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One day has passed.

Investing in a heavy bag of gold coins has yielded results beyond my expectations.

That is a good thing, especially with the battle plan that will take several days.

A battle that will determine whether the Golden King Bear is worthy of being a monster on the same level as the Calamity Disaster or not.

I had previously doubted the strength of the Adventurer’s Guild that set up their branch offices in various regions of the kingdom with a seemingly unstructured communication network. However, that was successfully dismissed after several adventurers with A-class predicates came to Marquess Rommel’s residence to take on a mission to hunt the Golden King Bear.

"L-Lily, is it just me, or does it seem like I am undergoing an unknown punishment?"

Right beside me, a Princess of the Aurora Kingdom who was wearing the military uniform of the Wilhelmshaven Maritime High School was busy taking care of several paper documents that came from the Quest requests from the adventurers.

"Is there something wrong, Princess Anastasia?" answered Princess Anastasia who was busy with the row of adventurers neatly lined up in front of her desk, I could feel a desperate gaze on her that seemed to want to say something to me.

With a thin and cold smile from me, I gave her a smile that indicated that I was angry with her.

"L-Lily... did I do something that made you do this to me?" asked Princess Anastasia while directing her gaze at me.

"Nothing, I was just messing around like what you did to the previous Adventurer Guild Master," I replied with a cold smile that made Princess Anastasia smile wryly.

"Thanks to Princess Anastasia, there are some people who are starting to look down on noble ladies. One of them is the annoyance when they look at the noble who is the holder of their own residential area," with words that showed Princess Anastasia’s mistake, I gave her some hints about her mistake in giving Quests in order to fulfill her great ambition that made the Adventurer Guild Master seem depressed by her behavior.

"..." Princess Anastasia looked silent.

"Is there another problem, Princess Anastasia?"

Seeing my cold response with an expressionless smile, I suppressed her with my cold attitude and indifferently ignored her.

"Don’t you feel happy when you go on a date like this with me?" My attitude now looked like a cheerful girl with a smile full of expression.

"I-I will apologize to him after this matter is over," said Princess Anastasi while lowering her head and lamenting several paper documents containing the identities of the adventurers who participated in the Golden King Bear hunt.

In my busyness processing paper documents from the adventurers, I was surprised by a sound coming from outside my work tent which was next to my tent.

The noisy sound seemed like the cheers of adventurers who were fighting using their swords.

Pang!!

Tang!!

Ting!!

Just hearing from the fragments of their swords, I could feel that the fight was triggered by the adventurers who were trying to show their strength in front of my parents who were busy taking care of supplies for Marquess Rommel’s troops who wanted to participate in the hunt.

Since this hunt would take a lot of time and cost a lot of money, I was given the task of sorting out the adventurers who would potentially be a burden in the hunt for the Golden King Bear.

"It seems that they are eager to show their strength in front of Marquess Rommel and Marchioness Amagi, Lily-sama..." While standing behind me with an elegant and charming attitude, Mio looked like a Maid who was ready to serve with her pride.

"It would be a pointless fight because, in the end, the decision to choose the participating adventurers is under my control," I replied in a cold tone while staring at the paper documentation containing the adventurers’ information and achievements.

Just because they have reached A-class, does not mean they are qualified to participate in the hunt for the Golden King Bear. The figure of a legendary monster that only appears once every few years will be the great achievement recorded in their adventure history.

"Some of the adventurer candidates have unique skills and trash behavior that is not worthy, Mio."

"For example, like this trash adventurer..."

I handed Mio a piece of paper containing information from one of the A-class adventurer parties that had a successful mission record that always prioritized loot over following instructed commands.

That would make it difficult for me to control the attack patterns that I would give later. Especially with my plan to use the slime’s stealth ability and the accurate mapping that was being done by the stealth slime herd.

Mio accepted the paper that I gave her and read the information written on it.

Mio read one by one the information given in detail by the female staff of the Adventurer’s Guild who worked hard to convey this secret information to the Marquess Rommel family.

"Prioritizing the loot left behind by bandits over protecting the merchant caravan. Isn’t this a failure in your judgment, Lily-sama?" said Mio as she threw the paper into the trash can near my desk.

Princess Anastasia also did the same thing when she found the paper containing information on trash adventurers who would hinder the hunt for the Golden King Bear.

"That would be nothing compared to seducing their female client right in front of her husband until they divorced, right?" while saying that, Princess Anastasia threw away one of the papers with a special note in red ink that said "Sex Criminal".

"Princess Anastasia, that’s more than enough to put her on the list of social trash rather than the trash can, isn’t it?" said Mio who suddenly looked annoyed when she heard that.

