Noble's Rotten Business (Seeking Follow-ups)

Havent stood in front of the blackboard for a while, finally finding the commission to go to the Imperial Capital on the second blackboard.

[Escort Mission]

The young master of Suir Castle will travel to the Imperial Capital to study. Ten guards are needed. Those interested can go to Suir Castle to register.

Looking at the mission description, Havent couldn't help but smack his lips. It was like a wish come true. What kind of threat could escorting a child to study in the Imperial Capital pose? He'd take it.

"Hello, I'd like to accept mission number 48."

The staff member looked up and said, "Give me your mercenary badge, I'll register it."

Havent took out his badge from his pocket and handed it over.

"Alright, I've registered it. You should have seen it on the information board. I'm just registering it here. You still need to go to Suir Castle for an interview. Only if you pass the interview will it be considered successfully accepted."

Hearing the staff member's words, Havent raised an eyebrow.

"May I ask why? Normally, wouldn't missions be posted at the Adventurer's Guild? Wouldn't it be the normal process then?"

The staff member sitting at the desk replied impatiently without even looking up, "Who knows? The mission is just set up like this. It's probably due to the damn nobles' pride."

It seemed this madam had a lot of resentment towards nobles. Havent awkwardly touched his nose, then subtly pushed a silver coin in front of the madam.

"Indeed, those damned nobles, they bully honest merchants and are all fat-headed. They all deserve to be hanged. However, I'm planning to head to the Imperial Capital and wanted to pick up a mission. I wonder if there's any hidden reason behind this, my beautiful lady."

The madam at the counter quickly reached out and swept her hand across the desk. The silver coin instantly disappeared, so fast that Havent thought he hadn't even placed it there.

The madam, whose extra income had increased, was clearly in a much better mood and immediately put on a friendly smile.

"Young man, this must be your first time in our Boli Town, right?"

Havent obediently nodded.

"Then it's no wonder. How could you not know about the Suir family?"

Saying this, she spat hatefully before continuing.

Seeing the counter madam grinding her teeth, Havent couldn't help but touch his nose again. Fortunately, he had a good relationship with the residents of Baiman City.

At this point, the madam lowered her voice, glanced around, and seeing no one paying attention to them, continued, "There's actually another reason why this escort mission requires an interview at Suir Castle. I heard it from someone else. Since you seem like a good person, I'll tell you quietly."

Listening to the counter madam, Havent couldn't help but inwardly grumble, What do you mean I'm a good person? It's clearly my silver coin that's good.

However, on the surface, he appeared very touched. His survival skills from his past life made Havent understand very well how to handle problems by going along with what women said.

Seeing Havent's expression, the counter madam felt very pleased. This young man was so considerate. Perhaps she wasn't old yet, and she wondered if he liked mature women.

"This young master, he's actually not a legitimate heir of the Suir family at all. Baron Suir slept with some woman and had him. But I heard Baron Suir dotes on this illegitimate son quite a lot.

Just recently, it was discovered that this illegitimate son actually has a mage's talent. Baron Suir immediately decided to send this illegitimate son to the Imperial Capital to study. However, the Baroness disagreed with the Baron using the family's knights to escort this illegitimate son. There was no other way, so Baron Suir had to post a mission at the Adventurer's Guild. For the illegitimate son's safety, everyone who wants to accept the mission must be interviewed at Suir Castle."

After listening to the counter madam, Havent couldn't help but nod. This situation indeed felt very aristocratic and melodramatic.

"Thank you for your advice, beautiful lady. May I ask how to get to Suir Castle?"

The counter madam, who had accepted a silver coin from Havent, took a map of Boli Town from under the desk, pointed it out, and handed it to Havent.

"Take care, young man. If things don't go smoothly, remember to come back and find me. I'll find you suitable missions."

Havent waved goodbye to the counter madam and walked out of the Adventurer's Guild with the map.

Standing on the street, he identified the direction and walked out of town. After about ten minutes, Havent arrived in front of a small castle. Seeing two guards in half-plate armor at the entrance, he walked up and asked, "Hello, is this Suir Castle? I'm an adventurer here for the interview."

The guard, wearing a felt hat, sized up Havent, who stood several meters away.

"Give me your adventurer's badge and the letter issued by the Adventurer's Guild."

Havent took the items from his back and handed them to the approaching guard.

"Wait here for a moment, I'll submit it for confirmation by the lord."

Watching the guard enter the main gate, the bored Havent began to examine Suir Castle. The walls were about seven or eight meters high, and glancing around, the length was about two hundred meters. He was indeed a rather insignificant baron, and looking at the peeling paint on the city walls, hmm~ he was still a rather insignificant and not very wealthy baron.

"Alright, you can come in now."

Hearing the guard call him, Havent suddenly snapped out of his daze and quickly followed the guard into the castle.

"The Baron is currently interviewing other adventurers in the training grounds. You can wait nearby for a while."

After leading Havent to the training grounds, which were enclosed by wooden fences, the guard left. Havent stood aside and watched two people sparring in the middle of the field.

One was wearing leather armor and holding a wooden longsword. The other was dressed in classic mercenary attire, holding a wooden shield in his left hand and a wooden stick in his right.

The one with the longsword is probably one of the Baron's knights. Hmm~ it seems defeating this knight is the interview.

Watching the back-and-forth fight in the arena, Havent couldn't help but shake his head. This adventurer was probably not a professional yet, likely just an apprentice.

Indeed, the situation on the field confirmed Havent's judgment. The knight with the wooden sword, after testing the adventurer's several attacks, found that the latter's abilities were limited. He then began to attack.

The knight swung the wooden sword in his hand and heavily chopped at the adventurer's wooden shield a few times. Unable to withstand the powerful force, the adventurer began to retreat uncontrollably. The knight, following closely, performed a low sweep, using his strength from bottom to top to chop the wooden shield out of the adventurer's hand. He then followed up by smashing the pommel of his sword into the adventurer's face, sending him flying backward.

"Next, prepare!"