Erica - When a Friend is Obsessed With Me

Chapter 33

"No, sir..."

"I'm glad to be of assistance!"

"What is he doing all the way to the temple?!"

"I will take you to the Temple of the Light!"

"No, fuck, that's too far!"

Except, as luck would have it, it was too far.

On the other side of the continent, in Evgenia, on the eastern sea.

"Don't worry about that. It's only a couple of days' journey out of the Lekankan Forest..."

As if reading Erica's mind, the vice captain smiled.

"There is a gate that will teleport you directly to the temple."

***

"What?"

An adventurer inn in the west.

"So, you took in a bunch of smelly beggars?!"

"...T-they don't smell..."

The innkeeper exclaimed, having returned to hear that a waiter had served a beggar.

"I heard they're dirty beggars dressed in disheveled clothes?!"

"That's indeed the case..."

"Has the accommodation fee been collected yet?!"

"No... they said they'd pay later when they came down after unpacking..."

"What an idiot! Do you want to get fired?!"

"...You told me to be nice to the customers..."

Billy, the young employee, was frustrated.

He had been taught to be kind to all customers.

So he smiled at the beggars and showed them to the bathroom and their rooms.

He smiled at the dirt falling off their feet as they walked, and he gave them a cold welcome drink.

But then this.

"Kick those beggars out of the second floor as soon as they come down!"

"..."

"Because you let them in, you are responsible for collecting the bathroom usage fee! Otherwise, I'll take it from your daily wage!"

Billy's small shoulders sagged.

BANG!

Just then, the door to the inn burst open.

Dozens of people rushed in.

'It's the beggars again! Not just two this time, but ten!'

Billy hurriedly positioned himself in their path.

"Beggars aren't allowed..."

Bam!

The back of his head tingled.

The innkeeper interjected. With that, he grabbed the young employee by the back of his neck and hoisted him aside.

"Are you not the Holy Knights! What brings you to our humble inn? Lodging or meals...?"

"Both, please. There must have been a party here before us, did you see them?"

"If there was a party, what kind of..."

"Vice Captain, hold... Hold, could you please give us a moment?"

"Why should we chase after the benefactors' race, lest we rip our crotches off?"