Video game I Can Turn Waste Into Treasure novel Chapter 33

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She had tens of thousands of gold now, but money could never be enough.

If she saw something good next time, it could all be gone in an instant.

After the woman finished the registration and Andrea confirmed it, she finally went ashore.

Andrea climbed about eighty feet up the stone steps and encountered a checkpoint.

Town residents needed to show a wooden token to pass.

Non–residents had to register for an identity token at a nearby booth before entering the city.

Andrea got in line behind several Birdfolks. She mentally nicknamed them “Birdfolk.”

She guessed they were some kind of avian monsters.

Even though she was the only one in line without wings, none of the other Birdfolks paid her any attention.

Andrea guessed that, to the NPCs, she currently looked like Orion–also a monster.

To better fit the image, she took out her small golden horn and hung it on her belt.

After waiting about 20 minutes, it was finally her turn.

Name, species, occupation, and reason for visiting?” the registrar asked without looking up.

Name: Orion. Species: Horn Beast. Occupation: Chef. I’m here to look for work,” Andrea answered as required

Since she needed to find the recipe book, using her current occupation to investigate restaurants might vield some clues

First, pay 100 gold.”

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Andrea thought, ‘Why did I have to pay right away?‘

The 100 gold coins is for job placement. Hurry up, there’s a long line behind you, the registrat urges imparer

Is this official?” Andrea asked hesitantly.

This felt like a shady agency.

Official Directly government–run. Here’s our authorization” The registrar handed over a piece of paper stumped in

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Then she received a letter of introduction with a trap on it

The letter was short but she still couldn’t read it

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Ashe flew over, he cast a large shadow over her.

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was a man or a woman.

Had some player been caught?

Were these Birdfolks aggressive monster NPCs?

Just then, a squad of Birdfolks patrol officers came running up from beheid.i

“You up there! Get down! The city is a no–fly zone! You’re getting a habid he lead officer shouted as he ran.

But the one in the sky didn’t stop. He flew even faster and soon disappeared from sight,

Andrea watched the commotion but didn’t slow her pace.

It was getting late. She needed to at least check in today.

Following the map, she soon arrived at a lively street.

Monsters of all kinds crowded the sidewalks, and shops bredert both sides.

She took out a small piece of salmon and ate a few bites es refrefuel.

She didn’t know when she’d get dinner tonight.br.

After the salmon, she pulled out some small waterreniccion chunks and popped them into her mouth

Not wanting to draw attention, she swallowed the seeds too.

She ate as she walked.

Suddenly, she felt something bump into hernance

She looked down and saw a green hind kut now hpped onto its back at her teet

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But when she tried to lift her foot, she couldn’t.

The green–haird kid looked up at her with big, innocent eyes, clinging to her leg.

When she stopped moving, it began to climb up her body.

It scrambled onto her arm and settled into the crook of her elbow.

Then it patted her on the shoulder. “Mister, please take me home. Thanks.”

Andrea froze for a moment, then twitched the corner of her mouth.

So Orion’s a guy. She had no idea what she even looked like right now.

She was slowly figuring out the rules of this NPC disguise.

During the experience period, she looked like the NPC to NPCs, and like herself to players.

Moreover, NPCs would only remember the identity she used when she first met them.

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“I don’t have time right now. I need to go to work. Can you get home by yourself? Or I can ask one of the patrol officers to take you?” Andrea explained patiently.

“We’re going the same way! Let’s go!” The kid urged, still holding onto her shoulder.

‘Fine.’ She couldn’t refuse it. She carried it as she continued walking and checking her map.

The green–haird kid, seeing how slowly she was moving, started giving her directions.

To her surprise, they exactly matched the route on her map.

She had a vague feeling that this chick knew her.

Could it be…?