"Finally arrived at Crossbell!"

Walking into the city gate, the girl with brown twin tails raised her hands happily and cheered. The black-haired boy beside her smiled helplessly and sighed.

"There's no need to be so exaggerated."

"Of course, although I have long heard that Crossbell is a beautiful city, I didn't expect it to be even more beautiful than I imagined. Look, is that the Starlight Tower?"

The brown-haired girl excitedly grabbed the black-haired boy's hand and pointed at the tall tower in the distance that reached into the sky.

"It's really high. I didn't expect to see such a tall tower on the ground, and those huge airships..."

"Estil, let's go to the Guerrilla Association first."

Seeing the excitement of the brown-haired girl, the black-haired boy smiled bitterly and tried to dissuade her.

"Don't forget, we are still traveling."

"Ah, um... ugh... I also want to go to the Starlight Technology Headquarters here... Forget it, let's go to the Guerrilla Association first."

It is not difficult to find out the location of the Guerrilla Association, but what puzzles Estelle and Joshua is that after hearing that they came to find the Guerrilla Association and that they were guerrillas, many people

Everyone showed some weird expressions. But even so, they still enthusiastically showed the way to the two of them, and it didn't take long for Estelle and Joshua to arrive at the Guerrilla Association on East Street.

but……………

"what happened?"

When you walk into the door, the first thing you see is a crowd of people coming and going, but these are not commissioned people or guerrillas. On the contrary, they just look like ordinary workers. I saw these people packing items and carrying out cartons.

The room looks like it's being moved.

……………move place?!

"oops?"

At this moment, a strong man dressed like a girl behind the counter saw Estelle and Joshua and suddenly smiled.

"I'm so sorry, are you the client? Sorry, we can't work at the moment..."

"No, no, no, we are guerrillas!"

Although she was frightened by the aura of the man in front of her when they met, Estelle still hurried to the counter and shouted loudly.

"We are here to report..."

"Ah, by the way, I received a call..."

After hearing the two people talking, the man showed an expression of sudden realization, but soon he looked at the two people with a helpless smile.

"I'm really sorry. I should have informed you earlier and made you make this trip in vain..."

"No, no, no, it's nothing. I want to know, what is going on?"

"This..."

Upon hearing Estelle's inquiry, the cross-dressing man sighed, and then he glanced at the hall in front of him with melancholy.

"...Although it's hard to say it,...the Crossbell branch of the Guerrilla Association is about to be completely closed."

"Hey... Hey hey hey!!!?"

Hearing this, Estil immediately screamed.

At the same time, a lazy voice sounded from outside the door.

"Why does this voice sound so familiar to me? It turns out to be Estelle. You haven't gotten rid of this habit of being surprised?"

Fang Zheng walked in while rubbing his ears and complained at the same time.

"Mr. Founder!"

Seeing Fang Zheng, Estil screamed again, but she quickly reacted, waved her hand to him, and then hurriedly turned her head to look at the man in cross-dressing again.

"What's going on? Why is the Crossbell Association closing?"

"Because there is no business."

The cross-dressing man sighed helplessly again.

"No business? How is this possible? Don't you think the citizens of Crossbell don't need the help of guerrillas?"

"hehe."

Facing Estil's inquiry, the man dressed as a woman smiled, and then he looked at Fang Zheng.

"You'd better ask the consul about this matter."

“…………………???”

"Okay, come up here. I just have something to ask you."

Fang Zheng unceremoniously commandeered the second floor of the Guerrilla Association, and then he, Ellie, Estelle, and Joshua went to the conference room on the second floor. Later, Fang Zheng also heard about it from Estelle.

The reason why they came here.

"So you are here to train to become full-fledged guerrillas... Didn't you perform well in the Ring of Radiance incident? Isn't that enough?"

"Of course not, Mr. Fangzheng."

Joshua hurriedly explained.

"Although our branch in Liber has been recognized, as guerrillas we still need more experience. Basically we have to go to all branches..."

"The guerrillas are really troublesome..."

Hearing Joshua's answer, Fang Zheng couldn't help but clicked his tongue. It's a good thing that I chose the promising career of assassin back then, otherwise I wouldn't be able to help people find cats in any corner now.

"But you are really unlucky. The Crossbell Guerrilla Association has been determined to be abolished."

"W-why is this?"

"Didn't you just tell me the reason? Estelle?"

Fang Zheng looked at Estelle with a smile.

"Because the citizens of Crossbell no longer need the help of guerrillas."

"……………Why?"

Hearing this unexpected answer, Estelle couldn't help but be stunned.

"In Liber, people may go to the Guerrilla Association for help when they have difficulties, but in Crossbell, even children now know that when they have difficulties, they go to the police... So the guerrillas have been replaced, so the guerrillas

The association has no meaning anymore."

Fangzheng spread his hands.

"Without anyone to entrust it, the Guerrilla Association can't make money. If it can't make money, it can't keep running. If it can't keep running, it has to close down. It's very simple."

"Ugh..."

Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, Estelle pouted in dissatisfaction.

"That guy called the police, why are you taking our guerrillas' jobs?"

"What do you mean by taking your jobs?"

Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"The police are responsible for maintaining public order in the city. Naturally, they have to help the people and maintain order. This is their job."

"But, it's not like this in other places..."

Estelle was so anxious that she was speechless. Although she was not very smart and could not understand what Fang Zheng said, she knew that her career seemed to be in crisis!

"That's right, it's not like this in other places yet...well, except for the empire. But, why do you think it won't be like this in other places?"

Fang Zheng leaned on the chair and looked at the two people.

"By the way, for the sake of your good relationship with me, I need to remind you that maybe in a few decades, the guerrilla profession will completely disappear from the continent of Samria."

"This is impossible!!!"

Hearing this, Estil immediately slammed the table and jumped up, while Joshua also hurriedly held her down.

"Estil, please don't be impulsive. Listen to what Mr. Fangzheng says."

"Ugh...okay."

Faced with Joshua's persuasion, Estil reluctantly nodded, then sat down and looked at Fang Zheng angrily. Fang Zheng laughed, and then spoke.

"Don't feel wronged. In fact, this is our job. Strictly speaking, the guerrillas are the ones who stole our job."

"………Why?"

"Let's put it this way, you should know that citizens have tax obligations."

"this……………"

Estelle and Joshua looked at each other and nodded.

"Then do you know where the citizens' tax money is used?"

"Woo..."
To be continued...