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Birthday party
The weasel, who was in the middle of complaining about his older brother, quickly went in, saying that he too would take a bath every day from today.
When I came out on Thursday, I felt like having a cold beer, so I checked on Kanna, but she was still lying down and sleeping.
Then I grabbed the guy by the back of his neck and headed towards Hannah’s room.
“···Arong?”
Hannah, who was moving her hands up and down as if she was making some kind of pottery, stopped for a moment when she saw me.
After trying hard to ignore the strange pronunciation and handing over the Kanna, he left.
Kua Bao Rou was sitting alone in the hall.
‘The more I look at it, the more I don’t like it.’
There was something bothering me about Kuobarou’s seemingly liberated expression.
I sat across from her and placed the pendant on the table.
When I knocked on the table, Kuabarou lowered his gaze.
“What is this?”
I pointed to the pendant and asked.
Guobarou, who had closed his eyes for a moment upon seeing him, opened his mouth.
“···You took it. It’s a pendant I received from a gathering of wizards I happened to follow while I was at the White Tower.”
Kuabarou muttered with a look of pity.
“A gathering of wizards? Is that a gathering?”
His face twisted at my joke.
The guy who had his face turned red again answered.
“Huh······. Only wizards can understand wizards. That’s why wizards often hold meetings. Even if trash gathers together, it only becomes bigger trash.”
“What is the name of that group?”
“Um… It was two years ago, so I don’t remember exactly.”
‘It’s a gathering of wizards…’
I fiddled with the pendant and checked Kuabarou’s eyes.
It didn’t seem like he was lying.
There was no reason for that.
“If I’m really curious, I’ll ask the magician who led me to the meeting.”
Kuobarou readily proposed a solution.
“However, he is in the capital, so the letter costs a lot of money, and I don’t have any money.”
“I left you a gold coin?”
“Swallowed.”
Kuobarou confessed calmly.
I tried to see if it was a joke, but I still couldn’t tell from the sunken eyes.
“Use it sparingly.”
I dug through my pockets and took out a few silver coins.
“That was mine… Yes.”
The man who had been angry for a moment took the gold coins with a polite and enlightened expression.
‘I guess I should go to Google too.’
The washing machine brought out some cool beer and some delicious meat.
I casually pushed the beer mug towards Kua Bao Rou.
When Kuobarou brought the beer mug to his lips, I hit him on the forehead to stop him.
“···hmm?”
The guy with a slightly red forehead looked at me with a questioning look.
“Make it cool.”
“What do you think of wizards… Yeah.”
At that moment, Kuo Bao Rou, whose old face appeared, caught his breath and reached out his hand.
‘If I hit you a few more times, you’ll be back?’
“Ughh …
Guobarou, holding the beer mug, bit his lip and shuddered.
“Oh, that feels refreshing.”
I liked the ice cubes floating on the beer glass even more because they looked ordinary.
Anyway, I felt uneasy eating the ice in my own shape.
“Keep your promises.”
“Kuobarou, whose lips still had teeth marks, spoke calmly.
“promise?”
“I said I would not spare any support for Kanna.”
“Oh, of course. You don’t have to worry.”
In the first place, I had no intention of saving the money that went into Kanna.
‘Kanna might make more money than me.’
Kanna was the one who had been consistently doing various businesses with Hannah.
The last time I saw you, you had quite a bit of money saved up.
At that moment, Kua Bao Rou pushed something.
It was a piece of paper covered in writing.
“I need these.”
“You should tell your parents about that.”
“Dead.”
“know.”
Hmm… Kwabarou’s expression became delicate for a moment, and he pushed the paper again.
I took the paper and read it slowly.
“Griffin’s wings, troll’s blood… Why do we need these?”
“These are things that are rumored to increase mana.”
“I heard the amount of mana is fixed?”
“It is decided.”
It seemed as if Kuo Bao Rou had stones in his head, and his answer was not satisfactory.
Just as I was about to break up the bad kidney stone on his head, the bastard continued speaking.
“However, it has the effect of making the blood vessels through which mana flows more rigid. Since Kanna has a small amount of mana, she is at risk of suffering from a mana overload like me. She needs to consume these things to prepare for that.”
It made sense, since Kanna had fainted more than once after using magic recklessly.
