Academy’s Genius Tamer Episode 150
The banquet hall of the Imperial Palace.
Gorgeous chandeliers are hanging everywhere, and luxurious dishes are neatly arranged on the table.
Even when someone is starving to death, there are parties that overflow with food.
It is a banquet hosted by the emperor.
Watching the chocolate fondue pouring down from the huge fountain, I hurried my steps.
Well, you know, you should have played around a bit.
Each of them was sipping drinks while sitting among the aristocrats who were enjoying themselves drinking champagne and wine.
Actually, I was going to have a glass of wine, but Han Si-hyuk cut it off.
Han Si-hyeok, who left me alone to investigate, was arguing with Sepia.
Their voices were muffled through the classical classical melody.
“If people come to the banquet, you should have fun, did you really think that you were only investigating?”
“The investigator should investigate, what should I do?”
“… Was Han Si-hyuk like this when he was young?”
“yes?”
“Were you such a boring person back then?”
“I don’t remember.”
“Why can’t I remember that!”
“I really don’t remember.”
“There are many excuses!”
At a glance, it feels like all the words Sepia asks are thrown away like a knife.
“Were you handsome back then?”
“… A nonsensical sound.”
“Oh my gosh. Are you just leaving the Ministry of Magic? Are you serious?”
“No, Chairman.”
“After all, it’s fun to grind, right?”
“… under.”
As you can see, the two get along very well.
I felt like I was watching the battle between the spear and the shield, so I was sitting there watching with interest, when a person approached me.
“Are you a student Han Shi-ha?”
“ah.”
It was Duke Becken.
A person who is annoying even when there is no reason to be embarrassed.
I bowed my head reflexively.
“It’s been a while, Duke.”
Previously, he was nearly killed by a warlock disguised as Duke Becken.
To be honest, I was a little scared because I had the ptsd at that time.
First of all, he was kind to me.
Duke Becken poured a drink into a wine glass and handed it over.
“You seem to be doing well. Why are you here?”
“I followed the detective.”
“What case are you investigating?”
“It’s an unsolved case in Catablam.”
Duke Becken paused for a moment and then wiped his chin.
“… Well. I don’t know.”
If there were any, I was going to pick them up, but I really didn’t know.
Instead, Duke Becken asked me in a shaky voice.
“Could Han Si-hyuk… Are the investigators in charge?”
“Yes, it is.”
A newly dispatched investigator from the Ministry of Magic.
Upon hearing Han Si-hyuk’s name, Duke Becken frowned slightly. Then he lowered his voice and said.
“I’m only talking to you… I don’t like him.”
“yes?”
“The tribe of prophets is a bit sloppy. Don’t trust yourself too much.”
Duke Becken patted my shoulder and laughed.
“Of course, it’s an old man’s recipe, so it’s okay to spill it.”
“no. Valuable advice, I will engrave it in my heart.”
“Have a good time.”
When Duke Becken had finished saying those words, he left.
I nodded in greeting and picked up the wine glass again.
Even a person as high as Duke Becken didn’t know about the unsolved Catablam case.
Then who should you go to?
He shook his head and sighed.
If you look a little further, you’ll find something.
I sip my drink and search for the next destination.
“Who should I ask… .”
I don’t know who is who anyway, but he’s a little glamorous in his impressions.
A person who looks tall.
Still, his personality is a person who doesn’t look dirty.
That was then.
A woman with an unfamiliar face put her hand on her shoulder.
“What?”
“It’s not fun to be alone in a banquet hall like this.”
She wears colorful ornaments on both ears, and she seems to be of some age.
He was wearing a wide-brimmed hat, so he couldn’t see his face very well.
He’s a tall guy just by looking at him.
His personality doesn’t look too bad either.
It’s just the kind I was looking for.
“One hour?”
“yes?”
I was embarrassed that such a person knew my name.
* * *
“Are you Tae-soo Han’s child?”
“Oh, yes.”
“Can’t you remember my face?”
“Yes, it is.”
My expectations of a somewhat taller person came true.
He knew my face and was close enough to call Han Tae-soo by his first name.
Dad’s friend? What kind of position do you want?
Judging by the unusual aura like Sepia, he is a high-level wizard.
“I grew up a lot. I almost didn’t recognize it.”
“thank you.”
He bowed his head in response to a friendly smile.
“Did you follow your brother?”
Duke Becken would not have known, but he also knows that Han Si-hyuk is my older brother. I was quite embarrassed by the unexpected power of information, but if you’ve known each other since childhood, you would have known this.
“When I see you dragging me to a place like this, your father will run down the street.”
“It would be.”
