I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Hearing the receptionist's words, Javelin looked speechless. After all, she and Yuhaka had flown there, not walked, so they naturally hadn't encountered those signs. As for the map the Adventurers' Guild mentioned, Javelin had never heard of it before, which made her feel a little embarrassed...

Seeing Javelin's embarrassed expression, the waitress seemed to understand what was going on, but she didn't say anything and instead said to Javelin and the others:

"By the way, Miss Javelin, what are your plans for the future?"

Upon hearing the waitress's question, Yuhaka stretched out her little hand and said to her:

"Let's eat!"

Upon hearing Yuhka's words, Karyl, who was standing nearby, immediately chopped Yuhka on the head with a chop and said:

"Hey?! It's not noon yet, is it?!"

Yuhaka, whose cat ears had tilted and turned into airplane ears after being struck by a hand chop, looked at Karyl and said:

"But Youyou is hungry."

Javelin, who was standing nearby, quickly tried to dissuade him:

"YuYu-chan, wait a minute. We'll cook after we finish our important business!"

Yuhaka, upon hearing Javelin's words, flicked his large tail and looked at Javelin, saying:

Okay! OwO~

After temporarily settling things off with Yuhaka, Javelin looked at the waitress and said:

"We don't have any plans for the time being, but we do want to go find our lost companion."

Upon hearing Javelin's words, the waitress also said to the other party:

"Would you be willing to accept a commission?"

Upon hearing the waitress's words, Javelin looked at her with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Excuse me, miss, is there anything you need our help with?"

"Well, to be precise, it wasn't my quest request, but rather a quest from the Adventurers' Guild."

Yuhaka and the others exchanged a glance after hearing what the waitress said. Then they saw the waitress ask them to continue, and she did so.

Javelin and the others then learned that the Adventurers' Guild had an important letter that needed to be delivered to another city, so they needed to have Yuhaka and the others deliver it.

Upon hearing the hostess's request, Javelin and Ehaka naturally had no objections, but at that moment, Karyl suddenly spoke up:

"Why send such an important letter by novice adventurers like Youyou? Wouldn't it be safer to send a more advanced adventurer if the letter is really important?"

P.S.: Happy Lunar New Year's Eve everyone!

Volume 1 [Lazy to Divide into Chapters]: Chapter 1456 [Kayl's Doubts]

Upon hearing Karyl's words, Javelin and the others couldn't help but think, "Right, if it's really such an important letter, why send these novice adventurers to deliver it?"

Karyl, who had thought of all this, knew very well that important letters would usually be delivered by professionals. She couldn't possibly let Yuhaka and the others, who had just become adventurers together, deliver this letter.

Unless there's some kind of conspiracy...

Thinking of this, Karyl couldn't help but become a little more vigilant, while Yuhaka and the others turned their attention to the receptionist after hearing Karyl's words, to see what explanation she wanted to give.

The receptionist, who was interrupted by Karyl, didn't seem flustered at all and explained to Yuhaka and the others:

"Regarding this, Miss Javelin and Miss Yuyu are no longer considered novice adventurers, because after they submitted their previous report, the Adventurers' Guild raised their adventurer rank."

Upon hearing the receptionist's words, Yuhaka and Javelin were also surprised, as they hadn't expected to have their adventurer rank increased.

Curious, Javelin looked at the receptionist and asked:

"Huh? How many levels did you level up?"

Regarding the javelin, the waitress held up three fingers and said:

"They've been promoted three ranks! Miss Javelin and Miss Yuyu are now C-rank adventurers!"

Hearing the receptionist's words, Yuhaka and the others looked at her with surprise. The new adventurer's pass that the receptionist handed them meant that they no longer had to do those troublesome quests.

Karyl, who was standing to the side, looked puzzled when she saw the other party take out the adventurer's certificates for Yuhaka and Javelin to upgrade their levels. She felt that the other party seemed to have waited for her to ask the question before taking out the adventurer's certificates, but Karyl had no evidence to prove that the other party did this on purpose. This made Karyl feel a little puzzled and also made her wonder what the other party's purpose was.

