Instant Debt, Instant Repayment

I didn't! I'm not! I don't know!

Mo Tan was completely dumbfounded as the crowd pressed him to the ground. Leaving reality aside, he hadn't done anything heinous in the game, had he? Even if he had... it certainly wouldn't be with this character, right!?

So, could someone please explain what the hell was going on!

A few seconds later, the female receptionist who had processed Mo Tan's paperwork a while ago sauntered over from the other side of the hall. She half-squatted in front of him like a hoodlum, rolling her eyes and grinding her teeth: "Finally caught up with you."

"Um..." Mo Tan, pinned to the smooth marble floor by a towering Ogre adventurer, said helplessly, "I think there must be some kind of misunderstanding."

Indeed, this kind of scene, where everyone was ganging up on him, shouldn't be happening to him, at least not to the 'current' Mo Tan. After all, as the [Lawful Good] Mo in the game, he had never done anything bad. The style of a certain [Chaotic Neutral] personality was absolutely impossible to manifest at this time. From any angle, he was a law-abiding citizen.

But now, a law-abiding citizen was being held down by a bunch of people, and the receptionist of the Anka Market Adventurers' Guild was practically fuming.

"Misunderstanding?" The receptionist sneered. "They're banging on our door, and you're telling me it's a misunderstanding?!"

Mo Tan was even more confused. First, he didn't know who was 'banging on the door,' and second, he had no idea what it had to do with him...

"Tsk, tsk, now confess honestly!" The receptionist clicked her tongue, her voice suddenly rising an octave: "Why did you sic your dog on people?!"

Huh?!

Sic his dog on people? What dog, on what people?!

"Don't know?" The receptionist raised an eyebrow and glanced at the large crowd of onlookers. "Hey, you big guy, yeah, you, bring her over!"

After a while, the frowning, one-eyed Cyclops adventurer returned, pushing a large iron cage with four wheels underneath.

Inside was unmistakably...

"Yaya?!" Mo Tan focused his eyes. Those pointy gray beast ears, the listlessly drooping tail, the two sharp little fangs, and the aggrieved expression – it was that dog-girl who couldn't even speak common tongue without a heavy accent, let alone 'woof' properly.

Her body even seemed to have some charred marks...

What was she doing here, and locked up?

For some reason, a very familiar feeling suddenly surfaced in Mo Tan's heart, like the feeling he got every time he did something bad in his other (we all know) personality, and then returned to his current state.

Very ominous...

"Two nights ago, our branch received two complaints at the same time," the receptionist said expressionlessly, glancing at Yaya in the iron cage. "The complainants were the publishers of E-rank tasks 17502 and 10308, Ms. Molly and the Gulo Couple."

Gulp.

Mo Tan swallowed.

"Woof~" Yaya's ears also drooped.

"Firstly, Ms. Molly highly praised our branch because the pest control task she posted was completed to a very high degree," the receptionist said with a sweet smile. "And demanded 30 gold coins in compensation."

Mo Tan gave a dry laugh: "Um, why would she demand compensation if it was completed to such a high degree..."

"Ask your dog," the receptionist continued to smile.

Mo Tan turned his gaze to Yaya.

"Woof... Woof!" Yaya hugged her knees, her tail drawing circles beside her, and mumbled vaguely: "Many woof... bug woof! Scared... big woof!"

Scared a big woof, huh?

Mo Tan's comprehension skills were pretty good, and he immediately deciphered (correctly) the meaning of Yaya's words.

The task was to exterminate pests. After taking her to the destination, she saw a lot of bugs, and then got scared a big woof.

"That's right," the receptionist spread her hands. "So, startled, she suddenly, for some reason, slaughtered with extremely high efficiency... yes, that's what I mean, slaughtered all the insects, plants, and flowers in Ms. Molly's yard, and then demolished half of her house."

Mo Tan's gaze towards Yaya instantly became extremely horrified.

"Woof... gu..." The dog-girl's tail, which was constantly drawing circles, was almost a blur.

"Okay," Mo Tan sighed and looked up to ask, "What else?"

She said there were two complaints, so this definitely wasn't over...

