Chapter 44 – Druid Robbing a Bank
I left the store to Elena and Sylvia and went to the central bank to deposit money for the first time in a long time.
I stopped by here to deposit money once every two weeks or once a month.
It had some decent products with reasonable interest rates, and it was a depository where I put money because I had a connection with the owner, Golden Merchant.
It was also the best bank that had never been robbed.
Well.
Who would think of robbing a golden bank in the middle of the imperial capital?
That person’s obsession with money is beyond imagination.
So, it was a good place to leave your money with peace of mind.
He is a person who would never do anything that would cause harm to himself, so he never lost a customer’s money.
I raised my head and saw the guards.
They were wearing colorful armor and looking around with menacing eyes.
These are the knights that the Golden Sang worked hard to collect.
It was superior to the knights of most ducal families, and was the second-strongest knighthood in the empire, with skilled men comparable to the imperial guards.
Was the name Gold Knights?
Jinglang.
“Customer number 422.”
Just as I was looking at the knights and thinking about something else, the bell rang to announce my turn.
Even today, I approach a bank employee to ask for a healthy deposit.
“Everyone, everyone stops!”
A frightened woman’s voice was heard from behind.
What’s going on?
Without realizing it, my eyes followed the voice.
“…”
I rubbed my eyes as I looked at the owner of the voice in front of me.
Um.
For a moment I thought I was out of my mind.
No.
I was definitely seeing it correctly.
“Drui… De?”
A guardian who lives in harmony with the forest and protects it.
They can transform into animals that suit their aptitude, and there were differences in how much of a humanoid they had depending on the type.
Some people called them the beast people.
However, there is a clear difference from the orthodox beast people.
Druids had the unique advantage of being able to transform into any human or animal.
Taking advantage of their characteristics, some would turn into deer, some would turn into wolves, some would turn into bears, and some would turn into huge elephants.
It is said that some druids can even turn into dragons like wyverns.
Unfortunately, we have never met.
As such, most of them did not appear in the human world and usually lived in the forest.
Except for a very small number of druids who worked in the lake, most were a race that did not go out of the forest.
In some ways, the people who were harder to see than the elves were the druids.
A Druid with deer antlers and animal ears had a completely human appearance except for the animal ears and deer horns.
However, the two legs completely resembled those of a deer.
‘It’s definitely a druid.’
Considering that it was a face I had never seen at the lake, it was clearly a guest from outside.
She waved her green hair, which had a similar color to her leaves, and looked around her.
It was because people’s eyes were focused on her.
That’s right, a druid that ordinary people rarely see in their lifetime suddenly appeared at a bank in the center of the empire.
“What’s going on?”
Her knight approached her.
“Money, I need money.”
“Are you talking about money? If you want a loan, you can go to the window over there.”
The driver responded professionally.
Wow, a druid who is hard to see once in a lifetime appears, but he speaks in such an insensitive tone.
It was an action that showed his professionalism.
“Not that…”
At that time, the druid’s antlers glowed blue.
“It’s money that can be spent right away.”
The knight standing opposite her fell down.
Boom.
As soon as the knight was helplessly suppressed, the knights watching the situation from the side drew their swords.
What she used was sleep magic.
It’s nothing else but a high-level sleep magic that can instantly overpower a knight who can manipulate mana.
‘I shouldn’t do that?’
If the knight just fell helplessly like that, there would be at least two levels of difference. However, the other knights did not seem stronger than the one who fell first.
That meant that those knights would be suppressed in an instant.
“Hmm.”
The knights who seemed strong fell down with a helpless sound.
“S-sorry.”
The druid trembled and bowed his head to the fallen knights.
“But I can’t help it. “I need money.”
After subduing her knights, she approached the window next to her.
“I need money. “Give me the money right now!”
As if she thought there was no time, she opened her eyes and pressed her staff.
Everyone retreated in confusion at the power of the druid, who had overpowered her knights in an instant.
Among her guests, there were knights of a certain level, but they were not willing to step forward.
Eee!!
The emergency bell that the employee pressed rang loudly.
Still, it will take quite some time for the capital guards to arrive.
What should I do with this?
‘It would be better to help here.’
It wasn’t a bad thing to owe a debt to a golden statue.
I definitely pay what I owe.
Because he was a quick thinker, he always made sure of his deals.
“Give it to me right now!”
She pressures the employee at the counter next to her and tries to extort money from her.
A druid robber.
It’s novel.
There will be a big article in the newspaper tomorrow.
-Rare Druid robs the golden central bank.
I spoke while looking at the Druid threatening the employee with bloodshot eyes.
“I think it would be better to stop there.”
“Da, what are you?”
“I’m just a passing customer, but I have some friends with the owner.”
“Do you want to sleep forever too?”
Sleep forever.
Are you talking about those articles?
“Isn’t it a sleep spell that wakes you up 30 minutes later anyway?”
“Ugh!”
“You don’t seem like a thief by nature, but why are you doing this?”
If it had been a real robbery, those knights would never have woken up again.
However, no matter how you look at it, it was not an opponent who was accustomed to killing people.
“You don’t have to know!”
And the druid stretched out his hand.
As the horn began to shine again, the scent of sleep began to spread to me.
That’s it.
A sleeping fragrance that puts knights to sleep at once.
