Annie's Otherworldly Adventure

Some rejoiced while others grieved. A servant, upon seeing his master's name, was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes, as if the bright red name on it were the gold coins in his pocket. In fact, if one could bring good news to his master, his pocket would indeed be filled with more gold coins.

Some servants came out looking distressed. Among them were servants who genuinely felt sorry for their young masters, while the poor servants who had encountered the young masters and ladies who had paid their dues were in for a lot of trouble, their eyebrows furrowing even more.

These are the nobles; the commoner students have to squeeze in to see the list themselves. Our Anne, the former noble lady, now a commoner, sweated profusely as she squeezed her way to the bottom of the Ministry of Magic's list, escorted by the burly Mark.

I carefully read through the list from the first to the last, and unsurprisingly, Anne Ash's name did not appear.

"Annie, it's okay, let's go look at the alchemy department's roster."

"Yes, Brother Mark."

Mark used his massive body to shelter the petite Annie under his wings, and they moved from the crowded list of the Ministry of Magic to the relatively sparse list of the Department of Alchemy.

Annie carefully read through the names on the Alchemy Department's list from beginning to end, and then from end to beginning, but still couldn't find her own name.

How could this be? Her mental strength was clearly very high; it only fluctuated slightly...

Anne was very frustrated.

"Little Anne, little Anne, don't be sad, don't be sad."

"Annie, Anne, that guy's mental energy fluctuations are stronger than yours, but not as high, yet he made it!" Besides Mark's comforting words, little Abag also poked his furry head out and called out in Anne's ear.

“Really?” Anne asked Abag several times to confirm.

“Yes, that’s right. Abag swears in the name of Sparkling, the one Abag saw was indeed not as strong as you.” Abag’s small, round eyes revealed determination; it had been spying on him for quite a while back then.

No way, could there be something fishy about this list?

Anne thought for a moment and then said to Mark.

"Brother Mark, could you please do me a favor?"

"Little Annie, tell me what it is, and Mark will definitely do it for you!"

Anne asked Mark to ask the school why she hadn't been accepted. She wanted to know where her shortcomings lay. As the Chinese proverb goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated." She was going to live in this world for a long time, so she should understand her strengths and weaknesses.

The burly Mark, who doted on Anne, readily agreed to Anne's request.

After agreeing to meet Annie at the hotel, Mark went to find Kerry. When it comes to finding out things, Ral is the best. Of course, Annie already knew, but if she asked him directly, he would exploit her.

After parting ways with Mark, Anne hugged Abag and walked along the road, sighing. She looked up at the gray sky and saw the autumn wind blowing pages of books off the trees on both sides of the road.

Hey……

Anne went to a pawn shop, took out her necklace, touched the engraving on it, and felt a little sad.

I'm sorry, Miss Ash, we can't keep it.

Anne haggled with the pawnshop clerk for a long time before finally pawning it for two gold coins and 20 silver coins.

Now, she has a total of two gold coins and 33 silver coins. After deducting the gold coin and eight silver coins she needs to repay Kerry, she only has one gold coin and 25 silver coins left.

When Kerry and Mark arrived at the hotel with the message, Anne had just returned.

"I have some news and some good news. Which would you like to hear first, Miss Ash?" Kerry asked Anne mysteriously, completely ignoring Mark's fierce glare at him.

"Tell me the good news first." Having heard enough bad news, Annie doubted the existence of any such thing as good news.

"In fact, Miss Ash's exam scores are good enough to get into the Alchemy Department."

“Oh?” Annie didn’t think this was good news. If her grades were good enough for the Alchemy Department, then why wasn’t her name on the list?

"And the bad news is?"

“The bad news is…” Kerry became serious.

"No one has been sent to Kane to sign a new peace treaty since the change of power in Prishaw."

A thousand years ago, during the War of the Gods, some gods perished and others disappeared, leaving the temples without their support. The Eastern Continent, which revered divine authority, rapidly declined, while the Western Continent, which valued military might, gradually developed.

Hundreds of years ago, the largest kingdom in the western continent, the Kingdom of Nisa, led the strong swordsmen of the western continent to attack the eastern continent.

At the start of the war, the Eastern Continent suffered a series of defeats and lost the Kane region. At this time, the old king of the oldest empire in the Eastern Continent, the Aidi Empire, passed away. The newly enthroned king, Dylan, sent his valiant younger brother, Dia, to the front line and announced that the Kane region, which had been occupied by the enemy, would be granted to Dia, and that he was permitted to establish the Duchy of Kane.

Dia and his beloved Queen Catherine went to the front lines together. The prince and queen fought side by side, a story familiar to all the children of the Eastern Continent.

Genius Summoner Catherine

With the genius Eddie magicians

Lead a fierce monster army

Help the great Prince Dia

They defeated the despicable enemies of the Western Continent.

They won an eternal victory.

They won eternal peace!

The power of the monster legion shocked the entire continent of Gerson. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dylan and Catherine invited the royal families of the continent and various countries to negotiate. They agreed to use blood ties as a pact to recognize Kane as a permanent peaceful nation, which would not be attacked or attack other places, and would be completely independent, no longer subject to the rule of the Eddie Empire.

Forced by the terrifying power of the monster legions and the urgent desire for peace among the people of all continents, the Kane Empire was established, and a region of eternal peace was created.

