The counter is on the left, behind a table made of shiny wood, where staff in burgundy uniforms serve customers in a friendly and polite manner.
The group walked towards the counter and were greeted by a young female staff member with a smile on her face.
"Hello! I'm the genius and beautiful magician, Meredith!"
"Okay, Miss Mireidi, the beautiful and gifted magician, we have received your reservation. Welcome to the Reshena Hotel."
The female staff member had a friendly smile on her face, and her gray eyes and shoulder-length hair of the same color were impressive.
Her smile didn't feel forced at all, and she didn't look shaken at all.
What an outstanding reception technique this is.
Chiara and Bella, mother and daughter, shuddered as they exclaimed, "This is... first-rate hospitality!" At the Wanda Inn, their response would probably be something like, "Ahaha, you're so funny!" or, "What are you talking about? Stop kidding, what are you ordering?" That kind of response was perfectly normal in a small-town inn.
"I'll lead the way for you. This way, please."
"Thank you~"
She might also be a "Liberator," but she showed no sign of making eye contact with Meredith. Just like Ms. Melissa earlier, they looked like ordinary staff and customers.
Although they had many questions to ask, Oscar and the others kept their mouths shut and followed the two of them.
"Please take the elevator."
"lift?"
Oscar spoke up. As an expert in crafting, he couldn't help but raise a question. Meredith's expression was like, "Hehe, I knew Oo would react like that ♪" and she really wanted to use her Iron Claw technique on her.
"Yes, we use magic tools to adjust the water pressure and move the elevator up and down."
We can't let customers climb more than ten flights of stairs - after she said this, Oscar nodded in agreement.
Before them was a magnificent door, with a tree with spreading branches carved from silver. A doorman opened the door for them.
Chiara and the others, along with Natsu, looked terrified, while Oscar and Mel stepped into the elevator with great anticipation.
"It's quite spacious. Considering the total weight, it must have required considerable water pressure to push it up..."
Oscar's glasses gleamed as he muttered, "Alright, push it up! Let me see the magic item's superior effects!" In front of him, a crisp bell rang, and the door closed.
With a ding, the wall behind slid open.
"What……"
"Hahaha! Did you think it was going up?! No, did you think it was going up?! It's your first time riding an elevator, and you're so excited! Now that your expectations are dashed, how are you feeling? How are you feeling? Wahahaha!"
Meredith burst into laughter.
Oscar grabbed her head with both hands, stared into her eyes, and shot his glasses with light.
“Aa ...
Meredith pressed her hands against her eyes and looked up to the sky, struggling in agony.
"Captain...it's been a while since we last met, and you've become even more annoying."
For some reason, the female employees seemed very moved.
Then she bowed respectfully to Oscar and others.
"Everyone, I'm sorry to introduce myself just now. My name is Shirley Nelson."
"Sulli~Mi-chan can't see anymore..."
"Dear users of Age of Gods magic and new comrades, I have been looking forward to meeting you."
"Sherry? Xiao Mi is the leader. Is the leader in trouble?"
"Especially thinking that someone can finally fight alongside the leader... We Esperade's supporters are truly relieved."
"So you guys care about me so much. I'm happy, but I want to be treated gently..."
"Come on, the manager is waiting for you inside. This way, please."
"Hey, Shirley? You don't hate me, do you? You've been ignoring me since just now. You don't hate me, do you? Hey."
Shirley picked up Miledy in a princess hug, and then continued to lead the group with a smile on her face.
"I see. She's a senior employee, right?"
"You have a lot of experience in dealing with Xiao Mi."
"I want to learn from her, too."
Shirley looked less than 30 years old, yet she possessed a surprisingly experienced demeanor. Oscar, Mel, and Nez each expressed their admiration.
On the other side of the elevator is a stone passage that extends straight into the interior.
Shirley walked forward with the sound of knocking footsteps, and Oscar said:
"This place is very well maintained, even the secret passages are meticulously maintained... Is this the reserve of a first-class hotel?"
"No, Mr. Oscar, this is not a secret passage, it's a regular employee passage."
So it's normal to keep clean - Oscar and the others were dumbfounded when they heard Shirley say that.
Oscar couldn't help but want to complain, but before that, Shirley suddenly changed direction.
“What, it’s gone!?”
She entered the wall as if passing through it.
"No, I haven't disappeared. Everyone, this way."
