At the second step, there were fewer murmurs. By the third step, the entire hall fell silent again. When I took
my fifth step and stood before Wild Wolf,
the air in the second-floor hall seemed to freeze.
I gazed calmly at the man standing six foot three before me. He simply looked down at me.
After a long moment, he held out his hand.
"Welcome."
"Deal."
"B-Boss?"
"W-What's going on?"
"Boss? This woman—you... she's joining us?"
As soon as he said that, the whole hall erupted in an uproar. Everyone began whispering among themselves.
They were probably surprised that I'd chosen to join Wild Wolf's mercenary group.
Wild Wolf slowly turned to face the crowd, then glanced at his eight subordinates.
"Starting today, my grudge with Levi is settled. I welcome her to my team."
As he spoke, Wild Wolf looked up at Ren Feng, who stood nearby, stunned.
"Bring everyone another five bottles of beer. The best you've got... my treat."
Ren Feng was completely dumbfounded. Still dazed, she nodded, apparently never expecting me to join.
The people in Wild Wolf's group all seemed to have something to say, but the moment Wild Wolf turned toward them, the
eight men fell silent.
That alone showed how much authority Wild Wolf commanded among them.
At any rate, we'd settled things for now. Each of them got five cans of beer, and they all seemed rather cold toward me.
Wild Wolf didn't press them. He took one of the beers that had been brought over, opened it, and said to the eight men,
"Let's welcome our new member."
Then Wild Wolf glanced over them. The eight immediately picked up their own beers and exchanged looks before finally turning their
attention to me.
"Welcome."
"Mm."
"Tch!"
"Hmph!"
"Ah~"
All in all,