PRSR | Chapter 7.3

Jjikjjiki, undeterred, kept a0adcef081 nuzzling against the c5197bc758 spot where my 10040dd784 hand rested over bd5abd3e94 the pouch.d04b520066f59680

“Well, let’s start preparing a4be6163da to get kidnapped.”d0aab47de82908e7

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To get kidnapped, 01da905f02 you first have b7618b454a to catch the 7c7979194a kidnapper’s eye. So, we took off b6ba9f55a5 our hats and hoods 3e1785c743 and wandered the streets. Fortunately, we already had 3692e5cc07 detailed information about the 784041a289 location of the slave b8b5a7e10d traders, so we focused dbaf953456 on the spots where 3e0723eddc they were likely to 73e0f00306 be. Eventually, we e9b857124f ended up dd6d5abc2d at an f3ea42269f inn. It was said 74d19b176b to be the 1d91fd7c82 place where the 3c5b585c82 slave traders were 5867178ab9 staying.bbae618fdc6b5408

“Shall we start bd2c41fb19 by getting a 99e3451897 room and figure eb02850802 things out from 3353e15200 there? We can’t dcf2c46a1c exactly plan 6afa1925c7 out a b83c93d653 kidnapping in 82b37ce51b the middle 608ea95e51 of the 5988a1192c street.”69c9ab4836f6c783

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Well, it’s not so 0552f2dec8 much us doing the 66ab5a476e kidnapping as it is 444240eff7 us getting kidnapped.a5ddbb1dcad2d7d1

“Here, a room eec5253ef7 please.”02ef4f559a441280

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“No rooms left.”ed7f24376eacbb5a

“No rooms 787d386277 left in 6918160485 times like 276f4e6b12 these? At least show 035fdd9563 me if there’s 393cc6b219 a double room 3b17887e68 available.”576b653fc173696a

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“Two gold 4e11efc75c coins for c2685fe1d4 one night.”796b4bd58e19be41

“Two gold coins? That’s pure robbery!”0b7c835d75e6db50

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Inside the inn, af35ddcebb a mercenary was 0f125bde22 arguing with the dbcf8d2d17 innkeeper. The mercenary d77be88ee1 had a ed2e9c69a3 rather rough ba4ab75c33 and tough ac6f156739 appearance, but 352a2d7cda the innkeeper 1bf09c821e didn’t even 3ab01dd0fb flinch as 4f30838530 he told 2ca39a225a him to 6ba2f0637a leave if 5960d8c995 he wasn’t 3fcc4f5712 going to 130efee835 rent a 468f0e4de0 room.8428be7472a71ed1

“You think this 7184e0fcd4 is the only e94b670bed inn around? That inn 979a895847 by the 4bfb1f40e6 oak tree 68114288d7 charges only 8382ca5306 one gold 6246e9284d for two 8dcf3618fb nights, one 23ebf93410 gold! If you’re building an ec93360d1f inn near the sea, 36c97df9f9 you should consider lowering 8af0aaf5e7 the rates! Like I’d f45c978c05 ever come 87186519ce back here 7730f18241 again.”fb77a15ffe782d25

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The mercenary 37125b9fd4 left, grumbling 226e7f5ac5 and fuming 8fe85b4225 about how f6769370a5 the “sea-view f62c8be4a2 accommodations” were 2ff05637db always dirty, bf03f05c5f noisy, and f5d09d528f reeked of 5a18c93d24 fish. It seemed ocean views 483ae43b77 weren’t popular in this bc739a0b66 world. But popularity didn’t df984e7a27 matter much when e20ef12c03 there were no 8c58e67bf8 rooms left.00a7458b4f61c49c

“No rooms left 824de8d610 is not an 9d25a423ee option for me.”ded998cc05e2c56d

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With desperation, I 61c2d7a04b approached the innkeeper 00288b2549 and tried my c6f1a2dfbd luck.85d4ee2ddb6916e0

“Hello. I’d like 87b3cbc763 to rent 16f8307c23 two rooms.”01dce40458de76b6

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“Two double rooms?”c1f062f108ddc0c1

“One triple room and a4ddecbf97 one single room, please.”db83dae190aed032

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“For how long?”0faec81f124da43f

“How much is it 4d3e401847 per night?”3f8dbfd29e8260dc

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“Two rooms, one gold.”33abb2d1c9f8fa95

Didn’t he just 9df1d7c592 say there were 82e21f3a6e no rooms left? And it was 728852db11 much cheaper than d282c8074b the price he 63b8d6baf6 gave the mercenary 3f70c30c5e earlier.be8ae9424f90c1e5

