Plans for the future

"I'LL KILL HIM! THAT BASTARD HE- HOW DARE HE ?! I'LL TEAR HIM APART !" Dahlia's outburst had caught Syd completely off guard, he had never seen a person making such a hateful expression or being so furious it was especially off-putting since the woman before him had been nothing but gentle until now, what had caused this dramatic change was the mention of how Robert had attacked him unprovoked, honestly Syd had been mad about that too but Dahlia's reaction was making him uncomfortable "C-calm down Dah-"

"HOW CAN I ?! WHEN THAT HUMAN-SHAPED MAGGOT STILL DRAWS BREATH !"

Realizing words alone would not be enough to bring her to her senses, he tapped into the power of the [Mark of Submission] and commanded "Shut up and listen to me already! This guy... He didn't actually hurt me, he only managed to collapse my human form-" still feeling Dahlia's overwhelming hostility despite her silence Syd Added "-Besides we should really be thanking the guy if not for him we might have never met." That seemed to help calm her down, although Syd suspected she hadn't completely given up on punishing the guy but decided to leave things at that for now, after all now that Dahlia had heard his story and had calmed down he was far more interested in discussing his future plans with her than waste time on Robert.

Later

After learning about the circumstances of the village and it's people and discussing the situation for some time Syd and Dahlia had come up with a number of different scenarios on how to proceed.

Dahlia had suggested to present Syd as a holy being sent to protect the village and have everyone pay their respects to him in return Alternatively she said he should move fast and take over the village with **** to prevent news of his dungeon spreading.

Syd's idea was to disguise himself as either a pilgrim who guided by a dream came to train in this newly formed dungeon or as a traveling pharmacist that interested in the rare plants of the dungeon and decided to move in. He was confident that the presence of either would, for different reasons, dissuade the villagers from involving troublesome people so he was happy with both. As fo Dahlia's suggestions despite being bolder than he was really comfortable with, they had much merit and potential benefits so he was going to consider them as well.

The plan he settled at in the end was...

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