The Hostess of Fertility.
After finishing her morning work, Ryuu returned to her room and took out a document bag from her bosom.
This document bag was delivered by Cain this morning, saying it was a gift for her.
Because she had to clean up for the opening and entertain the guests who came for breakfast, Ryuu had put it away.
Now that she was free, it was time to open it and see what was inside.
"History of the Soma Familia's Development?"
Looking at the thick stack of information taken out of the envelope, Ryuu frowned, realizing something was wrong.
Soma brews divine liquor. Because the Familia members are addicted to it, he lost hope in humanity. He lives in seclusion and leaves the Familia to the captain zanis to manage. zanis amasses wealth and secretly sells monsters...
After quickly leafing through the contents of the information, Ryuu's expression became completely serious.
Judging solely from the contents of this information, the Soma Familia was already no different from the Dark Faction.
In the past, if she obtained this information, she would have gone to verify its truth immediately to maintain order.
But now...
Ryuu put down the information and sighed.
This was a major matter involving a Familia; if not handled well, the impact would be huge.
Rather than taking action personally, she was more inclined to hand this information over to the Ganesha Familia and let their high-level adventurers handle it.
In addition, Ryuu had one more thing she was confused about.
Cain sending this letter to her meant that the other party knew her true identity.
But Cain was just an LV1 who had only recently received a blessing and joined a Familia.
From any perspective, he shouldn't know her identity.
"What a hassle."
Ryuu sighed and looked at the letter in her hand.
This letter was sandwiched at the end of the Soma Familia's information. It seemed the person who delivered the message intended for her to read the Soma Familia's information first before looking at the letter.
Opening the envelope, a short line of text appeared before her.
[I am waiting for you at the abandoned church in the Northwest District.]
The abandoned church in the Northwest District... if she remembered correctly, Cain lived beneath that abandoned church.
"It seems I have to make a trip."
After changing her clothes and taking her wooden sword, Ryuu took leave and left the pub, heading toward the abandoned old church.
The Hostess of Fertility is located on West Street, and the abandoned old church is in the Northwest District; the distance between the two is not far.
Advancing at full speed, Ryuu took only ten minutes to reach her destination.
"Welcome to the Hestia Familia."
Cain, who was training, sheathed his sword and looked at the Elf Maiden who suddenly appeared not far away.
"Coming so quickly, it seems you are very satisfied with my gift, Ryuu."
"Where did you learn about my identity?"
Ryuu didn't waste words and asked directly.
"From the Guild."
"Impossible, they have no reason to do that," Ryuu didn't believe it at all.
As the hub of Orario, the Adventurers Guild has connections with all the major Familias.
If they found a problem with the Soma Familia, Royman, as the Guild Master, could completely notify Ganesha to take action. There was no need to go through the trouble of having Cain tell her about it.
One must know that she was still on the Guild's blacklist and in a wanted state.
"You might have misunderstood my meaning."
Cain pointed to the ground: "The Guild I'm referring to isn't Royman, but Ouranos."
Ryuu was expressionless: "Do you think I'll believe that?"
The Great God Ouranos was the great existence who brought the divine blessing to the lower world over a thousand years ago.
As the founder of the Adventurers Guild, Ouranos takes a neutral stance toward the major Familias, living deep beneath the Guild year-round and relying on his divine authority to suppress the Dungeon.
For such a great existence, knowing her information wasn't strange.
But to say he had contact with an LV1 and gave her information to the other party just to deal with a Soma Familia was impossible.
"If you want to lie, at least find a plausible excuse."
"Well~ don't be so serious."
Cain shrugged: "Actually, where I got your information from isn't important."
"What's important is the reason I went through so much trouble to call you here, isn't it?"
"...Let's hear it."
"You should have seen the Soma Familia's information. I want to ask you to help collect evidence of the Soma Familia's captain, zanis Lustra, secretly selling monsters."
"I have no need to cooperate with your nonsense."
Ryuu turned around and walked away.
Although she didn't know Cain's purpose and hadn't figured out how he knew her true identity...
From the exchange just now, Ryuu could feel that there was no malice in Cain.
Since that was the case, there was no need to talk further.
No matter what Cain did next, she would hand this information over to the Ganesha Familia.
As a top-tier Familia in Orario, Ganesha possesses a large number of LV4 and LV5 adventurers.
As long as this information is confirmed to be true, this farce can be ended in three days at most.
"I have prepared a reward for you."
Cain's voice came from behind.
Ryuu was unmoved: "I'm not interested in money."
"Jura is still alive."
?!!
Ryuu turned around abruptly, her eyes staring fixedly at the black-haired youth nearby.
"What did you just say?"
"Jura is still alive."
Cain repeated it slowly.
"If you are willing to help, I can give you his information."
"..."
Ryuu fell into silence.
Jura was one of the culprits who caused the destruction of the Astraea Familia.
Five years ago, to avenge her companions, she personally blew the Rudra Familia's base to ashes along with him.
Theoretically, it was impossible for him to be alive.
But it's better to be safe than sorry.
Cain dared to use this news to negotiate with her, so he clearly had confidence.
Even if there was only a one-in-ten-thousand chance, she had to confirm the truth of this information.
"Actually, you don't need to be in a hurry. Jura's current location is very dangerous. Even if the entire Loki Familia were to move out, there would be a risk of failure, let alone you by yourself."
Cain extended his hand: "Let's cooperate. I need your strength to help me do things, and in exchange, I will help you wipe out Jura along with the other remnants of the Dark Faction."
"Don't do dangerous things."
Ryuu frowned and reminded him: "Although I don't know what information you hold, the strength of a high-level adventurer is far beyond what an LV1 can compare to. If I wanted to act, I could take you down in one strike."
"I'm not like an ordinary LV1."
"Then let me see."
Ryuu took a step forward, turning into an afterimage and disappearing from her spot, kicking up a gust of wind.
Cain put his hands in his pockets and took a step back sideways.
The next second, a wooden sword brushed past Cain's face, and a pair of sky-blue eyes appeared before him.
"Not bad."
"..."
Why did you steal my line?
Ryuu's eyes twitched, and she put away her wooden sword.
"Being able to dodge my attack, it seems you really aren't an ordinary LV1. Tell me your plan."
"Happy cooperation."
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