Chapter 379 – Secret Sword (1)
‘Grandpa is so fucking cool. I will fall in love with you.’
– Knock. Drool went down his throat. The taste of power and back was sweet.
I endured inadvertently trying to get my hands on the laurel tree pattern.
Dogs are also capable of ‘waiting’ at any time and place, but humans, primates, could not be as good as dogs.
─Parr.
His hands stopped, but the corners of his lips trembled with delight. Even if he tried to hold back his laughter against his wives’ aegyo, it wouldn’t be as difficult as this.
‘Let’s calm down. Take a deep breath, take a deep breath…’
Cornelius said as he handed over this pattern.
They say that it will cover ‘until the day when the hospitality you showed is indemnified’, ‘if it’s not clear’.
In other words, it meant that if I crossed the line with this symbol, there was a chance that I would lose my hand.
If it was about a dispute between nobles, he would take responsibility and help, but if he were to beat the Romanian royal family with bamboo shoots, he would leave 100%. Although this is a rather extreme example, it means that there is a limit to the power of assistance.
When you think about it, it made sense. It’s a reward for saving the lives of my grandson and daughter-in-law, so you want me to take responsibility for the happening that threatens their lives? That was the kind of madness that only a conscientious missing mother would make.
After all, this is a consumable item with obvious limitations.
‘So please calm down, my snout.’
I had negative thoughts to force myself to be cool. It was because if I didn’t do that, I thought that clowns would ascend to heaven.
“Whoa…”
Take a few deep breaths so that no one else can hear you.
No matter how much I internally devalue it, the value of this pattern will not fade. Even though they are nobles of Romania, they are a family of the fucking Senate. The weight of this pattern also applies abroad.
‘Because the basic principle of financial technology is the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.’
The more money people have, the more opportunities they have to make money.
If you were a member of the Senate, it was natural that you would be a major sponsor in a guild that was active on the world stage like the Hermaion Guild.
Originally, a company is maintained by receiving support from major shareholders and sponsors rather than existing alone!
Putting everything aside, the story is over even if the Armials family only supports the Mage Guild and Adventurer Guild Alliance.
This pattern will work in most countries.
‘… This would be better than an honorary aristocrat without a back.’
Aren’t the grandsons of the chairman a higher position than the old-timers who are afraid of new recruits who are two-steiners, rather than old seniors who claim that one of their cousins has a lieutenant colonel?
Rather than honorary nobles in name only, commoners with the senate behind them were more dangerous.
The pattern of the Armials family will be effective against nobles or vicious merchants who are difficult to deal with alone.
Even after receiving this pattern and leaving, it was worth coming to the Armials family.
‘I guess you liked it. Thank god.〉
Said Cornelius, leaning back against the backrest.
Wow, caring is crazy. How did I get beaten up like a dog by someone I could talk to so well? I thought he was just a clogged old man, but he was also a decent macho. I award you the 2nd grade of Forager. It’s your fault, Kang Buk-ho. If such a decent old man took a hawk, there must have been a reason. Anyway then. 〈… Language interpretation was my main major at university, but right now I am working as a field worker.〉 Even if it is a research content, there is only a rough goal to move on to research on dimension shift in the future. It was also true that when asked what he was doing now, the answer was difficult. Cornelius stroked his white beard. He said again with a pod. 〈If you need budget or support during research, go through screening. If the officers under the family decide that the investment is worthwhile, the approval will come up to my desk.〉 〈… Thank you.〉 I tried to bring up the Elixir business at the mention of budget, but I changed my mind. ‘It’s kind of like doing something without consulting Selena.’ The opponent is the Senate family. Otherwise, the whole business could be swallowed up. If you are watching the progress of your business and say your budget is lagging, let’s talk about it. It doesn’t have to be now. ‘Isn’t the present and family support just a promise from my daughter-in-law to you? Of course you should talk to me too. Are you going to return empty-handed after being invited to our family as a guest?” Wow, you’re giving me souvenirs for this again? I was even moved by the natural flex, like the jerking of an unemployed person. This is really rich spend money like water ‘At least it’s about a penny or two. I’ll take it If you’re a man with a reputation, sometimes you have to show your competent side in front of your wives and go home with some strength on your shoulders.〉 When I was beaten by a bundle of money and was losing my mind, the old man spoke very coolly.
‘Young people just have to be grateful when an adult gives it to them. Never mind. If you’re a big man like you, you don’t seem to have any worries about being ignored by his wives on a regular basis.〉
I humbly bowed my back and thanked him. Respect soared to the point that my palms were rubbed together.
It may be that he was thinking of spitting on talented people like this, but this was also a good idea for a master’s student who was so shy that the only experience of being spit on by others was physically being spanked by his wives.
‘Pitty money is a small amount of money from this person’s point of view.
You’ve succeeded, Bukho. It seems like a lie about the days when Attak paid 100,000 won for a request fee of 3 Cooper.
Even on Earth, rich people who don’t really have enough money to spend it say that they split their pennies like this and donate here and there.
