Guild Boss's Ambition

She asked, looking me straight in the eyes, examining my eyes.

I met her scarlet eyes, asked myself, and finally shook my head honestly and said frankly: "I am a woman who loves money to the point of being crazy. If you are valuable enough, I am afraid I will not be able to help but sell you out, right?"

Then, she lowered her eyes, as if she had made up her mind, and said to me: "I think I may have lost my memory."

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7. She seems to have lost her memory (Ehard)

(Female Knight, Meng Er-Ehard)

"I think I may have lost my memory," said the girl.

Amnesia? What kind of third-rate novel is that?

I certainly did not easily believe something that was already unbelievable. Across the campfire, I carefully examined the little girl Lan Nong opposite me, trying to find some clues from her little face. However, the longer I observed, the more I believed in the absurd fact she said - maybe she really had lost her memory.

At this time, the little girl Lannong was hugging herself tightly in anxiety. She frowned and stared blankly at the stardust flying above the fire, as if she was thinking about some unsolvable problem. Suddenly, she raised her head, showed a sad smile, and whispered to me, the questioner who had not spoken for a long time: "Sorry, I said something strange - can you pretend that you didn't hear it?"

Can I pretend I haven't heard of it?

I also want to pretend that I haven't heard it.

I was immediately convinced that she had really lost her memory. Looking at this little girl who seemed not to want to cause me any trouble, my knightly honor that had been almost lost became hot again. In fact, as long as a human being still has a little conscience, he probably can't turn a blind eye and cruelly leave a girl with amnesia in the forest, right?

So, with the long-lost enthusiasm, I stood up straight, walked around the small campfire that separated us, slowly came to her, half-knelt on the ground, looked at her and said: "No, you must have really lost your memory, right? I will help you. Please don't think of yourself as a burden. It's my honor to help you, and it can be regarded as my way of repaying you!"

Seeing my action, the little girl opened her eyes in surprise. She shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly. In order to avoid troubling a stranger like me, she lied again: "No, the amnesia or something, that was a lie! Really!"

"Amnesia is a sad thing that shouldn't be borne alone."

Staring at this thoughtful little girl, my heart, which had been rotten by money, could not help but feel warm. I touched her head with pity and easily exposed her lies: "So, do you know where you are? Do you know where you come from? Do you know how to get out of this dangerous forest?"

When she heard my question, she could no longer utter a word of denial. Her red pupils were dull for a moment, and then a bitter smile gradually formed on her pretty face. She silently acknowledged the fact that she had lost her memory.

"It seems like she really has lost her memory..."

I felt a little sad about this fact, but the sadness did not last long, because the little girl was staring at me with ignorant eyes, she seemed unaware that what was happening to her was as sad as death, just like a mastiff born in the Colosseum who does not understand the misery of being imprisoned, they take everything as natural.

I didn't say much and just sat next to the little girl Lan Nong.

However, she seemed to be afraid of my approaching. When our shoulders touched, her body trembled noticeably, and then she shrank back in the opposite direction of me, keeping a slight distance between us. Haha, what a lovely girl.

"Do you remember anything?" I asked her.

She looked up at the starry sky and answered in a slightly confused tone: "I remember that I have a younger sister. As for everything else about this world, I'm not sure how much I know."

"Don't be discouraged. You don't just remember a sister. You also have your own name, right?"

I smiled and tried to cheer her up, and she gave me a grateful look, nodded, and said with a smile: "Well, no matter what, at least I am still alive. As long as I continue to live, there will be all kinds of possibilities in the future..."

She waved her little fist again, her eyes sparkling, and said to me: "So, Miss Ehard, can you tell me about the things around here? Compared with the things in the past, I seem to need to know more about the present and the future."

Looking at such a positive little girl like Lan Nong, I couldn't help but cheer up even though I was carrying a huge debt. It was only a debt of 820 gold coins. As long as I continued to work hard and live, one day, I would definitely be able to pay them all back to that stinky woman Corvina! Humph, by then, I will never have to look at their family's faces again!

"Yes! We should look to the future! However, Miss Lannong, please don't be so polite as to call me Miss Ehard. It sounds quite unnatural to me. Please just call me Meng'er or Ehard. Of course, although I haven't managed the ancestral stone house very well, you can also call me President Ehard. I will be very happy if I do that!"

I put my arm around the girl's shoulders and tried to get closer to her, but this very shy girl immediately stiffened her body, and her pretty face turned as red as an apple. This made me so excited that I almost couldn't help turning into a wolf and wanting to bite her face and tease her!

"So... President Ehard?"

"Yes Yes!"

She tried to call me with a mosquito-like voice, and my mind was almost completely confused by her cute appearance.

"President Ehard, is there any city nearby where we can live?"

Unlike me who was daydreaming, Miss Lan Nong next to me seemed to be thinking seriously about her future. Looking at her tightly furrowed brows, I also appropriately restrained my fantasies.

So I straightened my face and began to explain the geographical environment of the surrounding area to the little girl.

