"Evelyn is a great tavern owner. If it weren't for her help, I wouldn't have been able to advance so quickly," Field said with a smile. "My first task was introduced by her, and that time, I encountered the wolf demon."
"So, without her, I wouldn't have obtained the wolf demon's corpse, nor would I have met an excellent mercenary," Hollan also smiled.
"Hahaha, pretty much," Field nodded.
"Well, I'll have to thank her properly later," Hollan said, walking into the tavern with Field.
As soon as they entered, she frowned slightly.
Because the air was filled with the smell of alcohol and the sweat of mercenaries.
She didn't like this smell, so she rarely visited mercenary taverns.
But she couldn't smell sweat on Field, maybe because this guy had never sweated in front of her.
Fortunately, she was only here to commission a task and would leave soon, so she could tolerate the smell.
But then, she saw a woman.
A beautiful and voluptuous woman.
For some reason, her first reaction was to look at Field.
Big Guy said the landlady was great, could it be not just in terms of business?
And Field went straight to the woman, still smiling.
"Landlady, I'm back!" he said nonchalantly, as if this place were his own home.
The mercenaries nearby also glanced over.
They were already familiar with Field, but what really caught their attention was the beautiful lady beside him.
Her aura, her looks, she didn't seem like someone who would come to a mercenary tavern.
So there was only one reason.
For a moment, the mercenaries looked at Field with envy.
Seeing Field, Evelyn smiled and nodded, her gaze lingering on Hollan for a moment, then she said, "Is the task completed?"
"Of course!" Field said, taking out the task materials from his spatial ring.
There was the horn of a lone horned barbarian, the wine flower grass that Boss Eli wanted, and a Nick's task coin, along with a stamped task sheet with a five-star rating.
Completing three gold-level tasks in one go caused the surrounding mercenaries to exclaim in surprise.
But Evelyn was used to it; she knew this guy's efficiency.
So she nodded, collected the materials, and quickly handed the commission to Field, pushing one bag back to him, saying, "This bag should be given to Boss Eli later."
"Okay." Evelyn nodded, then couldn't help but look at Hollan. "Who's this?"
"She's Hollan, a tutor from Haidis Academy," Field introduced. "Hollan, this is Evelyn, the great landlady I told you about."
At that, Hollan smiled and reached out her hand. "Nice to meet you."
Her every move was full of noble elegance.
Evelyn also hurriedly reached out to shake her hand, a smile appearing on her face.
Because Field said she was a great landlady, which made her feel much happier.
"Hollan came this time to commission tasks..." Field took the initiative to say, as if becoming a bridge between the two women.
But then Hollan took over and said, "Yes, I have six gold-level tasks and one platinum-level task to commission."
Now, not only Field, but also the surrounding mercenaries, and Evelyn, all stared at her wide-eyed.
Field blinked, his eyes clearly saying, "You didn't say that when you came, did you?"
When Hollan came, she only said she had three gold-level tasks, but now not only had the number doubled, but there was also an additional platinum-level task.
Hollan noticed Field's gaze, but she just smiled and ignored it, focusing more on the beautiful landlady in front of her.
There seemed to be a hint of gunpowder in the air.
It seems like there isn't.
"How about it, can you take the tasks?" Hollan asked with a smile, her voice gentle, but Evelyn could sense the underlying implications.
Take or not take?
The question was, was she even qualified to take them?
Currently, she only had Field, who could handle combat. If she accepted the tasks, it would definitely be him doing them.
Six gold-level tasks would be no problem for Field.
But the key was the platinum-level task.
Could Field handle it?
Leaving aside whether Field could handle it, she actually wasn't qualified to accept this task for Field.
Thinking about this, Evelyn's confidence in accepting the tasks began to waver.
Although her looks were on par with Hollan's, but... from the perspective of commissioning tasks, it was evident that the two of them not only differed in strength, but also in status, or other aspects.
Evelyn's gaze suddenly became somber, but she still wore a professional smile on her face. "Gold-level tasks are no problem, but this platinum-level task..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Field's voice suddenly came, "We can take it too!"
Evelyn's heart trembled, and she turned to look at Field, only to see him grinning at her.
Hollan also turned her head to look at Field, with an inexplicable meaning flashing in her eyes.
After locking eyes for a moment, Evelyn bit her lip. She didn't know where her confidence came from, but she nodded and smiled at Hollan.
This time, her smile wasn't a professional fake smile, but rather a smile full of determination.
"Yes, we can take it."
"I have the best mercenaries on hand and I guarantee that we can fulfill your commission!"
"Oh really, then I look forward to it," Hollan smiled and nodded.
"In that case, please follow me. Gold-level and above commissions require identity registration and filling out task forms. You are our esteemed guest, and we will arrange the best reception room for you."
"Alright, thank you," Hollan politely nodded and followed Evelyn into the tavern.