It was a magic that had the power to put an organism to sleep the moment it touched it.
I don’t think it would be possible to even endure it with a decent amount of magic resistance.
I held out the diffuser I took out of the magic bag.
The scent of sleep entered the diffuser and was neutralized.
“Huh?”
When the sleeping scent didn’t work, the druid’s face became gaunt.
“This. How is this?”
“Well, I think it would be better to give up.”
Did they think secret techniques wouldn’t work?
She cast an attack spell.
“Fire, fire… Ugh!”
I just covered her mouth.
Don’t let me recite all the spells.
And with his other hand, he grabbed one of her hands and twisted it.
“Uuuuu!!”
It was the best way to subdue the wizard.
It seems to work for druids as well.
“Keuuuuu… My arm hurts. Please let me go…”
“If you promise not to use magic.”
“…”
I had no choice but to twist it once more.
“Ahhhhh! I promise! Sorry. “I won’t do it.”
The druid cried and gritted his teeth.
“Don’t do anything foolish. If you do that for no reason, it will end badly.”
She nodded her head desperately.
“Why are you trying to steal money?”
“Milk… I need milk. But I need money to buy milk…”
I didn’t understand.
Druid, why does a druid who is not connected to human society need money from human society for milk?
“Why do you need milk?”
“My child… If I leave it like this, my child will starve to death…”
“You need milk?”
Aren’t the Druids a self-sufficient race?
“Why do you need milk?”
“It’s not coming out. Because the forest is polluted… No milk comes out…”
“…”
If it’s a polluted forest, no way.
“Duvel Forest?”
“That’s right.”
“Did a druid live there too?”
“Every forest is there… “My son and I are the last clan left in that forest.”
I grabbed my head.
The Duvel Forest was a forest that lost its intelligence due to the magic circle created by Dmitry.
It was a small forest.
It was even right next to the capital, Oscar, so people came and went quite frequently.
There was a druid hiding in that place?
‘It’s great in a different way.’
The ability to avoid people’s gaze, and the ability to be invisible even from my field of vision, which I sought to dispel the magic circle.
I wondered if the popular belief that one’s strength becomes several times stronger in the forest was true.
“Whoa.”
Maybe it’s good.
I don’t want to just hand it over to the security forces.
It wasn’t anything else, it was a problem caused by Dmitri.
Even if it happened before he became my employee, it was ultimately my employee’s fault.
That meant I had some responsibility, too.
If she truly killed her knights, she wouldn’t have thought like this.
They were complete villains, and there was no mercy to be shown to such people.
However, even in her own desperate situation, she prioritized subduing people as much as possible rather than harming them.
‘Let’s help just once.’
I loosened my grip on the druid.
“Huh?”
“What’s your name?”
“Lila, it’s Lila.”
“Just follow me.”
“Yes?”
“I’ll give you milk, so don’t do this.”
“Really?”
“Okay.”
Her face brightened.
“But those people.”
“You wake up in 30 minutes. It doesn’t matter.”
“Ah yes…”
I told the teller.
“I will deposit this money into my account and send 100 gold to each of the fainted knights as a consolation fee. “I’ll tell the boss here, so don’t worry.”
I left, leaving behind a frustrated employee.
“I’m sorry.”
On the way to leave, Lila folds her hands and apologizes to the fallen knights.
She followed along, offering her hand to the knights who were unable to hear or see.
And let’s go out the door.
“Manager?”
The Royal Guard looked at me and made a stupid expression.
“I was dispatched after receiving a report…”
“I have subdued you, so you can go back.”
“Oh, no way…”
“It was resolved well, don’t worry. “I will have a good conversation with the bank president.”
“If that’s what the store manager says, I understand.”
The royal guards obediently retreated.
Lila, who was watching the scene dumbly, shined her deer antlers and said.
“You were an amazing person.”
“Don’t talk nonsense and just follow me.”
“Yesss.”
I took her back to her convenience store.
There was a lot of attention, but it was negligible.
Because I’m used to this kind of gaze.
“Are you here? Manager? But it seemed like something great had happened outside. A druid appeared in the city center. But the person behind… ?”
Elena shouted excitedly after hearing the interesting news.
The problem was that I was the recipient of the news.
“Elena, please bring me some milk.”
“Yes?”
“There is someone I need to take care of.”
“Ah, yes!”
Elena, who noticed, moved quickly and brought out milk.
“Take this and go back. There is enough to eat, and this is what you will eat.”
15 1L packs of milk were also included along with a large ice cube.
It was roughly enchanted ice, and it was something that could almost produce the effect of putting it in an icebox.
It will be enough to store for a week.
“You too, eat well and replenish your energy quickly.”
“… Thank you I will never forget this grace.”
Lila lowered her head, shedding tears.
“It may not be a repayment for what you gave me, but at least this…”
Lila’s antlers shone, and golden leaves grew from them.
Knock.
“Take this. It is a repayment for the grace given.”
“I tend not to refuse something that is given to me.”
After receiving her milk, Lila bowed her head and walked away.
“What is happening?”
“I just got caught up in the commotion.”
I had bad luck.
Lila and me too.
And at that time.
“Aheumheom, is there a dojin?”
A fat man came in.
It was the greatest merchant on the continent, a golden statue.
