Georgia got off the bus at the station in East Hamlet Town, along with the two rat men.

The Rat Man is here to purchase fresh catches from Innsmouth, while Georgia is going to the mayor's office to take over the affairs, make statistics and total the affairs of the town, and finally report to the real authority of the entire Hamlet Town.

Sonia, the one in power, listens.

Melina and Mr. Mo parked in the car at Hamlet Manor, where Mr. Mo wanted to cook for the two lazy dog ​​banshees and make some desserts for Melina.

"Would you rather have dragon fruit and lemon pudding or smoothie? For smoothie..."

"Smoothie!" Melina said subconsciously, then her face turned a little red.

Mr. Mo laughed: "I knew you were leaning toward smoothies. If you want smoothies, I will ask my friend to go to Haiwen. He is a collector and can get the things back in the afternoon. As for the braised pork, I will prepare more

Order some rice."

…

In Hamlet Manor, Melina did not find Sonia. Instead, she saw Maria sitting on a spinning bicycle, pedaling wildly, keeping her upper body elegantly motionless. Next to her was a wind-up cat, Dumpling, about the height of a person.

The cat held a newspaper on its paws, and made a low purring sound in its throat. Seeing Melina come back, Maria waved to her and pointed to the table.

The fluffy wind-up cat Dumpling rolled his eyes (Melina was sure she saw it), then walked to the alchemy room with very heavy steps, took a pot of coffee that was being refined in a funnel bottle, and placed it on the table

Then he suddenly meowed again, carefully adjusted the position and angle of the coffee saucer with the tips of his paws, and then swung his tail with satisfaction.

Melina looked at the cat and felt quite friendly, but when the cat looked over, she raised her chin and pretended not to care.

"Where's Senior Sonia?"

She walked to sit down next to Maria, took a sip of coffee, and sighed unexpectedly. It tasted very good.

Maria, who was observing her expression, also relaxed a little, and said with a small breath:

"Hmm... Sonia, she... ah... is checking two, ah, two mushroom fields in the pure white forest."

Lao Ma, Lao Ma.

Melina felt as if she and the other party were "clearly together, but it was like communicating on the phone and you said you were in the gym", and her expression almost stopped.

Sister Maria's carefully taken care of long golden hair has been soaked with sweat, and is messy and stuck to her face and healthy-skinned neck. Fine beads of sweat stick to her rosy cheeks, forming sweat.

It drips from the delicate chin. The plump chest bounces with the movement, and the shape of the belly without a trace of fat can be seen through the training clothes that have been soaked with sweat.

Senior Maria has abdominal muscles and muscles.

It is not the kind of muscles that are like fitness freaks, but more streamlined, more like muscles practicing yoga, and softer. The increase in muscle groups will not prevent her from completing some combat moves like in the past.

"Then it..."

"It's her." After finishing the exercise, Maria picked up a towel to wipe her sweat, and at the same time corrected Melina's statement, "This is the cat Genaros, a clockwork cat who specializes in the old woman's rules, and what we call mastery.

Types of clockwork cats, compared with ordinary clockwork cats..."

"The cat is bigger!" Cat Genaros said in a proud low voice.

"The cat is bigger." Melina naturally placed her hands on the neck of the clockwork cat (it really has a neck?), and the soft and smooth fur made people feel comfortable unconsciously.

Maria put her hands on her hips and quickly regained her breath. This reaction made people wonder if her system had a lottery wheel like "Energy Drink" that contained five tons of energy recovery medicines without knowing what to put there.

Lucky draw prize. She soon smiled:

"It can be seen that you all like each other very much, which is very..."

Maria paused. Because just after she finished saying this, Melina had already retracted her hands quickly and put them on the table. She turned away and studied the coffee distiller in the alchemy room. Cat Grid

Narrows looked at the ceiling, his cat paws on his furry belly.

There was a second between the person and the cat, and they secretly looked at each other. Then they noticed that Maria was looking here, and they turned away together.

Maria licked her lower lip, shook her head slowly, and clicked her tongue.

