Chapter 179 – Reunion
#179.
“Whoa… As you said, we have a rough assortment. The rental office is also planning to open from January 1st, and if there is a problem, Lucipeon will issue an order to kill it. Unless you’re a bit of an idiot, you wouldn’t think of jumping with something.”
Rougeena, who exhaled cigarette smoke, held out her documents, and Gaon accepted them and read them slowly.
What they are trying to do is simple.
It’s a rental business, and instead of lending magic tools and artifacts gathered from ancient ruins or all over the place, you have to fulfill the instructions once a month.
Of course, in the case of relics, we plan to select them through a very strict screening process and lend them only to those who have a certain reputation and have more than a certain level of military power.
If the instructions from Lucipeon are too unreasonable and undesirable, there is also an option to pay a moderate penalty and withdraw, so there is no big loss from the point of view of the renter.
Of course, if you’re caught doing a dirty trick, you’ll be chased that day by Lucipheon and the lenders who were instructed by them.
‘I have no choice but to do this to prepare for the future.’
In the future, many events will occur in Union. As the rifts open, monsters pop out incessantly, and demons or beings from the other world also appear and inflict enormous damage.
It was not enough for Gaon and his party to block such things one by one, so it was wise to respond by increasing the number of people who could deal with them in this way.
Although it was said to be once a month, hundreds of magic tools, including ancient artifacts, were already piled up in the warehouse, and there would be more in the future, so there would be no shortage of hands.
Instead, there is one blind spot here, and that is that you cannot distribute Bind-type artifacts or artifacts.
If you lend it rashly and then run away, you have no choice but to kill it, but that only spreads meaningless damage in the end.
If another victim comes out with a plan made to prepare for future destruction, it will be a complete turnaround.
That’s why Gaon entrusted Rougiena with one more thing besides the rental office.
“Lugiana. How about a dungeon gun?”
“The dungeon is still there. Still, it will be completed before the rental office opens. There’s quite a lot of manpower involved, so the target won’t notice.”
“I’m glad. Please continue.”
Gaon’s plan was as follows.
Bind-type artifacts cannot be handed out through rental, so why not pass them on disguised as if the other person got them on their own?
If you entrust the request to conquer the dungeon you made yourself to the target person, and use a method that allows you to naturally obtain artifacts there, you can sell your skills wonderfully without leaving unnecessary doubts.
It was a plan that came up with an idea from a movie that I watched interestingly while I was on Earth.
“But do you really need to use such a troublesome method? Wouldn’t it be enough to scout and take care of it?”
“That’s one of the ways, but I can’t manage that many people. In fact, even now, the guild members who joined late are not well taken care of. Above all, there is no reason to hold on to someone who will grow on its own if left alone.”
“Huh… Okay?”
Ruggiena let out her snort and stared at her warming eyes.
At a glance, he seemed to be on something, so he put down the papers and asked.
“Are there any problems?”
“No, it’s not really a problem, but interesting information came in.”
“Information… ?”
“I heard that you spend time with the royal jade leaf of the Duke of Chevrons every day at dawn. Doesn’t she also have a ‘personal’ debt to her past life?”
Louisiana’s tone was sharp.
Gaon thought about what he wanted to say because he seemed strangely annoyed at the sight of her emphasizing only certain words, but she replied with a wry smile.
“You’re right. I have some personal things. Hirencia has a debt to pay.”
“Herencia… ?”
Louisiana’s eyebrows twitched.
Hirencia Chevrons is the gold jewel of the duchy, and has a great reputation as a genius. She was an impregnable woman even when it came to dealing with men.
Calling such a woman by name means that the relationship between the two of them was not normal in her previous life.
‘Then what am I?’
During the month, she handled various tasks, but she couldn’t help but feel a little angry as she had countless thoughts on what Gaon had mentioned about her personal debt.
Isn’t this Ruggiena Calliope, who is called the queen of the dark side, excited by herself?
She couldn’t open her mouth even though she felt frustrated at this situation where she couldn’t even openly get angry.
When Lujiena just stared at her in silence, Gaon noticed her own mistake and changed the topic a little embarrassed.
“Rather than that, there has been progress in the production of magic crystals this time. In the future, it seems that the speed will be drastically faster. I cannot determine the exact number, but please prepare in advance.”
“Don’t do that. But why don’t you continue what you just said? I’m curious.”
Rougie I mentioned her gear again from earlier. She doesn’t let go once bitten like a hyena.
Gaon wondered if he had to tell this private story to this woman and felt embarrassed, then got up in a hurry.
“… Sorry. Because it’s a personal story. Anyway, the time is already like this. I’ll just go.”
