Chapter 39

Chapter 39: Izay: Cough cough, I have a friend…..

Izay was walking through the Guild hall, having just squeezed out from the bulletin board area, now searching for any nearby idle Guild staff.

Whether it’s intel about heading to the Middle Layer or news of the Enhanced Wyvern appearing on the 15th floor, he needs to obtain this information through Guild channels.

“The Middle Layer” – to Lv.1 adventurers, this is a very unfamiliar level since it’s an area where senior adventurers operate.

In the free adventurer manuals provided to rookies, there’s no mention whatsoever of the Middle Layer.

If adventurers want to learn more about the Middle Layer, they either have to ask experienced seniors or go to the Guild Headquarters and purchase information with Valis.

After all, the Adventurer’s Guild isn’t some charity organization. Necessary economic operations and intelligence management are fully in place.

The Adventurer’s Manual is merely a friendly guide provided by the Guild to help adventurers get through their tough rookie phase.

Just as Izay was looking around, he accidentally locked eyes with two girls not far away who were staring at him.

Ah, an idle Guild staff member found…

Without much thought, Izay walked over to the familiar face.

“Long time no see, Miss Eina.”

“Are you… Mr. Izay?”

After half a month of not seeing each other, even standing right in front of her, Eina took quite a while to recognize him.

For someone with a poor memory, half a month can be enough time to forget a person or thing entirely.

“Do you know this young man, Eina? When did this happen? Why didn’t I know?”

At that moment, seeing Izay take the initiative to greet Eina, as her best friend and colleague, Missia was utterly shocked.

Just a few minutes ago, she had been teasing Eina about not being able to find a boyfriend.

But in such a short time, her face was slapped hard.

She didn’t expect that behind the scenes, when everyone was apart, Eina had been secretly making moves, huh???

So Missia had been acting like a clown just now?

Missia… mental breakdown.

Hearing her best friend’s incredulous tone, Eina felt slightly exasperated.

“Firstly, why do you need to know these things, but Missia, aren’t you misunderstanding something?”

“Huh? Is that not the case? Isn’t this young man the boyfriend you secretly found?”

“How could that be! You’re talking nonsense! I’ll get angry if you keep this up!”

“No! I’m sorry, I was wrong! I shouldn’t have misunderstood you both, please don’t be angry!”

“…”

Within just a few sentences, Missia chose to bow her head and apologized with her hands clasped in front of Eina.

In front of the counter, Izay watched this scene, feeling somewhat speechless.

With a serious expression on her pretty face, Eina pouted a little due to her friend’s lack of tact and wild imagination but quickly calmed down, noticing Izay still waiting beside her.

“Sorry, Mr. Izay, for making you witness this embarrassing scene…”

“It’s fine, actually, these kinds of wonderful misunderstandings should happen more often~”

After all, if being mistaken for something happens enough, doesn’t it become reality?

Izay has seen this kind of thing many times and wouldn’t mind it happening to himself either~

“There wasn’t… And it’s not even a wonderful misunderstanding!”

Eina adorably pouted.

“As for you, Mr. Izay, after becoming a rookie adventurer, you’ve been missing for half a month, I thought you might have met with misfortune.”

“Hey… Even so, you don’t have to curse me like that, do you?”

Facing Izay’s words, Eina slightly tilted her chin towards the direction of the bulletin board.

“This isn’t a curse, it’s a fact. Whether it’s rookie adventurers or senior ones, almost every day people go missing. That’s yesterday’s updated notice over there, there are more than ten search commissions, all for adventurers who have gone missing recently.”

“Uh… Alright, I understand your concern now.”

Because of this, Izay recalled the string of search commissions he saw earlier and fell silent momentarily, gaining a clearer understanding of the dangers of being an adventurer once again.

Actually, Izay has never let down his guard regarding the Dungeon.

He is special.

Precisely because of this, compared to others, he understands the Dungeon better and treats it with greater caution.

Otherwise, Izay would have recklessly rushed into the Middle Layer long ago instead of spending half a month grinding Ability Values in the upper levels.

“So, let’s get back to the main topic, Mr. Izay. What do you need this time? I will do my best to assist you.”

After finishing the off-topic conversation, Eina resumed her professional attitude and asked.

“Hmm, about this… This time, I came to purchase information about the ‘Middle Layer’ and the details of the commission regarding the ‘Enhanced Species’ Wyvern.”

“I see, then I’ll process it for you immediately… Wait, what did you say? The Middle Layer???”

Initially thinking Izay was just conducting routine queries about rookie-related information or accepting Goblins and Earth Spirit type commissions, Eina had already prepared her usual spiel.

But after carefully listening to Izay’s request, she couldn’t stay calm anymore.

Both hands slammed onto the counter, instantly pushing herself upright.

“Mr. Izay, why does a Lv.1 adventurer like you need information about the Middle Layer? You’re not thinking of exploring deeper beyond your reach, are you?”

Frowning, Eina questioned with suspicion, her emerald eyes tightly fixed on Izay, showing a strong determination to get to the bottom of things.

It wasn’t within her job scope, but rather her personality.

For those adventurers who don’t know their own limits and insist on increasing their reached floors until they meet their end in the Dungeon, Eina would do everything in her power to prevent such occurrences.

She certainly wouldn’t stand idly by.

To her, the current Izay seemed to show signs of such tendencies…

“Cough cough, Miss Eina, you’re overreacting too much. Do I look like someone who would foolishly rush into the Middle Layer alone and seek death?”

“Feels like it.”

“…”

Izay’s mouth twitched.

This is going nowhere fast.

No way around it, in order to get the information, it looks like he has to resort to some unconventional methods.

“It’s not as you think, Miss Eina. The situation is like this… I have a friend…”

Izay cleared his throat slightly and began his classic line— “I have a friend” ~

“She’s very interested in the Enhanced Wyvern on the 15th floor, and her strength is also formidable enough to consider taking on this extermination commission. As for me… purely tagging along to gain experience in the Middle Layer, there won’t be any danger. Please trust me~”

Having said that, Izay looked at Eina with an earnest expression.