VIP Chapter 170: A Strange Day, A Strange Letter
From the moment he woke up, Will felt that today might be a bit unlucky for him.
For example, just as he got out of bed and groggily went to the bathroom, he slipped on a puddle of water by the door and fell to the ground—Shuna was laughing while using healing magic on him!
Then, after walking only two steps outside, an apple flew out from a nearby fruit store and hit him on the head—the boss apologized profusely and gave them the apples. Shuna ate them while thanking him!
Finally, while eating lunch, he accidentally bit his tongue, which was very painful.
“Ouch… so strange, I feel especially unlucky today.”
“Come to think of it, Little Will, you indeed have been…”
Shuna frowned as she ate the noodles on her plate, looking at Will with some confusion.
It was clear that even the knowledgeable Shuna seemed to have never seen such a thing.
“It’s a bit dire. Today we still have to enter Moonlit Ice Extreme, and I’ve already arranged it with four other hired freelance adventurers.”
—So Shuna was worried about him!
Even Will himself had forgotten how risky it was to enter Moonlit Ice Extreme to fight a BOSS with such bad luck today.
“No, no, it’s fine. It’s just a bit of bad luck, it won’t affect the dungeon adventure at all!”
Will patted his chest.
“Perhaps, my bad luck today is all for the sake of being luckier when I face the BOSS later?”
“Thinking pessimistically, with your bad luck today, you might have even worse luck in the dungeon.”
“Shuna, don’t jinx it!”
“Heh.”
She made a mischievous face and took a sip of her orange juice.
Two days had passed since they obtained the key to the 50th floor’s starting point. However, recruiting a squad for the final ten floors was very smooth. Many freelance adventurers were waiting to gain achievements in Moonlit Ice Extreme, and now that they had someone leading, they were basically rushing to sign up.
Will and Shuna had even done a bit of screening.
“However, I don’t think these four people are up to par. After this run, we’ll just pay them and let them go.”
But!
Shuna gave no “good reviews” to the final chosen candidates, who had passed her rigorous selection.
“The first one, the swordsman uncle, is so old, yet his rank is only A5, and his achievements are also mediocre. It makes me wonder what he’s been doing all these years.”
“I’m B5 too. Although I’m close to B3.”
“With time, Will, you’ll definitely be stronger than him. By the time you’re 40, you’ll certainly be a renowned adventurer.”
“Then I thank you. I hope I live to see that day.”
“The second, a mage, although she’s A1, is also very young. But judging by her equipment choices, her skill level is completely insufficient.”
“We-well, they’re just popular items bought from the store, don’t ask for too much. Look at this one I’m wearing…”
“You can already find materials yourself to craft weapons! Don’t think you’re still on the same level as these people!”
“Is… is that so?”
“The third, a Shield Saint, is indeed strong and sturdy, but his answers regarding combat awareness were not perfect, which is worrying.”
“But… but I don’t think my physique is even half of his…”
“Yours is a lean, handsome, and muscular physique. You’re not a Shield Saint, so you don’t need to be that bulky.”
“Is… is that so?”
“And the last one, an archer. His physical condition is not bad, but he basically doesn’t speak. How can you form an adventuring team without communication?”
“Actually, I have teammates like that too. It’s not too bad.”
“That’s because you can tell what your teammates are thinking at a glance! That requires extreme awareness and默契 (tacit understanding)!”
“I don’t think I’ve managed that either.”
“But whenever I give you a look, you seem to know?”
…
In short, for these reasons, Will was more surprised than Shuna was by her assessment of the four people, as Shuna’s evaluation of him was unbelievably high.
It even gave him a strange illusion of being the “World’s Number One Will Fan”—no, perhaps he should consider who, between her and Iaar, was better at hyping him up.
“Hello? Is this Mr. Will Systom?”
Suddenly, the two were interrupted by someone from the Adventurer’s Guild—they were having lunch in the guild’s grand dining hall.
“Yes… wait, don’t say Systom.”
He almost lost his young master’s alias.
“Yes… yes, there’s a letter for you.”
Will froze.
Who would write him a letter and use his full name!? To identify him?!
Will took the letter.
The letters “Will Systom” on the envelope were not written beautifully, but judging by the strength of the strokes, it was definitely written with effort.
“Who sent you the letter? If they wrote your full name, let me guess… is it your father?”
“No…”
In fact, seeing the way the name was written on the letter, Will had already made a guess.
After all, someone who wrote their name so unskillfully, yet with such earnestness, and who forgot that he preferred not to use the surname “Systom” when he was out…
It could only be…
Iaar.
However, something strange was…
Why would Iaar be the one to write him a reply letter?
After all, she was probably the worst at writing, especially writing letters. If there was something that needed to be written to him, the other two would be much more suitable.
Then…
As Will opened the letter, he roughly understood…
He could even imagine Iaar’s haste and urgency when writing the letter, and…
Her chaos.
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“Dear Young Master…”
Iaar sat alone in her small room, frantically holding a pen with an unpracticed hand.
“No, no, using… using ‘Dear’ doesn’t make it seem like Iaar likes Young Master too much?!”
“Then… then how about ‘Respected Young Master’!”
“Today has passed the one month you mentioned, but Iaar is… is in the room… How do you spell room?”
“I haven’t found the person you mentioned. No one has applied for the logistics position that meets your conditions—well, actually, perhaps the price you set is too high and the payment is too low, so it seems like no one has come…”
As she wrote, her ears were almost pressed against the letter paper.
“No, if I say it like this, it might sound like I’m complaining about Young Master. I’ll cross out the second half.”
Iaar scratched her head and quickly scribbled over the second half with her pen.
“Besides that, I need to inform Young Master that Treya and Liya are not in Nov. When Iaar received the letter, she tried her best to send them letters asking them to return, but I don’t know if they will receive them.”
“The town you sent the letter to Iaar, Iaar checked the map, and it’s very close to where Teacher Liya said she was going.”
“If you see Liya, you can pick her up along the way.”
“Your maid, Iaar.”
After Iaar finished writing, her hand was still trembling.
She did it!
To let Young Master know such important information, she, by herself, successfully wrote her first letter in her life!
“Waaah… I hope Young Master can come back soon. Iaar’s mind is in complete chaos right now.”
