Chapter 120 – Adventure’s Lightning Mage (6)
“Yes?! Hey, you’re on a business trip all of a sudden?!”
Seris waited for her lover until late at night as usual. She storms off in her glee as the meteor returns.
What greeted her was the news of a business trip, like a thunderclap.
Seris fell asleep. She grabbed Yoosung by her shoulder and she asked hastily.
“What do you mean?! That today is the end So tomorrow I was going to spend a relaxing time with Yooseong after a long time…”
Yuseong scratched the back of her head and let out a sigh.
“Sorry. My mistake.”
He described what had happened in his office. Hearing her circumstances, Seris squeezed his jacket and she grinded her teeth.
“That woman is really…! I wish I could have pampered someone else’s man like this. What and how much more are you going to eat!”
Even so, she was dissatisfied with sending meteors late every night. When she even had a sudden business trip, her bubbling erupted.
“I can’t do it anymore. Yoosung, please guide me to that woman. I need to say something.”
Seris rolled up her sleeves. Her bony forearms were exposed. Yuseong knew what kind of power was emanating from her bony forearm, so he hugged her and calmed her down.
“Calm down. Let us be patient Shouldn’t we quickly break the barrier and take care of the treasures inside? We should buy our house too.”
“I’m sorry…”
The word ‘my house’ softened Seris’ momentum.
It was so sweet to imagine Seris, Kara, and Yooseong living in harmony in the second-floor house.
She agreed in a hushed voice.
“…All right. How many days are you out?”
“I think it will take about two weeks.”
“…Yes? Two, two weeks?”
Celis’ complexion turned pale.
I thought it was 3 or 4 days at most, but 2 weeks?
‘You haven’t seen her face, Mr. Yoosung, for two weeks?’
Just imagining it takes my breath away.
“Oh no!”
Seris hugged Yuseong tightly. As if she had heard that she would not let go, she even clasped her hands.
“Don’t go.”
“Seris…”
“Home, I don’t need that. Just don’t go… Yes?”
She moistened the corners of her eyes and begged in her watery voice.
‘How am I supposed to convince you of this…’
Yooseong felt awkward.
* * *
8 in the morning.
The time when most living beings wake up and start their day.
Marid was leaning against the entrance of the Adventure Hall, waiting for someone. Adventurers entering her adventure coffin glanced at her, but did not pay attention to her.
After standing there for a while, the man he had been waiting for appeared in the distance.
A man with black hair and light leather armor.
‘Han Yuseong..!’
Marid gritted her teeth and glared at him with murderous eyes.
She didn’t like Han Yuseong. She thought of him as a cute newcomer at first, but it was only the first time, and he became a thorn in the eye from the moment Orca mentioned him.
She still thought she might have done it without knowing something, so she gave her a warning. However, that guy chewed the warning and threatened Marid’s position by playing tricks on Orca.
He didn’t stand still anymore.
Using the other party members of ‘Lunatic High’, he began to physically reject Han Yoo-seong.
The problem is that it didn’t work.
Han Yuseong was with Orca all day doing what he was doing.
Because of this, she and her party members’ rejection was almost non-existent to him, and her party members began to doubt her Marid’s authority after seeing a meteor with Orca.
Marid, who became desperate, visited Orca personally several times, but…
– What’s going on? I’m busy right now, so I’d like you to tell me about your business quickly.
Orca faced her colder than she used to.
‘It can’t be like this…’
Marid was overcome with nervousness.
She is how she got up,
She couldn’t be taken away like this.
Chewing on her fingernails, he waited for Han Yuseong to approach. Before long, as he was about to pass by her, he grabbed her by the shoulder.
“Hey, look at me.”
“…Is there a problem?”
“Just follow me.”
I couldn’t dig in this place where people passed by. She dragged Han Yuseong into the Adventure Hall. She opened the door to an empty room in the corner and put Han Yuseong in. Marid closed the door and followed in.
Yoosung sighed heavily.
“What else?”
She said as she crossed her arms in an air of boredom.
Marid laughed out loud.
What? What else?
“You don’t know that, so ask me, bastard?”
Marid roughly grabbed Yooseong by the collar. It is a rough and insulting act. If she were an ordinary adventurer, she would not be able to stand it and would be strangled. That was what Marid was aiming for.
‘If I beat him moderately, he won’t think of climbing any more.’
Orca will also be interested in a guy who wants to be beaten by her marid. She doesn’t even have to worry about falling behind.
But her Han Yuseong, who had to grab her by the collar, just looked at her with her weak eyes,
“Under…”
She snorted at her as if it were not the same.
Blatant ridicule.
Tendons sprouted from Marid’s temples. Her patience was exhausted, and she swung her left fist at the chin of her meteor.
She was caught on the bottom of Meteor’s right hand.
“What?”
Marid frowned and pulled her fist. However, no matter how hard she tried, she only trembled slightly and couldn’t get her fist out.
‘What, what?’
Was this guy really that strong?
Marid gave up her left hand. Instead, she freed her hand from holding Han Yuseong’s collar and tried to wield it. But Yoosung was quick to grab her by the collar and throw it.
“Evil!”
She was pushed hard, slamming her back and head into the wall. He grabbed her head and let out a moan.
“Ugh…”
Before Marid could pull herself together, Yoosung grabbed her by the throat.
