I was an apprentice in Ferren

Chapter 94 Chaotic Neutrality
Richard had embezzled approximately 2400 gold coins over the years, but some of the gems were likely stolen goods whose exact value he was unaware of. One of them, a golden topaz, was worth 500 gold coins and could be considered excellent material for making golems.

After confirming that Richard had passed away and left a suicide note, DuPont got up early to accept the mission. He cleared out the goblin camp, which was the closest and easiest mission, earning 120 gold and 700 experience points. He returned without resting and finally made it to today's church mission.

With a large sum of money in his pocket, whether or not he did the 25 gold coin task wasn't really important, but DuPont was a little guilty about taking the dirty money, so he decided to find an alibi for himself.

However, there are some other effects.

You used words to force the guard to commit suicide and embezzled his property; your allegiance has shifted towards the evil camp.

Your current alignment is Chaotic Neutral.

DuPont was speechless upon seeing this message.

What do you mean I drove this guard to suicide? I just showed him the bread I casually bought in White Rock City last week after finding out his information. Whether it was made by his wife or daughter is another matter. As a result, I scared him to suicide. How can you blame me for this?
It's even more ridiculous that he took money from corrupt police officers. Do I have to be a poor person and donate this money to be considered a kind person?
That's not just plain mentally ill.

If I were to save the world in the future, would you still bestow upon me the title of a virtuous person for nine lifetimes, and allow me to ascend to the Fairy Wilderness where a group of beautiful, naked female fairies would surround me every day? Otherwise, it wouldn't be enough to prove my achievements.

Since he wasn't an evil person, DuPont didn't bother with the faction's bias. He used the extra money to pay off the loan and immediately felt much more relaxed.

You have paid off your loan, proven your ability, and your loan limit has increased.

Your current total level is 8. You can take out a loan of up to 8000 gold coins, interest-free for the first month, after which the daily interest rate will be 1%.

When your total level reaches 10 or above, the loan amount will increase.

Since you now have the ability to repay, the training ground will start charging in half a month, at a price of 1 gold coin per hour.

The training ground now features a simulated battle function. You can pay money to create a virtual monster with realistic attributes for strategic battles. Challenging monsters below level 10 costs 1 gold per hour based on the challenge level. Challenging monsters level 10 and above costs a single challenge based on the challenge level, with a maximum duration of 1 hour and a minimum duration of disappearing upon the challenger's death.

The monsters summoned in the training ground are of average quality and may differ slightly in attributes from monsters encountered in real life. Killing monsters in the training ground will not grant experience points.

Upon seeing this news, DuPont gained a new understanding of the greed inherent in its system.

I've been using the training ground all this time, and you're telling me I can only use it for free for one month, and then I'll have to pay?
However, the training ground's abilities are truly useful. The price of 1 gold coin per hour is not a big problem for him at this point, but it's still a bit annoying that he can't get it for free.

However, DuPont was still a little smug seeing that the system had acknowledged his abilities. The question was, how should he use the one-month interest-free loan of 8000 gold coins?
He's not short of money right now; he still has over 2800 gold coins in his pocket, as he hasn't sold the equipment he got from looting corpses. He can put the loan aside for now.

This monster challenge is quite interesting. Although it's relatively expensive, having this item allows you to train before going out to accept quests, learn the monsters' skills and attack habits, and reduce the chances of accidentally failing.

There are still two weeks of free time left. I'll give it a try after I finish everything today.

While DuPont was still thinking, he had already seen two 'sinners' off. However, shortly after the third person went in, a somewhat languid and charming female voice came from the confessional: "Alright, young man, come in. I'm here to have a chat with you."

"Me?" DuPont was startled when he heard the voice. Although he had been somewhat distracted, he was certain that the half-elf school nurse was not the culprit today.

Who else would come looking for him, especially a woman? He barely recognized that voice: "This isn't the rule, is it?" "Rules? What rules are there here? As a criminal, I just want to talk to someone. As for who listens, that depends on my mood. Besides, I already told the manager here that I wanted you to come." Then her voice changed: "What, are you afraid I'll eat you? There's nothing here, you don't need to worry. Just come in."

"Okay, please wait a moment." DuPont didn't hesitate much. He really didn't believe anyone would kill him on church territory. In fact, he was quite curious about what was going on.

The oak door to the confessional was unusually heavy. Upon entering, DuPont was immediately struck by the darkness. The only light in the room was from the gold candlesticks on the walls, which seemed to devour the darkness. A round table and a locked door were all the items in this small 10-square-meter room.

After closing the door to the confessional, he experienced an unusual sensation that was difficult to adjust to.

[You have entered a magic-forbidden zone; level 1-6 magic is prohibited.]

You have entered an advanced silent zone; your words will not be overheard by others.

"Have a seat, buddy." Hearing the call, DuPont subconsciously glanced in the direction of the voice, but all he saw was darkness.

Thinking of something, DuPont lowered his head, only to hear a woman's voice with a smile coming from the other side: "Don't worry, this veil blocks your view. Even if you have dark vision, you won't be able to see what's inside. The Church is absolutely protective of the privacy of 'sinners'."

DuPont was somewhat surprised to hear this news, but not because he was amazed by the magic of the veil. Instead, he thought that during the process of receiving the criminals outside, even if he looked up, he probably wouldn't be able to see their faces.

However, being unable to see and not looking are obviously two different things, which is probably why others praised him for being sensible before.

"May I ask why you are looking for me?"

"You're fine with me, you make me sound old." The woman inside was clearly a little dissatisfied with the wording, but she didn't dwell on it: "I see you rejected the academy's offer to be a tutor. Are you not interested in being a mage's private apprentice?"

Upon hearing this question, DuPont immediately thought of someone.

Isn't this Charles's female tutor? But he had heard that woman's voice when she was lecturing before. Perhaps because of her dwarf blood, her speech was rather rough and lacked this gentle charm.

"Well... of course there are, but I'd prefer to be guided by a male mentor rather than waste time on other things."

"Oh, I saw that the female tutor's private life isn't very good. So, you have a problem with the female tutor who recruited you, and you think it's a disgrace to be her apprentice, which is why you didn't want to?"

DuPont paused for a few seconds: "May I not answer?"

“Not answering is sometimes a form of consent, and of course I respect your choice.” The sinner chuckled as he spoke, “Oh dear, if this news were shown to that professor, he would probably be furious.”

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"Okay, I'm not teasing you anymore. I saw on your report that you've never had a girlfriend. Does that mean you have high expectations for your ideal partner? Can you talk about what kind of person you envision for your other half?"

DuPont was stunned when he heard this.

Holy crap, who is this woman? She actually opened my box?!
Connor was locked up for half a month just for revealing the Dragon Vein Sorcerer's attribute information. This guy took his own file without permission, which is obviously illegal. Are there any guards to keep an eye on this guy?
(End of this chapter)