After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

"High Mountain Dwarves? Because they live in the harsh mountainous region, and are surrounded by small countries where conflicts and frictions frequently break out, their numbers are much smaller than those of the Hill Dwarves. Unlike the Hill Dwarves, who have built a large number of dwarven factories that can mass-produce equipment and have maintained a cooperative relationship with the Orion Empire."

Melinda clearly knew a great deal about the dwarves, saying, "However, the mountain dwarves are individually stronger, more warlike than the hill dwarves, and more fond of forging. They also have more legendary blacksmiths in their tribe. They are very skilled at forging heavy weapons. If you want to customize a weapon, especially a heavy one, no one can beat the mountain dwarves."

"If there is any difference between the City of Flowers and the City of Earth in this respect, it is probably because the City of Flowers has that legendary Flower Sword Saint, so there are many kinds of swords, including some top-notch mithril-grade weapons and legendary weapons."

"As for spell scrolls, the main hall of the Earth Temple is located in the City of Earth, where the Holy Maiden also resides. If you are willing to donate to the temple, you can buy 'divine spell scrolls' that cannot be purchased anywhere else."

Melinda seemed to remember something. She brushed a strand of blue hair behind her ear and said softly, "By the way, I don't recommend that you get involved with runes right now."

With the attitude of asking questions when in doubt, Mu Qiu asked, "Why?"

"Because once a rune is engraved, it cannot be changed."

Melinda glanced at Vera.

She felt that Miss Vera's potential was no less than hers, and that she would at least become an epic or legendary professional in the future. It would be a waste to inscribe runes on her so early.

"Generally speaking, runes are something that professionals who have exhausted their potential and feel that they can no longer go any further will consider."

Melinda crossed her ample thighs, sitting with them folded, her tone nonchalant.

"Either don't inscribe it at all, or wait until you break through to the legendary level before finding a legendary, epic, or even legendary rune master to inscribe a higher-level rune."

"Otherwise, if you inscribe low- to mid-level runes on your bodies now, it will only become a hindrance to your professional career in the future."

"As for enchanting, dungeon equipment cannot be enchanted. Most of the equipment sold in equipment shops is already enchanted, so adventurers don't need to find an enchanter to enchant it separately..."

Mu Qiu pressed further, "What about the alchemical products?"

Melinda shook her last finger: "Neither the City of Flowers nor the City of Earth has any outstanding alchemists, at least not when I last visited those two cities."

"If you want to buy practical alchemical products, you either need to go to the Alchemy City, or to the Imperial Capital or the Moon Capital."

"As for... learning skills and professional expertise, that's not something that can be done overnight, and I don't think you would consider it."

Recalling the question the other party had asked at the beginning, Melinda pondered for a few seconds before slowly saying, "In short, there isn't much difference between the City of Flowers and the City of Earth in these areas. It's just that the City of Flowers' equipment and potions focus more on swords and the use of swordsmen."

"The City of Earth is more balanced, and in terms of spell scrolls, it can sell defensive and healing divine spell scrolls that cannot be bought anywhere else."

Mu Qiu asked, "Aren't there any offensive ones?"

Melinda shook her head.

"These temples do not sell offensive spell scrolls, and... even defensive and healing spell scrolls are usually given by the temples to local nobles or wealthy merchants who frequently donate to the temples, and are not sold directly to the public."

"However, the City of Earth has a Saintess in charge, and that Saintess herself is a high-level adventurer who often helps some new adventurers she has her eye on."

"If you are chosen by the Holy Maiden, she will personally give you some defensive and healing divine spell scrolls."

Seeing Mu Qiu frown slightly, she paused, then lowered her voice and said, "If you don't want to donate to the temple but still want to get these divine spell scrolls, you can go to the local black market. Last time I went to Earth City, I found a sixth-tier divine spell scroll on the black market."

"Been taught a lesson."

Mu Qiu nodded gently and got up from the sofa.

"How long do you plan to stay?"

Melinda suddenly asked.

"It will take about a week, no more than half a month."

A week?

Melinda was immediately relieved.

It just so happens that she hasn't finished reading the comic books Miss Vera lent her yet, so she can read them while she's working on them this week.

Hmm, I'll borrow a few more from Miss Vera later.

"Ms. Melinda, are you planning to return to Moon City?"

Mu Qiu tentatively asked.

Melinda waved her hand.

"No need, I'll stay here."

Although this place is already outside the sixth ring of Moon City, she, a long-time resident of Moon City, always felt uncomfortable staying here.

However, if she were to return to Moon City, she was somewhat worried about running into her old classmates and friends who would demand repayment of the money...

Melinda always felt that borrowing money from her elf classmate was the worst decision she ever made.

It's better to borrow money from humans and bird-people.

Seven hundred years ago, when she borrowed money everywhere to break through to the legendary level, she owed a lot of money. At first, there were many creditors who came to collect their debts from her, but later a large number of creditors, both human and bird-people, suddenly disappeared.

Melinda thought about it for a long time before she suddenly realized that it seemed that all her creditors had been outlived by her.

She searched for all the descendants of the creditors she could find, and she didn't bother searching the world for the ones she couldn't find.

After all, when a person dies, their debts are settled—that's the principle!

After saying goodbye to Ms. Melinda, that evening, Mu Qiu summoned the maids in the main hall and announced the matter.

"Tomorrow morning, I will leave the manor with Fiona and Vera."

"Meow?!"

Luna was shocked.

"Master, are you abandoning Luna, meow!? Is it because Luna refused to pay for the shooting game, meow?"

Adele, who was standing next to Mu Qiu, had been smiling, but her smile froze slightly upon hearing these words.

