66 – Taming (3)
-smart.
No matter how much you tap…
Over the glass wall, the gray-haired man is sipping coffee and enjoying himself.
You must have seen a business card with the ‘Crow Pay’ pattern engraved on it a while ago.
If you were an academy cadet, there’s no way you wouldn’t have heard of Crow Pay.
It is the place where the 7th large guild known even in the Empire, and the guild master is Regilus, who was the commander of the 1st Knight Division directly under the imperial family.
This is the first place I was interested in.
“You’re young… Did you know it was a joke?”
-Chick.
Sera dropped a tobacco that could not be burned even two bites, and put out the fire by stepping on it.
And after entering the cafe.
Today’s goal, Lev Denek turned to a man.
– Loud.
By the time she sat across from her, Rev wasn’t paying attention to Sarah.
-smart.
“excuse me.”
“…”
“Can’t you hear me?”
“… ”
Sera knocks on the table, and after calling right in front of her, the man looks at her.
I thought about it when I saw it from the outside, but it looks more handsome than I thought.
Even in the guild, this kind of appearance is about the same as that of the Vice-Master Reykan.
‘I heard that you are quite a problem child.’
Of course, it’s not that Sarah hasn’t done research about this man.
A man who caused trouble during the entrance exam, was not well-received among female students, and now gets caught up in a rather unusual commotion.
Even a duel with Kaeran wouldn’t be done in a normal mind.
“Did you just see my business card?”
“yes.”
The man’s answer was short enough to make Sarah feel embarrassed.
Normally, if it was another cadet, you would come first and show interest.
This guy doesn’t seem very interested.
Well, this is also a pattern I’ve rarely seen.
He has high self-esteem, so he bounces a little to raise his ransom or something.
The Denek family was said to be a family that managed to produce wizards.
However, this guy is currently excommunicated.
Normally, I would go to the headmaster and make an ejaculation, and in the end I would be forgiven…
I don’t think this guy did anything like that.
With that kind of pride, well, this is the expected trend.
Sarah grabbed the business card with two fingers and clasped it.
“I will take your business card. Aren’t you going to get it?”
Then came the first long answer.
“It’s not like that.”
“yes?”
“Could you please accept my business card? Could it be?”
“… Whoops.”
In a moment of boldness, Sarah burst out laughing.
Are nobles also nobles?
When I actually joined the guild, I started messing around with the subject of being a subordinate for a while.
“Why me?”
To Sera’s question, Rev began to answer slowly as if he knew it.
“First of all, the scout doesn’t seem to like me… ”
“… ”
“Still, if you dare to turn off the cigarette you just lit and come to me, you are trying to distinguish between public and private life, right?”
“… ”
“That means that they are interested in me from the top, not them… ”
“… ”
For his age, he is a more intuitive man than I thought.
“The head of the department, you have one voice. Even if it breaks, don’t blame me.”
“… ”
– Shrek.
Having said that, the man stood up from his seat.
Sarah had to admit.
“Wait.”
that was somewhat rude.
I couldn’t understand why Regillus was barely interested in a man like this.
Because I thought that there was no way that a class B cadet could refuse Crow Fay’s offer.
‘How did I get the trust… !’
Sera stood up from her seat as if she had made up her mind.
“First, the approach… I apologize.”
“Oh?”
“Like you said, your superiors are directly interested in you. So, will you accept my business card?”
So, holding the business card with your right hand, and supporting your wrist with your left hand, you politely hand it over.
It was the most polite form of her scouting so far.
It’s because she’s always been doing business with nothing to lose.
And a fresh answer came.
“I do not like it.”
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“I pooped… ”
Leaving Sarah in the cafeteria, I stepped out and speeded up my steps.
I’d like to sprinkle some salt on it.
Crow Pay is said to be a prestigious family, but in reality it is a poor villain guild.
A place where the idiom of a lion called Tosagupin (兎生狗烹) suits you until you can suck it up, suck it up, and immediately throw it away when you don’t need it.
In the mid-to-late fanfic, as the Asmodian advance and pressure intensified, the guild’s breath grew bigger than the imperial imperial power.
Therefore, Regilus clings to the demons in order to achieve his ambition.
When the ugly past of trying to immerse the war heroes one by one was revealed and he became the main enemy of the imperial family,
Kaeran gains the trust of the Empire by betraying and defeating this guild.
In the end, thanks to that trust, the last fanfiction… It’s such an absurd ending…
Anyway, even at this point in time, I know that Crowfey is working on a rather poor business in order to increase her size.
The place I want to go to now is probably one of the businesses managed by Crow Pay.
It’s a gambling place.
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In my present life, I wasn’t the type to enjoy gambling.
Because gambling has risks.
However, it is a different story now that Kaeran is infected with a parasite.
Probably, most of the cadets in the academy will not notice Kaeran’s change.
Even if you notice it, it looks like you’re not in good shape. It must be about the same level, and I don’t even think that I’m going to lose to a grade C.
So, you can’t miss this chance.
What is somewhat disappointing is that the match prediction hosted by the academy uses gems that can only be used within the school, and the amount is limited.
In the end, it means you have to participate in a private bet by the mercenaries outside the academy, in the old town.
“This place… What are you doing here?”
Arya, who followed me to watch over me, gave me a suspicious look.
The drunken voices of the men and the strange high tones mixed in the middle.
It’s only been a few steps from the academy, but it’s already filled with the smell of shadows.
You can even see the academy tower from here.
That’s what the saying goes, it’s dark under the lamp.
The Academy’s security is the best in the Empire, but most towns are always in a state of war.
-Tick!
-Tick!
As the sun goes down, as if it has absorbed the sunset as it is, the reddish lights come in…
red light district.
