I am exhausted. I don't want to even move my limbs, they're so sore to the point that they feel like jellies. I am hungry. But tiredness prevailed over hunger.
I lied back on the cold and hard floor.
Then, it came to my thought that, it has been five years since I was reincarnated in this fantasy world.
Suddenly, an ear-splitting bang on the frail-looking wooden door was heard.
"Charlotte! Charlotte! Are you home? I have good news! Absolutely good news!"
The door creaked open, nimble footsteps were heard.
"Hey, why are you on the floor again? It's so dusty! Please, at least, sit on somewhere proper!"
"I don't want to risk dirtying my furniture,"
"Then you prefer dirtying yourself!"
I kept silent. No one can make me budge on this matter.
"Spill the beans, what makes you so excited that your tone of speech is at a note higher than usual?"
"New task at the adventurer's guild! This time, it's 3 gold per head! As easy as pie! I have jotted our names at the reception of the guild, the money's now ours!"
I squinted at him disagreeably. Last time when he said that, he led us to a cave full of not-so-friendly man-eating ants. It could be a dragon's lair next time.
"What exactly is the task?"
"An escort. Just to escort a unicorn from Lenova Town to Mugan's Square."
"A unicorn? You mean the one that exists in fairy tales?"
"I know your concerns but don't worry, they have a team full of elite escorts, they just need the numbers to fulfill the agreement. We are just there to sight-see and get free money!"
The average household uses 200 to 300 silver per month, which makes up 2 to 3 gold per year. Since 20 percent of the reward will be commissioned by the guild, I will get a net gain of 16 gold.
I can sit and stare at the ceiling of my cozy little hut for a whole year.
Let's weigh the risks.
A group of twenty white-belt elites. They're the highest rank private escorts that you can find in this country, on par with royal guards. Another twenty adventurers, which means an adequate number of meat shields.
We will be safe, I thought. Imagine holding the gold in my palms.
"Why are you grinning so hard, you looked stupid!"
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