"Well, Miss Lannong, may I ask you..."

"Wait, please call me Uru, President Ehad."

"Okay, then Miss Uru, may I ask you..."

"No, wait a minute, President Ehard, it's better for you to call me Lannong!"

Somehow, Miss Lan Nong suddenly held her forehead with one hand, revealing a stomachache expression. I didn't know the reason, so I didn't delve into it. I just shrugged and continued with the previous question: "So, Miss Lan Nong, how much do you know about the geography of our world? Do you know which country we are in?"

"No, I don't know anything about these things." The little girl answered blankly.

I fell silent because of her answer. It takes time for humans to establish so-called common sense. Common sense is a huge body of knowledge. If even common sense is forgotten, it will be a terrible disaster for people of any status. At this time, I can only pray to God, hoping that this little girl has not forgotten as much common sense as I imagined.

"President Ehard?"

Noticing that I hadn't moved for a long time, she called me worriedly. I looked at her in such a pitiful situation, forced myself to put on a bright smile, patted my chest, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I will definitely help you remember what you forgot!"

"President Ehard..."

She was so moved that her mouth opened wide, and I was secretly proud of my kindness. So I cleared my throat, organized my thoughts, and began to give the amnesiac girl another enlightenment lesson.

"Our world is called Arthur Continent. Legend has it that it was created by the One and Only God."

"From north to south, the land of Arthur's continent mainly belongs to three different camps: evil, nature, and good."

"The Panlong Forest we are in now is located in the territory of the good camp. Although it is far less terrible than the natural and evil camps, there are also many beasts as ferocious as the Fiery Tiger. To be honest, I really don't understand why a little girl with amnesia like you would appear in this dangerous place alone! By the way, Miss Lannong, you haven't answered my question at the beginning. How did you stop the Fiery Tiger from attacking? Are you a druid?"

Having said this, my tone couldn't help but become much heavier. My original innocent good intentions turned into a series of harsh questions amidst heavy doubts. I frowned and looked at Miss Lannong who claimed to have lost her memory, and she shook her head again.

"I'm not sure either. I just think it has no malicious intent."

"Does she really know nothing?"

Many suspicions arose in my heart. I stared at the weak-looking Miss Lannong for a long time, but I couldn't find any answers from her expression. On the other hand, she had just saved me from dying with precious potion in the afternoon, so...

"Ok, I trust you."

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8. Lying is bad (Miss Lannon)

(Ulu-Lannon)

"Ok, I trust you."

President Ehard declared her trust to me with a serious and sincere look. Although she was very likely just a bunch of empty data, when I thought about the fact that I had hidden so many important things from her, I couldn't help but feel uneasy that I had betrayed her trust. However, on the other hand, I didn't think that my concealment was a wrong choice. After all, it was just an information confidentiality strategy out of self-defense.

"You are judging others by your own standards..."

As I bowed my head and confessed secretly, President Ehad, who was sitting next to me, smiled frankly. She first added a handful of firewood to the campfire, and then began to explain: "Okay, let's get back to the point! I just mentioned that the world is mainly divided into three camps, namely evil, nature, and goodness. The place we are in now is called the Panlong Forest. This forest is located at the intersection of good forces and natural forces. For two hundred years, it has been in a state of chaos, and fighting may break out at any time."

Simply put, this Panlong Forest is a wild map that can trigger battles?

I supplemented my thoughts in a way that I could understand, and nodded to President Ehard, indicating that she could continue her explanation. Then, she smiled and continued to tell me about the unfamiliar environment around her.

"Among the three camps, we humans are mainly the kind side. Of course, there are many kinds of people in the world, and there are also many humans in the forces of evil and nature. So, if you see a stranger in a chaotic area in the future, please don't easily believe that the other party belongs to the kind side! Then, there is a saying that a big tree must have dead branches. Even creatures in the kind camp may not be kind in their hearts. In short, Miss Lan Nong, please protect yourself well!"

As a middle-aged man with nearly 20 years of social experience, I naturally understood what President Ehard meant. Feeling the concern in his words, I made a sign language gesture to him with gratitude.

"Hmm? Miss Lannon, what did you mean by that action just now?"

Noticing my sign language, President Ehard looked confused. It was then that I realized my negligence from her expression. I smiled awkwardly and explained to her simply, "That means -- I understand, thank you --."

"Is this a special code?" she said.

"It's just a way of communicating," I replied.

President Ehard showed a curious look and said with a smile: "I am really getting more and more curious about who you were in the past."

How should I answer her?

I frowned, and finally answered lightly: "Maybe just a mute?"

"I've never met any mute with such a beautiful voice." She laughed unabashedly, and then used branches to stir the blazing bonfire. Obviously, she didn't take the facts I said to heart, and I didn't hope that she would believe me. My past disability could only bring me unnecessary sympathy from others.

