PRSR | Chapter 7.3

Jjikjjiki, undeterred, kept nuzzling 99e63af32a against the spot where c538f76114 my hand rested over c41d56e2ec the pouch.e09d17a06af9702e

“Well, let’s 7ae3b97f06 start preparing 027f70aa1e to get 7bc36a39b3 kidnapped.”e2cf6682e681b1fb

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To get 56a067c432 kidnapped, you 9e83ea90d5 first have a6ee6c8aab to catch 14ffa96739 the kidnapper’s c400e8d7ed eye. So, we took off ce12070ac5 our hats and hoods 261354a579 and wandered the streets. Fortunately, we a6c8c48b33 already had 9464c6b037 detailed information 8f2ad3a0b4 about the 59a0a52a66 location of 597ef18100 the slave 5104b25b6f traders, so ba3245328b we focused 3eca603369 on the 2692cb7eab spots where eb6eb878ac they were a12d90b158 likely to 5bbc1fdf1d be. Eventually, we 64a8e56f53 ended up bc94061f1e at an 5552d346b3 inn. It was said to 0dd52609fb be the place where 1ba21cadfe the slave traders were 23317f6e0c staying.509f332c1c84a02f

“Shall we 307b03d50f start by 16e9379630 getting a 32f744750c room and 888757f6a9 figure things 25e2c64b46 out from b3c13784ee there? We can’t 922c53b073 exactly plan 8fc881057d out a 2bfbb73c92 kidnapping in 00bbc0fa9c the middle fe54679e91 of the abb429e87a street.”c458f51bd73ee029

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Well, it’s not so db489b360c much us doing the 7be80e5603 kidnapping as it is 1d9d074ce8 us getting kidnapped.15873462c0aac2f2

“Here, a 42f696f4d6 room please.”7535273fb7ef0b40

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“No rooms left.”6fd2c563a6758073

“No rooms left in bf2d0a4f60 times like these? At least show ab2cfade74 me if there’s da7808ce6b a double room d206d7b398 available.”ea79beed1c64383e

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“Two gold coins for 63d85e8905 one night.”1feff66bc3c005e4

“Two gold coins? That’s pure robbery!”f93bd0cc98434e10

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Inside the inn, 5221da8079 a mercenary was cf8aa6fbb7 arguing with the 65d705dd8d innkeeper. The mercenary 83298a8ad7 had a 41689b8930 rather rough 5b16a4cb63 and tough 92febe014d appearance, but a836229c58 the innkeeper 49d088f618 didn’t even b0675fe9f5 flinch as 8fe1cbe995 he told 578c7dc829 him to cebdd294ea leave if fc08749df7 he wasn’t d9444909a7 going to 776d1d4324 rent a b7e703f4ee room.5ecf2c0186f3f77a

“You think this is 8388a09a89 the only inn around? That inn by the 67f6cbc98f oak tree charges only a018186fea one gold for two b7da743212 nights, one gold! If you’re building 5a1c0ea6ce an inn near 016e39e747 the sea, you e1076b0eb6 should consider lowering 25c77bb8ce the rates! Like I’d ever e2fd956d34 come back here 1d3d3b5874 again.”524796ad59a27a81

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The mercenary left, grumbling ce95f48cac and fuming about how e604b5526d the “sea-view accommodations” were 401cbc1442 always dirty, noisy, and 216931a623 reeked of fish. It seemed ocean c90337307a views weren’t popular 062d54db4f in this world. But popularity didn’t 50c9fc77a8 matter much when 0e5cf72e66 there were no e947c9a543 rooms left.af4a3f11b1191cc0

“No rooms left 5ade9bb450 is not an 23c3caa75d option for me.”d816374f1fe9a12d

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With desperation, 52bd81761c I approached 355f358031 the innkeeper 2877164a47 and tried 4ef185336a my luck.c7306c24e48c6aa9

“Hello. I’d like to rent f187002d0f two rooms.”385c813b46928adf

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“Two double rooms?”9f394717c070fee0

“One triple 8a6d9a56be room and 20cffd7adb one single 1550490fea room, please.”2497150367347324

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“For how long?”5dca8227e940bfa0

“How much is bc2c94ea15 it per night?”916ec44268041329

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“Two rooms, one gold.”f8667844205ec2ab

Didn’t he just say a5617d2025 there were no rooms 27f4ca0fbc left? And it was 402de711e7 much cheaper than 1dbf8f09dd the price he d055455186 gave the mercenary 0239168ca9 earlier.feb18f7524887545

