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Episode 138. Magic Association (3)
“I will do it.”
Scarlett nodded vigorously.
Yeerika, who was next to her, thought that Scarlett would accept the contract without even hearing the details.
Ethan has already created a situation where it has to happen.
As always, it would have been the same if Yeerika had been in Scarlett’s situation.
“Wouldn’t it be better to hear the contents of the contract?”
Mirhak got involved without even knowing it.
“I’m sorry, Ethan.”
“Because you are a merchant.”
Ethan nodded as if he understood. In fact, Ethan agreed. He had to hear the contents of the contract.
“You must listen to the contract I am proposing, Lady Scarlett.”
“As long as it’s not a slave contract, that’s fine.”
Scarlett smiled brightly. Tears still welled up in her eyes, but she felt refreshed.
“It could be a slave contract.”
Yereka muttered something in passing. Fortunately, Scarlett didn’t seem to hear.
“But I’ll listen to it anyway.”
“I will give you back your magic. I will erase the names of other wizards registered with the Magic Association and register the dyeing magic under Scarlett’s name.”
“What are the conditions?”
“Do business with me and that magic.”
Ethan said.
Mirhak frowned without realizing it.
There is one mistake that beginner traders make the most.
That was the business talk to the wizards.
‘It’s something that can only be said after building up numerous connections with the wizard and entertaining him on several occasions.’
Are you saying that to a wizard you just met today?
The good mood is blown away and an uncomfortable atmosphere is created.
No, if it’s just an uncomfortable atmosphere, you can laugh it off. There have been countless instances where the atmosphere went beyond uncomfortable and the relationship was completely cut off.
You worked hard to entertain the wizard and build a rapport with him, but with just one word, the situation could change completely.
As such, wizards took great pride in their magic.
“Hey, Ethan.”
Mirhak immediately opened his mouth to calm the situation.
But something about the atmosphere was strange.
It wasn’t the atmosphere he had in mind.
“Yes, I will do that.”
Scarlett has a great deal of pride in her magic called dyeing. Even from a brief conversation, you could tell how much effort she put into her dyeing magic.
But you nod your head so easily?
A wizard?
Mirhak looked back and forth between Ethan and Scarlett in confusion.
Shudlen placed his hand on Mirhak’s shoulder.
“Would you like a drink, Mirhak?”
“Oh, yes, I understand.”
Ethan already knew Scarlett would accept it.
‘The reason I came to register with the Magic Association in the first place was not simply to have the value of magic recognized.’
She is different from other wizards.
A man who abandoned everything that wizards thought was right in order to prove that the path he was walking was right.
‘So, he created the continent’s best dyeing magic workshop and became rich.’
She must have planned to register her magic and do business with this magic association from the beginning.
In that situation, when Ethan proposed a business, I nodded immediately.
‘I have no choice but to accept it positively.’
“But, Ethan, is my magic really worth it? If I were to start a business, would that really be successful?”
Although he reacted positively, it didn’t seem to completely eliminate his anxiety.
That’s worth it.
Until now, her magic has been treated as useless magic.
Would such magic actually have business value?
‘It’s natural to feel anxious. So, I’ll give you some reassurance here.’
Ethan already knows that this business is absolutely going to succeed.
But she knows nothing. She is just a sorceress walking in the darkness, unable to see even an inch ahead.
“Scarlett’s dyeing magic will definitely work in the market. First, let me tell you how I do business.”
Ethan told Scarlett that he was selling lightweight armor and attribute-giving magic.
“yes!?”
I was surprised once at the lightweight workshop and then again by the story of attribute-granting magic.
The magicians of the Magic Tower who studied attribute-giving magic were magicians similar to Scarlett.
They were people who studied non-mainstream magic and believed that their research direction was not wrong.
Of course, Scarlett had already perfected her dyeing magic, so this could be seen as more advanced compared to them.
“And special golem magic. So far, all my magic-based businesses have been successful.”
Scarlett felt proud at Ethan’s words.
Because that kind of person highly values his own color.
Now I finally feel like I’m being properly recognized.
