"If I die, do you think Cha Hee-ra will let you off?!"
The old man shut his mouth at my words.
Of course, this was a blatant lie. If Cha Hee-ra was here, she would have laughed. She and I had hardly talked, but it was enough for me to get a glimpse of her personality.
What I spouted was some ridiculous bullshit, but it was something that the old man took at face value.
Perhaps something like this had happened to him in the past.
Regardless of whether they were willing to provide for us or not, I had already made it a point to possibly contact Cha Hee-ra again.
Seeing that the old man was still silent at this point, he still must have been mulling over in his head. I was torn between wanting to and not wanting to know the scene that must have been playing in his head.
"What... what is this bullshit..."
"I'll see if it's bullshit or not. Do you want to find out?"
"..."
It had gotten pretty quiet. I thought I might have gotten through him.
The weight from the name, Cha Hee-ra of the Red Mercenary Guild, really did seem to be heavy. The fact that the Red Mercenary Guild had little friendly relations with the Blue Guild also did not sit well with them.
Nobody wanted to mess with that monstrous clan, and it wasn't just because of the legendary stats they possessed. They were one of the largest guilds in the Holy Empire, and she was the one who had the highest stats and combat abilities among everyone we had seen today.
Putting myself in the old man's shoes, killing an arrogant little boy was hardly worth gaining the potential ire of such a person. The status of the Blue Guild now seemed like a candle waiting to be extinguished by the wind.
'Huh. So this is how it is.'
A frightened dog barks the loudest, after all. This is what my grandfather has taught me.
"With Cha Hee-ra..."
"That's not what you need to know. It doesn't matter whether we had a relationship from Earth or whether we love each other or not. The important thing is that the Blue Guild, which has the right to bargain, threatened the new recruit who had just entered this place with force, and this should not be known outside. After all, even the Blue Guild flinches at the mention of a scary force like the Red Mercenary Guild."
"..."
"I don't know how this place works, but it doesn't seem like there are enemies around... . You don't want to hand over the bargaining power you have to other guilds, and I don't know why you won't take this attitude. I did not come here to fight, but to negotiate. No matter how drunk on the glory of the past, doesn't anyone seem to have a problem with this attitude, even ignoring the words of their superiors? Or, is your ability to judge the situation so low that you can't even recognize the problem now?"
"You..."
I stretched out slightly, finding out that I could move now. This was because the magical power that occupied this place from the moment Cha Hee-ra's name came out had faded.
I slowly opened my mouth while maintaining a poker face as much as possible. It was crucial for me to hide my excitement now. I knew that in the case of this meaningless argument, the overly excited side loses.
"If you want to show that the Blue Guild is free and has an atmosphere similar to that of a family, then congratulations – it's a big fucking success."