If Kanna gets kidney stones like that guy…
I shook my head and read the paper again.
‘It’s a waste of money to buy it.’
I clicked my tongue as I looked at the list.
Because it was dangerous to catch a monster, things related to it were needlessly expensive.
Moreover, the monsters listed here were difficult to catch, so their prices were bound to be ridiculously high.
‘But there’s a mountain behind, the Kirton Mountains, right?’
It seemed much better to collect them myself than to buy and use things I didn’t know who they were.
It’s not for nothing that people tend to their gardens and seek out organic farming.
‘I think there was a story about seeing a troll in the Kirton Mountains···.’
In the past, there were quite a few mercenary groups and adventurers who headed to the Kirton Mountains.
It was because of the legend of a fallen kingdom that fled to the Kirton Mountains after being pushed out by the Empire.
However, with no clear results, rumors of trolls circulating, and people stopping visiting.
‘I had to go up there to plant garlic anyway.’
While I was at it, I dug a little deeper and maybe, if I was lucky, I’d find a troll.
“Oh, I guess I can replace the troll’s blood with yours.”
I ignored Kua Bao Rou’s useless words.
At that moment, the door opened and the crew came in.
Brick was not seen among them.
Kuobarou got up and disappeared somewhere.
“Director, has the weather improved already?”
Kel smiled with a tired face.
A drinking party soon ensued.
At that moment, a fluffy weasel came out of the bathroom.
The weasel sitting on the seat quickly drank his beer, then raised his hand and stood up abruptly.
“Our brother Aaron is the best brother! He’s really my brother, I tell you. In the past, when people would talk about dragons and legends, I didn’t believe them! But now I can believe them! Brother, there are dragons…”
The weasel lifted his arm and gave a bizarre description with great enthusiasm.
I gave the weasel a punch to silence it.
“Is this the goblin pepper effect?”
After pondering the grass’ question for a moment, he shook his head.
“No, it’s the garlic effect.”
“Um… Okay, I understand.”
The grass responded with a subtle expression on its face.
Berman poked Kel next to him as if asking what he was talking about, but Kel was looking at me with a serious expression.
“···Chief, don’t come near Rosa. No discount. Absolutely not.”
“I didn’t mean to, kid.”
He laughed as if coughing at the unexpected remark and lifted his beer glass.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Thank you for your hard work, Captain.”
Berman and Poole nodded and clinked their beer glasses.
“Captain, Rosa is absolutely not allowed.”
Kel was still whining.
“···Ugh, ugh!”
The weasel, with its mouth shut, placed its forearm on its lower body and shook it repeatedly.
Everyone seemed to be okay since they were all stupid.
***
[There are no wizards among elves. But there are many among half-elves. Do you know why?]
dripping.
Ugh···.
I took a deep breath and looked for my sword.
The sword seemed to be shaking slightly, perhaps because he was still half asleep.
‘Did you sleep well?’
I got up, shaking off my heavy body.
When I opened the door, the abbot was there.
“It’s a good morning for prayer.”
“How did you know I was back?”
“I see now.”
‘I guess you come and knock every day.’
I shuddered as I realized the meaning behind the abbot’s calm answer.
“I guess you like garlic?”
The abbot smelled strangely familiar.
“···Ahem. The dawn is short.”
The abbot coughed and picked up the Bible. There was a little black sauce on the top of the Bible.
I shook my head and went to Choco’s room and woke him up.
And after sending the two to the backyard, I headed to Hannah’s room.
Knock knock.
“···who are you?”
The door opened slightly and Ha-na appeared, aiming her crossbow.
It was a great attitude of a medieval man to immediately thrust a crossbow.
“grow.”
“Arong?”
Hannah hurriedly hid the crossbow behind her back.
“Can I have some kanna?”
“Yes? Oh, yes! Kannaya! Find Arong.”
At Hannah’s shout, Kanna jumped up as if a button had been pressed.
Kanna blinked for a moment, then ran towards me and hugged me.
I gently tapped Kanna’s head, which was now completely disheveled, with my fingers.
I didn’t know what would happen in the future, but I needed to teach self-defense techniques to prepare for any unexpected situations.
I took Kanna and headed to the backyard.