“I heard that Lady Yerikha over here was in charge of the lightweight workshop and special golems.”
Scarlett looked at Yereka.
“You said earlier that my dyeing magic was just changing the color, so I thought you had no knowledge of this kind of thing.”
“… … To be honest, I don’t really know.”
“But her skills are amazing. Of all the wizards I’ve seen, there’s no one like Yeerika. In fact, I came to the Magic Association today to register Yeerika’s new magic.”
“Wow… … You have amazing skills!”
“Um… … well, haha.”
Yereka said sheepishly.
It was a rare experience to be complimented by anyone other than Ethan, so I felt ticklish.
“You have to get used to it, Yeerika.”
“… … I’m satisfied with the compliments from Ethan.”
Yeorika answered with an embarrassed smile.
* * *
Scarlett continued talking to Ethan about colors as she went to the Magical Society.
I’ve never met anyone who understood color so well before, so I never really had a reason to talk about color with other people.
“If you look, I put a lot of thought into this part. People don’t really know. They think that all red is the same color… … How come you are so knowledgeable about colors?”
Ethan’s knowledge of color surprised even Scarlett, who had been studying color for ten years.
Above all, he had an outstanding eye for judging colors.
“Other people can’t even tell the difference.”
Ethan smiled at the surprised Scarlett.
‘Color is an essential element that cannot be left out when decorating a look.’
Ethan was very conscious of his look throughout his time on the show.
It was a kind of concept play, but there was almost no one among those who played Mepan who did not play concept plays.
‘I bought a lot from Scarlett’s shop. As a result, my eye for colors has improved.’
Ethan also had a time when he wondered why the names were different even though they were the same color.
But as I kept getting used to it, I started to see the subtle differences.
‘There are some red dyes that have an orange tint. If you use that orange dye on a sword and give it an attribute.’
Then, a perfect fire-flowing sword is created.
Of course, there is no real fire attribute there. It just appears that way on the outside.
Perhaps Yeerika does not understand the value of this sword.
You might ask, what does that mean?
‘Meaning is not important.’
The important thing was style.
‘Because it’s cool.’
That’s all I can do.
“I also paid a lot of attention to color. As I looked at it often, I could see the difference in color.”
Scarlett was deeply moved by those words.
It was only natural that she could not contain her emotion when the only person who understood the magic of color appeared in her life.
Ethan moved along naturally, listening to her words.
“Huh? Weren’t you going to the Magic Association?”
“Mr. Mirhak.”
“Yes, Ethan.”
Ethan approached Mirhak and whispered.
-Please arrest one person.
I was thinking of quickly gathering some evidence before going to the Magic Association.
‘You must have already eaten a lot.’
The name Ethan gave was the name of the person who handled various tasks of the Magic Association’s certification examiner.
“I will arrest you immediately.”
“You must bring him here, even if it means using force. He is not a good guy. There is no need to bring him here politely.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Mirhak ran straight away and soon returned.
“I arranged for him to be brought to the association.”
“Then let’s go.”
Magic Association.
As soon as Ethan and his group entered the building, Mirhak took the lead.
“This is Mirhak from the top of Garnet.”
“Oh, you are Master Mirhak. Are you here to give me the ingredients I told you about earlier?”
“Oh, I’ll take care of that separately. That’s not why I came today. I came today to register for magic certification.”
“I guess the people in the back are guests.”
The association’s wizard greeted them politely.
“You can go straight up to the 15th floor. Once there, our magician from the magic tower will kindly guide you.”
15th floor of the tower.
This is where all magic registration is handled.
Ethan spoke to Yerika before going in. It was better to go by an alias rather than your real name here.
“Let’s go to Yekaterina.”
“yes.”
Ethan gave Yeerika a rough alias.
As they climbed to the 15th floor, Mirhak spoke confidently to Ethan.
“I heard the person in charge is picky. But don’t worry. I’ve got you covered.”
“It probably won’t work.”
“yes?”
“If I knew someone who was a certification examiner, I probably wouldn’t be able to name them at the top of Garnet.”
