Chapter 186 : Chapter 186
186 – Are You Underestimating Me?
“Name?”
“Lu Zheng.”
“Sex?”
Lu Zheng: “……”
“…At least physiologically male.”
In order to escape the previous interrogation, Miss Annali finally remembered her original task, and forcibly ended the prior topic under the excuse of registering Lu Zheng.
However, faced with Annali’s string of meaningless questions, Lu Zheng still found it hard to keep a straight face.
Was there really a need to ask about his gender?
Did he not look like a man, or was gender diversity particularly revered on this alien planet?
Recalling Annali’s unreliable appearance when she was previously interrogated by Lester, Lu Zheng found it impossible to muster any respect for her, nor could he come up with a reasonable explanation for her actions.
Annali didn’t care about Lu Zheng’s dismissive attitude. Without even raising her head, she directly wrote a big male in the gender column of the form.
Lu Zheng glanced down at the registration book Annali was writing in and suppressed the urge to make a sarcastic comment.
Annali continued asking questions one by one, filling in the blanks mechanically, until she reached the “Occupation” section on the long form.
“Although we haven’t measured your Battle Aura or magical power, I’d guess… you’re a proud warrior, right?”
Annali clearly appreciated Lu Zheng’s impressive performance in the arena earlier.
That question stumped Lu Zheng.
His usual fighting style was indeed mostly melee combat, but depending on his superpowers, he could occasionally cast spells.
So he didn’t answer immediately, and instead asked Annali a question.
“Is the occupation section limited to only warrior or mage?”
“For now, you can write anything~”
“Use your imagination, anything’s fine~”
As she spoke, Annali rested her head on her hand, as if something had come to mind.
“I remember, there was once some unlucky kid who wrote something like ‘Armored Knight’ or some kind of nonsense in the occupation section.”
Annali shrugged, balancing her pen on her chin as she seemed to drift into a memory.
But with her unreliable expression, it was really hard for Lu Zheng to take her seriously.
Left with no choice, Lu Zheng shifted his gaze toward Lester.
This guy turned out to be the first relatively reliable person Lu Zheng had met since arriving on this alien planet.
Including Yi Ning.
And Lester was indeed reliable. Almost as soon as Lu Zheng looked at him, Lester understood what he meant and began explaining on Annali’s behalf.
“Roughly a decade ago, before the Kir Artifact appeared, the Adventurer’s Guild only allowed people to register as either warriors or mages.”
“With the emergence of the Kir Artifact, more and more people who didn’t originally have any combat ability started becoming adventurers, and adventuring methods became increasingly diverse. So the Guild eventually scrapped the restriction altogether—you can write whatever you want now.”
“But it’s still recommended to keep your occupation simple and easy to understand. Sometimes, the Adventurer’s Guild assigns missions directly to appropriate people based on their records in the guild. The rewards for those are often more generous than the ones posted on the bulletin board. If your occupation is too vague to understand, it’s hard to get those kinds of tasks.”
“Exactly, exactly, just like Lester said,”
Annali, the receptionist, nodded enthusiastically after Lester’s explanation.
Lu Zheng had reason to suspect she had just been recalling exactly what Lester had said.
It was hard to imagine that Lester, an adventurer, knew more about the rules than Annali, the receptionist.
“So, what do you want to write for your occupation?”
“In that case… Hero.”
Since there were no restrictions in this section, Lu Zheng simply wrote down his original profession.
“Oh my… Hero, huh…”
Annali looked at Lu Zheng with interest, a bit surprised.
Who would’ve thought—it turned out he was a classic chuunibyou.
But she didn’t comment further.
Since it wasn’t against the rules, she just filled in “Hero” as Lu Zheng requested, and then added some notes in the remarks section about his combat style. This was to prevent internal staff at the Guild from misunderstanding his role and withholding suitable special missions.
“OK!”
Annali swiftly signed her name at the end of the registration book, closed it, and was about to bend down to fetch an adventurer's tag for Lu Zheng.
But before she could move, Yi Ning suddenly jumped to the front of the counter, placing both hands on the table and shouting excitedly.
“Me too, me too! I’m next, right?”
Annali froze upon hearing Yi Ning’s voice.
Wait—what? There’s another one of you registering as an adventurer?
Why didn’t you say so earlier?
But since this was a friend brought in by Lester, she couldn’t blow up at them directly. She just opened the registration book again and pulled out the measuring tools.
Once she had all the tools laid out on the table, she heard yet another sentence—
“Just like Lu Zheng, this thing won’t be able to measure anything for me.”
Annali: “……”
That was it. She couldn’t hold it in anymore. Annali completely broke.
“You’re just like him, and you didn’t say anything back at the Combat Arena?”
These people—couldn’t they be a little more considerate of a receptionist who just wanted to slack off?
“Well, you didn’t ask, so I thought registering as an adventurer was a one-at-a-time kind of deal~”
Yi Ning once again put on her clueless expression at the counter.
“Ehe~ lueluelue~”
Ehe your head!
Miss Annali slammed her hand on the desk in frustration, her right fist swinging straight for Yi Ning’s head.
Lu Zheng glanced at the distance between Annali and Yi Ning and turned his head, pretending not to see anything.
He was certain Yi Ning had done this on purpose.
Anyway, given Annali’s arm span, that punch wouldn’t reach Yi Ning’s head. Might as well let it be a lesson for her.
Sure enough, Annali’s punch stopped just short of Yi Ning’s nose.
The wind carried by her fist blew Yi Ning’s hair in all directions, but even so, her messy hair still managed to emit a peculiar charm.
As usual, the first to react was Lester.
He hurried to the counter, slapped the table, and questioned Annali.
“What are you doing, Miss Annali?!”
“I’m testing her abilities. She didn’t flinch when I threw a punch straight at her—she passes.”
Annali lowered her head and resumed the registration work.
Her tone was so matter-of-fact that even Lester hesitated.
He could only ask tentatively, “Are you sure she didn’t flinch because she’s brave, and not because she was scared stiff?”
“You’re underestimating me, aren’t you?” ×2
Annali and Yi Ning said this in perfect unison.
This was practically an insult to their abilities!