There was no orgy like he’d imagined. What Rein saw was Hill with a rag stuffed in her mouth, wrists and ankles tied by Sophia. Even like that, Hill’s face looked like she was peaking, and soft moans kept spilling from her lips.

That rag didn’t look secure. Rein said he had a piece of stale black bread. It would fit her mouth just right.

“Eh? Little Rein, you’re back? How did that go?”

“Fine…”

Rein’s face showed plain disappointment. Weren’t two girls supposed to be having a warm, friendly exchange of body and soul on a bed? Why did this look like a wrestling match?

“What are you two doing…”

His tone said it all: I’m not even wearing pants and you make me look at this? Believe it or not, I’ll jump out this window right now.

“Oh! You mean Hill? She kept trying to undress just now. If it were only herself, fine. But she reached for mine too. I couldn’t let her get away with that, so I tied her up. Then Hill kept yelling, ‘Take me head-on!’ so I gagged her! Gotta say, whatever she was hit with is really strong. But why does it work like this?”

“No idea…”

Rein thought for a moment. He chose to step out and pull the door shut behind him.

“Why leave without saying anything?”

Sophia scratched her head. She didn’t really get Rein. But the moment the door clicked, a huge force crashed over her like a tidal wave. Hill had somehow slipped the rope. Sophia was caught off guard and pinned to the bed.

She was about to struggle. But the instant Hill’s thin lips pressed against hers, Sophia dropped all thought. Her mind went blank. She let Hill strip her bare, and then…

Wordless moans kept spilling from the room. Tempting, yes, but Rein had zero interest. He could only drown them out with the remaining tasks in town.

They’d dealt with the mayor, but the problem remained. The mayor didn’t really tie into those murders. They’d just picked up a bonus clue on the way. It didn’t push the case forward at all.

Right now, the biggest Sorceress suspect was that prostitute. But there was no direct proof she was the Sorceress. Rein couldn’t just move on her.

So the only breakthrough was the owner of that Beastification Sickness blood. If they found the patient, things would get much easier. The issue was, the patient’s appearances had no pattern. After that family, there hadn’t been any similarly brutal killings. And there was no way a Beastification Sickness patient could be behind those dozens of corpses.

“Ahhhhh—”

“So annoying…”

The voice from the stairwell cut into Rein’s thoughts. The moans were way too loud. The tavern owner shot Rein a weird look.

“What a pain…”

Rein headed up the stairs and pushed his door open.

“You two…”

He felt like an idiot. Truly. For the first time, he thought his judgment was terrible.

On the right-hand bed lay two naked girls, Hill and Sophia. They wore nothing, only a quilt barely covering them. Hill’s face was satisfied. She was curled in Sophia’s arms, sleeping soundly like a child. And Sophia…

It was the look of someone who’d seen the world’s true face. Like she’d opened a door to a new world and was lost and afraid. From her expression, Rein could tell she’d taken a real hit.

“…”