Guild Boss's Ambition

She started from the beverage department with the tray in her hand, first passing a half-meter-high potted plant, then turned into the left aisle of the lobby, then changed direction and walked to seat A1. At this time, the female guest in seat A1 accidentally pushed over her cup, and the coffee and milk in the cup immediately spilled all over the floor. Miss Lan Nong, who had been mentally prepared, also stepped back alertly and successfully avoided this unexpected incident. Unfortunately, in the process of dodging, most of the coffee on the tray had already splashed out...

She gave me a tearful look.

I could only shake my head to show my infinite sympathy, then turned around and told another receptionist, Annie, to bring the coffee for seat A4 to her so as not to keep the few guests waiting for too long.

“I think I can give it another try!”

Our Miss Lannong seemed to have the admirable spirit of never giving up despite the failure of the mission. She gritted her teeth and raised her beautiful eyebrows, looking cute and resentful. However, for the sake of the overall situation, I had to tell her a fact.

"But you have failed ten times and broken four plates and eight cups."

“But failure is the mother of success!”

This is the fifth time she has said this line.

Although I didn't want the dishes and plates in the store to be damaged unnecessarily, I also didn't want to undermine the confidence of the black-haired girl in front of me, so I allowed her willfulness: "One last chance."

"Well, if I don't succeed this time, I'll die!"

She clenched her fists tightly, and her eyes burst with fighting spirit that was almost condensed, as if she was preparing for a life-and-death battle with some powerful monster. In fact, this job seemed to be very challenging for Miss Lannong. No matter how careful she was, there would always be some strange accidents while she was transporting the pallets, leading to her failure.

My intuition tells me that she will be no exception this time.

The departure point was still the window of the beverage department. This time, in addition to a cup of coffee, there was also a bottle of Coke in a glass bottle. After repeated failures, Miss Lan Nong placed the two drinks on the balance point of the tray to minimize the impact of the shaking during transportation on the liquid in the container. Unfortunately, although she was very careful, the real difficulty had just begun...

This time, she had to deliver the drinks to seat B7, so the entire journey was twice as long as it was for seat A4!

First, she passed by the same half-meter-high potted plant. It was a barren mountain cactus that didn’t need much care. The moment she passed by it, the cactus’s thorns hooked her uniform top at a subtle angle. If she didn’t realize this and kept walking forward, her top would either be torn or the cactus behind her would be pulled down…

Fortunately, Miss Lannong soon noticed the strange feeling coming from her clothes. She stopped, pulled the sharp thorn out of the fibers of the clothes with one hand, and then continued to move forward. Then she came to the aisle on the right side of the lobby. The aisle was very wide, and there should be no collisions on the way. But as if it was deliberately arranged by God, a pair of idiot lovers appeared!

The reason why idiot couples are idiot couples is that they only know how to show their affection without considering the occasion. Like at this delicate moment, the couple is playing the idiot game of "Come chase me, don't run away"!

There is no doubt that they only have each other in their eyes, and they will definitely not notice Miss Lannong who is coming towards them! In this situation, poor Miss Lannong, what would you do?

If it were me, I would probably stop and let that idiotic couple pass by first before making any decisions.

But Miss Lan Nong did not stop, she just maintained her original pace and continued to move forward, while the white man who was being chased by her boyfriend happened to run towards her. Just before the two collided, Miss Lan Nong suddenly twisted her right foot, turned 360 degrees beautifully, and dodged the white man. At this time, the second difficulty came!

The mentally retarded man who was chasing his girlfriend was really in a state of complete selflessness. He called her dear while spreading his strong arms like a seagull. When Miss Lannong just dodged the white man, his huge arms immediately went to the waist of the little prostitute. It seemed that the little prostitute was about to be hugged by this disgusting man...

But that’s not the end of the story!

Perhaps the crisis inspired her potential. At the critical moment, our delicate Miss Lan Nong actually performed a bridge-like movement and successfully avoided the attack of the giant arm with her petite height! What is even more commendable is that despite such a large-scale stunt, the cups and bottles on the tray remained intact. This... is really touching!