In the backyard, Vermunt and the abbot were chatting away.
“Prayer must be done like breathing. The string must continue to be connected.”
“When increasing muscle mass, it is better to do it periodically with rest periods rather than simply doing it for a long time.”
It seemed like they were both just saying what they wanted to say.
I removed the canna attached to my leg and simply relaxed my body.
Kanna would often follow along without me asking her to do so.
Also, seeing him sweat profusely and finish the job showed great tenacity.
‘Come to think of it, you can use magic too, right?’
Kanna can use magic. She could become a swordsman, the number one dream job for children.
‘The magic swordsman is difficult.’
Most wizards were humble and took pride in using only magic, but there were some wizards who wandered the battlefield and did not hesitate to get blood on their hands.
Also, as they say, using both at the same time was efficient once you got the hang of it.
The magic swordsman who suddenly shoots magic from a square while aiming his sword was a bit tricky.
Kanna was holding an ice sword with my image engraved on it.
“Lower your posture a little and straighten your back.”
Kanna often followed suit.
It could be because he had been watching me train, but even assuming that, his posture wasn’t bad.
‘···Do you have talent?’
While I was at it, I thought back to the swordsman I had met before and ordered him to do a few things.
“While stabbing with the sword, shoot ice at the opponent’s feet with the other hand.”
Kanna followed along obediently, even though she was sweating profusely.
Although the balance was off, he stabbed with his sword and shot an ice shard in the opposite direction.
It was a bit like that because the ice sword and the icicles were in my shape, but I could see the sprouts.
I told him the position of the swordsman, trying to remember.
Kanna followed along steadfastly without complaining, even though her body was shaking.
His tenacity was so great that even Vermunt, who was standing next to him, could see it.
I suggested that it might be smoother if I didn’t put my form in ice or fire.
Kanna, who was quick to follow everything else, insisted on this until the end.
Anyway, I didn’t force it since Kanna said so.
I was teaching so absentmindedly.
Pick-.
“Ugh···.”
It ended with Kanna falling forward.
I hastily took him and handed him over to the abbot.
Fortunately, it was only a little too much.
“You never said anything bad until it got to this point…. Even though she looks different, judging by her ignorance, she must be your daughter.”
The abbot spoke with a trembling face while treating Kanna.
“With this level of perseverance and talent, you have a good chance of becoming an excellent warrior. Later, if you teach me the technique of cutting off a person’s head···”
Vermunt said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
“Okay. Don’t say weird things to the kid.”
“Aren’t you the one who just showed me how to stab a heart?”
“That’s self-defense.”
Vermunt, who was about to answer, smiled and nodded.
When Kanna came to her senses, it was time to go to work.
Since I was a little late, I went out with the magic from the washing machine and grabbed some ice beer that Kanna had given me and some meat bread from Hannah.
‘Why is the meat so big?’
The meat was so big that there wasn’t enough bread.
Of course, it was delicious because there was a lot of meat.
***
When I arrived at headquarters, the others were already gathered and waiting for me.
“Captain, are you here···”
“Hasn’t his face gotten any worse?”
Brick’s face was even more pale than when he was hit by an arrow and bled.
“Master, marriage is truly a happy thing. It’s a good thing. Please do it.”
Brick raised the corners of his mouth as he muttered something emotionless. The tip of his mouth trembled.
The other guys kept quiet and patted him on the shoulder.
Brick made several weak arguments about marriage, then lowered his head.
I went into the captain’s office to submit a report.
The captain was shivering, wrapped in what appeared to be a bearskin.
‘There are all sorts of things.’
I couldn’t help but curse at the sight of his runny nose.
“···Do you have a cold?”
“Ah, my most trusted lieutenant Aaron… and the rest. Phew… Everyone, work hard. Count Behart is still here. And the lady’s birthday party is happening tonight….”
The captain, speaking quickly, waved his hand.
I bowed my head to him and came out.
“Everyone, just like the captain said, be mindful of the situation and work properly. I’ll go check out the castle for a bit.”
After giving the kids a heads up, I headed to the inner courtyard.
I needed to see how things were going.
And I had to get compensation too.
The number of guards in front of the gate, which used to be two or three, now increased to six.
Some of them were faces I had seen when I went to Bolt Castle.
