I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"When did you figure that out?"

Rhine stared at Anno, asking with a face full of doubt.

Anno's expression just now clearly showed that he had guessed her identity.

Who else but the royal family of the duchy would prevent the establishment of an adventurers' guild?

Rhine is a member of the Duchy's royal family, the third and youngest daughter of the current King of the Duchy!

He's only fifteen years old this year!

Anno smiled and said, "Blue hair and blue eyes, typical bloodline of Estelle of the royal family of the Duke of Aurel."

Rhine frowned and said, "Just this?"

The principality is so big, there are quite a few people with blue hair and blue eyes.

Upon hearing this, Anno pointed to Rhine's swan-like white neck and said, "You just heard why I came to Aurel, didn't you?"

Rhine looked down at her neck and noticed that a hexagonal crystal was hanging from her necklace.

In the center of the azure crystal is an oval shadow, resembling an eye.

The smallest ordinary Ocean Eye is about the size of a fist.

However, what hangs on the Rhine necklace is clearly a polished Ocean Eye ornament.

In the Duchy, no one other than the royal family would wear the Eye of the Ocean as a necklace.

Moreover, Sam's repeated glances at Rhine were hinting to Anno that there was something wrong with the maid's identity.

"It was my oversight!"

Seeing that her identity had been exposed because of the necklace, Rhine bit her lip, then pretended to be serious and raised her chin, saying, "Since you've already figured it out, let's be frank."

I am Rhine Estelle, the third princess of the Duchy.

"If you can help us get through our current difficulties, then the matter of the Eye of the Ocean isn't out of the question!"

After acknowledging his identity, Rhine spoke with great arrogance.

It was as if they were bestowing an auspicious promise upon her.

Earl Sam, standing nearby, covered his face in disbelief.

As a lord on land, Earl Sam has a better understanding of adventurers.

After all, some adventurers did visit his territory when escorting caravans on commission.

Earl Sam could not disobey the royal decree prohibiting the establishment of adventurers' guilds.

However, he himself did not agree with this approach.

According to his understanding, adventurers do indeed help improve one's strength.

I haven't seen a significant increase in the number of professionals in the Kingdom of Nigar.

Have adventurers expanded their businesses overseas?

During his previous conversation with Anno, he had intentionally or unintentionally used his eyes to signal Anno to notice Rhine, who was hiding his identity.

The goal was to bring Rhine into the public eye.

They wanted to entrust the task to the Adventurers' Guild leader, but they also didn't want the Adventurers' Guild to develop within their own country.

Count Sam said he didn't want to get involved.

Let Rheinland handle it themselves.

He now only hoped that Anno was not yet aware of the duchy's situation.

Otherwise, others will raise prices arbitrarily.

Let alone an ocean eye, even selling you there might not be enough to sway them.

There are simply too many sea creatures.

If it weren't for the royal army's repeated defeats, they would have sent you, the king's most beloved youngest daughter, to the land to protect you.

Are you still playing word games with people?

Do you really think a guild leader who has built such a large adventurers' guild is a fool?

According to Sam's own calculations, without outside help, the Duchy's army could only hold out for a maximum of six months, maybe three months, before being completely defeated!

As Sam expected, Anno shook his head when he heard Rhine's words and said, "What do you mean by helping you through difficulties?"

Putting aside whether I would accept this commission, your requirements are far too broad.

According to our guild's rules, we cannot even rate your commission.

We absolutely will not accept such requests!

Rhein frowned upon hearing this.

"Overcoming the current difficulties means helping me get rid of the sea tribe missionaries around Sambir City."

Seeing Anno remain silent, Rhine clenched her fist behind her back, but said sarcastically, "You're not scared, are you?"

Aren't you very strong?

I heard that when the sea creatures invaded the southern and eastern borders of the Kingdom of Nigar, you killed many high-level sea creatures!

Are these all just boasts?

Shadow Anno stood up abruptly and walked out of the house without looking back.

"well?"

Rhine panicked for a moment after seeing Anno leave.

She first glanced at Sam, who seemed somewhat speechless, then stomped her foot, turned around, and chased after him.

"Why...why did you leave?"

Anno ignored him completely and continued walking outside.

"Don't leave!"

"I command you as a princess!"

"Don't go! I told you not to go, didn't you hear me?!"

"Stop right now!"

"..."

"Please, please don't go! Please!"

"Listen to me, please listen to me."

"President Anno, we really need your help right now."

"If you help me with this, and get rid of those sea creature missionaries, I promise I'll ask my father to give you an Eye of the Ocean."

"Isn't this the largest size Ocean Eye you can get?"

Hearing the growing weakness in Rhine's voice, tinged with sobs, Anno stopped and turned around, asking, "Are you telling the truth?"

Rhine pouted, looking aggrieved, and said, "I swear!"

"Then I must first hear what this sea creature missionary is capable of!"

When Rhine saw a glimmer of hope, his expression immediately changed from aggrieved to joyful.

"I'm not very capable, definitely not as good as a master like you. Earl Sam, please tell Chairman Anno quickly."

At this moment, Earl Sam breathed a deep sigh of relief.

He had long suspected that his princess would be manipulated by Anno.

Unexpectedly, Rhine gave in after just a little attempt from Anno.

You said you wanted to appear tougher towards Anno, but at least stop shaking your legs, okay?

Moreover, can someone as naive as you intimidate someone like Anno, who is on friendly terms with the next kingdom of Nigar, with a tough attitude?

Fortunately, Rhine has already made a decision.

At least when Anno demands the Eye of the Ocean in the future, he, as the count, won't have to take the blame.

As the saying goes, old ginger is spicier.

From the beginning, Count Sam could tell that Anno didn't care about his status as a count, or even about the royal family.

His goal may really just be the Eye of the Ocean.

To get Anno to help, the only likely option would be to offer the Eye of the Ocean as payment.

After a moment's thought, Earl Sam knew that this was not a decision he could make himself.

The Eye of the Ocean must be promised by the royal family.

So he guided Anno to discover the Rhine.

But now it's his turn to take over again.

"Ahem, President Anno, let me introduce our goals!"

Count Sam began to tell Anno about the information about the sea missionaries.

In fact, the sea creatures had been attacking the duchy for several months—even before Tiger Shark Sachs landed in the Aiur Mountains, the sea creatures had already begun attacking the duchy's islands.

At first, the duchy's army was able to handle the situation with ease.

But later, the number of sea creatures increased.

The situation gradually reached a stalemate.

In the past week, the principality's army has begun to fall into a disadvantageous position.

Even the shore was infiltrated by sea creatures.

The exact number of missionaries who came ashore is unknown, but there was more than one.

Their sole purpose is to spread the faith in the ocean, to make ordinary villagers believe in the so-called Deep Sea Fairy, and to prepare to build a temple of the Deep Sea Fairy in coastal cities!

This completely infringes upon the interests of the Hunter's Fang.

Therefore, the Fang of the Hunt dispatched a large number of people to fight against the sea tribe missionaries.

Even under these circumstances, sea creature missionaries still came to the vicinity of Sambir and developed a group of cultists.

If these cultists really do build the statue of the Deep Sea Fairy, then the sea tribe missionaries in the area protected by the statue will be even stronger and more difficult to deal with!

"So the mission is to find and eliminate those sea creatures who are building idols?"

Shadow Anno was somewhat reluctant.

He didn't really want to work.

However, if we could actually obtain the largest Eye of the Ocean, the safety of the waters near the Aiur Mountains would be greatly improved!

Although Shadow's personality is somewhat eccentric, he is still Anno in his mind.

This deal is still worth doing.