If everyone becomes an adventurer, who will put in the effort themselves?

Xia blinked, but looked at Lynn with a grin, almost as if to say, "Come and beg me!"

However, after glancing at Sia, Lynn turned to Ramie and said:

"Ramie, have you prepared these things?"

“Yes.” Ramie nodded, but as soon as she finished speaking, she noticed Sia’s ‘disappointed’ look.

Rami's expression froze, and she said vaguely, "However, it seems we've used up almost all of it."

At this moment, Lynn, noticing this, glanced at Sia:

"Isn't it a bit too much to bully a little girl?"

"Oh dear, Ramie just happened to be out of stock~"

Sia smiled and handed a round badge to Ramie:

"Lami, you can just take it from my inventory."

"Huh?" Ramie was stunned.

Sia, holding the badge, noticed Ramie hadn't reached for it for several seconds and looked puzzled.

Why aren't you taking it? Don't you want my things?

That's not what I meant.

Ramy quickly took the badge from Sia's hand and whispered:

"Grandmother said that from now on we have to call Lady Xia 'Great-Aunt' and can't call her 'Sister' anymore."

Sia's smiling face instantly stopped smiling.

"Pfft!!" Mira, who was standing to the side, turned her head away, her shoulders shaking.

Even Lynn was trying hard to suppress the upward curve of her lips, looking up at the ceiling and forcing herself not to laugh out loud.

At this moment, Xia gritted her teeth and said, "That old woman... taking advantage of my seniority and young age, is she deliberately trying to disgust me here?"

At this point, Sia got angry, but she really had no choice but to comply with Ramie's grandmother.

The old monster in the Snowfield family is not someone she can currently frame.

"Forget it, just call me Lady Xia from now on. It sounds better than my great-aunt."

As Sia spoke, she glanced at Lynn and said:

"Stop grinning like an idiot."

"I remember you wanted to study your own skills, right?"

"Which skill do you plan to train in the first round?"

Upon hearing this, Lynn replied without hesitation:

"Forensic identification, perhaps."

"This is the simplest and most convenient, isn't it?"

"Identification techniques?!" Xia's eyes lit up, and she said cheerfully, "I have a great idea!"

"Shut up."

Mira suddenly interrupted, reaching out to pull Sia to her side:

"Do you want to corrupt children in front of me, your consultant?"

"What do you mean by 'corrupting'? It's clearly very useful," Xia complained.

Mira glared at her, then turned to Lynn and said:

"Since it's an appraisal technique, let's go to Rock Town on the sixth floor of the dungeon."

“That’s the safe zone of the underground city, and also a trading center. It has a lot of ‘rare’ items, enough to meet the training needs of the Appraisal skill for ‘rare’ and ‘uncommon’ items.”

"Let Ramy guide you along the way, and help you remember the path so you'll know how to get there on your own later."

"The rock town on the sixth level?"

Lynn nodded thoughtfully, recalling the record of Rock Town in the Adventurer's Handbook.

I remember it was known as the 'starting point for newcomers'?

"I understand, I'll go there."

Suddenly, Sia hugged Mira, resting her chin on Mira's shoulder:

"Can't you let him hear my advice?"

“No.” Mira said expressionlessly, then casually grabbed Sia and said indifferently, “You’d better come with me and sign the mission announcement!”

Lynn watched as Sia was pulled away by Mira, then turned to look at Ramy standing beside him, and tilted his head, gesturing for Ramy to follow him:

"Shall we set off now?"

Ramy took a deep breath upon hearing this, and hugged Miss Snowball, saying:

"Please feel free to leave the guard duties to me."

"There's no need to take it so seriously..." Lynn muttered to himself, then turned around and headed towards the magic stone stairs.

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15 minutes later,

Dongcheng District.

Inside a detached house under renovation, filled with building materials.

"What the hell?"

The tall girl with white curly hair, styled like a lion, suddenly turned her head and glanced at Luke, who was standing to the side with his head down like a cicada:

"You little brat, what did you just say?"

"You've offended the City Lord's Mansion, the Adventurers' Guild, and the Knightvoka family in one fell swoop, and you expect me to find a way to mediate an apology?"

“Yes, yes, Fiona.” Luke lowered his head, looking very nervous. “I really offended them by accident.”

