How did you bunch of silly group members also time travel?

"Hello, Miss Elf, I am the captain of the Blue Rose, Lajus Elbein Drew Eindora. You can call me Lajus."

Miss Fox nodded and said, "Hello Lajus, you can just call me Fox, I've already abandoned my old name."

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

"?" Miss Fox was a little confused. "What's wrong?"

"It's alright, Miss Fox, you can join our Blue Rose from now on!" Laju said sincerely.

Irresponsible parents give birth to a child and then shirk responsibility, refusing to raise the child. Eventually, they argue and divorce, neither wanting to take the burden of the child. They co-parent for a period afterward, but after remarrying, they gradually and deliberately forget about their former child. They pay child support later and later, until finally it's as if neither of them ever had this shared child, completely disappearing from that child's world.

And so, the child, who had no more tears left, learned to be strong, picked up weapons, abandoned the name given to him by his irresponsible parents, and began his own adventurous life under the name of the cunning fox. In doing so, he also learned a powerful stealth ability to serve as a protective shield for his inner self.

It's so pathetic.

"Miss Fox, everything will be alright!"

"???" What happened? Miss Fox's little head was filled with big questions.

I couldn't quite understand why this blonde girl, after a brief moment of silence, suddenly looked so sad and full of affection as she gazed at me.

Does she want to be her mother?!

"I see." At this moment, the burly female warrior suddenly reached out and covered Miss Fox's head, saying, "That won't happen again. I'll protect you!"

"Yes, Tia/Tia will also take care of Miss Elf!" The twins who were squeezed together with Lajus the hamster said in unison.

"???" There's something wrong with this group of people!

Moreover, no matter how you look at it, the Earth Goddess looks very mature, so why do all these people look like elders?

Do you really want to take advantage of her?

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Chapter Ninety-Six: The Last Ripple from Green Hills

When Miss Fox woke up, Blue Rose and her party had already been traveling in the carriage for quite some time.

When Miss Fox woke up, the conversation hadn't lasted long before the carriage arrived at the outskirts of the capital. Looking at the vast city approaching from afar, the towering walls, even higher than those of Ye Lantier, filled Miss Fox with a profound sense of awe and antiquity.

"...Although I've always found other worlds boring, this kind of scene is still quite breathtaking!"

Fortunately, they arrived in the capital before dark; otherwise, Miss Fox, who had already abandoned her sleeping bag, wouldn't have really wanted to sleep in the carriage. After all, there wasn't even a pillow.

"Stop! Check! Please show your identification!" The carriage was stopped by soldiers as it was about to enter the city, which surprised Miss Fox.

She hadn't encountered any of these things back in Ye Lantier; now she felt a much stronger sense of living in an ancient environment. Traveling outside, she saw many things she knew about but had never seen before.

Well, it's nothing compared to the comfort of staying at home.

"But speaking of which, I didn't even know there were ID cards here." Now Miss Fox was a bit of a headache.

Although almost a month has passed since she arrived in this world, she is still unregistered and has never resolved the issue of household registration. Only now does she realize that household registration exists here.

So the question is, what should she do now?

“An adventurer's badge will do, Miss Elf.” Fortunately, Brian noticed the fox lady's confusion in the other carriage and explained to her while taking out his own identification:

"Generally speaking, only large cities closer to the capital have special-level identification documents. People from other remote areas, especially those of other races who come to the kingdom, can only pay money and have their weapons or important items confiscated until they return to retrieve them after registering..."

“But adventurers don’t need to,” the burly Ms. Gaglan, the driver of the carriage carrying Miss Fox, added. “Any adventurer registered with the Adventurers’ Guild is a member recorded in the guild. This record is regularly reported from adventurers’ guilds in various places to the royal families of each country, so the adventurer’s nameplate can also serve as proof of identity.”

"I see, I didn't know that." Nodding, he was surprised that the adventurer's nameplate had such a use.

If you need to check identification to enter the capital, then how did Dog Aoyama manage to sneak into the capital before?

"There are also entry and exit checks in Ye Lantier, especially for adventurers. Registering entry and exit from the city makes it easier to confirm which mission a person died on. Miss Elf, you're already a Steel-rank adventurer, haven't you experienced this many times already?" Brian asked, puzzled. This immediately made Miss Fox feel embarrassed.

