I Opened an Inn Next to a Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 164



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Episode 164

In the forest at midnight. A group of men were running along the forest path, pulling a wagon with a large cart attached to it.

“Did you all take care of everything properly?”

“Oh, of course. What do you think of us? We’ve already picked them all off, so don’t worry.”

“Khuh. Good.”

The man at the very back glanced back. The direction was towards the most famous inn in the Delphi Forest.

It was the inn where they had been staying until just a moment ago, but now they were people they would never see again for the rest of their lives.

“That’s why you idiots can’t do that. Why on earth would you think of putting those expensive things in each guest room?”

“Hehehe. That’s right. You fucking idiots. Haven’t you ever thought that you might get robbed?”

“Hey, you have to speak properly. Theft? If someone saw you, they would think you were stealing.”

“Oh, right. Right. Look at my mind. What’s theft? It was just a transfer.”

“That’s right. Why would someone put something so expensive out there? They’re advertising it to customers, saying, “Please take it.” Right?”

“Right! Wow, you speak well!”

The men chuckled. They slowed down and looked at the cart. It was full of stuff. Every single thing in it was an enchanted artifact. Each and every one of them was so expensive that it made you gasp.

The corners of the men’s mouths dropped as they listened to the sound. If they sold all of these, they would definitely make a lot of money.

The men got off their horses. They ran for about an hour. At this point, their escape was a success. The Delphi Forest is so big that they are chasing them? It’s ridiculous.

They examined the items in the cart one by one. It was full of square objects of unknown shapes. They examined them one by one.

“Damn, it’s so easy to make money. Some people work hard and get blood all day long to make money, while those guys sit back and make money comfortably.”

“That’s right. These fucking things. Tsk.”

“Should I also run an inn? Looking at what those guys do, it seems like they’re just sitting around making a lot of money.”

“Yeah. Go ahead and try it. You’ll probably get rich in no time. That stupid innkeeper made a lot of money, so you should be able to do it.”

They giggled and cursed the owner of the inn where they were staying.

In fact, the innkeeper had done nothing wrong to them, but that didn’t matter. What mattered was that they were poor and the innkeeper had a lot of money.

This is how a human being should be. Just this morning, you praised the innkeeper as a nice person, as if he were an angel, but now, what? A stupid innkeeper? I can’t even believe it.

“Hey. Cover it again. Let’s go quickly. We have a long way to go.”

They quickly tied the ropes that tied the wagon together and mounted their horses. Since they could not stop at an inn, they had to run day and night to get out of the forest.

I was trying to hold the reins and run like that.

“hmm?”

Suddenly, I heard soft footsteps.

“Did you just hear a noise?”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“I mean, the sound of footsteps. Something was approaching?”

“Hey, what are those footsteps? Is there someone here? It must be the footsteps of an animal… … Ugh!”

The men’s eyes widened because a woman was suddenly standing before them.

The men opened their eyes slightly. She looked familiar. Where have I seen that woman?

She was the woman who guarded the inn’s counter. The woman who always had a bright smile on her face.

Oh my god, how on earth is the girl who was at the inn counter just an hour ago here?

I clearly saw him working shifts with the night shift workers and returning home!

“You, you, you!”

“Customer. Where are you going?”

“How could you!”

“How can I do that? You didn’t pay.”

The woman, Irina, smiled and slowly approached. The men drew their weapons. And slowly approached.

“Are you sure you’re alone?”

“Yes. But?”

“Is this it?”

The men laughed sinisterly. Alone? A woman alone in the middle of the night?

Their eyes exchanged glances. The eyes were filled with lust and the woman was alone. It was obvious what they were thinking.

People are originally engrossed in one thought and cannot think of anything else. They were so full of lust that they did not think about how that woman had followed them naked. They only thought about teasing their lower bodies.

“Hehehe. Don’t blame us. It’s not our fault that you came here yourself… … Ugh!”

The man was unable to continue speaking and grabbed his neck. In an instant, a thin line of blood appeared on the man’s neck, and then his neck was split in two and he fell to the floor.

“Huh, gasp! Thomas!”

The men’s faces turned blue. What just happened?

“Wow, wizard!”

“Hey, hurry up and take out the restraints!”

“Stick! If a wizard sticks, he’s a cripple!”

Irina exclaimed slightly. They’re responding faster than I thought? They’re pretty high-level mercenaries. Well, I don’t plan on letting them live, though.

“Throw it!”

Choaaaak!

The men suddenly pulled out a net from somewhere and threw it down. It was a net with a mana suppressing function, and was usually used to capture foreign slaves.

Irina’s eyes narrowed. These guys were worse than I thought.

She opened her eyes wide. Her body turned into blood and disappeared into thin air. And then the massacre began.

A bloody mist rose up and slaughtered the men in a brutal manner. It all happened in less than a minute.

“Please, please, save me!”

The last remaining man knelt down and trembled. Irina gathered her strength and approached the man, smiling and patting his head.

“Excuse me, sir. May I tell you something?”

“Huh? What, what… … .”

“There’s this. This.”

“That, that, that thing?”

What Irina was pointing to was a large object on the cart. The valuables they had taken from the guest room.

