Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 373 - 84: Bountiful Harvest_1

Chapter 373: Chapter 84: Bountiful Harvest_1

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"After returning from the City of Knowledge, we contacted the client and prepared to deliver the Heart of Years to him." Indulgence opened the ordinary looking box again with the scarlet glow flickering in the venue, "The client was satisfied. But after he held the gem in his hand and examined it for some time, he mumbled ’Oh, it’s this thing, totally useless.’ Then, he threw it back into the box and left without giving it another look. We hurried after him to inquire about the circumstances and he said that we completed the task well, but the gem was completely useless to him. Nevertheless, he promised to fulfill the remaining payment of the assignment. We asked how to dispose of the gem, and he...he said we could do whatever we wanted with it."

"What?" Catherine repeated in a daze, "Do whatever you...want...with it?"

"Exactly." Indulgence replied, a smile on his face as he leaned in towards Catherine, teasing with a low voice, "We can do whatever we please with it, he-he-he."

Catherine clenched her fists, the muscles around her eyes twitching, nostrils flaring rapidly at the sight of the blurry scarlet gem before her.

"I want to give it to someone." Indulgence traced nonchalant circles on the gem as his dreamy voice filled the room, "This person refused my help in Crying Cave fearing I could become demonic for staying too long; she came to help us in the City of Innocence, despite her own distaste for the place; Even when she was mortally wounded in the sewers, she persisted to help us, aware of how dangerous our situation was. Even when we exploited her repeatedly, even when she was angry at us and wouldn’t speak to us, she still cooperated wholeheartedly with us to save us from the darkness. A friend like her, like none other, is hard to find in this world. But she’s still angry with us and doesn’t want to be our friend. We were regretful and heartbroken over our past mistakes, we want to make it right. That’s why we thought about gifting this gem to her, to earn her forgiveness."

"So you guys want to buy your friend back with this astonishingly expensive gem?" Catherine’s eyes began to clear as she listened to Indulgence’s somber tone, and she looked at him with half a smile, "Is that what you guys are thinking?"

"Perhaps you don’t know about Passion and my background. Few in the world do. Do you know why we agreed to help those two maids to live outside? It’s because we had the same past as them, we were also born in the City of Innocence, in the dark alleys. Yet we were more fortunate, we had the talent to become professionals, and we had more courage, we left the City of Innocence alone at very young ages to live in the outside world. We lived alone in the shadows of the cities, avoiding any contact with others, secretly boosting our strength until we eventually thrived." Indulgence’s voice was eerily calm, yet the girls could sense the hardships of that time from her tranquility. They imagined a child struggling to survive in the impoverished areas of various cities, a child who dared not to make any contact even after becoming a Lower Rank professional. Carefully avoiding everything around them, until finally advancing to the Upper Rank.

"Shut up." Passion, who had been lying down, suddenly sat up, yelling, "Stop talking, Indulgence. Just stop."

Lina was startled by Passion’s sudden outburst, she quickly pushed him back down, "Are you keen on dying? Or do you think my Divine Spell doesn’t consume mana? Look at yourself, the wounds are barely healed and you’ve caused them to rip open again. Stay still or I won’t bother treating you."

"Hehe, sweetheart, some things need to be known." Indulgence sighed, with a bitter smile, "Alright, no more talk. Actually, Catherine, we don’t have any friends aside from each other. We’re clumsy in this aspect. We don’t know how to maintain a friendship or apologize to a friend. So, we can only resort to methods we understand, to compensate with benefits to seek forgiveness. It’s not about buying friendship but the only way we know. If you can’t accept this, then I guess..."

"Bam." Pannis slammed his fist on the table, making the gem box shake on top of it, "You! What do you think friendship is? You think you can get it back with a gem? Let me tell you, it’s not possible."

"Is that so?" Indulgence and Passion glanced at each other, a bitter look in their eyes, "Then..."

"Of course, it is." Pannis struck the table again, his face serious, "How is one gem enough? You should at least invite them for a deeper discussion. When the conversation becomes tiring, find a bed to rest...Ah!"