"Is that so? Of course I know that, I just forgot by accident..." She didn't know, she really didn't know that!

When she was in Ye Lantier, she went in and out of the city directly without saying a word. The soldiers never stopped her or asked her to check or register. How was she supposed to know?

It's all the fault of the Ye-Lantir soldiers for being lazy! (Turn your head away)

"It's so unusual today; the guards are especially strict. Before, they could just glance at a carriage and call it a day, but now they're checking the identification tags so carefully." Gegland watched the guards not only searching the carriage inside and out but also meticulously verifying Brian's identification, and he was somewhat worried. "Did they make such a big fuss that Eight Fingers noticed?"

Miss Fox was taken aback by what she heard.

What's "Eight Fingers"? It sounds familiar. Could it be that she's unknowingly gotten involved in the plot again? Is she going to clash with Ainz Ooal Gown again? No way! At least wait until the chat group opens up the time travel feature.

Would it be better to leave the capital tomorrow?

Thinking of this, Miss Fox's expression shifted, and she suddenly became undecided whether to stay in the capital or return to Ye Lantier tomorrow. "...Let's not talk about this anymore. It's our turn. Let's hurry into the city and find a place to get a good night's sleep. Sleeping in a carriage is extremely uncomfortable!" In the end, even as the soldiers approached, Miss Fox still hadn't made up her mind. Her mind was filled with the thought of going to the capital for the night first.

Rubbing my still slightly uncomfortable neck, I woke up after sleeping all afternoon in a hard, vibrating carriage, and I still felt all sorts of discomfort lingering in my body.

She needs a well-made bed, soft pillows, and a comfortable night's sleep.

"I didn't expect you to be that rising star of the Steel-rank adventurer who's famous in Ye Lantier. Now you won't be a burden to our Blue Rose!" Gegrand noticed Miss Fox's adventurer badge, and patted her on the shoulder with a hearty laugh. "How about we go to the Adventurers' Guild in the capital for a drink later?"

"No... I don't like the taste of alcohol." Miss Fox refused with an awkward laugh. Come to think of it, she hadn't agreed to join Blue Rose, so why were these people already acting as if she were a member of Blue Rose?

She was still thinking of returning to Ye Lantier tomorrow.

"...This elf lady." Suddenly, soldiers surrounded her, subtly encircling the fox lady.

The soldier holding the Miss Fox Adventurer's Badge approached, his expression quite serious.

"What's wrong?" Miss Fox's heart skipped a beat as she saw soldiers from the law enforcement agency approaching, and she couldn't help but feel nervous.

Despite accumulating considerable experience with sharks, it was precisely because of this experience that Miss Fox, raised in a society governed by the rule of law, felt even more nervous and guilty. After all, she wasn't the type to become arrogant and disregard the law once she gained power; on the contrary, she was quite reasonable when the law still applied. Therefore, when she met the soldier's gaze, her entire demeanor softened considerably.

"Could it be that my adventurer's nameplate hasn't been recorded yet?" I asked worriedly.

After all, it hasn't even been a month yet, and the information about the new adventurer in Ye Lantier might not have been reported to the capital yet, so there's no record of her.

"No, Lady Fox, your status as a Steel-rank adventurer is genuine. Records concerning Steel-rank adventurers are exceptionally reported separately." The soldier respectfully returned the adventurer's badge to Miss Fox, but the other soldiers showed no intention of dispersing and remained surrounding them.

"But Lord Fox, could you explain why Ye Lantier didn't register your departure from the city?"

"Has something happened in the capital?" Lajus asked from the other side. "Even the private affairs of a steel-level adventurer need to be questioned."

After all, a Steel-level adventurer signifies that they have entered the realm of "heroes." Such combat power makes them a focus of attention wherever they go, receiving generous preferential treatment, and their every move is reported to various organizations immediately.

However, on ordinary days, let alone registering entry and exit from the city, even if a steel-level adventurer suddenly disappeared for a period of time and then reappeared, the higher-ups would not dare to question it even if they knew.