It feels like being recognized for my damn ability and entering the White Guard. This is why you risk your life and give your allegiance. In the future, if the elder calls, it might fly by intercontinental teleport.
I pondered for a moment about the elder’s words.
It’s a necessary thing
〈… Are there any equipment that adventurers can use?〉
〈What do you mean? Of course there is. But I wouldn’t recommend it.〉
I opened and closed my mouth. I wasn’t sure if I could ask why.
The elder quickly responded to my thoughts.
‘You are an archaeologist. Compared to the relics of ancient civilizations, the magic items created today are not suitable for battle.〉
I had never thought that modern magic items were inferior until now, so when I asked, the old man pointed his index finger at the knight commander who was escorting him like a stone statue from behind.
“It is a wonderful treasure.” It is an armor that makes billions of sounds even if you just listen to it. It wasn’t a golden Lamborghini, it was a jumbo jet. But what do you mean it’s not fit for combat? Armor with stamina recovery would be useful. I want to know. When I laughed awkwardly and couldn’t answer, he smiled too. 〈A magic item… ? Is it because of the danger?〉
‘I saw it right away. Magic items with offensive magic have the same power no matter who wears them, as long as mana can be replenished.〉
The old man pulled out her sword and showed me a cane that had been threshed.
Maybe that sword is also a magic item? It’s a pity that you can’t use the Eye of Odin during a conversation.
I couldn’t feel the mana separately, but it was a knife that I hid in my staff and took it out. The amount of mana flowing out must have been concealed. It’s a self-defense weapon that would have cost money.
〈We can’t interfere with the artifacts found in the ruins, but the nobles of Romania are interfering with the number, distribution, and production of offensive magic items they possess. There are times when the filthy civil servants come out to thank you.〉
No, there are times when our elders can express themselves a little bit when no one is watching. Are you really someone who has been educated by the head of household since childhood? It felt like talking to a wealthy merchant or guild leader. ─Sereung. The old man putting the knife back into his cane. If that method is allowed, anyway, he and I are strangers, and he is not my subordinate. And if so? The number of magic weapons possessed by nobles will increase beyond the number set by law. An old man smiling happily. I heard this for the first time today because it was at a level beyond the common sense of the common people, but there was a side to it that made sense when I heard it like that. ‘Because the mana potion is in a similar situation.’ As I said before, if there is no addiction to potions in another world, potions that restore mana will not be circulated on the market. Why? This is because if a skilled magician hoards mana potions and continues to suck them up, it becomes possible to fireball infinitely. ‘Mana is close to oil. Depending on how you use it, it’s a military item.’ To put it bluntly, the Orihalcon Pillars in the Ghost City weren’t the mana generators used during the war. Mana, the sweet water of Muan’s civilization in another world, was gunpowder, oil, and electricity. Imagine that I have accumulated mana potions equal to a water tank and used Absolute Sky Zone dozens of times. The fucking human storm Nord. Romania may become the ruins of what Romania was. Similar to that, collect hundreds of weapons that emit attack magic and give them to the farmers? Magical☆Peasant Uprising is chewable. To be honest, if you think about it like this, it’s strange that other countries in the other world are complacent in managing mana and magic items. If it was a world without monsters or dungeons, it would never have been like it is now.
I nodded. I thought I knew roughly why.
‘… Because the first Senate divided power with the power of Arma Shunas. Are you trying to prevent the recurrence of that incident?’
So that weapons similar to Arma’s ‘weapon’ would not be born.
‘Indeed. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a magic item with attack magic.’
I’ve seen masks that look impressive and flying throwing knives, but I haven’t even heard of a magic sword that breathes fire, which is the standard of fantasy.
It made sense if the reason was Romania’s policy.
‘Because the wizard guild, the headquarters of magic in the other world, is a guild belonging to Romania. Foreign branches won’t produce magic items for attacks if they don’t want to be seen by the emperor.’
Germania or Nidabellir might have made such a weapon, though.
‘So all we can give you is a sturdy sword or armor. But now, how helpful will the ritual equipment of our secret sword knights be to a warrior of your level?”
The old man said as if he was organizing a story.
That’s right. Items like the Knight Commander’s armor couldn’t be given away, and it was too expensive to be shamelessly asked to give it away. Even so, even if I received equipment like Rias used, I was the only physical dealer in my party.
‘I’d rather get something else than clumsy equipment.’
I thought that far and said it.
The old man let out a murmur that made the listener feel slightly chilled, and nodded happily.
‘Give me a few loaves. Tell me what you’re asking for.〉
〈Training── No, I want to be taught.〉
〈… Teaching? You?〉
I said with a look like a poor warrior.
If it was enough to have an order of knights under his command, he would have a proper martial art and a way to train mana.
Unlike the Stella warrior chief of the Ulster colony, who was difficult to explain, he is a warrior who has risen to the Mithril class through systematic training.
What if you could observe his martial arts and training methods with these eyes that can read and see through the master’s martial arts?
It would not have been a dream to make that essence my own.