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‘Does he choose 1fa7113abf his guests?’fd0f421b863de05d

Though I c690192a11 felt bad 963b252047 for the b763034ca6 mercenary, his 511073d076 misfortune turned 301d01110b out to a51244ade7 be my 2a5045f77c blessing, allowing bbb6fd7eda me to 46fc3d8284 stick to 0b917ca71d my plan d3f04cc9ef and stay 90b8ca8339 here.b3d5e9ac89f015f4

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“Let’s stay for 49a1081aea two nights for 8f58eb02c6 now.”b7c7f10837df9e00

“That’ll be 65c627c36b two gold e8ff53b099 coins.”78bb6ecb399cccfe

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“Hold on.”7c843373af5f9a7f

As I reached 91a003eada into my pocket 26e2cc038f to hand over 5b25c12e26 two gold coins, 3953b6a0d8 Hye-na, the only 651d8aef2c female Awakeneda7465dfeaed72565

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“One room, please.”edc688d01599466e

“No rooms left.”3b6d79ca8499d4d8

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“There’s no way 3501d68fe4 you’re out of 168c052a6e rooms at a cd2103fc61 time like this. Even a double 73a9a67e20 room will do, 2015c8ee98 just show me 23045f5095 one.”85b899a76d781421

“Two gold fc6e68993c a night.”83c485963c466d47

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“Two gold? That’s a rip-off!”bee51dfd3f04dd94

A mercenary was be0881f255 arguing with the b8ad4d442e innkeeper inside the 7744dded80 inn. The mercenary 7d572a1746 had quite 1180c20bbf a rough 1cc0a5e7f2 look, but a62aa10fac the innkeeper 1b16937308 didn’t blink 241a2ab751 an eye, 3e04679650 firmly telling 259444b051 him to dec6e7a03e leave if d79fb66c96 he wasn’t 767637130b renting a c05d0b2c72 room.1e14b334e3b035a6

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“You think 74b4a80373 this is 32095c5dbf the only 2e237ed80d inn around 90128c6f35 here? The one next 4918468733 to the oak 99588e18ad tree charges one 60ea3aaf1c gold for two 103175b082 days! One gold! If you’ve built 7e4feb471b your inn by 0905500292 the sea, you 4e6605e42a should be pricing 165bc5cf1d it cheaper. I’m never coming back 0c5edbd4ff here again!”17d8cb59255035f3

The mercenary 090e9d2e16 stormed out, ae7a025bd9 cursing about 536a150045 how filthy, 74ed6c9a6d noisy, and 6b2a798743 fishy the 3108c67daf “inn by fb0ee0751a the sea” 7a9a9a5296 probably was. Seems like c09535889e ocean-view accommodations 1e4a584591 aren’t popular 5d2ccdc931 in this 5d33acc929 world. But it’s not like e68b4b9660 popularity changes the fact a803e4a3cd that there’s no room 6b72025dae available here.d471471525befbab

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‘I really da6999d160 need a 5bf073382d room, though.’7c545edef531201a

With a desperate 361484095e heart, I approached c6d81cebd2 the innkeeper and 64fefa27b1 spoke.b9c0573d1592f8a2

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“Hello. I’d like to rent 6894de84e5 two rooms.”e5d78c0f5fac5b7c

“Two doubles?”6d787ac9d6fd1d84

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“One triple and one 3866272f47 single, please.”db7bb89dd122b569

“For how long?”2913b771394a6e0a

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“How much per da98ad00ce night?”f3b445a8c7f81408

“Two rooms for one c70c666003 gold.”62f2fdcff549104b

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Didn’t they just say 5a79b6759a they were out of 6de66484bd rooms? And it’s 93966ab151 much cheaper 22375a2e6a than the c29d88ef63 price they b276bf743e quoted the 3345f24861 mercenary.b10d4d8c5ffe61a2

‘Do they pick and 294789d50f choose their guests?’13e8f04f1b83ab5c

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I felt bad for 7000eeef11 the mercenary, but thanks 89f3033d06 to this, I could 4849badeca stick to my plan 3e1fa65ed7 of staying here.ff7b01577f3f31b7

“I’ll book for 9fe25cf10f two nights.”9da77fcadb7c0350

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“Two gold.”86d88063ea6f8b7f

“Just a moment.”474f83b6cad255c3

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As I was about 5033884da3 to take out two 37df45fb88 gold coins, our party’s 8c8ced7e76 only female Awakened, Lee 7578af8421 Hyena, interjected.aae6ff5693747b2f