“You only stole half of this.”

“Huh? What is that… … .”

“I heard from Eugene, this is a shell. What did he say? The air conditioner doesn’t work without the shiitake mushrooms? Something like that?”

Irina tilted her head. Shiraegi? Isn’t that the word? Was it an outdoor unit?

I shook my head. What does it matter what the words are? As long as the meaning is understood, that’s all that matters.

“Anyway, it wouldn’t be useful even if you stole it and sold it on the black market. It’s just a shell. Oh, it might be worth it. There are two low-grade mana stones inside.”

Irina smiled and grabbed the man by the collar. She quickly dragged him to the inn. In the dark forest, only the man’s desperate screams echoed sadly.

* * *

One thing Eugene does every single day without fail is watering the flower garden. No, more accurately, should I say the mandragora garden?

This guy called Mandragora drinks a lot of water, so you have to water him every single day. It really is a very tiring plant.

But for Eugene, it was a fun way to pass the time, so he didn’t hate it. The sound of the water trickling down was healing in its own way. If you were to say it was like ASMR, it would be similar.

Anyway, Eugene was watering the flower garden. Then suddenly a scream was heard. It was from the backyard of the inn. Eugene threw the watering can away and headed towards the backyard.

There was a bloody human corpse there. No, if you look closely, it’s still not a corpse, judging by the way it’s moving. It’ll become a corpse in about five minutes, though.

“What is this?”

“Oh, you’re a walk-in customer.”

Irina said, shaking her hands. She twisted her neck from side to side. Crunch! There was a creepy cracking sound. Then she smiled. It was an angelic smile.

‘Hey, wipe the blood from the corner of your mouth.’

I think I know why there are more and more customers who are afraid of Irina recently. Are you not afraid of her and just accept it?

“Oh, don’t worry. I already got all the money.”

“okay.”

“And I got back all the stuff they stole. The air conditioner, the mirror, the hair dryer, and… … Anyway, I got it all back, so don’t worry!”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Hey, what’s the big deal? I just did what I had to do. Oh, but I have a question.”

“Any questions? What is it?”

“Is it shiraegi or an outdoor unit?”

“yes?”

What kind of question is that?

“You know, that thing. The thing behind the air conditioner. What’s its name?”

“Oh, that’s an outdoor unit.”

“Ah! It was an outdoor unit!”

Outdoor unit, outdoor unit. Irina muttered the same words over and over again as if she would never forget them. Eugene looked at Irina with bewildered eyes.

* * *

The higher the quality of the room, the higher the probability that something bad will happen.

Unlike Earth, this place has no security, so it’s common for items in guest rooms to be stolen.

So what kind of things do they usually steal? Mostly small things. Things that are easy to hide.

Of course, it happens nine times out of ten. The important thing is that there are many attempts to steal.

But the air conditioner is too big. It is too heavy for one person to lift, and the air conditioner body is not the end. In fact, the outdoor unit is the main body.

Of course, products that consume mana stones are lighter than products that consume electricity, but it is true that they are still heavy and bulky.

That’s why the hotel staff felt relieved. They thought that no one would think of taking apart the air conditioner and stealing it.

But Eugene was not at ease. Humans knew this well. What kind of animals were humans? They were extremely greedy.

So Eugene placed all kinds of magic on the air conditioners installed in each room, including anti-theft magic, notification magic, and location tracking magic.

And I watched. What would people’s reactions be?

This was the result.

“Look, I told you, it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

“Oh, that’s right.”

The employees nodded their heads in bewilderment. What they were seeing right before their eyes was an air conditioner that was almost stolen.

There were a lot of them. I would estimate that there were over 30. That means that there were over 30 guest rooms that had been robbed.

And that all in just a week.

“I never dreamed that someone would think of taking something so heavy without being noticed.”

“You have ignored humans too much. Humans are a species that risks their lives for money.”

The employees all gaped in amazement. Except for Eugene, there was only one employee who didn’t show any emotion.

Edwin, the only human employee

He shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal.

“I think you all have more to learn. Elves and vampires alike, aren’t they too innocent?”

“I never thought they would take something this big.”

“Now that you know, you don’t have to let your guard down from now on. Hehe.”

At that moment, Carnius, who had been sitting at a corner table and watching silently, suddenly intervened.

“Will this body help me?”

“Huh? You’re going to help me?”

“Yes. If this body makes one declaration, that thief will disappear. How dare you steal from the territory of this body? That kind of person deserves to die. Even destroying the entire clan is not enough.”

Carnius folded his arms and nodded. His face looked as if it was so obvious.

“You’re speechless. It’s said that silence is affirmation. I know that, so I’ll go to the human world and make a declaration. If you still won’t listen, I’ll shoot you with my breath… … .”

“Oh, please don’t.”

“Why?”

“Staying still helps.”

“Tch. How bland.”

Carnius sat down again. Eugene sighed in relief.

‘Can you please just stay still?’

The dragon is declaring that no one should steal from the inn? Ugh, that’s horrible. The inn will have no more guests that day. An inn with a dragon? Do you think merchants would come because they’re scared of it?