After a while, President Ehad glanced at me. Without waiting for me to speak, she continued to explain to me very considerately: "Okay, now you know that you are in the Coiled Dragon Forest. The city closest to the Coiled Dragon Forest is Mopolis, which belongs to the Alliance of Light. This town is a famous adventurer city and has been responsible for fighting against the other two major forces for many years. The Adventurer's Guild I run is also established in this great city."

The Alliance of Light?

Mopolis City?

City of Adventurers?

After this short conversation, many more questions popped up in my mind. However, it was already late and I was more sleepy than ever before. I was worried that I would fall asleep while listening. So, I thought about it and picked out one key question from the many questions: "Well, can I go with you to Mopolis tomorrow?"

After the fight with the Fiery Tiger in the afternoon, I definitely didn’t dare walk alone in this dangerous Panlong Forest. I hadn’t had a single grain of rice to comfort my stomach for the entire day. If I didn’t go to a human settlement where I could buy food or raw materials, I was really worried that I would starve to death in an online game…

President Erhard immediately responded to my request for a colleague.

"No problem! In return for that healing potion, I can take you back to Mopolis!"

At this moment, Miss System's electronic voice also popped up in my mind.

[Meng'er (Lv20) has joined your team, and the experience value sharing rate is %. ]

Just as I was still struggling with what the experience sharing rate was, the level 20 female knight next to me suddenly screamed like someone who forgot to put away clothes on a rainy day. She grabbed my shoulders tightly and asked nervously, "Hey, if you want to enter Mopolis City, you have to show your Alliance citizenship certificate. Do you see anything similar on you?"

I shook my head blankly.

At this time, there was only a bottle of healing potion and a parchment scroll left in my item column, and the latter was just a learning scroll for work-related skills, not the citizenship certificate mentioned by President Ehard. Thinking of my unknown origin, I couldn't help but start to worry about whether I could enter the city tomorrow──

Perhaps noticing my worry, President Ehad patted my head as if she was coaxing a child. Although she probably had good intentions, her action dealt a heavy blow to my self-esteem as an adult male. But unfortunately, I am now wearing the appearance of a loli. Even if I pretend to be mature, I can probably only get the other person to laugh, right?

"Don't worry. The Alliance of Light has always been very helpful. If I become your guarantor, I think the only thing left is a matter of money. However, as for that damn money..." When it came to the word money, President Ehad suddenly changed into an extremely ugly expression. Well, it was the expression that said I'm a little short of money right now.

Realizing President Ehard's dilemma, I quickly asked, "Well, how many gold coins does it cost to apply for a citizenship certificate? If circumstances permit, I hope I don't have to use your money as much as possible."

President Ehard frowned and said sullenly, "I'm not sure how much it will cost, but in addition to the processing fee, a considerable deposit is also required to apply for a citizenship certificate. If you add the two together, I think it will cost about three to four gold coins, or even more. Even for me, I can only take out four gold coins at most..."

At this point, I felt relieved, and I smiled happily and said, "That's great. If the value of the citizenship certificate does not exceed five gold coins, I think I should be able to pay all the fees by myself, but if it is not enough, then..."

President Ehard smiled brightly, winked at me, and said, "If five gold coins are not enough, then I will pay for you temporarily! If it's just one or two gold coins, it won't be too late to pay me back when you have money in the future."

"Thank you so much!"

I stood up and bowed to her vigorously.

Seeing this, she hurriedly asked me to sit down, and then held her chin and said, "I say, Miss Lannong, you'd better not tell others how much money you have in your purse. For ordinary people like us, your five gold coins are already a large amount. To be honest, I really wanted to rob you of everything and then sell you to the slave market──"

President Ehard looked straight into my eyes, and I looked into her green eyes. I felt that her eyes were so serious that it was a little scary, as if she had really thought about carrying out those evil ideas she had mentioned. In fact, in such a sparsely populated suburban area, if she really committed a crime, I'm afraid there wouldn't be much traces left that could serve as evidence, right?

but……

"It's okay, I believe you."

I said so and she laughed.

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9. I am definitely not a foodie (Ms. Lan Nong)

(Ulu-Lannon)

My vision when I was hungry was like an 8-bit dot matrix. I devoured instant noodles one after another in big gulps, but I didn’t feel full at all. My brain gradually became less clear and I started to have hallucinations.

I found that my short black hair had suddenly grown to my shoulders...

I saw my proud strong arms shrink into a pair of soft and tender white hands...

I always feel like everything around me seems a little bit taller...

"Miss Lannong, Miss Lannong..."

I even had auditory hallucinations.

No.

It's not an auditory hallucination, but I should get up.

Listening to President Ehard calling me that title that made me feel extremely uncomfortable, I drowsily opened my eyes, and my nose was pleasantly surprised to smell a burst of spicy meaty aroma, which shook my internal organs like a grenade -

“Did you make a barbecue?”

Even though I was not used to sleeping on the floor and my back and waist ached all over, I still got up at an unprecedented speed. I stood up with a somersault, then cast a sincere gaze towards the great President Ehard to confirm the source of the fragrance.