“… Why? Can I stay longer?”
“No. I have a busy job. See you in a week.”
Watching her receding back, she puffed out the smoke from her cigarette, and as soon as the Gaon completely disappeared, she roughly rubbed her cigarette in the ashtray to put it out.
She couldn’t control her feelings at all. She’s angry, but she’s strangely sad and sad, but this feeling of wanting to hit her is the first time she’s ever felt that way.
It’s not that I don’t particularly love Gaon.
But I didn’t like the way she ran away after confusing me.
Even when I asked about the story of the two, even if she pretended not to, the displeasure on her face strangely made her feel pushed by Hirencia.
“Is it also because of your age?”
In her opinion, compared to Hirencia, there is no part of her that makes her inferior. Even if she looks at her appearance, looks at her body, and looks at various conditions such as wealth and military power, she is rather superior and not inferior to anything.
The only thing that bothered her was her age, but in fact, she had already undergone 2 rounds of metamorphosis, so that doesn’t mean much either.
“Whoa… Let’s calm down. It doesn’t matter anyway. What do you know about your past life or whatever?”
She said so with her mouth, but in her heart she couldn’t accept it, so her head couldn’t calm down.
Eventually, taking out her new cigarette, Munrougena exhaled her smoke over and over until she regained her cool, shaking off the Gaon face that had settled in her head.
“… You’re needlessly handsome.”
Louisiana Calliope.
Surprisingly, she was close to a blank slate when it comes to dating.
***
Kaaang!
Finally, the two of them stepped back as the blows with all their strength collided.
“Haha! Thank you for your effort.”
“…”
As of today, it has been a month and a week since the Dalian started.
Hirencia, who had grown day by day, was now able to fight with him completely.
Of course, the technique itself is still behind Gaon, but the overwhelming amount of mana and physical abilities reinforced by the karma accumulated so far were enough to make up for the gap.
Gaon, who had been leaning on her sword with her sword on the floor, looked at Hirencia, who was breathing heavily with her head down, put her spear in and said,
“Dalian ends today.”
“Yes? Why?”
“I have nothing more to teach. In the future, I will train alone. I will probably be able to reach 9 stars soon.”
There is no lie in these words. Most of all, about a week later, Hirencia receives her imperial order and leaves to subdue the frost trolls swarming in the northwest.
I wanted to take care of one or two ancient artifacts, but it was obvious that the Duke’s family had already prepared all of them, so I decided to leave them as thoughts.
However, she shook her head as if it was difficult to understand.
“No. I’m still not good enough. I’ve come a long way to catch up with your skills. I need you!”
“…”
I’m suddenly a little worried.
Hirencia, it just means that I need to fight with you, but if you confuse words like this, men are bound to misunderstand.
Even though Gaon knew her personality, it was hard to suppress his beating heart.
He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down before reprimanding himself firmly.
“Herencia Chevrons. Let go of the idea of depending on others. You can’t reach 9 stars that way.”
“… Sorry. I made an excuse. You are right. Depending on others is a bad habit. Thank you.”
“I just need to know. Then I’ll let you go.”
Gaon was still confused.
Is it right for her to take a step back like this and remain with her ambiguous relationship, or is it right to aim for a relationship with her that is definitely moving forward?
The thought that it was already too late had come this far, but an unknown hunch whispered that it shouldn’t be like that.
In the end, while Gaon hesitated, she turned around and walked in front of her, pretending to be nothing on the outside.
Seeing him like that, Hirencia hesitated, then she cried out.
“Wait!”
Gaon flinched.
But that was only for a short while, and then he started walking away again.
She looks at the back and continues her words.
“… Can we meet again?”
Her identity is unknown, but to her, who was left with no place to go and dried up in her solitude, that man was like rain in a drought.
He tried to treat him as coldly as possible, but his eyes showed warmth and affection that could not be hidden in his tone.
All of that was good
She didn’t want to let go of this man who was the only one who saw her as Hirencia rather than her Hirencia Chevrons.
But forcibly holding on to them will only bring unhappiness to both of them in the end.
That’s why I wanted to hear at least the answer that we could meet again.
Jerk-jerk-
Covered by trees, the man’s back gradually disappears.
Hirencia hangs her head in a sense of loss, wondering if this fate will eventually end like this. A voice reached her ears belatedly.
– Certainly someday.
Unlike her voice, which she had heard occasionally for a month, Hirencia quickly raised her head at the soft, kind, and warm tone.
But all I could see was the bare branches swaying in the morning winter breeze.
The desolate sight of her made her heart ache in her own words, but she smiled instead.
“Yes, one day for sure.”
Remembering the time we met again.
