Skepticism

What stands out in front of all is a room, medium in size. It could hold at most a dozen people.

In the center of this room is a rectangular table, on which all kinds of paperwork have been placed; from documents to maps, from missives to parchments.

The room was also equipped with some cabinets and shelves, but they are almost empty. It was currently illuminated by a chandelier, inside which you can see golden lights dancing inside. But to a closer eye it can be seen that they were not lights, but a kind of firefly but with a more intense glow.

"What are you doing standing there, as still as a piece of furniture? Sit down." What caught the trio's attention was the voice they heard just outside the door.

Asteri looks in the direction of the voice and there he can finally see the figure of the woman.

The boy can assume that the woman is younger than Lanola, without offending the latter. The woman has short sea blue hair, but not all of them were this color. Some were sea green, the same color as the two braids she wore next to her left ear.

He had very sharp slit eyes, his irises were red. She also had makeup around her eyelids. Her nose was small but pointed and her lips were covered in red lipstick, which made her very seductive.

She was well endowed on the windowsill, which stood out from her cleavage. Her clothes were a mixture of a merchant and a mercenary. On her arms, Asteri could see her armguards.

The boy could only admire her upper body, as she was currently sitting in the chair at the head of the table across the table. Asteri's inspection of the woman's body lasted only a few thousandths of a second, as he had trained to do this type of visual inspection.

Then, the group sat down on the empty chairs. Lanola, Beatrix, and Viola had already sat down in front of the trio. They took off their caps, Beatrix included, because there should be no danger here.

The woman at the head of the table, not only her but also Viola is amazed by the beauty of the two women next to Asteri. But they are even more surprised by the boy's beauty, who looked very seductive. These two women are certain that the guy in front of them is the most handsome man they have ever seen in their entire life. Viola blushed a little too, but the woman at the table soon recovered and with a coughing sound she brought the atmosphere back to normal.

"Well, now that we are settled I would say to start with the introductions. I am Piera, even if it is said that I am carrying on the rebellion, it is not entirely true that I am the absolute leader. There are more figures at the height of this rebellion, who aren't here at the moment, but one of them is Brocc, the landlord you surely met upstairs. "The girl at the head of the table introduces herself with her name, she is the specific woman who is not the only leader of the rebellion but is only one of the heads of the hydra.

"Even if you already know it, I'm Viola, the one who collaborates with Lanola on her solitary missions." Viola introduces herself to the group again, adding that she is giving some sort of support to Lanola.

"You already know who I am, it's the same with Princess Beatrix, so I suggest you introduce yourself directly." Lanola had nothing to say, as they were traveling together these days, although it didn't take long to get a general idea of ​​which people were collaborating.

"..." Beatrix said nothing, she simply bows her head in greeting, she too agrees with what Lanola says.

"Okay, then let me introduce myself, I'm Asteri, a Grade E adventurer from the Quisque guild ... but I suppose you already know that." Asteri smiles and nods slightly to introduce himself.

"My name is Allatu, I'm an adventurer too." the succubus smiles, showing her seductive face.

"I'm Betty." In contrast, the half-breed, with a neutral face, gives a simple presentation.

"Very well, I'd say we're done with the introductions, let's start with the serious stuff. As you said yourself, Asteri, we already know you. After all, it was I who asked Belstegia for help." Piera takes a missive in front of him, placed on the table. "But my request was only to save the princess, and I can see that she looks safe and sound, so what are you still doing here? You don't want ..."

"No, we don't want any additional rewards. We just wanted to help you solve the internal problems of your rebellion, otherwise, the princess will never really be safe." Asteri interrupts what Piera was about to say, revealing her intentions to the girl.

"Internal problems? What exactly are you talking about?" Piera raises an eyebrow at Asteri's statement, not knowing what the charming boy was talking about.

"You only have one spy in your rebellion, maybe more than one." Asteri has no problem specifying what he meant.

"A spy? Haha, what a joke. And so far we haven't noticed anything?" Piera let out a sarcastic laugh, not believing Asteri's words.

"Piera, I think he is not lying. I have spent time with them, even if they seem like rookies, they have good skills. And they are not the only ones who think that there may be a spy among us, I have some suspects too". Lanola supports Asteri's idea, she is trying to put the trio in Piera's eyes in a good light.

"Lanola, do you also believe this crazy supposition? Up to now, we haven't noticed a problem of this kind and now out of nowhere three adventurers, even third-rate ones, are spitting out this absurd idea from who knows what investigation." Piera seems a very skeptical woman about it, even insulting the strength of Asteri's group. "And then what does it mean that they want to help us without having anything in return? I can understand the princess, but you Lanola, you can't believe these three."

"You don't understand, Piera. You have to see them in action, you should have seen what we saw, with our own eyes." Lanola is still trying to defend Asteri's group.

"Then help us understand, my friend. I too am very doubtful about this idea of ​​the spy." Viola takes Lanola by the arm and begins to look into her eyes.