Chapter 39 – Practice
After receiving Jun’s cooperation, Leonard apologized to Robin and asked for his cooperation.
Robin grumbled for a moment because he was disappointed, but later readily accepted his request.
After joining forces, June, Leonard, and Robin put aside their individual tasks and discussed how to deal with the coming danger.
The discussion continued all day, but no matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t come up with a better move than using Jun as bait.
It’s a bit hard for Jun to admit it, but looking at it objectively, he was truly the assassin’s natural enemy.
Assassinations and traps frequently used by assassins were easily identified and avoided by Jun using the radar he normally operates.
He didn’t have to worry about poison or sniping, thanks to his lucky angel who was always by his side, taking care and protecting him.
In the end, with Jun’s permission, the discussion decided to keep the current situation as is, except for a few changes.
Jun felt like he was jumping into danger, but he was willing to take a little risk if it meant that the people he had built a relationship with would be safe.
Well, if my life is in danger, I will run away without looking back.
‘Lie. He said that to Harry and risked his life to save him.’
‘It’s because of a momentary impulse. ‘It will never happen again.’
Jun responds calmly to Fortuna’s criticism.
Fortuna smiled bitterly and poked his cheek with her finger.
Even if he said this, if he actually saw that scene in front of him, he would impulsively rush in to save him.
Even if he acts rational or selfish, he is actually an idiot and a child who hates being lonely.
Fortuna loved that honest and pure thing so much, and wanted to protect her forever.
‘I will protect it. ‘For sure this time.’
Even if it means risking your existence.
Fortuna made a promise deep in her heart.
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Two days later, Jun left the cabin early in the morning, fully armed.
Perhaps because it was in the mountains, winter had not yet arrived, but the cold air chilled my lungs.
Normally I would have been fed up, but just today I was very grateful.
Jun took a deep breath of air intentionally.
His head, which had been stiff from tension, felt a little refreshed.
“Are you ready?”
Robin, who came out first and was setting up traps around the cabin, straightened his back and asked.
Instead of answering, Jun smiled.
“Wait a minute, June. “Let’s check one last time.”
What’s so unsettling?
Having checked dozens of times before coming out, Fortuna dared to transform into human mode and begin to carefully check his condition once again.
Robin, who was trying to stop her from setting up a trap, looked blankly at Fortuna.
Then, as if he was thinking of his wife and Hennie, he shook his head violently and turned away.
To be able to withstand Fortuna’s appearance, which was nothing short of supernatural (enchantment), with sheer force of will, was indeed a mid-career adventurer who had spent ten years in a labyrinth.
Let’s pretend that the head that keeps spinning doesn’t notice his efforts.
Bushy, bushy, bushy
Even as Jun was admiring, Fortuna continued to inspect her.
Combat boots that are still a bit uncomfortable for Jun, leather armor on his thighs, chest, shoulders, and forearms, and various items for emergency use.
After checking everything, Fortuna breathed a sigh of relief and closed his open robe again.
Even though she did that, she still had a trace of anxiety on her face, just like a mother sending her child to kindergarten for the first time.
‘It’s excessive, but… Well, it’s worth it.’
Today, Jun competes in a real battle for the first time in his life.
It’s a real battle where you could get seriously injured or even die if you’re not careful.
His opponent is an old orc that Robin accidentally found while hunting.
It seemed like he was kicked out of the group because he was not close to death, but due to the nature of the orc race that would fight to the death even if it meant dying soon, he was too much of a first opponent.
However, considering Jun’s skill as a rank knight of a prestigious knight order and Robin’s opinion that if the first battle was too easy, he would tend to take the actual battle lightly, there was no opponent more suitable than him.
Fortuna, who had lived for a long time, also agreed to that, so she was just worried and did not say anything about changing her partner.
“No matter how much you think about it, the armor is poor. Let’s get more equipped, okay? Or maybe take it after some more training.”
“Anymore would only hinder movement. And the actual match must be held as quickly as possible. “I knew when the assassins would come.”
“Jun, you remember that your role is not combat, right?”
The role assigned to Jun in the plan to protect everyone in the church, including Leon, so-called ‘guarding the house’, is to lure and track down assassins.
