Chapter 42: Lecturing

"Giving lectures to Apprentices?" Yun Mu said, looking at the content on the paper.

"Yes."

Rose nodded and explained to her: "There are more and more people learning to paint these years, so our association specifically opened a... well, interest class for teaching people how to paint?"

"Good grief."

Yun Mu was already too lazy to complain; she asked Rose directly: "Can you tell me the specific details?"

"No problem."

Rose introduced it to her: "It's mainly giving lectures to a class of people. One class has about 15 people. You only need to lecture for one hour every day, and each class is 50 contribution points."

"Because your class is an extra course for them, there is no need to worry about the issue of not teaching well."

"Isn't that quite good?"

Yun Mu asked with some curiosity: "Why does this paper look yellowed, hanging here?"

"About that, haha..."

Rose gave a dry laugh and whispered an explanation: "This commission is almost only accepted by first-rank 【Painter Apprentice】s, and then our Painter Association..."

"Alright, no need to say it, I already know." Yun Mu slightly supported her forehead.

There haven't been any new 【Painter Apprentice】s for a long time, right? No wonder her reaction was so strange when she took out her ID card and handed it to Rose.

"Then I will take this commission. As for the time, when does the lecturing start?" She looked at Rose and asked.

Although she had never taught anyone to paint before, since Rose said it was just an extra course and there was no need to worry about how well she taught, she could still give it a try.

"The lecture starts at one o'clock every afternoon. Just come find me around that time tomorrow."

One o'clock in the afternoon; the time didn't conflict with what she usually did, and she only needed to lecture for one hour every day.

"Then it's settled." Thinking of this, she decisively agreed.

After deciding to accept the commission to lecture the Apprentices, Yun Mu looked at Rose and asked: "What kind of things can our association's contribution points be exchanged for?"

"There are many things that can be exchanged, but most are materials from Monsters, or pigments made from Supernatural materials, paintbrushes, and other such sundries."

Rose signaled for Yun Mu to follow her, walking in front as she continued: "Besides these sundries, there are also various Supernatural Items hung up by the Transcendental in the association."

"What about Introduction to Ancient Elvish?" Yun Mu asked, following behind Rose.

"That Introduction to Ancient Elvish, huh."

Rose turned her head to look at her and smiled.

"It was recommended to you by Mr. Sixin, right?" she said.

"What about it?" Yun Mu asked.

"Nothing." Rose shook her head and said: "That book is a required course that all 【Painter Apprentice】s must study; it only takes 50 contribution points to exchange for it."

Isn't that exactly the same as the contribution points earned from one day of lecturing?

This association is really...

... interlocking.

Yun Mu sighed in her heart and returned to the lobby of the association with Rose.

She stood in front of the counter, waited for Rose to finish processing the procedures for accepting the commission, and then left the Painter Association.

After leaving the Painter Association, she hailed a Steam Taxi on the street and signaled the driver to head toward the Guard Hall.

Upon reaching the destination, Yun Mu handed the driver two Silver Frost Coins.

I have to say, life after having money is indeed much more convenient, but correspondingly, expenses have also increased.

Taking a Steam Taxi once costs two Silver Frost Coins; if this were the day she first transmigrated, she would absolutely never do it.

Walking in through the Gate of the Guard Hall, Yun Mu looked around and was surprised to find that the middle-aged Guard Team Captain from before happened to be in the lobby on the first floor at this moment.

"You are?"

The middle-aged Guard Team Captain was leaning against the wall, worrying, and asked after seeing Yun Mu approach.

He didn't recognize Yun Mu at all; after all, compared to her dirty appearance before, the difference between the current Yun Mu and the previous one was truly too great.

"Hello, Captain. My name is Yun Mu. I would like to ask how to register for a Supernatural certificate at the Guard Hall?"

"You know me?"

"Oh, no, wait."

He finally remembered.

He looked at the Young Girl in front of him with some surprise and some doubt, and said: "You are that Miss Cat?"

"Not Miss Cat, it's Yun Mu." Yun Mu sighed and corrected him.

"Hey, whatever."

The middle-aged Guard Team Captain waved his hand indifferently and said: "So, what did you just say you came here for?"

So you weren't listening at all just now.

"To register for a Supernatural certificate." There was no other way; she could only repeat it with annoyance.

"Supernatural certificate... You've become a Transcendental!?"

The middle-aged Guard Team Captain experienced the absurdity of the real world once again.

"How is this possible..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Yun Mu summon 【Falling】 behind her.

"Alright."

He could only accept this fact.

"To think it's a 【Painter Apprentice】; looking at it this way, it doesn't seem unacceptable..." the Guard Team Captain muttered to himself, recalling the portrait Drawing Yun Mu had made in the interrogation room earlier.

"Follow me." After a long while, he finally recovered from his shock.

He led Yun Mu to the basement level of the Guard Hall and found a young man who looked to be about twenty years old.

After simply recording her profession and the date she became a Transcendental, the other party handed her a Supernatural Certificate Card printed with the Guard Hall logo and let her leave.

"Is there no need to record anything else?"

After leaving the first basement level of the Guard Hall, Yun Mu tucked the metal card into the lining of her coat and looked at the Guard Team Captain beside her.

Come to think of it, counting this Supernatural Certificate Card, she had a total of four metal cards on her, which was about the same number of keys as on her keychain in her past life.

"No need."

Upon hearing Yun Mu's words, the Guard Team Captain shook his head and explained to her: "Specific information has long been recorded in the Identity Card, and as for the abilities of a Transcendental, most are personal privacy; the Guard Hall has no right to inquire."

"However, you had better not have any thoughts of committing a crime."

He warned: "Our Guard Hall has ten thousand ways to track down a Criminal, even if they are a Transcendental!"

"So, how is the progress on the Dried Corpse Murder Case?" Yun Mu asked, seeing the determined expression on his face.

She knew that the Dried Corpse Murder Case had already been taken over entirely by the Supernatural Guard and the Church, and that ordinary guards had no real use, seemingly only able to act as assistants.

Sure enough, she really touched a sore spot, and the Guard Team Captain's face instantly darkened.

"It will be solved very soon." He held it in for a good while before managing to squeeze out that sentence.

"How soon is 'very soon'?" Yun Mu said, feeling somewhat amused.

"It just means very soon." The Guard Team Captain did not want to continue this topic with her, so he immediately added: "I have other things to attend to, so I will be taking my leave."

Not giving Yun Mu a chance to speak, he strode toward the second floor of the Guard Hall and soon disappeared around the corner of the stairs.

PS: Yun Mu currently has four metal cards on her.

They are the Identity Card, the Credit Card, the Painter Association identity card, and the Supernatural Certificate Card issued by the Guard Hall.

(End of chapter)