diff --git a/src/client/ui/hud-manager.ts b/src/client/ui/hud-manager.ts
index 7904295..7622d2f 100644
--- a/src/client/ui/hud-manager.ts
+++ b/src/client/ui/hud-manager.ts
@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ export class HudManager {
   /** Server-authoritative death / mercenary / party / trade state synced by `HudModel`. */
   isDead = false
   merc: any = null
-  hireList: any[] = []
-  mercHireList: any[] = []
+  hireList: readonly any[] = []
+  mercHireList: readonly any[] = []
   partyMembers: any[] = []
   summonPortraits: any[] = []
   trade: any = null
diff --git a/src/client/ui/world-panels.ts b/src/client/ui/world-panels.ts
index 94ddaab..f4161f8 100644
--- a/src/client/ui/world-panels.ts
+++ b/src/client/ui/world-panels.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import {
   type VendorNpcId,
   getTownNpcDescriptorByName,
   getTownNpcDescriptorByVendorId,
+  getTownNpcDescriptorByHcIdx,
   getLocalizedNpcName,
   getLocalizedNpcGreetings,
 } from '../../common/units/npc-table.ts'
@@ -863,8 +864,8 @@ export class WorldPanelsHud {
   private _activePanel: WorldPanelType = 'none'
   isDead = false
   merc: any = null
-  hireList: any[] = []
-  mercHireList: any[] = []
+  hireList: readonly any[] = []
+  mercHireList: readonly any[] = []
   hireScrollOffset = 0
   hireSelectedIndex = -1
   hireHoveredIndex: number | null = null
@@ -3686,7 +3687,7 @@ export class WorldPanelsHud {
     // Warning text: "This Mercenary will replace your current one." (VerifyTransaction9)
     const warnText = lookupTbl('VerifyTransaction9', this.lang) ?? (this.lang === 'ENG' ? 'This Mercenary will replace your current one.' : '這個傭兵會換掉前一位。')
     if (font) {
-      this.drawWrappedText(ctx, font, warnText, cx + 24, cy + 32, confirmW - 48, 16, 4, 'font16', 'gold', 'center')
+      this.drawWrappedText(ctx, font, warnText, cx + 24, cy + 32, confirmW - 48, 16, 4, 'fontformal12')
     } else {
       fillTextSafe(warnText, cx + 24, cy + 32, '#e8c26b')
     }
diff --git a/src/client/world/client-world.ts b/src/client/world/client-world.ts
index 1d9f947..c0cb20a 100644
--- a/src/client/world/client-world.ts
+++ b/src/client/world/client-world.ts
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ export class ClientWorld {
           this._containers.clearShop()
           this._npcInteraction = { ...cur, npcId: cmd.npcId, window: 'gamble', activeWindow: 'gamble' }
         } else if (cmd.action === 3) {
-          this._npcInteraction = { ...cur, npcId: cmd.npcId, window: 'hire', activeWindow: 'hire' }
+          this._npcInteraction = { ...cur, npcId: cmd.npcId, window: 'none', activeWindow: 'hire' }
         }
         break
       case 'NpcCancel':