These Familiars Are Strange-Chapter 106: Rival (1)

I turned to see that it was An Xue Yun who gave this cough, though I already expected as much.

After she gave this cough, she continued by saying, "While you do have some strong references, I want to make it clear that you are a new Explorer. Those references that you have aren’t enough for us to upgrade your rank that easily, so you won’t be able to take the same request as them. After all, their ranks are much higher than yours."

The smile on Iris’ face slowly faded when she heard this and she turned around to look at An Xue Yun.

An Xue Yun didn’t seem to mind that Iris was looking in her direction as she looked right back at her.

The two of them just stared at each other in silence for a bit before Iris finally said, "Then you’re saying that I’m not allowed to go to the same dungeon as him?"

An Xue Yun didn’t say anything at first, but then she said, "That is if they agree to take you into their party and register this mission together. Of course, they have no reason to do that since you’re at a lower rank than them in the first place."

The implications of her words were clear and that made Iris knit her brows slightly.

The two of them just stared at each other for a bit like this which created a tense atmosphere.

Eventually, Iris turned to look at me and said, "Is it alright for me to join your party?"

I was surprised to hear this since I didn’t think that she would ask me this calmly.

However, before I could answer, An Xue Yun said, "There’s no need for you to accept, you should know that. There is a rule that higher ranked people don’t have to take lower ranked people into the dungeons with them."

The rule that she was referring to was a different rule than what she was describing.

After all, the Explorer Association didn’t limit Explorers from taking dungeons since it went against what they had been established for.

The rule that she was referring to was one that didn’t allow higher ranked Explorers to bring lower ranked Explorers into dungeons with them unless they had explicit approval from the lower ranked Explorer.

It was a rule that was created to protect the lower ranked Explorers.

It was so that higher ranked Explorers couldn’t trick lower ranked Explorers into going with them into higher ranked dungeons that were dangerous for them.

It was also to prevent higher ranked Explorers from doing anything to lower ranked Explorers, such as robbing them or even worse.

But the way that An Xue Yun said this was almost as if she was turning the rule around.

I really didn’t know how to feel about this.

In the end though, I said, "It’s fine, she can come with us."

I knew that it was more trouble to reject Iris than it was to take her with us.

Not to mention, she had shown her strength before and I was curious about how much stronger she had become. She was the daughter of two World Summoners, so even if she seemed weak before, she shouldn’t be weak forever…

An Xue Yun almost seemed disappointed when she heard what I said, but she eventually gave a nod to show that she acknowledged this.

Iris didn’t say anything either as she just turned to look at An Xue Yun with a smile.

The way that she smiled at her was almost as if she was saying…that she was victorious.

An Xue Yun slightly knitted her brows, but that quickly disappeared as she turned back to say to me with a smile, "Right, thank auntie for me for the recipe that she sent last night. I tried it and it really was delicious."

"Huh?" I was surprised to hear this before saying, "You’ve been texting my mom?"

"That’s right, we exchanged numbers at the hospital that day and we’ve been texting for a while." Though she was looking at me when she said this, it really seemed like she was saying this for someone else.

And there was someone that reacted to these words.

Iris deeply knitted her brows after hearing this as if she wasn’t happy with what An Xue Yun said.

But in the end, she relaxed her brows and said, "We should go and find a dungeon to go into before it gets too late. We don’t have all day to spend chatting here with this employee."

She was about to grab my hand to pull me away to the board, but An Xue Yun interrupted by saying, "I’ve already got one for him right here. There’s no need for you to go anywhere."

Iris turned to look at An Xue Yun with narrowed eyes before saying, "Who knows if the dungeon you chose is any good. It’s better if we take a look for ourselves."

She wanted to pull me away as she said this, but I didn’t follow her.

Instead, I said, "Actually, I trust An Xue Yun’s choice."

How could I not?

The last one that An Xue Yun gave me was a Quest Dungeon…

There’s no telling what she would give me this time.

Iris turned around to look at me as if she had been betrayed, but then she turned back to look at An Xue Yun to say, "What is the dungeon that you’ve found?"

An Xue Yun didn’t do anything when Iris asked her this, almost as if she didn’t hear her.

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This made Iris look like she was even more annoyed with her.

I didn’t say anything while this was happening since I could already guess what was happening.

But of course, it was better for me if I didn’t engage…

"Boss, how do you know her?" Wang Rong asked in a low voice while this was happening.

I didn’t get a chance to answer as someone cut in all of a sudden.

"Iris, this is where you were!"