The next day every travel-tired person was back refreshed. Rie wore some good dress for the evening welcome ceremony.
As someone who already knows the plot, she was sure that the house of Baron would be anything but a good and safe place for them. Glancing at the progress level bars, she took a deep breath and put a veiled hat over her masked face making it doubly safe.
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[Yo host, why you are being so...]
"Oh please haven't you ever seen it before? No matter how much one hides it will still be inevitably to hide behind the disguise with just this much so I can only keep myself safe by assuring myself more."
[I think you are just overreacting.]
"Wanna bet?"
After a pause for a few seconds [Sure what are the stakes?]
Hearing this she grinned happily but this only made the system tremble. "Well, I want you to grant me a wish regardless if it's impossible or not."
[Deal but if you don't win your half of the points will be mine] The system did not reserve himself with his demand.
"Deal."
With this, she hid her expression and followed the path guided by the maid to the lawn where the ceremony his held.
Seeing how meticulous but lowkey it was she clicked her tongue. No wonder the Barron was so fat and happy, he was loaded well with money and women making his appetite amazing. It was a complete contrast to the bleak and dry outside.
"This is heaven within hell, just like a beautiful waterfall in a desert" Luis had the same thought in his mind he wasn't a reserved like a woman, he simply did not need to be so he spoke his thought out loud.
Shaking her head she spoke in a low voice, " He is a vampire who sucked his people dry."
"Vam- what empire?" Luis asked a bit confused.
"Oh... Uhm I mean to say that people like him are the nation's most exquisite leeches." She flipped her sentence without batting her eyes. She almost forgot that she was in a semi-magical realm and vampire or creatures like them are practically are non-existent.
Although her forgetful system has denied telling it, she had already figured about the prominent loopholes of this world's consciousness. How tiresome to burn more brain cells than calories.
The forgetful system who heard this: "..."
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When everyone sat on their respective seats the fat Baron in his vociferous voice called for the dancers.
One must say that despite being a deserted place, these dancers were very top-notch, comparably to the ones from the imperial city.
As she enjoyed herself she felt something off, but could not put her finger on it.
As if sensing her thoughts her system issued an alert alarm suddenly making the wine almost drop. Although it was not completely spilt it was still had grazed her dress with wine drops.
Noticing it, Luis immediately offered his help but she politely turned it down but before she left she signalled him in a way only the two understood.
However before she could leave, a boisterous voice interrupted her escapade.
"This lady, is the event not to your taste?" The Baron asked with his gleaming and disgusting eyes.
"How is this possible? It's just I am a person who rarely travels so I am quite tired but I did not want your efforts to be in vain, however, my health won't be able to keep up with your zeal."With such a polite and neutral stance the Baron could not decline. However, he was quite satisfied with this eloquence as his eyes roamed her body.
At this moment before Eryk could do anything, Luis stood up from his seat and stood in between creating a barrier between the two. "I hope the Baron would allow me to take my sister back."
And with this, he took Rie with her towards her room. As soon as they reached inside she closed the door and dragged Luis with her in the inner room.
"What's wrong Rie?"
"The drinks are drugged the servants and dancers-"
"Are well-trained fighters." Luis completed her sentenced. Even he has noticed the abnormalities long ago. "What about the Prince?" His eyes widened as he remembered the Prince.
"If you and I have noticed it, how can the Prince not?" She answered him with a question.
"But drinking is compulsory, he..." Luis became worried and wanted to rush back but was stopped by Rie.
"I knew this so we all took anti-drug medicine which is effective for the next 48 hours." She rolled her eyes at this mother hen.
"Where did you get such magical medicine?"
"Do you remember that I was out on a task, just during such venture I got myself a few gains. Who knew it would suddenly come handy here." She shrugged off as she continued to fiddle with her box. In reality, those pills were ordinary but because the cave was very abnormal so she picked few ingredients and gave it to his useless system to use just in case rather than her purchasing it from the system shop.
"Oh, I got it." Saying this she picked out a box and threw it at Luis who caught it instinctively.
"What's this?" He asked her but opened the box. Seeing he was astonished Rie was quite pleased.
"Well surprised? Keep this with you. These are easy to conceal on your body so it won't be detectable. In case you have to get to the Prince unharmed." With this she made him learn everything about it and then he send himself off to the ongoing banquet. This time around he sat near the Prince. Seeing the prince unaffected with the wine he let out a sigh of relief.
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"Well, system when are we going to get to meet the real Baron?"
[Host what do you mean?] The astonished system asked.
"I mean how much longer before they take action?" She quickly changed the meaning of her words.
[By the end of the banquet or tomorrow evening.]
She nodded her head after hearing it. All she has to wait for them to make a move.
WELL, FINALLY THE NEXT CHAPTER IS OUT. I THOUGHT TO MADE IT SHORTER BUT THE STORY SEEMS TO HAVE GOT ITS OWN MIND MAKING ME UNABLE TO TAME IT. SO WE CAN ONLY FLOW WITH THE BOAT
