Jobless Reincarnation: Sword, Magic Hat and Romance System

Chapter 37: News Brought Back by Luo Qixi – Finding a Missing Person, Hiring a Hidden Man, and Issuing a Bounty

Allen snapped out of his daze as he looked at Loki.

"How is this possible?! How could you come back?! This doesn't make sense!"

Luo Qixi immediately covered Allen's mouth with her hand, looking left and right in a panic, and put her finger in front of her lips.

"Keep your voice down! Everyone's still sleeping."

Allen blinked, his gaze shifting downwards to look at Luo Qixi's hand. The latter also blinked back at Allen, then quickly withdrew her hand, subconsciously tugging at the stray hairs on her forehead, and said in a breathy voice.

"I just came back to check if you were all alright. It seems everything's fine now. Congratulations on successfully joining the Greirat family. Don't make a scene; I'll be leaving shortly."

Allen stared at Loki's face, still somewhat bewildered.

"Why? Why did Luo Qixi suddenly return? The plot was manageable up to tonight, but what's going on now? What does 'checking if we're alright' mean?"

"We're just coming back to see each other, why would we choose to travel in the middle of the night? And now you see I'm leaving, are Paul, Senis, and Rudy not going to see us?? That contradicts what you said, doesn't it?"

Luo Qixi scratched her face, not caring why Allen wasn't using honorifics this time. After thinking for a moment, she decided to tell Allen what she had learned, even though Allen seemed fine now.

"I came here because I discovered it while passing through the Adventurers' Guild in Donadi Territory—Rigate City."

She took out a carefully folded document, made of good quality and resembling a piece of paper, from the pocket of her magic robe, glanced at Allen's expression, and handed it to him.

Allen frowned, took the book, and unfolded it to read. His expression turned to surprise.

It was a job posting for someone, the paper was old, obviously it had been posted for some time, and the handwriting had a distinctly aristocratic tone.

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To all adventurers:

I am James Boreas Grellatt. My beloved son, Alan Boreas Grellatt, has recently disappeared without a trace on his way to school. I am very distressed, and so far, the search parties I have sent out have not found any trace of him.

I am posting this missing person notice in the hope that adventurers can help me find my beloved son.

Alan, the beloved son, is only nine years old, but he is already as tall as an adult woman. He is strong and has brown-grey eyes, slightly curly hair, raised eyebrows, and sharp eyes. He usually ties his hair back and raises his eyebrows unconsciously when talking to people. He is sharp but not lacking in composure.

If you see someone like this, please provide information to the Royal Capital, Boreas.

If the clues are verified, you will receive 200 gold coins.

If you can bring your beloved son back to your residence, you will receive one thousand gold coins.

I apologize for bothering you all.

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After reading the letter with narrowed eyes, Allen remained silent for a while before looking up at Luo Qixi and speaking thoughtfully.

"I'm sorry, I bumped into you unexpectedly, so I subconsciously hid some things from you, also to keep my whereabouts secret."

Seeing Allen unconsciously raise his eyebrows, Luo Qixi blinked, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Well... I can understand adventurers not telling the truth. Actually, you did tell the truth, but you never said what trouble you caused. I just guessed in strange ways. Sorry."

Allen looked at Loki and was still very puzzled, so he asked tentatively.

"Even so, you didn't need to come back to me specifically to question me about this, did you? You could have just written it down in a letter. So there must be something else, right?"

Luo Qixi hesitated for a moment, then took out another piece of paper with slightly curled edges and rough material from her mage robe and handed it over again.

Allen reached out and took it, unfolded it, and his expression suddenly darkened.

This was a wanted poster, written in a concise and crude style, a stark contrast to James's missing person notice.

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Night Lion Thieves Bounty:

Subject: Allen Boreas Greirat.

Features: Brown hair, gray eyes, and a grumpy face that makes people feel uncomfortable.

Bounty: 1,000 gold coins.

The swordsman's rank is Water God Style - Upper. He killed nine of my skilled fighters in the Crimson Dragon's Jaw. If you are interested, I suggest you deploy your forces to "hunt" him.

Special note: Only the body is required.

After succeeding, they contacted the local Night Lion Thieves gang and exchanged money for the goods.

This reward is valid indefinitely.

Night Lion.

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After squinting for a while, Allen finally managed a cold smile.

"I see. No wonder Loki suddenly rushed back. A 1,000 gold coin bounty on a bandit group. Tsk tsk, James, you never disappoint when it comes to letting people down. Killing someone is obviously much faster than bringing them back to the capital, right? The wanted poster is so blatant. But why didn't Paul mention it? Philip asked him to help gather information."

Allen looked up at Loki, who seemed somewhat at a loss.

"Was this wanted poster also found in the Adventurers' Guild? To be honest, Uncle Paul has been secretly inquiring about it for me, but it seems he hasn't found out that I'm wanted yet."

On her way back, Loki had seen these two drastically different "missing person" posters multiple times, and she realized that they must have been ordered by the Naboreas family in the capital. Combining the missing person notice and the bounty notice, it was clear that James wanted Allen dead, and the disappearance of his beloved son was merely a pretense to maintain the dignity of the nobility. This situation of being ordered to be executed by her family made her unsure how to bring it up with Allen.

After all, he himself had run away from the village because he didn't know how to read and was looked down upon by the villagers. But he was only looked down upon, while Allen was specifically asked by his father to kill him.

"This child is only nine years old. I wonder what trouble he caused in the capital. Murder? Arson? It doesn't seem like it. No wonder he's been so cautious and fearful all the way here. He probably has some idea of ​​what the future holds for him, yet he still gave me the only money he had."

She took a deep breath and answered.

"Actually, I got this from three thieves who suddenly appeared from Senlili while I was on my way to Ligate. This bounty should only be circulating in a small gray area. I only found the missing person job posting in the Adventurers' Guild and didn't find out any other information. It is said that the Adventurers' Guild in the Kingdom of Asura is really sparsely populated and doesn't have many commissions, so I saw it right away."

Allen's eyebrows twitched violently.

"On the way to Ligate City, thieves suddenly sprang out of the forest?? Are they searching for me?"

Luo Qixi nodded.

"According to them, it seems there's a band of thieves searching for you eastward along the forest at the foot of the Red Dragon Mountains."

Allen's expression turned somewhat unpleasant upon hearing this.

"This shouldn't be happening. The tracks I left point north, so why would someone be searching the southern foothills of the Crimson Dragon Mountains?"

(End of this chapter)