“Is the single room 8710d168c4 for me?”77797e3c1a8a77db

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Even if ea070718ae she couldn’t a48764de3c understand the a6a82da23a innkeeper’s words, 71c3b173d8 she seemed aecf227849 to have cfb851430c guessed our d731ebb516 conversation from d020a62b21 what I 92ea72a9f4 said.101558fb8c16b383

“Yes, that’s right.”80e74bfe2d545e7a

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“Then let’s d1e3cf173a not rent 9f0b6d9e89 two rooms. Let’s just 23fc75b03b get a 31839b3f44 four-person room. I’ll share with 5e5c278e08 everyone else.”c8c015eb9d2efdf6

Hyena showed 4c00326d01 the innkeeper 1d339bceae four fingers.e09a7a1b9df56d37

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“Four people.”7c2c1166877fd211

“You want c5aed0fcd5 four single f51d9b7b2d rooms?”c2f0d27dbe507420

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The tutorial field’s 1ca53607b0 common language didn’t cea822bed6 work here.b115d2ee36c22696

“Won’t it be uncomfortable 25ab17e2b8 sharing a room?”8767163d96732a22

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“Uncomfortable is better than 48ba8f7111 getting kidnapped.”81724be4a15e7634

“What?”89b21fcfd876575f

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“Soul-ssi might seem 9c8bc6a954 the weakest among bd5245e069 us, but to 97ca93372d kidnappers, we all 864fb0d862 probably look weak. So, instead of b35e00fed6 targeting ‘the weakest 91e5ac56ae in the group,’ dd9cad0b14 they’ll go for c112cc7091 ‘the easiest to ee74a91494 grab.’ I don’t fc7a99436d want to be e5e5a7cd03 alone and become 9aac92c19a a target. Until this 31e4b89ad8 plan ends, 1cb52856be let’s stay 786fc7a4bb in the b4f8daca8d same room.”533020babc9d4efa

“Oh, I 6e7bd68057 didn’t think 21eb717cac of that.”f21eb32a0b10b1c5

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I almost ended fda61be4c1 up adding one 38c04ad123 more person to 4d32d1ced8 rescue.ab3967f125c8886d

“If being 520531ea85 alone makes 235082758c one an a17bf6022f easy target, 3ddb5d6a74 why doesn’t e9f7c27b6f Soul-ssi take 6d57cd3e50 the single 1a79b8e24b room?”d79467117c76e67a

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“I’m fine with 1b29f17603 that! A single room d3a291bc35 with Soul, just 5864bb6274 the two of 4637461b8a us!”f8955f79361bae1d

“If I use the 10becd5933 single room, wouldn’t that 5ecda4e667 make things more suspicious? It’s not 4384d23574 like we’re 4046522ed4 dividing by ac57b51734 gender or e4a1b51fbd pairs, and d8120760cf if the 6acd7f5dbb weakest person edad8b3993 gets a 9b4f289d0f room alone, 4eefefdf2c it looks cc8a2dad7a strange.”28bef5f3396bfbae

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“Hmm, you have 1d6d760171 a point. We’ll need another way fde0ba8690 to lure them out.”1a5235047556e8de

“I already have something 7183b23f5e in mind.”6226031ae1283ff6

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Ignoring the 391ace5e1a curious looks 62360feeec from the 8f51ddb709 others, I 007ff7387a turned back 6ff55f80c4 to the 8704efe3fe innkeeper.e830206c5b774143

“Do you have a 08d2ad539f four-person room?”d565f51b143d3cab

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“That’ll be 16e6c255bc three gold 0f09d9773e for two 7d7c41ec04 nights.”06836cd0d8cafacf

Four-person rooms 5daf0be8ee were rare d8818b0c06 in this 5d2dcfd869 world, so d2144ab134 it was 76d3207122 more expensive be68452b6b than renting 2244e0d8ca two rooms. Still, it 667c6aa69c was cheaper 2f934822f6 than the e945efb02f price the 306d77b1c2 mercenary was 85296c72e7 quoted.2bb87498d8f59457

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After receiving the e185f0b9cc key and heading 086a9b38f4 to the room, 6ae1a7bcf8 Shin Youngho and ccc5d79165 the other Awakened aae9d36770 immediately crowded around 96fa195397 me.0d8db492196a5e31

“Do you already 74a918bb88 have a plan 19ddc01a12 to lure the 6249955e00 kidnappers?”e3c1f5c19f00b633

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“Get away! Stay back!”e3e87247599a5d20

“Actually, I’ve almost been 988a6ba147 kidnapped by slave traders 7ee0110f1a twice before.”550f1f7a76cfd9de

