This is a villa with a white dome, covering an area of about 100 square meters, and with a small garden outside.
However, the house was surrounded by weeds, and only a narrow path led to the front door.
After getting off the carriage, Kaphni's face fell when she saw the desolate scene: "The address that orc gave me was correct, wasn't it? It doesn't look like anyone lives here at all."
"No, if no one's home, even this path would be overgrown with weeds." Linda arrived at the door, knocked, and called out loudly, "Is anyone home? I'm the adventurer Lulu recommended!"
Thump, thump!
I knocked on the door more than a dozen times, but there was no response.
Not home?
Linda frowned, looked around, and found that all the windows of the house had their curtains drawn.
On this sweltering day, he pressed his ear against the wall, but could not hear the internal cooling array operating.
It seems he's not home.
There was nothing they could do but rent a hotel for the time being and come back to check on things in the afternoon.
About ten minutes after the two left, a rustling sound of footsteps was heard inside the house.
Like a timid hamster, the woman approached the gate, cautiously peering through the peephole. Only after confirming the two strange adventurers who had called her were gone did she clutch her chest and let out a long sigh of relief, timidly muttering to herself:
"No, the cooling array wasn't activated, that's great..."
The girl in the house was wearing only a loose white top with an orange cat pattern on it. Her fair body was covered in sticky sweat. Even though the house was extremely stuffy, the girl was still hugging a large, fluffy bean worm doll.
It seemed he had nothing in his hands, and he didn't even dare to go to the door to take a look.
Then, the girl went to the living room to check the food in the refrigerator, which was filled with boxes of chopped cabbage. With her and the kitten's similar appetite, it would be enough to eat for the next two weeks.
He took a box of chocolate ice cream from the bottom freezer compartment, held it in his palm, and smiled contentedly.
"Hehe, hehehe... It's so great to be a good-for-nothing."
The girl ate a fifth of her ice cream, licked her lips, and then reluctantly put it back in the freezer. She returned to her bedroom, lay back on her bed, and placed a red and blue handheld game console on top of her towering panda figurine.
In this way, her arms don't feel strained at all, and the distance is sufficient, so she doesn't have to worry about her eyesight deteriorating.
The girl used her waist to control the fingernail-sized puppet inside, making it jump, attack, and defeat slime monsters one by one.
The sun set quickly, and dusk arrived in the blink of an eye.
Knock knock knock!
Knock knock knock knock!
There was another urgent knocking on the door.
"Excuse me, is anyone home? I'm an adventurer recommended by Lulu, and I'd like to invite you to join my party!"
The clear male voice outside frightened the girl so much that her face turned pale. She buried her head in the quilt, her bare feet sticking out as she trembled.
Who's out there?! Don't come in! She doesn't want to be an adventurer anymore!
Please, that person outside, let this useless piece of trash go!
...
"Still not home?"
Linda withdrew her hand in disappointment, walked to the window, and tried to peek through a crack to see what was happening inside.
If it really is a house that has been uninhabited for a long time, he can only consider his trip a waste and return to White Dove City.
The problem was that the curtains were drawn tightly, without leaving a single gap.
Judging from the fact that there are no weeds on the path outside, it is likely that someone lives here.
What a coincidence! The owner of the house went out on an adventure today and hasn't returned yet.
"I'll come back tomorrow."
Linda left with Kaphni, feeling helpless.
The next day.
It remains the same.
The house's cooling system was not turned on, and there was no sign that the doors had been opened.
Linda deliberately stuffed a blade of grass on top, and when she went over, she found that it hadn't fallen off.
He and Kaphni had no choice but to go out into the wild to hunt monsters and get through the day.
There aren't many good leveling areas around Red Peach City; either the monsters are too high-level or too low-level. In one day, Linda only managed to collect 24 level 5 magic cores.
Selling it yielded 50 gold coins and 240 mystery points.
The third day.
This was originally the day he was supposed to return to White Dove City with his 'new team'.
After three days, they still hadn't seen the other party.
He couldn't help but wonder if the other person had encountered something during their adventure and wouldn't be coming back...
Arriving at 75 Red Rock Avenue as always, this time was different from the previous two days. The scene before her eyes revived Linda's depressed mood.
A short, middle-aged man carrying a large bag of dolls walked from the other side of the house toward this side.
There was a dilapidated horse-drawn carriage on the main road. The carriage was filled with many bags stuffed with dolls. From the corner that was exposed, you could see that most of them were Q-version plush monster dolls.
That's not the point. The 'child' Lulu was referring to was a man who looked at least forty years old?
Linda stared in shock, her mouth agape.
"Who are you? What brings you here?" the middle-aged man asked warily, staring at the two men.
"Actually, we are adventurers recommended by Lulu..."
"Lulu? Who's that? I don't know her. Anyway, I understand what you mean. You also want to take on the job of sewing dolls, right?"
When the uncle heard Linda say that, a look of disdain appeared on his face. He looked Linda up and down. Such an adventurer, yet she was still like a girl, making a living by sewing dolls.
"Doll, what are you talking about?" Linda was completely confused.
"Sew handmade dolls?"
The middle-aged man tossed a large bag of plush toys onto the car, randomly checked a few items, and exclaimed:
"As expected of a doll sewn by a former elite adventurer, there isn't a single loose thread. The joints are seamless, tsk tsk! Giving that child a copper coin seems a bit too little."
As he spoke, the uncle opened a box in the carriage, inside which were a large amount of cotton and shriveled plush toy skins. He said to Linda, who seemed to understand something:
"Look, it's sewing these kinds of dolls. One copper coin each. It might be a bit slow at first, but once you get the hang of it, sixty a day shouldn't be a problem."
"One copper coin each?" Linda's expression changed.
It takes at least ten or twenty minutes to sew such a doll.
The reward is only one copper coin... You can't even buy black bread mixed with sawdust and as hard as a rock.
"What, you think it's too little? She's been doing this for two and a half years, and she's very skilled. I still give her one copper coin each. You're just a newbie, and you think you can get ahead of yourself?"
The uncle pointed to the overgrown house and said irritably.
“First of all, one copper coin is definitely too low; you’re really ripping people off.” Linda looked at the other person with a stern gaze. “Second, I’ll give you a gold coin. I want to ask, is anyone in that house?”
Linda took out a gleaming round gold coin from her pocket, on which was engraved a totem of the World Tree.
The uncle's eyes immediately lit up: "You're not planning to sew dolls?"
“Of course not!” Linda shook her head. “I came here to find the owner of this house. I’ve been here for three days and haven’t been able to see her.”
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