Chapter 91 – Chapter 91 Acquiring Weapons-7
Following Vissel’s guidance, Jiha left the barracks.
“I’m a commoner, so don’t you ask if I can go out?”
When the basement belatedly asked, Vissel looked straight ahead and said.
“Now… I heard you are free to go out.”
“…”
I thought I didn’t know anything about the things going on in the world, but that’s not the case again.
Following Bissell’s guidance, I organized my thoughts while walking underground.
‘Yura has now come over to my side, but it will be difficult to fight against Ashira. After all, she grew up like a sister since childhood…’
Now, Jiha and Yura have been on their third night, but they are not yet fully subordinated.
‘If I completely subjugate Yura, even if you know, you can’t do anything to me. However, the conditions for full subordination are unclear. Then… Ashira makes me follow him for Yura’s sake, and Yura makes me follow him more for Ashira’s sake.’
It’s going to be a tightrope walk, but if you succeed, it’s the best achievement.
The problem is the information about Ashira.
Unique and strong is clear, even a small gap was essential to find room to penetrate.
When the underground raised its head after thinking, Vissel was walking down the alley without a word.
A back alley.
It was an atmosphere where it wouldn’t be strange even if keuty guys came out and threatened with knives.
“Weren’t you going to the bookstore?”
“… That’s right.”
There wouldn’t be a bookstore like this.
Vissel stopped in front of the front door of the second-floor house, which appeared to be a private home, and knocked on the door rhythmically.
Taktak. Tak tok tok. Widely. Tak tok tok.
“…”
No matter how you look at it, it’s a password, right?
As the basement watched, the door creaked open and a lizard-headed man poked his head out.
The lizard man saw Vissel and tried to open the door, but was startled when he saw the basement behind her.
“What are you, a human man? No. I can’t come in.”
“Accompany… Are you.”
“I can’t, because I can’t. Who wants to ruin business?”
When the lizard man tried to close the door in anger, the basement pushed his finger through the crack in the door.
Whether his fingers were pinched or not, the lizard man flinched as he tried to close the door.
The door that the basement held with only its thumb and forefinger would not budge.
The basement stopped by gathering magic in his fingers and said.
“If you didn’t open it, would you open the business right now?”
“Radish…”
Kwajik! Kwajik!
When the iron door pressed down by the finger in the basement was bent, the lizard man opened the door in a fright.
The lizardman, who looked underground with frightened eyes, spoke quickly to Vissel.
“What, what? What kind of madman did you bring?”
“…”
Vissel stared at the basement in silence.
Just like the lizardman said, it was a blank stare that tried to reassess whether he was really a madman.
“I am just a guest. Shall we go in?”
When the basement arrived with a smile, the lizard man hesitated and retreated.
“What trouble did you bring? And when things get bigger…”
“Are you okay. Books… Because you are the one I like.”
At Vissel’s words, the lizardman made a puzzled face.
You like books, so you can break down the door?
Underground was also dumbfounded and laughed.
He was just shutting himself out in the library because he needed information, but he wasn’t particularly a book lover.
‘And there were many cases where the information in the books was too limited.’
The lizard man shook his head and stepped back.
“I don’t know, I’ll figure it out. Even if there is a problem, I will pretend not to know. Eh.”
As the Lizardman retreated, Vissel walked forward.
There was only one old carpet in the empty room with no furniture.
Vissel removed the rug to reveal a floor door that went down.
“Is this a bookstore?”
There is even a secret door in the password.
Vissel stared blankly, nodded at her, and he opened the door.
It is a structure that goes down through a steel ladder.
Quite deep.
“…”
Isn’t this a secret gathering of some kind of cult?
The basement was dumbfounded, but Vissel took out a mask from his pocket and put it on.
It was a mask that covered the entire face and left only the mouth exposed.
“Ah…”
She looked down into the basement with a belated realization.
Meaning that he doesn’t have a mask, Jiha shook his head.
“I’m done. Just go down.”
Now that I’ve come this far, I want to see the end.
The ladder wasn’t very long.
She planted her feet on the floor and looked around the basement.
Level 2 magic lamps were lighting up everywhere.
‘Looking at the wall, it’s not an artificial cave. You found a natural cave and used it.’
As the masked Vissel took the lead with her gun-gazing, Ji-ha followed silently.
The bookstore was right.
You can see the merchants spreading out their stalls, and various books on the wooden bookshelves.
Bissell asked the basement.
“What’s on the list… It’s hard to buy them all. There will be only a few books today.”
“I’d like to see some of them.”
As she answered, she knew that the surroundings were paying attention to the basement.
Those who stood and read books, and those who bargained with the merchants at the stalls were all watching the basement.
All were women.
“…”
She wears a mask like Vissel, so her face is not visible, but she is a multicolored woman.
“What are you doing here?”
“A bookstore.”
“It’s not an ordinary bookstore.”
I’ve never been to a bookstore in Wordsland, but I’m sure it’s not a masquerade.
“Are you a real man?”
“Why are there men…”
The women gossip.
The vendors at the stalls were bare-faced and there were men, but all the customers were women.
Judging from his surroundings, Bissell was only concentrating on browsing the stalls and bookshelves.
“…”
Jiha shrugged at the gaze, and the women whispered more.
“What’s going on here, human man?”
A large woman without a mask stepped forward and asked the underground.
She was an orc, with green skin on her protruding teeth.
