Chapter 63: 71 A world where only the captain works hard

Red Stone City, inside the City Lord's office.

Nova is burying his head in a pile of documents, working overtime to handle official business.

After rescuing the Duke's daughter, Duke Amara didn't break his promise and really handed a city to them.

It was even a city located on a traffic artery with quite prosperous commerce.

Although it was only transferring the management rights of the city to them, not enfeoffing them as nobles.

But it was also a very generous reward; except for the small amount of tribute that had to be handed over every month, all the surplus generated by managing the city could go into their own pockets.

This was much faster than being an adventurer, fighting for one's life.

As for whether it was easy or not?

If you ask Night Owl or Ivan, they definitely think it's easy.

But if you ask Nova, it's not necessarily...

Slap—

Another pile of documents was placed in front of the desk by Gal.

Nova, with dark circles under his eyes, looked up and asked: "What is this again?"

"Uh... complaints and reports from three foreign merchants about Night Owl." Gal answered while looking elsewhere.

"What kind of fishing enforcement is she doing again?"

Gal nodded and stood a little further away at the same time.

Nova's voice was trembling when he spoke; this was already burning with anger. Since taking office as City Lord, his temper had become worse and worse...

Sure enough—

"What does she want to do?"

Nova picked up the pile of complaints, flipped through them quickly, and then threw them on the ground.

"Does she really want to make merchant caravans detour to be happy!?

Gal, go call her over, where is she now?"

"Probably on patrol..."

"Which means she's still doing it now!? Hurry up and bring her to me!"

Under Nova's urging, Gal ran out of the office in small steps.

About 20 minutes later, Night Owl, who was dirty and dressed like a beggar, was dragged in by Gal.

From the moment she entered the door, Nova stared at her fixedly; if eyes could kill, Night Owl would have died three times already.

"Night Owl, can you tell me what you are doing dressed like this?"

"Hmm... experiencing life?" Night Owl looked innocent, making Nova's veins jump.

He picked up the pile of reports and threw them in front of her.

"Pretending to be a mentally challenged wandering elf, deliberately inducing foreign merchants to talk to you.

And then when others want to take you away, you reveal your identity and arrest them to extort a large sum?

Is this what a security officer should do?

This is clearly a honey trap!"

Night Owl moved to hide behind Gal, sticking out her tongue and saying: "Wouldn't it be fine if they didn't have bad intentions? I'm also eliminating hidden dangers!"

"Eliminating hidden dangers?

Then do you know that thanks to your efforts, the number of merchants entering the city is 20% less than in previous years?

What do you think those merchants who were cheated by you will say about Red Stone City after they leave?

Can't you just stop for a while?

Even if you learn from Ivan and soak in magic power all day, it counts as helping me!"

"I'm not a magic addict idiot!

Besides, since I'm a security officer, shouldn't I be rectifying them? If not, isn't this security officer job done in vain!"

"Then go rectify thieves! Why rectify foreign merchants?"

Night Owl pouted, her body swaying left and right, not making eye contact with Nova.

Anyway, it was an attitude of "You can say whatever you want, I'll still do it next time."

Tasks were completed together, and positions were assigned according to the agreement.

Although Nova was the captain, he didn't have the right to fire Night Owl.

But that didn't mean he wouldn't blow up.

Gal silently retreated to the corner; he already felt that Nova had reached his limit.

"City Lord! There is an order from the Supreme Council."

"Ha—hoo—" In front of outsiders, Nova quickly returned to calm and hurried to the communication crystal.

When Nova came back, Gal was sitting honestly on a chair.

Night Owl had already changed back into black tights, hanging upside down on the bookshelf, swaying left and right.

Seeing Nova, she asked: "What's the big deal? You actually used the communication crystal."

Long-distance communication consumes a lot of magic power, so without important matters, they usually communicate by letter.

"Required to escort the priest of the Church of Light to the capital, Covenant City.

In addition, there is a non-mandatory conscription for a few of us."

"Tch, this is just revealing nothing," Night Owl said dissatisfiedly, "Before, they called away many diamond-rank adventurers, and now even we have to be called over, but they don't say why, mysterious and definitely nothing good!"

"It's non-mandatory." Nova reminded.

"Then what do you say? Vote?" Night Owl asked.

Nova nodded: "Gal, go call Ivan."

Before long, the dazed Ivan was carried over by Gal by the waist.

Nova told him about the matter, and Ivan nodded while listening, but Gal felt he was probably not awake yet.

"I agree to go, if I stay here any longer, I'll be driven crazy by you guys." Nova cast the first vote in favor.

What he said was also the truth.

Ivan takes magic crystals all day, drunk and dreaming of death at any time.

Night Owl makes trouble all day, purely helping with the opposite.

Gal is an honest man, with no bad habits.

It's a pity that the half-dragon's brain is not smart, and he can only help run errands.

The heavy burden of handling city government affairs falls on Nova alone, no wonder his temper is getting worse and worse.

Now that there is a conscription, it is just right for him to go out for a stroll in a justified way.

As for the possibility of danger?

Adventurers, who is afraid of this!

"Don't want to go!" Night Owl only wanted to uphold her justice in the city and had no interest in those broken things in the kingdom.

"I'm fine with anything." Gal abstained.

"Ivan?"

"Ah? Ah!" Suddenly being called by name, Ivan seemed to wake up a bit, "Go go go, let's go."

After speaking, he fell back on the chair again; it's hard not to doubt whether he knew what everyone was discussing.

But—

"Then 2 to 1, let's escort the priest to the capital ourselves.

Gal, go prepare the carriage and half a month's food.

Night Owl, go prepare potions, prepare according to the amount of the next dungeon.

I'm responsible for finding someone to take over the City Lord's work."

"Yes."

"Yes—"

Night Owl slipped away in a flash, and Gal carried Ivan back first.

One day later, beside two carriages.

"May the Lord of Light protect you, I leave this journey to you all."

Three priests bowed slightly, and Nova hurriedly stepped forward to be polite.

The three were all gold-rank priests from the Red Stone City church, two women and one man.

Originally there was a diamond-rank priest in the church, but he was too old.

So old that Nova suspected that if he dared to take him, he would dare to die on the road.

So in the end, the old man was left in the city. Anyway, the communication didn't specify who had to go, just saying to send the gold-rank and above priests in the city.

Now these three should be enough to hand in the task.

After setting off, Night Owl sat on the roof of the carriage responsible for vigilance, dangling her two legs in mid-air and asking:

"Captain, you said they are looking for priests and adventurers.

Didn't they also transfer a batch of magic materials from the city a while ago?

What exactly are they going to do?

They wouldn't be going to war with the demons, would they?

If so, I'm pulling out."

Night Owl is an elf; if the situation is not right, she can indeed slip back to the Elf Forest at any time.

"How would I know," Nova lay half-reclined in the carriage, enjoying the leisure time of not having to handle official documents, "but it's definitely not war. If it were war, they would be transferring troops and food, not just magic materials, adventurers, and priests."

——

Two days later.

Night Owl: "There's a situation ahead, let the old man stop sleeping, get up and scout!"