Defying the Fate of Beheading

Beatrice's gaze turned to Louis, her eyes shimmering:

"So that's why you later created 'The Thief's Rose'?"

Obviously, the perfume "Nun" was a gift from Louis to his master and master's wife, originally a copy of Lutens' nun perfume, quite refined actually.

For those who truly possess it, it's quite valuable.

And "The Thief's Rose" was Louis's money-making idea, inspired by Jino's situation.

In the 21st century, when perfumes are promoted, they are often accompanied by various taglines.

These taglines augment the perceived value of the perfume.

A good tagline can even somewhat redeem the reputation of a type of perfume.

Strictly speaking, Lutens' perfume isn't of high-class.

But in its past life, many of its taglines were truly made with care.

"The Thief's Rose" was a perfume brand under Atieshan in its past life.

Using Earth's marketing to do business across the stars.

Louis wasn't that astute in business.

But he attempted to play a dimensionality reduction strike on paths unexplored by others.

Thus, "The Thief's Rose" became the first batch of commercialized perfumes by Mayer Commerce Association.

Even the tagline had real examples in Tino City.

That was a matter from a few days ago.

In the Battle of Dragonbone Prairie, Louis, under the identity of Caesar, issued a covert investigation mission at the Adventurer Guild in Tino City.

One of the adventure teams in the guild that took on the mission was called the "Pigeon".

Louis had once saved the leader of the Pigeon Adventure Team, a model professional nicknamed Colossus.

Looking back now, Louis feels his own ignorance and fearlessness.

A mere LV4 daring to play the Divine Descendant against the LV16 King of the Living Dead.

Previously, when the sewers mutated, a prowler from the Pigeon Adventure Team died right there in the sewer.

At that time, both the Moonlight Cat Cat Group and the Pigeon Adventure Team sensed something was amiss.

But they couldn't be sure where the prowler had died.

Later...

They finally found the prowler who was killed.

Colossus said nothing, he just dragged William and him to a place to drink in silence.

Drinking while talking about that prowler.

For instance, that prowler was a chatterbox, full of nonsense.

Though he wasn't much respected as a prowler, he was a righteous thief, did some good deeds, and had many laughable stories.

As he talked, Colossus drank.

He didn't seem like the type of man good with words.

But today, with the help of alcohol, he said much, often mumbling to himself.

To be honest, many of Colossus's words were lacking in logic.

At least, for Louis, it was a bit hard to follow.

But he was willing to be this listener.

Eventually, as the alcohol hit him, he murmured:

"Such a sin, for him to die like that, leaving someone waiting for him."

"I didn't initially want to take on your mission, but I want to seek justice for my member."

"Adventurers are but grass, blown by the wind, dying unnoticed in some corner."

"So, I thought, even if it's a bit dangerous, I still want to find him, at least know how he died."

"Hey, Caesar, you get me, right..."

Louis said, "You've had a bit too much to drink."

"Too much? No, not too much! *hic*~"

"I still need to scrape together some money, give it to his parents, it's troublesome, this guy owes emotional debts, has elders at home, I can't even think of profiting from it."

Louis knew Colossus had no intention of actually profiting, he was just complaining out loud.

Anyway, he'd complain while also doing what needed to be done.

His main trait was being stubborn with his words.

When faced with the Undead Legion, Colossus single-handedly blocked the King of the Living Dead, telling those prowlers to run quickly.

Without hesitation, the prowlers scattered and ran.

But they weren't fleeing.

They found the whale shark of the Jingtun Adventure Team.

They pleaded with the whale shark for help.

The whale shark agreed.

Then they had a few continue spreading the word, while the rest ran back to support Colossus.

Following Colossus's order to escape was trusting the leader's judgment.

Going to plead with the whale shark for help was based on their own judgment.

Spreading the word was being responsible for the safety of Tino City residents.

Going back to save Colossus in the end was a song of courage.

Louis believed, even if it were another member, Colossus would still go save them.

Even if it were a different enemy, the members of the Pigeon team would stand together with Colossus.

He was a captain worthy of respect, and a team worthy of trust.

So when they knew the righteous thief was truly dead, Colossus cursed, but dragged him and William to hide out and drink all night.

Louis wanted to help him.

But he couldn't directly approach the situation as Mayer or Louis.

So he asked Colossus for the address of that righteous thief's family, and from them, learned about his agreement with a girl in Tino City.

It was the daughter of a bakery owner.

Previously, the righteous thief often went to that bakery to buy bread.

Incidentally, some local thugs in Tino City were harassing the daughter, so he helped drive them away.

Afterward, he became familiar with that daughter.

With the girl's consent, Louis recorded their story.

He said, "If you agree, I can contact Mayer Commerce Association on your behalf, and you can receive a small portion of the profits from the 'The Thief's Rose' perfume series."

But the girl refused.

She hoped Louis would give her a bottle of "The Thief's Rose" perfume, which would be enough as compensation.

Louis agreed.