The carriage carrying Eileen and Kate soon returned to Crisel.
The coachman had planned to take them straight to the inn where Kate was staying, but as they passed the Adventurer’s Guild, Kate suddenly told him to stop.
“I’ll go inside and grab a few things. Eileen, wait for me in the carriage.”
Kate removed her Golden Holy Armor and pulled out a veil to cover her face. Today’s schedule had been extremely rushed. After deciding to immediately hunt that A-rank magical beast, she had led the team out of the city and left her luggage behind at the guild.
“I’ll come with you. I have some things to take care of as well.”
This wasn’t Eileen being considerate. She simply wanted to cancel her adventurer registration.
Once someone registered as an adventurer, all their personal information was recorded in the guild’s files. If any of the heroines she had “scummed” in the game decided to look her up, they could find her far too easily. Before, she hadn’t thought it was a big deal. But after being caught red-handed by Kate this time, she felt it was necessary to erase as much evidence of her existence in this world as possible. Otherwise, if the other girls came looking for her later, she would be in serious trouble.
With her current strength, even hunting an E-rank magical beast was difficult, let alone dealing with those heroines. Being found by them would mean certain death. To be honest, among all the female characters she had pursued, Kate was actually one of the weaker ones in terms of combat power…
Kate nodded. After getting off the carriage, she took the initiative to stand by the door and offer her hand, helping Eileen down with the same care one would show a noble young lady.
It was a good thing Kate had removed her armor and covered her face beforehand. Otherwise, if people saw this, wouldn’t the whole city explode with gossip?
A top-ranked adventurer from an entire country treating a bottom-tier E-rank adventurer with such respect… Had she gone mad, or had the world gone mad?
“Stop lying to me! Tell me where Eileen is right now! Don’t think I was joking earlier!”
Boom!
The moment they stepped down, the sound of fighting erupted from inside the guild.
This kind of thing was actually quite common in adventurer guilds. After all, this was a brutal society where the weak were prey and the strong ruled. People often got into conflicts to raise or defend their status within the guild. However, those with any sense of decorum would usually find a proper place to fight. Brawling right in the middle of the hall was rare.
“Eileen, is there anyone else in this guild with the same name as you?”
Kate asked. She had clearly heard someone inside calling out Eileen’s name.
Eileen was also confused. She had been active in the Crisel Adventurer’s Guild for over a year and had never heard of anyone sharing her name. Besides, the voice was very familiar.
Wasn’t that Gillian’s voice?
That nasty woman was bullying someone again?
“I don’t know. Let’s go in and see what’s happening first.”
Eileen didn’t take Gillian seriously at all. Previously, her strength really had been inferior to Gillian’s, and she had no way to fight back when she was set up and scammed out of her money. But now, what was there to be afraid of?
Standing right beside her was an S-rank adventurer. If Gillian dared to lay a hand on her, it would be like lighting a lantern in a toilet—looking for death!
The moment they pushed open the doors, Eileen was greeted by an infuriating sight.
Atia was collapsed on the floor, blood still trickling from the corner of her mouth. Yet Gillian, standing over her, continued to stomp viciously on her small body with one foot after another.
“Atia, have your wings grown too strong? You said Eileen ran into an A-rank magical beast—why didn’t you say she flew up to the sky instead? Hurry up and tell me where she’s hiding!”
“I… I already told you… She stayed in the outskirts… to let me escape… cough cough… I really came back to find help…”
Atia coughed up blood as she desperately tried to explain, but Gillian didn’t listen at all. Her foot kept moving without pause.
The receptionist nearby also couldn’t bear to watch, but Gillian was from the Light Society. As a mere receptionist, she didn’t dare step forward to stop her. If she got targeted, not only she but even her family would be dragged into it.
Eileen’s expression hardened.
Her fists clenched.
You can actually bring yourself to hit such a cute, legal loli?
If this could be tolerated, what could not be tolerated?!
“Gillian, weren’t you looking for me? I’m right here!”
Eileen shouted loudly toward Gillian. In an instant, everyone’s gaze turned toward her.
The adventurers who had been watching the show inside the guild looked at Eileen like she was an idiot.
Gillian was from the Light Society. Jumping out to play hero at a time like this—wasn’t that just asking to die?
If it were them, they would have already covered their faces and slipped away.
When Atia saw Eileen, her eyes lit up. For a moment, she seemed to forget her pain, her face filled with joy that Eileen was unharmed.
“Eileen, you’re okay! That’s wonderful… I thought I would never see you again…”
Gillian turned around. The moment she saw Eileen’s face, anger surged through her.
“You useless trash still dare to show up? Perfect. Saves me the trouble of looking for you.”
Gillian was about to walk toward Eileen when Atia suddenly hugged her leg and shouted to Eileen, “Eileen, run! I’ll hold her back!”
Gillian frowned and raised her leg, intending to kick her a few times.
“Atia, let go of her. I can handle this.”
Eileen suddenly spoke up.
Atia looked confused.
Eileen was only an E-rank adventurer, and a mage with extremely poor physical ability at that. Gillian’s strength was already comparable to a D-rank adventurer—she had simply never bothered to rank up. How could she possibly be Gillian’s match?
Seeing that Atia still refused to let go, Eileen added, “Don’t worry. I have a way to deal with her.”
Atia was doubtful, but she obediently released her grip.
Since Eileen had managed to escape from an A-rank magical beast, maybe she really did have some method to handle Gillian.
However, her words only made Gillian laugh.
As she walked toward Eileen, she said disdainfully, “I’d like to see how a piece of trash like you plans to deal with me.”
Eileen looked up at the female warrior who was more muscular than most men and snorted. “Gillian, before you used to call me trash and I didn’t bother arguing with you. Now, what should you be calling me?”
Gillian was baffled by her words.
But she didn’t want to waste time talking nonsense with Eileen. She raised her fist and swung it straight at her, intending to vent all her pent-up anger.
“I don’t care what I call you—just die already—”
Before Gillian could finish swinging her punch, a powerful hand instantly caught her fist and held it in place, completely immovable.
Gillian looked in horror at the person who had acted—Kate, standing beside Eileen. She struggled desperately to pull her fist free, but it was useless.
“Guild Master Frank really doesn’t know how to manage things, letting a bully like you come here and cause trouble in the guild.”
As Kate spoke, she pulled down the veil covering her face. “You’re the first person who’s ever dared to threaten someone of mine.”
“K-Kate…”
Gillian’s soul nearly left her body in fright.
Everyone else in the hall was equally shocked.
No one had expected that the bottom-tier E-rank adventurer Eileen would have such a powerful figure standing beside her.
In that instant, the others looked at Gillian as if they were already looking at a dead person.
Rumor had it that Kate had a strong sense of justice and hated nothing more than the strong bullying the weak. That was also why no one had dared to cause trouble this morning—she was afraid of drawing Kate’s attention.
Today, Gillian would probably be lucky to escape with her life, and even the Light Society behind her would likely be dragged into the mess…