"I'm sorry for causing you misunderstanding. I'm a foreigner, and if others find out, I might get involved in some trouble, so I'm deliberately vague."
As if to lighten the atmosphere, and as if to justify what he had just said, Ainz explained. No one had any objections, after all, they were the same way just now.
Then Ainz took off his helmet, revealing a face that was about forty years old, with a heavy sense of vicissitudes of life, which matched his calm voice.
"You are surprisingly old and you are already an uncle."
"How rude. A warrior who is as good as a third-level magician is about the same age."
"Idiot, Miss Nabe is too good."
The team members whispered to each other.
"That's it."
Put the helmet on again after throwing this sentence.
Unseen by everyone, Ainz smiled proudly.
Although the title of uncle made him feel a little uncomfortable, who would let the disguised appearance be like that, and it was great to give up the original idea of only using low-level illusions in order not to be noticed. If it was exposed again, it would really be embarrassing to death. !
"Also, I always feel embarrassed that we are the ones asking. Since we are going to cooperate in hunting, I think it is better to sort out the issues here. In contrast, do you have any questions to ask us?"
"Me! Me me me!"
After hearing Ainz's question, someone immediately raised their hands. It was Lucroot. After making sure that no one was asking except himself, he asked Narberal in a loud voice.
"Excuse me, what is your relationship?"
The scene seemed silent.
Ainz didn't understand the intention of this question, but when he saw the helpless and embarrassed smiles on Peter's and others' faces, he seemed to sense something.
"...We are companions."
After Ainz answered, Lucroot's next question caused a commotion on the scene.
"I fell in love with you! Love at first sight! Please date me!"
Everyone looked at Lucroot. After knowing that the other person's words were not a joke to deepen the relationship between each other, but still play the role of a clown to resolve the embarrassment, Ainz turned his attention to Narberal.
Narberal, who became the focus of attention, first took a deep breath and then said: "Shut up, inferior creature. Find out your identity before you speak, or I will pluck out your tongue."
The scene was enveloped in even greater silence than before.
"Ah, this..."
Ainz was about to lighten the mood, but Lucroot once again said first, "Thank you for such a categorical rejection! Then let's start as friends!"
"Go to hell, lowly creature. There's no way I can be friends with you. Do you want me to dig out your eyes with a spoon?"
"How heartless!"
Looking away from the noisy two, Peter and Ainz bowed to each other and apologized.
"My companions are causing you trouble."
"No, I want to apologize to you."
The two of them felt the trouble caused by their rude companions, and then tacitly agreed that nothing would happen.
"Sorry, the topic seems to be a little off topic."
Peter took out the map again and said, "Let's talk about the future mission location and mission scope."
"I think so too."
Ainz agreed.
Then he told Ainz that they were going to the southern forest to drive away monsters, and that the monsters were probably only as strong as goblins.
Ainz didn't care about the strength of the monsters, but he was a little disgusted when he heard that the money he could get was not much. But at least it was a serious job, and there were many things they didn't understand when they first arrived, especially the one named Kobayashi Joe. He finally chose to accept the commission from someone he cared about.
Just for the sake of being a strong man, he asked about the distribution of rewards.
"Fifty-fifty split," Peter said, "We and Mr. Momo will divide the reward as a team."
"It's not the number of people, but the team. What Mr. Peter means is that we are not a team, but teams working together with teams? Judging from the number of people in the team, this distribution is quite generous."
"Because there are new people in our team. But when monsters appear, Mr. Momo, you have to be responsible for half of it. The magic we can use is only up to the second level. Taking these two points into account, this distribution should be very reasonable."
Very sincere distribution.
Ainz pretended to think for a while, then nodded in agreement: "There is no problem with this allocation. Let us fight side by side."
After getting the strong man's consent, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, Peter and others took advantage of it.
For them, the reward may be less, but the same efficiency will be greater. Moreover, having a strong person beside you can always make people feel at ease, and the opponent will not ignore the difficult monsters, which can be regarded as a win-win cooperation.
"That's great. Because this is a job that I have to do to make a living, I can feel more at ease with Mr. Momo joining us."
