It seems that she came here today because of this matter.

"I didn't want to either, but when I was killing the red dragon, I ran into a hunter. He was pretty good, so I thought I'd improve my skills. You know how I am, I crave improvement!"

“My father argued with me about this for a long time. He said that being a hunter is not a good profession, and that you have to spend all day with those animals and you smell like animals!”

"That's it? I thought it was something big! Why didn't that old man Melder tell me earlier that he was using this to test me? He's fully responsible!"

"But being a hunter should be alright, right? If all else fails, I'll become a noble hunter and always wear perfume when I go out, okay?"

"..."

"no?"

Seeing that Catherine did not reply, Joey asked another question.

"Forget it, I'm not talking to you anymore. Now that you've signed the contract, you should familiarize yourself with the hunter's skills as soon as possible. You can't just sit here waiting like this!"

Catherine was at her wit's end with Joey, so she could only offer him a word of advice.

"Familiar? How am I supposed to be familiar with this? I don't even have a master!"

"Hunters don't need a master. You should be able to learn by going out and exploring. That's how hunters in the city used to do it!"

"Go out for a walk? Okay, I'll try it tomorrow!"

"Alright, I've said all I needed to say, so I should go now!"

Catherine turned and left after saying that.

"You're leaving already? You didn't say anything else to me?"

Joey was somewhat disappointed. He had been a monk for a long time for Catherine's sake, and he couldn't keep wasting his time like this.

"My birthday is coming up soon. If I can get through it smoothly, I'll seriously consider our relationship!"

Catherine turned and left.

"How could a birthday celebration not go smoothly?"

Joey found what she just said strange. Seeing that Catherine had already walked a few meters away, he hurriedly chased after her.

Just as he was about to grab Catherine's hand and spend some more time with her, a large, strong hand suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist.

"Lady Catherine is leaving. Captain Joey, please consider this carefully!"

"Puff?"

Joey looked up at the person holding his wrist, and it turned out to be Puff, whom he had met at Tiger Rock.

"It's me!"

"You're really not dead?"

"Thank you for your concern!"

"Alright, take good care of Catherine for me. I'll come back after I've familiarized myself with the hunter's skills!"

Puff released Joey's hand and slowly walked towards Catherine.

"Then you'd better hurry, you don't have much time left!"

Catherine and Puff left.

Joey watched their departing figures, feeling puzzled by Puff's words.

"Is time really that tight? Or is Catherine hiding something from me again?"

Joey touched his chin, thought for a while but still couldn't come up with a solution.

He turned and walked towards the room next to his original room. He would deal with tomorrow's problems tomorrow; he really needed to rest for a while now.