Chapter 13: Avoiding Unnecessary Trouble, Meeting Nfirea

The brown-haired girl seemed to notice Tang Zheng’s hesitation; the corners of her mouth curled up slightly as she suggested:

"If you register as an adventurer, a question like that is free."

The brown-haired girl looked over with expectant eyes.

The corner of Tang Zheng’s eye twitched: "Can one person also register as an adventurer?"

"Adventurer is a rather dangerous job. Anyone can register, and there is no explicit rule regarding the number of people, but in practice, for safety reasons, a minimum of two is required."

"Of course, there is no explicit rule, after all."

The brown-haired girl lowered her voice to a whisper as she finished speaking.

"How much does it cost to register as an adventurer?" Tang Zheng was expressionless.

"One silver coin!" The brown-haired girl raised a finger and shook it.

Tang Zheng reached into his pocket as a cover, took out a silver coin from his toolbox, and placed it on the counter.

"I’ll process it for you right away."

The brown-haired girl’s eyes lit up, and she spoke hurriedly.

"No, it’s that question for 5 copper coins."

Tang Zheng reached out and pressed down on the silver coin, remaining expressionless.

He only had 2 gold, 6 silver, and 3 copper coins left on him; once he reached the border city of E-Rantel, he would inevitably need to spend money, so naturally, he wouldn't spend extra money to register as an adventurer.

He didn't have time to do tasks for the Adventurer’s Guild.

"There is an escort commission to E-Rantel over there. Even though the distance is so far, it only offers the minimum reward for a Gold-ranked commission. How stingy."

The brown-haired girl’s expression slumped. She pointed with little interest toward the wall not far away where various commissions were hung and complained, seemingly implying something.

"It should be taken by that Silver-ranked adventurer party."

"Seeing as you don't know anything, I'll give you a reminder: if you want to follow this group, you need not only the client’s consent but also the consent of the adventurer party that accepted the commission."

Hearing these words.

Tang Zheng looked in the direction of the brown-haired girl’s finger and saw a four-person adventurer party; a flash of realization crossed his eyes.

It was exactly the same group he had passed by earlier when he heard them discussing their apparent plan to push for Gold-ranked adventurer party status.

Tang Zheng released his hand from the silver coin and pushed the money toward the brown-haired girl.

The brown-haired girl picked up the silver coin, rubbed her fingers lightly against it, then placed it into the box below and picked out eight copper coins to lay on the table.

"Thank you."

Tang Zheng nodded, put the copper coins into his pocket, and turned to leave.

Tha... thank you?

The brown-haired girl was stunned, watching Tang Zheng’s retreating back, a complex and strange expression appearing on her face.

Ever since she started working at the Adventurer’s Guild, she had never heard anyone say thank you to her; after all, most of the people who worked as adventurers were rude fellows.

Not to mention to a low-level receptionist like herself!

"Clearly looking poor... um, plain, yet unexpectedly polite." The brown-haired girl muttered to herself on the ground.

Now that she thought about it.

The other party was actually quite handsome, and most importantly, he had black hair and black-brown eyes; such hair color was quite rare.

Is he an outsider... or from another country?

The brown-haired girl’s cheeks flushed slightly.

Tang Zheng walked to a corner of the hall, leaned against the wall, and sighed.

Things were more troublesome than he had imagined, or rather, he had started by thinking too simply.

Needing consent from both sides was basically impossible to achieve!

Since the client had commissioned an adventurer party for protection, they would not want an outsider to join, and the adventurer party would certainly not look for trouble for themselves.

But traveling to the border city of E-Rantel was necessary.

Whether it was the Tob Forest to the north or the Katze Plains to the south, both were good places for leveling up; after all, this other world was not a game, and there would be no such thing as monster respawning.

If Tang Zheng wanted to increase his level, he had to go to places where large numbers of monsters existed!

Furthermore, E-Rantel, as the border between the Re-Estize Kingdom and the Baharuth Empire, made it more convenient to do certain things.

If it were only for safety!

Within the territory of the Re-Estize Kingdom, even if there were dangers, they wouldn't be that high.

Most importantly.

Tang Zheng’s lack of understanding of the kingdom’s national situation, combined with the presence of an adventurer party, could help him avoid some unnecessary trouble.

Regarding the situation in this other world, Tang Zheng had a lot of information, but if one had to describe this information, it was too high-level, and conversely, he knew too little about the basic information of this world.

If his strength were high, that would be one thing.

His current level was too low, and he needed to pay more attention to these avoidable troubles.

Tang Zheng lowered his head in thought.

Judging by what the brown-haired girl said just now, the long distance from the royal capital to E-Rantel was a Gold-ranked commission.

With the money he had, he couldn't afford to hire an adventurer party at all.

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However, perhaps a compromise could be adopted.

E-Rantel belonged to the far east of the kingdom’s border, and between the two lay a large city, E-Rantel's neighbor, E-Rantel, which belonged to the territory of one of the kingdom’s six top nobles, Marquis Raven.

If he went to E-Rantel first and then to E-Rantel, the commission price should be much lower.

It was just that the process in between would likely waste some time, and what Tang Zheng lacked most right now was time!

Suddenly.

"Miss Daya, has anyone taken the commission posted yesterday?" A familiar, slightly nervous voice came from the reception desk.

"Oh, it’s you."

"You came at just the right time. Your commission has just been accepted by a Silver-ranked adventurer party. I don't know if you are satisfied; if not, we can change it for you." The brown-haired girl’s calm voice rang out.

"No, no."

"We don't have any special requirements for this."

That slightly nervous, familiar voice spoke hurriedly.

Tang Zheng looked up in surprise, his gaze turning toward the direction of that familiar voice.

Nfirea?

Tang Zheng was stunned; he hadn't expected to run into an acquaintance here.

Was that commission to E-Rantel posted by Nfirea?

The other party’s grandmother was a magic caster who could use third-tier magic; did he actually need to hire an adventurer party?

While he was stunned.

Nfirea had already made contact with that Silver-ranked adventurer party, and it looked like this commission had officially been accepted by that party.

Seeing this, Tang Zheng thought for a brief moment, then stood up and walked toward Nfirea.

Over here.

"Then for the journey ahead, I will have to trouble you all. It might be a bit strenuous on the road."

Nfirea spoke in a low voice to the four adventurers in front of him.

One of the four, who seemed to be the leader, patted his black lightweight armor and spoke with unusual cheerfulness: "Don't worry, we have done commissions like this several times; we can absolutely guarantee your safety."

Nfirea was naturally of an introverted personality; hearing these words, a hint of awkwardness appeared on his cheeks, and he seemed to want to say something but didn't.

That wasn't actually what he meant.

"Hello."

Suddenly, a voice came from behind.

(End of chapter)