"No no no... what you two did has nothing to do with fines." Todd waved her hands repeatedly.
"What you did will not only make the releasers sad but also likely anger that benevolent Aeon~" Todd clasped her hands together, praying devoutly.
"The Aeon won't care about your trivial matters... Hiss, that doesn't seem right."
Stelle turned her head awkwardly, glancing at Adrian out of the corner of her eye.
"Who knows... The will of heaven is unfathomable. Maybe on some distant planet outside the galaxy, HE is watching us."
Todd suddenly became a riddler, but these words were useless to Stelle.
"Cough cough... Members of the [Release Guild] do not wish to see their hard-earned merit from releasing completely reset to zero."
"How about this? You come with me to meet the [Five Kindhearted Ones] of the [Release Guild] and explain the situation? Oh right, it seems to be the [Three Kindhearted Ones] now..."
Stelle, with her anti-fraud awareness maxed out, resolutely refused. "What kind of new scam is this?"
"Ouch~ I already said I'm not here to trouble you. Why be so wary? With my numbers and your skill in killing evil wolves with your fists, who can do anything to you?"
"It can't be two against one, and the situation is still in my favor, right? I'm just an ordinary Xianzhou civilian, relying on me to single-handedly defeat you two?"
"Mmh..." Seeing Todd acting extremely innocent, even on the verge of crying, Stelle felt the scam vibes become more obvious.
Forget it, she's a woman who has been undercover in the [Disciples of Sanctus Medicus]. At most, she'll just destroy another gang!
"So... what work do you do in the [Release Guild]?"
"Releasing!"
Stelle: ...
"Oh~ Position? Just think of me as a mentor who introduces newcomers and persuades people to be good!"
"The [Five Kindhearted Ones]... I mean the [Three Kindhearted Ones] should be at the Alchemy Commission now. Let's go over together."
...
Considering the stranger Todd was with them, they walked all the way to the Alchemy Commission.
"Look, those five in front are the [Five Kindhearted Ones] of the [Release Guild]. Let me introduce them to you first..."
Todd poked her head out from behind the wall, preparing to introduce them in a lowered voice, when her chin suffered a violent impact from Stelle.
"Ow!" She cried out in pain, rubbing her reddened chin.
"Good sister... no matter how suspicious I am, there's no need for a [Rocket Headbutt]! Hiss~ It hurts, it hurts!"
"Screwlloyd?"
Stelle rubbed her eyes. Because she had contact with him at the Exalting Sanctum Plaza earlier, even if Screwlloyd disguised himself as Blake, she still saw through his disguise technique.
Adrian's expression changed subtly. HE originally thought the fifth one would be Freesna, but unexpectedly it was the honest and dutiful Deacon Screwlloyd.
Previously, the [Disciples of Sanctus Medicus] had Screwlloyd, and now the [Release Guild] also had him.
Adrian frowned. Has this guy become a professional for side quests?
"The woman on the far left is called Tonya. She is the representative of the [Beast Faction] of the Release Guild, keen on releasing those powerful beasts. The little wolves you killed were released by her."
Todd introduced them one by one: "Then, you should have met the one next to her, called Benna. She is the representative of the [Conservation Faction], which mainly releases some rare and endangered small animals."
"Next is Heathmann. He... is the representative of the [Greenery Faction], mainly dedicated to releasing plants." Todd pointed to a plain-clothed man with brown hair.
"Mmh, that one with spiky blue hair is called Nannan. He's a local Xianzhou native, but he was recently expelled jointly by the other three, just like the Screwlloyd you know."
"Because he is dedicated to releasing mineral water... specifically the microorganisms inside. The three big shots felt this kind of [Release] was too perfunctory, called him the [Perfunctory Faction], and squeezed him out... Truly pitiful."
"Releasing... mineral water?"
The corner of Stelle's mouth twitched slightly. There's a reason the three in front squeezed him out. Who would release mineral water with nothing better to do!
"And that guy called Screwlloyd, guess what he released?"
"Mmh... screws?"
For an Intellitron, Stelle couldn't imagine what else it could release besides mechanical parts from its body... but thinking of the god-tier operator before who released mineral water.
Mmh, combined with the abstract thinking of the Church staff, Stelle suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Answer revealed! Brother Screwlloyd released almost the same thing as Nannan; it's milk tea from an unknown shabby little teahouse!"
She didn't notice at all that the moment she said this, the corner of Adrian's mouth twitched slightly at an imperceptible angle.
"Hey hey hey hey... you can't say that!" Stelle covered Todd's mouth in time. If it were the Immortal's Delight from the [Sleepless Earl] teahouse, she could understand, but saying [Shabby Little Teahouse], could she not know who she was talking about?!
Stelle was frantically complaining in her heart, but saw the corner of Adrian's mouth twitching even faster.
Mmh... she hates mind reading.
"Can only say there's a reason they were squeezed out. One releases mineral water, one releases milk tea... I can't comment." Stelle changed the subject. As the most impartial Galactic Critique Hero in the universe, at this moment, she couldn't pick out a single fault.
The faults and flaws are so numerous they've been promoted to advantages. Rounding up, Nannan and Screwlloyd are flawless!
"Wait a moment, let me explain your situation to them."
Todd adjusted her state and went up to chat with the Kindhearted Ones. When Screwlloyd heard Stelle and Adrian's names, the corner of his mouth twitched extremely slightly for an instant.
After a while, she turned and waved to Adrian and Stelle, signaling them to come over.
...
Exalting Sanctum Plaza, [Aurum Alley Delicacies] Restaurant.
Amid the steaming heat of the restaurant, March 7th's gaze locked onto the silver-haired elf receiving customers.
Long hair flowing like moonlight was loosely tied behind her neck. A few strands brushed her smooth forehead, setting off those deep and lustrous emerald green eyes.
A snow-white shirt, slightly stiff from starching and with somewhat broad shoulders, wrapped her slender yet powerful waist. Below was a matching dark knee-length skirt. The rigid tailoring constrained the elf's supposed lightness.
This stereotypical human clothing not only failed to diminish the brilliance of the elven form but tempered those unworldly silver hair and emerald eyes to be even more dazzling.
"Eh... am I seeing things? Priestess sister, you're still working here?"
"No, no. This is magic that makes people rich, magic that can harvest a lot of credit points." Freesna stubbornly insisted with a straight face.
Sure enough, the Emanator of [Eternity] was as abstract as ever. March 7th first ruled out the option that she was experiencing working life. This was obviously being detained by the shop owner for not having money to pay.
"Teacher Adrian, this is one of your few [Emanators]; you have to treat your subordinates better..." March 7th murmured to herself.
Qingque sat next to March 7th, watching them chat.
Having struggled in the workplace for many years, she had participated in gatherings. Not interrupting at this time was the best choice; just wait.
However... this elven waitress seems to be an Emanator of [Eternity] like Adrian.
Then there's even less to worry about. They should all be as easy to talk to as Adrian.
The Luofu is really lively these days, attracting so many Emanator-level figures. Qingque has broadened her horizons.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with March 7th, Freesna looked at Qingque. She wouldn't have known without looking, but one look gave her a fright; she almost dropped the menu in her hand.
Focused on chatting with March 7th, her [Eternity] detector only activated now.
This girl... the [Eternity] index in her body is almost catching up to hers!!