Master...is he leaving?

Upon hearing this, she suddenly felt a sense of emptiness and a nameless fear.

If they don't have an owner, then... where can they go?

She instinctively reached out and grabbed Mu Qiu's sleeve, her fingers turning white as she gripped the sleeve tightly.

The latter was slightly taken aback, turned his head, and saw Adele's fox ears trembling slightly, her eyes showing a pleading expression.

"Master, Master, no...don't leave us..."

Adele, Adele, I was hoping you would run away, why are you still trying to cling to me?

Mu Qiu rubbed his forehead and sighed.

"When I said I was leaving the manor, I meant I was going to the City of Earth."

"It should take about one or two weeks. During this time, I'll leave the manor to you, Adele. As the head maid, you must take good care of the manor for me, understand?"

As he spoke, Mu Qiu reached out and rubbed Adele's fox ears.

So, their owner wasn't going to abandon them?

Adele felt a huge weight lifted from her heart, a light smile spreading across her face as she nodded excitedly.

"Ok!"

"Don't worry, Master! Leave the affairs of the manor to us!"

They heard that their master was only going out for a short while.

The ten orange-haired catgirls cheered and rushed over to hug Mu Qiu tightly.

"Okay!"

"Will Master really not leave?"

"Master, master, will you be our master for life?"

Mu Qiu gently rubbed each of their heads, comforting the cat-eared girls.

"Okay, I already said it's just a long trip."

"Also... today happens to be the first, so it's time to pay you your salaries."

As he spoke, Mu Qiu smiled slightly, took out more than 50,000 gold coins, divided them into twelve small bags, gave 30,000 of them to the cat girls, and gave 10,000 each to Adele and Vera.

"Luna wants to meow too!"

Luna obviously remembered that her salary was only a few hundred gold coins. She quickly tried to grab a money bag containing three thousand gold coins, but Mu Qiu tapped her on the head.

He handed Luna a money bag that was noticeably smaller than she had imagined.

"Luna, this is yours."

Seeing that the money bag handed to her by her owner was the smallest size among everyone present, Luna immediately put on a sullen, cat-like face and reluctantly accepted the money bag.

"Why is Luna's salary the lowest, meow!"

You're motivated to embezzle public funds because your salary is low!

Mu Qiu thought to himself.

If I pay you tens of thousands of gold coins as a salary, wouldn't you become a freeloader?

Someone as old as you should be a greedy cat!

With a wave of his hand, a huge chest filled with a full million gold coins landed with a thud in the main hall.

Mu Qiu stood up, and the cat-eared girls around him also dispersed on their own.

"Finally, these 500,000 gold coins will cover the daily expenses of the manor in the future. All of this money will be entrusted to Luna for safekeeping, and Luna will also be responsible for approving any expenditures."

Five hundred thousand gold coins?

Luna pricked up her ears, staring at the huge box in the main hall, and quickly began to calculate.

She felt that the gold coins in the box were at least 800,000, or even 1 million.

The owner doesn't seem to remember his possessions very well, which means...

Mu Qiu glanced at Luna, who was slightly lost in thought, out of the corner of his eye, and a slight smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

Even if you don't run away with the money, you should at least embezzle these 500,000 gold coins!

Chapter 85 Will the Princess Knight also make a "hoarse" sound?

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking and the thin mist had not yet completely dissipated, Mu Qiu was already fully prepared to set off for Radiant City.

Beside him, Fiona had changed into a set of light leather armor that Mu Qiu had asked Adele to find temporarily, and she also wore a cloak over it. Her fiery red hair was tied up high, and her dragon tail swayed slightly behind her uncomfortably.

When she saw Mu Qiu's gaze fall upon her, she hurriedly pulled her cloak tighter and fastened it, completely concealing her towering breasts, which were enough to obscure her view of her feet, within the cloak.

"What are you looking at me for! Don't think you can bribe a noble dragon knight with mere food! Last time was just an accident! I won't help you with such shameless things again!"

Seemingly feeling insecure about her current state, Fiona puffed out her chest again halfway through her speech.

Although the cloak obscured her vision, from Mu Qiu's perspective, Fiona looked like a giant rice dumpling. The swaying tail tip under the cloak resembled the string at the end of the dumpling, making one want to reach out and grab it...

However, when Mu Qiu's gaze lingered on her clearly curved area, she still instinctively covered her chest.

"What do you think you're doing here?! I... I won't take my clothes off in broad daylight!"

“…I said, Fiona, I just wanted to remind you to put your cloak on properly, the tip of your tail is already sticking out.”

Mu Qiu felt somewhat helpless.

Is it because his eyes aren't innocent enough?

Vera, that elf with her own lewd filter, is one thing, but how come even this new female knight thinks his gaze is lewd?

Is the problem with him, or with the two of them?

Why doesn't any girl blush and say that his eyes are gentle, clear, and innocent, unlike those of other men?

"What a lewd princess knight."

Vera's voice came from behind them. As always, she was wrapped in a light hooded cloak that covered her long silver hair and pointed ears as she slowly walked out of the manor.

"I was just going to change my clothes, and you're already preparing for a fierce battle with your master here?"

Who are you calling vulgar?!

Fiona frowned and turned to look at Vera, who pulled down her hood, raised her chin high, and looked at her with a smile: "Dragon Knight is a title that only knights who ride dragons can have. No knight like you, who doesn't even have a hybrid dragon, would call yourself a Dragon Knight, right? Or is it that your Dragon Knight rides something different from other Dragon Knights?"

"No one would call a knight who rides a dragon knight! Miss Vera, do you think I belong to a shameless race like yours!"