Chapter 109

"So, is this all of the nominated requests that were sent to me, right?" Ludger's eyebrows twitched as he saw the mountains of requests in front of him.

"Do you know how hard it was to sort out all of the nominate requests that you received as it was all were sent to the adventurer guild? Do you want to look at the malicious or suspicious quests that the guild workers need to read before? They could only sort half of it and I still need to look at it because of that person's order. Please stop attracting those people and act more low profile." Hudson said with a frustrated tone.

"Huh?! But didn't I always act as low profile as possible every day? Is this because I was too talented? I never thought that even with all of my hard work to be unnoticed by other people, I was still unable to hide my brilliance." Ludger asked with a dumbfounded expression before acting as if it was something he was unable to do anything about it.

"Y-You!!! How could you say that you are acting low profile when you are acting like that?! Where in the world do you learn something like that?! Oh my goodness, talking to you will only make me hit something because I can't even hit you as I still want to live in this city peacefully even after I retire." Hudson angrily said as he clenched his hands tightly.

"Alright, alright. I won't say anything about it again. But I think I could only receive half of these or I will be in trouble. My Mom and Brother Winslow keep warning me to get more rest. Do you know that they are the only people in this world that I am afraid of?" Ludger said with a troubled expression.

"Hahaha. You really couldn't win them because their cooking is the best in this city, right? Or there are some embarrassing secrets that they have?" Alvera asked with a sly grin on her face.

"My Mom is the person who gave birth and always loved me the most so it was natural for me to be a filial child and always listen to her words. As for Brother Winslow, he was the person who helped and supported me when I was in the hardest time in my past. When I say it like this, he was the first person besides my Mom who cared about me in that hellish place." Ludger said with a sad face.

It is because Ludger feels sad that in the past he didn't realize it and tried to use him at the beginning of their meeting. At that time, as Renneshia, she was too afraid to act normally and trust them as she always thought that she needed to put some distance with them to not hinder her plan. Even when they are able to meet each other again in this city, she still feels a bit guilty for using them for her own gain and plans. 

Ludger who turned back as Renneshia had apologised to them when they were able to talk privately after their reunion in this city. At that time both Winslow and Ancelina said that they were also helped by Renneshia's actions and knowledge as both of them were able to save their family from their misfortune. And they also told Renneshia that they do that because they also love her as their dear Young Lady.

But Ludger's sad expression gives a different impression to the three people who are currently in the third training room. As they never know about Ludger's past and are only able to get some clues from Ludger's words, it was their guess and imagination about it. So, when Ludger talk about his past and makes a sad expression, they feel guilty for reminding him of his horrible past.

"Right! How about you read about the quests and tell me about which request that you will accept for now? They did not write the deadline for the completion of the quest. But I need to inform them that you accept it and might come to their place in a few days." Hudson tried to change the topics and explain about the quest. 

"Then let me read it first. I will give you the answer after I finish it." Ludger replied as he started reading the document in front of him.

As Ludger began to read it, he put all of his concentration on the mountain of documents. Although he hasn't read like this for around two years, he is still able to read as fast as before. In two hours Ludger had finished reading the mountains in front of him. Elviira who shows her new magic to Hudson and the parts that she revises after talking with Ludger before.

"Wow! As expected 'Lord Ludger'! How could you finish all of those documents in such a short time?! Do you really read it all?" Alvera said with an admiring tone and shining eyes as she realized Ludger had finished it all.

"What!?! H-How could you read it that quickly???" Hudson was surprised because he remembered how long he had spent his time to read those documents. 

Clap, clap, clap.

Elviira clapped her hand as she felt that Ludger really finished reading all of it in such a short time. 

"Guild Master, I have decided to take these requests and will finish it this week. Ah right, before I forget about it can you call these two to meet me in the adventurer guild? Can I use the conference room of the adventurer guild to meet them?" Ludger started to separate some of the quest documents into a few groups.

"Hmm? Why do you do that to those documents?" Hudson asked as he was confused by what Ludger did to the documents.

"I separate it as calling every person together in this group will help me to finish my quest quicker." Ludger calmly said as more groups were made.

There are more than ten bundles of documents around Ludger. He divides all of them based on the type of the quest that they give him. Ludger found out that some of it needed to be done together to not trouble him to repeatedly do similar work. Besides to grouping them like this will lessen him to do all of the work.

'Hehehe. Why should I choose the hard way to do it when I will get the same reward when I do it easily?' Ludger thought as he finished his groupings. 

"What are you going to do with grouping them like this?" Hudson asks with a suspicious gaze.

"Didn't you want me to finish it as quickly as possible? This is the quickest method that I could think about when I read their requests. I think it was in the same case and it will be helpful when they meet the other requesters and listen to each other." Ludger vaguely answers.

Of course, Ludger did not dare to tell Hudson about his idea to complete all of the quests. It's not because Ludger will cause a mess to the quests but because of the methods that he will use to complete the quests. Ludger is still not sure about how the requesters of the quests that he accepts as the first quest he will complete. That is also why he chose the smallest group to test his method.

"Haa, how could you do all of it at the same time? Even the first request group is from two different quests. Have you really read it all? Or are you just grouping them by your instinct or the requesters?" Hudson sighed and frustrated asked.

"Why do you think about it like it? You will see my reason for grouping them like this when you call them. I have finished all of my work for today so can you tell me when you will call them?" Ludger calmly said in an easygoing manner.

"Then how about you prove it to me tomorrow morning? I will let them know that you want to meet them right now." Hudson said while looking a Ludger's expression.

"Alright. Then I will go back now because I have promised them to always return to Red Dawn before the busy time. You know how difficult for me to enter the Red Dawn when it is the busy time" Ludger said with a bitter smile on his face.

It had happened before as it gave Ludger had some bad memories and as the fans started to ask for his autograph and shake their hands like a fan meeting. But it was without any schedule so there is no end of it. In the end, Ludger feels really tired after he is finally able to enter the Red Dawn restaurant but that's not the end because his mother and Brother Winslow are angry at him for breaking his promise and he needs to explain the reason before they forgive him.

Ludger said his farewell to them and went back to the Red Dawn restaurant. Ludger thought that he would be able to take some rest after he arrived at the place that he could call as home, the Red Dawn restaurant. But sadly life is not going as he wishes because when he arrives at the Red Dawn restaurant, he sees some people that he hopes he won't see as he hasn't prepared himself to interact with them.

"Hi, 'Lord Ludger'! Finally, we are able to find you! We have a hard time finding your whereabouts but luckily we are able to find this restaurant. Hey, could you tell me why you always help in this restaurant every day? Oh my goodness! When I saw you again, I agreed with what they told me that you really have a mesmerizing beautiful face. It was too dreamy." The young lady with a mage outfit said while looking at Ludger's face with a dazed look.