“Oh, no. How could that be? There are dozens of items that Garnet is currently offering to the Magic Association. And most of them are essential to the Association! This is a magic registration for someone Garnet personally vouched for. Unless there is a really good reason, we will grant permission unconditionally.”
Mirhak said emphatically.
“And I come on behalf of Garnet’s superiors. I come on behalf of all rights that Garnet has over the Magic Association.”
“That’s great. Then I’ll ask you to take care of the aftermath.”
“Follow-up?”
Ethan didn’t elaborate.
“welcome!”
Scarlett’s expression hardened as she returned to the 15th floor. The wizards who had stolen her magic and driven her out were still sitting there.
Ethan followed Scarlett’s gaze.
‘As expected, that guy is the one in charge.’
He was a wizard with a ponytail and an arrow-shaped beard.
He wore a monocle and looked quite intelligent, but Ethan knew his true nature.
‘Thief.’
He was the guy who sat there, took away countless magic spells, and took bribes.
Ethan looked at him and smiled.
“Ha, really. How on earth did you get in this time? I kicked you out several times. No, I told you! I told you that your magic already exists. It’s already registered and is low-level, so what did you take from us?”
The ponytailed wizard sighed and looked at Scarlett.
Scarlett, who was about to vent her excitement, held it back and stepped back. After joining the Association, Ethan had said that he would take care of everything.
“Did you bring me here just to listen to that wizard’s nonsense? Get out of here right now! We will never register you unless it’s a surefire magic.”
“My name is Ethan Wickes.”
Originally, he was a ponytailed wizard who would have snorted and chased away Ethan, a nobleman of unknown name. However, as if something had occurred to him, he suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Ethan.
“Are you by any chance that Ethan Wickers?”
Ethan’s high reputation played a role.
Thanks to his considerable reputation at the Academy, the ponytailed wizard quickly recognized Ethan.
Ethan briefly introduced himself and then Mirhak.
“This is the representative from the Garnet Headquarters.”
“Oh, you are from Garnet Tower. Nice to meet you. I am Tresis, a certified examiner in charge of magical registration at the Magical Association.”
When I introduced Mirhak, his expression softened.
Mirhak then smiled as he recalled Ethan’s words that things wouldn’t go well.
“One of our Garnet’s guests has come to register a spell with the Association.”
“Then you have no relationship with that little wizard?”
“I heard that your magic was stolen, so I came to hear the circumstances.”
“Oh, right, this is the Magic Association, the Magic Association. It’s an association that many magic towers belong to, and the president of the association is the great magician of the 7th circle. When they punished that crazy magician Hecate, it was our association that took the lead, so how can you look down on us!”
At those words, Yeorika’s eyebrows twitched.
It looked like he wanted to strike at any moment.
“So you’re saying it was a misunderstanding?”
“Don’t misunderstand. Well, since you brought me in, I won’t kick you out right away. Don’t get caught up in those bad guys.”
“Trash sighed and said,
“So, what kind of magic are you trying to register for? Do you have all the documents with you?”
“Here it is.”
Ethan immediately held out a piece of parchment. It was a parchment with detailed instructions on how to use Clean Magic.
Treacy read the parchment Ethan handed her carefully.
“Huh? It’ll erase all the contaminants… …?”
Tresis’s eyes lit up. They were eyes filled with endless greed.
“Umm, I’ll do a certification check first. But don’t expect too much. This level of magic is everywhere, and especially this kind of clean magic is so common. It might not be certified.”
“Take your time.”
Ethan could see the certainty in her eyes.
‘I guess I’ll eat it.’
I could tell just by looking at it.
“Please wait in the waiting room.”
The magic certification examination is divided into two processes. The first is a document examination and the second is a practical examination.
Since the documents submitted for document review had to describe the contents and techniques of magic in detail, it was easy to steal them if one had bad intentions.
‘Look forward to it.’
* * *
“Kekekekeke, dye magic and clean magic. If you have the copyright for such good magic, it’s only a matter of time before you’re sitting on a mountain of money. And if you sell these magics properly… … you can be promised a higher position in the association.”
Tracis laughed wickedly, dreaming sweet dreams.