Not to mention now that they're directly surrounding them, which would easily offend the other side.

"Y-yes, Lady Lajus..." The soldier being questioned by Lajus seemed a little nervous and realized that his behavior towards the fox lady was somewhat inappropriate, but he still forced himself to speak:

"A few days ago, the Royal Capital Adventurers' Guild caught a spy who somehow infiltrated the Royal Capital and brazenly pretended to be a citizen of the Kingdom to register as an adventurer. He was very tough and endured several days of interrogation without saying a word."

"Finally, the other side seized an opportunity during a guard shift change to launch a riot, destroying the entire prison and releasing a large number of death row inmates and spies. Many escapees remain at large, and most importantly, the spy who instigated the prison riot is nowhere to be found. Therefore, we've been quite strict lately..."

Miss Fox tilted her head slightly; she thought she already knew where the spy was...

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Chapter Ninety-Seven: Defeated by the Soft Bed

In the blink of an eye, more than a week has passed since encountering Shalltear and then Blue Rose.

Miss Fox ultimately chose to stay in the capital, not because the capital had soft beds and pillows, of course.

And it's not because he was happy to do nothing all day but wander around with a huge sum of money and his hamster Brian, spending it recklessly and occasionally finding places like arenas to gamble and earn extra money.

Well, despite all this fun, Miss Fox's cultivation hasn't suffered, as it's her only form of entertainment. However, Miss Fox is stuck at level 19 and can't advance further, while Brian has only barely mastered absorbing and using natural energy. The situation is less than optimistic as the big hamster tries to follow Brian's path of guiding qi into its body...

It all boils down to their decadent and extravagant lifestyle!

"But there's nothing I can do about it, isn't the Blue Rose just running around like a madwoman?" Miss Fox muttered to herself, chewing on the HP potion lollipop she had successfully made.

While it's true that she spends most of her time having fun, Miss Fox doesn't dedicate all her free time outside of cultivation to amusing herself. She also enjoys other valuable activities. (Shifting focus)

For example, spending 300 colorless small crystals, 10 lower-level elemental crystals, and 1 gold coins to make the lowest-level alchemy extractor is extremely valuable.

Moreover, unlike the equipment dismantling machine, the alchemy extractor is indeed something that Miss Fox spent 1 gold coins to make. It is very user-friendly when dismantling items. As long as the items are not particularly trashy, you can always get at least 1 Breath of Life when you put them in for dismantling.

Thanks to this safety net, Miss Fox now has a considerable reserve of expert-level HP and MP potions, as well as lower-level strength and intelligence elixirs. She can even use them to make lollipops and popsicles to sell for profit.

Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the alchemist's level, they can only create lower-level elixirs of strength and intelligence.

It's absurd that the potion requires Miss Fox's own cultivation level to unlock.

"Forget it, at least I don't need to buy crafting blueprints or anything." However, with her meager savings of less than 100 million from emptying the Ye-Lantir Adventurers' Guild's reserves, she really couldn't afford the blueprints for this secondary profession. After all, this isn't a game; in reality, not all blueprints are useless.

For example, if you give an HP potion to someone whose maximum HP is less than what the potion restores, they'll explode. I mean literally explode. Don't ask Miss Fox how she knows; she lost tens of thousands of gold coins.

"Ugh, so annoying! Every time I think about it, I feel like I got ripped off! He insisted on buying the best, and after he died, his companion even dared to come and cause trouble at the hospital! So annoying!"

Miss Fox burst into tears!

That's bullying! They're taking advantage of her being a law-abiding citizen!

So it's quite reasonable that while playing in the wild, you happen to encounter that group of people, happen to see them being chased by monsters that suddenly rioted, and happen to pick up tens of thousands of gold coins that have become ownerless!

There are actually people who suspect her, want to investigate her, and even demand that she not leave the second floor of the hotel for the next few days to prevent her from disappearing if she's on the ground. They want her to stay here until the results are in! She clearly didn't leave the city that day!

"It's so boring. It's early in the morning, everyone in the group is asleep, nobody's chatting..."

Leaning on the table in her room, Miss Fox repeatedly opened and closed the chat group interface, but only a few people were actually online, and no one was saying anything.