Among them, the first one was the illegitimate child square.
“Hey, ‘Bastard Squared’ Jayce.”
“I told you not to call me by my nickname.”
Jace frowned and answered while looking at the guys behind him.
Then the guard behind him was startled and grabbed Jace’s shoulder.
“He’s a commoner, so he’s uneducated and a tough guy. But he’s still the leader of the outer wall guards…, yes? Oh, it’s okay. Hey, the inner wall is busy right now, so don’t cause trouble and just pass quietly.”
Jace pointed inward with his chin as if he was annoyed.
Then the soldiers behind him waved their palms in terror, as if to claim that their remarks and Jace’s were unrelated.
I chuckled at the sight, then scrunched up my face as if I was offended by Jace’s harsh words and went inside.
puck!
As we moved a little further away, we saw Jace being beaten by the guys.
I watched him for a while and then went inside.
In Naeseong, many people were moving busily.
‘I guess you’re really planning on having a birthday party.’
It was only two days later than the day before yesterday that it was postponed, but considering the timing, it seemed like they were planning to use Young-ae’s birthday party to deal with the aftermath of the accident.
I headed to Nova’s room, watching him.
Knock knock.
“Come in, big one.”
A rough voice was heard behind a small cough.
I opened the door and went in, and there was Nova, looking tired, sitting across from the desk piled with papers.
At that moment, a pungent smell filled the room and stung my nose.
“Ugh… the smell of garlic.”
“what?”
Nova raised an eyebrow.
“no.”
I shook my head and held out my hand.
I was thinking of getting the compensation first.
Nova looked at my hand with surprise and made a pouty expression.
“joy.”
Nova placed her hand gently over mine like a trained puppy and raised one corner of her mouth.
“What? I want compensation.”
I waved my useless hand away and asked again.
“······What? Ah···, reward! Yes! Reward! Aaron again! Did something big! Something really big!”
Nova, who had been making strange noises and twisting his body several times, hurriedly handed something over.
It was a leather pouch with no pattern.
When I opened it, there were quite a few gold coins inside.
“What a beautiful orange.”
“···Okay. You didn’t have any accidents, right?”
Nova, still with a red face, glanced at me, then turned away and asked.
“I didn’t hit it.”
“···Your tone is subtle?”
“Threw it.”
I didn’t bother to explain it in detail.
Nova, who seemed to be trying to understand, moved her eyebrows up and down for a moment, then sighed briefly and pointed to the side.
“What are you talking about? Honorary Secretary, come and help me out. The administrative position is vacant, so things are piling up.”
I nodded to him and sat down at the table next to him to look through the paper.
It was organized quite neatly, as if they had applied what I had left behind last time.
There were also some signs that I didn’t tell you about…
‘It’s a mess. I guess that can’t be helped because I’m a medieval person.’
I clicked my tongue at him and corrected the mistakes one by one.
After helping out for a while, I did some graffiti and got caught by Nova and got kicked out.
The picture of the orange reaching out didn’t seem to be Nova’s taste.
***
“Hello?! Good morning!”
As I was leaving the inner sanctum, a big, smiling man greeted me from the hallway.
Even though it was still plain clothing, the atmosphere was completely different when the shawl was removed.
It feels like a slightly richer, more stubborn head.
I bowed my head and tried to pass by.
Youngae hurriedly blocked my path.
“What’s going on?”
“You know, that thing! That thing! The thing I promised to do for you!”
‘···Please? Oh, when you open the safe.’
When Young-ae opened the safe, I suddenly remembered the promise I had made.
‘I promised to listen and think about it.’
Since it was a promise, I nodded with a serious expression, pretending to think about it.
“Yes, I did.”
I haven’t heard it, but I’ve thought about it, so half of it is done.
“I’ll ask you that favor now! Please listen and think about it!”
I nodded at Youngae’s serious face.
“I’m having a birthday party tonight. Would you like to go with me?”
Yeong-ae asked with sparkling eyes.
‘···Request to accompany you to the birthday party?’
I looked into Youngae’s sparkling, transparent eyes and roughly guessed the situation.
You asked me to accompany you to your birthday party.
How long do you have no friends?
‘No matter how crazy the kid is, he doesn’t even have a friend to go to a birthday party with!’
