Chapter 52

At the same time, in the president's room on the top floor of the Adventurers Guild, Lily was unsurprisingly being scolded by Vivian.

"Alright, alright, it's my fault," Lily surrendered. "I just wanted to help you guys. How did things turn out like this?"

The president of the Lamegion Adventurers Guild looked helpless. She was probably afraid of Vivian's pestering.

However, Vivian's attitude remained the same.

"No matter what, this is an internal affair of our party. It's not good for you to force your way into it, is it?"

Vivian was still holding a grudge.

But Vivian wasn't wrong.

"If, as the guild leader, you casually interfered in the affairs of adventurer parties, especially when rumors of such a sensitive matter like remuneration were deliberately spread by someone, I'm afraid that other adventurer parties would become estranged from you from then on. Is that really fine?"

Vivian was worried.

She wasn't trying to scare Lily.

Lily understood that if she didn't do her job properly and was used by someone with ulterior motives, trouble would be inevitable.

However, Lily wasn't too worried.

"Do you think I've been pretending to be the president of Lamegion for the past three years?" Lily smiled and said, "Situations like this will be stifled by me before they happen. Others might not know, but don't tell me you don't know?"

Hearing Lily's words, Vivian finally felt a little more at ease.

Just like how Lily understood Vivian, Vivian also understood Lily very well. She knew how meticulous the only daughter of a great noble family was. She would never allow such a possibility to happen.

Other people in high positions might only display their abilities after the situation had happened, solving the problem perfectly and showing off their intelligence and superior means to the world. Lily, on the other hand, was different. She didn't want to put in so much effort to solve the problem after it happened. Instead, she was very persistent in taking measures before it happened, to kill the danger in the cradle.

Because of this, the impression of Lily in Lamegion was mostly that she was noble and kind-hearted. They saw her helping newcomers and taking special care of them as an act of kindness. However, they didn't know that Lily was doing this because she wanted to kill the danger in the cradle.

Newcomers often encountered danger?

That was to aid them, upgrade their equipment and supplies, and ensure their safety as much as possible.

Outstanding adventurers were hard to find?

Then give them enough attention while they were still at the stage of being newcomers, and groom them.

These policies were actually because Lily was good at preparing for a rainy day. Or rather, she was obsessed with preparing for a rainy day.

Following this style of doing things, Lily had managed to nip several major incidents in the bud, allowing her to remain calm and peaceful in the three years she had been in office.

Thus, people only knew that the president was kind and generous, but they didn't know that she was meticulous enough to discover the signs of many incidents and kill them all.

It was also because of this that a newcomer like Sean would catch Lily's attention and be assigned to Vivian's team. Lily would also head to the hall to meet Sean the moment Vivian's team returned.

If it were someone else, they wouldn't act so directly and take the initiative to meet the person they wanted to meet. Instead, they would use their status as the president to ask the guild staff to go to the hall and invite the person to their room.

Frankly speaking, the reason why Vivian took such good care of the newcomers and nurtured them without hesitation was because of Lily's influence.

Otherwise, as gentle as Vivian was, she would not treat everyone equally and take care of them all the same.

Lily, who had affected Vivian, naturally wouldn't allow any unsettling rumors to spread.

"Alright," Vivian sighed. "I know I don't think as much as you, and I'm not as smart as you."

Vivian could only admit it like that.

"Don't say that." Lily chuckled as she picked up her quill and knocked it on the table. "I'm glad I made the trip down. Otherwise, how could I have met such a newcomer?"

"Why?" Vivian asked in surprise. "Have you already seen how extraordinary Shien is?"

"No, I didn't," Lily said straightforwardly. "But judging from how you and Tierre treated the newcomer, I can roughly guess that there is something about him that made all of you look at him in a different light."

Lily's sharp senses told her that everyone in Vivian's team had a subtle attitude towards Shien.

"At first, I thought that because of what happened in the past, Tierre and the others would reject the newcomer," Lily said with a faint smile. Lily smiled faintly and said, "In the end, apart from little Lumia, the three of you seem to be treating the newcomer differently."

Especially Tierre's behavior, which surprised Lily the most.

Lily had never seen a male adventurer get so close to Tierre.

