Chapter 228 – The Cursed Throne
Seong-il, who didn’t want to talk to the crazy wizard any more, said yes to his words, and at that, Argent started approaching him with a mad smile.
‘Hey…!’
Seong-il feels a sense of danger when a boy with a grotesque smile approaches him, and shrinks his body.
However, Argent didn’t do him any harm, just threw an object at Seongil.
“Take it.”
“…Ring?”
When Seong-il throws the ring out of the blue, he looks at Argent with a puzzled expression. Argent begins to explain the ring to him.
“It’s called the Ring of Domination.”
“Control?”
“Yes, rule. It is originally a pair of ornaments. One is the master’s ring, the other is the slave’s necklace.”
“!!”
The name of an accessory overflowing with malice just by hearing it. When he hears the name and makes a guessing expression, Argent laughs evilly and continues talking to him.
“That’s right. That’s the accessory I used to control Verissa.”
“…Are you casting a spell on the ring to control people’s minds?”
“Well, it’s like that. Although it has a more complicated mechanism.”
“…?”
“You don’t need to know the details. As long as you’re wearing that ring, you can command Verissa by using certain ‘keywords’.”
“Keyword?”
“That’s right. Put on that ring and say, ‘Please.’ If so, she can’t refuse her request. Well, to be precise, it’s not that she can’t refuse her request, it’s just that she rationalizes her way of thinking little by little to match her request.”
“!!”
The driving method of an item that is incredibly evil just by hearing it. As Seong-il frowned, Argent continued his conversation with his signature evil smile.
“Well, it’s not just unconditional loss. It contains arithmetic powers that greatly speed up spell casting and magic that strengthens the memorization power of the wearer.”
“… With such a fraudulent power at stake, she must have thought of putting on her necklace.”
“That’s right. By the way, the more you wear a necklace, the more dependent you become. If you wear it for at least a year and then take off the necklace without taking any action, your mind will collapse.”
“…!!”
A side effect of the dreaded necklace. Seong-il keeps questioning her performance to prevent any accident.
“With such a powerful spell cast, unconditional orders are possible…”
“Oh, it’s not that simple.”
As if he wasn’t even worth answering the question of her holy day, Argent cuts off his words quickly and begins a brief explanation of her necklace.
“The amount of time applied depends on the difficulty of the command. Simple, common sense commands are accepted quickly without resistance.”
“Hmm…”
“Let me give you an example? You… What was your name by the way?”
“…Han Seong-il.”
“I see. If you simply tell Verisa to ‘mix your flesh with Han Seong-il’, it will take quite a while. It won’t be rationally accepted.”
“Hmm…”
“However, in order to steal special information from Han Seong-il, ordering ‘use him to steal knowledge’ will speed up the process.”
“Ah…!”
“And according to the progress, additionally, ‘If I succeed in stealing that knowledge, my magic level will advance one step.’ Giving the same additional hints will speed up the implementation even more. Do you understand?”
“Yes.”
“In that sense, this time I will tell her briefly about her sluts, and order her verisa to seduce you.”
“Yes? Telling you about the color ball…”
“Don’t worry. She can’t divulge any information about her to anyone without my orders. Already for her security, she’s obsessed with her knowledge monopoly so she doesn’t reveal her knowledge to others. I’ve remodeled it.”
“…”
Seong-il feels goosebumps at Richie’s meticulous behavior. He starts talking to Seong-il with a fishy laugh.
“In that sense, I’ll take her with me for the time being.”
“…Suddenly?”
“I’m pretty cautious. You can do naughty things, so you should take out insurance, don’t you?”
“Hmm…”
“Even though Verisa is quite a useful person, even though she is a guard, taking her with you will be of great help to you.
“…”
“Then let’s go, the spell is about to be lifted. I’m looking forward to the demonstration.”
Having said that, Argent did not listen to Seongil’s answer and released the spell. Then, with his face changed to the innocent expression he had before, he bows to Seong-il and continues his conversation.
