Chapter 264

Chapter 264: Kanna’s challenge

A few days ago, the emperor asked Hero Reena to investigate a pressing matter in the empire. It was the shortage of medical supplies. Along with her were Kanna and some of the empire’s soldiers.

Kanna took the role of a captain for the soldiers. On the other hand, Reena was still this group’s leader.

Aside from Reena, there were also two other heroes with her, her friend Mia and Trix. But as of the moment, they were not with them. Reena asked them to investigate in a separate town. With that kind of arrangement, they could gather information faster.

As Reena and Kanna were investigating, they learned that the shortage of supply wasn’t just a coincidence as they suspected. Someone did it on purpose based on the information they had collected. It was already a couple of days since they started investigating and they had been to a couple of places already. Yet, they still had no lead on the perpetrators of this incident until one day they came to hear about the appearance of some shady individuals that had been appearing somewhere in the empire lately.

As they continued investigating those people, the group arrived at this tavern. After entering, they went directly to the counter where they saw the barman wiping the counter.

“Tell, do you know of a shady group who was wearing strange masks?” Reena immediately asked that. As of the moment, their masks were their only clue at hand.

Asking that directly, the barman just replied with a sorry. “Sorry, I didn’t hear anything related to that.”

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Kanna slightly frowned. After a couple of days she worked together with the hero Reena she came to realize that the Hero had aspects in which she was weak. Just like now, the hero seemed to have no idea how to gather information. She was not like the young commander.

Honestly, Kanna was excited when the emperor mentioned a new mission. She thought she could be with the young commander again. However, that was not the case. She felt down when she learned that it wasn’t the young commander that would lead the mission.

Regardless, although she felt down that the young commander was not the leader of the group, Kanna was still grateful because her partner in the mission was one of the leaders of the heroes. But, the feeling was still different if the young commander was with her. Kanna couldn’t help herself from thinking about the young commander from time to time.

Seeing the uncooperative attitude of the barman, Kanna sighed. She could sense that the barman was trying to hide his irritation. Perhaps because the person in front of him was a hero and soldiers of the empire, so no matter how annoyed he was, he could not let it show on his face.

Of course, the barman knew about Hero Reena and her popularity especially in the capital city of the empire. She helped a lot in agricultural affairs of the empire. However, even if the person in front of him was a hero, he couldn’t give him what information he had. There was a proper ritual for that. But since the other party didn’t know about it, it just means that she didn’t deserve the information she wanted to know.

If the young master was here, what would he do? That question came into Kanna’s mind. Judging the young commander’s attitude, it was hard to comprehend his thoughts.

“Here.” Reena did not back down. She could not leave here without getting the information they needed. They traveled long and arrived in this place after days and nights of nonstop investigations. She took a pouch containing 100 silver coins and placed it in front of the barman. This sum of money was already big enough in this world. Reena believed it was enough for the information they needed.

There was a change in the expression of the barman after seeing the pouch. At a glance, he could tell what was inside and how much it was. That was how professional he was in this kind of business.

Seeing his expression, everyone looked kind of relieved.

However, the barman’s reply was still the same. “Sorry, but I didn’t hear anything related to that.”

“You!” Reena snapped. She believed the barman was messing with them. They came here to save everyone. But, this fool even though he probably knew something, still insisted that he didn’t know.

Because Reena’s palm tapped the counter a little forcefully when she snapped, it caused a noise that took everyone’s attention.

“Are you fooling with us?!” She asked in a clearly angry mood judging by the expression on her face. She could not delay any further. The citizens in the empire were dying right at this moment because of the lack of medicinal supplies.

They could not waste more time because more and more innocent people will lose their lives. Her conscience could not leave them alone without her doing anything. Reena knew that the culprit of all this was the people behind this sabotage.

She as a hero has to fulfill her duty. Hearing the hero, the barman looked nervous. Not only the barman, but everyone present in the tavern felt frightened. After all, it was a hero. Her power for sure was immeasurable. They could even feel the heavy pressure the hero was releasing. As though they could not breathe.

Unexpectedly, the barman remained unperturbed.

With knitted brows, “L-Like I said, I-I didn’t know. S-So, if you are just going to cause some t-trouble, I beg you to just go away...” the barman still managed to decline, though he was clearly trembling. Honestly, he was about to piss his pants off. But business is business, no exemption even if the other party was a hero or a devil.

At that moment, Kanna interjected. “Wait, Miss Reena.” Reena frowned as she glanced at Kanna. She saw Kanna shake her head and said, “Please, let me handle it...” Kanna said while wearing a resolute face.

Reena looked at her for a couple of seconds before she let a sigh escape from her mouth and nodded at her.

“Okay. Sorry if I lost my self-control,” she said.

Kanna secretly sighed in relief as well when she heard that. She understood the hero’s reaction. Even Kanna was on the verge of losing her self-control as well. However, every time she came to that point, the young commander entered her mind. And whenever she thought of him, she magically regained her composure.

“Give me a cup of Underworld Liquor and Spicy Intestines of Blue Tail Dark Lizard!” Kanna’s face was so serious when she said that.

Her voice was loud, so everyone gawked and looked stunned when they heard it. Reena and the others looked puzzled when they noticed a smile on the barman’s face.

The barman turned back to his usual self as though what happened a second ago was just an illusion. He hastily prepared the order Kanna mentioned.

A few minutes later, everything was served in front of Kanna.

Seeing the spicy food and the liquor, she secretly prayed she would survive this day. Even Reena and the other soldiers with them looked like they wanted to pray for Kanna’s survival.

“Uhm... Miss Kanna, a-are you sure you wanted to eat and drink them?” Reena asked Kanna while at the same time sending a glare at the barman.

The barman felt a chill run down his spine at that moment. That glare was clearly a warning. If something happened to her companion, the hero would probably do something to him. The barman knew that his life was in danger as well if Kanna would not survive the challenge.

That Spicy Intestine of Blue Tail Dark Lizard was a hellish food. And a cup of that Underworld Liquor could bring you directly to the abyss.