Chapter 219 – Orihalcon (5)
〈… Well, I will only speak Romanian until I leave this city.〉
Let me kneel in front of Fran, and Dana will explain with whispers and gestures.
That’s how the red-winged humanoid Lalilura declared.
I think that if a person is really pushed to the extreme of shame, he might get dizzy and pass out.
〈 What do you think? You can make mistakes in life.〉
〈I’m the only crazy bitch who shouts what kind of guy she’s compatible with in a place where people are wandering around.
That’s right
I managed to keep the words from coming out of my mouth with the patience of a superhuman trained in Lamaze breathing. What if I said something like that to an 18-year-old adolescent girl and hanged herself at night?
In any case, Fran and Dana didn’t seem too surprised by Lalilura’s bombshell remarks.
“Lol. What else did I say I thought the two of you came to see a fortune.”
“… Compatibility inside? Is that a business license? In the first place, if that foolish husband had been the one to flirt with another woman while leaving Fran and me waiting, my room would have exploded at a young age.”
What the hell I don’t know if you believe me or not.
Still, it was a relief that I didn’t feel angry. My wives’ hearts are as wide as my pectoralis major. I said to Ralilura, sweeping my chest.
〈It’s nice to speak Romanian, but Romania and Germania don’t get along very well? You may run into problems using Romanian.〉
“Hey hey…”
Even Ralilura had heard of that fact, and her body stiffened.
“… Senior. I want to buy that hat hat.”
Are you trying to cover your face? There’s nothing wrong with that.
“When the work is done. Now I’m going to buy only what I need. Anyone need anything?”
“Oh, wait a minute. I want to buy an antidote to the magic circle.”
Saying so, Veronica pointed to her store in her spell book.
A decipher? I blinked and telepathy came flying.
【I want to interpret the magic circle of the slate. It will not be irrelevant to your purpose. Space movement, or even sub-space magic, can be reproduced.]
【What? Really?】
We communicate through telepathic transmission and reception.
Reproducing space movement would be difficult, but if it was subspace magic, it was worth trying. Subspace is a fucking high-level magic, but it can be reproduced with modern technology from another world.
In other words, if that research succeeds, it is no different from acquiring an inventory, a national rule of Korean fantasy! As Veronica said, it will also help with dimension shift research.
Although there is a difference in the degree of space travel and aircraft research between dimension movement and space movement, I wonder if there are common points in know-how or knowledge.
‘Besides, subspace magic is the most difficult magic to buy with money.’
A different world version of Coca-Cola recipe—is it a bit exaggerated?
Still, there is a level of rarity that is roughly equivalent to a trade secret of a medium-sized company.
‘I didn’t even think about analyzing and recreating the real thing because it would cost a lot of equipment and money…’
I gave up, but if Veronica says that much, doesn’t that mean she has the potential to be a king? I snorted and my eyes lit up.
【Wow, thank you very much! Is there anything I can help you with?]
【Don’t worry. It was a car with nothing to do while taking care of your house. First of all, I plan to learn some skills from the human magic system. Then it would be possible to reduce the intermediate process of analysis even more.]
【Thank you. I’ll cheer you on. Ah, but if it’s a magic circle research, how about researching Sleipnir’s moving magic circle, which is connected to your holy land?]
No, didn’t the bicorns have any intention of researching it?
Veronica’s eyes widened as if she was completely surprised by my telepathy.
【Stupid. You may not know, but it would be blasphemy if we did such a thing.]
【Thubeol. Do you go so far as to blaspheme just because you did a little research?]
Is it blasphemy even to interpret the magic circle I left for you to use? I was impressed by the tight dogma. I’ve hardly seen a place that’s intact among the religions with their fucking doctrines.
【Is it “Only”? There is a difference in the way of thinking like this.]
Veronica smiled bitterly as if my reaction was strange.
[It is not an act prohibited by law. But can it be a star? Our people are sinners who have been punished by the gods for thousands of years. It may seem pitiful to look away, but please understand.]
【No, I don’t think it’s bad. If it might be dangerous, it’s right not to do it.]
Is that so?
It is said that their ancestor, Sleipnir, was shaped like a horse, but the self-consciousness of the bicorns is humanoid. It is terrifying to think that Koreans are cursed to turn into bears or tigers in front of people from other countries.
Bears and tigers are fucking cool, but when you come out to a place where people live, you get killed without asking or questioning. Veronica was similar when we met.
‘Since I’m under such a curse, I can’t help myself.’
If any bicorn mustered up the courage to investigate the traces of the gods, they would be beaten by their own kind. Are you going to take responsibility if the curse gets worse or is not lifted because of you bastard?
Isn’t that the reason why Veronica was only chasing traces of human society like rune stones?
Looking at it that way, the fact that I’m Odin’s heir must have been fucking helpful to Veronica.
With the two-handed shield of the prophecy of the prophet and the successor of God, there would be no backlash even if you ignore the old people of the clan.
“What are you two talking about?”
I stopped thinking about that because Fran had shown interest in our telepathic connection.
Anyway, research related to space is always welcome. I gave a rough explanation to the party members and bought a few copies of the antidote to the magic circle.