“But I still think I might be suspected.”
Just before, I deliberately turned down Scarlett St. Pierre’s excellent hair dyeing magic.
And he brought a new wizard with him to complete the registration of the magic. The wizard who registered the magic was a wizard that Tresis could trust.
Since we’ve been doing this for quite some time, you’ve also made a lot of money from it.
“The top of the garnet is a bit of a bother, but… … .”
The Garnet Top had a pretty close relationship with the Magic Association. But it was still the Association after all.
Garnet has gained quite a bit from her connections with the Association, so unless something goes terribly wrong, Garnet won’t be able to complain.
“It’s just clean magic anyway. It’s so common.”
Clean magic is going to be there anyway.
“And these documents, I can’t believe them. You’re not even from the Magic Tower, you’re a guard magician. Yekaterina? I’ve never heard that name before.”
Of course, the one this escort wizard was escorting was Ethan Wickers.
A renowned inspector and teacher at the prestigious Ibeka Academy.
If things get worse, it could be difficult.
‘After all, it’s just clean magic.’
Only wizards know the value of magic.
Ethan Wickers may have a high reputation, but he’s still a prosecutor.
You can tell just by looking at the two swords hanging from his waist.
With the [Failed] certification mark stamped on her, Tracis immediately started working. She was planning to prepare the documents and cleanly take away the clean magic.
Having spent quite some time as a certification examiner for the Association, it was quite easy for me to hijack the copyright of magic.
“Have the results of the evaluation come out?”
Then Ethan came in.
Tracis shook her head with a look of regret. Then she handed me the parchment and said,
“Here are the results of the evaluation. Clean magic is too common to be certified. Well, if it were a great magic, it would be certified, but this level of magic is too much… … .”
“Overflowing? Are you sure you read that correctly?”
As Ethan raised his voice, Tracis waved her hands.
“Please calm down. A knight of such renown is raising his voice. This is the Magic Association.”
“So, you’re saying that it’s too common a magic to be registered?”
“Yes, that’s it.”
Tracis made an artificial expression as if she was sorry.
“Then, goodbye.”
Ethan’s expression was not good, but Tracis didn’t even snort. There was nothing that inspector could do anyway.
Surely they wouldn’t make a fuss and demand the evidence.
If your thoughts are set in stone, you won’t act without thinking about the consequences…
“What a thief.”
Ethan grinned. It was as if he had known this would happen from the beginning.
“What, what? What did you just say… … ?”
“Shudder!”
“Yes, Ethan.”
Ethan called out to Shudlen, who was waiting behind him. Shudlen brought the group inside.
As Scarlett entered, Shudlen naturally closed and locked the door to the 15th floor magic certification center.
Crunch-!
“Try to instill some manners in that rascal wizard. He says that Catherine’s clean magic is ordinary. He must have seen countless magics, so he must have a good eye for it. Focus on the eyes, especially.”
“yes!”
Shudlen approached Tresis without even drawing his weapon.
“I am Shudlen, the courtesy injector of the Wickus Estate.”
“Yes, the polite injection machine? Who would give you a nickname like that… …!”
“Now, I built it.”
Schudlen smiled and tilted his neck to the side.
Tresis, sensing that things were taking a strange turn, immediately picked up the cane at her waist.
I tried to activate defensive magic, but Shudlen was faster than me.
Tracis, who was instantly grabbed by the collar, shouted urgently.
“Hey, where do you think you are! This is the Magic Association! Do you think you can get away with doing this!?”
“Mr. Mirhak.”
Ethan looked at Mirhak.
Mirhak blinked as if he didn’t know that this was the kind of follow-up work that Ethan had asked him to do.
But he soon nodded.
The Association would not have any intention of fighting Garnet over just one wizard.
Because the relationship between Garnet Top and the Association is not so light.
“We, Garnet, will take responsibility.”
“Ekaterina, did you hear that?”
“Yes, I heard.”
Yeerika had been angry for some time.
“Shudlen, Ekaterina. Just instill in her manners enough so that she doesn’t die.”
“yes!”
“yes.”
fantasy,
