The Favor
Day of Sunar, 11:42 am.
Vivian's eyes slowly opened and she found herself lying on her bed in the dorm room.
As usual, she was the only person remaining.
Pop.
Pop.
She stretched her body and it made some popping sounds before she slowly getting up from her bed.
Pop.
Pop.
She made some popping sounds with her neck and then let out a sigh.
I finally got out of the arrangement with those kids…
And yet here I am on to that fucking meeting to fulfill a favor…
Yesterday at the Adventurer's Guild building, Pana informed her that the old woman who participated as one of the witnesses for the contract between her and Pana wanted to use the favor that Vivian owed her. They were to meet today between 1:00-2:00 p.m. And if the old woman didn't show up after 2:00 p.m., Vivian would leave.
Tch...!
Why can't I just grind in peace…?
I'm starting to miss the days when no one was bothering me and all I had to worry was about making money, leveling up my Masteries and figuring out things about this world…
One day I'm gonna be very rich that I don't have to pretend like I enjoy talking and interacting with people anymore and I can just do all the things I want to do in peace…
"Fuck all these people."
She got up to do her "morning" routine.
***
At the Adventurer's Guild building.
Vivian entered the main hall and immediately turned to Pana's counter.
She wasn't busy and noticed Vivian enter so she waved smiled and waved.
Vivian returned the gesture and headed towards her.
"Is she here?"
"Yes, she arrived here about an hour ago and is waiting inside one of the conference rooms," Pana said and turned to one of her coworkers.
Her coworker nodded before stepping out of the counter and heading over to Vivian.
"Hello, Priestess Vivian," the female receptionist said and bowed. "Please allow me to lead you to the room where Mrs. Belfair is waiting."
Mrs. Belfair, huh...
"Okay."
The female receptionist led Vivian to the room.
When they arrived in front of the door, the receptionist turned to Vivian.
"Mrs. Belfair is waiting inside. In case any of you need some assistance, you can come find me at the main hall."
"Okay."
"Please excuse me," the receptionist said and then left.
Vivian opened the door and entered the room.
The room had 2 large windows, 2 long sofas, 2 single sofas, and in the middle was a coffee table.
Seated at one of the long sofas was an old woman happily eating cookies and drinking tea.
"Oh, you're finally here!" Mrs. Belfair said with a bright smile as she put down the cookie she was eating.
Vivian suppressed the urge to raise an eyebrow.
This woman didn't even bother to properly greet me…?
"Hello, ma'am," Vivian said and flashed an obviously forced smile before making her way to the other long sofa and sat down.
"I didn't expect you to become a Priest! I was --"
Vivian raised her hand.
"Ma'am, I don't mean to be rude but please tell me right away what kind of favor you need because I left many of my responsibilities back at the Temple just so I can meet you and return the favor I owe you."
"Fine. I want you to assist in helping my grandson in training his Magic Art."
"Like open a Mastery?"
"His Mastery is already open. But I want you to assist him with healing magic while he's training."
"How many times?"
"Maybe a week."
"Sorry, but I can't do that."
"What? Why?" Mrs. Belfair asked with a confused look on her face.
"Because it's too much," Vivian said flatly.
Although Vivian disliked Mrs. Belfair, it was the truth.
Starting tomorrow, in the morning, she will be attending the teaching and feeding Holy Mission. In the afternoon, she will be taking a quest and also train her Physical Arts. And in the evening, she will be training her Magic Arts. Furthermore, she also had to prepare for the upcoming Ranking Match and reach at least the Top 3 in order to win the full-plated set of armor made out of mithril.
I already wasted so much time playing house with those kids...!
I can't waste any more time...!
"But didn't you promise that you would grant me a favor when I helped you with that contract? And you're Priest," said Mrs. Belfair.
"Yes, but I'm a Brown Cloak. I don't have any Class Magic yet."
"But don't you have [Heal]? I've heard about you. They said that you have [Light Mastery]."
Vivian's brows knitted together.
"Who told you that?"
"I have my sources," the old woman replied nonchalantly as she picked up her cup and took a sip.
"Nevertheless, I'm still a Priest and I'm bound by the laws of my Temple. I just can't heal anyone I want."
"But you're an adventurer. I can just hire you for a week or two and the payment will be the favor you owe me."
Vivian's eyes blinked in disbelief.
Are people this shameless…?!
"Ma'am, first of all, as I mentioned earlier, I'm bound by the laws of my Temple. Secondly, although you helped me with the contract, in the end, I neither worked nor stayed under Madam Stonia's care. So for you to ask me to train your grandson for a week is too much."
"But the favor? I helped you."
"Okay, let's say I help you. What if I lose my license as a Priest? How are you going to compensate me?"
"But I helped you and you owe me."
"You're asking for something unreasonable. Also, I have a lot of work to do. You want me to drop everything just to train your grandson?"
"I shouldn't have helped you… And you're supposed to be a Priest…" Mrs. Belfair said in a pained voice.
Vivian suppressed the urge to strangle the old woman to death and calmed herself.
"Tell me, what is your grandson's Magic Art?"
"Why?"
"I just want to know."
"It's Wind and Lightning."
Useless…
"If you're really going to insist, I can help train your son for one afternoon only or you can ask for another favor."
"I'll just ask for another favor. But I need to think about it first."
"How long do you need to think? I still have so many matters to attend to."
"I'll give you my answer tomorrow afternoon."
Vivian got up and left the room without saying a word.
Outside the hallway, she gritted her teeth so hard that her jaw started to ache.
She balled her hands into a fist and suppressed the urge to punch the wall.
I'LL FUCKING KILL THAT OLD HAG!!!
I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL FUCKING FIND A WAY TO KILL THAT OLD FUCKING HAG!!!
When Vivian arrived at the main hall, she immediately put on a calm demeanor.
Pana was surprised to see that Vivian was already outside of the room.
"Vivian!" she called out.
Vivian stopped and turned around to face her.
"The meeting is already done?"
"No, it's been postponed."
"Oh, I see. Where is she?"
This bitch…!
It all started with her…!
It was then Vivian recalled the 10 gold coins they each received from Stonia.
Fuck…!
But still…!
Why is it that out of all the people I could've asked for help I ended up asking for a shameless one…?!
FUCK YOU...!!!
"Ah, she's still inside the conference room. I'm just here to take on a quest."
THERE BETTER BE THE BUKAROO QUEST OR I MIGHT KILL SOMEONE RIGHT NOW…!
"Oh okay. By the way, there's a special quest waiting for you."
Vivian's brows knitted together.
"A special quest?"
"Yes, a client requested this quest and wants you to do it. And you're going to like it," Pana said and then flashed a mischievous smile.
Vivian recalled telling Pana that she didn't want any quests from creepy people or quests which puts her in a position where she had to leave Luxen City.
"Pana, you're scaring me…" she said and took a step back.
"The quest is for you to hunt 20 Bukaroo tails and the reward is 100 copper coins!"
Vivian took another step back.
"Huh? Why?"
"They think that you're an expert in hunting Bukaroos."
"Pana…"
"Okay, okay. It's from Madam Potts. I think she wants to get close to you."
"Tell her I decline," Vivian immediately replied before turning away, leaving Pana speechless.
Vivian got to the Quest Board and quickly searched for the Bukaroo Quest.
Rip.
She found the quest and ripped it off before heading to the Quest Processing counter.
I swear to God this will be the last time I'm asking anyone for a favor…!
I also swear to God that I'm going to find a way to destroy that old hag and her family…!
Oh, I wish I would encounter her son out in the wild so that I can personally torture him to death…!