Chapter 51

After that, Lily dragged the unhappy Vivian upstairs.

They must have a lot to talk about, right?

After Lily left, the guild members heaved a sigh of relief and resumed their noisy state.

Tierre, Lumia, and Merica stayed behind and approached Sean, who had been looking in the direction where Lily and Vivian had left.

"Let's go."

Tierre said calmly and led Lumia and Merica out of the guild hall.

Shien retracted his gaze and followed Tierre and the others out of the guild hall.

After they left the guild hall and went outside, Shien was stopped by someone.

"Um …"

Lumia tried to talk to Sean in a timid manner.

"Hmm?"

Shien looked at Lumia.

Lumia immediately shrank her neck under Shien's gaze, not daring to speak to Shien.

But in the end, Lumia mustered up her courage.

"This … This is for you!"

Lumia held something in her palm, closed her eyes, and handed it to Shien.

Her timid and shy appearance almost made Shien think that this cute orc girl wanted to give him a love letter and confess to him.

Unfortunately, what Lumia handed to Shien was not a love letter, but a pouch of money.

"This is?"

Sean did not understand what was going on.

"That … that …"

Lumia stammered, unable to form a coherent sentence, which made Lucia anxious.

Merica could not stand it anymore. After hesitating for a moment, she spoke on behalf of Leylin.

"That was secretly given to us by President Lily," Merica said softly. "I think this is what the president wants to give you."

"I see." Shien was stunned for a moment. Looking at the pouch of money, he came to a sudden realization. "On the surface, it looks like she's helping us get rid of any possible criticism in the future. But in reality, the president didn't really intend for me to only receive one gold coin as payment, right?"

This was the only reason Shien could think of.

But he guessed wrong.

"That's not your payment." Tierre's tone was still calm. "Considering the president's style, this is probably the aid she gave you, right?"

"Aid?" Shien did not understand what she meant.

Merica once again tried to explain to Sean.

"Actually, President Lily has always been funding the newcomers." Merica said, "Because newcomers often encounter difficulties due to external factors, such as not having enough money to gather equipment for the initial stage, or not having money to buy magic potions for treatment when they get injured, leading to setbacks or even death. So, ever since President Lily took office, she has often suggested to the headquarters of the Adventurers Guild to set up a mechanism for newcomer subsidies to help newcomer get through the initial difficulties.

Tierre had also mentioned that Lily was the same as Vivian. Both of them were the type that took special care of newcomers.

Sean finally had a glimpse of how she was taking care of the newcomers.

But …

"This proposal has never been approved," Merica said regretfully. "Because, in that case, there would be people who specifically become adventurers for the sake of the newcomer subsidy. After receiving the money, they would give up on the adventure, or purposely fail the monthly assessment instead of using the money on adventuring activities. That way, the guild would inevitably suffer a huge loss."

So, this wasn't very realistic. It was impossible for it to be approved.

Even if the subsidy wasn't for the trainee adventurers, but for the official newcomers who had passed the assessment, just the subsidy alone would cause the guild to incur huge expenses.

After all, the only requirement to become an adventurer was to reach Level 10. There were plenty of players in the world who had reached this level. Even if only 1% of the players in the game passed the Adventurer's test and became an official adventurer, the Guild would still be burdened by the financial support they received.

Thus, this matter could only be left unsettled.

"But President Lily is still supporting the newcomers in her own way. As long as the president judges that they have enough potential to become an outstanding adventurer, the president will personally provide financial support," Merica said to Shien. Melica said to Sean, "This is no secret among adventurers, so this should be the aid fund given to you by the president."

After hearing this, Shien was unsurprisingly surprised.

"That president is actually doing such a thing?"

Shien didn't expect this at all.

On the other hand, Tierre expressed this.

"That president's real purpose in coming to the guild hall should be to see you," Tierre said calmly. "Otherwise, even if she is the president and the only daughter of a great noble, she can't forcefully interfere with other people's teams and the distribution of rewards."

In the end, how the rewards should be distributed was actually the matter of the adventurers in the team.

Although Lily's motive was for Shien and Vivian, it wasn't appropriate for her to interfere with the affairs of other people's teams.

Shien felt that he indeed shouldn't have received so much reward, so he didn't think much of it. But if it were someone else, they would probably feel unhappy about it.

Disregarding everything else, Vivian still looked unhappy until the very end. She was probably reprimanding Lily right now.

But in reality, Lily didn't appear to stop Vivian from distributing the rewards.

"Even if the president knows Sister Vivian very well, she wouldn't have thought that she would distribute the rewards in public, right?"

Merica reminded.

That's right.

The distribution of rewards didn't necessarily have to be done in public.

Vivian could have taken the rewards and left with everyone in the team, then distributed them in private. This way, no one would know how much Shien had received, and naturally, there wouldn't be any criticism.

In other words …

"The president wasn't here to stop me from receiving too much reward to avoid criticism. Instead, he was here to see if there was a need for me to help. But he just happened to see Vivian distributing the rewards in public and felt that it was inappropriate, so he stopped her?"

Shien understood.

"That should be the case." Tierre nodded and said, "And from your actions and Vivian's attitude, the president judged that he could help you, so he secretly passed the money to Lucia and had her bring it to you."

"Yes … yes!" Lucia said nervously. "Please … please accept it!"

With that, Lucia lowered her head and handed the bag of money to Sean with a blushing face as if she was handing out a love letter again.

Shien couldn't help but laugh. In the end, he accepted the pouch of money, opened it, and glanced at the amount inside.

Shien was shocked by what he saw.

"So much?"

The pouch of money was filled to the brim with golden coins, at least a hundred of them.

"This should include the money that was taken from you just now."

Tierre told Shien the reason.

"That's too much."

Shien frowned.

A hundred gold coins was equivalent to a million copper coins, which was also equivalent to a few million in his previous life.

"Even if it's aid, is it really okay to give so much money to a newbie?"

Moreover, Shien had already decided not to accept too much reward. If the money included the money that was taken from him just now, then Shien didn't want to accept it.

Tierre only replied with one sentence.

"Just treat it as the president's expectation of you. You can repay her in the future."

These words caused Shien to fall silent.

"Alright." Shien was silent for a moment before saying, "I'll remember this favor."

Riley Lazahad.

What an interesting woman.