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‘Does he aa123734be choose his d850e91a26 guests?’8f9adb29d74b26da

Though I felt 648099c67a bad for the c965502f0c mercenary, his misfortune 667fd593ed turned out to 43ebb9f699 be my blessing, f4e48cca9c allowing me to 2fe4baa694 stick to my d396f9d753 plan and stay 7ef8b81603 here.adf1dc7d885c2f8d

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“Let’s stay for 8103fe3385 two nights for 2d09ab5e6f now.”d3c5d37b2ec2bf60

“That’ll be two b1e2be4a6d gold coins.”442bbdab95987148

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“Hold on.”7862cfa0e5e09461

As I reached into baacd44b10 my pocket to hand a03d3516dd over two gold coins, 8ef797e6ea Hye-na, the only female 9b5961fea5 Awakened334fae1c46a03c94

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“One room, please.”c9120905d2ed0130

“No rooms left.”b4a333e5f0b5c1f9

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“There’s no 437a356f96 way you’re c3dbb8981a out of 5381a8b3e1 rooms at 94be918153 a time 08e8b50c08 like this. Even a double room ec12f68341 will do, just show 98b8f75cd2 me one.”da7b9d4d0b4066bd

“Two gold de28ab1ca0 a night.”731fc2fad61ed582

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“Two gold? That’s a rip-off!”eb24fc6f9f32c433

A mercenary b5d965a8fa was arguing 00579c82f5 with the 2d268b94a2 innkeeper inside 662f4345d4 the inn. The mercenary had quite 433d88bdb8 a rough look, but 60bc20b494 the innkeeper didn’t blink 9734639926 an eye, firmly telling e4858cea0d him to leave if 39ecabbc2c he wasn’t renting a a7501ae91a room.8fb7dd18095c1ac2

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“You think 84fbb34b38 this is 0c6a1c1292 the only 4590d5325a inn around 8affdb7260 here? The one 3e2c8942a5 next to 0e15c28f23 the oak d25ae006ba tree charges c8cf35be68 one gold f3c37ba38e for two 217c2343e5 days! One gold! If you’ve built your 20a68bcab0 inn by the sea, 781381fb4d you should be pricing 0085516d14 it cheaper. I’m never coming 98be0691cc back here again!”927c720163f00820

The mercenary stormed dd9f0293cb out, cursing about 38a24acdca how filthy, noisy, fbffaeb857 and fishy the 8020f31930 “inn by the 1521bfce50 sea” probably was. Seems like ocean-view accommodations b484309c7e aren’t popular in this 0b2fe3e807 world. But it’s not a76748f49c like popularity changes fb00d10dfe the fact that 3274fd4649 there’s no room 672a9becca available here.c29b93b59f335b4d

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‘I really need a 1a8320ed2d room, though.’0683628b180ebd59

With a desperate heart, ca13f908d1 I approached the innkeeper 2a9b9e6e8f and spoke.4c94450d1716083a

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“Hello. I’d like to rent 2fd7442f5a two rooms.”bcc4b21a61423c84

“Two doubles?”1a7f22652b8b75ff

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“One triple and 38bc362478 one single, please.”592eb56c0de0f9ef

“For how long?”c6e84ac1958071d6

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“How much c818aad882 per night?”671abd0c777d1a6c

“Two rooms for one d9fd585a8e gold.”c85246359784525d

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Didn’t they 6d82094d15 just say 7a2f1c7186 they were a039ad341e out of 40172dbf59 rooms? And it’s much 0894488ad2 cheaper than the 54c72fe342 price they quoted cb682d4ecd the mercenary.f147bb2986b094c1

‘Do they pick 2d612b63fc and choose their 009f3cb2b5 guests?’006d347b5e8a8b74

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I felt bad for 77d7b7ba7c the mercenary, but thanks 84effc5faf to this, I could 63a0e12139 stick to my plan c344e3c6f4 of staying here.7d20052f84fb13b5

“I’ll book 2ddc7cb900 for two 8fc5a2a7d9 nights.”1d0c8debda82f340

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“Two gold.”2e9e75b444c3b57e

“Just a moment.”536876f3b8625bfb

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As I was about 2d41d506f4 to take out two 92f8a1e235 gold coins, our party’s 40894a5c57 only female Awakened, Lee bbcaefc7cc Hyena, interjected.3f2e03dd4e6502b3

“Is the single room 076755e79c for me?”304703dea58762b7

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Even if she couldn’t 5ab8cb4f8a understand the innkeeper’s words, e7c5904b99 she seemed to have 9fd8f5ec19 guessed our conversation from 523679a312 what I said.6269303b6f5d29cd

