"Where, bite, people?!"

Originally, Napa was just listening silently, but after hearing that this tax official directly characterized himself as those low-level demonic beasts, he immediately became furious! The cat lunged at the tax officer, but luckily Arrow quickly stretched out his hands to hug it—

"You think I'm going to bite people everywhere?! I'll give you a bite right now! Are you going to discipline me? You're still worried about me running around?! When I participated in the Chaos Campaign, your grandfather's grandfather's grandfather didn't know which fertilized egg he was in! Do you think I'm going to bite you like those low-level monsters who are going to be locked up???!!! ”

"Alright, alright! Napa! Calm down! Calm down! Good ~~ Good cat, don't get excited, good cat~~~! ”

The tax collector was visibly taken aback by Napa's sudden frenzy! He also involuntarily shrank back, and after confirming that Arrow was now holding Napa tightly, he said with some trepidation, "Say it! So this kind of thing should be registered, and then it must be well educated! It was trying to bite me! President Arrow, I respect you as a graduate of the Old Tengshu Academy, but if the demonic beast you raised bites me and causes me to become sick, I won't just give up for the sake of your honorable status! ”

Napa struggled to escape, but Airo hugged it even more desperately, smiling businessfully at the tax collector. Seeing that it couldn't be done, he quickly got up with Napa in his arms, ran to the back of the stairs quickly, and shoved Napa into Coco's arms.

"Just let me bite that tax collector to death! Actually said I would bite him? Even saying that I'm just as dirty, disease-ridden monsters as I can infect him? Ha! ”

Napa was still muttering, and the fact that she looked like she needed to be "disciplined" gave the beast a sense of being stung with dignity.

Arrow could only keep rubbing the hair on its head, coaxing it with a good voice, promising high-grade milk and promising to re-iron its cushion and stuff some cotton, and finally the cat monster could be considered to be quiet.

"Whew...... I beg you, don't mess with me anymore, okay? Today you are the president, and I am your part-time member, so I beg you, okay? ”

Arrow's tone was full of helplessness and pleading, and after bowing to everyone, he asked Coco to hug Napa. Coco was startled at first, but soon seemed very excited about being able to hold Napa, and her red and swollen eyes, which had been crying just now, immediately brightened.

"Alright, that's it, you stay still."

After a thousand instructions, Arrow walked back to the tax collector and sat down.

The tax collector looked at Arrow suspiciously, then poked his head out to look at the Mermaid Song members hiding behind the stairs, and said with some concern, "Are you alright?" ”

Arrow smiled brightly again: "It's okay, we're all used to it, it's just a routine." ”

The tax collector nodded, frowned, and said, "Get used to it...... President Arrow, although you may be used to it, I still suggest that you get a certificate for your Warcraft as soon as possible. At the same time, you can also take it for an injection, do deworming, and prevent some terrible diseases. I see that cat was so irritable just now, could it really be the legendary beast disease? It's a dangerous thing to do......"

"Hahaha, thank you for your concern, it's really fine, don't worry." Eero can only be as perfunctory as possible now.

From noon to mid-afternoon, and it was almost time for dinner, Arrow looked up and watched as the tax collector finally put down the last proxy and jotted down a few notes on the paper. After a while, he looked at the ledger in his hand with great satisfaction and nodded, and said with a smile: "It's really a clean and tidy ledger, worthy of being a top student of Lao Tengshu Academy, such a clean and tidy ledger that makes people understand at a glance can be regarded as the first time I have seen it in my life!" Oops, yes, it's really comfortable, every account has a clean receipt, power of attorney or voucher. It's like waking up in brand new panties on a sunny morning after eight hours of sleep! ”

Seeing the tax collector stretching, Arrow's hanging heart was also relaxed. He smiled again and said, "Haha, it's also an honor to be rewarded by the tax collector." It's almost dinner, why don't you have a little together? ”

The tax officer laughed: "Okay! In order to get on the road, I have been eating dry food these days, and I haven't had a serious dinner in a long time. Ah, but we have discipline, and I have to pay as much as I eat. It's a clean deal for both of us. And after dinner, I have to continue to reconcile the accounts, run to the unicorn bar to eat, and it is too much trouble to run back after eating. ”

Arrow was slightly stunned, and the commercial smile on his face froze: "Ah...... What did you just say? You...... You're going to keep settling accounts later? Isn't it all over? ”

The tax officer's hearty smile and Arrow's fake commercial smile are really incomparable: "No, no, no, it's not over." Haven't you shown me your September account yet? What I just read is only the accounts for August, have you forgotten? ”

Isn't the most important thing to do in September?! It's all in there!