"No, no, no, I don't think you did it on purpose."

Fiona brushed the dust off her shoulders from supporting the stone pillar, then looked at Luke with great curiosity:

"I'm curious, how did you manage to offend so many big shots in one go!"

"Hey, don't even mention it, even if you gave me the job, I doubt I could have handled it as well as you."

"That's so rare!"

"I must say, you're pretty brave, kid!!"

Upon hearing this, Luke couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

"I was so careless!!"

Chapter 37 Have you heard of a secret investigation?

Seeing Luke's tearful expression, Duncan, a dark-skinned, crew-cut middle-aged man carrying stones, walked over cheerfully.

"Fiona, are you bullying Luke again?"

"Judging from this, you're bullying me pretty badly! Aren't you afraid Flora will come after you if she finds out?"

Upon hearing Flora's name, Luke immediately blushed and said:

"I didn't tell my sister!!"

Duncan chuckled upon hearing this: "I didn't say you were going to tell Flora about Fiona's misdeeds!"

"Luke, did you give yourself away?"

Upon hearing this, the workers who were working nearby immediately burst into laughter:

"Goodness, I knew Luke couldn't stand Fiona's training and went to Flora to complain!"

"Give me the money, give me the money! I won this time! 100 legal tender! Don't you dare run away!"

"Oh dear, what bad luck. I thought little Luke would last longer."

"How long did you hold out this time? Was it two months?"

"No, it's only been a little over a month. Tsk, Bot guessed right again."

"Shut up, you old fogies!"

Fiona glared at the workers around her and said irritably:

"Can't you see I'm standing up for my underling?"

"Give me a taste of my own medicine!" The middle-aged man with the buzz cut chuckled. "This involves the City Lord's Mansion, the Adventurers' Guild, and that pair of weirdos from the Red Dragon Clan. Fiona, you think you can stand up for Luke?"

"Even if Flora came, it wouldn't work!!"

Upon hearing this, a worker nearby immediately chimed in:

“Yes, yes, even Flora won’t do it. Even Flora would need Lady Charlotte to step in to make those three ferocious ‘lions’ back down.”

"Not necessarily, Flora still has some influence."

"That would require Flora to be there too. Didn't she take on a mission and go deep underground? She won't be back for at least six months!"

"That's true."

"Hey, old man, do you really think I'm dead?!"

Fiona glared at the middle-aged man with a buzz cut who was squinting at her breasts.

"Duncan, what are you up to now? You're not doing anything today, you're just picking a fight with me, aren't you?"

"If you want to fight, I'm ready! Stop your babbling!"

"Hey, you little brat, how dare you talk to your uncle like that?"

Upon hearing this, Duncan immediately puffed out his beard and glared, saying angrily:

"I'm doing this for your own good."

"What, do I have to thank you?"

Fiona sneered and raised her fist, intending to punch Duncan in the eye.

Seeing this, Duncan took a step back, then, feeling that his retreat was somewhat embarrassing, he glared at Fiona again:

"I have nothing to say to a muscle-bound lion-beastman like you!"

"Don't you ever think about why it was precisely when you formed the association that those three organizations came looking for trouble with you?"

"What's going on?" Fiona, who had rolled up her sleeves and was ready to punch someone, was stunned.

At this moment, Duncan chuckled, planted the pillar he was carrying on his shoulder into the ground, and then, leaning against the pillar, took out a cigarette he had rolled himself from his pocket.

Have you heard of 'secret investigation'?

Fiona was stunned. A secret investigation? What was that?

"Look at your stupid face, I knew you hadn't heard of it."

Duncan then said with a smile:

"Generally speaking, only the leaders and cadres who formed the association know about this."

"To put it simply!"

"It's the official force of Mona City. To ensure that the newly established association isn't some dirty thing like the Evangelical Fellowship, they'll send an investigation team to conduct a secret investigation into the soon-to-be-established association."

"Once the investigation is approved, the association can be officially established and affiliated with the Adventurers' Guild and the City Lord's Mansion; but if it is not approved..."

"What will happen?" Fiona asked, bewildered.

At this moment, Duncan rolled his eyes at Fiona and said irritably:

"Fiona, you're such a dimwit, what bad things could you possibly do?"

"The worst that can happen is that the group will be dissolved and banned from applying to form an association for three years."