Unorthodox Guild

Chapter 25: Is there really no human left?

Asta, the royal city, the royal palace.

The palace corridors were now packed with people, as if something had happened.

"..."

"You must be Duke Sita from the border. I vaguely remember you."

After an unknown period of silence.

Although the blonde girl had already talked about this happening, she still seemed a little impatient and sighed softly.

"Yes, yes, Lady Serara."

"I am truly honored that you have remembered the name of such a nobody as me."

The Duke remained kneeling on one knee on the floor, head bowed, not daring to meet the girl's scrutinizing gaze.

"..."

"If you had anything to report, why didn't you say so during the meeting? Why did you have to stop my guards?"

"Lady Serara, I'm so sorry!"

Although all the Astar nobles who attended the meeting knew that Serara had immediately disbanded the meeting after announcing such a significant matter.

This leads to...

Even though there were many people present, and quite a few things they wanted to complain about... most of them could only swallow their words and then hurriedly prepared how to please the Second Princess Asta.

"You should understand the seriousness of trying to force your way into a country's princess despite the guards' attempts to stop you."

"...Yes, I know very well."

"Then hurry up and make way!"

"...Please, Your Highness, forgive me."

The Duke swallowed hard.

Although anyone could sense that Serara wasn't in a good mood, no, she was in a really bad mood.

But it seemed that something important or a strong will was driving him, and he inexplicably spoke up.

"Please forgive my indiscretion, but it was for Your Highness's safety."

"Considering the possibility of the Demon King's appearance, it would be far too dangerous for just Your Highness and Lady Luna to go alone."

"Therefore, why not send my troops along as well? It would be a good alternative..."

"What? So that's what it was about."

Before Duke Sita could finish speaking, Serara waved her hand impatiently.

"You just said Luna is here, so what's there to worry about?"

"And let's not even talk about the information Asta currently has regarding the strength of that new Demon King."

"Now, she can't even show her face openly. Is she worried that Luna isn't strong enough to protect me?"

"No, no, I absolutely did not mean that."

Perhaps sensing the chill emanating from the blue-gray girl, the Duke quickly added.

"After all, that Demon King has never revealed his true strength, so just to be on the safe side... um."

and many more.

As if he had thought of something important, the Duke's speech stopped halfway through.

"Hmph, Duke Theta."

"Have you forgotten what kind of being lives on the border between Asta and the Free City?"

"..."

Yes, how could I forget that adult?

The duke, head bowed, slapped his thigh. "Could it be that Lady Sera had already considered this?"

He thought to himself: It seems that Princess Astar is even more shrewd than he expected.

"However, even so..."

"Lady Serara!"

"What is it? Is there anything else?"

Serara was just about to walk past the guy kneeling on the ground when she was called back; she seemed genuinely angry.

"If you can't say something meaningful..."

"Gulp."

"You'll get what's coming to you."

"?"

He got angry in a fit of rage.

"Lady Serara, this is truly a very important matter!!!"

"Don't you remember the marriage alliance two months from now... um!"

This time, however, Duke Sita only got halfway through his sentence.

"You should know what you should say and what you shouldn't say, right?"

A silver-white longsword was pressed against his Adam's apple, as if if he said another word, it would prevent him from ever saying another.

"..."

There is a well-known but unspoken secret in aristocratic circles: the marriage alliance involving Serara.

Serara seemed quite unhappy with this sudden decision, which caused considerable chaos in the palace when Queen Serara first mentioned it.

Although the Queen later said something to Serara, the First Princess of Asta's anger was calmed down.

However, this incident became an unspeakable secret that no one in the entire Asta dared to mention again.

The Duke seemed to realize he had said the wrong thing, and beads of cold sweat poured down his forehead.

If clashing with the ranks would only result in him losing his title, then this time he's truly finished—

He's probably going to attend a cosplay convention next... I won't say who he'll be cosplaying.

"..."

"Never mind, Luna-chan, he was just stating a fact."

