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"Mom, if you don't get up, you're going to be late."
"Let me sleep for another ten minutes~"
"In that case..."
As usual, she played with her mother's most sensitive ears. The succubus girl lay on Aya's body and stretched out her claws towards Aya's white ears.
Aya is of the elf race, and her ears are the most sensitive part of her body. The sensitivity of Aya's ears probably comes from this.
Getting closer and closer, until the delicate earlobe was at her mouth, Aya exhaled gently, and she twisted her body in her sleep.
The breath of a succubus has the ability to charm and increase sensitivity.
"Thank you for the hospitality~"
However, when they got very close, Lilith suddenly stopped.
"What is this? The smell of my sister?" The succubus girl twitched her nose and frowned.
Fifteen minutes had passed before Aya woke up. She washed up and changed her equipment as usual. Without giving it much thought, she activated the teleportation and set off directly.
However, what was different from before was that the tag hanging on her chest had changed from the original bronze badge to platinum, symbolizing a high-level adventurer.
According to the previous discussion, the Moon Shadow team arrived at the tavern they had agreed on with Aya in advance. They first asked the waiter to prepare a private room with a nice environment, and then ordered some tea and side dishes.
Their breakfast consisted of croissants bought from across the inn where they lived. They were baked with a mixture of white and mixed flours, filled with sugar and butter. They were delicious, inexpensive, and very suitable for adventurers with big appetites.
Drinking light tea and eating bread, the agreed time gradually arrived, and soon, the duo with very eye-catching appearances walked through the door of the tavern.
The door of the private room was right in front of the entrance of the tavern, so the moment they entered, the adventurers of the Moon Shadow team immediately noticed them.
Monica heaved a long sigh of relief in her heart. To be honest, she had been worried that the other party might break the appointment. Although she had the magic prop to guarantee that the other party did not lie, they were not yet close friends, and many things could not be guaranteed.
Seeing that the other party showed up on time, Monica finally felt relieved and reached out to greet them.
"Hey, big sister," Darlena poked her from behind.
"First of all, don't call me 'Big Sister'."
"Big sister, please take a look at their tags."
Monica frowned but still went to see it as per Darlena's instructions.
"Good morning." Aya and Camilla walked into the room, locked the door from inside, and greeted the adventurers.
But the other party did not respond in time. It was obvious that their attention was focused on one thing.
"Platinum?" Monica was the first to express her doubts.
This was expected. Aya picked up the pendant on her chest with one hand and briefly explained the situation to the others.
Of course, compared to reality, it must have been edited or even fabricated. Aya had said the same thing to Duchess Operan.
The first thing was to make up a magic prop. The actual object had been created using [Prop Creation] the night before. It was set to be a family heirloom, and its function was to detect good and evil.
On the way back to the hotel, they passed by a carriage. The prop suddenly reacted. Confused for a moment, she followed it and discovered the secret of the kidnapping.
Generally speaking, if you investigated further, you would probably find many loopholes in this argument, such as comparing the time the carriage left the city with the guards.
But according to the information Levi obtained from Michael during torture, he had cast an illusion spell on the carriage to conceal his identity in order to avoid being discovered.
The result was that it made it easier for Aya to fabricate her story.
The process of killing the kidnappers and rescuing the girl could be fully utilized. After all, Angelina was basically unconscious throughout the whole process, and those people were already dead and could not come back to testify.
Just in case, Aya went to check the bodies of the three kidnappers who had killed each other. They were all dead.
As for George, the old servant who betrayed the Duke, the kidnappers killed him before leaving the city and threw his body into the river, which has now washed downstream. It seems that they had no intention of rewarding him from the beginning.
So Aya's words easily fooled them, and then it was time for the long-awaited and popular discussion of remuneration.
It had to be admitted that the financial resources and generosity of Duke Maple Moon exceeded Aya's imagination. Operan had asked for 50 platinum coins, which was equivalent to 500 gold coins. Then, before Aya could say anything, the Duchess raised the amount to 70 coins because she thought it was too little.
In addition to money, she also provided Aya with a house in the same area as the Duke's Palace, with the rent being half of the market minimum price. Furthermore, she planned to grant Aya a title, but this still needed to be reported to the Queen, so there would be no results in a short time.
The amount of these rewards was indeed beyond Aya's imagination, and it could be seen how important Angelina was in the Duchess's heart.
However, what actually interested Aya the most were the other two. One was that in order to repay her for "spending the fifth-level scroll for treatment," the Duchess promised to listen to one of Aya's wishes in the future, as long as it did not harm the interests of Maple Moon Territory.
Because there was no "fifth-level scroll" on the market, and Operan could not easily judge the price of this kind of treasure that could not be measured, she chose this method.
The other one was to help Aya apply for an out-of-specification upgrade from the Adventurer's Association.
The result was the platinum nameplate on Aya's chest.
"That's amazing, you're worthy of being Levi!"
"This kind of leapfrog upgrade is still rare, but if you can use third-level magic, you can probably reach Mithril, Orichalcum, or even Steel level very quickly."
The nameplate is a proof of strength. The members of the Moon Shadow team are not the type to look down on others, but they are not immune to these influences. Obviously, because of the proof of strength like the platinum medal, their trust in Aya has increased.
This discussion continued for a while, and even the priest girl Jasmine, who had never raised her head before, seemed to have some interest in it.
"Well, it's about time to talk about work," Monica said, coughing lightly, thinking that the topic should be brought back to the main point.
"Yes, that's why I came here," Aya nodded.
"Then let me explain," Monica spoke up as the teammates around her fell silent. "We had originally chosen other missions, but last night, the guild suddenly issued a new order."
"Oh?" An order from the guild? That sounds interesting.
"Although it's not difficult, I think this mission can be used as a test run for our cooperation, so I still invite you to join us."
"As for the rewards, let's divide them according to contribution. If there is no fighting, we can accept a 50-50 split."
"In terms of numbers, there are only two of us and five of you. It would be unfair to split it in half. If your contributions are equal, let's divide it in the ratio of 3:7," Aya said.
This attitude made Monica's evaluation of her rise to a higher level.
For the Moon Shadow team, this was indeed a task that they could complete by themselves, but her focus was not just on this one task. She was considering more about the possibility of cooperating with the other party in the next and future missions.
It was for this reason that Monica specially invited the other party and offered a 50% reward, but the other party actually refused the additional reward, which was something Monica did not expect.
Aya didn't think too much about it. She believed that favors were more valuable than money.
"As for the reward, let's not rush to decide. First, let me ask what kind of mission it is."