Chapter 160.2
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There was only one “human” whose presence could not be ignored.
The girl’s name was Aria, a white-skinned Mercenian woman, a rarity in this region where dark-skinned Cruzians were the norm.
Jesha first heard about Aria from Zilgan, her confidant and chaperone, who said, “There is an interesting human woman,” which surprised and intrigued her.
If she had been a danger, Zilgan would have taken care of her on the spot. But Zilgan did not fight the woman. Was she even worth killing, or was there another reason?
But the adventurer woman never showed up at the guild again, and when Jesha’s interest began to wane, Kushim, one of the Munza Group elders, offered to sell Zilgan an exclusive high-grade Potion, a precious commodity in this desert, as an apology for his meddling with an adventurer he had his eye on. The adventurer who was offered the prize was Aria.
Aria was the adventurer who had been offered the job, and she was also the alchemist herself who could create the advanced Potion.
If Aria was such a skilled alchemist, it was understandable that the Munza Group would have taken a chance on her. As a result, Aria got into trouble with the Kirli Chamber of Commerce, and the Munza Group decided to settle the dispute by introducing a sales route as an apology to Aria.
Why would the Munza Group, a group of ruthless beastmen, do something so “outrageous” to a single adventurer?
When Kushim himself told Jesha why, she thought he was joking.
In this town, where the fastest means of information transmission was not available, the main source of information was the merchants’ “gossip”.
However, while the Khalfaan Empire and the United Kingdom of Ganzar may be mentioned, the only “interesting stories” about other countries are those about the assassination of their Kings.
And one story made its way into their news, which was that of the [Ash-Crowned Princess].