“That··· there will be a lot of delicious food! Also, if you come with me, I’ll share the gift I received with you! I get a lot of gifts on my birthday···.”
Yeong-ae’s voice grew quieter as I didn’t answer.
Plus strangely slumped shoulders.
He looked like a puppy that got wet from the rain.
I felt even more sorry for him because I knew he was kind.
“All right.”
I couldn’t refuse because I had a promise to Youngae, and I also knew how sad it would be to not have friends at a birthday party.
I didn’t want to get involved in noble business, but I thought it would be okay to accompany her to a birthday party.
I know the faces of the nobles who came in, but there was no one who was annoying.
‘I can see more of the guy behind Behard.’
“Really… Really? Wow! Thank you so much! I’m so happy! I’m so happy!”
Seeing Young-ae jumping around with pure joy, I felt a sense of pity for no reason.
‘You don’t even treat such a good kid like a friend, you know…’
Even though she’s a tough girl, she’s really a kind girl.
He was the kind of kid who would climb over the fence every night to give me food.
He opened his mouth after seeing Young-ae, who was running around and hitting her head on the ceiling and was flustered by the falling rocks.
“When do you unbox the gifts?”
“···yes?”
Young-ae, who had been smiling brightly until just now, opened her eyes wide and asked back.
Yeong-ae told me to meet her in front of the inner gate in the evening and then ran away.
Then he hit the ceiling again, but he didn’t give in and jumped up again.
After looking at the bright backs of those, I cursed at the bad nobles and left the palace.
The left shoulder blade that had been dangling fell off and rolled on the floor.
‘I need to get some good quality armor too.’
Since I had quite a bit of money in my possession, I thought it would be a good idea to buy some proper armor.
In the Middle Ages, it was most efficient to wrap it around your body.
I gave my fallen left shoulder blade to Jace, who was standing stiffly as I left the castle.
There were many carriage drivers because of Youngae’s birthday, but good quality armor could not be obtained from the carriage drivers.
So I put in a request to Jackson for some armor.
Unlike weapons, armor was not under the Empire’s control, so 10 gold coins would be enough, so 2 gold coins were put down as a deposit.
Jackson assured her that this time he could rescue her much faster than last time.
After that I went to Google and asked for information about the Pendant Wizards Association.
Google, whose condition seemed strangely bad, searched the list, but since there was no information about it, I put in a separate request by paying gold coins.
“The unit price for magician-related requests is expensive···.”
Google trailed off.
After staring at him for a moment, a frightened Google nodded while accepting the gold coin.
It looks like the Information Guild also has a security discount.
***
‘He’s very manly and dignified.’
Konghart, the eldest son of the Baron Grisias family, smiled with satisfaction as he inspected his clothes.
It was Beatrice who had been specially airlifted from the city.
It was clear that she would be the only one wearing Beatrice in the outskirts.
‘Vivian Youngae’s companion···.’
It was Vivian Youngae who had been the subject of many strange rumors recently.
Vivian Youngae was kidnapped by the man she had promised to marry, but was found alive and well, and the man was killed instead.
As expected of a nobleman whose only pleasure was to rip off others, there were many rumors about him.
The most absurd thing among them was…
‘Young-ae threw a rock and destroyed the castle? No matter how much I wanted to find fault with it, how could I say such nonsense…’
Tch.
Konghart clicked his tongue and fixed his head.
I sprinkled flour on my hands, and they were covered in a fine powdery residue.
Vivian should have been avoided since she disappeared one day with the person she was supposed to marry and that person died.
Everything was buried in that appearance.
No, when that story was added, it felt more pitiful.
Rather, there were many elders who, seeing the engagement as a virtual breakup, asked for a companion, thinking it was an opportunity.
Of course, Konghart was one of them.
Although each family had a designated successor, Vivian Youngae’s appearance made it all seem like an ordeal.
However, Konghart did not receive a reply.
‘···Who on earth became Vivian Youngae’s companion?’
Konghart thought of other elders, but they were all worse than him.
“Let’s go! Konghart!”
At the urging, Konghart touched his hair, wiped his hands on the cloth next to him, and left the room.
In front was Glusen, son of Baron Kembaine.
