Found family

"Hey, don't cut its neck..." I simply said in a whisper as I looked around the room, all of us decided to just attack the snake before it wakes up.

"Yeah!" Alex suddenly shouted, making me turn around in panic.

N-No...

"Alex get away!" I opened a portal behind him and an exit portal near me.

"What, why? The venomfang is dead!" He sounds happy as he steps on the head of the seemingly sleeping venomfang.

"They multiply when you cut them up!" I screamed, and it finally hit on them when the headless body started moving and the head too.

Alex jumped on my portal and appeared behind me.

"Shit... That almost got me, thanks Elise, this is the second time you saved my ass." Alex panted out with a nervous smile.

"Next time, don't be too hasty... There are a lot of monsters that can regenerate." I taught as I started summoning portals here and there to assist the hunters whose specialty is Evocation.

Once the venomfang is complete burned down, we can finally sigh out of relief, "Elise, we'll give you big cash later!" the member who is cutting up the body to get the dungeon crystal shouted, and I smiled at him.

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"How do you want your salary to be in, Elise?" the one in charge of selling the crystals turned to look at me.

We're back in the south branch, waiting for our salary after finishing the mission, "Elise?" He called out again, and I snapped out of my deep thought.

"Ah! I can choose? How much am I getting?"

"We agreed to give you two-thousand coins since you've been of great help this mission, how would you like to have them?" I stood up and walked towards the counter.

"Two-thousand?! That's too much!" I gasped, I've never had so much money in my hands... The most I can get before is one-thousand and twenty...

"Really? You must be living a tough life then." He ruffled my hair and I just laughed nervously.

"Well... Can I have them a five-hundred in gold, five-hundred in silver and the rest in copper?" He nodded at my request and relayed it to the woman behind the counter.

Soon after, he started distributing the punches of money to us, "Excuse me, how much is a D rank dungeon supposed to be?" I asked as I look at the four pouches I'm holding.

"You don't know?" Alex looked at me and shocked, and I nodded shyly.

"A D rank dungeon is supposed to have a minimum of ten-thousand." He answered and I gasped.

Then, I'm taking two-thousand? Then they'll split the rest to the five of them?

"Kid, if I may ask... How old are you?" Alex asked and suddenly, all eyes are on me.

"Oh, me? I just turned nineteen, today is my birthday, actually." I smiled as I show them my birthday on my ID.

They all looked at me in shock and their brows burrowed "Then is hunting just your hobby..?" based on the way Alex said it, they seem to hate people who hunt because it's their hobby.

"Ah, no! Of course not." I waved my hand dismissively, and they looked at me weirdly.

"Then, what are you doing here, little girl? It's your birthday, shouldn't you be spending time with your family?" another member of the crew asked, and I smiled nervously.

"You see... I'm actually an orphan and I just got kicked out of the orphanage after I turned eighteen." I explained, and their faces got filled with worried and sympathetic looks.

"Are you homeless, kid?"

"Ah no! I managed to rent an apartment and pay it monthly without delay using my saved up money! Though, these days, the money I earn from my part times are just not enough..." I rubbed the back of my head while explaining.

Alex sighed, "Give me your phone, I'll put my number in it, and you can call me if you need some financial help from time to time." He put his hand in front of me.

"Me too, kid! I'll help you if you're not sure about the things to buy and how to separate scams from real deals." the one who got us our salaries, Siph, added.

"About that... I don't have a phone." I replied and by how they look, it seems like a few glasses cracked.

Then the middle-aged men in my crew started rubbing my head and patting my shoulders reassuringly "Ha, you poor kid!"

Is... Is it that surprising?!

Alex then kneeled in front of me, "Here, you can have my phone." He placed an expensive looking phone on my palms.

"Ah, no need!" I tried to refuse, but he kept a firm grip on my hand.

"I'll just reformat this for a few seconds then it's all yours." He explained as he pressed on buttons of the phone that is placed on top of my palms.

"I..." I sniffled as I looked at the phone.

"Thank you so much, really..." my voice is shaky as I sniffled and tried to rub my eyes.

The rubs on my head and pats on my shoulders started to get more aggressive as they tried to hush me up.

"Kid, dinner is on me tonight so use that money for your own expenses, okay?" Siph added while pointing at himself proudly.

I smiled and nodded at him.

After Alex is done reformatting the phone he made me close my fingers around it, "Don't lose this, okay? I'll re-register this number to be yours later." He explained and I nodded.

"You all can go ahead, I'll follow along. I'll just register her number." Alex waved at us as we left the south branch building.

The woman behind the glass of the counter cleared her throat as she re-register the number, "The girl just signed in earlier and immediately asked for a mission." while not looking up, the woman tattled.

"That's right, I'm the one that created her ID, she's a really sweet and genuine girl." another woman commented and Alex smiles at their words.

"Then I guess I'm a good judge of character." He chuckled

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