The next day, Loran Hill came to the Adventurer's Hall to meet up.
Pushing open the half-closed door, the girl entered the slightly stuffy and noisy hall. Glancing around, she quickly spotted a group of caravan members sitting around a round table. Their cloak buckles bore the symbol of a three-stringed lute, signifying their membership in the Roentgen Chamber of Commerce.
After simply adjusting her clothes, the girl stroked the hem of her skirt with her armored hand and walked forward.
"Hello, are you a member of the Roentgen caravan? I have received a mission and am here to participate in the escort." Loran Hill asked a man who was standing by the table and doing nothing.
The man in brown-gray cloth looked up at the voice, looked up and down at the swordsman lady with blonde ponytail and a slightly dashing look, and nodded.
"Yes, it's us." Then he turned and shouted.
"Miss, the guards we requested are here."
On the other side of the round table, a woman who was surrounded by several people discussing and explaining matters turned around and continued talking to the people around her while nodding to indicate that she understood.
A minute later, after finishing the instructions, the business lady stood up and walked over.
"Hello, I'm Charlene from the Roentgen Chamber of Commerce." The business lady looked to be about 20 years old, with light brown skin. She wore a dark red off-shoulder dress and a woven shawl on her arm, which made her look more elegant.
"Hello, my name is Messiah." Loran Hill nodded, and moved his hands hesitantly.
Although she understood the imperial court etiquette, she didn't know much about how to greet ordinary people or adventurers.
Seeing the girl's slightly reserved look, Sharin smiled and stretched out her right hand. Seeing this, Loran Hill also stretched out his hand to shake it.
After a simple handshake, Miss Charlene asked Loran Hill to sit down.
"The arm armor is very heavy. I saw you moving so easily, so I thought it would be light."
"Well, because some fine steel was used in its forging, the protection will be better." Loran Hill explained a little embarrassedly.
"Haha, that's a good thing. Being more professional will make people feel more at ease. If you showed up wearing a light and fluttery skirt, I'd be a little worried, even though I heard you're a Sequence 4 expert."
The two chatted briefly for a while, and Sharin had a preliminary understanding of this swordsman lady. She seemed to be a new adventurer with superb skills but little practical experience.
Although he was a little far from the perfect guard candidate in Li's mind, it was a good deal to spend the money to hire a Sequence 4 expert, and he couldn't ask for too much.
The southern provinces are currently unstable. Although the regent has suppressed the open rebellion, many dangerous elements still remain in the mountains and remote corners. Some of them are deserters, some are the sons of former nobles who have been stripped of their titles and are now wanted, and some are those who have lost their homes in the war and become bandits.
When doing business in such an environment, the stronger the guards, the better.
"Miss Messiah, you haven't eaten yet, why don't you have a meal with us now so we can set off later." After staying for an hour, the other members of the caravan also arrived one after another, and Miss Charlene invited the girl to have a meal together.
"Okay, thank you." Loran Hill looked at the new mercenaries and adventurers curiously, then nodded.
Soon after, the people from the Adventurer's Hall brought plates of food and served them to the caravan members.
"Here." A wooden plate was also placed in front of Loran Hill.
On a wooden plate were baked squares of bread and a bowl of steaming potato and vegetable soup. The potatoes were cooked thoroughly, giving the soup a thick consistency. Besides the diced vegetables, there were also a few pieces of meat, indicating that this lunch was quite substantial.
For people who are on the road, this kind of food is already very good, and it is free of charge for everyone by Miss Charlene.
Several mercenaries said thank you and then started eating with big mouthfuls. Judging from their expressions, it seemed that such food could only make them 50% full.
Tearing open the bread, Loran Hill ate as quickly as possible, then finished the vegetable soup, a warm feeling filling his stomach. Although the ingredients were ordinary, the food provided by this adventurer's hall tasted surprisingly good.
"Let's go now." After seeing that everyone had basically finished eating, Miss Charlene stood up, clapped her hands, and asked the young men around her to start working.
"Okay~"
The caravan members walked out of the hall, then went to the stable at the back to pull out the carriages and count the goods.
"Miss Messiah, please sit with me." When Loran Hill didn't know what to do, Miss Charlene's voice came from not far away.
As she spoke, she beckoned Loran Hill to come over and sit with her at the back of a carriage.
Soon, the convoy set off and the group headed out of the city.
The roads of this era were not the smooth roads that the girl remembered, but roads full of gravel and mud. The carriages were constantly bumpy and swaying along the way, and sometimes you could hear the squeaking sounds of the carriages fully loaded with goods.
"I'm used to it." Miss Charlene put down the account book in her hand and looked at the quiet girl sitting next to her.
"Yeah, it's a habit." Loran Hill nodded. In fact, she didn't have much experience traveling alone, and she didn't know how to find topics or deal with strangers.
I feel like I've been brought back to my original form. The girl complained to herself in her heart that although she knew a lot about theory, she couldn't do it in practice.
If Pullman were here, he would have already become familiar with everyone in the Chamber of Commerce.
"Haha, you'll feel a little uneasy when you first come out, but you'll get used to it. If you feel sleepy now, you can take a nap or take a nap."
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