Chapter 316 – Allied Powers of Elance
Frank.
It was a name I hadn’t heard in a really long time.
“Do you remember who it is?”
“Of course. “He is the only person who pushed me to the brink of death, so how can I forget?”
In response to Harry’s question, June smiled bitterly and answered, then thought about Frank.
Frank.
A guy who came from the same church in Primuni Village as Jun and went astray in despair over not being born with a special ability.
As he got closer to graduating from the church, his wanderings became more severe, and Jun almost lost his life due to a scheme created by a combination of his wanderings and the malicious intent of the Merchants’ Union.
Although he saved his life and developed his Auror core in the process, the fact that he drove Jun to death did not change, and as a result, he was branded a criminal and spent the rest of his life on the run.
“Woo! Where is that guy now! Por will scold you!”
Fortuna, who finally remembered who Frank was after Jun’s explanation, couldn’t hold back her anger and kicked the air.
The other wives who found out about him for the first time seemed equally angry, although they did not show it.
The atmosphere went from cool to sharp in an instant.
Although it wasn’t their fault, Jun and Harry noticed the girls’ notice and continued their conversation, smiling awkwardly in an attempt to lighten the mood.
“Anyway, that guy somehow survived. There was so much news of him that I thought he had died unexpectedly somewhere.”
“Haha. “I thought it was like that until recently because the Heresy Inquisitors couldn’t find it.”
Even though churches throughout the empire placed a search for Frank, they were unable to catch him because he fled to the United States of Elance rather than the empire.
Without knowing that, they only searched inside the empire, so there was no way they could find it, no matter how expert the Inquisitors were in searching.
If Leonard and Robin hadn’t discovered his whereabouts, he would still have been trying in vain.
“How did you get over there? It’s amazing that I crossed over, and it’s amazing that I even thought about crossing over.”
There was a great forest between the Britia Empire and the Allied Empire of Elance.
Because all kinds of animals, plants, and monsters live there, it was impossible to traverse it without a certain level of skill.
How could it be that even though the two great powers mobilized all their capabilities to open a trade route, they failed?
Also, it was a problem even if heavenly luck arrived and miraculously allowed him to cross over to the United States of Elance.
This is because the Allied Powers of Elance was a very cruel place to humans.
As explained earlier, humans were born with diversity, but were weaker in many ways than other races.
Because of that, most of these races thought humans were lower than themselves.
In the Elance Alliance, where different races lived together, that idea became more prevalent, and naturally, the treatment of humans within the Alliance went down.
When Lila asked for her help, why did she ask Jun for permission and treat the warrior and the saint like two?
It was because that kind of tone was implicit.
This applies to warriors and saints who are the hope of the world, but what about the treatment of ordinary people?
Even merchants who make money don’t often go to the Elance Alliance. Why? Because every time I go, my pride cracks.
But you ran away to that place?
Franco, whose pride is as high as his sense of inferiority?
No matter how much he thought about it, Jun couldn’t understand his actions.
“Did you know that Father Leonard once considered asylum in the United States of Elance?”
“Uh. He spoke while drunk. But why is that?”
“Leon quit Goryeo when he decided he wanted to become emperor, but he seems to have left the route behind to use as a last resort in case of failure.”
“No way?”
“Huh. I happened to check that route a while ago and found traces of someone using it. After investigating, they said there was a high probability that it was Frank.”
“How did he do that… No, he probably found it by accident while trying to steal money from Father Bonamana’s room. That guy said that often.”
Harry nodded slightly in agreement.
“… Father Leonard is chasing that guy to make us apologize?”
“That’s right. “When I asked to see the data collected by the Heresy Inquisitors, I asked them the reason and that’s what they said.”
“That guy also did something really useless.”
“Father Leonard thought it was his fault that Frank went astray.”
On the day that Leonard took office as a priest at the church, Frank also lost his adventurer parents and was sent to the church.
To Leonard, who had worked as an adventurer and was serving as a priest for the first time in his life, Frank, who was sent to church on the same day, could not help but feel more special than his other orphans.