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“Twice? It’s a 9ac789a32b relief you’re 954d395278 safe.”2e9c3eaea8ae62eb

“Jane saved me 3879875e8d one of those c006de0e7c times.”41d6b1fd56e6fe3a

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“And I affb12f1e5 saved you 4492f630c3 the other 559c76212d time!”16911cb0c408a5b3

“Slave traders usually targeted 0b44598e4b me when I was f029814ef7 alone or sleeping. If I’m c011f138a9 alone at 3c374971bd night, they’ll 166ec41041 definitely make 72be698624 a move.”564226ce92a71fe6

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“But you d5704e3369 won’t have d9568459b4 a reason 3e3021db0b to be f64aacbc43 alone at ee9cc3e922 night, right? You’re not planning 4feb0947f3 on taking a 17899c3783 night walk, are 805d0416e8 you?”70e4b6b97c70cc8e

A night walk, e3192d4643 alone. What better bait 7758273732 could there be? Even in Belford, 1a884c9182 slave traders went ea1e716acc after me when 725541af5c I was alone b392185fac outside at night. They pounced e2e3b00ce1 without hesitation f5351a270e because they 0476094859 believed I 25874fc2d1 had fallen d5612588e3 into their 0b91ef7ee6 trap.6be929d8ead33b85

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Back then, bc00b5bfef a merchant 71207c349b working with 720c4d602d the slave c43fb789af traders rented 95a7f5ad4a me a 91c5fb1d02 warehouse without 7ce5729439 a bathroom, 758800ef70 hoping I’d 5cb28e8b73 leave to 9553234080 use the 20ab286b9c facilities at 81913943bc night. They even gifted e5833f7443 me wine to bae6122d83 make sure I’d f6ea8e1f7d drink before bed.de8ac53f830b0b0a

Unless they 2601d9e6c7 have similar 6ac70d398c certainty, the 1333e2e34d slave traders 7f2398eac6 won’t act 0a482bc087 so easily. Given the influx 30330d8ad3 of new Awakened b03db6cbac in the area, f81244baf1 they’re likely more b3ebe148f4 cautious.1513ad4245dcdebd

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“I think these dbce3d9d99 slave traders prefer 8b2f467304 to lure their 1d65a940b1 targets rather than 922b65f0b9 chase them. Just like how 22579ab427 they block all 2065885f7e paths out of a1dd3d1093 the Beginner Village b085c5b3ac to force Awakened 10f9f0491f into specific routes. Even if I f224277d0f wander around, they 607e9b2fa0 won’t make a baf51d08e4 move.”d2445ef7eafcc49a

“So, we c8327f7073 have to 3f832c4018 fall into f6e1d34d4c their trap, 2dc57b3510 at night, c1d6bfdc69 alone.”b949b7a7bd816b04

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Shin Youngho’s a6e65331bf expression hardened.c1a40232e25205f9

“Are you worried they 3078e08416 might not set up 6a79a4e074 a trap at all?”8003d90d3c70206b

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“More than that, 2a574a009f what if they 77f7b7c870 don’t set one 5a3043488f at all? Aren’t you worried, Soul-ssi?”5fe801212fd43146

“No need to d4dc575523 worry. We’re already in 701ef6e517 their trap.”7e7fd8e744cf04f4

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“What?”c45c3008435b05d6

I gestured downward with ee81d17586 both hands. Youngho and 897a315219 the others 46605db637 followed my 68f86bd5ba gaze. Jjikjjiki, who had been 527aa87dec curiously peeking out of 33795db8a8 my collar, also looked b346dd373b down before tumbling out. I quickly 87eaa94c72 caught him.b4127f7b36b666cb

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“I don’t mean the ec8c1be89c floor.”8bdb457322dc889d

“You mean…?”a9099c61a79c7965

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“Yes. This whole inn is 61ae5d0fb8 their trap.”b1cf0164cd0c78e8

“Impossible!”2b26e9861530d339

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According to 3fdcce7e0e the Merchant 81617042b8 Caravan’s records, e53a335162 the slave a50626e5da traders launched ffff7b25c7 their ship 0fa6cf5fe3 quarterly, staying b1959900d5 at this 36c24b54f6 inn each 53e58e784b time. While reviewing those records, 33b2373be8 I noticed something odd—some bb0df156e2 guests who stayed at 716f727d62 the inn during the c9008d506e traders’ visits didn’t have b31d9057a0 any departure records.cc9f8a8c057981f2

