The Querva Council's Thanks

When Lynn knocked on the door outside, Aglaia plunged headfirst into the sea.

The waterfront villa in this mansion really did have two floors of rooms underwater.

There were even underwater servants who looked like sea nymphs.

"Hill!" Lynn, welcomed in by Martha, looked delighted as he greeted him animatedly. "Thanks to you this time, I saved a fortune."

"Shouldn't the town be paying for those rewards?" Hill found it a little strange. Why did Lynn make it sound as though he had paid out of pocket?

"If we relied on the town's meager income, how could we possibly keep so many people?" Lynn shook his head with a smile and found himself a sofa that looked comfortable. "Basically, the town pays half, and people like us cover the other half."

Hill nodded silently. That was why they held such high status in town.

"Mainly because there aren't many rich people in town either," Lynn said with a sigh. "Those shops you saw? To put it plainly, every one of them has ties to a few of us.

If Quelva was attacked by thieves, we would still suffer the greatest losses if anything happened. If we wouldn't even pay this little bit, how could those rangers and warriors possibly fight so desperately?

For professionals, they could live anywhere! Only a hometown where they could survive was truly their home.

Besides, Quelva might look small, but it was actually highly valued. Otherwise, it wouldn't have so many churches.

For a town with fewer than two thousand people, it attracted quite a bit of attention."

Lynn showed a faintly disdainful expression. "As the people in charge, they absolutely couldn't allow anything to happen to this town under their watch.

This time, that one from the Forest Lady's church was almost done in