The Bard is Fantasizing Again
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[August 6, Lost Era 1000, Dragon Gold City, overcast. The Golden Oak's second day of business. Last night's show of force proved highly effective. By the latter half of the night, even the dead-drunk patrons had reined themselves in considerably. No one even dared whistle at Catherine anymore. On that basis, I strongly recommend that the Poet Academy offer an "assassination course" to steal some business from rogues and broaden our career prospects. After all, when you approach your target with a smile, humming a little tune, and slit his throat while he's absorbed in the music, even a seasoned adventurer would struggle to react in time. Without a trick like that, I couldn't have surrounded all five of them by myself. After tossing the Red Scarf Gang's corpses into the deep pit where we keep the mushrooms and leaving them to be corroded and disposed of, I also found a few unexpected treats in those scoundrels' packs— Besides more than two hundred gold coins, there were some spellcasting materials, two lesser healing potions, two Pressure Potions, and finally an "uncommon" wand and a magic ring. I'd wager they robbed a spellcaster in the dungeon. Perhaps an apprentice from the Mage Academy? No wonder they called him an "easy mark." An ignorant, innocent, easily fooled mage isn't something you see every day.]
Tang Qi finally added a period at the end of his diary entry.
Although it had only been a simple clash, it had begun with the "tavern opening" and ended with "establishing deterrence."
And apparently, it had judged that he had earned the achievement of "one man surrounding five" without any outside help.
As a result, the reward this time was more useful than Tang Qi had expected—
``` [Exquisite scimitar skills, keen combat instincts, and
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