“Sungil-nim, then, please wait while drinking the tea I prepared. I will help the entire party bring equipment.”
“…Okay.”
Seong-il feels goosebumps when he sees Argent disguising himself as an ordinary wizard’s apprentice in an instant.
‘In this way, he must have been living in hiding, disguised as an apprentice of an ordinary wizard in the city? If I change my mind and try to interfere with his life, he will try to get rid of me immediately.’
Seong-il feels goosebumps at Richie’s cunning tricks. Feigning composure, he sits in the drawing room and waits for the party.
“Hey, savage man! We’re here!.”
“Hmm.”
“Hmm… You must have been quite bored?”
Seong-Il’s bland attitude makes Sena mistakenly thinking that the party is bored because they made her wait for a long time. To him, Sena begins to speak with an exaggerated expression.
“Whoa…!! I’ll tell you something that will make you forget your boredom! During this exploration, Verisa, the beautiful wizard we saw earlier, said she would accompany us! In addition, during that period, we’ll give you free access to the finest accommodation in the city center. He said he would do it! How is it!! Is it good?”
“Right.”
Despite telling her the good news, Seong-Il’s sullen reaction makes Sena look puzzled.
“Huh? You don’t like it that much?”
“Ah! I’m tired! After all day long, aren’t you tired?”
“Ah, maybe.”
Sena finds out why Seong-il is upset. She nods her head and pats her group, telling them to move to their quarters.
“Wow… No matter how luxurious the inn is, it’s no joke that the inn has a private bath.”
Ban lived an ascetic life because his job was his job. In the meantime, he is culture shocked by the extravagant appearance of a luxurious inn, which he has never visited before. Bruno pats him on the back and starts talking to him.
“At this point, you should experience this as well. It’s not always good to live an ascetic life.”
“…Is that what you would do as a priest?”
“Okay! Let’s go to the room and go wash up. I’m looking forward to having a public bathroom as well as a private bathroom.”
“Yes, let’s go to the rooms. Madam, by the way, how are the rooms for our group divided? Three males and one female?”
When Ban asked the question, the madam at the counter started answering him with a funny expression.
“Whoa… Driver, everyone here will use a private room.”
“Yes?!”
The group’s eyes widen at the word “Private room”. Ban is embarrassed by the unexpected luxury and even stutters.
“Then… Then… Uh… Where to go…”
“Ah, I’ll attach an attendant to each of them, so you can follow them. Then…”
“…?”
“If you need assistance at night, I would be grateful if you let me know in advance.”
“!!”
At the word that he will arrange prostitution, Ban glares at her madam with a frightened expression. However, Madame laughs casually and sees Sena and Seong-il and connects her words.
“Ah, since these two are priests and paladins, it might be possible, but I don’t think the other two are.”
“It’s done!!”
“…Me too.”
When Sena and Seong-il react negatively to Madam’s words, she smiles and nods her head.
“Whoa… If you’re shy about staring at people around you, you can come later and ask for it, or you can tell the attendant.”
“…”
At the words of the madam, the party put on awkward faces and quickly follow their attendants to their respective rooms.
‘Hmm… The room is pretty nice…?’
The structure of the room is so luxurious that it reminds me of the ‘Dancer of the Night’ run by Pirina in the old world of alchemy. After passing the living room with antique carpets, there was an impressive bed made of the finest silk.
‘…Will it come if I wait?’
A holy day waiting for Verisa to make a deal with Argent. That time when he sat near the room with a nervous expression and waited. There is a sound of someone knocking on the door.
Smart!
“…!!”
Seong-il puts on a nervous expression at the sound of knocking on the door, moves to the door and starts to open the door.
“Who… Huh?!”
When Seong-il opens the door, he sees a familiar In-young. Seong-il is frightened by the visitor’s appearance and talks to him.
“…Agent? Why are you here?”
“Why? Like I said before, I came to see you.”
“Crazy…”
Seong-il looks puzzled at the appearance of Argent, who unexpectedly visits his room.
However, Argent ignores the reaction of such a holy day, strides into the room where he is tied up without his consent, takes out a chair in front of the table and starts to sit down.