“Kek, Kekek… You…!”
She glared at Yuseong Han and tried to pull out the sword from her waist. Yoosung’s fist pierced her abdomen. Marid’s body collapsed.
“Keuhuk… Guk… You’re a bird..”
“Mr. Marid.”
Yuseong brought her face close to her and met her eyes.
His eyes were sharp, sharp, unlike usual.
Marid stopped breathing without realizing it.
“Let’s do it in moderation. I’m already tired these days, but if you keep bothering me, I get annoyed too.”
Marid said even though her spirit was suppressed.
“I hope you didn’t ignore my warning. Then we wouldn’t have to blush like this.”
“A warning? A warning not to get close to Orca-sama?”
Yoosung’s hand, which was gripping Marid’s neck, gradually gained strength. Her throat tightened and she struggled to breathe.
“Keuheuk… Ugh…”
“It’s cracking. Why should I heed such a warning? To preserve your humble position?”
“Don’t say it’s insignificant! How long did it take for me to come to this place… Ugh…”
“How much? How hard did you work At best, did you add anything but petty politics?”
“Kek…”
Marid bit her lip and grabbed Yuseong’s arm strangling her. She tried to pull it off with strength, but there was no sign of her loosening up.
“In your eyes, I seem to have gotten close to Orca-sama through an odd trick, right? But you know what? I fucking went home late in the morning for over a week. I can’t even rest on weekends. What have you been up to in the meantime?”
“Turn off…”
“Oh, it’s okay if you don’t talk. Bonamana, I must have been drinking while drinking. It’s such a subject matter and it’s not the same thing as me, so what the hell.”
Tsk. Yuseong, who clicked her tongue, let her throat go. Marid sat down on the floor helplessly and clenched her neck.
“Next time, don’t fuck with me. I’m dying because it’s hard to please an orca right now.”
“This dog…”
Marid raised her head, widening her eyes.
“What?”
“…”
As the meteor distorted her expression, she froze and she slowly laid her eyes down. She bends when she is at a disadvantage. She’s servile, but that’s the secret to her longevity.
Seeing this, Yuseong sighed.
“What are you doing… Okay, don’t bother me in the future. And do you want to stand out from Orca? Then, study the writing and come to the office. You are always welcome.”
After her words were finished, Yuseong slammed her door and left her room. Marid finally raised her head and glared at the door where the meteor had left.
“Writing? You know I can’t Let’s see… The day I win Orca-sama’s favor again, you’ll be done.”
Buried with vengeance, she vowed to study her writing.
She doesn’t even know if it’s the way to become a slave.
* * *
“Why are you drooping like this today?”
Orca said as she closed the book she was reading.
It’s been a few hours since we met, do you care about that now?
In the first place, who is responsible for the drooping now?
She had a lot to say, but she chose not to.
“No. Rather, where are we going now?”
“What, did you follow me without knowing where you were going?”
“Didn’t you tell me to prepare all the way? He said he would let you know when he left.”
“…Was I?”
Orca scratched my cheek and gave me a puzzled expression. He cleared his throat and explained the destination.
“The place we are going now is Onyx Mountain, which is on the border between the Fromm Kingdom and the Empire.”
“A mountain of onyx… You mean?”
I was bewildered by the sudden familiar words I encountered. After all, ‘onyx’ was the material needed to strengthen Ariel’s slave seal.
“Is there any particular reason you are going there?”
“Of course not. You interpreted this Do you know what?”
Orca pointed to the translation I wrote yesterday.
Of course I didn’t know, so I shook my head. Orca grinned as if he knew that.
“You know Toriel, the god of lightning, right? It is a record of one of the legacies that the incarnation of that god left for his posterity.”
“…Was it that great?”
“Okay. Do you know how much I went through stealing this from my master’s lab? Even after he succeeded in stealing, it was a mess. The teacher said that he would find the culprit and went after me and the other students. Did the suspects die while being tortured instead of me?”
It was an eerie story, but she smiled happily as if it were a pleasant memory. She was seriously concerned about her mental state but pretended she wasn’t and she asked for something else.
“Hey, can you get onyx if you go to the onyx mountain?”
“Huh? Why is Onyx all of a sudden? Have you ever wanted to take a bite?
“No, I was just curious.”
“Um… As you know, onyx is a very expensive gemstone. It is a gem with the highest mana sensitivity rate, so it is used as a material for the finest mana crystals. But onyx is only found in onyx mountain. So, everyone who wants to have a good time like you flocked to Mount Onyx, and I heard that Mount Onyx dried up 300 years ago.”
“Ah…”
“Of course, unlike other gems, onyx is naturally made by mixing minerals and mana. Because of this, onyx did not disappear into the dark side of history. But to find onyx alone in the onyx mountain…”
She laughed
“It would be faster to become a herbalist and find wild ginseng, right?”
“Is that so…”
I was hoping things would work out, but it turned out to be a pity.
“Huh..? No, I’m not going to die like that. That’s what they say, even now, some lucky people find onyx and their lives improve.”
It seems that Orca tried to comfort her in her own way, but she couldn’t cheer up.
If you’re lucky, won’t that comfort you by winning the lottery?
‘How do I get Onyx?’
Confused, I leaned my back on the back of the carriage.
