"Miss... I have never seen such a haughty chick like you."

The adventurer who approached Adelyn said. The other adventurers inside the guild only shake their heads as they know what will happen if the lady is provoked.

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"If you need a chick then go to a barn. You pig!" Adelyn replied.

The other men in the guild laughed when they heard the sharp words of the lady describing the man who approached her.

While the others chuckled, the unknown adventurer seems to be hurt at the words she said, without further ado, he swings his hands with cliché words accompanied by his action.

"I'll teach this chick a lesson, you need to know why men are always at the top. I'll teach you when we are in bed." The man who looks like a pig said.

"Yeah? Then try it."

With her nonchalant response, the adventurer didn't wait longer, and his hands were close enough to hit Adelyn's face when a barrier expanded right between the space of the two.

Adelyn yawned seeing the fist that didn't reach her. She looked at the man who was shocked about the unexpected turn of events.

"Are you finished?" Adelyn said, seeing that he steps back.

"Then is it my turn now?"

Her face looks like she was dealing with a bother and thinking of finishing it quickly. Though her face was half-covered, her chestnut eyes were enough to tell them that much. The other members of the group seem to notice that everyone was silent and only watching the events.

"This seems suspicious, leader." The other member whispered.

"Shut up! We need to establish ourselves here!" The leader with an axe in his back replied.

"You're right, sir!"

Adelyn heard their not so loud conversation and let a dry laugh escape her mouth. At that moment, Teller was back with the response of the guild master.

But he soon knew that the atmosphere seemed weird and everyone is looking at the direction of Adelyn and the group of men.

He feels like he will have a headache if this kind of bastard who doesn't know who shouldn't be provoked keeps on provoking those people.

He sighs. He needs to intercept before the situation escalates,

"Hey… You can't…!"

But before he can do his job, Adelyn swings her sword with the scabbard intact and hits the man in his stomach that sends the pig to fly straight to the door like he was a piece of paper and his weight is nothing.

"The guild has prohibited people to cause ruckus inside. Be thankful I gave you a free ride." Adelyn said while she put back her sword in her waist.

Seeing another ignorant man be sent outside with a single hit made everyone shake their head and continue to what they're doing.

It's one of the few occurrences that you can see when a group of adventurers saw a single woman walking inside the guild with her head held high. And thinking that she was an easy prey to hunt.

But what they didn't know is they'll be leaving with either humiliation or a beat-up body.

This is the reason why Adelyn never encountered rude adventurers from their own guild. It's because they know that this lady has a punch that can send people flying away. Literally!

Teller sighs seeing that he didn't get to stop Adelyn and the idiot adventurer who pick a fight with the wrong person.

While the other four members were shocked to see the physical strength of the lady.

"What are you looking at? Want a free ride too?" she said to the other members of the pig who was sent flying away.

They cursed under their breath and seeing that the lobby attendant came back, they decided to let it go for now.

"We-we'll come back! Just you wait!"

'How cliché' Adelyn thought.

***

Adelyn is sitting in the spacious room of the guild master located at the fourth floor. The room is neat with the curtains tied and the sun shining through the glass window, everything was clean and polished except for the stack of papers in the corner of the room that indicates that Erick was busy with something.

'He must be dying right now.' She thought.

She got goosebumps seeing the pile of documents that is as tall as the bookshelf if it was combined all together.

A knock came and Teller opened the door with a tray of refreshment. He belatedly told her about what the guild master was doing and he set the coffee at the coffee table.

"Miss Adelyn, the guild master will be here in a few minutes, he just changed his clothes to accommodate you." Teller announced.

"Why does the old man need to do that? It's just me…"

"Well, the last time that you came here, you said that he stinks. He was traumatized" Teller smiled that almost looked like he was stopping himself from laughing.

'Oh right. I did say that. He looks like he would cry if I told him that he also looked like a beggar because of his mustache and unkempt hair.' She remembered.

".. And Miss Adelyn about what happened earlier, if you want, the guild can compensate you about those idiots. And if ever they come back to..." before Teller could finish, Adelyn gestures for him to stop.

"It's fine, those clueless bastards know that they shouldn't bring trouble. Crazy pricks like those know how to cower when they face a stronger opponent." she said

"Okay, Miss Adelyn. I"ll be at the front desk. So, if you need any help you can come to me." Evelyn just shooed him and waited alone in the office of the headmaster.

A moment later Erick appeared with a neat appearance as his black hair was combed in slicked back and his black casual clothes and pants fitted for his muscular physique.

'Well, who would have thought that he's in his 30's and he retired early and built this Monterio Guild. He still looks cool though, if he just keeps himself clean.' Adelyn thought.

"How do I look?" Erick asked as he sat across Adelyn.

"Decent" she replied nonchalantly.

Erick smiled when he heard Adelyn's reply.

Ever since she lived with her new identity as an adventurer and as Adelyn, her attitude changed and became nonchalant about everything and focused on getting stronger and curing herself. She only acts bubbly in front of Cassandra and Gil.

That's why outside, her lazy attitude is showing. Experiencing a normal life made her that way. It's because she doesn't need to think about how people will see her and how her family will reprimand her if she causes trouble.

She's an adventurer, it was normal for them to cause trouble. A perfect job for her if she intends to bring this attitude back at the Kingdom of Levingstone.

So, that is the reason she picked this job so that she can do anything that she wants and as long as she didn't abuse her power, and no one was rude to her like what happened earlier. She had enough of thinking about her surroundings.

"So, what's our guild's princess wants that she visits this handsome man?"

"Ha"

Dealing with Erick seems to drain Adelyn's energy. He always praised himself in every little thing he does.

'He's really shameless, his cold demeanor and his attitude don't seem to be compatible' she thought.

She leaned at the large sofa while she crossed her leg and talked to Erick without making a leeway. Her sassy sass is on.

"I want information about the current happening at the Levingstone Kingdom, especially the nobles and the current political struggles and the temple of the light."

Hearing what she wanted, Erick's face became serious and observed Adelyn. Soon he speaks.

"That's easy but… the temple of light is too concealed and secretive about their activities, it would be hard, but why do you need to know?"

"Do I need to tell you why?" Adelyn said as she looked straight at Erick's amber eyes.

They have a staring contest before Erick gives up and he sighs in response.

Adelyn sipped the coffee. Back in the Levingstone Kingdom, coffee isn't popular and only tea is served. Here, they prefer the bitter taste of coffee beans, it brings nostalgia to her old world.

If she goes back to her birth country, then she will surely miss coffee.

'Should I bring back a sack of coffee beans?' she thought as she looked at her reflection in the black liquid.

And she speaks after she puts the cup down.

"You only need to get what I need. I'll accept every information you can get." She said.

"Fine, I won't pry. But you know that it's not free,"

When he said that, Adelyn tossed a pouched and it made a clink. The bag was full of gold coins. Since she became one of the top adventurers in the Monterio guild the mission that she does have an equivalent large sum of money as reward.

"Now, give me what I want. You have one week to do that."