“…What are you doing?”
“I just told you. You’re going to watch.”
“…”
“By the way, Berry is a woman who knows how to enjoy color, so she can have fun and enjoy her.”
‘…What do you mean?’
The time Seong-il tried to answer him in an absurd mind. Argent’s body begins to turn transparent and disappears from the room in an instant.
‘I’ll give you an explanation and then disappear!’
Seong-il looked at the place where he was sitting in a daze, in an absurd mind. The moment he calms down and talks to Argent, someone starts knocking on Seongil’s door once again.
“Are you there?”
“!!”
A woman’s voice that sounds quite familiar, probably because I heard it once during the day. Seong-il swallows dryly at the appearance of the protagonist of the voice and approaches the door.
“…Who are you?”
As she has traveled around the world and experienced all sorts of things, Seong-il quickly moves to her visit, pretending to be calm.
“This is Verissa Collinus. I’m here to discuss and greet the commission.”
At her words, Seong-il pretends not to know anything and opens the door to greet her.
“Ah, I heard during the day! You’re going on an exploration job two days later…?”
“Yes. So I finished talking to the others, but only Seongil-nim didn’t say hello.”
“Ah, nice to meet you.”
“Huh…”
“…?”
Seong-il looked at Verisa, who out of the blue looked up and down at him and let out a strange nasal sound.
Then, Verisa laughs and starts talking to Seong-il.
“…I hear you’re not a barbarian, but you’re pretending to be a barbarian to hide your identity?”
“…?”
Seong-Il puts on an absurd expression when Verisa says something out of the blue. Looking at him like that, Verissa entered the room and closed the door, continuing her conversation.
“I heard from Argent. He said he was from a fallen aristocrat in the East…”
“?”
Seong-Il makes a face of her absurdity to her who keeps spitting out her weird noises. Then, in his head, someone whispers and starts talking.
“Just match the rhythm.”
‘!!’
Seong-il flinched at the sudden voice of Argent in his head. He has no choice but to start answering her nonsense in moderation.
“…I hope you don’t tell anyone else.”
“Hoo…”
Verisa looked at him with a different expression when her tone changed to polite in an instant. When she confirms what she has been told, she takes off her robe with a pleasant smile.
“Whoa~ It’s hot.”
Verisa took off her robe under the pretext of the heat. Then, a tight-fitting dress that reveals her body appears.
‘Ohhh… She’s got a good body?’
Verisa’s body is impressive with her rather voluptuous breasts and big hips. Seong-il admires her well-maintained body even though she is a magician who rarely exercises.
“By the way… I heard something interesting.”
“…Which?”
“My disciple, Argent, said that Seongil-nim learned an interesting secret technique.”
“Hmm…”
Seong-il was worried about what to answer. Verissa takes one of her glasses from her arms and begins to put it on her face.
“Hoo…”
And she puts on her glasses and exclaims admiration as she sees her Seong-il.
“What are you doing…?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I’m just checking to see if what Argent said is true.”
“Yes…?”
“I heard that you learned the secret art that comes down as a secret from the East, but it is true.”
“…”
“Building mana on the body… It’s an amazing secret technique that we’ve never seen before in our world.”
“…How?”
Forgetting to do her acting, her sungil earnestly wonders how she figured out her own inner workings.
And, perhaps feeling his sincerity, Verissa took off her glasses, held them in her hands, and waved them in the air as she began her explanation.
“The glasses I just wore are minor artifacts made to appraise creatures or objects with magical powers.”
“Ah…”
“Don’t worry. It’s a minor thing, but an artifact is an artifact. Even if you add all of these items in the world, there will be less than five. If I keep my mouth shut, there will be very few people in the world who will recognize Sungil’s vision.”
“…So what do you want to say?”
At the words of her holy day, Berrysa smiled brightly, put her hands on her chest, and posed as if to show off her voluptuous breasts. Then she starts to get her answer out to Seong-il.
“I want to make a deal.”