"No, no, no, wait a minute, Lord Tax Collector!" Arrow shook his head, a little nervous, but still kept a smile and said, "If I'm not mistaken, should I reconcile the tax payments from the beginning of September last year to the end of August this year, from last fall to this summer?" In other words, my accounts for September this year should be verified next year, why are you suddenly going to verify them again? ”

There is really a reason for Arrow's panic.

According to the normal law, the tax payment year is from the autumn of the previous year to the end of the summer of this year, and then on August 30 of each year, each shop in the town will spend about half a month to sort out their account books for the previous year, and then hand them over to the mayor, who will spend another half a month sorting out these account books for summarization, and then wait until October when the tax officer comes to submit the tax.

But if the September bills also have to be checked, then there is no sorting process at all, and handing over a bunch of accounts to the tax officer in this way will undoubtedly greatly increase the workload of the tax officer!

The tax collector was obviously well aware of this, and since Arrow asked, he sighed and said, "Yes, you're right. ”

He placed the ledgers and financial documents that had been checked, and continued—

"However, just like this sudden decree, starting this year, all adventurers' guilds in the Blue Bay Empire must take out all the accounts up to that date for verification when they are subject to the tax officer's verification of their accounts. Let me tell you, it's tiring enough to check the Adventurer's Guild alone, but some guilds, like you, President Arrow, will settle their accounts clearly, and I don't really add much pressure. But do you say this thing is annoying? The royal decree actually requires us to directly inspect the accounts that have not yet been collated. It's also too tiring, right? ”

Irritating?

It's not just infuriating!

The smile on Arrow's face was on the verge of collapse, his fists under the table now clenched so tightly that his nails were almost embedded in his flesh.

However, the tax collector did not realize the mental condition of the president opposite him, and just looked in the direction of the kitchen with a look of anticipation, and said with a smile: "What are we going to eat tonight?" Hopefully something delicious. Alas, speaking of this decree, although it is tiring, but if you think about it, you really can't help it. You think, now that our empire is at war with the neighboring Hunter Empire, there will be many loopholes in management. And the Adventurer's Guild has the characteristics of mobility, combat effectiveness and large-scale financial organization, so it is really easy to evade taxes and smuggle money. Many guilds disbanded the day after the decree was issued, right? So, His Majesty the Emperor issued this kind of decree in the hope that we can properly rectify the adventurer's guild organization in our country, improve taxation, and make everyone more confident and bold to make money, right? ”

Arrow felt a choke in his throat and almost fainted.

But the tax collector was still looking forward to the kitchen, and after waiting for a while, he saw that Arrow was still not moving, and he was a little curious: "Huh? President Arrow, what's wrong with you? Truth be told, I'm really hungry, when are we going to eat? By eating it early, I think I'll be able to clean up those bills sooner. ”

It was also at this time that the door to the back storage room opened, and the students came home from school and happily rushed out of the guild door. Coco hugged Napa, and Brad and Parfay also came out of the storage room, looking at Arrow's side with blank eyes.

For a long time, for a long time......

The corners of Arrow's mouth finally twitched, and he reluctantly squeezed out a smile: "Okay...... Well, let's eat first. ”

The dinner at Mermaid Song was very delicious.

Why? That's because the person in charge of the dinner is the president of the guild.

Simple ingredients are carefully crafted by Eero to create a delicious flavor that exudes a beautiful aroma, and even the most common boiling water can be thickened with some spices to form the most appetizing soup.

Especially the crispy bread and cheese desserts cooked in the oven will give you a blissful feeling in every dish.

Originally, Arrow would have a smile on his face when he made these dishes on weekdays.

But today......

"The president doesn't poison food, does he?"

Coco leaned at the kitchen door and looked nervously at Arrow, who was now putting on a "beast" face.