As a result, Leonard showed a particularly weak side to Frank, and he was unable to control him strictly even when he started to go astray.
Isn’t the reason he’s wandering around looking for Frank now not only to make him apologize, but also to fulfill the role he couldn’t play then?
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“Cardinal, don’t miss muscle training even for a day. Because muscle loss can occur.”
Haha. Yes, I understand.”
After saying hello to Harry, June went to the academy and exchanged greetings with Dean Rumbledore.
When Jun said that he was going to another labyrinth to save the world, he was motivated to give him a special lecture on new buff magic before leaving for Elance, but he was worried that Jun would be so distracted by the duel that he would neglect muscle training.
A wizard isn’t worried about magic, but about muscle loss.
I think about it every time, but the dean had the talent to write an article. If he had become a knight, wouldn’t it have been his job to be the strongest in the empire?
Anyway, after hearing several times that he would not miss a day of muscle training, he let go of Jun’s hand, which he had been holding with all his might.
There was a dark handprint on the hand that did not turn red even when struck hard with the sword.
How hard were you holding my hand?
“Anyway, Cardinal, is there any news about Bruce yet?”
The Dean carefully asks questions while watching the warrior and the saint.
Jun, who was looking at the stamped hand, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“… I see.”
The dean looked half sad and half relieved.
They probably feel sadness at the fact that Bruce is a demon and relief at the fact that he hasn’t been caught yet.
Does he still think of Bruce as his student?
“Of course. A teacher and a disciple are forever a teacher and a disciple. “As long as I don’t kick him out, Bruce is my student.”
“Even though Bruce is a demon?”
“In the face of learning, there is no gender, age, origin, or race, and the same applies between a teacher and a student.”
An answer without the slightest worry.
Looking into the dean’s unwavering eyes, I could tell even without the power. That he truly thinks so.
For some reason, a smile came to my face.
“That’s ridiculous. “The Dean.”
“I think the same goes for the cardinal. “Don’t you still think of him as a close friend?”
“Because I don’t have many friends. “I plan to take a look at it at least once.”
Of course, only if you betray yourself.
I planned to make him pay for all other sins, even if it meant beating him up.
After saying that, the dean showed his thick forearms and asked me to join him at that time.
Wiggle! Wiggle!
… Bruce, it’s better if you just don’t come back. If I come back, I might die.
“Ah, Cardinal. Don’t forget to go straight to Professor Tony.”
“Ugh!”
The dean said that as soon as he finished saying hello and was about to leave the dean’s office.
Jun, who was about to return to the imperial palace, made a groaning sound as if he had been stabbed without realizing it.
At that sound, the dean shook his head and said.
“Why on earth do you hate Professor Tony so much? “When it comes to space magic, or even just theory, there is no one better than him.”
“Well, that’s right.”
Professor Tony.
A professor at the academy and a master of space magic (theory).
Even Jun, who treated space magic as if he were breathing, could not keep up with him in theory, if not in practice.
“In magic, theory is as important as intuition. His teachings will definitely be of great help to you. Don’t avoid it just because you don’t like it. You were the one who asked me to teach you theory in the first place! Why do you keep avoiding me?”
“If you were like the Dean, I wouldn’t avoid you! Every time we meet, we say that shit!”
As if to say hello, I asked if I could draw some blood,
When I get up from my seat, I look for any hairs that have fallen,
While teaching me the theory, I look at the person as if I were looking at an experiment,
I’m learning theory from him because I have a goal I want to achieve, but every time he does that, I really don’t want to learn.
For reference, it was precisely after spending intimate time with the dark elf sister that Jun started learning theory from him.
“… Please understand. It’s not because Professor Tony has bad intentions. “It’s because everyone is so passionate about learning.”
“Are you saying it’s okay to treat people like test subjects for the sake of learning?”
Jun looked at the dean like he was trash.
The dean looked away as if he had nothing to say, then raised a fist as big as a human head.
Such a shameful thing!
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“All wizards are mentally ill.”
“Ah, Cardinal! You’ve come to the right place. The experiment was finally successful. But what did you just say?”
“They say wizards are great.”
Jun calmly changed his words.