Fortunately, though.

Although Serara had her back to the Duke, no one knew her emotions and expression just now.

But after a period of silence, he did not seem to be angered by Duke Sita's rudeness.

"Tch, if you say another word, I'll chop you into mincemeat."

Sheathed his longsword, glared at the Duke who dared not move, and walked back to Serara's side.

"Let's talk about what happens two months from now."

The blonde girl waved her hand. "I was just investigating the new Demon King's whereabouts. It's not like I was too lazy to attend meetings every day, so I dumped the troublesome mess at the palace on my sister and went on vacation with Luna to get closer to Kaya, rekindle our relationship by creating a series of chance encounters, and finally snatch him back from that philanderer..."

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"Hmm, it looks perfectly normal no matter how you look at it..."

A small clinic in Cat Town.

She was a very petite and adorable girl who seemed to have some earth elf blood.

At this moment, he was carefully analyzing the body data he had just obtained, and he looked very troubled.

"...Miss Corim, do I really not have rhinitis?"

I've been sneezing more and more frequently lately, and I feel like my nose is about to explode.

"Hmm, Mr. Kaya...it seems you're just a little sleep-deprived..."

She turned around from the very high swivel chair and gave the boy a sweet smile.

"Mr. Kaya, who always works hard for Cat Town, is very handsome, but he should take care of his health from time to time~"

"..."

Looking at the girl's innocent smile: Actually, I don't want to be too tired, it's just that someone is artificially increasing my workload.

"Never mind, thank you, Miss Corim."

He shook his head: "Maybe it's just that I've been under a lot of pressure lately. I'm probably overthinking it, like I have rhinitis."

"You're welcome, Mr. Kaya. It's Corim who should be thanking you."

"..."

How wonderful...

Looking at the well-behaved and delicate girl: If those guys in the guild were even half as human as Kreem, he wouldn't have to work so hard every day.

"If the work at the guild is too tiring, you might consider taking a break with Corim."

She somehow found a gold card bigger than a girl's face: "The clinic's latest ear-cleaning service, if it's for Mr. Kaya, Corim will only charge you 1000 gold coins. Isn't that a great deal?"

"..."

Looking at the sign, there was a picture of Corim wearing strange clothes and with her eyes covered by black stripes.

No, this doesn't look like a proper guy at all, does it?

And what's with this enlarged bust? Doesn't it violate GG law...? Wait, why is there a note here?

After tearing off the white paper that was stuck to the corner of GG for some unknown reason.

"..."

"Hey Corim, why is your offer more expensive than GG's?"

"Tch, have they found out?"

"You should at least pretend!"

Kaya shook his head and took back what he had just said.

"However, if it's Mr. Kaya, Corim's services will be changed a bit. Are you really not interested...?"

"Forget it, Miss Corim."

Looking at the petite little guy with a face full of anticipation.

Although Corim is cute, he can't withstand 220V voltage.

He placed a small bag containing gold coins on the table: this was the payment for the diagnosis, and Kaya had deliberately put in a few dozen extra gold coins.

Although he knew that Corlim's small clinic was not doing very well, and that it needed to expand into new businesses to keep it afloat.

But he still sighed, "I spent too many gold coins dealing with the forest matter a few days ago, and I really don't have any extra now... Achoo!"

"..."

The girl wiped the drool off her face.

"I'm so sorry, Miss Corim."

"Hehe, it's okay, Corim won't be angry..."

She tilted her little face and gave Kaya a sunny smile.

"Mr. Kaya, it seems there really is a little problem with your nose."

"Right? Things have been really strange lately."

"It seems it would be better if Corim gave you a full check-up, Mr. Kaya. The consultation fee is 1000 gold coins."

"?"

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Royal Palace.

After Serala finished speaking a long sentence without punctuation, an eerie silence fell over the room.

Perhaps everyone was taken aback by this sudden appearance of a long and complex sentence.

This caused both the surrounding guards and the duke to freeze in place, as if they had been stuck.