"What an idiot." Lina lifted her eyelids to see Pannis drawing a beautiful arc in the air, then rolling around on the ground for four or five rounds before falling flat, twitching and groaning.

"I understand now." Catherine uncurled her fists and grabbed a napkin with a look of disgust, wiping her hand, "Honestly this time... never mind. I just hope you both would remember, a true friend always thinks of the others first, just like Pannis just did. Well, even though he’s still an idiot. You don’t need calculations or balance of interests in friendship. You guys...you guys... probably won’t understand what I’m saying, so, interact more in the future. There will come a day when you’ll understand."

"So, you are no longer bothered?" Passion almost sat up, barely suppressing her impulse under Lina’s murderous glare, her voice trembling as she asked, "Can this friendship continue?"

"Ah, well, you all say so, what else can be done?" Catherine said with a wistful smile, "However, we need to talk about the gemstone. Its owner has entrusted us to negotiate with the person who stole it, hoping to redeem it at a high price."

"I have already given you the gemstone." Indulgence’s face lit up with joy as she nonchalantly said, "You can deal with it however you want."

"If I accept the gemstone, it would really be like buying friendship with money." Catherine reluctantly pushed the gem back to Indulgence, "So now I’m negotiating on behalf of the hidden client."

"Don’t make it difficult for the two of them." Pannis, who had somehow crawled back, snatched the gem and put it in his pocket, "If you do not accept this gem, the two of them will overthink it again. Moreover, they really don’t lack money. Even if they do nothing, earning hundreds of thousands of gold coins in a month is a normal occurrence. Also, a Legendary Rank thief and a Legendary Rank assassin can easily make money if they want to. So, just accept it."

"If you all don’t lack money, why do you constantly suppress each other and fight for benefits?" Catherine was stunned and asked, "And when your internal disputes reach this extent, why doesn’t your Guild master intervene?"

"There are two answers to the first question. First, as a team leader wanting to protect myself, I need to have my own influence. To maintain this influence, I need to have enough money to support it, which is why we are constantly fighting for affiliated organizations. Of course, the areas we control also yield high profits, enough to sustain the consumption of maintaining our influence and surplus. Second, and most important, by fighting for affiliated organizations and expanding the areas we control, we can invisibly limit the expansion of other team leaders’ influence, making us more secure." Indulgence patiently explained, "As for the second question, the Guild master would not intervene, as long as there are no fewer than four team leaders, they won’t control our internal disputes. They believe that only under such an environment can the hunters of shadows grow up to be qualified, so they don’t just not interfere, but they even encourage such fights and killings."

"Unbelievable." Catherine shook her head, unable to comprehend the customs within the Shadow Hand, "In that case, I’ll accept the gemstone. This is an unexpected surprise."

"There’s another surprise." Indulgence smiled mysteriously, "How about I give you a head?"

"Are you referring to Cruel?" Catherine had a basic understanding of Cruel’s past ’achievements’, "The bounty on him?"

"Yes." Indulgence nodded, "You accept the gemstone, and if I pay you the commission as agreed, you will probably refuse. So, why not take his bounty as a substitute? The bounty on him is close to a million gold coins, it’s a huge sum of money. According to the guild’s rules, we can’t claim this money, so if you take it, it’s a win-win."

"That’s no problem." Catherine’s eyes were twinkling and she couldn’t stop smiling, "I accept, I accept. This is the best gift."

"Okay, the healing is complete." Lina clapped her hands and exhaled a sigh of relief, "Finally healed. Do not exert force within three days and avoid intense movement within ten. After ten days, you’ll be fine."

Passion sat up slowly, subconsciously touching her abdomen, and said gratefully, "Thank you so much, if it wasn’t for you, I wonder if my injury would have held up until I found a priest."

"Please, don’t be so polite." Pannis, standing next to Lina, watched Passion’s bare upper body with an intense gaze, "You have already paid the best reward, yes, the very best."

"Why can’t you remember." Lina watched Pannis being chased by a Vacuum Slash released by a knight with a wooden face and a pitiful sigh, "Idiots are really pitiful." [Follow the WeChat account qdread for fun events, cool phones and more! For a bonus, follow qdread WeChat account now!] (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com).