Just as Iri thought her disguise was flawless and pushed open the Adventurer's Guild doors, stepping inside the Adventurer's Guild once more, the Adventurers who had witnessed the "kneeling" incident that day immediately recognized her.
Iri's disguise was completely useless.
Firstly, the maid outfit Iri was wearing was the same style as the one Sister You Li wore at the time.
Secondly, Iri's unique figure—that is, her height was clearly that of a child, yet she had developed so well! What are children eating these days to grow up like that?
Thirdly, her hair color—Iri's unique straight black hair, with a lot of pink mixed in at the ends, and a very noticeable strand of pink hair in the middle of her front bangs. There's probably no one else in all of E-Rantel with such a distinctive hair color, right?
So, from the moment Iri entered, she was already exposed, but those Adventurers pretended not to recognize Iri.
Last time, she came empty-handed and in a dress, and she was already terrifying. Now, she clearly came with her gear. Who would dare to provoke her?!
So, everyone pretended that nothing had happened, minding their own business, showing no abnormalities, but their hearts were already scared to death.
"Um… excuse me, how do I register as an Adventurer?" Iri walked up to the counter and asked softly.
"Hey, hey! That little girl wants to register as an Adventurer!"
"This is serious! Captain, aren't you going to recruit her quickly?!"
"No, no… you go recruit her!"
"Aren't you the captain?!"
"You be the captain! You can do it, you go!"
Such conversations naturally reached Iri's ears. At this point, Iri felt a little smug; it seemed her disguise was perfect, no one recognized her, and she hadn't even registered yet, but people already wanted to recruit her.
"Are… are you registering as an Adventurer? Then… please… please sign… sign your name here." The Counter Miss was the same one from two days ago. It seemed she hadn't recognized her either, but why was her face pale today and why did she seem to be trembling?
Is she sick? It's truly admirable how dedicated she is, Iri thought, then glanced at what looked like a contract that the Counter Miss handed over.
Uh… I can't understand it at all. Besides, I don't know how to write the characters here. How am I supposed to sign my name?
Iri unconsciously frowned. The Counter Miss saw the change in Iri's expression, shrank back, and said tremblingly.
"No… no signature is fine then. Here's this tag for you. If… if you show it at… at… various Adventurer's Guilds… you will… you will receive support from the Adventurer's Guild," the Miss said.
But why does it feel like this Miss is afraid of something? And speaking of which, is it really okay without a signature? That's a huge help!
"Mm… okay, I understand." Iri took the dog tag from the Miss's trembling hand. Bronze, huh… After all, Ainz also started from bronze… Never mind him, her goal wasn't some status anyway, but money! Money!
Then Iri stood in front of the request board, pretending to look around. There was no way she could understand these "alien" characters!
However, relying on years of experience (from playing RPG games), she saw that on one particular request, at the very bottom, in the last part, there was a long string of something written in deliberately heavy strokes, whose meaning she didn't know.
According to Iri's deduction, that was either some special Precautions or the amount of the reward. Then Iri looked at a few other requests.
Basically, the last line of all requests was more or less in this format, but the one she just saw, written with heavy strokes, was also much longer than the others, which meant that this request was either a high-difficulty task with many special Precautions, or the amount written was much higher than ordinary requests. No matter which one she guessed correctly, the result would be that she could earn a lot of money!
Wait a minute, I'm a bronze-ranked Adventurer now, aren't I not allowed to accept high-difficulty tasks? This is troublesome!
Then I can only earn money little by little from small tasks, accumulating small amounts into large ones. However, I still want to tear off the request I just set my eyes on. Even if I'm not allowed to accept it, I can use it as an excuse to induce the Counter Miss to give me a task, just like Ainz. Iri, you are so smart!
And so, Iri reached out to the request board. The other Adventurers, who had been secretly observing Iri from the side, held their breath, all wanting to know what kind of task this super powerful little girl would take.
Uh… can't… can't reach… Which bastard posted the request so high?! Come out here, you!
However, the request Iri had her eyes on was posted at the very top. Given Iri's height, even if she stretched her arms and stood on her tiptoes, she still couldn't reach it.
So… I jump! I'm jumping!!!
"Pfft…"
"No laughing!! Do you want to die?! Uh… pfft…"
"You're talking about me! Aren't you laughing too?!"
As Iri hopped and jumped, trying to reach that request, the Adventurers, watching Iri's adorable appearance, tried their best to hold back their laughter, but in the end, someone still burst out laughing.
Stare!! Iri naturally heard it immediately. With an extremely fierce expression, she turned her head and glared at the Adventurers sitting in the hall, waiting for tasks.
Then she saw those Adventurers whistling, chatting… no one was looking at her at all. It seemed she was overthinking it. So, continue!
Just a little bit more and she could reach it! Iri looked up at the request posted high up on the very top of the request board, and she was furious.
Actually, following Ainz's routine, she could just tear off any request. However, Iri was very unyielding and got into a standoff with this request; it had to be this one! So, Iri, planning to continue jumping, calmed herself and gathered strength. This time, she was going to tear it down directly.
Just as Iri was gathering her strength, that request was suddenly torn off by an Adventurer who walked up from behind her. When Iri saw her target snatched away, she immediately became anxious.
"Ah! I saw that first!! Give it back to me!!" Iri, looking exactly like someone whose toy had been snatched, turned around and saw a male Adventurer looking at her with a kind expression.
"Give it back to me!!" Iri didn't care who he was! Anyway, she had seen that request first, and whoever dared to snatch it from her would face her wrath!
"Here… little girl." This male Adventurer honestly handed the request to Iri. It seemed like this male Adventurer had come to help her tear off the request, so it seemed she had misunderstood him.
"Thank you." Iri took the request and thanked him very politely.
"No… I should be the one saying thank you." That Adventurer said something that Iri found inexplicable, then smiled and stood aside.
How strange… why would he thank me in return? Iri also found it peculiar, but she didn't dwell on it. She had the request, so it was time to play her trick!
"I! Want to take this task!" Iri slammed the request onto the Counter Miss's counter with full momentum. At this point, Iri was waiting for the Counter Miss to say, "Sorry, you cannot take this task at your rank."
"Okay! Okay! I'll process your request right away!" The Counter Miss frantically pulled out a notebook and started registering.
"I know, that's why I took it? Huh?? Processed? I can take this task?" Iri was utterly bewildered. What?! Counter Miss, you're not playing by the rules, are you? Or did I tear off a trash task that even a bronze-ranked Adventurer can take?
Iri was instantly dumbfounded…
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