"Click!"
The sound of a lock being twisted open, and a woman dressed in clothes, with her hands behind her back, poked her head out.
The two were somewhat surprised, because this woman had nothing to do with the priest Ryouzan Etsuya described.
Firstly, in terms of appearance alone, she was quite ordinary, certainly not beautiful. Secondly, she was a complete female, not a 'mister' at all.
"Um... that, excuse me, what can I do for you two?"
Keli and Kazuma appraised the woman. The smell was the same; it was coming from her, and she also had a faint fishy scent.
The other party seemed very nervous, backing away slightly under their somewhat scrutinizing gaze.
The two thought for a moment, then Kazuma spoke directly to the point.
"You just went to the stream, didn't you?"
There was no need for riddles at this point. Although the two didn't know the exact situation, this person was definitely connected to those monsters.
"What... what stream? I... I just went to dump the kitchen trash! What are you going to do?"
This made the woman extremely nervous and frightened, even somewhat incoherent.
She took a step back, and her hands, which had been behind her back, trembled slightly as she brought out a sharp knife.
The two frowned, and then the next moment, she screamed.
"Help, help! Why are there two men in the female staff dormitory area?!"
The Service Staff who had brought them in was stunned on the spot.
"Ah! Ah!"
Followed by continuous screams.
"What if we were just walking in the hallway in our pajamas!"
Instantly, many people in the same dormitory opened their doors and cast unfriendly glances.
"Totsuki Academy isn't anything good either! How could they do such a thing!"
"Yeah, we're going to make a fuss! Totsuki Academy must compensate us! And I've been uncomfortable with this for a long time. Can't they send a female repair person? Last time the heater broke, and they sent a man."
"Slap!"
Keli immediately slapped the woman, knocking her over before she even had a chance to grab her knife.
Immediately after, Kazuma delivered a flying kick to the woman's face.
Suddenly, the dormitory residents, who had been aggressively preparing to scold the two, closed their doors again.
"He's hitting people! He's hitting! He's hitting a pregnant woman!"
The knife fell directly to the ground, and the woman kept shouting, but no one came to her aid this time.
However, one word from her mouth made Keli and Kazuma stop their practiced movements of beating her.
Although the two stopped, the person was still wailing dryly.
But before they could ask anything, three men suddenly rushed up from downstairs.
They aggressively pulled away the Service Staff, who was bewildered by the sudden turn of events, and spoke directly to the two.
"Quick! Get them out of here! If the Divine Emissary's child is harmed, we'll all be finished!"
The woman on the ground was still wailing dryly, but she had already propped herself up.
She wasn't truly foolish, or rather, no one who could act like that was foolish; she was merely exploiting sympathy and unreasonable demands.
She didn't know why she had been suddenly targeted, but today's matter had to be resolved, and she had to find a way to escape.
However, it was only the two of them. Once these men drove them away, she would resign first. In truth, she didn't dare to truly confront Totsuki Academy; those who spoke up earlier didn't dare either, but she still felt the need to speak up.
And since they dared to hit her, she would make them suffer a little first.
"Slap! Slap!"
Then she saw three strong men, who were used to handling fish and meat daily and were quite powerful, all knocked to the ground one by one by the two young men.
In fact, because he was so used to this kind of work, when he saw the opponent fall to the ground, Kazuma instinctively pulled out his small sickle, ready to hook their heart, only realizing his mistake when the blade touched their chest.
Kazuma wondered if this reaction was what people often called PTSD.
Watching the incoming people fall like small pieces of bread without any chance to fight back, the woman was about to start screaming again.
This time, Keli didn't bother with pleasantries and pressed the gun to her forehead.
"Where is your priest? How many Deep Ones are in the lake?"
Although not entirely certain, Keli had already roughly realized from the woman's words why she, a human with no ability to resist them, also carried that scent.
It was… she had a Deep Ones' child inside her body.
Deep Ones themselves have no desire for physical contact with each other and are an immortal species unless externally influenced, but when they trade with humans, they often like to demand offspring with humans, whether male or female.
However, there are actually very few women who can withstand the Deep Ones' torment, so she was quite a remarkable person.
Their offspring, for a long period after birth, will resemble humans more, only gradually transforming as they age.
Seeing the gun, all the woman's previous frantic behavior and dry wailing stopped; she suddenly transformed from a frenzied state to being incredibly docile.
"I! I shouldn't have! I didn't! The priest, Priest-sama, is in the same restaurant as us. I… I don't know, I just wanted to complete my performance review! I don't want to be a kitchen assistant in the back; I want to be a chef too."
Keli and Kazuma were speechless. How did it come back to chefs again?
They wouldn't understand. In this world where cuisine is overly developed, there are indeed many wealthy people willing to spend a fortune for a single good dish. They also wouldn't understand the unwillingness of a former culinary student, arriving at a culinary sacred place like Far Moon Resort, seeing others earn ten million yen a month, and guests who spend money like water, while they themselves can only be a general worker with a salary only slightly higher than an office worker outside.
The long-term environment and the behavior of those around them had long made them believe that cooking skills equaled success and everything.
But it didn't matter now; the motive was no longer important. These Deep Ones and those connected to them had to be dealt with.
"Exact address, location, and the number of Deep Ones!"
Keli reiterated what he needed to know.
But the next moment, Keli and Kazuma suddenly both looked towards the open window in the corridor.
It was a scent!
A large amount of food was rushing towards them!
They didn't know what had happened, but it was likely that the woman had given some kind of notification before opening the door, and now, their priest probably knew they had been exposed.
No matter how many monsters there were here, it was useless. They were now in a human city, and as long as humans were determined, they couldn't escape.
So, they might want to prevent them from contacting the outside world.
Keli rushed to the windowsill and took a light sniff; the sheer quantity made it difficult for him to pinpoint their exact location.
Kazuma's reaction was even faster than Keli's.
He rushed downstairs directly.
"Quick! There are still ordinary people here, let's block the main entrance first!"
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