A woman with 180cm of height and tanned skins. 

While having firm muscle like a leopard, she has such large breast which indicates she's a woman. 

Her red hair that being trimmed around the shoulders looks matching with her golden eyes. 

Her age can be guessed around 30 years old. 

She's someone with the scent and charm of a mature woman. 

"Me as well, despite being a mercenary for merchants for a long time, this is the first time for me as well. " 

He is the adjutant of Lione, mercenary with the name of Boltz.

A man around mid-fifties and he also have no left arm. 

Although he seems to have lost his arm during battle, at the time Ryouma meet him for the first time, he does not appear to mind it much. 

Because of what Boltz said who has the experience of being a mercenary longer than Lione, as expected, there must be something about the merchants. 

"You... What do you think?" 

Lione asks Ryouma. 

"Honestly, I regret to undertake this quest you see..." 

Lione and Boltz nodded their head toward Ryouma declaration. 

"I give in due to the reward being good, but I wonder if this is a mistake..." 

"But Ane-san. This is a contract quest under the guild. Aren't you just being worried too much?" 

Listening to Lione's words, a mercenary which Ryouma does not know the name of the person spoke. 

"You stupid. You. I won't be able to become mercenary until this day if I don't have such crisis management. " 

"Wha! Even if it's Ane-san, you don't have to say it like that!" 

Lione just shakes her head toward the enraged man while smirks appear on Boltz's mouth. 

"You. Although you're not B rank. But still, that boy over there has beaten you in term of judgment. " 

The line of sight of the other mercenaries immediately turns toward Ryouma. 

"In the first place, the reason why I gathered everyone here is because of the suggestion of the boy over there. " 

"Hee! To be ordered around by such youngster like him, I guess Lione of 「Red Lion」 is someone small! Oi!" 

Ryouma is the youngest among them all here. 

Although he is 16 years old, and by virtue or not having the face of 20 years old man, mostly the people around him are over 30 to 40. 

Naturally, the mercenary who said such words got beaten up by Lione personnel. 

"Haa!? Which mouth are you spouting that nonsense huh?!" 

Such a calm tone of voice. However, Ryouma feels the voice of the person is like the calm before the storm. 

And the surrounding mercenaries also feels it. 

The other mercenaries which follow suit and make fun of Lione immediately shut their mouth. 

"Well, I can understand you guys feeling. It's not like everything is clear to me either, for now, let's end it here. " 

The air around them loosened after Boltz said such words. 

Lione also does not seems to disagree either. 

"Well now, I guess this is bad..." 

Boltz and Ryouma nodded their head together toward Lione's words. 

"It seems like only idiots have gathered..." 

"But still, it can't be helped for them to complain, what do you think, Boltz? After all, we can't do anything other than being prepared for the worst. " 

Lione then turned her eyes toward Ryouma. 

"Boy. What are you going to do?" 

"Well, for now, there's no other choice than continue doing what we are doing. Since we can't discard the quest just because feeling suspicious. " 

"I guess so... But still... Regarding there's something behind this quest, what do you think?" 

Ryouma responded to Lione's words while deeply sighed. 

"Well, for me, it feels like they are luring us into something with a bait... a.s.suming something is going on under the table, I can see it as a fact. " 

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