“Wait… what do you mean ‘fixed occurrence’? I didn’t hear the receptionist mention that before.”
As she listened to the explanation, Evalyn realized something was off and quickly questioned her.
Evalyn thought she heard the receptionist click her tongue in annoyance.
However, the woman’s expression remained unchanged, so Evalyn dismissed it as a hallucination.
“You can understand it as an upgrade trial for the Adventurers Guild,” the receptionist explained immediately.
“Similarly, these are commissions that must appear and be accepted after a certain level of progress. The difference is that a Special Commission isn’t necessarily tied to your Matchmaker rank, nor is it mandatory to accept immediately.”
“The conditions to unlock a Special Commission are completing all currently accepted commissions and meeting specific prerequisites.”
Evalyn rubbed her head, feeling a bit dazed. “So… even if I haven’t accepted a commission right now, the Special Commission will still appear when the time comes?”
“Yes, but if you do not accept commissions, the prerequisites will not be fulfilled,” the receptionist nodded.
“That’s not right. Didn’t you just say it would only unlock after I finished this Difficult Commission? And this is the first I’m hearing about prerequisites for viewing Special Commissions. You let me see them when they were first generated… You’re hiding way too much. Even the Chamber of Commerce Agreement before the war wasn’t this vague… Besides, didn’t you say at the start that the receptionist would answer all my questions?”
Evalyn clenched her fists, deeply dissatisfied, and vent her frustrations in one go.
“Miss Evalyn, the guild reception does indeed answer all your questions, but that is on the premise that I believe you are confused.”
The receptionist’s tone remained cold as she shifted the topic.
“What I said before was not incorrect. Completing the Difficult Commission you currently hold fulfills the requirement of completing all your current commissions, does it not?”
“You…” Evalyn gnashed her teeth in anger, but she eventually chose to accept it.
‘Deep breaths… I should check the content of the Special Commission first.’
After all, the receptionist had said that if she didn’t complete the Special Commission, she wouldn’t be able to take on any others.
Evalyn didn’t think the receptionist would lie to her about this.
If she couldn’t take commissions, she wouldn’t be able to solve the problems plaguing her husband and herself.
It was just that… Evalyn had come to the Adventurers Guild this time to check the rewards and the changes in the status of her husband and the Night sisters.
Now, she felt like she had been tricked into joining some heretical church.
“Very well.” The receptionist led Evalyn to the guild’s commission board.
The board for the Matchmaker’s Guild didn’t look much different from those in the Adventurers Guild.
It was divided into three sections: Simple Commissions, Difficult Commissions, and Special Commissions.
In the Special Commission area, only the first one was currently lit up; the rest were black.
After observing for a moment, Evalyn noticed a commission labeled “Completed” in the Simple Commission column.
She frowned.
“What’s this? Is there a point in keeping completed commissions here?”
“It is merely for your future convenience, should you wish to reminisce.”
Evalyn chose not to argue over such a strange feature and instead asked the receptionist to enlarge the Special Commission.
[Special Commission: Anyone Will Do?]
[Commission Target: Night Lei or Night Night]
[Commission Content:
1. Have Night Lei or Night Night pretend to be the Matchmaker and return home with the husband, Master Faon, to host Ailin and visiting guests for 2 nights.
The Matchmaker herself must remain within the same town.
2. Achieve and photograph a hug between the husband and the commission target during the impersonation.
The hug must last for at least 10 seconds.
3. Have Evalyn and the visiting guests travel together to Crevia Town.]
[Completion Rewards: 500 Guild Coins, 200 Matchmaker Points, two sets of Matchmaker’s Guild Uniforms (can be gifted), Unlock: Blood Relative Commission reward doubling, Skill: Suggestion, One-time Skill: Common Secret, One-time Skill: Soul Burst.]
After reading it, Evalyn’s brow remained furrowed.
The rewards for the Special Commission were generous—almost equivalent to several Difficult Commissions combined.
However, the contents of the commission gave her a headache.
Putting the difficulty aside, she was expected to let Faon spend 2 nights with another woman?
! And that woman would be pretending to be her while doing it!!!
‘Is this a joke? Isn’t this going a bit too far?!’
‘And what does “Blood Relative Commission reward doubling” even mean?! Who are the visiting guests?!’
The more she thought about it, the more Evalyn found herself gnashing her teeth.
