Where did you get this?

Gen then smiled and said, "Hi Briny, Hi Boobs."

And hearing that, Zoe said, "Who is Boobs, you pervert?! You know my name!"

Gen then frowned and said, "And you know mine too, but you still make a point of calling me a pervert."

"And you know why!"

"I already explained to you that I didn't do that on purpose, but I realize it won't do any good."

"Ha, you're smart, but you can't fool me. You had several options if you didn't want to look. You could have called me, or you could have even looked away." 

"Briny told me not to interrupt you while you were reading, and I'm not going to cover for your mistakes."

"You always have an excuse, don't you? What do you mean by covering up for my mistakes? Are you saying it was a mistake for me to wear an outfit that showed cleavage?"

"No, but it is your mistake for not realizing that a person was sitting literally in front of you. I know you were focused, but still. Don't you have peripheral vision?"

Zoe was a little shaken to hear this and said, "I-I do! It's just that I thought it was Briny who was sitting in front of me."

"Oh, I get it. So what you need is glasses."

"No, I don't. I can see very well. I just wasn't paying attention at the time."

"I see. So that's why you didn't realize that Briny's voice was coming from your side and not from in front of you. Makes sense."

"You! Shut up!"

Isabelle then laughed and said, "Hahaha, that's better than I thought it would be. Good job, Briny."

And Briny said, "Thanks, mom."

Zoe then said, "What do you mean good job, mom?! Because of her, that pervert was staring at my boobs!"

And Isabelle said smiling, "I know that, Zoe, but what's the problem?"

"What's the problem?! Did you hear what I said, Mom?!"

"Yes, I did, but Gen is not in the wrong. What did you want him to do in that kind of situation? You know any man would have done the same or worse."

"But Mom-"

"I'm not done yet. You need to lose this embarrassment of yours. You're almost thirty. I know you're the guild leader, but you're also a woman. If you go on like this, you'll be alone for the rest of your life."

Isabelle then began to lecture Zoe, and Gen said, "Ladies, sorry to interrupt you, but I'm exhausted, so I'm going to go."

And Isabelle said, "Okay, Gen, good night."

And Briny said, "Bye, Gen. See you at the event."

And Zoe didn't say anything.

Gen then said, "Bye.", and then left the building and thought, 'I know very well how long this lecture is going to take. I've lost count of how many times I've seen Miss Karla give one of these to Cris.'

He then headed towards the inn, and on the way, he noticed that the people on the street were highly excited.

He then heard a person say, "Did you hear? The event this year is going to be on the first beach.'

Gen's eyes then widened, and he thought, 'Wow. We just found that out. The news spread so fast.'

Gen then continued towards the hotel, and on the way there, he heard several people talking about the first island and the event. He then thought, 'It seems that the first island really has a special meaning.'

He then went into the inn and walked towards the elevator. He then got into it and got off when he reached his floor.

Gen opened the door to his room, went inside, and started to look around, but saw no one there, and thought, 'They must be in some bar spending the silver coins I gave them.'

Gen then went towards his room and said, "Well, whatever. I'm going to take a shower and go to sleep."

Gen then grabbed some clothes from the closet and headed for the bathroom. After a while, he came out of the bathroom with his changed clothes and walked over to the large bed in the room.

Gen then ran over to the bed, threw himself on it, and after falling on top of it, said, "Ouch, what the hell is this?"

He then lifted the quilt off the bed and saw that it was full of silver coins.

He then thought, 'What? Where did all these silver coins come from? Did I get into the wrong room?', and then he heard a voice say, "Surprise!"

He then jumped out of bed, looked around, and saw Raja and Lina in the corner of the room.

He then said, "Raja, Lina? Where did you come from? Did you arrive when I was in the shower?"

And Raja said, "No. We were on the balcony. Look here.", and then Raja pulled back a curtain that was beside him and revealed a balcony.

Gen then said, "Wait. Have you been hiding there since I arrived?"

And Raja said, "No. We have been hiding here since long before you arrived. In fact, what took you so long? Do you know how cold it was on the balcony? I swear I would have caught a cold if you had taken any longer."

"What? What if I had come out of the bathroom naked?"

"Well, I hoped that didn't happen, and luckily it didn't."

"What about those coins on the bed? What's all this?"

"What do you mean what's all this? They are ours, Gen, hahaha."

Gen then frowned and said, "They are ours?"

He then thought for a while and said, "What did you guys do while I was away?!"

And Raja said, a bit annoyed, "Hey Gen, slow down. You talk in a way as if we stole those coins."

"And that's not what happened?!"

"Obviously not!"

Gen then wiped his forehead and said, "Whew, that's great. Where did these coins come from then?"

And Raja said, "We felt bad about spending all the money, so we decided to do some missions in the guild."

Gen then frowned and said, "This money came from missions?"

And Raja crossed his arms and said, "Yes. It's very simple for an awakened person to make some silver coins."

"Well, I'd believe you, but there are a hundred and twenty silver coins here. Are you going to tell me you did all that with quests in those hours when we were apart?"

"How do you know there are a hundred and twenty coins on the bed?"

"I just laid on them. How would I not know?"

"What? That doesn't make sense, Gen."

"Don't change the subject. How did you make that money?"

"I already said, through missions."

"Tsk. Raja, stop it. We helped on two expeditions in the desert, and we couldn't make even fifty pieces of silver. How can you expect me to believe that you made a hundred and twenty in a few hours?"

"Gen, if you don't want to believe me, I can't do anything but enough of this. Lina has something to tell you."

Gen then said, "Hm? That's true. Lina is here. She was so quiet that I had forgotten."

Raja then put his hand on Lina's back, pulled her slightly forward, and said, "Gen is listening, Lina. Go ahead."

Lina then looked at Gen and approached him, and as she got closer, Gen got a little worried and said, "What is it, Lina?"

Lina was silent for a while, took a deep breath, and then said, "I would like to apologize, Gen. I know you were very upset by our actions, and you are right to be, but I want you to know that Raja and I have talked it over, and we promise you that we won't do it again."

Gen was in shock to hear that, and then after a while, he woke up and said, "Now I understand how you got all that money."

And Lina said, "Hm?"

Gen then said, "You sold Lina to someone else, didn't you? You found a good actress. Her voice is very similar to Lina's."

And Raja said, "What do you mean, Gen? She's just like Lina, how can she be an actress?"

"Raja, Raja, Raja. You and I both know that you can easily use your essence to make someone look like Lina."

Raja then thought about it for a while and said, "Well, that's true, but that really is Lina."

And Lina said, "Yeah, Gen. What kind of crap are you talking about?!"

Gen then said, "So prove to me that you are Lina."

And Lina said, "And how am I going to prove it to you?"

Raja then said, "I know. How about a kiss? You surely remember what it feels like, don't you?"

And Lina said, "What?! Are you crazy?!"

Gen then said, "Well, that's true. I guess a kiss will do."

And Lina said, "I'm not going to kiss you!"

"No problem. I know you won't. After all, that shouldn't be part of the deal Raja made with you when he hired you."

"I already said it's me!"

"Sure, I believe you, hahaha."

"Fine! If it's going to be like this, I'll kiss you, but close your eyes."

Gen then closed his eyes and said, "I'm ready.", and Lina then started to approach him.