The waitress didn't pay attention to Karyl's little scheme. Instead, she looked at Yuhaka and the others and said:

"Yes, just like I said before, when you complete these tasks, the Adventurers' Guild will give you the rewards you deserve. As for raising your adventurer level, that's another reward for finding out that you really went to the Shadow Forest. After all, there are powerful monsters with two wolves around the Shadow Forest. The fact that you were able to come to the Shadow Forest from their territory shows that you are very powerful adventurers."

"Two...wolves...?"

Upon hearing the waitress's words, Yuhaka and Javelin immediately pictured the two silly dogs that had appeared begging for food the previous night. Those two silly dogs couldn't possibly look like powerful monsters, could they?

When Karyl heard the receptionist's words, she couldn't help but think of something, but she quickly shook her head. After all, Karyl didn't think that those two beasts who liked to bite Yuuki could come to this place.

"Let's leave that matter aside for now. As for the matter of delivering the letter, Miss Javelin and Miss Youyou, are you interested?"

After hearing Karyl's reminder, Javelin and Yuhaka were also very curious about why the receptionist had come to them to deliver the letter. After all, she clearly had other people to choose from, so why did she choose them?

Regarding the questions about Javelin and Yuhaka, the receptionist smiled and said:

"Don't worry, although these letters are important, they won't be of any use to anyone else. Only the staff of the Adventurers' Guild can understand their contents. Besides, we've dispatched multiple adventurers to carry out this mission, so you don't need to feel too much responsibility."

After hearing the waitress's explanation, Javelin nodded with a knowing look, while Yuhaka, standing to the side, looked like he didn't understand what she was saying but thought it was really impressive.

"In that case, Yu-Yu-chan, shall we accept this mission?"

Upon hearing Javelin's words, Yhaka pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement. Seeing Yhaka accept the task without hesitation, Karyl sighed and said to him:

"I'm telling you guys... didn't you even bother to ask about the details of the task and the compensation before agreeing to their request?"

Upon hearing Karyl's words, Yuhaka tilted her head in surprise, looking at Karyl as if to say, "Karyl, you're so smart OoO~"

Karyl was speechless when she saw Yuhaka's expression. These things are common sense, aren't they?

Hearing Karyl's words, the receptionist smiled and said to Yuhaka and the others:

"What this young lady says is right. Miss Youyou and Miss Javelin should definitely ask about the details and reward before accepting any mission from someone else. Otherwise, you might suffer a great loss if you just agree to it."

Upon hearing the waitress's words, Javelin scratched the back of his head, looking embarrassed, and said:

"Hahaha... Is that so... But speaking of which, where does the Adventurers' Guild want us to send the letter?"

Regarding the javelin, the receptionist explained in detail to the javelin throwers where they were going, who they were to deliver the letter to, and how much the reward would be.

After listening to the receptionist's request, Javelin felt there wasn't much of a problem. After all, with Yuhaka's flying ability, reaching the target location would be a piece of cake. This simple errand-running task also had a considerable reward, so Javelin felt it was worth accepting the task.

"Youyou-chan, what do you think?"

Upon hearing Javelin's words, Yhaka put his hands on his hips, nodded, and indicated that there was no problem, saying:

"No problem, Youyou can deliver it quickly =w=~"

Seeing the smug look on Yuhaka's face, Karyl didn't say anything. After all, Karyl knew very well that Yuhaka could transform into a dragon and fly away at an extremely terrifying speed. To be honest, Karyl didn't know why, but she felt that the way Yuhaka flew looked a little familiar.

After Yuhaka and the others accepted the mission, Javelin and her group left the Adventurers' Guild. Of course, before leaving, they posted a missing person notice, which stated that they were looking for other ship girls and Karyl's companions. If anyone knew about them or if they came to the Adventurers' Guild to find them, they could leave some information there so that it would be easy to contact them.

The only thing Javelin finds regrettable is that there's nothing in this world that can be used for long-distance communication. Maybe there is, but it might be extremely expensive.

