Chapter 47: Shadow Guard Elena

"The drawing is a bit amateurish."

In the home of Nathan Hawar, editor-in-chief of the Frostfall City Weekly, Yun Mu sat on a chair, flipping through the Comic Manuscript left behind by Aiwei page by page.

Although she had said before that she couldn't draw comics, that was only when she needed to come up with the plot herself.

If she didn't need to be responsible for conceiving the plot, drawing comics was still relatively simple for her.

Because before she could support herself by posting lewd pictures, she had used many aliases and drawn a great number of doujinshi.

So, she still understood a little about comic storyboarding, narrative techniques, and the like.

"Are you sure you want to publish these drafts in the newspaper?"

Yun Mu looked at Nathan, who was sitting across from her, and asked softly.

"It's possible that no one will read them at all."

"It's fine."

Nathan smiled with relief, a calm expression on his face as he said, "Whether anyone reads them or not is not important to me."

"This is just a promise between me and them."

A promise between them, and not her?

Yun Mu was lost in thought; after a moment, she spoke up: "But these drafts can only be published for five or six issues at most; the rest of the story..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Nathan interrupted her.

"Can you help me, Miss Yun?"

"The reward is the same as the commission: eight Gold Frost Coins per issue." He paused and added, "The payment for those first few issues will also be distributed as usual."

"Of course I can; after all, I took the commission in the first place to make money," Yun Mu replied without the slightest hesitation.

Although she wasn't actually short on money right now.

"Then I'll take these drafts?" Yun Mu looked at Nathan and gently shook the drafts in her hand.

"Just leave them with you for now."

Nathan smiled bitterly.

The moment Yun Mu helped him lift the influence of the drafts, he had vaguely guessed her identity, and his attitude could not help but become much more respectful.

"If these drafts stay with me, I don't know when they might attract trouble. Rather than waiting for them to be snatched away by someone else in the future, it's better to leave them in your care."

"I already told you, there's no need to be so respectful to me," Yun Mu said, looking at Nathan with some helplessness.

Perhaps people in this world were all like this, placing great importance on so-called rank and status.

After Nathan realized her identity as a Transcendental, no matter what she said, he always maintained this respectful attitude.

It actually made her feel quite embarrassed.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now," she said.

"I will bring the copies of these drafts over tomorrow."

"Please wait a moment."

Before Yun Mu could leave, Nathan suddenly called out to her.

"Please take this with you."

He took an exquisite leather book from the room's bookshelf. On the cover of the book, a male and a female protagonist were drawn, and above the two protagonists, the five golden characters "Night of Rolling Stone Town" were clearly written.

"This is the first book I wrote when I was young, and it is also the original work for the comic manuscript."

Nathan handed the book to her.

"I'll leave the comic matter to you."

"I will."

Yun Mu took the book and nodded solemnly.

Since she had gotten a Supernatural Item for free, her conscience wouldn't let her rest if she didn't take it seriously.

Regarding the comic, she would definitely give it her all.

Damn it, let me show you the true skills of a doujin artist!

Placing "Night of Rolling Stone Town" on top of the wooden box containing the drafts, Yun Mu left the home of Nathan Hawar, editor-in-chief of the Frostfall City Weekly.

She first ran back to Sisilaiya Cafe at top speed to store these two items in her room.

Then, she sprinted out of the cafe and hailed a Steam Taxi that was about to leave.

"Driver, to Frost Bank!" After diving into the back seat of the taxi, Yun Mu said immediately.

"Frost Bank? That place is already closed for the day," the driver kindly reminded her.

"I know, just take me there!" Yun Mu said, somewhat anxiously.

She had spent too much time at Nathan's house.

There wasn't much time left before the six o'clock appointment with Brenna.

"Oh, oh, alright then, hold on tight."

Seeing her state, the driver didn't say anything more; he slammed his foot on the gas pedal and drove toward Frost Bank.

Fortunately, this era didn't suffer from the Torment of traffic jams. With the driver going full throttle, the taxi arrived at its destination in less than five minutes.

After handing the driver two Silver Frost Coins, Yun Mu pushed open the car door.

She waited for the taxi to leave the street before walking through the phantom Gate of Frost Bank and entering the interior.

"You are one minute and thirty-two seconds late."

The moment her foot stepped into Frost Bank, she heard a familiar voice.

Following the sound, Yun Mu saw Brenna sitting on the bank counter, her calves, wrapped in white silk stockings, swinging gently in the air.

"Sorry," she apologized decisively.

"It's fine, you weren't that late anyway," Brenna jumped down from the counter and waved her hand.

She walked toward the stairs of the Frost Bank and gestured for Yun Mu to follow.

"The etiquette teacher is already prepared, come with me," she said.

"So direct today?" Yun Mu followed behind Brenna, thinking that she felt a bit unaccustomed to it.

After all, in the past, Brenna would always chat with her for a few moments before getting to the point.

Although, it seemed they hadn't even met that many times in total.

"You might be quite busy today, so I won't waste your time."

Brenna spoke as if she had guessed what was on Yun Mu's mind.

Damn it, this person didn't even turn her head; how did she guess what she was thinking?

"You aren't actually capable of mind reading, are you?" Yun Mu said with a look of surprise.

"Hmph hmph~"

Hearing Yun Mu's words, Brenna, walking in front, smiled smugly.

"Mind reading or whatever is of course impossible; for a genius like me, isn't it a matter of course that I can guess what you're thinking?"

Here she goes again, this bratty girl.

Yun Mu walked behind Brenna, feeling somewhat speechless.

How can there be such a narcissistic person in this world? So confident yet so mediocre, truly disgusting.

The two followed the stairs to the second floor, first encountering two maids in the corridor who bowed to them.

Afterward, in a room filled with all sorts of strange items, they met a woman dressed in a grey-black slim-fit formal gown.

"This is your etiquette teacher; besides that, she is also the most outstanding Shadow Guard by my side, Elena."

Upon hearing her own name being directly revealed by her princess, Elena frowned slightly.

"Hello," she said to Yun Mu.

Shadow Guard—just hearing the name made her feel like someone not to be trifled with.

Yun Mu responded decisively: "Hello, I am Yun Mu."

"I know your name," Elena said, her voice sounding somewhat icy.

"On the day of the operation, I will also be one of your attendants; I hope we can cooperate well."

She placed a slight Heavy emphasis on the four words "cooperate well."

PS: 【Shadow Guard】 is a career branch of the 【Assassin】 series.

It evolves from the Tier 1 【Assassin】 advancing to 【Shadow Attendant】, and then advancing again.

This profession can command the power within shadows and briefly hide within the world of shadows.

(End of chapter)