207 Quest System Anomaly (1/2)
Clues about the queen?
Roland looked to his left and right. There were pedestrians all around him, all seemingly normal, nothing unusual at all.
Why was this secondary quest suddenly updated?
He hadn't done anything himself.
He was confused when suddenly there was a cry from the front: ”Mijil!”
A graceful woman rushed over and hugged the little girl, crying.
Roland, on the other hand, continued to check his surroundings, or see if there was anyone special nearby.
But for the time being, there was no one to be seen.
The quest was updated, which meant that there must be a clue to the missing queen nearby.
At this time, an obese middle-aged man came over, he stood in front of Roland with some apprehension and said, ”Sir, it was you who sent Mijil back, wasn't it?”
Roland nodded. He had little desire to talk to this man and was inspecting the surroundings, afraid of missing something abnormal.
This middle-aged man had a very average appearance, with a mustache and a very average male face, the extremely ordinary kind.
When he saw that Roland didn't say anything, he gritted his teeth and continued to ask, ”Sir, if Mijil is sent back, will those men from the Shadow Guild still come to trouble me?”
”I didn't know what troubles there were between you.” Roland's gaze finally turned to the middle-aged man, who looked a little confused. ”I just saw on the street that Mijil was about to get killed and went to save her.”
When the middle-aged man heard this, his face became unhappy. ”Sir… this, you're a bit….”
Hmm? Roland looked at the other party somewhat strangely.
The middle-aged man felt uncomfortable all over after being stared at by Roland like that, but he still said forcefully, ”Sir, we owe money to the Shadow Guild, and they wouldn't have bothered us if they'd taken Mijil, but you sent her back again….”
The middle-aged man didn't say the next words, but Roland understood that the former felt him a nuisance for being nosy.
Roland's mood suddenly turned sour.
The woman who was holding Mijil crouched on the ground and cried out as she heard this. ”You're crazy, how can you be willing to sell Mijil. Didn't you hear that they were going to beat Mijil to death?”
The middle-aged man, however, was even angrier. He practically jumped up and shouted, ”If we didn't let the Shadow Guild take her, were we going to let them take Cruz and Gawain? Or take you to pay our debts as a strumpet for them?”
The middle-aged woman was dumbfounded for a moment, unable to speak, and could only weep silently. Then she hugged her daughter even harder.
Mijil looked to be six years old, and she could already understand a lot of things.
She also understood that her parents didn't seem to want her anymore, and suddenly her little face blanched and tears fell down in heaps.
He didn't know anything about the cause and effect but simply felt that neither parents were qualified at all.
After some thought, he walked over, took the little girl's hand, and said, ”Come on, I'll take you with me first, and I'll find a place for you to settle.”
The woman let go of Mijil and turned to wipe her tears.
The middle-aged obese man was relieved.
Roland pulled the little girl away. It was not a good idea to think about the quest in this situation, so he simply gave up for now.
The little girl very obediently let Roland lead her, but she looked back from time to time as she walked away, watching her parents gradually grow distant, her tears flowing more and more profusely.
However, she never cried out.
Roland pretended not to see anything and tensed his face, but in reality, he felt awful.
After walking for a while, he suddenly cried out inwardly in surprise. He stopped and used his mind to open the system notification.
Secondary quest renewed: Find the Kidnapped Queen.
Secondary quest: Mediate failed.
Hmm?
Roland looked behind him, his eyebrows quirked as he retreated a few steps with Mijil.
As he had predicted, the quest was refreshed again.
Secondary quest renewed: Clues About the Queen.
As expected, this was the quest area.