In the morning, the guild was not very lively. The diligent members were already out on jobs, while the lazy ones had not even woken up yet.
After arriving at the guild with Sorano and the others, Laki skillfully began cleaning the bar counter and preparing drinks.
"You guys wait here. I'll go pick a mission."
After saying this, Sorano walked unhurriedly toward the request board.
Lucy obediently sat down at the bar, watching Laki as she cleaned, occasionally taking out a small notebook to jot things down.
"Laki, is this work assigned by the guild? How is the salary? Do you also go out on missions normally?"
"It's more or less like that. This work is mainly handled by me, though when I'm busy, other members can also take over."
"The salary isn't as fast as completing missions, but it is stable, and you don't have to worry about causing trouble or paying damages."
"As for missions, I rarely take them. But occasionally, there are still some requests specifically for me."
Laki answered Lucy's questions while polishing a glass. Even though the job of a guild receptionist sounded simple and uneventful, Laki kept a gentle smile the entire time, clearly satisfied with it.
At that moment, Meredy added from the side.
"Even though the receptionist salary isn't high, Laki's side business is extremely profitable."
"Before you came, Lucy, Laki was the fourth richest person I knew."
"The other three were Queen Hisui, Irene, and Aunt Selene."
"So Laki is actually that amazing? What kind of side business makes that much money?"
The broke Lucy immediately became interested.
Hisui was the Queen of Fiore, and Irene and Selene were both clearly extraordinary figures as well.
Selene's profession was still unknown to Lucy, but being placed alongside those two meant she was definitely not ordinary.
Laki also understood why Lucy was so curious, but she could only shake her head regretfully.
"Unfortunately, Lucy, you probably can't do this job."
With that, Laki tapped the counter lightly. In an instant, a small, exquisite wooden house appeared, constructed at a speed difficult for the eye to follow.
"Eh? T-This is our villa! Amazing! What kind of magic is this?"
Lucy lifted the palm-sized house, recognizing it immediately as their current residence.
"Wood Style Creation. A type of elemental creation magic."
Meredy answered first, and Laki nodded in confirmation.
"Wood creation? Houses? So this is construction work… real estate?"
Lucy quickly connected the dots and guessed Laki's second profession.
Laki nodded again.
Lucy immediately gave up any unrealistic thoughts of copying it.
Real estate was indeed profitable, but she clearly did not possess Laki's natural talent for it.
In a world where most buildings were made of wood, Wood Creation Magic was simply too perfectly suited.
With no shortcut available, Lucy could only accept her fate and rely on missions to earn money.
At that moment, Sorano finally returned after selecting a job.
"Lucky you, Lucy. I found a mission that pays well and suits you perfectly."
"Really? Really? Let me see!"
Excited, Lucy took the request sheet and quickly read it.
"Go to Hilos City and retrieve a book from the mansion of Duke Ebar?"
"So simple… but the reward is 200,000!"
"This is great. We can definitely take this job."
Seeing such a simple mission with such a high reward, Lucy immediately prepared to accept it.
But Meredy, who had also stood on tiptoe to read the sheet, quickly noticed something and pointed to the special note in the upper corner.
"However, it says here that Duke Ebar is a perverted lecher, and he is currently recruiting blonde maids."
"Lucy, you happen to be blonde."
"…Huh? Don't tell me…"
Lucy hurriedly reread the request, then turned to Sorano in disbelief.
Under her gaze, Sorano did not deny it. Instead, she calmly looked Lucy up and down, as if evaluating a product.
"Blonde, young, decent figure. You are very suitable for this role."
"If you can disguise yourself as a maid and infiltrate the mansion to steal the book, we can reduce our shares of the reward."
"Are you serious? We're really doing this?"
"I think it's fine. Using advantages other than magic to complete a mission is also a valid problem-solving approach."