Seeing that it still wanted to kneel and salute, Iri stopped it. The Undead produced by Nazarick have this one good thing: they recognize their master... whether they've met before or not, as long as they sense the aura, they can recognize you, which saves a lot of trouble.
After passing through the city gate and walking on the streets of E-Rantel, there were indeed far fewer people on the streets compared to before.
I couldn't even find anyone to ask for directions to the orphanage. I should have asked the Undead Archmage guarding the gate earlier.
Now that I was in the city, I saw many Death Knights patrolling the streets. Although the Magic Kingdom had been established for some time, the pedestrians, without exception, showed terrified expressions when they saw the Death Knights passing by, and then quickened their pace to leave.
Uh... it seems it will take a long time for the general populace to get used to not fearing the Undead!
Because I couldn't find anyone to ask for directions, Iri could only come to the Adventurer's Guild. There should at least be someone here, right? However, when Iri arrived at the Adventurer's Guild, she found that the hall, usually full of people, was empty.
This was very strange. I remember in the original story, when Ainz came to the Adventurer's Guild, there were still a few Adventurers in the hall. But now, why is there no one?
According to the timeline, it happened not long ago, right? How did everyone disappear so suddenly? Iri was puzzled, but seeing that the same big sister from before was still guarding the counter, Iri breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hello, are you Irubyue, of Blue Rose? Is there anything I can help you with?" Iri walked up to the counter before she could even speak, and the big sister at the counter spoke to her first. It seems Evil-Crushing Lolita is also famous here, as her appearance is indeed too recognizable.
"Cough... Hmm, it's me. I ask you, where did everyone here go?" Iri immediately asked the question in her heart.
Did all these people run away? I remember it was said that the Guild Master of the Adventurer's Guild here had already been taken down by Ainz, right? He shouldn't have made a move to transfer Adventurers to other places to empty this place, right?
"Are you asking about the other Adventurers?" the big sister asked with a smiling face, without any unnatural expression. It seems it's not what I thought.
If the Adventurer's Guild Master had done something to cause there to be no Adventurers now, this big sister would have shown some uncomfortable expression when answering my question. However, she didn't.
After all, not everyone is a professional actor like me, especially people from another world; they don't even know how to write the words 'acting'.
"Yes, where did the other Adventurers go? I remember there were many people last time I came, but today there's no one. Did they all go on quests?" Iri looked up and glanced at the empty quest board as she asked.
"Irubyue, you might have misunderstood. The Adventurers of E-Rantel haven't gone out on quests; they've all gone for further training," the big sister also noticed Iri's action of looking up at the quest board.
"Further training?" As soon as Iri heard this term, she immediately understood. Ainz's actions were indeed swift. Has the Adventurer's Academy been established?
How long has it been?
I remember Ainz went to the Empire and came back, then just ran off because of the Empire's vassalage issue, right?
When was this academy built? It's probably the Adventurer's Guild Master who spearheaded it, right? I can only think that way, as Ainz hadn't mentioned the Adventurer's Academy to anyone else.
"Yes, the Adventurer's Academy of E-Rantel. Oh... by the way, please take a look at this, Irubyue." As the big sister spoke, she took out a flyer-like item from under the counter and handed it to Iri. It had various things written on it that looked like earthworms or alien script. Iri couldn't understand any of it!
"What does this mean?" Iri asked, intentionally lowering her voice. Of course, I couldn't let others know I was illiterate, but it seemed like it wouldn't be a problem even if I did expose it; after all, Evil-Crushing Lolita would be the one whose reputation was damaged.
"Irubyue... this is just an invitation for you to become an instructor at the Adventurer's Academy. It doesn't mean anything else." The big sister finally showed some wavering.
So that's the trick! This Adventurer's Guild Master is quite resourceful! I underestimated him back then.
Originally, for the establishment of the Adventurer's Academy and the instructors, it would have been fine to let the Undead or people from Nazarick handle it. They are many times more powerful than these natives.
However, this Guild Master is recruiting other powerful Adventurers to be instructors. This can be seen as earning some reputation for Ainz, and even if they are rejected, it doesn't matter. Even if rejected, they can still promote Ainz's "new generation" Adventurer concept. This move is indeed effective.
"Irubyue, what do you think?" The big sister asked again when Iri didn't respond for a long time.
"Uh, it does look good, but I don't have much time to stay here recently... so..." Iri pretended to look at the flyer a few times, then planned to decline. Indeed, I didn't have the time.
"It's alright. Steel Rank Adventurers like you must be very busy. You just need to spare some time to occasionally come and provide guidance," the big sister continued to promote.
"Alright, just having my name on it is fine. But let me say this upfront, I'm very busy... I can only come occasionally." Iri thought about it. Since the Guild Master thinks this way, and it's not bad for the Magic Kingdom, then I'll help him out!
After all, with Blue Rose's Irubyue as a named instructor, I imagine the Guild Master's recruitment efforts will be much smoother.
So, I agreed. Besides... let Evil-Crushing Lolita herself bear all the damage to her reputation, and she will definitely know that all these things are my doing.
"Then I'm truly grateful to you. Please sign your name here." The big sister quickly took out a pen and ink and handed them over. Iri was instantly dumbfounded.
How am I supposed to sign this? I can't write these tadpole-like characters!
Uh... Ah! I got it!
As a result, I directly wrote my name, Elizabeth. Yes, my name in this world, but using the characters from when I was still alive.
"Irubyue? This is...?" The big sister looked at the signature, which was alien script to them, and asked in great confusion.
"These are the characters from my country. Do you have an opinion?" Iri said.
"No, none... Then thank you." The big sister quickly backed down and swiftly took Iri's signature, as if afraid Iri would change her mind.
"Then, I want to ask you something. How do I get to the newly opened orphanage in E-Rantel?" Iri quickly asked the most important question first.
Fortunately, this big sister knew the exact location and kindly drew a map. Great! Orphanage address acquired.
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