三个女人的秘密工作生活

Chapter 79: The ways of 'The Bridge' part 2

Kayn didn't mind the people who were lining up at the side of the door as they continued to observe him open the door and walk inside the room.

Upon closing the door, he found the room in front of him empty. There were piles and piles of documents stacked on top of each other on the table. But there was nobody around to take care of them.

He was expecting such a sight though as he saw the man who is supposed to be responsible for all of this staying somewhere else.

Observing around the room, he soon saw a flight of stairs leading to the second floor of the Town Hall just a few meters to his right.

"I guess he didn't leave his spot before," Kayn mutters while walking on the stairs. Since Old Chief George is not on the first floor, he could only assume that he is still on the second floor.

Just as he expected, the moment he arrives on the second floor, he immediately spots Old Chief George still looking out the window in front of the Town Hall.

"Excuse me," Kayn made his presence known.

"Mayor Sebastian already informed me a few days ago about your arrival in 'The Bridge'," Old Chief George said as he turns around to face Kayn.

Kayn was instantly rendered shocked after hearing the name of Mayor Sebastian. But he didn't allow it to show on his face and he continued to listen to Old Chief George.

"At first, I didn't believe him because why would the son-in-law of the Mayor of Moon Dragon City, the Capital City of Dragon Beast Republic, come to such a dangerous place, right?"

"However, as soon as you walked into my Village, I realized that he wasn't telling a lie. A person who could have chosen to live a prestigious and easygoing life is actually risking his life to enter 'The Bridge',"

Old Chief George pulled his chair behind the table in front of him and sat on it as he stares solemnly at Kayn, "He told me that if ever you find yourself in my Green Horn Village I have to make sure that you are well provided and nothing dangerous will ever befall you. In other words, he wants you to stay in my Village and only do small tasks. But I wonder if that's also what you want, seeing how eager you were just now from leaving the Town Hall?"

"It's exactly as what you've said," He obviously won't want to just do small tasks while staying in 'The Bridge'. By doing so, it would be no different than just wasting his time. He obviously didn't enter this place just to waste his time.

"To tell you honestly, Sebastian expected your reaction. So, he made a preparation for it," Old Chief George motions his hand for Kayn to sit on the empty chair in front of him.

Kayn went to sit on the chair.

Old Chief George took some pieces of paper from his drawer and starts reading its content, "Bla, bla, bla, bla, bla," He went to the next page, "I want, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla," To the next page, "So that, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla," And finally to the last page, "To achieve, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla,"

"Despite the tens of years I've not seen Sebastian, he seriously still never changes with how long he handles all the matters," Old Chief put the document on the table before looking at Kayn, "To save both of us time, Sebastian wants you to complete a series of tasks first, ranging from easy to hard, before you are permitted to freely explore 'The Bridge',"

"He calls it, The Ways of 'The Bridge'. And in my opinion, following this would bring you more benefit and no harm. Albeit I'll be changing some of the conditions listed here based on my personal experiences so that you'll get the most out of it,"

Kayn was dumbfounded after hearing that. He can't believe Mayor Sebastian has similarly made preparations just like him on his living conditions in 'The Bridge'. If only he knew about this a long time ago, he might have reconsidered making his own preparation. Needless to say, it doesn't mean he agrees with Mayor Sebastian's The Ways of 'The Bridge'.

"As much as I want to be with you in this one, I honestly agree with Mayor Sebastian's so-called The Way of 'The Bridge'," Natas expresses his opinion. "I know we made preparations beforehand on how we can slowly adapt on 'The Bridge'. Regretfully, all of those ideas were based on nothing more than our mere speculations after using the information we have brainstormed together from the experiences we could remember of other people as references,"

"On the contrary, Mayor Sebastian's plan is going to be backed by Old Chief George's real-life experiences. That's going to be a lot more helpful compared to our mere ideas,"

Kayn still felt doubtful. So, he asked, "Can I see the list of tasks?"

"I am afraid, but no," Old Chief George shook his head without any hesitation. "If I let you see it, chances are you are going to skip the easy tasks and go to the next level immediately. Once you are done with them, only then will you go back to the easy tasks. By doing so, they will lose their purpose,"

"Don't worry, I'll be giving you one day's worth of time to consider or possibly try to escape from my Village and go to the neighboring territory, Tenderfoot Village. If you do, I'll take it that you decline and thus I would no longer pursue this matter any further,"

"Your life, your rules," Old Chief George smiles reassuringly as if to express to Kayn that he can do whatever he wants as he doesn't care about his own life.

"While I make some adjustments to Sebastian's The Ways of 'The Bridge. In the meantime, I'll be assigning Gilbert," Old Chief George claps his hand and the receptionist from before immediately walks inside. "To take care of you,"

"I see that we have met again," Gilbert teases.

"Is this your own way of getting back at me?" Kayn wonders.

"Perhaps it is, and perhaps it is not,"

"It seems like the both of you are already on friendly terms with each other,"

"Yes, friends…" Kayn sarcastically utters.

"I never expected that you'll be meeting your match here," Natas shortly chuckles.

"Anyways, here," Old Chief George throws a pouch full of coins to Kayn.

Kayn quickly caught the pouch before asking, "So, I am already getting an allowance?"

"That's not your allowance. You were supposed to get that after you've finished registering your identity in my Village," Old Chief George explains as he looked at Gilbert meaningfully.

"How dare you…" Kayn pointed his finger at Gilbert in disbelief. The latter actually hid such an important matter from him.

"Next time, don't cut me when I am talking, lest you want something like that to happen again to you," Gilbert smiles.

"I'll make sure to take note of that," Kayn clicks his tongue in annoyance.

"Let's meet again here tomorrow, same time, as I will be handling your first task by then," Old Chief George dismisses Kayn and Gilbert.

Without wasting any time, Kayn followed Gilbert to leave the room.

At the moment, the two walked on another stairway to go down to the first floor.

"This is the Staff's Exit. We are using this so that you won't have to worry about those villagers waiting outside the door. And also, so that they will continue to assume you're inside and thus realize that the matter Old Chief George is currently taking care of is very important, hence prompting them to leave eventually and go back tomorrow,"

"What a well-thought plan,"

"That's the reason why Old Chief George assigned me to be your guide,"

"I'm sorry, I am currently poor so I don't have anything to offer to you," Kayn sarcastically muttered.

"Don't worry, I am getting paid enough to do something as minuscule as this,"

Kayn made sure to look at Gilbert from his toe to his head before saying, "You don't seem like you are,"

"Anyways, we don't have all day to keep on bantering with each other. So, where do you plan to take me next?" Kayn immediately cut off any possible response from Gilbert.

This time, it is Gilbert that clicked his tongue in annoyance. He responded, "We will be going to the Green Horn Inn first to settle your room. They tend to get full once dusk hits, so it's recommended to book before then,"

"It's still early," He entered 'The Bridge' really early in the morning. And throughout his journey from where he spawned to the present moment, it only took him more or less an hour or two.

"Early morning on Earth is equal to early noon in 'The Bridge'. The time between the two places doesn't correlate with each other," Gilbert shook his head. "Sadly, we don't have a clock or a way to accurately tell the time in 'The Bridge'. But if my guess is correct, it's probably three in the afternoon right now. So, we only have two hours or so before dusk,"

"We better hurry then,"

"That's the main reason why we are going to the Green Horn Inn first before I start touring you around the Green Horn Village,"

Gilbert opened the door at the end of the stairs and Kayn and he left the Town Hall through the back.