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Chapter 151: Secret Meeting Behind the Scenes pt2
Reis spoke fluently in a relaxed tone.
「By being humble I will comply with it. Then, we will act separately again for a few days 」
Arein left right after nodding to Reis who replied
「I'll hand it to you」 to his back.
（We are rich in case we get the jackpot. …… Should I assume that we are indirectly offering information to the man. ）
Suddenly Reis stood up from his chair. And gone, the breakfast was almost untouched.
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In the evening Reis and Arein had their clendestine meeting.
Rio-tachi who finally left the earl of Claire territory, arrived at a certain city to the east of the territory.
Since they had escaped from the scope of the royal army's search, they had not stayed in such a cheap inn until now and instead used a slightly high-class inn.
They intend to recover from the accumulated fatigue from their journey so far.
By the way, Lucci who was stalking after Rio-tachi when being stalked by Aisia without her knowledge so that they could react immediately if something unexpected happened did nothing.
Although the first floor of the inn was a neat and clean dining room, they decided to eat in their own room so as not to attract unwanted attention.
「Although it tastes bad, Mr. Amakawa's cooking is more delicious. 」
Christina said so after tasting the dishes on the table brought by the innkeeper.
「It is an honor to receive your praise. 」
Rio bowed with a slightly flushed face.
「I tell you the truth, your cooking is better, Mr. Amakawa. Or should I say that it is more suitable for our palate. 」
「Yes, the food of this world is too bland. The dishes here are delicious but too greasy, it is natural for us to get bored if we eat every day. 」
Senpai Murakumo Kouta, Seiki Rei agreed with Christina's words with a nod.
After that, the topic developed when Vanessa became interested in the types of dishes eaten in Japan by Kouta-tachi.
Then–,
（Haruto, this guy named Arein is joining Lucci who has been following you all along. They are checking in at the inn right next to the inn used by you guys now）
The voice of Aisias suddenly resounded in his head.
（..................... Do you know what they will do?）
Rio narrowed his eyes.
(.................. Invite me? Me? To their mercenaries?）
Rio's train of thought paused for a moment in listening to Aisia's report. His face frowned the next moment.
（Yes. It seems that they are giving a warm welcome to the strong people. ）
(I saw..
In that case, the purpose of fishing the Orc was probably to let Lucci see its power.
Nevertheless, Rio himself would give a warm welcome if he was approached by someone who knew about Lucius but, they came at a rather bad time since he was currently escorting Christina-tachi.
When he thought of subduing them in a lightning attack or just waiting for them to move – ――
（And then, they also suspected that you might be involved in a riot in Creia had something to do with Christina's escape. ）
Aisia told him an even more important piece of information.
Rio's train of thought came to a halt again in listening to such important information.
（......... No results no matter how long the royal army has searched the northern and eastern highways. So it should be time for the people at Creai to reconsider their plans. ）
Rio thought of Arein-tachi's goal related to Christina―― Because they were people who were not from Bertram kingdom's army.
（……. Do you know the reason they're looking for princess Christina?）
Rio asked that question after pondering for a while.
（I don't know. I only knew it was because it would be bad for them if Christina joined the Restoration, so they wanted to prevent that from happening. ）
（Really, who the hell are they? …………）.
Lucius was a famous mercenary but it had been a long time since he disappeared from the front stage.
But, recently he discovered that those people had a relationship with Lucius. If it was according to the information he had obtained so far, Arein-tachi might be a fellow mercenary from Lucius, or his subordinate.
And then, for what reason were they trying to prevent Christina from joining the recovery? They may do this because it will affect the balance of international political politics.
In that case, it is possible that the leader of 『Griffon』, Lucius.
（And those people are planning to do something in the near future. They will not try to do something rude immediately but just in case, be careful. ）
（Understood. I'll be careful . Please tell me if they try to do something too, Aisia. ）
(Yes nih . ）
Although Rio felt extremely anxious about the matter, his heart slightly diminished after hearing Aisia's monotonous reply.
The next day, Rio-tachi left the inn and started their journey again towards the territory of Marquis Rodan, the Recovery base.