It was an outfit that exuded sophistication, but it didn’t suit her at all.
“It’s not like we’re really social. We’ll just be having a meal or something anyway, so why bother?”
I waved my hand at Glusen’s curt greeting and headed out alone.
“Baron Fullfoot spent some money.”
Glusen muttered as he looked at the hall, which was better decorated than he had expected.
Considering that it was a party held in the outskirts, the preparations were not bad.
Of course, it was nothing compared to the parties held at the count’s level or in the city.
Still, it wasn’t bad for a small party in the outskirts.
‘Everyone came to see Youngae anyway.’
The elders sat down in their respective seats, each with a knight behind them.
The knights gathered together and talked separately.
“Is Vivian Youngae’s companion Shane? I don’t see Shane.”
Glusen, who was looking around, said.
“···Shane.”
Konghart pronounced it through gritting his teeth.
He was a guy I didn’t like because he looked like a woman.
Even though we held a meeting among the elders, nothing came out as if anything had happened.
He was an irritating guy in many ways, so I thought it would be quite unpleasant if he were Vivian Youngae’s companion.
“By the way, have you heard the story? That Baron Fullfoot invaded Bolt Castle and won.”
“However, it has only been a day. How can that be? I heard that Baron Fener, who regretted his son’s mistake, opened it himself.”
“No! I heard that Vivian Youngae threw a rock and destroyed the castle.”
“Look! You have to make sense! Have you ever seen Vivian Youngae’s arms? How could she throw stones with those thin arms!”
As it is somewhat unrealistic to say that victory was achieved in just one day, the mainstream opinion is that Baron Fener admitted his son’s wrongdoing.
The atmosphere became noisy.
At that moment, Baron Fullfoot entered.
Everyone exchanged brief greetings and offered polite congratulations.
After that, the music announces the entrance again.
‘It must be Youngae.’
The elders stopped talking and turned their gaze.
Everyone was curious as to who Vivian Youngae’s companion would be.
Even Vivian Youngae, who had recently gone through such a thing, it was clear that being by her side meant something.
It’s most likely Shane who isn’t here…
The two that appear next.
Sigh-.
Someone took a deep breath.
Although Young-ae was already beautiful in her usual way, her beauty was difficult to express in a gorgeous dress.
The title of ‘flower of the east’ is hardly an exaggeration.
However, it wasn’t just because of Yeong-ae that everyone became quiet.
Next to it···.
“······savage?”
Everyone gulped at someone’s muttering.
A very large and fierce looking man next to Yeong-ae.
It had a huge presence that seemed to fill the hall.
Plus, there was something instinctively felt about him.
‘······Why a sword at a party?’
The knights who had been talking behind him became nervous and stepped forward.
The music that had been playing since earlier also stopped, and only the man’s heavy footsteps could be heard.
***
‘What a cliché.’
I clicked my tongue as I looked at the elders who couldn’t close their mouths.
When someone who had moved to another world first entered the social world, it was a cliché reaction.
The kind that makes you open your mouth in admiration.
I habitually looked at the characters.
This was a person that everyone had already figured out.
There was also Adela, whose face was strangely wrinkled.
‘This isn’t even a party.’
Although it was modest, as expected from a remote area, it still had a delicious smell.
To this extent, it wasn’t bad.
“This way!!”
Youngae grabbed my arm and led me to my seat.
A seat slightly lower than full foot, but slightly higher than a regular seat.
As I sat down following Yeong-ae, I heard music again.
Someone entered.
‘Count Berhard? …Hmm?’
I glared at the bastard.
Although he looked like Count Behard, I could instinctively tell that he was not Count Behard.
The sweetness that I felt from the man in black cloth behind Count Behart at that time was now emanating from Count Behart.
There was a man behind me with a black cloth over his head, but I couldn’t feel anything from him.
His things could have gone to Count Behart, but
I was instinctively convinced.
That Count Behart sitting over there is that guy.
‘I got kicked out.’
The man wearing Behard’s mask raised his hand.
“Everyone, eat.”
The party has begun.
People were moving busily along with the exciting music, but I stared at the guy.
A fleeting moment.
I made eye contact with the guy.
The corners of his mouth went up just a little.
Of course, the corners of my mouth were already up.