"She is indeed social trash, even the Royal Palace has blacklisted his name so that he will not be called again in Quests held by the royal family."

That was indeed a reasonable answer rather than maintaining social trash who can become an A-class adventurer.

"It’s a shame..." I commented in response to that.

Ting!!

Pang!!

Tang!!

Kabaaam!!

Baangg!!

When Princess Anastasia and Mio were busy with our respective tasks. I heard that the fight was getting more intense.

I hoped that the fight would end soon until we finished sorting out the adventurers who were worthy of joining this Golden King Bear hunting Quest.

However, that was destroyed by the arrival of Earl Timoti who greeted me from the outermost part of the work tent.

"Lily-sama, it seems that some foolish adventurers have injured themselves before the battle strategy meeting. Would you like to see the culprit who caused all this?" Earl Timoti said in an awkward tone.

"Can’t you take care of it, Earl Timoti?" I replied without taking my eyes off the papers I was sorting.

"I think it would be more appropriate if Lily-sama were to see this situation firsthand," Earl Timoti replied in an awkward tone again.

Hearing this awkwardness, I could smell the trouble that was happening in Marquess Rommel’s residence.

I took a deep breath and looked at the exit of my work tent.

Kriiitt...

As I was about to step out, I could hear Earl Timoti suggesting that I bring my katana in case of an unwanted attack.

"Lily-sama, this may sound excessive. But it would be better for you to go out with your katana," Earl Timoti advised me.

Hearing that suggestion, I immediately glanced at Mio and stretched my hand to receive my katana throw that was leaning beside her.

Hoopp ...

Paaam ...

I received my katana throw from Mio and hooked it to my waist.

Along with me walking towards the exit of my work tent, I could see Princess Anastasia who seemed to want to come with me.

"Princess Anastasia should be in this safe place. Because protective magic formations have been placed in various points of this place," I said to stop Princess Anastasia from leaving her little job of sorting the adventurers’ information papers.

"If you do it quickly and correctly, I will give you a special gift more than our couple uniforms," ??I said with a gentle smile towards Princess Anastasia.

While letting out that smile, I gave a small code on my lip lick that gave the impression of an intimate gift even though it was just a passionate kiss before going to bed.

After giving the code for the intimate gift, I immediately leave her when Princess Anastasia’s face was filled with a bright red blush.

Puff...

Blush...

"T-That’s not fair, Lily!!" Princess Anastasia grumbled after returning to work full of enthusiasm to get an intimate kiss as a reward from me.

Ignoring Princess Anastasia’s grumbling, I immediately looked at Earl Timoti with a face filled with anxiety.

"So, what stupid thing happened?" I asked Earl Timoti.

Earl Timoti seemed to wipe the sweat off his forehead before speaking to me.

"Just a trivial matter of a party between adventurers who seem to have been at odds for a long time," Earl Timoti replied as he guided me to walk behind him.

Tappp...

Tap...

As I walked behind him, I could hear the sound of clashing swords getting clearer along with the cheers of the adventurers.

"Hahaha!! Is this all you’re capable of after becoming an A-class adventurer?! So weak!!

Tang!!

Pang!!

" Shut up!! I was saving my magic energy for the Golden King Bear hunt later!"

Bwang!!

Baamm!!

I could see two adventurers fighting each other, causing the garden of Marquess Rommel’s residence to be destroyed.

Watching them fight without regard for place and time, I began to feel that they were just a bunch of fools.

"Mio... Silence them until they are sprawled on the ground!" I ordered Mio.

"Understood, Lily-sama," replied Mio who began to disappear behind me using the Sakura Dash and Sakura Vanish movements.

Swiishh...

Bamm!!

"Huh? Maid? Why is there a maid here?"

Baaamm!!

"Garhkk!! My fist!!"

Daaghh!!!

"Eh? Wait! Stop! I didn’t start the fight!!"

" Aahh!! Me too?!!"

Baaaamm!!

Daaamm!!

Without using any more energy, Mio managed to paralyze the adventurers who were fighting each other without breaking a sweat.

I immediately stepped towards the two adventurers whose bodies were slumped on the ground.

"Ooh... They fell this quickly?"

"W-Who is that terrifying maid?"

"Our adventurer career is over!"

I could hear their complaints along with Mio’s gaze that spread in all directions.

"Everything is under control, Lily-sama!" Mio exclaimed while waving her hand at me.

Now... How should I discipline the adventurers who fought to the point of destroying the garden of Marquess Rommel’s residence?

Whether it is a light punishment or a heavy punishment, I will decide.

"So, is there anyone among you who wants to tell me about... Why did this happen?" I said while coldly staring at all the adventurers who had been watching the fight between the two stupid adventurers.