Seeing Shirley peeking out from the wall, they finally noticed—
There's a horizontal passageway in the wall, but it's hard to spot unless you're standing directly in front of it. Because the surrounding stone walls are uneven, if you look slightly to the side, it looks like just another stone wall.
"No, this is a secret passage after all, right?"
"Although it's a little hard to spot, this is still a very common employee passage. Am I right, Chief?"
Shirley asked with a smile to Miledy in her arms.
"Yes, that's right, this is the normal employee passage~ Hehehe."
Meredith replied with a smile.
Before she knew it, Meredith's eyesight had returned. Perhaps she was too lazy to walk, so she continued to let Shirley hold her. What a lazy leader.
After that, they frequently encountered areas with slippery floors or passages where sounds like women crying could be heard. Then they passed through stone doors that blended in with the surroundings and descended stairs leading underground.
The place where the group came to was──
"wine cellar?"
It was a small stone room, about five meters long and wide. As Oscar had said, the old wooden cabinet was filled with wine bottles like a beehive.
There had been so many disguises before, so Oscar thought he had arrived at the secret base of this branch, but the result was not as expected, and his glasses almost slipped off.
"Hehe, now comes the fun part."
Meredith smiled happily and jumped lightly from Shirley's arms.
"Then please step back a bit. Ah, please don't stand around here."
As soon as she finished speaking, Shirley walked to the cabinet at the back of the room, pulled out a bottle from the cabinet next to it, and inserted it into the empty compartment. Even though the bottle had already hit the inner wall, she pushed it in even harder.
Oscar and the others were all surprised. During this time, Shirley continued to replace the wine bottles, pushing them into the compartments as if in order.
Then as she pushed in the last bottle, there was a clang.
Shirley grabbed the edge of the wine cabinet and pulled it hard, opening the wine cabinet and the wall together.
"Wahahaha, Shirley! Look, look! Everyone's expressions are so great!"
"Thank you all for coming."
Mireidi and Shirley happily high-fived each other.
"What an ingenious mechanism! As expected of a liberator."
"It does feel like a secret society."
Mel said this with admiration, and Oscar agreed.
"I really joined a secret organization..."
"It really feels real now."
"Hopefully we can be of some help..."
Qiara and Wanda's family also stared nervously into the secret door.
At this moment, Natsu seemed to smell something and frowned.
"...Is it because it's underground? Doesn't it smell a bit bad? I don't mean to belittle this secret base..."
Natsu seemed a little embarrassed to speak, while Shirley and Meredy smiled and said:
"Of course, since this isn't a secret base—"
"It's a cleaning passage leading to the sewage treatment plant."
"Where did the secret base go!?"
After passing through so many agencies, the place we arrived at was a sewage treatment plant.
It's rare for Natsu to complain, "Where is the secret base?"
Then, as if answering Natsu's question, a clang sounded from the ground. It was the spot where Shirley had warned him not to stand.
The next moment, the floor was lifted up.
"Long time no see, Miss Meredith."
From the ground emerged an elderly gentleman with gray hair combed back and a beautiful, curled moustache.
"Hello everyone, nice to meet you. I'm Reagan Nelson, the manager of this hotel and the head of the Esperade branch of the Liberator. I look forward to your guidance."
In short, everyone had the same idea - what was the point of having such a complicated mechanism on the wine rack...
Shirley seemed to see everyone's doubts from their expressions, so she replied with a smile:
"Even if the church finds out, we'll have an excuse, right?"
Why is there a passage on the other side of the elevator?
——That's how elevators are designed.
What's with the disguised forks and doors?
──It’s art.
Where's the mechanism of the wine rack?!
──For fun.
"I finally reached the end, but it turned out to be a sewage treatment plant without any secrets."
Thank you for your hard work in coming to this smelly and dirty place.
What? Why put the sewage treatment plant behind the wine cellar? It's unsanitary? No, no, we have another official access. This is pure architect humor.
"Hmm."
"Wow."
"Oh my god."
Nez, Oscar, and Mel each sighed in a mixture of astonishment and admiration.
Incidentally, there's a purpose behind swapping the bottles: if they're put in the correct order, a signal will be transmitted to the real secret base. If they're put in the wrong order, it's like notifying the person who's coming isn't your companion.
That being said, if church officials were to find out, whether they would accept these excuses remains to be seen...
Shirley and Meredith smiled beautifully and said in unison:
"Play with each other as much as you can."
thumbs up.
"They're so frustrated that they're working so hard for nothing."
Then use your raised thumb to make a gesture across your neck.
“I’m laughing so hard inside!!”
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