The sorceress Elisa and her party have lived near Eagle City, and for various reasons, their lives have been very difficult recently, and Elisa sold all the treasures belonging to her family before fleeing into cash, and rented a house in the town outside the city for her mother, herself, and Rika to live in.

Eagle City, as the capital of the Alfit Empire, has a prosperous economy, high wages, and high prices, even with the surrounding towns, Alyssa tried her best to find a house with the cheapest rent, and bargained with the boss to finally reduce the rent to an affordable range.

But even so, the one-year rent still emptied half of her possessions, and the remaining half of the property was used for daily living expenses, and due to the high prices, even if Alyssa and her mother saved every day, the family's savings were falling like a cliff, and it seemed that they would not survive until the end of the month.

The good news is that Rika managed to get a job with the Ironheart Adventurers Guild as a trainee receptionist, also known as a trainee clerk, which can bring a little income to the small family of three women.

The job of a receptionist is not easy to do, this is because there are many troublesome characters among the registered adventurers, some of them are cold and withdrawn, and they are difficult to communicate, as well as the thorns who regard themselves as uncles and take pleasure in finding trouble, and there are some hooligans who like to harass others, such guys basically account for more than half of the number of adventurers in the association, and the proportion of normal people occupies a disadvantage.

In fact, if you think about it a little, you can find that such a proportion of personnel composition is logical, adventurers live a life of licking blood on the head of the knife, dealing with monsters every day, and they may break their hands and feet at every turn, if they are ordinary people, they will definitely not want to become adventurers, rather than choosing a life full of risks, it is better to find a stable job, so as long as people have other ways out, they generally do not want to be adventurers.

So what kind of people would come to be adventurers? They are generally down-and-out aristocrats, landless peasants, bankrupt craftsmen, and the adventurers' guild is the last resort for them. There are also some lazy people who have nothing to do all day long, and wander around all day, these guys are basically the same people who get drunk in taverns at night, molest women in the streets, and rob thieves, and join the Adventurers' Guild solely to make some money, and some even just for fun.

Of course, there are some people who are naturally adventurous, exciting, and combative who choose to join the Adventurers Association, but there are very few such people.

The receptionist has to face such a group of guys every day, and no matter how bad these guys' attitude is, the receptionist must also be accompanied by a smile, because some adventurers are superb, but have a bad personality, if they provoke him, they are likely to make a big fuss and start making trouble, although the association will not hold the receptionist accountable for this kind of thing, but no one wants to be beaten by others.

The receptionist can't beat the adventurer, if the adventurer decides to do it, it must be them who suffer, although the association generally has a special security personnel, but if things happen suddenly, they sometimes don't have time to stop it, so that the receptionist is low, and the performance of avoiding conflict has become the norm.

Because the working environment is so bad, the association in order to retain these grassroots employees naturally have to spend a lot of money, these receptionist staff benefits are very good, as long as they pass the interview, the association will provide them with three meals a day, although the food is not rich, but it is absolutely no problem to fill the stomach. If they pass the apprenticeship stage and become a full-time employee, their salary will be greatly increased, and the association will even provide them with free accommodation, which is why many receptionists still choose to stay despite such a difficult working environment.

However, the reason why Rika chose this job is not just for money, she wants to learn the secret of becoming stronger from those strong people, and she also wants to become a strong person, so that she has the strength to protect herself and even others, so she still likes her job so far.

Alyssa, as a wealthy family, was doted on by her father, life suddenly became so embarrassing, a little uncomfortable, but this discomfort lasted for a while, her mother was very strict with her since she was a child, so she is not the kind of delicate girl who can't survive without the greenhouse, plus when she studied at the aristocratic magic academy before, she had the experience of saving money for half a year in order to buy alchemy materials used to make runes, and she can adapt to such a poor life.

Alyssa decided to tell the truth to her mentor, who was so kind to her, that she couldn't deceive her mentor with her conscience, so she told her about her experience in the southern forest and the whereabouts of the Thundering Crystal.

The Mentor has no name, she only has a code name, which is called Green Phoenix, which is said to be the code name within the Society of Truth, and people close to her generally call her Green Phoenix.

"Teacher Green Phoenix, this is what I have experienced in the Southern Forest, and this is the plate that the white wolf handed over to me, it is all thanks to it that I can lift the curse for my mother, without it, the three of us would not be able to escape from the evil city of Hesse. As she spoke, Alyssa took the plate out of her bag, held it in both hands, and respectfully handed it to her mentor.

As her name suggests, many of the clothes and decorations on her body are emerald green, the right half of her face is covered with an elegant mask of emerald green, indigo, and gold, and the close-fitting is a white silk shirt, outlining her graceful figure, and her body is draped in a blue and green light veil, which makes her look a little more mysterious beauty.

The green phoenix is also very beautiful, and the whole body exudes three different temperaments, which are elegance, focus and wisdom, which is enough to turn ordinary men into obsessiveness, and this is the case, in addition to Alyssa, she also has a male student, he is the prince of the Elfet Empire, this prince of Orrick always refuses to use his brain when he sees his mentor, but turns to other organs to think.

Lu Feng looked at Alyssa with suspicion, obviously not believing what she said, a wolf who could portray runes? She had never heard of such a thing in her life, but she knew the qualities of her students, and knew that Alyssa didn't like to lie, so she decided to take the plate and study it.

