Chapter 55: A Message from the Adventurer's Guild
"Oh, I have to pay so much tax..."

Luo Qiu touched the 'infinite space' on his waist and looked unhappy.

Anyone who loses tens of thousands of gold coins at once should have the same expression.

"The Starlight Trading Company's handling fees plus taxes cost a total of 15,000 gold coins. Did that old man deliberately raise the tax rate..." Luo Qiu regretted not learning about the taxation system of the Kingdom of Kendenia in advance.

The sky had darkened. Luo Qiu was walking on the way back to Heaton Paradise when he suddenly felt something in his heart and looked into the distance.

He stood there for twenty to thirty minutes, and every passerby would look at him curiously.

Luo Qiu's expression kept changing, and finally he sighed lightly and left quickly as passers-by looked at him as a weirdo.

"Where have you been? Why did you take so long to come back?" Xia had already changed into her maid outfit and said angrily, "I thought you were missing."

"I just wandered around the Starlight Commercial Bank. It's a rare opportunity to go there."

"That's right. Third-rate adventurers like you only have the opportunity to broaden your horizons occasionally." Xia nodded in understanding.

"I'm hungry. Come, bring up the most expensive dishes you have."

Luo Qiu found an empty seat and sat down, feeling quite generous.

"Hey...those dishes are very expensive. Do you have that much money to pay? We don't accept credit." Xia glanced at Luo Qiu with suspicion.

After a few days of getting along, Xia also found that Luo Qiu was not the kind of rich and stupid sucker she had imagined. She had originally planned to sell her cuteness to get more tips and gave up the idea long ago. If she hadn't found Luo Qiu to be an interesting person and had helped her family once, she would have made an exception for him. Normally, she would not bother to pay attention to those ordinary adventurers.

"Snapped!"

Luo Qiu slapped the table with his right hand, and ten gold coins were neatly placed on the table.

"Is that enough?" Luo Qiu asked with a teasing smile.

"Enough! Enough! Enough!"

A black shadow passed by, and in almost the blink of an eye, the ten gold coins on the table disappeared. Xia was holding the gold coins in his palm, counting them carefully one by one.

The so-called 'most expensive' meals ordered by Luo Qiu were indeed much more expensive than the free meals usually provided. After all, they were made of precious ingredients, but were only worth five or six gold coins at most. The rest naturally went into Miss Xia's pocket, which was undoubtedly a timely help for Miss Xia, who had already run out of funds.

"I'm in a good mood today, so I'll cook for you. You're in for a treat." Xia put the gold coins away skillfully and said with a smile.

"Can you... do it?" Luo Qiu had a doubtful look on his face. He wanted to eat those special dishes that he had eaten a few days ago when he had no money. He had been craving for them for a long time. But Xia didn't look like a professional chef at all.

"You doubt me?" The girl looked angry.

"No, no..." Someone immediately waved his hand to show respect.

"Hmph, you wait for me."

After throwing out a harsh remark, Xia shook his head domineeringly and walked towards the kitchen.

"I hope I don't end up with some weird food..." Luo Qiu prayed silently.

……

Xia looked at someone who was eating heartily with a mischievous look on his face.

The golden gravy is almost overflowing, and the seemingly light soup is as refreshing as nectar.

"It smells so good! I give you a thumbs up!" Luo Qiu gave Xia a thumbs up after expressing his gratitude.

“Hehehehehe…” Xia raised her head proudly. You know, her cooking skills are the last trump card of the store.

"By the way, Xia, you are a magician, right?"

After swallowing a piece of meat in his mouth, Luo Qiu suddenly said this incoherently.

Xia, who was originally smiling smugly, paused for a moment, then nodded and admitted, "Yes, I have been practicing magic."

"Can you use advanced magic?" "Advanced magic?" Xia's tone rose three degrees.

"That's a very advanced magic. Even if you have a super strong magical talent, you still need to practice for ten years. How can you use it casually?" Xia looked at him as if he was a fool.

"I don't think you have any talent for magic. You should train hard and cultivate your fighting spirit. There is still a future for you to be a warrior." Xia said with a bit of gloating.

It seemed as if she mistakenly thought that Luo Qiu wanted to ask her to teach him magic.

"Is it so difficult to practice magic?" Luo Qiu was surprised.

"Of course. Otherwise, why do you think so many people are fighting for that elemental fruit? Ah, I'm so unwilling. If I had money..." Xia gritted his teeth when he thought about missing out on that super rare 'elemental fruit'.

Just as Luo Qiu was about to say something, he suddenly discovered that the black iron epaulette on his left shoulder was glowing.

This is the first time something unusual has occurred since I got this shoulder strap.

"It's message magic. What's going on? This kind of message magic is only used by the Adventurer's Guild in critical moments!"

Xia almost rushed to Luo Qiu's side, not even caring about the overturned plate, and asked anxiously: "What message did the guild send you?"

The girl's fragrant breath made Luo Qiu's cheeks hot. Then he frowned and said, "Let's rush to the Adventurer's Guild as soon as possible."

"Let's go!" Xia grabbed Luo Qiu and ran out of the store.

"Mom, let's go out for a while!"

"Come back early and don't play too late." Hillary looked at her daughter's hurried back helplessly and shook her head.

Rushing out onto the street, the two found that many adventurers were hurriedly walking in the same direction, and it seemed that they had all received messages from the Adventurer's Guild.

"It seems like something big has happened." Xia's pretty face was solemn.

"Let's go, you'll know when you get there." Luo Qiu looked very calm.

……

In the hall of the Adventurer's Guild, which could originally accommodate hundreds of people, it seemed unusually crowded at this moment. Adventurers of various levels gathered together. If you look carefully, the adventurers here are almost all bronze and above, and there are quite a few silver-level ones. On the contrary, there are only a handful of black iron-level adventurers like Luo Qiu. This is also the reason for the Starlight Trading Company's auction, which almost doubled the number of high-level adventurers such as Rose Lowe.

The adventurers were talking about how serious the incident was that made the Adventurer's Guild take it so seriously.

"Could it be related to the recent disappearance of monsters in the Sloda Forest?"

"It could also be that the demihuman country is attacking us."

"I guess the neighboring country started a war!"

"How is that possible? Rozerowe is the border of the Kendenia Empire. No matter how hard they fight, they can't possibly reach us."

"In my opinion..."

……

The hall was filled with a foul smell. Many adventurers did not have the habit of taking a shower every day. Some of them stunk so much that even the burning incense could not cover up the odor. This made Xiadai, who had just arrived, frown.

"Let's go find Letilia."

After all, Letilia is the daughter of President Drayton, so she should know a lot of inside information, Xia thought.

Luo Qiu also agreed very much.

However, when the two were about to look for Leticia, two figures appeared at the railing on the second floor, attracting everyone's attention.

"President Drayton, Lord Qiaolin?"

(End of this chapter)