Olivia and I woke up late. We had a block of meat and ran to school. We arrived right before our teacher arrived.
Rebecca, who was in front of me, conversed with me. "Did you hear? Our school will receive an assignment."
"Assignment???" Olivia didn't hear the word that Rebecca had said.
"Don't we always do something during class? What is the big difference?" Ms. Colorful always made us fight something, and I don't see what was so different from this assignment we're getting.
"The school would decide this one. Which means we would get rewards for finishing them. But our punishment would be harsh." Olivia had freaked out when she heard the word punishment.
Let's hope that our assignment allowed us to work in groups. "Is the school even allowed to punish the exchange student?"
"If you mess up in your assignment, you probably will."
Before we could talk more, our teacher walked in. Ms. Colorful was more severe than usual. If anyone made a noise, they would be destroyed by her.
"Everyone!" Her tone caught our attention, which was usually elegant and arrogant, and was now gone.
"Today, we will be doing our monthly special mission. It has been four months since all of you gained the ability to grow your magic." Monthly mission? So will we do one for next month and the one after?
"You could either do these missions alone or in groups." That was good. I don't want to be a worried mother if Olivia is off alone doing something that could be too hard for her.
"After finishing these missions, you would get the reward given by the mission you choose if there was an indication of a mission you chose with a penalty. You will be penalized by the mission that will be given."
"To find a mission, you must head to the mission hall on the other side of the school."
"Once you pick a mission, the mission for one chosen would be closed. The first one to pick it would get priority to the mission chosen." So if we get there first, we could pick a mission immediately.
"Classes would be canceled every first day of the month. You are now free to choose a mission." Our teacher left saying those words.
"Olivia, head home first. I will choose one right away." I could see some students making a run for it. Not only the first years would have to pick. But the second, third and fourth would need to choose.
I then dashed out of the room, leaving Olivia inside. She should be home by the time I choose a mission that both of us could complete.
It was unfair how the second, third, and fourth years had an advantage of knowing this before us.
I was first in my year, but the others would come in soon. Looking around at the request made, many of them stood out.
Eliminate the bandits that have been robbing our village. The reward was fifty gold with the bandit boss at the second rank mage. The penalty was forty gold upon failure.
Most of the requests made were from the area outside of the school. It was nice to see how the school treated us like a handyman.
Looking at the most promising request, I took it right away and headed to the receptionist handling the mission requested by the people.
I felt terrible for the receptionist having to deal with almost a thousand of us for the day. "I would like to take this mission."
"May I have your name and your group member?"
"Charlie from Class 1S and Olivia from Class 1S" It was only me and Olivia that would take this mission on.
"Are you sure? I recommend two more students from your grade to take this on." It may be hard for an average student, but I was pretty sure I could do this alone.
"I'm prepared for the consequences of the failures of my action." The consequences of the mission weren't that bad. At most, we would have to pay for one day worth of working in a food stall, which means 100 gold coins.
The receptionist saw that I was determined to take on this request. It is not like she can entirely reject it, even if we were students. In the end, we are adults.
Signing the papers, "The mission is now yours. Please finish it as soon as possible." I planned to do so.
The room with first-year students as I left the mission hall. Walking back home, Olivia should be there at the moment.
Arriving, I saw Olivia standing outside the door and sitting on a nearby bench. "You could have waited for me outside."
"Sorry, I was a bit curious about what mission you had chosen."
"I had chosen an easy one. The only problem would be how far we had to travel."
"Which one did you choose?"
"It is a mission to transport an essential item." While it may be shady, I heard the group we were transporting had an outstanding reputation.
"The reward is two platinum coins per person." Almost six weeks' worth of our sales.
"Isn't that too much for us? What if we have to fight something too strong for us."
"Most strong monsters only stay in their hideout. Even if a fourth-rank monster had appeared, I could easily distract it." I wasn't overconfident, and my power was proof of it.
"Our mission starts tomorrow. It is estimated that we would be traveling back and forth for ten days." Which means we could see other parts of the world freely.
"Which means no sex for this trip." I thought Olivia would feel devastated by this. It would be good if she could have reasonable self-control.
"We could buy a noise-canceling artifact." ... Man, she is a genius when she needed it to be.
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