Overlord: Welcoming the Birth of the King
Chapter 4: Ordinary Occupation Triggered! "Genius"!

Enfirea turned to look at the little old woman approaching him, his face showing an embarrassed expression: "Grandmother."

"This is no place for your kindness."

"During the Imperial Trial period, purchasing and collecting medicinal herbs is what you should be doing."

Lizzy, with her hands behind her back and a wrinkled face full of impatience, spoke in a slightly angry tone.

"Yes, Grandmother."

Enfirea reached up to scratch his short golden hair and replied softly.

Hearing their brief exchange, Tang Zheng finally understood why this grandmother-grandson pair, who should have been in the border city of "Yggdrasil," appeared in the royal capital.

As this thought flashed through his mind,

Tang Zheng tried his best to maintain a calm expression.

Don't be fooled by Lizzy's appearance as an unremarkable little old woman with barely any presence even in the anime.

She was actually the most famous pharmacist in "Yggdrasil" and a genuine third-tier magic caster.

Calculated by levels, she should be at least level 15, making her quite formidable among humans.

At least, the current Tang Zheng absolutely couldn't afford to provoke her.

Lizzy's gaze fell on Tang Zheng, first glancing at the short sword hanging at his waist, then giving a sidelong look at Tang Zheng's slightly muscular arms.

"Let's go, Enfirea." Lizzy expressionlessly withdrew her gaze, turned around with her hands behind her back, and walked away.

"Yes, Grandmother."

Enfirea hurriedly agreed, took a step toward the street, then hesitated and turned back to look at Tang Zheng:

"You must be here to watch Mr. Gejiefu and Mr. Brian's duel, right? I heard the spectator seats at the arena are quite expensive."

"Here, take this waterskin first. Eating that rye bread without water can easily make you choke."

As he spoke, Enfirea untied a waterskin from his waist and handed it to Tang Zheng.

This guy...

Tang Zheng's cheek twitched slightly. If he hadn't known Enfirea's personality, such sudden kindness from a stranger would easily raise suspicion.

Moreover,

As someone who grew up an orphan, Tang Zheng had never been fond of this kind of inexplicable kindness.

"No..."

Just as Tang Zheng was about to refuse, Enfirea forcefully shoved the waterskin into his hands.

The sudden action!

Made Tang Zheng's expression change abruptly.

Not because of Enfirea's forceful gesture, but because the moment their hands touched, his status panel suddenly displayed information.

*Bzzt—*

*Contact with special dual-basic occupation holder—Alchemist (Genius), Pharmacist (Genius), triggering ordinary occupation acquisition conditions.*

*Acquire ordinary occupation "Genius." Proceed with employment?*

*Note! This is an ordinary occupation and provides no attribute bonuses.*

Seeing the information displayed on the panel, Tang Zheng's arm trembled slightly.

In the "YGGDRASIL" game, combat occupations were divided into basic, intermediate, and advanced/special occupations, in addition to non-combat ordinary occupations.

These could also be understood as production occupations!

Such as pharmacist, alchemist, blacksmith, farmer, merchant—occupations that provided no direct combat assistance, belonging to support personnel.

But in this other world,

Ordinary occupations weren't limited to just production roles. They also included many occupations that didn't exist in the game, such as: slave, maid, noble, prince, king, princess, etc.

These ordinary occupations were even less useful than production roles. Occupations like "Prince" or "Noble" were innate, while ones like "Slave" were automatically acquired later due to circumstances.

This was also a fundamental difference between natives of this world and players.

Players could actively choose whether to take on an occupation, while natives would automatically acquire relevant occupations based on their life experiences, even if unwilling.

"Employ!"

Almost without hesitation, Tang Zheng immediately thought inwardly.

The same Tang Zheng who had just been agonizing over choosing between a warrior basic occupation or a spellcaster basic occupation now unhesitatingly chose an ordinary occupation that provided no combat benefits whatsoever.

This showed just how excited he was at this moment!

While ordinary occupations indeed provided no direct strength improvements, it didn't mean all these game-nonexistent ordinary occupations in this other world were useless.

*Employment successful—Genius: Lv1*

*Genius (Ordinary): This occupation can substitute for any basic or ordinary occupation and can transform into any required occupation based on need.*

*Note: Due to its special nature, leveling up this occupation won't increase basic attributes, and transformed occupations won't inherit their characteristics.*

Reading the displayed information, Tang Zheng struggled to suppress his excitement.

"Are you okay?"

Enfirea looked at Tang Zheng, who was tightly gripping his hand with suddenly changed emotions, and asked with confusion and concern.

"Sorry, and thank you." Hearing the question, Tang Zheng snapped out of it, quickly released Enfirea's hand to accept the waterskin, and spoke sincerely.

This gratitude was genuine!

"No problem."

Enfirea didn't seem to notice anything unusual. He nodded at Tang Zheng and quickly walked away.

Watching Enfirea's departing figure, Tang Zheng took a deep breath, his eyes shimmering with excitement.

He never expected to accidentally obtain this ultra-rare ordinary occupation!

With the "Genius" occupation, Tang Zheng no longer needed to worry about choosing basic occupations, eliminating a major headache in occupation construction.

Most importantly, it greatly improved occupation fault tolerance!

From what Tang Zheng knew, apart from himself, only one other person in this world possessed the "Genius" occupation—the Golden Princess Rana of the Li Yestige Kingdom.

She could also be called the "Kingdom-Destroying Princess."

Her "Princess (Ordinary)" occupation was transformed from "Genius (Ordinary)."

This ultra-rare ordinary occupation was somewhat wasted in the Golden Princess's hands—or more accurately, in the hands of this world's natives.

Only in a player's hands could this occupation's true power be unleashed.

Tang Zheng suddenly felt a weight lift from his heart, like a tightly drawn string loosening.

The sense of despair he'd been feeling faded considerably. Although he'd only acquired an ordinary occupation, Tang Zheng suddenly felt much less lost about the future.

"I've gained another important piece of information."

Tang Zheng's eyes shone brightly.

Coming into contact with Enfirea had unexpectedly triggered the conditions for acquiring an ordinary occupation, which surprised Tang Zheng.

Combined with the fact that touching weapons could also trigger occupations, he had now learned two important pieces of information about his innate ability "Player."

However!

Since he only obtained an ordinary occupation and not the Alchemist or Pharmacist occupations, normal contact with others likely couldn't trigger occupation acquisition.

"It must be because Enfirea has the dual 'Genius' traits of Alchemist (Genius) and Pharmacist (Genius) that I accidentally triggered the ordinary occupation 'Genius.'"

Tang Zheng pondered thoughtfully.