The next day, when Saifei'er woke up, she found that the wanted poster in the Adventurers' Guild hall had been removed. There were even two soldiers standing there, and if anyone started talking about the 'Round-faced, Pointy-Mouthed, Bald Thief', they would immediately step forward to stop them: "No talking about that!"
Upon hearing this, the adventurers who were talking were shocked, "Come on, buddy, you're even managing our conversations!"
The soldiers' attitude was very firm, "There is no such thing as a Round-faced, Pointy-Mouthed, Bald Thief. You can talk about other things, just not this!"
The adventurer was a bit annoyed by this, "What's the meaning of this? I just said it, are you going to arrest me or something?"
As a result, the two soldiers, upon hearing this, actually drew the weapons at their waists and pointed them at the adventurer.
Adventurer, "!?"
He quickly waved his hands, "My mistake, my mistake, I won't say it, I won't say it!"
It's not just adventurers who are 'professionals' in this world. For example, professionally trained regular soldiers don't need to constantly accept commissions at the Adventurers' Guild to make a living. They just need to follow the City Lord's orders and train every day to receive a fixed salary.
Therefore, most soldiers are actually 'Warrior professionals', possessing the strength of 'Bronze Adventurers'. When fighting as a group, they might even be a bit more powerful than ordinary Bronze Adventurers.
Although the adventurer whose conversation was just interrupted was a 'Silver Adventurer', he had no intention of going against a city. He could defeat one or two soldiers, and with effort, it wasn't impossible to take down three or four, but if he faced an army of dozens or hundreds, he would definitely be out of luck.
Seeing the adventurer leave the scene with a pout and a lack of interest, the Saifei'er next to him was shocked. Although she had said she wanted to prohibit rumors, did it have to be this outrageous?
Actually, Saifei'er's original intention was that Viscount Brown should no longer actively spread bad rumors, and that would be enough. She didn't expect that her actions yesterday would almost scare him to death, leading to this current situation.
Speaking of which, Saifei'er at the time had no intention of threatening him with 'I'll kill you if you don't listen'. How could she have any murderous intent? Whether it was stuffing Viscount Brown's fingers into his nostrils or drawing a turtle on his face, it was just a small revenge, nothing more.
And so, the rumors about the 'Round-faced, Pointy-Mouthed, Bald Thief' gradually disappeared, but they were replaced by rumors of the 'Cat Burglar'.
Today, a large number of ragged commoners came to Stone Pine City from the surrounding towns and villages. These were mostly people who had received Saifei'er's 'donations', and most of them came to purchase supplies.
Starting five years ago, the grain harvest in the Kandela Duchy had been getting worse year by year, and under such circumstances, Viscount Brown was still constantly raising taxes. Gradually, some commoners might work hard all day and still not be able to afford a black bread to fill their stomachs.
They couldn't eat enough, their bodies became weaker, their physical strength deteriorated, and their work efficiency naturally became lower, leading to even less pay, forming a vicious cycle.
Fortunately, the Life God's Church learned of the situation here and sent many priests to distribute food for free, otherwise, who knows how many people would have starved to death.
But even so, as harvests became worse and worse, and even beast attacks frequently occurred in the farmlands, more and more ordinary people gradually couldn't get enough to eat, and even the Church became overwhelmed.
Priests do not need to consume any cost to use divine spells; this is a 'privilege' granted to them by the gods. The only drawback is that there is a limit to the number of uses.
For example, a commoner who came to Stone Pine City at this time had queued at the Church for a whole day, and just when it was his turn, the priest's divine spell ran out. He had no choice but to return home in despair. He had been hungry for several days and didn't know if he would live to see the sun the next day. And then, at that moment, he found a crumpled piece of paper placed at his doorstep, and inside was a gleaming gold coin!
Or, the husband of a family, who toiled all day but couldn't earn enough food to fill his stomach. Watching his wife and daughter grow thinner day by day, he had no choice but to go out and find other ways to get food, but once he left, he never returned, leaving his wife and daughter alone at home, until yesterday, when his wife found a crumpled piece of paper at their doorstep.
Perhaps not everyone was so 'extreme', but it cannot be denied that hundreds of people gained a chance to survive because of the gold coins distributed by Saifei'er. Perhaps for nobles, a gold coin is just one ten-thousandth of their wealth, and perhaps for an adventurer, a gold coin is just part of his daily expenses.
But for these ordinary people, a single gold coin is enough to help them get through this winter!
Because the paper wrapping the gold coin had a cat head pattern, and with a little understanding of the recent very famous theft at the Viscount's mansion in Stone Pine City, it wasn't hard to guess that someone had stolen the Viscount's gold coins and given them to these commoners!
Thus, the title 'Cat Burglar' gradually spread among these commoners!
Because no one had ever seen the Cat Burglar, everyone had different guesses about his appearance. Some guessed he was an angel with wings, some guessed he was a prince who worried about his country and people, and some even guessed if he might just be a cat with extremely high intelligence?
In short, it seems that not many people guessed that this 'Cat Burglar' was a beautiful Catfolk girl.
In Stone Pine City, besides these commoners buying life-saving supplies, the remaining small portion of people came to the Adventurers' Guild to post quests.
In fact, there have always been many problems in the 民間 that require adventurers to solve, but because most ordinary people are poor, they simply cannot afford to hire adventurers. But now it's different; everyone has received a gold coin, and everyone pools together, each contributing half a gold coin or something, which is enough to post several commissions and solve all the troubles plaguing the village at once.
It's no exaggeration to say that today alone, nearly twenty new commissions appeared at the Adventurers' Guild.
Saifei'er looked at the full commission board in front of her and couldn't help but sigh silently in her heart, 'Am I considered to be promoting economic development?'
Actually, a large part of the reason why the Hero Squad hasn't made any moves these past few days is that there haven't been any suitable commissions. So, after they had free time, Ailiya went out during the day to help Kaxi find the culprit, Fei generally stayed in the hotel room reading, and Douglas was training at the training ground behind the Adventurers' Guild.
As for Saifei'er, after glancing at the commission board, she returned to her room to continue drawing cat heads. She planned to donate the second batch of gold coins stolen from Viscount Brown as well.
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