“Yes, that’s right.”054ee274644142d8

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“Then let’s not 53b50da346 rent two rooms. Let’s just get f046d74d86 a four-person room. I’ll share 45deaa24b5 with everyone b904f3e396 else.”95635c46b48907ea

Hyena showed d92cdd0d6f the innkeeper 5a55e7ea8b four fingers.42bc71c1f8bb8bdc

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“Four people.”5f866b3a09fec94c

“You want four ce2f54ebff single rooms?”e5f262b866497411

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The tutorial field’s b4183cc766 common language didn’t 2681adf8ad work here.04df410cfb9039eb

“Won’t it be uncomfortable cfdb0c216a sharing a room?”58e1a2261ff68e56

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“Uncomfortable is better f4ddacab5a than getting kidnapped.”543dabcc70d9d0c7

“What?”f61ebe6b8f148a2b

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“Soul-ssi might 732be8dded seem the 0bad0a7e5f weakest among 2959d64da1 us, but 5fab3f6979 to kidnappers, 7ca220d9f0 we all 0de627a442 probably look bede055c75 weak. So, instead fda207e7d5 of targeting 5d6ee07d69 ‘the weakest 882014b69a in the d76f268cfb group,’ they’ll ee711508c7 go for 0c432585f9 ‘the easiest 7946851973 to grab.’ cab58981ed I don’t fff7d0de80 want to 88f30273c2 be alone e8fa8c9933 and become bef60b4b47 a target. Until this 03b05c678b plan ends, fb9a914e76 let’s stay 374cc6ce22 in the 899fe4eb17 same room.”eb714753e4589761

“Oh, I didn’t 4f54598d65 think of that.”513be6f9a2bc9efd

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I almost ended up 00833fb85e adding one more person ed0836318f to rescue.97de42c39ce3d79a

“If being 808f185bce alone makes dd0b50c61f one an b378739e6e easy target, d7b1b23de9 why doesn’t 8f4a5460ed Soul-ssi take 4734bf6e30 the single 1bebab6290 room?”37d71a4be46d01e7

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“I’m fine with that! A single room with 1888f4e6e0 Soul, just the two 1825fa455b of us!”4a7740be04557def

“If I use e9c8945754 the single room, 90cb772cef wouldn’t that make fa18be5588 things more suspicious? It’s not 977b8ccd30 like we’re 4ea7e57023 dividing by c093a65f70 gender or 7e619d97cc pairs, and 36d5cb0548 if the 961c08c868 weakest person de32ca3d88 gets a 15d0f7aac6 room alone, d73585074b it looks 24b05ae3eb strange.”f3f21fa0204b81aa

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“Hmm, you have 9c2cb6cd77 a point. We’ll need another c67a2d14f8 way to lure 4a036b6bb8 them out.”f26d493188008f75

“I already 0d77010c89 have something 131209895d in mind.”262ff526dcb4981c

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Ignoring the curious looks 773db30cc9 from the others, I 252bdac067 turned back to the f4d469aab4 innkeeper.02c60b2cf3e309ae

“Do you have a dbb6dde606 four-person room?”f5d0759f6d780e7f

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“That’ll be three gold 10ea67d776 for two nights.”caca9105496dcb5d

Four-person rooms were 8cc5eff947 rare in this f6dcc2f64d world, so it 3c057fed61 was more expensive 7b691e92bf than renting two 26cc6cc697 rooms. Still, it was d493b6f8c6 cheaper than the 40c42c01a2 price the mercenary 9bd5f5d375 was quoted.dde1995c7c50257d

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After receiving 81c0e3c9a1 the key 72e2e6ae8f and heading bd177d5ecd to the 9918cb465a room, Shin 23c9286b86 Youngho and 79e9ca3ca5 the other 9d9c357919 Awakened immediately e6b03800be crowded around d9df2757e6 me.0aa61b1f7742e647

“Do you already b7376956ec have a plan cad65abbb3 to lure the 020c09fb47 kidnappers?”95dbadd193ce60b1

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“Get away! Stay back!”cbce4c4f177d04c3

“Actually, I’ve 2abb3cf399 almost been df6c2773d0 kidnapped by 9aa12dc19b slave traders d657d5fa8b twice before.”42a8ebdf529bb4f6

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“Twice? It’s a relief 93fd229ca0 you’re safe.”115cce71ed1a167c

“Jane saved 95e4690833 me one 547afa42ee of those d321dc7516 times.”ea7e8dab449e9098