Not knowing that Arya’s eyes were getting cold, I said without thinking.
“Aria, be my master for today only.”
“… … ”
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“… Come on, you should have explained it beforehand!”
“sorry.”
“This is the last time. I just followed today because I didn’t know… ! Do you know that it is a penalty for being caught by a cadet for coming to a place like this?!”
“… yes.”
It took quite some time to clear up the misunderstanding.
Arya’s face, who was one step ahead of me, was still red and ripe.
‘I have no immunity to this kind of thing… ‘
Anyway, the reason I made a temporary master-slave with Arya is simple.
Academy cadets are not allowed to participate in this gamble… I was just disguising her as a maiden and as a servant.
The rest of the trouble is, just like in the original game, you just have to put money in it.
“Anyway, please act here again.”
“… I don’t like it.”
So we went into a tavern that doubles as a gambling house.
-drink!
-Where did you bet this time?
– Number 13!
As it is a ranked week, watch the cadets play in a dark place and bet on the result.
It’s a bit funny to have something against the gladiators of the Roman Colosseum.
“Oh, come on!”
Then, a freckled lady greeted us.
“What is going on in such a shabby place… Are you here?”
Arya was wearing a blue, embroidered robe, so it was a brilliance that did not go well with this gloomy gambling hall.
Besides, because of her looks, it is natural to be outstanding, and although she is an adopted daughter, nobles are nobles.
As a result, our eyes are drawn to us.
rather fine
I put my shabby robe back on the head and stepped forward in front of Arya.
“The lady said she was curious about what a place like this would feel like.”
– Zalang.
I took out two gold coins.
The woman’s eyes widened accordingly.
And whispered into the freckled lady’s ear.
“The quietest place. And the food is as clean as possible.”
“oh… yes… .”
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A place separated by a curtain,
depending on… Aria sits alone in front of the banquet of Jinsu.
It’s just that she’s not used to it, but she’s a noble lady who doesn’t know much about the world at a glance.
“receive.”
When I handed another gold coin to the lady, Betty, she quickly noticed.
“Are you going to keep it a secret?”
“yes. Because I’m not the type of person who likes it.”
Gambling on Arya would never be tolerated, so it would have to be hidden.
– Dope!
I pulled out a pocket full of gold coins and handed it to her.
“Seventh day schedule. To a man named Edwin Gwins.”
“ah… eh?”
Betty’s eyes updated the size of the pockets.
“Are you doing all of this???!!?!”
“Yes, 277 gold.”
The amount I bet on was all I got from the jet black armor subjugation.
Roughly speaking, 1 gold seems to be worth 100,000 won in this world.
Prices in the old town are cheaper than in Korea, so for 1 gold, you can drink 90 or more beers.
“What is the dividend rate?”
“It will be at least eight times more! But… No one has ever bet this big… ”
8 times, not as big as I thought.
Apparently, there are quite a few people who are trying to turn their lives around.
“it’s okay. Do that.”
“Yes, then… !”
Betty writhes in my pocket of gold and goes to the naughty man on the second floor.
The guild that manages this gambling board, Crow Pay, is probably a manager with an appropriate title.
At that time, I heard the stories of the mercenaries next to me.
-Didn’t the fee increase significantly after the guild in charge this time?
– That’s it. There is no such thing as eating and flying at all…
– Reid is like that, they’re trying to make a living. It’s tyranny, it’s tyranny.
Is it roughly the back story of Crow Pay?
It’s not illegal, but he’s the one who runs this gambling board.
Betty came up to me again and gave me a worried tone.
“Now come and tell me… For such a large amount… Even if you get it right, the fee will be huge.”
“okay?”
“Yes, it’s a big deal when you say things like this, but everyone has a lot of complaints about the new management guild.”
Was it the feeling of receiving gold coins and serving something?
Lady, Betty was a more talkative style than I thought.
“This time, we bring in new auction rules, and that makes a lot of sense.”
“New auction rules?”
“yes.”
As Betty explains:
Raid is a large party play in which 20 or more people participate.
The loot obtained here is sold at the Quarterly Imperial Auction,
It is said that the original method was that the 20 people who participated in the proceeds were divided according to their contribution.
However, low-level raids discovered and managed by Crow Pay were limited to 20 people who participated, and the person who offered the highest amount had a pre-auction.
And, of course, the final successful bidder is the person who worked in advance in Crow Pay.
“Crow Pay’s sub-guilds do not have the authority to bid, and mercenaries do not have money to compete.”
In a word, it was Passion Pay.
CrowPay takes items at a low price with only a barely higher amount than that of mercenaries or subcontracted guilds, so the distribution that raid personnel receive will be overwhelmingly smaller than the former sold at the Imperial Auction.
And Crow Pay, who took the loot at such a low price, maximizes his profits by selling it at the Imperial Auction… it was
‘Somehow, Kaeran, who entered Crow Pay, pulled out a full item… ‘
The low-ranking raid took advantage of the fact that other large guilds did not pay particular attention to it, and that low-ranking mercenaries were overflowing.
Understanding this, I muttered lowly.
“I need to do the laundry.”
“yes? Do you do laundry?? I…do I smell…?”
“no.”
Was it because I saw some disgusting collusion?
I want to disturb you once in a while…
Then, a flashing thought flashed through my head.
‘for a moment… no way… .’
I asked Betty again.
“Are there any raids hosted by Crow Pay this week?”
“yes? I’ll have to ask the guild manpower office, but… When I heard the guests coming, I think they said they were around next week… ”
I feel like I’m pinching an important junction.
[Memorize: Ring of Engraving]
It is clear that Regilus had obtained this seemingly ordinary ring at an auction held in the Empire…
If you do this well, you can blow your nose without touching your hand.