Work Prophet
Chapter 408 - 26 The Late Columbus

Chapter 408: Chapter 26 The Late Columbus

Apart from the family discount, Miss Rabbit also gave Greta and Ruby a brooch each, looking very similar to Blanco’s, but made of copper.

The Lady explained, "Every member of the Arias family has one of these brooches, but only the Family Head’s is made of gold, the others wear silver or copper, hmm, perhaps because our ancestors were just too poor... But that’s not the point.

"The point is, with these brooches, you’ll have unrestricted access throughout Green Field, except my treasury, of course, and if you encounter any trouble, you can also use the brooch to summon help from the nearby Arias family guards."

Miss Rabbit did as she said and gave them the treatment reserved for family members.

Ruby gratefully accepted the brooch with both hands, thanking continuously, her surprised and delighted expression greatly pleasing the Lady.

As for the other one, she merely glanced at it before tossing it casually into a small pouch at her waist.

Impatient, Greta then said to Ireya, "If there’s nothing else, I’m going to head back to the Double Rest Sect’s territory."

The Lady wasn’t offended and replied with a smile, "Don’t rush off, you haven’t had lunch yet, have you? I’ll have the chef prepare something, we still have plenty of top-quality ingredients left."

"No need," Greta flatly refused, "Tom and Jerry is about to start, I need to get back to watch it. Just give me a few loaves of bread."

"All right then." Miss Rabbit didn’t insist and let Greta leave.

No sooner had Greta left than another came to the castle gates.

The newcomer was tall and burly with a fierce look, not seeming like good news, which made the guards tense up immediately; however, once they saw who it was, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

One of them even greeted him warmly, "Lord Columbus, long time no see."

Niu Xiangui wiped the sweat off his cheek, got off his bicycle, feeling like his bottom was about to numb, and forced a smile onto his face.

He then remembered the Continent’s etiquette that he learned from Clara and awkwardly spoke in Universal Language,

"I am Columbus, servant of Double Rest Sect, representing Prophet Merlin to attend Sir Ireya’s... that birthday ceremony, please inform her quickly."

The guards looked at each other after hearing his words, and after a moment, the one who had first greeted Niu Xiangui spoke, "Do you mean a birthday party?"

"Yes, yes, the birthday party, I’ve been up early today, pedaling, pedaling..." Niu Xiangui thought for a while but couldn’t find the Universal Language word for bicycle.

Resigned, he patted the old Phoenix bicycle with a child seat, "I’ve been pedaling this all the way here, I’m nearly starved, when do we eat? Oh, right, I also brought gifts."

As he spoke, Niu Xiangui parked his bicycle to one side and reached into the basket in front to pull out a package.

Looking up, he saw the two guards still standing in their original spot, unmoved.

A look of confusion crossed Niu Xiangui’s face, followed quickly by realization, "International practice, right? I understand, I understand."

After saying that, he took a silver coin from his person and stealthily slipped it into one guard’s hand.

The latter was startled and hastily returned the hot silver coin to Niu Xiangui.

"No, Lord Columbus, you misunderstand, it’s just that... the party is no longer happening," the guard said.

"What?" Niu Xiangui’s frame shook, "You’ve cancelled it at the last minute?! I’ve come all this way."

"No, it’s done."

"..."

Niu Xiangui felt as if he had been struck by lightning upon hearing this.

He hadn’t lied; he indeed woke up very early this morning.

Helping to improve the "Transmigrator’s Manual" wasn’t enough; this was the first proper task he had received since he arrived at Green Field.

Indeed, there were task requirements, task rewards, and even experience points for levelling up—it was a standard task, wasn’t it?

Niu Xiangui just hadn’t expected that Li Yu would replicate the gaming system in this world as well.

But soon he understood, or believed he understood, the profound intentions behind Li Yu’s move.

By turning work into a game, it seemed that work might not be so hard and annoying after all.

After all, even when performing repetitive mechanical labor, playing games always felt more joyful than work.

Should he say as expected from the Prophet of the Double Rest Sect, the spokesperson of Saturdays in the mortal world, so thoughtful—Niu Xiangui just grew more and more admiring the more he pondered.

In the blink of an eye, he had been in this plane for nearly two months now, and although he still hadn’t passed T4, he had picked up quite a bit of the common phrases.

After an evaluation, Li Yu decided to open up some beginner tasks for him, for it would be too dull to just bury his head in studying.

Moreover, moving around Green Field would also help the transmigrators quickly understand this world, adapt to their roles, and the danger wasn’t too high either.

Since Li Yu wouldn’t be present on the day of Ireya’s birthday, he had Niu Xiangui deliver the birthday gift to Teacup Castle on his behalf, which also satisfied Niu Xiangui’s curiosity to see how medieval Nobles held banquets and to freeload a meal.

With a new task popping up, Niu Xiangui was excited and readily accepted it.

However, just like Li Yu before him, being a city office worker, he didn’t know how to ride a horse. Considering the distance between Teacup Castle and the territory of the Double Rest Sect, it seemed too cruel to make him walk the entire way.

So Li Yu lent him a bicycle temporarily picked up by the Eco-friendly Frog as a means of transport, with the agreement that it would be returned upon completion of the task.

But this bicycle wasn’t easy to ride at all; its original owner probably only used it to drop off their child at kindergarten and to buy groceries, not considering the challenge of the wilderness.

Moreover, Niu Xiangui hadn’t ridden a bicycle since college, he wasn’t familiar with the roads, took many detours, and what’s worse, he had no device on him to tell the time.

Thus, tragedy struck.

Niu Xiangui pedalled furiously, nearly wearing out his bottom, only to find out that he had set off early in the morning and arrived late to the party; he hadn’t even taken out his chopsticks before the banquet was over.

Who could bear such a thing.

Fortunately, the guard outside was very clever and quickly informed the Lady of Niu Xiangui’s visit. Miss Rabbit was also quite generous, directly ordering the kitchen to prepare another table, just for Ruby and Niu Xiangui.

Niu Xiangui was somewhat disappointed not to see the legendary Noble banquet, but having a specially prepared meal instead was acceptable, not to mention he was sitting next to two beauties.

Enjoying a feast for the eyes while dining, Niu Xiangui felt he had probably come out ahead.