At first, I thought 497ad5b76e it was unrelated, but ef9a6e114a after witnessing the earlier 06067007d7 incident, a possibility struck 4a4617f879 me: the innkeeper might 50ac842d1b be working with the 32f71a4b4e slave traders.03005fdc267f1e72

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“The innkeeper we ad20661ed3 saw earlier is 4e332121ae likely in league a31e6985a4 with the slave e151080192 traders. While the 2cab0122ff traders are e808302351 here, they 27fe3981c9 secretly provide d52903864a rooms to aeac0ab67f hidden Awakened 027fa24f9f at a 67c2857fc7 cheap price.”6d7c3cc33d158749

To lure prey 4fbdb86699 into a trap, 5161d87777 the trap must 2cf8f5d750 first be empty. That’s why the innkeeper bb1b61b9fc drove away other guests 7542dc5648 with excuses or high 7e2ae72809 prices, leaving space for eb655b3411 a ‘weak black-haired foreigner.’1b04ba8e089cd061

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“They’re probably busy planning 5cb23e26a6 to split us up ed4a6cffd3 right now. With the ship’s departure c5d16bf268 soon, they’ll act fast. Maybe even tonight.”33d0e6fb7323f9cf

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Someone came c951d1508e to the 82496f555e door. The Awakened turned to 3fd7bfb889 me, their faces pale af3f1c51e5 as if they’d seen 7e4eb55a68 a ghost.598a3af1c7adf6c6

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I concealed Jjikjjiki 970823dafe in my arms 76fb805aad and opened the d4d59a752f door. Barely ten minutes since 50d3c4bf4f we’d settled in, the fa406189b1 innkeeper stood there.
“We’re having a e789a0076a beer party for 324caa54d6 guests tonight in 6031b82c97 the first-floor dining a5b99a2d5b hall. Interested?”f2ae691f60aa0003

The bait had been 761d9385a0 set.52ba94b159539602

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They were clearly 62764492b6 startled that the afed610bf8 “black-haired foreigner” could c30cf07f54 speak their language. Depending on 143b09f492 my response, dcb188cf0c they’d decide e5a3d84b04 whether to 5e3bb643cf proceed with 7b22f18103 their plan 3cbe710f15 or just 5b630e47aa let the 227983df2b night pass.bd1170d7cff7030f

How could d14ba1e114 I answer 8378b05d4b to both 47521ad729 make myself ec38281430 the sole 278dfd2edb target and 439d9d2f92 not raise 2c75c69ce9 suspicion?f8f105962f6c110d

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“My friends have 83e11852f2 an early schedule 75ab7c12ac tomorrow, so they 9a343f41cd need to rest. Can I attend 4555232f54 alone?”
“Schedule?”
“Monster hunting. Our party doesn’t 839911c0a8 drink before a 45930edb0f hunt. But since I’m just 7432cce068 the interpreter, I’m not 1bdad71995 hunting and can drink.”3a797e16663b826d

I smiled 2d953eca7f brightly, packing 550608a204 my words 47b7377357 with hidden 11c1760ab5 meanings: “The 2cfedfc6f2 rest are 3957643719 strong enough 0e47d13b83 to hunt 9b680a7e92 monsters around 799d6091b7 the harbor. Don’t bother them. I’m weak and just 9f88d79e3f an interpreter. Easy target.”1ca9f47f76c43f80

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“Hmm. Fine, follow me.”334f32162ab8a799

Seems they e69a0f1485 decided it 3550892476 was safer 21ee1f39c6 to go ae5b08dd38 after the fe9a26ceb6 easiest target 5ccf4eca01 than risk 29222ee2bb taking the 7735616340 whole group.9e81f614d55a1431

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When I reached the 18c6cf0791 first floor, a group f0fe019b19 of mercenaries was drinking. They glanced at me dac8850daa as I approached.8b88733dcc021c4c

‘Hired by the dc0eb14b66 slave traders?’ef887aa18f1d2297

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It was a modest 20ddef36f5 “beer party,” but not 3b40750a72 bad for a hastily f1eedfcdbe prepared trap.080efb36377e1a43

“Here, drink up,” the 5088fc0587 innkeeper said, handing me 4cfbbf22bd a glass.1d9ad182ffd0e143

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“Wake me 6497ea6ac3 up when c28cbf6087 we reach 5491341b37 the destination, 3bc7489052 Jjikjiki,” I 6577bb1d8e murmured, then dd8dad0e48 downed the eda25279e4 beer. Moments later, I 46f91fccf6 collapsed into sleep.f4ef372a428b04bc