"Then she dashed to 11 Aroma Avenue, which is also the Gulo Couple's residence," the receptionist said calmly. "She seemed to be looking for you, but you weren't there at the time, so she..."

[No! Stop talking! I don't want to hear it!]

Mo Tan really wanted to shout that out loud, but out of a strange sense of guilt, he obediently listened.

"So, she conveniently completed task number 10308 for you, which was also to 'remove weeds' for the Gulo Couple," the receptionist spread her hands. "Completely leveled their yard, including 20% weeds and 80% precious magical plants. By the way, she also seemed to be planning to demolish the Gulo Couple's house as well, but failed because their steps suddenly exploded. Then she was caught by those two goblins, interrogated, and brought directly to the branch!"

A human axe warrior next to him trembled with shaking legs: "Those two goblins are crazy, they almost blew up our branch directly!"

"Hey, think of it positively," a tall Dark Elf rogue rolled her eyes. "If those people didn't become botanists and instead became adventurers, would we still have food to eat?"

The Orc Shaman not far away jumped up in surprise and said, "So they're botanists! I thought they were both field engineers!"

"Anyway, that's about it," the receptionist glared at Mo Tan with a face full of black lines. "The Gulo Couple came here and made a big fuss, demanding an explanation and asking the person in charge to compensate them with 3,000 gold coins. Of course, the actual loss is definitely not as much as those two money-grubbing goblins said, but a tenth of that is still there, and then..."

She glanced at Yaya, who was shivering in the cage, and spread her small hands: "She has no money."

"Woof woof..."

Mo Tan suddenly looked down on himself, because he realized that he had actually had the thought of 'I wish I could be kicked offline right now'...

As expected...

"So, combining the wealth of information provided by witnesses near Yangchao Avenue with the adventurers who saw you two at the branch entrance," the young lady handed a piece of paper to Mo Tan, "and considering this Half-Orc girl helped you complete the task, we're temporarily considering you her owner. Please pay a total of 340 gold coins in compensation and 90 copper coins for food expenses. This girl can really eat."

Mo Tan's vision went black... but he failed. He couldn't faint in the game...

"I…" Mo Tan sighed, "I don't have that much money."

"You have three days to pay it off." The young lady shrugged. "After all, the Adventurers' Guild carries some weight. Of course, you can disclaim any connection to the matter, since it was this girl who went crazy."

At this point, the surrounding crowd had released Mo Tan and helped him up from the ground.

Yaya let out a confused whimper in her cage.

"But she will be stripped of her adventurer status and blacklisted by most Lawful organizations on the continent." The receptionist reached into the cage, patted Yaya's head, and said with a wry smile, "Her future life will probably be very difficult…"

"Woof?"

"Good girl, I'll give you a big bone to chew on later."

"Woof!"

Mo Tan was speechless for a couple of seconds, then nodded readily. "I understand. I'll find a way to get the money in these three days. If I can't raise enough by the end, I'm willing to accept all the consequences for her."

The calculation was simple. After all, he was a player. Even if this matter led to some very unpleasant consequences, it was still much better than Yaya, as an NPC, losing her place in this world.

It should be noted that a large number of institutions, such as the Adventurers' Guild, Mercenary Guild, Thieves' Guild, and Mages' Guild, all belong to 'Lawful organizations'. Once on that so-called 'blacklist', the consequences for a native of the Innocent Continent are obvious.

So Mo Tan took responsibility for the matter almost without hesitation.

At the same time…

[You have triggered the event quest: Debt Repayment. Reward: 500 optional experience points, one random excellent piece of equipment; Failure penalty: -5000 reputation with all Lawful organizations except Sky Pillar Mountain]

Mo Tan didn't need to look to know that the quest objective was naturally to repay Yaya's debt of 340 gold and 90 copper within three days.

Although he felt that the failure penalty was already on his back, he couldn't completely say that it had nothing to do with him. Mo Tan was quite open-minded and began to consider whether there was a way to obtain this huge sum of money through legitimate means.

I wonder if this world has something like a lottery...

"Okay, it's settled then." The young lady's gaze toward Mo Tan softened a lot. She gently tapped the iron cage next to her twice, and the iron bars in front of Yaya instantly disappeared.