Field hurriedly followed.
He wasn't oblivious to the tension in the air.
As for why...
Field could only grit his teeth and curse his damn charm.
It wasn't that he was narcissistic, he really hadn't expected this.
Clearly it was their first meeting, and he had no idea how these two women had become so competitive, he only knew it must have been because of him.
And just now, Evelyn was obviously the weaker one.
The landlady had helped him a lot, both morally and professionally, so he had to help out.
So Field guessed that Hollan must be upset.
Although having two women compete for him secretly made him happy, this kind of thing was also quite troublesome.
It was like this in his previous life, and it seemed to be the same in this life.
Ugh, could it be true what old man Chris said, that he was actually a scumbag?
Damn, he wasn't! He was responsible.
He was a real man!
He muttered to himself like this, then followed the two women into the reception room.
Evelyn prepared tea for Hollan, but she didn't drink it.
Then there was a series of form-filling, a total of seven tasks, six gold-level, one platinum-level, as well as identity verification and so on, so Evelyn prepared nine forms.
Hollan filled them out carefully, while Evelyn patiently guided her, and Field raised an eyebrow nearby.
Looking at it this way, it seemed like the two women weren't competing, so he couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Could it be that he was mistaken?
Tsk, women are truly hard to understand.
Before long, the forms were filled out.
Hollan turned to Field and said, "Alright, it's time to go. Can't keep my precious student waiting."
There was a hint of urgency in her tone, indicating that Hollan didn't want to linger here.
Field replied, "Okay, you go wait outside for me, I'll just pick up a task and join you."
Hollan nodded and walked out directly.
Field watched her leave, grinned, but when he turned his head, he saw the landlady's unfriendly gaze.
"Um... so, picking up a task?" Field tentatively asked.
But Evelyn didn't immediately hand him the task list. Instead, she asked, "Are you and her, close?"
"Sort of, we're friends," Field replied.
"Friends who can suddenly commission seven tasks for you, including one platinum-level task?" the landlady raised her eyebrows, looking incredulous.
Field looked helpless, "What do you mean 'for me'? The commission benefits her, you know."
"Will you pay her commission, then?" Evelyn relaxed a bit.
"Of course!" Field immediately responded.
Although he felt a bit hollow inside, he couldn't show it now.
Upon hearing this, Evelyn finally smiled, then turned to hand the task list to Field, expressing some concern, "This platinum-level task is not simple. It involves hunting a platinum-level crystal serpent, which is very difficult. Are you sure you can handle it?"
"Of course!" Field, seeing that the matter seemed to be glossed over, immediately put on a carefree smile. "I forgot to tell you, I just broke through to gold level!"
Evelyn looked puzzled, "What do you mean? Weren't you gold level before?"
"No, I was silver level before," Field said.
"And you could hunt down a wolf demon at silver level?!"
"Hmm, otherwise, why would I be the best?" Field joked.
Seeing Field's self-praise, Evelyn chuckled and nodded, "Well, no wonder you dare to take on a platinum-level task."
"With these task achievements, a three-star evaluation is no problem, right?" Field asked with a smile.
"Of course!" Evelyn imitated Field's confident posture and said, "Forget three stars, as long as you can complete all these gold-level tasks along with the platinum-level one, four stars are possible!"
"Haha, leave it to me, I'll get it done in ten days!" Field snapped his fingers.
"Take it easy, what you're hunting this time is a platinum-level crystal serpent. She wants the crystal core of the crystal serpent, so there's no chance of cutting corners, you can only hunt it down," Evelyn reminded.
"Don't worry, maybe I'll get lucky and pick up a complete crystal serpent corpse?" Field joked.
Seeing that this guy was still relaxed, Evelyn didn't say much more, just nodded, gently tucking her hair behind her ear.
She had a hair accessory on her temple.
It was made with a Mona Red flower and two White Peach flowers, coated with amber-like transparent resin, displaying the most beautiful posture of the three flowers.
There was some anticipation in her eyes, but Field just neatly organized the task list, stored it in his ring, and then said, "I'll be off now, can I borrow the tavern's carriage?"
"It's in the stable, go get it yourself..." Evelyn said, sounding a bit disappointed, but she still added, "Be careful on the road."
"Thanks," Field nodded and walked out of the reception room, closing the door behind him.
Evelyn sighed, touching the hair accessory on her ear.
But at this moment, the door opened again, and Field walked back in, walking straight to Evelyn.
Evelyn was taken aback, feeling a bit nervous for some reason.
The next moment, Field took off the hair accessory from her ear and gently placed it on the other side of her temple.
"It looks better on this side," Field grinned, "Stay beautiful, see you~"
With that, he hummed a tune and walked out of the room.
Evelyn stared blankly at the closed door, then burst into laughter.
"This guy, why does he always play this game..."
But despite saying that, the smile on her lips couldn't fade away.