"Don't say that. It's just a living for us, but it can reduce the danger to people around us and allow merchants to enter and exit safely. This is a way that no one will lose."
"Almost all countries with guilds are doing this now, but there was no such thing five years ago. It's very surprising."
Because of the safety guarantee, everyone relaxed and started chatting. Ainz on the side couldn't say anything at all. It would be weird if he knew nothing about this country, so he decided to shut up and just listen.
"I heard from my family that these are all the work of the Golden Princess, is that true?"
Krillin suddenly interrupted and mentioned the name of someone who must not be ignored, which immediately caught Ainz's attention.
"Although it didn't succeed, it seemed that we had to implement this policy even if we exempted adventurers from taxes."
"Wow! You actually value adventurers so much."
"That is to say. Some armed groups that are not loyal to the kingdom are sometimes even regarded as enemies. Even the empire does not have that magnanimity."
"That princess is really very wise. She proposed a lot of good policies, but almost all of them were rejected."
Xiaolin's speech was like opening a floodgate, and words of praise for the Golden Princess poured out like a river, and Ainz secretly remembered the name.
Lukeroot suddenly sighed.
"I really want to marry that kind of beauty——"
"Then try to become a noble."
"It's impossible, it can't be done, I absolutely can't accept that kind of restricted life. Huh? Wait...is there hope for Xiaolin?"
"……Ah I?"
Xiaolin was stunned when he was suddenly mentioned.
Luke Root said with a wicked smile: "First of all, you are a child of a nobleman, and you will definitely become a new nobleman in the future; secondly, your natural ability will make you very powerful, and you will soon become Mithril ...No, it is not impossible for an adventurer to be an orichalcum or fine steel level; finally, the Golden Princess is still young and will not get married soon."
"What does that...have to do with me?"
"Look! A powerful adventurer defeats the devil and marries the princess. Isn't this common in fairy tales? Even the biography of [Thirteen Heroes] says this."
"is that so?"
"That's right! So, little brother Xiaolin, you must make marrying the Golden Princess your ultimate goal, and work hard to become stronger and defeat the Demon King!"
Lukrut's mood was high. It was clear that he was not the one with the talent, nor was he the one who had the chance to defeat the devil and marry the princess, but it was puzzling that he could be so excited.
Captain Peter slapped him hard on the head.
"...Defeat the Demon King! What do you want Xiaolin to do? Don't teach him a bad lesson!"
"It hurts! But I was right, that's what is written in the biographies of heroes..."
"Xiaolin is just a new adventurer now, and his strength is far from enough! In short, don't say some strange things, and you are too disrespectful to the Golden Princess!"
"I know, I know, don't be angry."
The Golden Princess, who launched a series of policies that were beneficial to the common people, had an unparalleled status in the hearts of the common people. If what Lukrut had just said was heard by others, he might be taught a lesson.
"Defeat the devil and marry the princess...well."
Ainz wrote these words down.
Then captain Peter said: "It took a lot of time. So Mr. Momo, if you are ready, let's go. We are already ready."
When Ainz heard about preparations, it suddenly occurred to him. He had already purchased the minimum necessary items from the hotel owner. Although Ainz and Narberal did not need drinks and food that took up space, they would be suspicious if they did not eat anything, so it was better to prepare some.
"Okay, after the food supply is completed, we can set off immediately."
"Do you need to prepare food? If you don't want to go to a specific store to buy it, do you want to buy some dry food at the counter? They will help prepare it immediately."
"Is that so? That's fine."
"Then let's go."
Everyone stood up and walked out of the room.
After coming down from the second floor and returning to the guild, the number of adventurers became larger than before. Several groups could be seen near the parchment postings. But almost all the adventurers' attention was focused on a young man.
The blond boy was talking to the counter lady at the counter. The other two counter girls were also listening carefully to the boy's words from the side.
If business was booming when Ainz came here, it was a 180-degree turn now.
The face of the counter lady... no, her mouth was wide open, that was an expression of surprise, and in front of her eyes was Ainz.
How is this going?
Just when Ainz was wondering, the lady at the counter stood up and leaned over and said:
"Your job is indicated here."
