of her. Then, with her breath of ice blue, she slowly spoke in a voice like raindrops: "This is Maggie's nightclub, owned by Queen Maggie."
The signboard, the purpose of this place...is to make every guest who comes here feel warmer than home."
"That's true." Duan Qing, who looked around, murmured in response: "They don't want to go home."
"Hehehehe." Kasha covered her lips and chuckled for a while, then put down her hand again: "Almost all the guests here are regular customers. They have been staying in our place for a long time. A newcomer like you
…It’s very rare to see this in normal times.”
"Do you need me to promote it to you?" Duan Qing whispered: "I can guarantee... after adventurers know about this place, your business here will become much more lively."
"...No need, I don't want to see too many bad guys." The woman frowned her eyebrows, and then gently shook her head: "Compared to making money, we care more about the feelings of regular customers, after all...
"
She hesitated for a while, but Duan Qing on the side understood what she meant: "They are not easy to mess with, right?"
"...Yes." The woman glanced at Duan Qing's face: "For example, the person you just hacked out, he is a member of the parliament, the deputy commander of the city guard, Mr. Zuoke Akilon, if you piss him off
, if it arouses the resentment of the city guards... we may not be able to sustain it here."
"... Hey." Duan Qing raised his eyes, then curled his lips and shook his head: "The deputy commander of the city guard... only has this strength? And he was carried away? No wonder the principality is like this on the battlefield.
The potential is weak..."
"Of course we don't want this." The woman sighed: "If possible, we hope that Tania will not be shocked again. This is not only not in our interests, but also in line with our inner wishes."
"...You are really a kind lady." Duan Qing smiled and comforted: "But...the trend of the principality is not something that we can decide. You are so worried...it is just adding to your worries.
That’s all.”
"It would be great if I could do my part for the principality." Kasha's eyes fell on the wine glass in front of her: "It's a pity... Alas, even the underground far away from the light is not us.
People can control it, let alone nobles and officials."
"You..." Duan Qing looked outside the door and asked, "Don't you feel safe living here?"
"Of course." The woman's eyes flickered, and finally she swiped the giant knife behind Duan Qing, and looked to the northwest of the nightclub: "The Walia Tavern closest to us is relatively stable, and the relationship with us is relatively smooth.
, but Kazak in the west... relying on the noble power behind them, they will come here to make trouble every day, either asking for more gold coins, or asking for more services, as if everyone in this world must listen to them.
…”
The woman stroking her head sighed lowly, and then showed a helpless smile: "We also resisted, but in the end we were helpless. Fortunately, the rules of the underground world are not decided by him alone, so... we still
Got some space."
"...Is Queen Maggie's power so weak?" Duan Qing spread his hands around and showed a strange smile: "The guards in this place are so tight..."
"They are already all the troops here." Kasha shook her head and said: "And... thugs are just thugs after all. Apart from the Queen, we still lack the backbone to protect the territory, people who can stand alone, such as..."
When she got here, her eyes wandered, and then she focused on Duan Qing again: "A person like you."
"Me? No, no, no, I'm not a master." Duan Qing smiled and waved his hand: "I'm just an adventurer, a passerby who accidentally broke in here. How can you be so powerful..."
"You seem to have forgotten one thing."
The woman's voice became colder, and her eyes became serious: "The sword energy from before... it is difficult for even the captain of the city guard to achieve it."
"...You are referring to that Tusker?" Duan Qing shook his head slowly: "I met him once. He should be a very powerful person. How could you be so weak..."
"There are many powerful people on the ground." The woman's fingers rested on her lips again, looking a bit provocative: "But... like you just did, you can throw out the breath and turn it into a physical attack.
Such warriors are rarely seen even in descriptions of the history of the Free Continent."
It seems that something has been accidentally stabbed...
Duan Qing sighed helplessly in his heart. On the surface, Duan Qing still smiled dryly, echoing the invitation in the woman's eyes: "So... you mean, you want me to help you?"
"No, we haven't fallen to this point yet." Kasha chuckled and shook her head: "Besides... this is not the only gap in the underground world."
"Oh? Who else?"
"Sumaili." The woman raised one of her slender fingers and pointed to the south where they were: "Located southeast of Tania, underground on Yare Street. They are the spokesperson of another above-ground force, smuggling arms.