"...Anyway, Cat Genaros will stay here to look after the house while So...and I are away, or stay to take care of some things. She will also be responsible for our food bank, the manor, the underground excavation team, and

She is responsible for material processing, etc. At the same time, she occasionally purchases limited-time otherworld products, such as comic books and so on..."

"Hey!" Melina said in surprise, and the next second she covered her mouth with both hands, maintaining her cold persona.

Maria paused again and clicked her tongue again.

"Cat Gnaros doesn't care whether we are time travellers, does he?"

Can you tell her such a thing? Melina looked at Cat Genaros.

This chubby wind-up cat raised its neck proudly (does it really have a neck?), "Meow, even a cat like me can become so fat, speak human language, and meow like a master of Magical Economics.

With sociology, this is the most miraculous thing in the world. As for time travellers? Meow, it’s not that I look down on it, it’s nothing!”

Melina stared at her, then looked at Maria:

"You never walk alone, right?"

"Meow! Top 16!"

Melina was very sure that Maria had a painful expression at that moment.

…

When dinner started at noon, Sonia had not come back yet.

This made Melina, who had been waiting for her, a little unhappy. She spent some time in the alchemy room to recharge her sigil. It was really exciting to throw out a lot of magic in one go, but the consumption was really terrible. Supplement

The cost of getting it up, calculated based on the current market price, is probably:

[Appease the Beast], cheap, 6 copper lei.

[Soil that breeds, mortals that love], not bad, 8 copper lei.

[I love like blood], this one is cheap, 2 copper lei.

After calculating the bargain, Melina's face began to show a bitter melon expression. However, she noticed that the cat Genaros's tail swayed past the door of the alchemy room, and she was immediately filled with idol baggage, with a sullen face. But

Calculating with slightly trembling hands:

[Too stupid and too young], the love I gave her was too young, and I was too stupid when I was young. How could I know that the price of that love was 15 gold lei.

[Morning Star's Glorious Alchemy], is it a great experience to use a level 6 spell? 50 gold lei per time, which is insignificant compared to several human lives. For Melina, it is a knife that makes things worse.

A total of 65 gold, 1 silver and 6 bronze lei.

Thump thump thump.

Melina took two steps back as if she had been hit hard.

Maria walked in and saw this scene. She tilted her head like a golden retriever and licked her upper lip:

"What's wrong with you?"

"...I met a brilliant species on the road."

"Huh? Didn't you say it several times? I can recite it all by heart." Maria knew Melina's request for credit by heart, "Why did you kill the radiant bog dragon with your own strength? What if this guy wasn't cunning, he would have let you down."

It came and went, and it’s all because Lao Mo was driving like a Goba."

Melina is usually the loudest when taking credit.

She once tried to remain aloof when asking for credit, but when she found out that her teammates had openly taken away the credit for starting a team from her, she immediately said anxiously, "You said Gouba, I started the team, but you did a good job with it."

Credit must be shouted out!

Melina kept her calm but desperate expression:

"I used some magic."

"Yeah." Maria yawned, walked to the alchemy table next to her, and opened her geology notebook.

"Consumption is now being calculated."

"Hmm." Maria took out the geological samples and the local folkware from the visit, a heavy stone bowl decorated with feather stone carvings.

"I want 65 gold, 1 silver and 6 copper lei."

Boom.

The stone bowl in Maria's hand fell on the table.

"How much?"

Melina said it again.

"Amei, Amei, you burned more than 60 gold leu in one go. I feel like this loss is huge."

"..." Melina stared at her, biting her lip.

"Let's do this." Maria said, "You spent so much money while protecting Georgia and the others. Let me see if I can help you fill out the reimbursement form."

"Reimbursement form?"

Even though Melina conducted a detailed search in her mind, she could not find any information related to reimbursement.

Could it be that Maria made it up?

She looked at Maria suspiciously.

"The reimbursement system is a tacit agreement between the guild and the royal government. If an explorer completes a mission and takes action because the local manager is attacked, the materials consumed will be able to apply for reimbursement through the Adventurer's Guild."To be continued...