It's a good thing that you're able to get a good deal more than you think. It's a good idea to have a good idea of what's going on behind the scenes. Knowing too much about the backstory is a good idea. Once you become a mercenary, it's hard to get out of it. The best way to continue this business without making waves is to not get too deep into it, but if you do that, you'll die a premature death.

　Until now, no country has ever surrounded the mages hired as mercenaries. This is a tacit understanding. It is preferable for the army that the mercenaries, who will know more than a little of the inner workings, do not return. Therefore, they make harsh requests with inaccurate information. The rewards paid to individuals represent an attractive digit on the numbers to attract mercenaries.
　But in reality, if you die, you will never be paid.

　If you make it home safely, you are promised a no small reward. That also depends on the client, but on the other hand, the mercenaries are not so innocent either. Due to the lack of military discipline, there were many cases of fleeing before the enemy. It is certain that there were some bandit-like people who attacked the troops accompanying them and stripped them of their clothes.

　The category of mercenaries naturally included the existence of [Clama], and it was probably true that each country had a bad image of them. The use of irregular wizards by the military was considered to be unacceptable from a physical standpoint.

　However, as they completed several requests, they became more and more famous in that line of work. It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for. It should have been implicitly decided between the various countries.

　There are only a few mercenaries who reach the level of being warned, though. Most of them wouldn't even last two years. They either die along the way or run away to a job that is not worth the effort.


　But it's also true that there's a crucial difference between those who've been mercenaries for a living and regular magicians. An army that likes to use shady mercenaries is not to be trusted at all. In that sense, the establishment of the association can be a good indicator for the incumbent mercenaries. However, since they are not under the protection of the association, they can't get much benefit from it.
　Even so, the real business of the association is the dispatch of magicians. It was close to mercenary if you put it that way, and it wasn't an exaggeration to say that a clear system standard was established by the establishment of the association as a job.


　The woman's smile thickened into a pleasing smile and she spread her arms wide as she walked.

'But it's to live, and this suits me. I have a lot of sympathy for Als-sama in that regard. Leave those who are useless to die and get rid of those who are in the way as soon as possible, an iron rule for mercenaries and common sense in the outside world. What is required there is not such a thing as vague humanity. If you're not strong enough, you're bound to die.

　Words that assert themselves beyond a shadow of a doubt. What we need to find out, instead of relying on reason and justice, is the strategy for survival in the outside world.

''Ars-sama and we have some similarities. Please call me [Rosé]. You'll understand if you ask Ilyce-san. I'm a reasonable face in this neighborhood. So how about a drink after work?

　He makes a determined face with a bang. With a hand on her hip, the other hand is accompanied by a gesture of tipping a glass to her mouth.
　But the person showing the gesture was her - the person Rosé wanted to see was not in front of her.

　Comparatively speaking, Rosé likes to talk, but when it's to the extent that she's been talking out loud to herself for a long time, she's now seriously ill.
　She often put the empty glass to her mouth and stiffened.
　In Ars's place was a young wizard holding the materials. There are no wrinkles in his military uniform, and the man turns around, acting suspiciously as if he were a newcomer, too.

　It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

　Unable to endure the increasingly red face, Rosé crouched down and covered her blushing face with her hands to hide it.

　--kaaahhhh, shame on you!　Deathly embarrassed, what the hell?　You've been talking to yourself the whole time?　Are you kidding me?　And he asked me, and he saw me... and he saw you?

　With a dizzying array of responses running through her mind, Rosé puts her fingers on the floor and starts spinning around.

''Um~ Rosé-san, right? I'm on the early shift today, so I don't mind.

　With a thump, the young man tapped his finger on his shoulder and smilingly accepted Rosé's invitation with a misunderstanding of his invitation.
　At that moment, the man's body soared like cotton and he was slammed into the wall with a dull thud.

　He was grabbed by one hand by the neck and slammed into the wall with an easy lift. His feet left the floor and he was pushed up the wall, cheating and pushing against the wall.

'Kaha!　Ughhhh....

　The fingers digging into his neck were filled with unimaginable force from the slender rosé. His airway was almost completely crushed, and the man was foaming at the mouth and passed out.

'Don't be so chic, Coma Style. Oh, you've already passed out. Destroying evidence.

　He let go of the man's neck and fell sluggishly to the ground, cheating. He was white eyed and seemed to have passed out completely.
　Rosé breathed a breath of relief and stood in the middle of the aisle as if to start over. She held up a finger to both cheeks to force a smile, perhaps to fix a fresh smile.


'Could Lady Ars please use this one?'

　I recommend the room that I arranged to use as a men's changing room to Ars, who shouldn't be there. Naturally, Ars isn't there, so Rosé thinks about it for a while, then returns to her posture and pretends to walk away without a care in the world.

The best thing to do is to ask yourself, "What can I do?　.........well, it's not an inconvenience, so whatever.

　It was somewhat predictable, but as a guide, maybe he should be careful there. Rosé didn't see anything and didn't stop walking, pretending that she had finished her role - leaving the man who was, of course, still lying on the ground.


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　The former troop room was opened as a vacant room.
　It was a space where up to ten people could rest with room to spare. As soon as you enter, there is a spacious room with a gray carpet all over it. A stack of chairs and a folding table were huddled at the end.
　There was another set of shelves at the back, which would have been packed with miscellaneous items.

　The room gave Loki and Ars the impression of a desolate lack of anything from this room. Lack of everything. There was nothing in this place that gave the feeling of life or a troop room.
　At best, there was nothing more than an ornamental plant that gave off a nice scent, and a closer look reveals that it was an artificial plant that was placed as part of the interior.

　It is a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're in the market. You can even hear the sound of barefoot walking on a tile-like surface.

　It was enough for me to guess.

　Tesfia and Alice, who had been ushered in earlier, were probably taking a quick shower.

　Once it became clear that they were, Loki quickly got ready for them as well.
　But if you don't have any spare clothes, it's no use taking a shower. It's a good idea to have an all in one place.

You're not going to be able to get rid of your clothes," said Tesfia-san, Alice-san. What are you going to do to change your clothes?

　Loki opens the door that leads to the shower room a little and makes his voice heard.
　Then--'

I'm sure they made a good preparation for you. I found a set there.
"Come on, Loki-chan, hurry up! It feels so good.
Okay.

　There were three private shower rooms, one on each side of the central corridor. There was a smoked glass door that hid the body just as the silhouette of the naked body floated in the air.
　There were two bath towels hooked up side by side on the door in use.

　Loki quickly found a set of changes of clothes and took off his jacket on the spot to put on a single short camisole-type underwear.
　Just before entering the shower room, Tesfia and Alice's shoes were placed side by side, and Loki followed suit.　

　I'm embarrassed, so I decide to remove my underwear after I enter the shower room. In using the shower stall with such a slightly different selfishness, I efficiently assemble it in my brain. Still, perhaps because she was a woman, her legs were naturally busy.
　Not only did she want to refresh herself quickly, but she was also concerned about the appearance of wanting to get rid of the dirt as much as humanly possible there.

　At any rate, when he was ready, Loki put a change of clothes on his hands to scoop them up and headed for the shower room.

'As expected, I'm tired this time.
--!

　A half-naked man entered the shower room that I was about to enter before Loki did. It's a very good idea to be able to have a look at it, and Loki follows it with his eyes only.
　It's a very good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're going to do with it.