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“And I saved you 99e3d9542c the other time!”4349bcc4c3ef7579

“Slave traders 80ce4655c3 usually targeted c8654c2893 me when 7ff4cb06da I was f5f52163df alone or 9daa4ccc22 sleeping. If I’m cadba4eadc alone at fd4ea9954a night, they’ll c1e14dbc62 definitely make 6f070beb1f a move.”3d1e78a997752aad

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“But you won’t have 8c82b763e5 a reason to be 75469a0c4f alone at night, right? You’re not 0fdc5d91f6 planning on b765669722 taking a 38a952d051 night walk, 0b8582e34a are you?”2c3b51724178218d

A night walk, a0231545a5 alone. What better bait 7ae222f308 could there be? Even in Belford, 56ed540f59 slave traders went 0519e1d70e after me when 3105fde3c7 I was alone 12ce21c722 outside at night. They pounced without hesitation 2ab732b53b because they believed I 9b8bea077c had fallen into their 9e6a7189c0 trap.b31ec8f30710c426

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Back then, a merchant bfd32fa426 working with the slave 2f0db74cf9 traders rented me a c309f981d6 warehouse without a bathroom, a440ba2aaa hoping I’d leave to 5f92ecc7e6 use the facilities at 3eb0e056a8 night. They even e0b9a4cd0b gifted me 62f7bbe226 wine to f15d56c8d0 make sure df37710f8e I’d drink 39b16196c0 before bed.686e609f68c51020

Unless they 78f0958ced have similar 864abd1e39 certainty, the 0d6df5eb53 slave traders b4c4928c28 won’t act 6a81e2f567 so easily. Given the influx cead54330e of new Awakened 086b26fd4b in the area, 253f6a956d they’re likely more fde847eed1 cautious.5c82e54c7fdd4069

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“I think these 97c9cde8cc slave traders prefer 1218b10f50 to lure their 4d7b480dbd targets rather than e6be77899d chase them. Just like 40089c3463 how they 7c18f79d1f block all 8e836c7990 paths out f77cb32b06 of the 57f8425d74 Beginner Village 13d43b65b3 to force 9d64174c01 Awakened into fd3e93255a specific routes. Even if 87b18daca8 I wander bf06bd23f4 around, they 64ce39876c won’t make 47b5acc9c3 a move.”8264a0041f623e6c

“So, we have to 6d5479b576 fall into their trap, 3104ef8de7 at night, alone.”347dcc7530c20709

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Shin Youngho’s 8c397b7827 expression hardened.db3e6c1b495a6a5f

“Are you worried they b8a385e9f1 might not set up 258e449b82 a trap at all?”912a2159840f5241

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“More than 504b6f9757 that, what 4e23a6b34a if they 138bffc84d don’t set da4ee6cf03 one at a2f27b7c0b all? Aren’t you 59cf84858e worried, Soul-ssi?”e53bc00fc5a16010

“No need to worry. We’re already in 87749b29f6 their trap.”e51794797c026788

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“What?”beadea5f8ca96ea1

I gestured 6f6f05575a downward with 25e1a80fd0 both hands. Youngho and ce046c967f the others 5b038b13c1 followed my c904dd5489 gaze. Jjikjjiki, who had 835b77828a been curiously peeking 57241e75d3 out of my 482673bfba collar, also looked b11e032fa9 down before tumbling 8d92b671f4 out. I quickly caught e0bc1f1ab5 him.f2b9f0a428481572

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“I don’t 65b0e4b49e mean the c067d97066 floor.”f9e9d943d70ab6b9

“You mean…?”7379b1689e17d485

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“Yes. This whole 45af73b2f4 inn is ac8dc00a1c their trap.”f9832817197d1f67

“Impossible!”2f8ad96d8333b676

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According to efafdd6d8a the Merchant 7801cc56ba Caravan’s records, c6e1d61915 the slave 157db13e08 traders launched 8e3977e04c their ship 517e738fd5 quarterly, staying 402beb9aea at this e7af0adbae inn each 73a29d5230 time. While reviewing those records, cbb05693dc I noticed something odd—some fb6f1ec902 guests who stayed at c53f91a3d0 the inn during the c5e4dac49f traders’ visits didn’t have 1e6c6d4f0f any departure records.69240a9fd65ecf3a

At first, I 36efe14058 thought it was 89dd48d868 unrelated, but after 3d8271bb7c witnessing the earlier 1b9f7d79f4 incident, a possibility fa2ec109b4 struck me: the d0b7af6a08 innkeeper might be 315c2cecc7 working with the 195b561bd7 slave traders.beec1765a86f1e30