She didn’t even want to ask.
Even if she could get over the hurdle in her own heart, there was no way Night Lei or Night Night would agree to this, right?
But if she didn’t accept it, she couldn’t take other commissions.
Then there was the curse on her Faon.
Evalyn truly did not want to see everyone around them hating her husband.
No… she didn’t even want to imagine it.
Contradictory and complex emotions swirled in Evalyn’s mind.
“Miss Evalyn, you may rest assured. You still have a few days to prepare and think,” the receptionist’s voice chimed in.
“Rest assured? This is about letting someone else take my place. How could I be at ease… Besides, my husband, Night Lei, and Night Night would never agree to this, would they? The difficulty is too high,” Evalyn spoke with a resentful tone.
“Miss Evalyn, this is only to let you prepare in advance. There is no need for such worry. I believe that after you complete the Difficult Commission, you will find a way.”
“You make it sound like I have a natural talent for this sort of thing.”
Evalyn pouted.
The thought of her husband staying with another woman for 2 nights still made her feel uncomfortable.
She would just have to finish the Difficult Commission first and then think of a plan.
Evalyn didn’t dwell on it for long.
She turned her attention to the rewards for the completed commission.
Evalyn felt there was no point in asking about the Guild Coins, as the shop hadn’t unlocked yet.
Instead, she looked at the description for the one-time skill, “Involuntarily.”
Roughly speaking, it allowed the user to make a target character involuntarily perceive the person next to them as the one they were closest to for 30 seconds.
After thinking for a while, Evalyn felt it could be used for the Difficult Commission.
“Can something like this really be done?”
After deciding on its use, she asked curiously.
“Of course. It simply exploits a moment when Master Faon’s mind is relaxed to trigger a sort of conditioned reflex. There are even more aggressive one-time skills available—for example, one that can directly trigger Master Faon’s sexual desire.”
“Sexual desire…” Evalyn’s face flushed. ‘Wait, couldn’t that be used to improve our harmony as a couple?’
“I would not recommend Miss Evalyn do that. You likely would not be able to handle the consequences.”
The receptionist seemed to see right through Evalyn, offering a cold warning.
“Hmph… I’m not some small fry. I’ll grow stronger one day!”
Facing the receptionist’s well-intentioned reminder, Evalyn gave a light snort.
Next, Evalyn checked the information for the three of them.
Aside from a slight increase in their Affection Levels, not much had changed.
This included her husband, Faon, whose Corruption Level remained at “None.”
After finishing her business, Evalyn exited the Matchmaker’s Guild.
She still hadn’t taken her bath for the night.
Once she finished bathing and entered the bedroom, she found her husband, Faon, already lying in bed.
He was reading a book by the faint light of a candle.
Seeing her enter, Faon set the book aside and asked with concern, “What’s wrong? You look so exhausted. Is it because you’ve been thinking about Ailin’s return?”
“A little, I suppose. I don’t know how to tell that girl that we suddenly moved.”
Evalyn lay down beside Faon, feeling a bit more relaxed.
“It’s fine. If it really doesn’t work, I can just go myself and bring Ailin here. Since the move was my idea, I’ll just let her hate her brother-in-law,” Faon said with a smile.
“That won’t do. That girl already dislikes you. If I let my husband be the one to explain, who knows what would happen?”
As Evalyn spoke, she suddenly remembered the reward for doubling the Blood Relative Commission rewards.
Though she was curious, she didn’t dwell on it.
“It’ll be fine. As long as she doesn’t hate her sister, right?”
Faon said nonchalantly.
“Oh… it’s not like that. Besides, as her older sister, I don’t want her to worry. You know what Ailin’s personality is like. If she finds out my health isn’t good, she’ll want to drop out of school immediately,” Evalyn shook her head.
Faon comforted her, “Alright, alright, don’t think too much about it. We’ll figure it out when the time comes. Oh, right, do you want anything special to eat? I’ll bring it back from town the day after tomorrow.”
After chatting with Faon for a while, Evalyn’s mood improved significantly.
She giggled and hugged him.
“Just buy whatever my husband likes to eat. My interests are the same as yours. Of course… I could also just eat my husband~”
“What? It looks like Evalyn has recovered already.”
Seeing the fatigue vanish from Evalyn’s face, Faon spoke with a smile.
“Hmph, didn’t I tell you?
This is a wife’s right!”***