After leaving the Adventurers' Guild's house, Javelin stretched and said:

"Hmm~ Ah, the request has been accepted. Should we go get a meal first or buy some daily necessities?"

Upon hearing the question about the javelin, Yuhaka, who was standing nearby, was naturally the first to raise her little hand, her eyes sparkling as she spoke:

"Eating OwO/~"

Karyl, who was standing nearby, shrugged when she heard about Javelin's question and said:

"Let's go eat. Buying those things might take some time, and it'll be easier to get around after we've eaten."

After hearing other people's opinions, Maye also said that they should go eat. They could buy food anytime, but they couldn't skip a meal.

So Yuhka and her group went to the nearest restaurant for a meal. After the meal, they went to buy some daily necessities. Of course, Yuhka's dimensional cave had a lot of things, but there weren't many clothes, so Karyl still needed new clothes.

P.S.: Happy New Year!

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1457 [The Demon King's Castle Meeting]

In a dark and shadowy location, a colossal demon castle stands, and inside, in a conference room, the demon queen and several of her subordinates are discussing something.

Olga is dead.

In the Demon King's castle's conference room, a demon resembling a lich addressed the others, and the other demon officials looked at the lich with puzzled expressions and asked:

Who is Olga?

Upon hearing this question, the lich officer looked at everyone present and said:

"Uh... have you forgotten? It's my subordinate who likes cats. He was sent to an ancient tower deep in the forest near a human city to create an army of the undead. But for some reason, he didn't report to me today, and his soul didn't come back either. But the only thing I'm sure of is that I've lost control of him, and he's probably dead."

Upon hearing the lich officer's words, the other officers present also looked at the lich officer with puzzled expressions and asked:

"Could it have been done by a high-level adventurer team? If so, that would make perfect sense, wouldn't it?"

To this question, the lich cadre shook his head and said:

“My subordinate is very cautious, and he has spies in that city. If a high-level adventurer enters the Adventurers’ Guild, he will definitely know. But now that he is dead, it proves that the enemy attacked directly. Olga did not escape, which proves that Olga was not facing a human army. But the fact that the enemy could eliminate them so easily makes me suspicious.”

The puzzled lich officer stroked his chin and said:

“Olga is my best student. His magical skills are much better than my other students. His vigilant nature means he carries a lot of protective magic and items. Unless he is killed in one hit, there is no way he can use a teleportation scroll to escape.”

Upon hearing the lich officer's words, the other demon officers exchanged glances, then looked at the lich officer and said:

"If that's the case, then our opportunity to launch a surprise attack on all human cities has been exposed?"

Regarding the questions posed by other cadres, the lich cadre also shook his head and said:

"I don't know, but I think the other side probably already knows about this. However, other cities probably haven't discovered anything yet, but they will definitely send messengers or adventurers to deliver letters to other cities. We need to be prepared to intercept them and launch an attack at any time."

Upon hearing the lich officer's words, one of the demon officers shook his head and said:

"It's probably not that simple. Our hidden forces don't yet have enough strength to take down the major human cities. We can only send out our forces once the large-scale teleportation is ready. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if the humans discovered our teleportation base ahead of time."

Upon hearing the officer's words, the other officers nodded in agreement. After all, if the large-scale teleportation magic were discovered, humanity would do everything in their power to destroy it. In that case, their painstakingly set up hidden strongholds and the large-scale teleportation magic would likely be lost, causing their long-planned schemes to go to waste.

At that very moment, the observer—also known as the Demon King—who was sitting on the throne manipulating the black tentacles, spoke to his subordinates:

"Indeed, it would be a shame to destroy the stronghold we've worked so hard to build. However, this secret plan has only just begun to emerge, and it's only a matter of time before it's fully discovered by humanity. All we need to do is prepare the second plan."

Upon hearing their Demon Lord's words, the demon officers couldn't help but look at the observer with expressions of admiration, saying:

"As expected of the Demon King, you've thought of everything so thoroughly!"

The observer couldn't help but smile when he heard his creations' words, as if they were helping him count the money after he had sold them out. Just as the observer thought, these monster executives were nothing more than pawns he used for testing.