When the skinny man saw Mirai's reply, his eyes lit up. He knew the boy had taken the bait.
The skinny man acted mysteriously as well, pulling Mirai to a sparsely populated spot and saying, "Brother, as you can see, it's hard to get quests directly from the guild, let alone all kinds of..."
The skinny man wanted to first tell Mirai how difficult it was to take on guild quests, paving the way for what came next. The reward for this quest alone was three gold coins!
"Three gold coins!?" Hugh was shocked. The reward for killing the Horned Demon Wolf last time had only been fifty silver coins, and that had been paid by the Mage Guild.
"But we can only get half!" The skinny man paused for breath, but it was still enough.
"So what kind of quest is it?" Mirai's curiosity had truly been piqued.
The skinny man lowered his voice until only Mirai could hear him. "Catch a flamingo!"
"A flamingo!" Hugh's heart trembled. Flamingos were bird pets highly favored by nobles. No wonder someone was willing to pay three gold coins for this quest.
"What about your brothers? Do you want to come along? By the way, how many people do you have?"
"Counting me, there are four of us."
When the skinny man heard Mirai's answer, he was delighted. In fact, he had already noticed that Mirai had four people with him. That was why his next words were the real killer. "Huh? So there are four of you, but there are only two of us!"
The skinny man's expression was exaggerated as he said helplessly, "Four people are just right for this quest. It doesn't need that many people, and if there are more people, the reward will be smaller!"
Mirai saw