"Phew, that's it anyway."

Seemingly having finally let out some words that had been bottled up inside, the girl gently patted her chest.

"I'll most likely be back in two months."

"..."

Although no one knew exactly how high the "high probability" Serara was referring to was... it was probably the probability of directly drawing the featured character from the second game's gacha pool.

But at this moment, no one dared to speak: after all, Luna, who was beside Serara, could really silence any talkative person.

"However... if he really doesn't come back, it's not a good idea to leave that marriage partner unattended."

Serara rubbed her head, looking very troubled.

"How about this, if I don't make it in time, then let Xiaoti go for the arranged marriage."

"..."

Ignoring the gaping guards and the duke frozen in place, Serara seemed quite pleased with her idea.

"After I leave, Xiaoti will be the most important person in the palace, and that prince probably won't say anything."

"..."

"..."

"Wow, that's really... not right!"

"Lady Serara, isn't this a bit too hasty?"

"If the Kingdom of Crete is dissatisfied, it could escalate into a diplomatic incident for Asta..."

This time it's not just the Duke.

Even the guards surrounding the girl couldn't help but kneel down on one knee, begging Serara to retract her statement.

"..."

"Yes, indeed."

Serara twirled a strand of hair, lost in thought.

"After all, Xiao Ti is slightly inferior to Serara in terms of figure and appearance."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't have refused Xiaoti's date invitation that day, hehehe..."

"..."

Everyone watched as the blonde girl became increasingly excited as she spoke.

Although I don't know why the topic turned into slander against the Second Princess.

However, seeing that Serara seemed to realize the impropriety of this decision, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sigh, there's just no way around it."

"Why should the older sister be responsible for her younger sister's imperfections?"

Serara shook her head and looked at a guard standing to the side.

"Alright then, give the order."

"yes!"

Sensing Serara's gaze, the guard immediately took out paper and pen and wrote down the orders of the First Princess of Asta.

He carried paper and pen with him for this moment: if he could be given an important position because of it, he would feel the radiance of the sun.

"If, by then, the Cretan prince is not satisfied with Little Ti..."

"..."

"Then let's send that old woman Serati over there too."

"..."

"..."

"no?"

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evening.

The Adventurers' Guild of Cute Cats.

"I'm back."

"Meow, welcome home, Dog Xiujin-sama~"

"Mr. Kaya, Corim never imagined that you and Miss Lilia had this kind of relationship..."

"No, Corim, let me explain."

"..."

Forget it, I won't explain anymore. Let's just destroy it.

"Oh, it's Miss Corim, meow!"

Seemingly noticing that a small figure was following behind Kaya.

He then ran excitedly to the two of them.

"Ugh, Corim has megalophobia."

Seeing the purple catgirl carrying a heavy load approaching her, the girl quickly hid behind Kaya.

"Hehe, Miss Corim."

He crouched down slightly and patted the girl's head: "Long time no see, still as cute as ever, meow~"

"Waaah, I just don't want this cat to call me cute..."

"By the way, boss meow, why did Miss Kolim come back to the guild with you, meow? Is she asking you for something, meow?"

"...No, well, how should I explain it?"

You can't exactly say that you were scammed by this guy, then he grabbed you and dragged you back to the guild.

"Never mind, go ask Corim."

Kaya is a little tired now.

It wasn't just his experiences over the past few days that left him exhausted.

And seeing that even Corim, whom he had always trusted, had become so frivolous at some point, shattered his last glimmer of hope.

"Well, this..."

The girl poked Kaya's inner thigh: "Actually, it's Mr. Kaya's illness that's bothering Corim."

"So I've been wanting to check out the guild's working environment these past few days, hoping to find out the cause of Mr. Kaya's illness..."

"Well, even though Lilia doesn't understand, thank you for your hard work, Miss Corim~"

"While you're at it, also remove the tumors from Miss Lilia's chest, two of them."

"Meow?"