The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 111 Sunflower

Two women walked up from behind, unsurprisingly both being mouse-like creatures with large ears on their heads and tails trailing behind them.

They were dressed very appropriately, exactly like people in human society. However, the sense of appropriateness was not like that of nobles like lords. To Yanami, they seemed like capable businesspeople, no, to be precise... leaders.

The two were of different heights, one tall and one short. The taller one was a head taller than Hyacinth and Daisy, who were considered to be of average height among the rat-like beings.

Yanami was much taller than the rat-people, but this rat-person was even a little taller than her. Judging from the pedestrians on the road just now, she was quite rare among the rat-people.

Moreover, she had long, flowing black hair that cascaded down to her waist, and a sharp, beautiful face, giving people a strange sense of pressure.

Perhaps this is the "leader" that Hyacinth and the others are talking about?

The other one is a petite mouse-like creature, much shorter than Hyacinth and the others, with warm-colored light brown hair.

"Sunflower Leader! Good afternoon!"

Good afternoon!

Hyacinth and Daisy looked at the two with great respect as they approached the three of them.

Hyacinth looked at the tall, mouse-like creature and greeted her like they did.

"Hello, I'm Yanami."

Hello everyone.

Huh?

Yanami and the others received an immediate response to their greeting, but the source of the voice was not the tall rat-like human that Yanami had been staring at. She didn't even speak, but just stared at them with a cold expression.

("Yana, not that, look down.")

After Klein's reminder, Yanami quickly looked down and realized that the speaker was actually the short, rat-like creature...

"Miss Yanami, welcome to our city. I am Sunflower."

Leader Sunflower smiled and extended her hand to Yanami, who quickly shook it.

"Hello..."

Yanami looked at the rat leader in front of her with some embarrassment. She had completely messed up... She thought that the capable and tall person was the leader, but it turned out to be this inconspicuous one!

You really can't judge a book by its cover...

"Haha, you've mistaken me for someone else. Actually, I'm the leader they're talking about."

Leader Sunflower released her grip and joked with Yanami in a slightly teasing tone, to which Yanami could only awkwardly scratch her head.

"Um... I'm sorry."

"Haha, this is actually my assistant and bodyguard, Dandelion. She's a very capable girl. Because she's so capable and so tall, people often mistake me for her when we stand together."

"Is that so?"

Leader Sunflower has a bright smile, and a sense of friendliness emanates from her words and actions. At first glance, she seems like a cute little sister, but in reality, she is more like a gentle older sister next door.

But no matter what, it's different from the image of a serious and unsmiling leader in Yanami's mind.

Yanami looked again at Dandelion, the assistant mentioned by the leader Sunflower, and Dandelion nodded to Yanami in greeting.

"I am a dandelion."

His tone was very indifferent, or rather, completely calm, giving people the impression that he was very capable.

It's said that they were all named after plants, from ordinary people to guerrilla fighters to leaders...

"However, this child isn't very good at this; he doesn't show much emotion when facing other people."

"Please don't joke about me, Your Excellency."

"That's it, really, you haven't learned my sense of humor."

"I'll learn it if it's helpful for my work."

In response to the leader sunflower's teasing, the dandelion simply replied without any emotion.

"So..."

The leader, Sunflower, stopped joking and looked at Yanami and Hyacinth.

"Miss Yanami is supposed to be here for a transaction, right? Why did you bring her to the plaza? Is she here to see me?"

"Ah, yes."

Upon hearing what the leader, Sunflower, said, Hyacinth quickly nodded.

"We feel it is necessary for Yanami to meet with His Majesty the Leader first."

"Hmm, it seems something unusual has happened?"

Sunflower, the leader, raised an eyebrow thoughtfully, and then accurately guessed Hyacinth's purpose in bringing Yanami here.

"Yes, we'd like you to see what she brought."

"Oh? You mentioned before that it was a rock frog's magic core, right? Is there anything else good?"

"Yes, Miss Yanami brought one hundred... Winged Serpent Dragon magic cores. Also, Yanami has some information she would like to discuss with the leader."

Unlike Hyacinth and the others, Sunflower, as the leader, and Dandelion, as the leader's assistant, were not as surprised as they were, but Yanami still noticed that they were obviously stunned for a moment.

"One hundred winged serpent dragon magic cores?"

"Yes, we thought these magic cores shouldn't be traded casually; we should report it to the leader..."

"You did a great job."

The leader, Sunflower, looked at Hyacinth and Yanami with a satisfied smile, then looked at Yanami, who nodded in agreement.

On the other side, Klein was very concerned about why they were all so interested in the winged serpent dragon's magic core, especially since Hyacinth had just said that it couldn't be traded casually and that it had to be reported to the leader, something she had said before...

Does that mean it cannot be circulated among the general public?

I always felt that their attitude towards the Winged Serpent Dragon Magic Core was completely different from their attitude towards ordinary magic cores.

"Haha, that's quite a surprise! You brought so many good things!"

After receiving confirmation once again, Sunflower let out a hearty laugh.

"Miss Yanami, may I take a look? Don't let my current appearance fool you, I'm a seasoned magician."

"Oh, of course, look at it however you want."

"Thank u."

Sunflower smiled at Yanami, then looked at Hyacinth and Daisy, who understood and went to the cart behind Rockbreaker.

"Our leader is here."

Hyacinth opened the bag containing the Winged Serpent Dragon's magic core and showed it to the approaching Sunflower Leader.

Sunflower and her assistant Dandelion approached the cart together, and when they saw the bag full of magic cores, they couldn't hide the emotion in their eyes.

"That's really..."

Halfway through her sentence, Sunflower picked up two magic cores, took one for herself, handed one to her assistant, and then held them up to examine them closely.

While the sunflower was carefully examining the magic core, Yanami quietly struck up a conversation with the hyacinth.

"Are these magic cores very valuable?"

Yanami didn't ask Sunflower, who was the leader, directly, but asked Hyacinth instead, because talking to the leader might expose her shallow knowledge and make them think she was an outsider when it came to magic cores.

It would be troublesome if they secretly tried to lower the price because of this...