"What!" Earl Vidal stood up excitedly and hurried to Eve's room. He was so excited that he didn't even notice that a shoe had fallen off.

"Let's follow too." The three girls walked in a long stride, chasing the Earl's footsteps.

As he opened the door, Earl Vidal saw his daughter, who had been sleeping for a long time, leaning on the pillow and gazing at the moon outside the window.

When she heard rushing footsteps coming in, Eve turned her head and looked at her father, who had tears in his eyes.

"Lord Father..."

"Eve!"

Count Vidal stepped forward and held Eve's hand, tears streaming down his cheeks uncontrollably. He hadn't heard her daughter's voice for such a long time.

The Earl reached out and stroked Eve's emaciated face to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes. Even if there were thousands of words he wanted to say, he didn't know how to express them.

"It seems that Miss Vidal's condition is still stable. Let's go! let the two of them stay for a while." The three of them returned to the living room and waited.

"Captain, do you think the president will treat us a little bit better after we complete the entrusted mission this time?"

"Better?" Aurora shook her head without even sparing a second thought. "Considering the old man's bad temper, if he got the chance, he would just crush me to death."

"Hey... I always feel so troublesome when I think about confronting the president later." Claudia slumped on the sofa with a look of lovelessness.

"Hey, you said it wrongly. It's not that we're going against him, but the old man is so petty and trying to pick up trouble with us. We just pay him back with interest. Remember that."

Aurora emphasized that, as a good citizen, she never caused trouble for others unless other people went to trouble her first. Live with a good attitude!

"Yes, yes, yes, whatever you said is right, Captain... but anyway, you said you're going to solve the problem with the base, but how exactly will you do that?"

"You'll know soon, no matter what, you just have to trust me."

After chatting for a while, the door of the living room was suddenly pushed open, and Earl Vidal walked in from the outside with red eyes. When he came to Aurora, he bowed deeply to her. "Lady Aurora, thank you very much for your help this time to rescue Eve. Thank you very much!"

After a careful examination, the priest confirmed that Eve was only a little weak because of her previous illness, and it wouldn't be long before her body recovered to its original healthy state.

[Ding! Congratulations to player Aurora for completing the mission—rescue Lady Vidal]

It's coming!

Hearing the notification of clearing the mission, Aurora's lips raised involuntarily.

Soon, Bastian entered the room with two servants, dragging trays tightly covered with red cloth, hiding what was inside from outsiders' gaze.

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But Aurora, who had known about the reward beforehand, was already feeling really excited.

"This is a little present from me. I hope Lady Aurora won't refuse it."

Earl Vidal removed the red cloth, revealing a bulging money bag, a scroll of sheepskin, and a sapphire ring neatly prepared on top of the tray.

"This is?" Despite knowing what it was, Aurora still pretended to be puzzled and asked.

"This is the promised reward… as well as the baron's title certificate and a baron's manor title deed."

"Baron title's certificate?! a manor's deed??!"

Claudia covered her mouth to prevent herself from exclaiming, she was so shocked that she nearly fainted on the spot. Her leader was going to become a noble!!

As an Arrentia Kingdom citizen, she was very clear about what being noble meant.

For example, President Henrick might be able to make things difficult or slander Aurora before she acquired status as a noble, but after she became one, he had to weigh it carefully before acting like he was before. After all, slandering or insulting a noble could grant him a severe punishment, even a death sentence.

So, would Captain accept this title?

Claudia secretly looked at Aurora, anxiously waiting for her answer.

"Since Earl Vidal has said so, it'll be rude for me to refuse again and again, so I'll gladly accept this present." Aurora agreed without hesitation.

After all, the current situation was different from the one with the merchant. The system had already given out mission rewards from the very beginning. Once she opened her mouth to refuse, the system would directly cancel the reward by default. She absolutely couldn't accept such a result.

It was impossible to work for nothing, wasn't it?!

She didn't care a dime about the title, what she cared about was the Baron's Manor that followed!

If she tried to act polite and refuse first before eventually accepting it, the system would take away all the rewards, even the mansion, and they would miss the new mercenary group's base!

Oblivious to what Aurora thought, Claudia's eyes dimmed and she exhaled a long sigh after seeing Aurora gladly accept the offer. 'Really… what am I even thinking… isn't it obvious that she will accept it? After all, who will refuse to be a noble?'

After Aurora wore the sapphire ring that symbolized the baron's status, Earl Vidal's eyes showed satisfaction. "The manor's address is stated on this title deed, Baronesses Silverburg can go and check it."

Aurora frowned slightly when she heard him address her by her family name; after all, she had never told the Earl her full name before, so how did he know? Was it also the working of the game system? What exactly was the relationship between the system and this world?

Well, there's no need to think about it right now, let's leave first.

"Well Earl Vidal, it's already getting late now. Since we don't want to affect your rest, we will take our leave first and visit you another day."

Aurora put one hand on her chest and slightly bowed her head to bid her farewell, then left the Earl's mansion under Bastian's guidance.

Claudia followed Aurora with her head down and remained silent along the way.

"What's wrong with you, Claudia?"

"Captain..." Claudia stopped and clutched the corner of her clothes tightly with her fingers, took a few deep breaths, and mustered up the courage to look up into her eyes, "Will you leave the mercenary group, Captain?"

"Why do you think so?" Aurora held her chin and looked at Claudia playfully, wondering what kind of weird thoughts were in her little head.

"Captain is a baroness now! Now you have a title, you won't stay at the mercenary group anymore!"

Oh, so that's it…

"Are you an idiot?"

"Eeeh?"

Aurora reached out and grabbed Claudia's cheek, pulling slightly. Meanwhile, Claudia, whose cheek was pulled and stretched like a piece of bread dough, couldn't understand why her captain called her an idiot? Wasn't it normal to have a title to enjoy blessings?

"Who said that if you have a title, you can't continue to lead the mercenary guild? Which article in the Mercenary Association states that nobles are not allowed to be a leader of a mercenary group?"

"That..." Not knowing how to answer the question, Claudia simply rubbed her swollen cheeks and pouted. "But I never heard of a noble serving as the leader of a mercenary group. After all, a mercenary is a hard, tiring, and dangerous profession."

Aurora pointed to herself. "Isn't there one in front of you now? Don't worry, if I really want to relax, I won't agree to Captain Gard's request from the start."

Claudia's eyes lit up upon hearing Aurora's words, and she nodded heavily with a smile on her face again.

"Then where are we going next?"

"Of course, we are going to our new base." Aurora turned around and strode toward the location described in the title deed.