【It’s a Britannia silver coin. It doesn’t matter if you pay with this, right?]
【Yes. We will return it in the currency of our country.]
The magic book was fucking expensive, befitting the genuine edition of the money-crazed people of another world, but surprisingly, the book was all paid for by Veronica at her own expense.
Maybe the richest person in our party is Veronica.
Before leaving the guild, I also bought a Magical external hard drive that I would enchant the spear with, and we headed to the port. I was thinking of catching a ferry before sightseeing the city.
──By the way, it’s fucking fucking right.
【Take a woman on the boat? Even 4 people?]
When we brought up the story, the sailors gave back all the usual answers.
【Look elsewhere. There is no space for a woman to ride on my boat.]
While making such sexist remarks.
***
“Fuck, even I’m starting to have doubts about masochism.”
I muttered those words as I sat on the steps in the harbor like Rodin’s Poop Man.
“Those fucking sea gay bastards. What’s wrong with you so much that you hate having a woman on a boat?”
Did the bastards make an onahole exhibition hall in the cabin? I didn’t know why our party members were so disgusted by the fact that they were riding.
I’ve said it several times already, but this world is surprisingly a place where the idea of gender equality is rooted.
Even if you didn’t bring the example of the Four Heavenly Kings, such as polygamy, it was like that from the country called Germania.
It is a country of machoism, but the reality is a matrilineal society!
Germania is a country where women take care of domestic work. There are a lot of women in high government positions, such that the male to female ratio of nobles is 4:6 or 3:7.
‘The current king is also a queen, so I said everything.’
According to my common sense, this kind of matrilineal society is a culture that existed on Earth as well.
However, to think that a country where we thought there would be no discrimination in hiring men and women like this would blow up our schedule with male superiority gender theory!
Foreigners who are hooked on fucking K-drama come to Korea to see Song Joong-ki or Gong Yoo and see glasses-wearing Potatoes rolling around, and their illusions are shattered, but that’s how I feel right now.
Now, the sailors seen on the shore are seen as Sailor Gay warriors.
“Franc. Any fucking guesses?”
Dana asked as she hugged her franc in a back hug. Seeing my wives sticking together like rice cakes makes me want to step in between them.
“Not a clue. I grew up listening to the Germanic culture a lot since I was young, but the coastal climate is very different from that of the inland areas.”
“Ah, so is he? You know that my hometown is also a northern island. I must have had a hard time when I first came down to central Britannia.”
Listening to it, Fran didn’t seem to know much either. There was nothing to ask of Veronica. Even if her roots are Germania, she’s the best in our party if she doesn’t know about human society.
“Senior~? Do you have any good ideas?”
At that time, one of my juniors poked a finger into my side. The pink-haired minor who wears a straw hat and dreams of becoming the Clown King is the only one at our party.
“What? Lalilula.”
“Even if I ask the crew, I haven’t heard an answer, so let’s take a look inside our city!”
Lalilura said while holding down her straw hat (3 Cooper) that was about to be blown away by the wind. Wearing a dress and a straw hat, she looked like a college student out on a date at the beach.
“I am speaking from my own experience. The atmosphere of the area is much easier to see in souvenir shops and restaurants♡! People who cater to tourists are trying to embellish the image of the city!”
“A tourist.”
It makes sense. Wouldn’t it be suitable for gathering information if you avoid only restaurants that do not want to see customers face to face again, like the restaurant in front of the Nonsan Training Center?
“That’s wrong. It’s already lunchtime, so let’s look around for a bit.”
As usual, the sailors were all out on the boat, so I didn’t even ask much. Time is overflowing, but every day is money, so shouldn’t we use it efficiently?
So we headed to a food alley with many food stalls.
─Sniff sniff.
Veronica nobly covered her mouth and nose and sniffed her. The smell from this alley is sweet, and the eyes and heads are not able to keep still.
‘It’s a difficult thing for a Mana Awakener like us.’
If you don’t consciously suppress it, there are times when your sense of smell, which has been upgraded with mana, is subjected to such a terror.
Disgusting smells cut my brain moderately, but good smells kept coming in without limit, so my stomach rumbled.
“Ralilura’s Living Point Lecture♡! There is no harm in queuing up at a shop with a good smell!”
“It’s a tip that only those who are confident in their skills can use.”
As Dana said, confident in our skills, we went to a yakitori stand as if possessed by a fox.
50% of tourists are adventurers in a different world where people go through hardships when they leave home.
40% are people on business trips, such as merchants, archaeologists and circuses. The remaining 10% are nobles. Maybe that’s why there were a lot of adventurers in the line at that store, but if others followed, the average would go.
【Give me 9.】
【It’s spicy, isn’t it?】
【Yep.】
I bought 9 skewers so there was no shortage.
3 for 1 cooper. I liked it even more because it was a very reasonable price. Shops that don’t play around with prices come with a guarantee check for the taste.
“Oh, this is lamb. Delicious!”
Fran, a drunkard, seemed to like lamb skewers even without Tsingtao, and the reaction was Hyeja. Because they are happy with such trivial things, it is worth spending money on our Franc.