Han Tae-soo does not consider Han Si-hyuk even as his child.
If you see me pampering myself like this, of course, I will grab the back of my neck.
She smiled awkwardly and accepted her words.
“What kind of investigation did you come here for?”
“I came to find out about the unsolved case of Catablam.”
Carefully speak out and watch her reaction.
“… .”
It was a fleeting moment, but he confirmed his cold, firm expression.
“Do you know?”
“… Well.”
The woman changed her expression and put a smile on her lips.
“It’s funny that you ask that, even if no one else knows.”
Although I am not a prophet like Han Si-hyuk and Youn Ha-eul.
Humans have intuition.
Those eyes, those words.
You can’t do it unless you know something.
“… Do you have anything to do with me?”
“I don’t know?”
“Tell me please. You know.”
She smiled as she took off her ragged earring. There was a strange eerie feeling in the smile that had been kind to me before.
“The son of Tae-soo Han. May I ask you one thing?”
“yes.”
“If you could save one of the thousands of commoners who didn’t even get a proper education or you who haven’t even graduated from the Academy, who would the Empire choose?”
It’s an ambiguous question that doesn’t make sense.
After I hesitated, the woman changed the question and asked again.
“If you could save yourself by killing a thousand commoners, who would the Empire choose?”
“I would choose a thousand.”
“Why do you think so?”
“… .”
A rookie and a thousand people who didn’t even graduate from the academy.
Those thousand could farm, trade, and become soldiers.
After careful consideration, the conclusion was the same.
“Was I worth a thousand?”
“Hmm. It’s definitely not a little behind.”
I’m not saying it’s wrong, but hearing it out loud makes me feel a little weird.
He frowned and accepted her words.
“I’m curious too. What do you think of yourself?”
“Me and a thousand people?”
“yes.”
“Even if I bring ten thousand people, the Empire should choose me, right?”
“… That’s great confidence.”
He said sarcastically, but his expression did not harden as if he did not understand.
she called me again
“The son of Tae-soo Han.”
“Yep.”
“A thousand is nothing.”
“yes?”
About 1,000 people died in the unsolved Catablam incident.
noticed it late
She was referring to the victim of the incident.
“You mean it’s better for you to get attention in that case.”
The woman who put down the earring on the other side continued with a smirk.
“You are not so noble that you saved your life instead of a thousand common people… They are not worth it.”
“… .”
“If the death of the lesser could stop the warlock, of course I would. Empire.”
Instinctively, I felt a sense of displeasure.
It was then that I realized why Adela was so afraid of the nobles.
It was the first time I saw for the first time that people who truly value human life as lighter than an ant’s life really exist.
Ardel Academy is a place that is relatively unaffected by noble status.
However, in this luxurious banquet hall, I had to face the uncomfortable truth.
This is their society.
“It’s not worthwhile to follow your humble brother into the investigation.”
“… .”
“Then give up. Han Tae-soo’s son.”
have to admit And you have to understand
This is not the society I knew.
Even if I demand my thoughts from them, they cannot and must not be eaten.
Challenging that authority is no different than treason.
By the way.
Even if that’s all right.
What to do about something unpleasant
“It’s a bit disgusting.”
“What?”
“It’s kind of disgusting to think like that.”
I looked back at her slowly.
“I cannot be sure that I am a better human being than a thousand lives. What the hell do you have so much self-confidence for?”
“… .”
“Well, how valuable have you lived?”
“you… .”
“I’m curious, let me tell you.”
A loud laugh was heard at my words.
“hahaha… ha ha ha… .”
The woman who had been laughing for a long time took off her hat and put it down.
A gorgeous face shone in the light of the light, but to my eyes it just looked ugly.
A human being blinded by power, nothing more, nothing less.
She smiled unknowingly.
“… Tae-soo Han has a funny child.”
In an instant, those eyes touched me.
His eyes were so eerie that his spine became cold.
That was then.
Duke Becken, who was standing behind him, shouted loudly.
“uh… uh! lung… your majesty?”
what?
“Were you here? His Majesty the Emperor… !!”
Wait a minute.
what did you do now… .
“… yes?”
I turned my head to look at Duke Becken.
“sulfur… Emperor… ?”
It was then that I remembered what Han Si-hyuk had been paying attention to.
‘It’s a banquet where the emperor also attends, so don’t go around doing things that stand out for nothing.’
‘You shouldn’t even have an accident.’
‘You shouldn’t hold onto other adults just because you’re hot.’
I just didn’t grab it… .
I think you’ve done everything else?
but that
Against the Emperor… .
“… .”
Han Si-hyuk was looking at me with a white, tired face.