"Woof!" The girl slipped out, then quickly ran behind Mo Tan, whimpering softly, "Woof… sowwy, caused… you twouble…"

Yeah, very cute.

Several single men watching the scene almost had their eyes pop out.

"Come to the branch to pay the money within three days." The young lady instructed Mo Tan, then whispered, "I've saved a few tasks for you. Although time is a bit tight, it's not impossible to complete them if you work hard. The rewards are pretty good."

Mo Tan could only nod and thank her with a wry smile, but he wasn't happy at all…

Dave hadn't received his due judgment yet. When the time came, he would have to switch accounts to deal with things over there. It was extremely difficult to have the best of both worlds.

But there was no choice. After all, it was already very good of them to give him three days. He had to help Yaya, and Dave had to be punished, so…

"I'll do my best." Mo Tan gave a wry smile. "I'll pay back as much as I can."

However…

"No need." A sharp voice rang out from the entrance of the first-floor hall, "We'll pay these gold coins."

[You have completed the quest: Debt Repayment, gained 500 optional experience points, gained equipment – White Lion Round Shield]

Huh!?

Mo Tan was directly shocked!

Not to mention him, even the receptionist in front of him and the surrounding onlookers were shocked.

The crowd dispersed slightly, and three Wood Sprites who looked like green stick figures walked over. The one in front walked directly to Mo Tan and nodded to him: "I haven't had a chance to thank you in person for saving our Sylph Caravan, and I don't know how to repay you. Let us pay this money."

The Sylph Caravan!

Mo Tan immediately reacted, but waved his hand in the first instance, "I can't accept this."

He wasn't pretending to be polite, but he just felt that he hadn't really done anything remarkable before, and he felt bad about having the other party help pay this 'huge sum'.

"It's okay." The Wood Sprite with a large bunch of chives-like whiskers seemed to smile. "It's just a small effort."

With that, he took a Bìlóng Fruit (Jade Dragon Fruit) from his companion behind him and handed it to the receptionist who was busy in a daze, and said softly: "This Bìlóng Fruit (Jade Dragon Fruit) should be enough to help our friend offset the debt, right?"

His tone was as calm as possible, and as rich and generous as possible…

Although he couldn't see the item description, Mo Tan's intuition told him that this thing must be very valuable.

"Enough, enough." The young lady's hand drew an afterimage in the air, and the fruit that was constantly emitting a refreshing fragrance disappeared into her pocket, and then she smiled sheepishly: "But we don't have change!"

Well, I've accepted the thing anyway, and now I don't have any change. What do you think we should do...

The Wood Sprite shook its head disapprovingly: "It's okay, but can you please arrange a quiet room for us? We have something to talk to this friend about before we leave."

"The No. 7 VVIP room on the third floor is vacant now." The young lady smiled as sweetly as possible: "It can be provided to the sucker… distinguished guests at any time~"

If Mo Tan wasn't in a particularly good mood right now, he would have already started complaining!

"Woof…" Yaya tugged at Mo Tan's clothes a little fearfully and muttered, "Woof wants… to come…"

Mo Tan was stunned for a moment, then turned his head… and then looked down at the Wood Sprite who seemed to have a high status.

"It doesn't matter." The other party nodded: "This level of language function basically eliminates the possibility of leaking secrets."

Yaya: "Woof?"

Mo Tan: "..."

Two minutes later, Room 7, a VVIP room on the third floor of the Anka Market Adventurers' Guild branch.

"Please allow me to introduce myself." The Wood Sprite, having just settled down (jumping onto the chair), gave Mo Tan a slight bow and said, "My name is Branch-Break Xuānyuán, one of the elders of my people, and the person in charge of this particular Sylph Caravan."

Branch-Break Xuānyuán, huh...

Of course, Mo Tan wouldn't exclaim that at a time like this; he simply returned the bow politely (copying the gesture was always a safe bet): "My name is Mo. Thank you for your generous assistance."

He didn't waste any time with superfluous chatter. Since they were so insistent on helping, there was no point in being coy.

"Actually, it's like this." Branch... Elder Xuānyuán didn't beat around the bush at all, diving straight into the main topic: "I have a request to make..."

Chapter 36: The End

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