Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: The Wayward Journey Volume 11 by Yoshinobu Akita

Author:Yoshinobu Akita [AKITA, YOSHINOBU]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2021-04-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter IV: A Night with No Quiet

The elder Fien Lotz was in a rotten mood.

The man was well aware of it. Even his partner probably was.

He snuck a glance to his side to find his companion standing there, shifting his weight from one foot to the other as if looking for an outlet for his oversized body. His eyes moved restlessly, seeking a place on which to settle his gaze.

Yes. He was well aware of it. But what did that matter? He questioned himself. Even if he knew, there was no way for his partner to produce a resolution to the situation. He was just waiting for the elder Fien’s words.

He was just an old man with a cigar in his mouth. That was the only way to describe him. There was nothing else to him. Except, of course, that he was also the head of the Lotz Group, which owned most of the hot spring inns in the Ledgeborne Hot Spring Town.

The interior design of the president’s office was a complete match for the elder Fien’s tastes. Glossy, amber-colored furniture was arranged neatly and precisely inside. The only thing that didn’t fit the ambience was a three-dimensional map of the hot spring village installed in the center of the room.

The map was a model of the surrounding area, and it probably qualified as well-made, but it was just out of place in the room. The man had no idea what it was doing here. It would have made much more sense from a design standpoint to put it in the entrance hall of an inn.

The old man finally removed the cigar from his mouth, blowing out smoke with his words. “So, you just came back empty-handed, is that right?”

“Well, yes,” the man admitted with an awkward smile, even as he knew he shouldn’t. Sure enough, the old man’s mood worsened, but what else was he supposed to do?

“Ronan. Why do you think I keep you around? To attract customers? Well, that might be the case...”

The man—Ronan—opened his mouth to say something, then closed it. The elder Fien had raised his hand. It was the sign not to talk. He should obey, then. However...

“Am I really asking the impossible here? I wonder. Maybe I am. Ah. I suppose it was just too much to ask of you?”

“If I may, sir...” Ronan reluctantly spoke. “I think you would get the same result with anyone else, Mr. President.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Just what I said. The same thing would have happened if you’d sent anyone else. If you go every day and just tell them, ‘join the group’... If they’ve said no once, they’ll just continue to say no. They have no intention of joining. So shouldn’t we just give up on them?”

“That’s not the problem here!”

WHAM! The elder Fien hit his desk so hard, it leapt up. The old man stood up at the same time, shouting so loudly that the blood vessels in his neck were bulging.

“You will make

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