These words caused a drastic change in the atmosphere around him. Ainz felt curious eyes falling on him unceremoniously, and the [Sword of Darkness] and the others were also startled.
Such a strange change in the atmosphere made Narberal take a slight action, which was to prepare for the battle at a critical moment.
Ainz couldn't help but feel anxious.
Oops, Narberal's behavior is too bad.
From Narberal's point of view, perhaps she believed that the changes around her were abnormal, so she took protective measures. However, it was too abrupt on this occasion. It should be said that based on common sense, such a move would not be made. Although protecting Ainz was his top priority, he was too lacking in thinking.
However, there was no time to reprimand Narberal in this situation. If Narberal was found to be preparing for war, I don't know what kind of uproar it would cause.
Ainz immediately hit Narberal on the head with his knife. Narberal, who was surprised and troubled, looked at Ainz with tears in his eyes. However, he was not angry or annoyed, but obediently moved away.
Ignoring her, Ainz asked the lady at the counter, "Whose commission is this?"
When Ainz asked, he immediately complained about himself and, needless to say, the young man in front of him.
"Yes. It's Mr. Nfilia Barreare."
I heard this name just now.
"Hello, I'm the one entrusting you with the work."
The blond boy in front of him stepped forward and nodded gently in greeting, and Ainz nodded in return.
"Actually, this commission..."
"I'm very sorry. I've already signed a contract with someone else for other jobs, so I can't take your job right away."
The boy's words were interrupted forcefully.
The atmosphere at the scene was stunned, and then became restless again. Peter was even more excited and said: "Mr. Momo, this is a specified commission!"
"That may be the case, but we should still carry out the previous commissioned work first, right?" Ainz answered matter-of-factly, and found that his judgment was not wrong.
As soon as these words came out, the adventurers around him nodded. Although there are no express provisions in the regulations, adventurers still naturally abide by them. Otherwise, if they blindly accept and give up tasks, the adventurers' situation will become more and more difficult.
"But... our work is not a commission. If we don't encounter monsters, we won't even be able to pay..."
Peter whispered hesitantly.
It is common sense and human nature that it is better to choose a job that earns more and gain more fame than a troublesome task that earns less and is likely to be futile.
In order to live up to his good intentions, Ainz said in a gentle voice: "Then let's do this, Mr. Peter. Mr. Barreare hasn't told me the contract content, remuneration, and date yet. I'll make a decision after I hear it."
"Of course I have no problem. Although I hope to start work as soon as possible, I don't want to rush into this job for a day or two."
"Then let friends from [Sword of Darkness] sit in during the discussion. If the negotiation is successful... no, I should say if the negotiation is not successful, please let me give priority to the work I have undertaken before."
"Mr. Momo, can I come with you?"
"Of course. I hope you will stand in the position of the parties involved and help provide opinions."
After finally finding clues, that person might be from another world like myself. How could he be let go so easily? If not for the situation, Ainz would have wanted to do a mission with the people from the [Sword of Darkness]!
"It seems like I won't be able to leave this room today."
"Xiao Lin? What did you say?"
"No, it's nothing."
With everyone's consent, the group returned to the room and sat down one after another.
Among this group of people, the first one to speak was of course the young man: "The lady at the counter has mentioned it just now, but let me introduce myself. My name is Nfirea Barreare, and I work as a pharmacist in this town. Regarding the content of the commission, I plan to go to the nearby forest. Everyone knows that the forest is quite dangerous, so I hope you can be my bodyguard and help collect herbs if possible."
"Bodyguard..."
Ainz nodded.
It seemed that he was somewhat interested in this mission, but when Nfilia mentioned the reward, he was suddenly interrupted by Ainz, and then asked everyone in the [Sword of Darkness]:
"The bodyguard mission is just right for you. Mr. Peter, do you want to accept my employment instead?"
"……Huh?"
Ainz smiled under his helmet.
Not only has Nfilia's commission been solved, but he can also go with the people of the [Pitch Black Sword]... no, he can go with Xiaolin, and the configuration of the [Pitch Black Sword] team is very good. , he can also learn some new knowledge from it.
It’s really killing three birds with one stone!
I can’t help but praise my IQ.
(End of chapter)
