Chapter 13: Delegation
Cat's Tail Tavern.
After the touching encounter with the little prince, Margaret took the black round hat that she almost rubbed off, and expressed her sincere gratitude to Noelle.
Noelle embarrassedly touched the hair on the side of her ear:
"These are all things I should do, Miss Margaret don't have to take them to heart."
"Now that I think about it, I don't know how many times I've troubled little Noelle because of the loss of the kittens, but I have to find a chance to thank him."
Margaret thought as she put her arm around the little prince.
"No, no, how can you get paid for these little things." Noelle hurriedly refused, and then said, "Miss Margaret still needs my help, so I'll go first." ”
"Huh? Noelle, don't go that fast. Margaret shouted from behind.
Noelle himself is very enthusiastic and willing to help others, but he is a little difficult to cope with the enthusiasm of others, and his personality is so contradictory and lovely.
Li Qiuzhi, who left the cattail tavern, said to Noelle with a smile:
"Noelle, known as the Universal Maid, is known to everyone in Mondstadt, so it's hard not to know you."
"It's not as powerful as you say. But leave anything to me, anything! ”
Noelle shyly lowered her head, rubbed the hem of her skirt, and then said enthusiastically.
Doing your best to be there for everyone in need is what Noelle asks of herself.
She would be happy if someone could call her by name without hesitation when they were in trouble.
[Noelle has a good impression of you, gain 60 opinion points, and the current opinion level is Lv.1 (60/100)]
Li Qiuzhi looked at the improved favorability a little, and just after they met, she increased her favorability towards him by 60 points, is it because she feels that she is recognized.
Sure enough, I'm very shy on the surface, but I'm still very happy in my heart about other people's compliments.
"Well, Noelle is like that... Well, I'm a rookie adventurer in the Adventurers' Guild, and I want to take a commission to clean up the monsters that threaten the inhabitants in the wild, but I'm the only one who worries that I can't deal with it, so I hope you can be my teammate. ”
Li Qiuzhi said that he needed Noelle to form a team.
"I see?" Noelle thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's also what I should do to clean up the threatening monsters, and I can go with you now." ”
There are many things that need to be done as a maid of the Order, such as cleaning the hall, but these have already been done, and there is nothing to do after helping Miss Margaret find the little prince.
So it didn't matter if you teamed up with Li Qiuzhi to go on an adventure.
"Really, great!" Li Qiuzhi said excitedly, "Then let's go to Catherine to take the commission now." ”
"Hmm."
Li Qiuzhi took Noelle to the Adventurers' Guild, and listened to Catherine's words again, "To the stars and the abyss!" He asked:
"Miss Catherine, I would like to take a commission to clean up the monsters."
"Well, okay, are you going alone or with Miss Noelle?"
Catherine also found Noelle not far behind Li Qiuzhi, and she also had a deep understanding of Noelle's enthusiasm, and it would be much safer for the two of them to clean up the monsters.
"Yes, this is the first time I have been commissioned, and I will ask Miss Noelle to help take care of it."
Li Qiuzhi was not embarrassed, and said generously.
"In that case, the guild's investigators have found a lot of water slimes coming out of the small lake next to the road in the direction of the Thousand Winds Temple, so please go and clean them up in order to prevent them from attacking passers-by."
Catherine took out a slip with detailed information written on it and handed it to Li Qiuzhi.
These slimes aren't too strong, and they're not too dangerous with Noelle there, so they're a good fit for this rookie adventurer to complete.
Catherine will still consider it when she gives the commission.
Adventurers are generally not allowed to accept commissions that are beyond their capabilities.
Li Qiuzhi looked at it carefully, and the order sheet had the route written on it, as well as the approximate number of monsters that needed to be faced, and the amount of the order was 80,000 Mora.
According to the price of 500 moras for a glass of juice, this commission should be the normal level of the same type of commission.
Sure enough, it's high risk and high reward.
After leaving the Adventurers' Guild and walking out of the city gate, Li Qiuzhi and Noelle were going to make a long journey together to reach the destination close to the Thousand Winds Temple.
It takes a lot of time.
Li Qiuzhi had already tried it in his month as a hunter, and he really couldn't use those teleportation anchor devices.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have traveled in such a primitive way, even if the people of Teyvat are generally like this.
Now he misses the point-and-click days in games.
Noelle, who was wearing knee-length armor and boots beside him, made a sound of metal colliding between his movements, which was quite rhythmic and pleasant, and Li Qiuzhi suddenly noticed that she was empty-handed, and she didn't seem to be carrying a weapon!?
It seems that it was because he was accustomed to the idea that weapons in the game could be taken out of thin air, so he didn't realize this problem at the first time.
Is it really possible to do it in reality? So Li Qiuzhi couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Noelle, where's your weapon?"
"As for the weapon, I've kept it in the Vision." Noelle replied with her lips softly opening slightly.
"Vision of God!?" Li Qiuzhi looked at her in surprise and asked, "Isn't the Vision of God an external organ that can channel elemental power?" Can it also be used to collect weapons? ”
Noelle lowered his head and thought for a moment, then explained:
"This is actually a very simple skill for people with visions, as long as you wrap the weapon with your own elemental power, you can put it in together, and taking it out is as simple as releasing elemental power."
"That's too convenient, isn't it?" Li Qiuzhi touched the hunting bow on his back and sighed enviously.
He remembered as if he had seen one of Eula's cutscenes, and there was a scene in which Eula put away her greatsword out of thin air after defeating the enemy.
If it's in the eyes of the gods, then this setting is also very reasonable, at least it can explain why ordinary people can't do such things.
The angle of the sun is slightly wider, and the temperature is a little hotter.
Even if the two of them are walking on the main road, they need to be vigilant, after all, as long as it is in the wild, it is inevitable that a monster will appear at any time, such as the hilichurls wandering in groups, often robbing passing caravans.
Not long after, Li Qiuzhi and Noelle finally approached the entrusted location.
Li Qiuzhi's eyes lit up, and he saw a clear lake-colored water slime from a distance, bouncing around as if something was around.
"Help! Help me! Noelle, please come and help me! ”
A woman's cry for help came from the front, her tone was rather hoarse, and it seemed that she had been beaten by a water slime.
"Ah, someone is in danger!"
Noelle, who was wearing maid-style armor, suddenly mobilized the power of the Vision of God, and a gorgeous great sword appeared in his hand, and hurriedly rushed forward.