When the white wolf carved the runes on the plate at that time, he drew them directly with his fingers, so some places were a little rough, and Lu Feng looked at these rough traces, and felt a little disdainful in her heart, but the more she observed, the less this disdain felt, and her expression became more and more serious.

"Rough portrayal, but without the slightest academic pedantry, not weaker than the blood of alchemy materials, and this genius idea, monster-like elemental manipulation. Lu Feng used her slender fingers to carefully caress the plate made by the white wolf, she was not only stroking, but also constantly inputting wind elements into it, testing the magic circle carved on the plate.

"Master-level rune works, Elisa, it seems that you have met a terrible wolf, right, you give me this plate, I won't pursue the matter of the thundering crystal, how about it?"

"Okay! Of course it's no problem" Alyssa didn't expect such a good thing, for fear that her mentor would regret it, so she immediately agreed.

In this way, Alyssa handed the white wolf's plate to Lu Feng, and Lu Feng did not pursue her loss of the Thunder Crystal anymore, and continued to teach her the wind element spell.

Alyssa decided to continue to assist her mentor in completing her studies at the Noble Academy of Magic, and her father paid for her all the tuition fees in one lump sum, so she didn't have to worry about the tuition fees.

After graduating, Alyssa may become a court wizard, or work for the Royal Mage, which, with her reputation as a mentor, is essentially a letter of recommendation.

Alyssa, who had been forgiven by her mentor, returned home happily, but was shocked to see her mother dressed in full costume and as if she was about to go out, and a carriage was parked at the door, which Elisa, who had received an aristocratic education, recognized that the sign on the carriage belonged to an archduke.

"Mother, what's going on?" Alyssa looked at her mother in astonishment.

"Mrs. Patti invited me to the ball. Alyssa's mother, Ada, replied as she pursed her lips, as if trying to make the lipstick even.

"What prom, what are you doing there?" Alyssa was puzzled.

"Alyssa, it seems that you are still not growing up, do you know, as nobles, what is the most valuable bargaining chip in our hands? is the affection between those other nobles, Lady Patty is my best friend, if it weren't for her, I am so depressed now, and no one would have invited me to the ball. Ida explained.

"Mom, you have to calm down, there is no such thing as favors, and I'm not a child anymore! I know very well that people in this world only value profits, and now that we are down, what benefit can she get by helping us? You must not be deceived by that Mrs. Patty!" Alyssa grabbed her mother's hand and anxiously persuaded her, she had lived in the Noble Magic Academy for so long, and had experienced a lot of human warmth, and she knew very well how hypocritical those nobles who kept talking about family, honor, and morality were.

"You're wrong, Alyssa, number one, human favors are not as useless as you think, and there are always people who don't care so much about profits. Second, it's not that I can't give them benefits, it's just that the benefits are potential. Ida smiled, gesturing meaningfully at her plump breasts and beautiful face, and then at the wizard's staff in Alyssa's hand.

"Mother, you mean" Alyssa quickly understood what her mother meant, but there was so much information in it that her brain was short-circuited for a while

Although her mother is in her forties, she still has charm, and Alyssa knows that some nobles are good at this, she just pointed to herself, which means that she wants to exchange her beauty for some benefits, and then pointed to Alyssa's wizard staff, which means even deeper, in human culture, the scepter sometimes represents power.

"Yes, it's time for me to find another husband, who will take my body, and your inheritance, and in turn, he will provide us with shelter. Ida caressed Alyssa's face lovingly, her eyes full of love and determination.

"Mother, how can this be?" Alyssa gritted her teeth, tears rolling in her eyes.

"If I don't give myself, they'll have their eyes on you, my precious daughter, do you know how many people are eyeing your inheritance?" said Ida with a wry smile as she put her hands back and stepped into the carriage.

The door of the carriage slammed shut, and the groom drove away, and Alyssa watched the carriage drift away at the door, with mixed feelings in her heart, she knew that her mother was right, she was the only survivor of the Cauchy family, and she had the inheritance of Cauchy's territory, and now she was so down, it was completely a piece of fat mutton, and she didn't know how many people had been eyeing her.

But Alyssa also didn't want to see her mother make such a big sacrifice for herself, she repeatedly clenched the staff, trying to release the wind blade to kill the horse, but it was too late, and the carriage had disappeared from her vision.

Elisa walked into the house in despair, locked it, threw away her staff, and sat down against the door, tears unable to contain any longer, sliding down her fair cheeks and wetting the floor.

Meanwhile, the underworld is a different story, with the white wolf sitting on the ground with his head down, while Momiji stands in a chair pointing at him, grumbling incessantly.

"The monarch has been away for a long time, fighting abroad, and leaving the country to the secretary to take care of this kind of thing, I have never even heard of this kind of thing!" As soon as the white wolf returned to his office, Momiji began to complain to him with resentment, it seems that the work of the past few days has indeed exhausted her.

"I'm sorry, if there is such a thing in the future, I will definitely arrange a few assistants for you in advance. The white wolf sincerely apologized.

"Is there a next time?" Momiji sat down in his chair and buried himself in the pile of documents aggrievedly.

"Yes," the white wolf replied affirmatively.

"I, I, I, why am I so miserable, why should I help you work for free? "Maybe it's because she's too desperate.,A girl like Momiji.,Actually started scolding.。

"No way, who told the fox god to hand you over to me?" the white wolf shrugged helplessly.

"Ah, yes, I belong to you, the fox god, let me listen to you," Momiji looked up at the ceiling in despair, this was the first time she felt resentful of the fox god.