Due to Fortuna’s strong request and the consent of the two adults, Jun was completely excluded from the battle.
However…
“Remember. But no one knows what’s going on in the world.”
No matter how elaborate your plan is, unexpected situations are bound to happen at least once.
Moreover, the period of keeping the house lasts a whopping 5 years.
It would be even stranger if something unexpected didn’t happen there.
For reference, the reason why the period of housekeeping is 5 years is,
This is because after Leon holds his coming-of-age ceremony in five years, he plans to return to the capital and reveal his identity.
“Don’t worry too much, Por. I have this.”
Jun smiled confidently and patted the robe he was wearing.
The featureless, extremely ordinary-looking black robe was, contrary to its appearance, an amazing item.
[Premium Magic Robe]
[Grade: Gold]
[Category: Robe]
[Defense: High]
[Magic Amplification: High]
[Robe of the Premium Tower that existed during the ancient empire. As the robe of the Magic Tower, which pursued the convenience and practicality of magic more than any other Magic Tower, it not only has outstanding original functions, but also has excellent defense and various useful functions.]
[Additional functions: shock relief, size adjustment, constant cleaning, durability restoration, temperature control, design change, hood fixation, perspective]
In return for cooperation, Jun was able to choose three of the items Leonard collected while working as an adventurer.
Since he suddenly quit being an adventurer, Leonard had many high-level items that he could not dispose of, and the Premium Magic Robe was one of them.
Premium’s magic robe was an item that came from a gold chest that was just below the highest grade among the treasure chests that appeared in the labyrinth, but Leonard willingly handed it to Jun as compensation.
Considering that the price of an item from a gold box, so-called gold grade item, is usually hundreds of platinum coins, it was a truly extraordinary price.
Although it was an impulsive choice, Jun, whose conscience was pricked when he actually received it, asked Leonard.
Wouldn’t it be better to sell this and use the money to entrust protection to high-level adventurers, mercenaries, or various organizations?
Then Leonard shook his head and answered.
Gold level items are not easy to dispose of because they are items that the government is paying attention to, and it is obvious that Congress will try to buy them at ridiculously low prices.
Even if you are lucky enough to sell it at a reasonable price and use that money to make a request, the risk is too high as there is a high possibility that the clients will turn their backs on the assassins’ behind-the-scenes work.
Since these were reasonable reasons, Jun accepted the robe even though he still felt burdened.
The reason why Leonard readily handed over such an item was to keep June safe, so his refusal only put him in trouble.
Going back to the main topic, Premium’s magic robe had excellent performance as a gold-grade item, and its defensive power was stronger than that of most alloy armor.
Even the shock was alleviated by the magic circle engraved on the robe, so to be honest, it was safe to say that there was little chance of Jun getting hurt in this actual battle.
“Don’t let your guard down, Jun. Then you can get hooked.”
“I know. My words are fully prepared, so don’t worry too much and trust me.”
“… Yes, I will believe it.”
Only then did Fortuna relax her expression and return to her fairy mode.
At that time, Robin’s trap setting ended.
Jun couldn’t help but ask about the enormous number of traps detected through radar.
“Henny isn’t even here, so isn’t the trap too much?”
Starting yesterday, Henney moved his residence to the church.
This is because the person with the highest probability of being targeted after Jun was Hennie.
No, maybe she is higher.
Although he is not an orphan, he can enter and leave the church without suspicion, and since his only ability is an Auror, it is easy to catch him.
Because of that, she had no choice but to move her residence to a church, and thanks to that, she became safe.
Not only was it difficult to target them because they were inside the village, but at Leonard’s request, the council and the church decided to send combat personnel.
We haven’t heard what Leonard and Leon paid for it, but she must have given it quite a bit, seeing as how Leonard’s face wasn’t very nice when she saw him last night.
‘Well, it has nothing to do with me.’
Jun didn’t want to know anything about what went on between them, and it wasn’t his part-time job.
If Leon found out about his true feelings, he would be upset, but even that was none of Jun’s concern anymore.
Jun has clearly made up his mind about this matter.
Let’s break up with Leon as soon as we have our coming-of-age ceremony in five years and never get involved again.
I can assure you, he is a reaper of the level of Detective Ko-X or Boy Detective Kim Jeon-X.
