Chapter 14 – Concealment of a corpse.
When Nahida arrived at his hotel a few minutes later, Shelly greeted him at reception. "You took a long time. What were you doing?" She noticed he had a tired expression.
"I stayed at Rimuru's house and drank more than I should have. I'm going to my room to get some rest. Oh, about those three guests, are they still at the hotel?" Nahida opened his system to take a look.
[ Available Rooms - 2/6 ]
[ Hotel Level - 6 (535/1400 ]
[ Guest satisfaction - 287/10000 ]
The hotel status appeared. Before, the status of Nahida had shown, but now it was gone. Nahida was now sure that had been the fault of the alcohol.
"The three of them are still at the hotel. They're still in their rooms but should be down in a little while."
"I see. When they wake up, can you call me?"
"Sure." Shelly smiled. Nahida went to his secret room to rest. He took a pill for headaches and threw himself on his bed to get more sleep.
Meanwhile, outside his hotel, four men approached.
A bald man was the leader of the small group. Along with him was a man with long black hair and red eyes, a blond-haired man wearing a musketeer's hat, and a muscular red-haired man.
They are all "default" characters. They are not important.
"He went inside this place. What's that? An inn?" The bald man said.
"Haven't you heard about it, leader? The Slime was recommending this inn to the merchants."
"He was recommending this place? Such an old building?" The bald man opened the door hard, slamming it against the wall.
Shelly was startled by the sudden entrance of the men.
"Can I help you?" She asked with a smile. Although she finds the four men strange, she must treat them respectfully. They were customers.
"Where's that man who came in here a little while ago? I have some things to talk to him about." The bald man approached the counter with a smile. He brought his hand to his waist, where he hid a knife.
"Nahida? He's asleep now. If you want to leave a message, I can give it to him when he wakes up."
"Where is he?" The man asked once more. This time he raised his knife and showed it to Shelly, but she didn't react and continued sitting with a smile. "Don't worry. I can wake him up with this." The man said.
"I'm sorry, but he's asleep now, and I won't wake him unless it's something important."
"It is quite important, you slut! That bastard disrespected me in front of my brothers!" The man, without thinking, swung his knife towards Shelly. He felt his knife hit Shelly's neck and cut it.
But no blood came out.
He could see some black wires and "lightning" coming through the hole in her neck. It was like electricity wires emitting a high voltage inside Shelly's neck.
"What are you? A monster?" The man stepped back, and his friends behind him were terrified as they watched Shelly's body start to get covered with "lightning". She began to convulse.
"I..." She said one last word before losing consciousness. As she fell to the ground, her head was ripped from her body somehow. When the men saw Shelly's head rolling across the floor, they screamed simultaneously.
"AAAAAH! Brother, what have you done? You killed her!" The long-haired man screamed.
"Damn... Damn... What do I do? That Slime will kill me. What do I do?" The bald man threw his knife on the ground.
"What's going on here?" Then a tall man came down, holding a spear down the stairs. Behind him, a brown-haired boy and a red-haired girl also appeared.
When the two children saw Shelly's head on the floor just at a glance, they looked at the four men with hatred. Also, Rudeus and Eris were confused because of the lack of blood.
Ruijerd, who saw Shelly's body on the ground, prepared to attack.
"Wait, wait a second! I didn't mean to kill her!" The bald man raised his hands, but Ruijerd did not stop. His large spear pierced the man's chest. Blood stained the floor.
"BROTHER!" The three men shouted simultaneously, leaving their friend behind and running out of there.
They also closed the door, but Rudeus saw that the outside had changed.
"Damn, what do we do now?" Eris said, looking at the man's body on the floor.
"Well, he killed that receptionist. Don't we need to discuss it with the hotel owner?" Rudeus shrugged. He approached Shelly's body and saw the wires inside her body.
'An android?' He didn't think he would see that in this world. Something strange was happening.
"I acted without thinking."
"But that has nothing to do with you, Ruijerd. Forget it. Anyway, how did those guys come to be in this place? Not just him, but all those people. Aren't we in an isolated place?" Eris asked.
There were no carriages outside, so it was strange.
"I don't know, but there's something strange going on," Rudeus said.
After that, Nahida, who had heard all that noise, got up and went to the reception, where he found Ruijerd, Eris, and Rudeus standing next to the body of the bald man he had punched earlier.
However, he could only pay attention to Shelly's headless body behind the counter.
He stood silently for a moment and sighed. "May I know what happened?" He asked Ruijerd.
"This man attacked the receptionist at your hotel, so I acted without thinking and ended up killing him. I apologize for the mess."
"You think I'm worrying about the mess? A man just died inside my hotel..." Nahida scratched his head. He walked over to Shelly and looked at her body. "When you arrived here, was she already like this?"
"Yes, we arrived after hearing the men's screams. They killed her and regretted it almost instantly." Ruijerd replied.
"I see." Nahida picked up Shelly's head, with her eyes already lifeless, and placed it next to her body.
'So they're all robots and not people.' Nahida gave a smile and stood up.
"Hey, you, I want to talk to you." Nahida pointed at Rudeus.
"Hm? Why? If it's about that, I'm not interested."
"It's not about that. You should know very well what I'm talking about. Let's sit down and talk. But just the two of us. I'll ask Lucky to prepare breakfast; you two can sit at another table."
Ruijerd and Eris looked at Rudeus, and he nodded. The two walked away.
"What is all this? What's going on?"
"You know that I'm Japanese, and I know that you've been reincarnated. Don't worry; I won't talk about it with anyone. I need your help, that's all."
"Help?"
"Yes, I'm planning to spread my hotel around your world just like I'm doing in other worlds, and I need your help. How's that?"
"Your hotel? Other worlds?"
"Exactly." Nahida opened the door. "Out there is Japan, see?" Nahida closed the door and asked Rudeus to open it. "And now that you've opened it, out there is your world. Isn't that interesting?"
"..."
"I wanted you to take my hotel to some big city. Let's sit down first to talk better while we eat something."
"You're strange... You didn't even react to your friend's death."
"Shelly? She's just a robot; she wasn't a friend. She was just an employee."
"... Fine, I'll agree to talk to you. But before that, isn't it better for you to get rid of this body? What if other people enter the hotel?" Rudeus pointed at the man. The red blood had already stained all over the floor.
"Better take care of it, hadn't you?" Nahida smiled and grabbed a sheet. Nahida wrapped the man's body and took it to his secret room. Rudeus stared at the scene in disbelief.
He was witnessing the concealment of a corpse.
'If the hotel is also in Japan, he will be imprisoned for life if he is discovered.' Rudeus thought.
'I don't know who this guy is, but I'm interested in it.' Rudeus, who had not spoken to a person from Japan since he was born in his new world, put a smile on his face.