Ero Skill Tree

Chapter Ninety-Seven: Realisation

The girl continued to glance at the information and us, seemingly unsure of what she was supposed to do next. This situation continued for long enough for it to start to feel a little awkward. In the end it was Lillia broke the strangely tense silence.

"Um, is there something wrong with my tag?" Lillia asked politely.

"N-no there isn't, p-p-princess Lillia. I'm so sorry I didn't recognise who you were and there was no mention that you would be coming here in person."

"Oh, is that what this is. Look, don't worry about it and if you could just call me Lillia when I'm in the guild like this, I would appreciate it. I'm just here as an adventurer and would prefer not to draw any attention because of my family."

"Right, yes, sorry p... I mean Lillia."

"Thank you."

"Are you going to be staying in the room with the rest of them?"

"Yes."

"Is that going to be okay?"

"You did say you didn't have any single rooms. We travel together all the time. This sort of thing isn't uncommon for adventurers you know."

"I know..." She didn't look convinced. "I'll leave it at that." The girl looked across the desk to me. "Look um mister, er?"

"It's Theo, just Theo." I replied.

"I'm really sorry about what I said earlier. It's just when I heard you asking questions like that, I thought you were a complete novice or maybe mocking us. Please forgive me." She pleaded.

"Oh, that's quite okay. I suppose I am still quite a novice. I definitely haven't got to grips with everything yet." I explained a little embarrassed.

"Were you not part of the party when the officer was taken down? It says here that all four of you took part in the raid."

"Oh, that. Yes, I was a part of it."

"He's being modest. He's the one that finished her off." Altria added, butting in with a giggle.

"She's exaggerating!" I tried to explain.

"Really. You killed the demon lord's officer?" The girl asked excitedly.

"Well..."

"Would you mind keeping that quiet as well?" Lillia asked interrupting.

The girl had asked quite loudly and at least a couple of the nearby adventures were looking at us and discussing amongst themselves.

"I can."

"Thank you. I don't mean to sound demanding, but we were planning on staying here and if news gets around it could end up being a little difficult, considering how busy it is here."

"Of course, don't worry we won't let the word get out."

"Thank you.... Would you mind passing on our arrival to your superiors then?"

"Yes, I will do so immediately." The girl turned around and went to rush into the back room.

Lillia quickly stopped her.

"Sorry, before you go. Could we collect our reward?"

"Ah I completely forgot. Please give me a minute, I'll need to go to the safe."

"No problem!"

The girl left to the back room. I think the sudden turn of events had ended up being a bit of a shock to her.

"I thought you collected the reward in Lintz? You didn't mention anything about this." I asked once the girl had left the desk.

"You didn't ask. I did go to collect it, but as things turned out the amount on the quest offered by the branch office didn't match up with the reward listed here. They checked with the head office and asked us to come to collect it here in person. It seems that they didn't want to pass up the opportunity to reward this task themselves. Probably because of all the commotion it has caused!"