The Golden Experience Point [Part 1]

Chapter 106: "Manners? Those Are Only for the Boss"

Kerry's group had woken up in an inn in Connaître, about three days south of the Great Liebe Forest going at Hakuma's speed.

"What did Boss say?" asked Riley.

"Right. She's fine, she wants us to stay in this town and check out their defense for the invasion," Kerry responded after seeing that the friend chat had ended.

They had arrived at this town the night before, but they only stayed for one night and checked out in the morning, earlier that same day. Since they had traveled for an entire day and didn't find another town or village, they had planned to camp out along the road, taking turns to keep watch. During that time, everyone suddenly died, then they all awoke once again in this inn.

"Good thing no one else was staying in this room. If someone had been, maybe we wouldn't have been able to revive here. Would we have gone all the way back to Liebe then?"

"Anyway, I'll go tell the landlady we wanna stay a few more nights. If she's still awake, at least," Riley said, heading downstairs.

The woman would probably be shocked to see the group who had headed off in the wee hours of the morning suddenly come down from the second floor, but there was nothing they could do about it. Fortunately, they had brought along a lot of cash for their travels, so they could buy her silence. Money makes the world go 'round.

"More importantly, is the Boss really all right?"

"Yeah... From the way she talked, she didn't seem to be really depressed or anything, at least it didn't feel that way... But even if she were, I bet she wouldn't show anyone anyway...especially not us..."

Kerry remembered how Boss had looked when she first met her, how she had oozed confidence from her very pores. Boss's appearance had changed quite a bit since then, but the way she sometimes got that look of mischief on her face hadn't changed at all. The things Boss did were all completely beyond the catgirls' imaginations. Recently, they had finally been able to touch on what her goals were and how she wanted to accomplish them, but at the very start they had no idea what she had been trying to do.

Meeting Boss had dramatically changed Kerry and the girls' lives. Back then, just as she had told them, if they had kept on doing things the same way they always had, in some not-so-far-off future, someone would have ended up taking everything from them, including their lives.

At that time, Kerry had said to Rare, "I want you to become our leader." Her plea had changed everything.

And there were people out there who had hurt their leader. Those people had to pay.

"But who in the world could've... If we ask, Boss probably wouldn't tell us."

Remy was right. She was the boss, after all; she might already be on her way to settle the score herself.

"I'm so mad I could explode... but there's nothing we can do about it right now. All we can do is what Boss asked and keep an eye on this town."

"Yeah... If we learn anything from how they defend themselves, it could come in handy one day for killing the guys who beat up Boss."

They resented having to help out the forces of humanity, who had antagonized their leader, but they just had to hold it in while reminding themselves that this would help her.

Riley entered the room. "I'm back. It was kind of a letdown how normal her reaction was. I guess it happens a lot nowadays, people appearing from their rooms even after they've checked out. So they've stopped booking rooms for a day after someone checks out."

The girls would have also found it pretty weird if they hadn't been dropped into the exact same predicament.

"They must be also followers... No, probably players like Boss is. Meaning lots of players stay in this inn, you think?"