However, in the countries on the continent, royal power often changes hands. The bloodline contract of the old royal family cannot restrict the new royal family. Therefore, a new clause was added to the peace treaty: the new royal family must sign a new bloodline contract with Kane in order to gain the recognition of the countries.

Because of this regulation, the country of Priscilla is not recognized by Kane and other countries until a new bloodline pact is signed. In other words, Anne Ash is currently an unregistered resident...

Therefore, none of this has anything to do with her grades, but rather with her identity. How could the college admit someone without an identity? Besides, she doesn't have enough talent to make the school make an exception for her. Even the students who were originally enrolled at Priscilla Chandra were suspended from classes pending further notice.

Annie felt that as a transmigrator, she had a truly miserable life, not only losing her magical talent but also her identity...

Fortunately, not having a citizenship only affects enrollment, not daily life. If Annie were to be kicked out of Kane because of not having a citizenship, she would really curse the despicable Space Uncle!

Everything was as expected, and Anne took out her bundle, laid out a gold coin and eight silver coins in her hand, and handed them to Kerry.

"This is the money I owe you."

Kerry happily accepted the money, while Mark looked at it suspiciously. Where did Annie get the money? His gaze shifted to Annie. Although Mark wasn't a smart man, he wasn't completely careless either. He noticed that something was missing from Annie's neck.

Poor little Anne, did she sell the necklace? It was her symbol of nobility! Kerry, how could Kerry take money from little Anne? Poor Anne is so pitiful now!

But Kerry isn't the kind-hearted Mark; Kerry is a shrewd businessman.

“Miss Ash, besides this money, it seems you also owe me money for hiring you.”

Before Anne could answer, Mark quickly stood next to her.

“Kerry, Kerry, but we didn’t get Anne to the embassy. Our mission is not complete!”

Kerry stared wide-eyed at Mark, Anne stared wide-eyed, and Abag, perched on her shoulder, stared wide-eyed as well.

As it turns out, don't easily mistake a big guy for a fool; sometimes, they can be surprisingly sharp.

The contract states that Miss Anne Ash hires Mr. Ral and Mr. Mark to escort Miss Anne Ash safely to the Priscillah Embassy in the Imperial City of Kane and hand her over to Ambassador Priscillah.

Since the embassy of Priscilla has been closed, the task is not considered complete.

This was exactly the method Anne planned to use to renege on Kerry's employment fee.

Gods above, Annie is a good girl. Although she feels bad for the food and lodging expenses that Ral has spent on her along the way, she is now really at her wit's end, so she can only resort to such a shameless tactic. But before she could say it, the big guy Mark had already said it for her.

“Mark, don’t forget whose side you’re on!” Kerry said through gritted teeth, somewhat helplessly.

Mark glanced at Kerry in the room, then at Anne. He was now on Anne's side.

Uh, if Kerry knew that Mark had converted his stated position into a spatial one, he'd probably be furious.

“Mr. Kerry, don’t be angry. What Brother Mark said is true. You did not complete the hired task, so I do not need to pay you any gold coins.”

Anne said calmly that she was determined to repay the favors she had received someday, but she had no choice at the moment. Being poor, she could only default on the debt. She knew Kerry and thought that Kerry might take the opportunity to make her sign some kind of child labor contract.

She was right. Kerry did indeed mean that. If Annie couldn't repay the money, he planned to have her sign a contract promising to do things for him.

However, Kerry snorted coldly at this moment, as losing gold coins was a serious matter for him.

“I’m sorry, Miss Ashe, you probably don’t know this, but the Mercenary Guild has a special department to mediate such mission disputes. If I tell the guild the truth, I believe they will give me a fair result.”

“Mr. Kerry, I hope you can think about this carefully. I’m not deliberately not giving you the commission, it’s just that I’m out of money. Unless you sell me, you can sell me as the commission!” Annie was being rather shameless. Although Kerry loved money more than anything, she had some confidence in him over the journey and he wasn’t a really bad person.

"Hmph, you think I wouldn't dare sell you out, huh?" Kerry roared, this little girl was really going to fight him to the death.

“Kerry, don’t make things difficult for Anne. The money she owes you can be deducted from my money,” Mark said urgently to Kerry, protecting Anne.

“Mark, you!” Kerry gritted his teeth. There’s nothing worse than thinking you’ve raised a loyal pet, only to have it bite you in return.

"Don't worry, Kerry, I'll eat less meat and less rice from now on." Mark paused, scratched his head, and said the only solution he could think of.

Annie looked at her big, protective brother Mark and felt a surge of emotion; her nose tingled with tears.

“Brother Mark!” She threw herself into Mark’s arms, letting the tears stream down her face. In this world, there were people who cared about her just like her parents.

Abag jumped onto Mark's shoulder, its little tail rubbing against his neck.

This big human was so touching that even Abag's tiny, bean-like eyes couldn't help but well up with tears.

Mark stroked Anne's head, a smile spreading across his perpetually blank face, followed by a resolute determination; he was determined to protect poor little Anne.

Kerry stared dumbfounded at the two people and their pet in front of him. "Hmph, withholding Mark's money, abusing children—is he really that kind of person?" These two were treating him as the only bad guy!