The most recent chat history shows me saying good morning to her and then saying I'm going to sleep. She's a paid newbie.

Everyone else, even Noelle herself, the ghost, was offline. It was a mystery why a ghost would go to sleep; Miss Fox truly couldn't understand this newcomer. Incidentally, Noelle's ghost identity had always piqued Miss Fox's curiosity; she'd long wanted to study ghosts. Maybe she could even use their heads as a ball.

It's a pity that the chat group still doesn't have the time travel feature. I don't know if it needs an upgrade or if some conditions haven't been met, such as needing a certain number of participants.

Based on experience with various chat group novels, the first time a feature is released, it usually starts with the number 10.

What chat group has 10 members? What level of combat power have the 10 members in this chat group reached? What is the average strength level of the 10 members in this chat group? And so on.

"How many people are in the chat group now?"

"By the way, don't chat groups usually display the skill levels of the members or something like that?"

"Could it be that when Gou Qingshan was the group admin, he turned this off to prevent his strength from being exposed or something?"

Bored, Miss Fox scrolled through the chat group's settings, unsure whether the features were disabled or if group members had limited privileges. She found only a few basic functions.

Setting up pop-up permissions, setting up notifications for specially followed members when they come online, setting up ringing alarms, etc., are all pretty useless features.

"Fox, fox, fox, fox, fox, fox—!!!" Suddenly, a jumble of noises came from outside Miss Fox's room, growing louder as it approached.

And the voice calling her name immediately told Miss Fox that it belonged to the captain of Blue Rose—Lahagi, the beautiful girl who looked dignified but was actually quite impulsive.

Bang!

"What's wrong, Lajus? Is it that you can't suppress the dark power in your ancestral greatsword again?" So the fox lady, whose door was violently opened, remained calm and even pulled out the lollipop she was licking to answer.

Just a few nights ago, when Miss Fox woke up in the middle of the night because of the heat and was about to take a shower, she heard Lajus in her room, her face contorted in pain. She was holding her black greatsword in one hand and covering her eyes with the other, trembling. She was muttering something about how the Dark Sword, which was said to be inhabited by a demon, possessed powerful dark energy that backfired on her as its host on the night of the full moon. She then said that she had overcome the backlash with her strong will and bloodline, and that she was looking forward to the next time.

It sounded quite interesting, so Miss Fox recorded it.

"What! You heard that!?" Lajus exclaimed in surprise, her face turning bright red.

"Fox, fox, please don't tell them! Please!"

I don't need to tell your teammates; they were all right next to her at the time. They even discussed whether you had any problems.

However, Miss Fox didn't say it aloud. Instead, she looked Lajus up and down in surprise, now dressed in a gorgeous outfit, and asked curiously, "Wow, Lajus, are you going to some kind of banquet dressed like that? A banquet held in broad daylight?"

"Ah! Yes! I've come to take you, Fox, to see someone! Come with me!"

"But I've been told I can't leave here, and I'm still a suspect..." After all, Miss Fox wasn't very assertive, and she even dared to make demands on those people, even though they were high-ranking adventurers.

Although this is mainly because Miss Fox is a bit of a homebody, what more could she ask for with a soft, big bed?

"Why bother with them! Fox, you didn't even go out that day. They just want your lollipop and popsicle recipes! Come on! I'll take you to see a big shot!" With that, he grabbed Miss Fox's hand and forcefully dragged her away.

Completely disregarding others, she ran wildly through the streets in her finest attire...

"A big shot..." Because she was intrigued, Miss Fox did not resist and let them drag her toward the palace.

"I have a feeling I'm about to get involved in some kind of plot again..."

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Chapter Ninety-Eight: Poor at Socializing

"Um..."

Miss Fox picked up the black tea on the table and took a small sip. She glanced at Lajus beside her and then at Princess Lana Thiel Shardon Lyle Vansef opposite her.

Yeah, the name is really long; Miss Fox can only remember it now. So, does that mean in isekai (another world) stories, royal names always have to be long?

Also, it seems like everyone present has blond hair. Come to think of it, the entire Blue Rose is all blond; this captain might be a blond hair enthusiast.