“It’s spicy, so be careful.”
“Lol. No matter how spicy it is—— kekeuk!”
Why is everyone talking about seeds these days? Fran happily asked for a skewer and went straight to the table. It didn’t smell that pungent, but is it a spice problem?
“Keheuk, puhi, uhhhhh…”
“Raise your head. I’ll give you water. 〈 Water Creation〉.”
It’s been a long time since I don’t carry a water bottle with me when I go outside, so it’s a water launch magic. ─It’s a joke. Fran closed her eyes and drank the stream of water from her fingers.
‘Hmmmmy.’
But the way Fran took the water with her mouth open while shedding tears looked a bit like that.
In the eyes of others, it feels a little like a crime of obscenity. Dana muttered as she bit into the skewer, probably because it looked like she was drinking something strange.
“… Fucking bastard. I will have a hard time following your castle wall.”
“Generate 〈 Water 〉.”
“Oh, the fuck! Hey! Shoot it in the face, kyaheuk, kyaheuk!”
I usually eat what comes out of my body, so why is that? I possessed a ruthless western water gunman and sprayed water on my sister’s face.
“Whoop whoop. There is no quiet day around you.”
Veronica was enjoying our family talk show and skipped her skewer. At first, there were wrinkles between his eyebrows, perhaps because of the spice taste, but the wrinkles spread as he chewed the meat.
“Well… Well? … Well.”
From the second bite onwards, Veronica doesn’t talk and eats hard. ─Twinkle, twinkle. It’s a satisfying sight to see your eyes shining.
“It smells good. What seasoning is this?”
“Have you tried mixing spices from various countries? It is a trading city.”
“Is it… It has a unique taste. It is a food born from the vast exchanges of human society.”
Veronica admired Dana’s words and savored her skewer.
“Ooh…”
The only one was Rari Lu Rah, who stuck out her tongue after munching on her. This guy’s tongue is pretty long. I didn’t know because I was just pulling it out every day.
“This is not to my taste. Senior? Would you like some instead?”
“Time processing. Difficulty.”
“Did you eat clean? This is a great opportunity to taste the food I put my mouth on, right?”
“How can I live life so positively?”
I know it’s a joke, but I pulled my hair out and declined. It was then. ─Hmm. Veronica cleared her throat as she hid her stick behind her.
“… Is one more okay? If it doesn’t work, I’ll go and buy it for you.”
“Eat more. Because I bought more than the number of people.”
─Nod. It was headbanging without hesitation.
In that way, all the excess of the skewer was sucked into Veronica’s stomach. She had no intention of saying anything, as she felt it was a light pre-dinner snack.
‘This is the first time I’ve seen Veronica look so happy.’
He seemed more happy than when he was talking about how to curse.
That’s why duty and hobby are different. I don’t know what she ate in the forest, but Veronica’s cheeks melted at the sweet, salty, salty, salty food stalls poured with spices.
‘Overall, Germania’s average food level is better than Britannia’s.’
Anyway, it was a time when I was wandering around doing something like that.
─Stupid!
A male adventurer who suddenly rolls out of the store!
We walked and stopped while talking. What is it? Is it a fight
“Ugh… Kuck. My stomach explodes, fuck…”
The man left only those words and lay down on the road.
The belly was swollen like a pregnant woman in her third month of pregnancy, so it was a horror itself. The fuck is fucking scary! Are Germania gay bastards even using magic to impregnate men in the intestines?
Horrified, I checked the store sign.
【Seaman’s Special Set Meal!】
【Challenge!! If you eat it all in 20 minutes, it’s free!]
“Ah, what is it? Is it that kind of store?”
Relieved, I looked back at the fallen man. The stomach that turned into a bread-and-pepper must have been the words of an adventurer who tried that food and was defeated.
‘Anyway, there are things like that in this world too.’
I tried to focus on my sense of smell out of curiosity, but the smell from inside the store was more fragrant than I thought. Even though I was a little full, it would be a good restaurant.
“You are doing something fun. Nor, would you like to try?”
“Franc. Eating a lot and machoism are unrelated genres.”
But I agree with the saying that it looks fucking fun.
“I’m thinking of going out to eat and see, but is anyone dissatisfied?”
No
We decided on this restaurant to fill our stomachs before sightseeing until sunset. If the storekeeper is a sailor, you might be able to hear why the sea gays won’t let women on board.
However, as I entered the room with such thoughts in mind, my face immediately hardened.
─Slurp! Slurp!
─Slurp! Slurp!
Seafood piled up in bowls that are wide like a bowl of jjajang and deep like a bowl of naengmyeon!
The inside of the store was a space for food fighters who ate the seafood tower in perfect order. Muscular old men enjoying tower defense with seafood while looking at the hourglass placed on their tables are packed everywhere.
“What the hell. I lived a good life.”
They say that when they rummage, they rub the leftover food from their previous lives and eat it.
Even though I was clean, I was somehow overwhelmed by the sweaty restaurant, and I was discovered by a man who seemed to be the store owner. He was a macho with only arms ragged like the owner of a fucking Chinese restaurant.
【Welcome! How old are you?】
No fuck, we’ll just leave.