Not to mention a male adventurer, even if it was a female adventurer, Tierre wouldn't give them the slightest bit of attention.

This was the arrogance of a genius, and Lily was used to it.

However, the more accustomed she was to it, the more surprised she was today.

"Even Tierre, who once dared to break the limbs of a careless noble family's heir, has such a performance. No matter what, I can only think that there's something special about that newcomer." Lily looked at Vivian and said, "What do you think? Did you see anything special about him? "

This was the mission that Lily had given Vivian. She wanted Vivian to investigate Shien to a certain extent and see if this newcomer really hadn't learned any skills or if there was something unusual about him.

However …

"… I'm sorry, I don't really want to talk about this."

Vivian fell silent for a moment before giving such an answer.

"You don't want to talk about it?"

Lily didn't expect Vivian to say such a thing. For a moment, she was stunned.

"Shien does have secrets," Vivian said with a bitter smile. "But from what I've seen so far, I can only say that this secret might be bigger than we think. I'm afraid we can't bear the consequences."

Her words made Lily speechless.

"… Is it troublesome?"

Lily straightened her back a little and looked straight at Vivian.

"Yes, it should be very troublesome." Vivian met Lily's gaze and said seriously, "I hope it's not what I think it is. Otherwise, Sean's existence might cause the balance between the three races, which is barely maintaining peace, to completely collapse."

At this moment, even Lily's expression couldn't help but change.

"It has actually reached this stage?"

Lily furrowed her brows and began tapping on the table faster.

Vivian knew that this was Lily's habit when she was thinking.

Right now, Lily's mind must be weighing the pros and cons at an unimaginable speed, right?

However, this did not last long.

"Since even you said so, it seems that I have to believe it even if I don't want to."

Lily came to this conclusion.

"What do you plan to do?"

Vivian asked.

"What else can I do?" Lily said unhappily. "Help that newcomer clean up the aftermath."

"Clean up the aftermath?" Vivian suddenly understood. "Have you investigated Shien?"

"Let's forget about it for now." Lily curled her lips and said, "You know my character. I like to plan ahead. Since I've taken special care of that newcomer, I naturally have to investigate him to prevent any problems from arising."

In the end, however, Lily found nothing. It was as if Shien had popped out from a crack in a rock.

"At first, I thought it was because time was too short that I couldn't find anything useful. Now, it seems that not only can this investigation not continue, but I also have to think of a way to help him conceal information and even fake an identity."

That was Lily's plan.

"Will it work?"

Vivian decided to ask anyway.

"It's not a big problem. Just make it look like he came from an orphanage that I sponsored."

Lily didn't have to worry about it. She had thought it through.

Lily had set up an orphanage for the children of those adventurers, who had already established their own families, who had encountered danger during their adventures and sacrificed themselves gloriously.

From those orphanages, there would often be children who had embarked on the same path as their parents. Some of them wanted to thank Lily and become independent, so they became children of adventurers.

Because of this, as long as Lily was willing to help Shien forge an identity, it would be a piece of cake.

"The prerequisite is that he is trustworthy," Lily reminded. Lily reminded him, "I don't want to help a spy from another country or even a demon. Can you guarantee this?"

Lily stared at Vivian.

Vivian couldn't help but hesitate for a moment. Then, she nodded heavily.

"Although we've only been in contact for a short time and his existence itself is a very unstable factor, I can guarantee that he isn't a spy from another country or a spy from the Demons."

Vivian recalled Sean's reaction when he was involved in the war a thousand years ago, and spoke with determination.

She spoke with determination, "If anything happens, I will take full responsibility."

Hearing this, Lily immediately smiled.

"For you to go this far, that newcomer is really lucky." Lily spread her hands and said, "Alright, I'll get on your boat."

Vivian felt warmth in her heart.

She also knew that Lily's decision to do this would definitely be a huge risk.

For someone like Lily who wanted to nip any risk in the bud, this was definitely not a decision she could make easily.

Vivian could only say one sentence.

"Thanks."

Everything was expressed in this short sentence.

"Anyway, I've already helped that newcomer. Since that's the case, let's go all the way."

Lily smiled.

However …

"I'm getting more and more curious about that newcomer. I have to find a chance to have a drink or two with him."