"Ms. Lannon, come on!"

With a feeling similar to that of a mother watching over her own child, I silently cheered for Miss Lan Nong. Miss Lan Nong, who had passed two levels in a row, did not stop at all and continued to move slowly towards seat B7. After a while, she turned into an alley. The seats of the B series were on the window side of the alley. It was a hot summer day, so I opened the window to let the customer enjoy the cool air.

Whoosh!

A magic lightning arrow suddenly shot into the stone house through the window. Judging from the size of the arrow, it was probably a stray arrow used for playful purposes. Even if it was hit, it would at most cause temporary local paralysis. Our Miss Lan Nong was exactly that unfortunate little poor thing. Her left hand was paralyzed by the lightning arrow...

Without the support of the left hand, the tray also began to fall freely...

"Is everything over?"

I almost couldn't bear to look away, but the next scene made me stunned with surprise!

In this life-or-death situation, Miss Lan Nong pushed out her knee with just the right force and angle, allowing the descending tray to find a buffer point midway. Then, she stretched out her free right hand at lightning speed and steadily picked up the tray that was only 30 centimeters from the ground. In the end, she successfully saved the guests' Coke and coffee!

"What a miraculous scene!"

I couldn't help but admire her in my heart, and Miss Lannong also smiled with joy and went to the front of seat B7, ready to pick the fruits of victory. However, I suddenly felt that something seemed a little wrong. Why was there a boy with a strange expression next to Miss Lannong? I clearly didn't see this boy just now!

I was wondering, but things were going on.

The boy suddenly smiled slyly and secretly reached his hand under Miss Lannong's skirt. Thinking about the annoying nature of these wild kids, I just hated myself for being out of reach and could only watch the black-haired girl being killed...

However, just when the boy's fingers just touched her skirt, Miss Lannong also firmly grasped the boy's hand with one hand, and gave the boy a heavy slap with the other hand, and then, you know, a person only has two hands.

Crackling, clang, clang!

After a round of spectacular collisions, a cup and a bottle were missing from our store. The icy cola and the hot coffee also merged into one on the floor, forming a disgusting and weird color.

"Senior Berlani..."

After teaching that hateful boy a lesson, Xiao Lan came to me with tears in her eyes.

"Thanks for your hard work."

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24. Can I return a broken game? (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

[System: The task of serving dishes has failed eleven times in a row! Hidden conditions have been triggered!]

[System: Congratulations! The player has obtained the hidden title──Dishware Crusher!]

[Tableware Crusher: When in working state, any tableware you touch will be absolutely destroyed within five minutes. At the same time, depending on the value of the tableware, you will gain different amounts of character and career experience points.]

"Senior Berlani..."

"Thanks for your hard work……"

With Senior Berlani showing her sympathy in front of me and Miss System’s finishing blow behind me, no matter how dedicated I am, I can’t continue to support myself. I can only grit my teeth and admit my failure: “Senior Berlani, can you arrange other work for me? I just had an inexplicable premonition that I think I will never be able to hold a plate again in this life!”

Without any doubt, the white-haired girl acknowledged my helplessness. She nodded and said calmly, "It's okay. In fact, in addition to serving guests, the clerks have other more important tasks. After graduation, we are an adventurer's guild, not a simple restaurant. Based on your past performance, you may be more suitable for handling clerical work."

Although there was no expression on her face, what Senior Berlani said just now was indeed to comfort me, a junior who had failed repeatedly. I was silently moved by this concern and regained my full motivation: "Well! Please assign work to me!"

"Then follow me."

Berlane would usually only talk a lot when she was working, otherwise she would rarely take the initiative to communicate with others. However, although she was usually taciturn, when she had to speak, she would often speak more meaningfully than many people: "Stone House currently has three major sources of income. The first is the food supply in the lobby restaurant, the second is the house rental contract, and the third is the brokerage service for adventurer missions."

