Debt resolved...?
"...could… could you say that again…? Please?"
A reddish-brown-haired young man asked in disbelief, staring at the weasely face of the brown-haired man with a dark-blond-haired woman sitting behind the desk.
"Don't play deaf with me, you crazy bastard! Your debt has been bought off by a noble young lady Zorivia Rotteloss! From now on, you will go to her… well, to her representative, to figure out how to pay it off."
The weasly man scoffed, waving his hand dismissively at the shocked youngster.
"But I… w-why?! Who is that woman?! What does she…?!"
"Leon. Shut the hell up or I will burn your fucking face off. The origin and end of all creation. Ignition!"
While the debtor called out in shock, not knowing his place, the weasly man breathed out and leaned slightly forward, embracing the woman whose eyes were covered with a thick fringe with his right hand while raising his left one to the side and saying some outrageous nonsense…
*WHOOOOO*
"!!!"
Only that it turned out to be a very real incantation, and the next moment a pillar of howling flames erupting from the weasly man's palm began to lick the ceiling of the room, causing the young man to back off in shock and fear!
"Stuuupid! Don't you know that magic has returned to our world~? Eeeeveryone with a brain practices it, and it requires money. Real money, not the chump change you tried to give my hunny-bun! Young Lady Rotteloss paid us good~! My hunny-bun will become the strongest spellcaster of them all! And then Papa will have no other choice but to approve of him~!"
The dark-blond-haired girl in the weasely man's lap snickered at Leon while nuzzling to and fawning over her man, stroking his ego to its absolute limit.
"..."
The weasly man glanced up and closed his hand, ending the spell barely before the blackened ceiling catch fire, but his confidence did not disappear, the opposite actually.
"You've heard my Bibi. I no longer have any interest in you, so scram! Go beg the Young Lady to give you more time or whatever!"
"Yeah! Scram! Scram!"
The weasly man kissed the girl's temple and leaned his head against hers before scoffing at the youngster to his girl's nasty laughter.
"Understood… Could you or your Bibi at least tell me how I can contact her?"
"You fuck! For you, it's Miss Bianca! And I don't give a fuck how will you get in touch with your new owner! Fuck off, or I will actually burn your face off!"
Leon clenched his fist but ended up breathing out and asking, only that his choice of words completely infuriated the weasly man who ended up directing the palm of his left hand TOWARDS the young man as he growled.
"!"
While the current magic could not be even compared to the miracles of the ancient times, it still was such an enormous threat that Leon didn't dare to contest it and backed off, eventually rushing out of the room.
"...wait… Rotteloss…? Why does that surname sound familiar…?"
Upon leaving the building, Leon stopped in his tracks and furrowed his brows.
"That's because you punched her personal assistant."
"?!?!"
Leon's question was one merely rhetorical, but to his utmost shock it ended up being answered seemingly out of thin air, causing him to flinch and put his hands up ready for a fight.
The person speaking to him turned out to be a hooded and masked sneaky individual who seemed to be blending in with the shadows.
"Alright. Good reaction. You pass. Now follow me."
"Wha…?!"
They nodded and beckoned Leon to follow them, moving without giving him the chance to ask any questions.
"...!"
Although initially reluctant, upon realizing that the masked individual wasn't actually going to wait for him, Leon made a panicked expression and rushed after them.
Keeping up with the mysterious guide wasn't easy and Leon actually lost track of them a couple of times only to miraculously spot them in the distance and hastily catching up only to be left behind again.
"Barely passed that one. If you lost me and I had to show myself clearly one more time, I would have disposed of you as per Master's instructions. Follow me. This time, it's not a test."
"!?"
When he finally caught up to the masked individual, Leon was greeted by a slightly disappointed sigh before the individual entered the city's best inn from the backdoor, keeping the door open for him.
It was… quite a lot to take in, honestly, but Leon's intuition was telling him it wasn't the time to be hesitant.
So he walked in and followed the masked individual into the inn and then upstair, passing several guards on their way to the top floor reserved for the richest guests.
"Young Lady, it's Rune. I'm escorting the person with Master's recommendation,"
"...!?"
After a quick knock on the final door, the masked individual spoke up, causing Leon to flinch in shock.
What recommendation were they talking about?