I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

Old John and Len were both somewhat tempted by Anno's suggestion.

Anno's proposal perfectly resolved their concerns about moving to Walkam.

As long as there is business to be done, it is not impossible to gradually establish a foothold and settle down in Warkam.

However, this was not something that could be decided immediately, so the two decided to discuss it with their families.

Anno wasn't in a hurry for them to reply.

Even if they agree, he can only take them back after he has done a brief exploration of the Forbidden Forest and returned to Gruul Town.

After a satisfying meal, Anno returned to the room arranged by Lenn and brought a meal for Liz.

Liz's stomach had been growling with hunger for a while, and when she saw Anno return with food, she immediately pounced on him.

"Waaaaah... Master, are you trying to starve Liss to death? If Liss starves to death... waaaaah... then no one will warm your bed!"

Anno patted Liz on the back and chuckled, "Then eat slowly. If you choke, there won't be anyone to warm my bed."

"If you choke, I won't warm your bed! Humph!"

Liz swallowed the food in her mouth and turned her back to him in a huff.

"That's perfect, you can sleep on the floor tonight!"

Anno got up without a care and walked towards the bathroom.

Liz glanced at Anno out of the corner of her eye and saw that he had actually walked away, which made her stomp her feet in anger.

The wooden floorboards thumped loudly as Liz stomped on them.

Downstairs, the Lunn couple looked up in unison, smiles spreading across their faces. "Youth is truly wonderful! But Lord Anno is too impatient. Didn't we just bring the food up? At least let them finish eating!"

Squeak!

The tavern door was pushed open, and a group of mercenaries walked in.

"Welcome to the Moonlight Tavern!" Seeing that the woman at the head of the group was a familiar, alluring woman, Len quickly went over and asked, "Are you gentlemen planning to have a meal or stay the night?"

This wasn't Mavis's first time at the Moonlight Tavern; she stayed there the last time she came.

However, this time she refused the accommodation arranged by the mayor and chose this place again, not because the service here was so good, but because Anno was also staying here.

"Bring out some good dishes, and then arrange a few rooms!"

Mavis listened to the thumping sounds coming from upstairs and a smile appeared on her lips.

This time, she went to the Forbidden Forest with Ding Anuo.

......

the next day.

The sky was just beginning to lighten.

Anno woke up feeling unwell.

Then he saw Liz, curled up on his chest, still fast asleep.

"Get up!"

Anno pinched Liz's cheeks and woke her up.

"what?"

Liz was still a little dazed when she was woken up.

She yawned, rubbed her eyes with her right hand, and sat on the bed. The loose pajamas provided by the tavern slipped off her left shoulder, revealing purple magic patterns on her body and half a snow-white mound.

"It's still quite dark, Liz feels so sleepy. Master, let's sleep a little longer!"

Anno glared at Liz, pointing to the floor beside the bed, and said, "Liz, didn't I put a blanket on the floor for you yesterday? Why are you on my bed again?"

"The floor is cold!"

"Nonsense, there were two layers of bedding!"

"I'm scared to sleep alone!"

"You're a succubus, how can you be afraid to sleep alone?"

"Waaaaah, Master doesn't love Liz anymore! Master used to have Liz warm his bed before he went to sleep!"

"Isn't that a role you created for yourself? When did I ever say that?"

Anno rubbed his forehead, looking helpless, and said, "Hey, Liz, do you know that you always snuggle into my arms when you sleep?"

"Really?" Liz looked puzzled, then exclaimed with delight, "Then it must be because I love my master too much."

"But do you even know that?!" Anno grabbed Liz's demonic horns with both hands, gritting his teeth as he said, "You have horns on your head!!! It hurts so much when you gored me!"

Although Liz's magic horns were curved backward, they still bumped against Anno when she nestled in his arms.

No wonder Anuo felt like she was being paralyzed by a ghost in the second half of the night, unable to breathe.

Liz, who was being shaken around by Anno's horns, made a series of whimpering sounds.

"Tsk!"

After bullying Liz, Anno felt extremely satisfied.

Ignoring Liz, who was pouting, Anno began to get dressed.

Judging from the sky at this time of year, it should be before six o'clock.

When Anno went downstairs, she saw that Lunn had already gotten up.

With so many people checking in yesterday, Lenn was worried that these mercenaries might have needs, so he got up very early.

After buying some bread from Len for breakfast, Anno, dressed neatly, carried a backpack full of summoning materials and led a dejected Liz out of town.

The guards on night duty at the town gate were two people Anno didn't recognize—the day after the monster attack, Viscount Renault, upon learning the news, dispatched a thirty-man guard to the town of Gruul. This was partly to strengthen defenses, and partly to reassure the town's residents.

Standing outside the Forbidden Forest, Anno looked at the deep forest and thought of a question.

"What is the purpose of the person who summoned us into this world?"

"What summoning?"

Liz peeked out from the side and asked in confusion.

"It's alright, let's go inside!"

With a thought, several summoned creatures appeared before Anno.

Anno's current ten summons are a level 6 wind wolf that serves as a mount, a level 5 wind wolf (for Liz), a level 8 harpy and goblin priest, two level 7 special slimes (fire and poison), a level 8 goblin warrior, a level 8 kobold warrior, a level 8 goblin archer, and a level 8 ratman assassin.

The reason why the goblins and kobolds are both level 8 is because Anno canceled the previous low-level summons and resummoned them.

Harpies and goblin priests are unique among monsters and are not suitable for scouting.

It's also not good for special slimes to appear in the Forbidden Forest.

All that's left are kobolds and goblins.

Goblin warriors in front, kobold warriors behind.

The rat-man assassins roamed around, observing.

The goblin archer followed Anno and Liz.

If danger is encountered, Anno immediately summons goblin priests and other summoned creatures.

With this lineup, does Anno really need to team up with Mavis and Freeman?

Based on the Bloodstained Mercenaries' performance along the way, it would be good enough if they didn't cause any trouble in the Forbidden Forest; there's no way to count on them for help.

After checking his equipment, Anno led a group of summoned creatures into the Forbidden Forest.

About ten minutes after Anno entered, a figure ran wildly to the outside of the Forbidden Forest.

After finding no trace of Anno, Mavis sighed, "We're too late!"

She had originally planned to greet Anno yesterday, but not wanting to interfere with Anno's "good thing," she could only postpone it until this morning to discuss the alliance with Anno.

To her surprise, when she woke up this morning, she found that Anuo was no longer there.

I asked the tavern owner and found out that Anno had already left.

The two have already missed their chance.

"Damn it, why is Anno up so early?!"