As we were talking, we came to the third floor of the stone house.

The third floor was a small public plaza with a long service counter next to each of the four walls. Anyone with a discerning eye would know that it was used to broker adventurer quests. However, perhaps because there were too few customers, only one of the four counters was open, with a sleepy old man sitting on it.

"He is our mission assessor, his name is Hai Lao."

Pointing at the old man, Brannie said coldly, "He signed a 370-year contract with the former president because he owed him a gambling debt. That's why he's still staying in the Stone House. I'll arrange for you to assist him in his work later. But he's very lustful. If he wants to do anything inappropriate to you, tell him that Brannie will chop him into pieces and feed him to the dogs."

Chop it up and feed it to dogs? So scary?

I examined the look in Berlane's eyes, and something told me that she was serious.

"Now, wake him up."

After briefly explaining to me, a junior, the key to dealing with workplace SH, the efficient and efficient Berlani took me to the old man named Hai Lao and knocked on the counter several times in succession.

giggle!

"Who is it? Who disturbed my rest..."

The old man who was awakened by the noise immediately started yelling and shouting, but when he saw the person in front of him clearly, his arrogance instantly disappeared, leaving only a scoundrel-like flattering smile on his face.

"Oh, beautiful Berlane, welcome to the realm of the sea elders!"

It must be said that with a stern face, Berlanni is really majestic, giving people the impression that she is a queen who has lived in an ice castle for many years. It's a pity that she is not an ice magician, but a real fighter.

At this time, Berlani, who has always been a man of action, did not say any more nonsense to Hai Lao. She pushed me in front of the old man and said in a tone so cold that no emotion could be heard: "Hai Lao, she is in your hands. You can do whatever you want."

Having said that, she turned around and walked down the stairs to the second floor as Hai Lao and I watched her go.

After Berlani left, the old man and I were the only ones left in the entire third floor square, staring at each other...

"Oh, a lovely little girl—"

He gave me a strangely friendly smile. I couldn't help but feel a little disgusted by what Senior Blanny had said about him, but he was a local after all, so I couldn't be cold to him. "Hello, I'm the new poster girl, my name is Ulu-Lannon. Blanny asked me to come here today to learn from you. I'd like to ask for your guidance, Grandpa."

"Polite children, I like them!"

He smiled with satisfaction and patted an empty seat next to him: "Come on, you're welcome, sit anywhere you want."

Looking at his amiable smile, even though I was hesitant, I finally went around to the inside of the counter and sat next to him. At this time, I also saw clearly the situation inside. What caught my eye were the messy snacks and sundries. What made me frown even more was the photo magazines he hid under the counter. Berlani's advice was not redundant at all. This old man was indeed a terrible old man who would make women extremely disgusted.

"Hello, what is my job?" I forced a smile.

"Haha, there's no need to be so anxious. Shouldn't we get to know each other before we talk about work?"

Hai Lao gave me a meaningful smile, and sat a little closer to me. He then slowly extended his hand, which had as many wrinkles as orange peel, towards my thigh. No matter how I looked at him, he looked like an experienced pervert...

When he was about to touch my thigh, I smiled sweetly at him and reminded him loudly: "Oh, I almost forgot something very important! In fact, Senior Berlane just asked me to tell you that if you do anything improper to me, she will chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs. So, Mr. Hai, let's talk about work, shall we?"

Hearing this, Hai Lao's hand suddenly stopped in mid-air. He stared with horror, looking frightened, and shouted angrily, "Why didn't you say it earlier, you little bitch? That evil woman, Berlani, always does what she says. If I die just because I took advantage of you, wouldn't that be a big loss?"

Damn it, what do you mean by not worth it?

I looked at this old man with indifference. I couldn't help but feel unhappy. "If you keep telling me nonsense, even if you don't do anything wrong, I will tell Berlane. I believe that with your reputation, the president and the seniors will unconditionally believe my side of the story, right?"

"you you you you you……"

"I, I, I, I, I...what's wrong with me?"