, weapons, armor, and countless luxuries... they are doing many of these businesses, and as for the reason... you should be able to guess it."
"Cabinburg...is that right?"
"You are really smart, sir." The woman finally used a hint of respect: "Thanks to our position, we don't have many conflicts with them, but... maybe it is due to the conflict in the above world, we
It has also become their goal.”
"Are you...them and Kazak?" Duan Qing asked in a low voice.
"Yes, in order to seize territory and squeeze out each other, these two forces provoked more than half of the conflicts here." The woman explained helplessly: "We, the original indigenous people, can only watch them fight.
At the same time, people are constantly sent to harass us, each asking us to...stand on their own side."
"This should be a good thing, right?" Duan Qing lowered his head and muttered: "In order to win your help, shouldn't they give you a lot of benefits?"
"Your method is not the only way to ask for our consent." The woman shook her head bitterly: "There is another way, which is to threaten."
"...Is this okay? Do you want to be so ruthless?"
"It's strange... we can only blame us for being too powerful." The woman murmured: "The result of being unable to resist... will eventually become like this."
"Hey." Duan Qing stretched out his hand to stroke his eyebrows, slowly closed his eyes, and finally muttered: "So... you really want to get help from some other forces, right?"
"..."
"It is best to be a new force, a force that can truly cooperate with you." Duan Qing thought: "For example... some of the recent refugees who came to the city and escaped underground because they were homeless?"
"...Is this what you want to inquire about, sir?" The woman twirled the wine glass in her hand, then tilted her head and showed a beautiful smile.
"You have introduced so much, I can't reveal everything." Duan Qing broke his wrist, and then showed a clear smile: "I can't do such an unfair thing.
come out."
"I'm sorry, about this... I have never heard of it." The woman wearing a lavender ribbon lowered her head slightly, and then replied hesitantly: "We have too much time to take care of ourselves, so regarding the changes in other forces in this place... we
It’s very rare to know, at least compared to other people... We are certainly not the first to know.”
"But you have your advantages." Duan Qing shook his head, and then stared closely into the woman's eyes: "For example...those people take the initiative to find you, what choice will you make?"
The woman did not answer, but looked at him quietly.
"Okay, I don't mean to dismantle you." As if sensing a hint of danger, Duan Qing pushed his hands and immediately got rid of the questioning attitude: "I just... um
, you see, we have finally reached this point and established such a wonderful friendship, and you don’t want to give up on me easily, right?”
The woman still looked at him quietly, but after a moment she nodded silently.
"That's right."
Duan Qing snapped his fingers: "Well, as a professional adventurer, I will come here in the future to help you complete some commissions and tasks, even if it is to provide a trivial assistance for your safety... Correspondingly
Yeah, you just need to tell me one thing, how about it?"
"...What exactly do you want to know, sir?"
"...There was an adventurer here just now, right?" Duan Qing lowered his voice, as if he was a regular customer dealing in dark business: "They also have some similar reasons, right?"
The woman looked at him intently, but finally showed a clear smile: "Yes."
"You see, we adventurers also have a sense of competition." Duan Qing rubbed his hands: "If this business... oh no, it is our friendly cooperative relationship, it can be taken over by our Fool Adventure Group alone.
...That would be perfect, right?”
"what do you mean……"
"We don't need you to do anything. You just need to tell me the names, appearances, and detailed information of those people... We will do the rest ourselves." Duan Qing said mysteriously: "You... should understand, right?
?”
"...Sounds really good." The woman chuckled and nodded, then wrapped herself around Duan Qing's body like a close lover: "I...agree."
Her low voice flowed slowly in Duan Qing's ears, and finally she slowly separated under Duan Qing's focused gaze and returned to him: "Do you have any more questions?"
"...I have to go." Duan Qing took a long breath, and then said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your help."
"Hey, your drink money."
Looking at Duan Qing who stood up without hesitation, the tower-like man behind the bar plausibly shouted: "We don't do anything here..."
"Put it on my account."
In Duan Qing's surprised eyes, the woman with her finger on the lavender lips interrupted the bartender softly, then tilted her head and looked at the man carrying a long knife: "You... will come back to pay the debt, right?"
"...It seems you know a lot about adventurers." Duan Qing looked at the other person for a long time, and finally showed a relieved smile.
"We always... keep our word."
This chapter has been completed!