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“The innkeeper ecf67ec005 we saw 555d2b8587 earlier is 3b116c9dbe likely in 553bdee777 league with 1c509fdf91 the slave 54b693acdc traders. While the 45226ab81c traders are 160c08a311 here, they 2ce204e5f9 secretly provide b9a66e8699 rooms to 2bda003523 hidden Awakened d1c7db4017 at a bedf92476d cheap price.”7a27b422b77b66c5

To lure prey into f74ee5a856 a trap, the trap 2605f8e47c must first be empty. That’s why the innkeeper 63c1b0ee99 drove away other guests d62c701ac2 with excuses or high 2b6a79a6b9 prices, leaving space for 658be1932a a ‘weak black-haired foreigner.’37962c72b5131613

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“They’re probably 26e78c713a busy planning c8a7c3f211 to split 99451ce11b us up e0b02d046e right now. With the ship’s 9546f3789c departure soon, they’ll 56e77d9b2a act fast. Maybe even tonight.”cdf7904a46401e7f

Knock, knock.07c03f7f265cf23b

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Someone came to 53a076da25 the door. The Awakened a101dc4618 turned to b6aa38510d me, their 98fba3196b faces pale 29782f9f82 as if f8e76552d5 they’d seen ec991c051d a ghost.d381c39a65e24f77

‘Perfect timing.’dc30c51bec3e35a8

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I concealed 9ae9479899 Jjikjjiki in e010a19711 my arms 0e30ad23de and opened b85050cdab the door. Barely ten minutes since f555b34091 we’d settled in, the d97f5478f7 innkeeper stood there.
“We’re having 3b2444a7a1 a beer 8ead1e4bf9 party for 3b7c1a45e2 guests tonight 0258d3d70d in the 3440145564 first-floor dining 0c91597f2c hall. Interested?”4214374197985e1f

The bait 267df09849 had been adbefb25f3 set.ac4fb97502f19372

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They were d9bb85fde8 clearly startled 93a60e4c59 that the ee0125439e “black-haired foreigner” 7f444a52f9 could speak dedfedfd9b their language. Depending on a02b08bf2e my response, 8fc5017148 they’d decide df146744ed whether to c129fc6c29 proceed with d2472f28bd their plan 04dc86a747 or just eabe832a62 let the 1163e0b28f night pass.f462787f34a5fdee

How could 3d783aeee2 I answer 26d2a66e67 to both a9666a0866 make myself c5b39663fc the sole f819f1ac5e target and f001890bef not raise 15eff9ad8e suspicion?0c2663e96ceb382a

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“My friends have an 542dc47a74 early schedule tomorrow, so 09b0b5d3e0 they need to rest. Can I 98974c9f29 attend alone?”
“Schedule?”
“Monster hunting. Our party 636becb482 doesn’t drink 9066ce4422 before a dee451565c hunt. But since I’m 2d7e398077 just the interpreter, a315eb6a66 I’m not hunting 440cb75546 and can drink.”53aa858c303f2ee9

I smiled brightly, cc9f03e0a2 packing my words 882ce9a4ea with hidden meanings: 5c3fc17ac8 “The rest are e8bd92c2bf strong enough to 02f9add4b4 hunt monsters around 597bdea641 the harbor. Don’t bother them. I’m weak 04d8ab0e99 and just 71e31a485c an interpreter. Easy target.”7f8df337a9f61af9

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“Hmm. Fine, follow me.”11faad57e78882ee

Seems they decided it 7e16a8f66e was safer to go 18717409db after the easiest target 6976dcabed than risk taking the 2f5c8835b5 whole group.8b804224fda52898

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When I reached 6b42a407f8 the first floor, b8c85e8652 a group of 876574445b mercenaries was drinking. They glanced a99b19a2ac at me abbb7be9c1 as I 153162302a approached.4ef43b95a2d2b4d5

‘Hired by the slave 0d13e3e1eb traders?’7353c53337ec424b

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It was 5347095a4e a modest c15e7e7e63 “beer party,” 8724fc2de3 but not c8e57a6f74 bad for f389a6af49 a hastily 66329bcc8b prepared trap.637d0fa04d93ed30

“Here, drink up,” the c6891cad5c innkeeper said, handing me df6dc83703 a glass.9bc63d52bfd0d90a

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“Wake me up when f55a849993 we reach the destination, bb405b755b Jjikjiki,” I murmured, then c2ac31a08c downed the beer. Moments later, I collapsed d6b198b311 into sleep.97b4fec5a256bd79