Hai Lao pointed at me tremblingly, stared blankly and blew his beard a few times, and finally raised a thumb: "You are awesome! Little girl, you are very awesome! I have no human rights, I admit defeat this time! Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"Senior Berlani said to teach me how to do things."

Hai Lao kept shaking his hands, trying to send me away: "I have few guests here, so I don't need an assistant."

I looked around the third floor of the stone house, which was still deserted two hours after opening. For a moment, I was completely unable to refute the old man's statement, so I had to change my strategy: "Then tell me, why do you have no customers here? Could it be that this is the result of your laziness and neglect of customers?"

Hearing this, Hai Lao just sneered and snorted.

"Humph, the ignorant are fearless."

Ignorance? Fearlessness?

At this moment, I sensitively caught an abnormal point, and then put away all my arrogance, and asked in a relatively equal and gentle tone: "Ebi, where do you think I am ignorant? And what makes you shrink back?"

Hearing my question, Hai Lao's body shook slightly, but soon returned to normal.

"You little bastard, don't think you can point fingers at me just because you own one-fifth of the Stone House. After all, I am the most experienced person in this Stone House. It will not do you any good to offend me!"

The old man had a gloomy face and threatened me with terrible words, as if he wanted me to shut up quickly. However, his threats only aroused my strong curiosity. He said that he was the most senior employee!

In other words, he may be the person who can provide me with the most information at this stage!

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25. Old shrimp (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

"We must pry useful information out of him!"

At this moment, in my eyes, Hai Lao is just like a nun who wraps herself tightly and tightly. My job now is to gradually break down his defenses, tear off his outer clothes piece by piece, and then, mahahahahaha!

Having said that, our Hai Lao is not an innocent little girl. He obviously won't let us slowly peel off his coat. No, it should be slowly finding out what he is talking about! Maybe it's because my ambition is too strong, so the alarm bells rang in his heart: "Little girl, why do I always feel that the way you look at me seems weird?"

"No, no, this is all your illusion—"

I hastily denied it and tried to divert his attention as quickly as possible: "By the way, Hai Lao, how did you know that I own one-fifth of the shares of Stone House? This happened just last night, and only a few people from Stone House were present at the time..."

Hai Lao rolled his eyes and said, "Humph! If you don't even know this, how can I do this business?"

"So, being a mission assessor is a job that requires good intelligence skills?"

Hai Lao raised his head proudly and said with a smile: "Little girl, you are right. The most important quality of a mission appraiser is the understanding of mission intelligence! Before making a decision on a battle, the first thing to do is to collect intelligence. Unless we have the right intelligence, we will never be able to make the right decision. Therefore, the success or failure of adventurers is often already determined at the moment of accepting the mission, and the appraiser responsible for issuing the mission is the key person who determines their life or death!"

"Then why don't we have any customers yet?" I pointed to the deserted square.

Hai Lao narrowed his eyes and sneered, "The lack of customers is not my fault, but Mrs. Meng'er's own poor management. Ask yourself, my ability is definitely not worse than that of the appraisers of other guilds. I have always maintained the average casualty rate of customers at 0.2%. Every expert will understand what an excellent number this is!"

Do you already know how to digitize and objectify your performance?

Keeping this in mind, I spread out my hands and pretended to be indifferent: "Since the situation of our Stone House is so bad, why don't you, a senior and professional expert with rich experience, think of a solution for President Ahad and others? Do you really want to see the Stone House continue to decline like this?"

"..."

Like a provoked venomous snake, after hearing what I said, Hai Lao suddenly lost his carefree and arrogant feeling. He stared at me intently, covering me with his adult body: "Little girl, don't think that you can be a savior just because you made a thing called a screwdriver. The Adventurer's Guild is a very muddy place. You'd better not treat other people as idiots──"

It’s a pity that I am not a child in his eyes, but a mute man from another world.

So, when he looked down on me, I also saw more.

"Ebi, you like stone houses, right?" I smiled and asked the tall figure.