“I am a guest.”
“As a rule, men are not allowed to enter. How did you know?”
“I followed my companion”
According to the description of the underground, the orc woman sighed when she saw Vissel, who was busy browsing her books.
“Still, it’s troublesome. Since the other guests are anxious, would you like me to leave?”
“Just take what you find and we’ll be leaving in no time.”
“I told you to leave.”
As the orc rolled up her arm, the basement spoke quietly.
“In the library, silence is standard. So just stop here.”
It’s no big deal to carry this orc, but she warned in a subterranean language.
I’m here to get information. It’s better to refrain from unnecessary fuss.
Underground and Orc looked at each other, but Vissel came back with a bunch of books in his arms.
She held out the books to the underground, but she noticed the orc too late.
Orc scolded Vissel severely.
“My lady, you are a very honored guest, but this is still troublesome. Men are not allowed to enter here.”
“Are you okay. Books… Because you are the one I like.”
“No, but the other guests…”
“I like books… Because you are a person.”
“…”
The orc shook her head and looked down at her.
“Please refrain from next time. Okay?”
“Yeah, as long as it’s okay.”
At the words of the underground, the orc nodded her head and went over to the other women.
While looking at the back of the orc who soothed her that it was okay to be relieved, Jiha turned around as her side was stabbed.
Vissel held out an armful of books in her hands.
“Suggestion… It’s small.”
“…”
The basement grabbed the topmost book and opened it.
“Imperial power. Was there an empire in Wordsland?”
“An imaginary somewhere… It is a country.”
“…”
Thanks to the existence of the Commons, the people of Wordsland knew that another world existed.
The basement flipped through a few more pages and covered them.
“Are these five books the only ones on the list that are here? Not buy it.”
“At least 200,000 per book… Are you Lele? Everything?”
“…”
1 million reels for 5 books, roughly 1 million won?
“I know that books are somewhat precious due to problems with printing technology, but they are still robbers? Isn’t it usually 30,000 reels?”
“The 460,000 reels you just bought… Are you. Premium.”
“…”
I had a lot of money, but I didn’t feel like paying 460,000 for a book like this.
As the underground stared at it in amazement, Vissel explained for some reason.
“This… This is a book that was out of print a while ago. 600,000 if sold in 3 years… Will be able to receive it.”
Jiha shook her head at the recommendation to buy, saying that if you buy it now, you will never lose money.
“What are you doing here?”
When Vissel tried to answer, the underground blocked him.
“I know it’s a bookstore. Why are you hiding like this? Are the guests wearing masks too?”
“Because it is difficult.”
After calming the other guests, the orc returned and explained.
His voice softened as if he knew that the underground was a real guest.
“Most of the books here are books that are out of the eyes of high-ranking people. It’s not very good to be caught, so I’m hiding and doing business. Well, since it’s Warris, you won’t die if you get caught, but there’s no guarantee that you won’t get nasty. That’s why the guests try to hide their identities as much as possible.”
“It’s not even the gospel of a cult, so why go this far?”
Jiha took out another book from Vissel’s arms, looked through it, and shook her head.
“I told you. The high-ranking person is displeased.”
“This is just a novel.”
Jiha, who had assumed that it was an antisocial and disturbing book, shook his head.
The ones on the list that Bissell had brought were novels.
Love between a man and a woman was a hot topic.
“Ah, well, the description of the dragonfly is explicit. But isn’t that the same for 〈 Pensaro’s Love Adventure 〉? If you just hit the water level, it’s much worse, right?”
Hood gain.
Vissel, who had dropped her book, bent down to pick it up, but the basement only looked at the orc.
“It’s openly circulated in the market, so why sell it in secret?”
“Didn’t you read the novel well?”
“Okay.”
What Ji-ha needed from books was information, not pleasure.
So he mainly skimmed through history books and information related to races.
He read novels very occasionally, but was not a hobby.
Orc kindly explained.
“First of all, the novels here usually have women as the main characters. A story of poor women meeting handsome, wealthy and strong men and falling in sweet love. There is also a story about men only, but that is a story about men loving each other. Either way sells well, but you know what they have in common, right?”
“Is the main readership female?”
“It’s not a matter of level or content, it’s a matter of setting.”
The orc’s bitter laugh, Jiha realized the reason.
“You’re going backwards.”
These novels do not fit with the era of female superiority and the era of all women starting with Unique.
“There was a time when I was suppressed for being a disobedient ideology. Decades ago, Blue Seal legend Cheon-ho hated it so much that he cleaned it. You don’t know when it will happen again, so you’re just running around on your own.”
“… Right.”
Underground finally realized everything.
Even if it was a fictional story, it was easy to get caught in Wordsland if it featured a proud man, king, emperor, or ruler.
It could have been accepted as an opinion that denied the era of female superiority and that the previous era was good.
That’s why I was suppressed once, and I’m still secretly hiding and buying and selling.
A novel like this in Wordsland is like a communist novel in Korea.
“Okay…”
It is not something that should be known that Ashira, a high-ranking member of the camp, reads.
It was natural to keep it a secret.
Underground nodded.
“What is the hottest new book these days? How much money do you want to buy?”
“Big guests are always welcome.”
The orc laughed and the underground laughed too.
“I have a woman to present to you.”
Prepare for the underground situation.
A situation where you grasp a weakness before you even meet it.
