500th Time Reborn, A World Only Known By Women: The Karma System

The women nodded in agreement before grabbing the dead beasts and following me back into town. I paid them each 3 gold coins like I had promised, but they all seemed really down about the whole thing, even after being paid so handsomely for such a simple job.

I guess killing monsters is just not as glamorous as it seems in stories since these women had looks of pure horror on their faces when they killed those two things, almost like they had seen something that they can't unsee now. Still, they had money and could do what they wanted, and now I had to deal with the sister at the inn's back door.

"Brenna? Corrin told me to bring anything that I hunted to you," I said as the door opened to a cute sleepy-looking woman who poked her head out the door to look at the carcasses.

"Boar-wolf? My sister will pay you upfront for them; you can just leave them there," Brenna said and then closed the door in my face.

Well, that was rude, but I guess I couldn't blame her since it was the middle of the night. Maybe dealing with her wouldn't be as bad as I thought, especially if she kept being this nice to me and took whatever I brought. It's not like I needed her to be friendly, but to learn more about the town, I would have to get friendly with a few people. Might as well start with someone who wasn't going to be a pain in the ass about it.

I felt that Brenna was just tired, so I left the animals there and headed back to my room for the night. It had been a long day, and even though I was technically nocturnal now, I still felt like I needed some rest since dealing with all these new people was draining.

"How did things go?" Olivia asked when I got back to our room that I was guided up by Corrin, who was excited about me finding the party of women.

"Fine, I guess," I said with a shrug as I began undressing. "I found some women out hunting and helped them set up some traps. We caught two boar-wolfs."

"Boar-wolf?" Olivia asked with a raised eyebrow as she watched me disrobe without batting an eyelash at it since we had seen each other naked before when we first met. It wasn't like that was something new or strange between us anymore, though the wolf part threw her for a loop based on the look on her face right about now.

"Yeah, they are a cross between a hyena and wolf," I explained as I got into bed naked since it was cold in the room, but Olivia stared at me for a moment before she too began disrobing and got into bed with me.

"Did you kill them?" She asked while cuddling up against my side and throwing one of her legs over top of mine to help keep us both warm throughout the night. It felt terrific to have her close like this even if we weren't doing anything sexual right about now, though that could always change later depending on how things went, I supposed.

"No, the traps did most of the work," I explained, and Olivia nodded as she listened. "The women were pretty scared, though, so I don't think they will go out hunting again soon."

"Probably for the best," Olivia said with a sigh. "It is dangerous enough without people like them making it worse."

"Yeah, I am not sure what they were thinking of going out there alone like that," I agreed, and Olivia just shrugged in response before getting comfortable and closing her eyes.

I stayed up a bit longer, but soon I let sleep take me. I should have stayed asleep, but the sound of the window woke me up.

We were on the second floor, but someone was clearly trying to get in through my window. I got up slowly and watched as the window was pried open with a tall wood chip, and rough hands grabbed the end of the window. A shaded face started to pull into view, so I flicked the wood out, and the window banged down, making the woman scream as she fell to the ground.

"What was that?!" Olivia asked as she jumped up in bed, her breasts flopping around.

"Someone tried to come in through the window," I said as I pulled out a knife and walked over to look down at the woman trying to get away.

I was about to throw it, but she turned a corner. I had thought we would have had more time before they found us, but this didn't mean that the cult knew we were here, just that our aliases were Rosie and Leafa. Still, I had expected more out of them than just sending one woman to try and sneak in; maybe it was a test.

"Did you kill her?" Olivia asked as she got out of bed and walked over to stand next to me while staring down at the woman who had tried to break into our room.

"No," I said with a shake of my head. "she was out of sight before I could throw."

"What do you think she was trying to do?" Olivia asked with a furrowed brow as she continued to stare at the woman who had disappeared from view after turning another corner.

"I don't know, but I don't think it was anything good," I said with a shake of my head. "Just another cultist trying to convert or capture us. One good thing is that that one will be easy to spot with broken fingers. I will also set some wards up this time before we go to bed. I think we might be able to set up a bit of a base here, and I can clean each town out as Rosie, and we can make a trip to Torrain as Galio and Olivia. This will really throw everyone for a loop."

"Yeah, that does sound like fun," Olivia said with a grin before she got back into bed. "But first, we sleep. I am exhausted."