108. Oren was Oren
Leon was always questionable.
‘No matter how much I think about it, it’s clear that these dark men don’t have any power, but they seem to have power?’
It could have been a mistake if it was thought by Leon alone, but this was the conclusion he and the grandmother came to.
[Darkness is a minority elite.]
It’s a huge power, but it’s impossible to keep a perfect secret.
‘If you look at what the darkness is doing, it’s as fast as if it had influence or work done.’
So, where does this power come from?
The answer was right in front of my eyes.
“It’s a small troupe. You are too humble.”
“Do you know our company?”
“It is known that the era of great trade opened and the world grew, but I knew that he had excellent skills even before that.”
At those words, Lisa Su was startled and looked at Oren.
“… … I didn’t know we were so famous.”
“It’s thanks to various rumors gathering in Killika.”
“Thank you for taking good care of me.”
To tell you the truth, it wasn’t because rumors had come from Killika.
‘It was famous.’
However, she was not famous as a merchant.
‘I think the autobiography sold a lot too.’
She was a very unfortunate person.
Family troubles, debts, accidental bankruptcy, and misfortune that others experience once in a lifetime.
‘It was a story that people would like.’
But she didn’t give up.
Despite continued bad luck, her upper class has grown, and as the times change, she finds her true calling.
‘He has excellent abilities as a top lord, but he also had a great talent for magic engineering.’
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Magic Engineering, a discipline created after the Great War.
In this study, which combines science and magic, she had a great talent.
‘The first private magic engineering workshop, Almeide. Commonly known as the president of AMD.’
He was a person who wielded enormous influence before Leone returned.
‘I thought I got out of bad luck thanks to the era of great trade that opened because of me.’
It seemed that a hand had been reached from the dark side. Besides, the more I thought about it, the more strange her life was.
‘How can one person continue to be unlucky?!’
Even if it’s okay to be unlucky all the time, does the dark side reach out to her at just the right moment?
‘I didn’t know when I read the autobiography.’
Looking at it this way, her life was too artificial.
‘It wasn’t because of me.’
Her misfortune did not disappear because Leone changed the future and eliminated the Great War.
‘Those black men!’
Since the war is over, they were recruited as is.
‘They’ve been working on it.’
Something that continues to make a person’s life unlucky.
‘It looks like crazy, but it’s a plan that came out of a cold judgement.’
It was just a matter of going sometimes and making it miserable. There was no need to keep an eye on her, no complicated methods needed.
‘As expected, these guys are not a force.’
At first, as Leon had thought, the dark side did not form a force.
‘There are only so many people I could ask for like her. That request creates a flow.’
Information was added, and the flow of the story was seen.
Oren asked her as if to confirm.
“What are you visiting for?”
She opened her mouth with a tense expression.
“It is sudden to visit the heir so suddenly, but I came here to ask you a favor.”
It was just as I thought.
I decided to check one more thing here.
“Do you think we are close enough to do each other’s favor?”
She was taken aback by Oren’s cold-hearted appearance.
“Oh, no. There must have been a mistake.”
I understand how
they know nothing
Who the black people are, what they do, nothing at all… … .
Just a simple request.
“no. Let’s do that favor.”
When Oren suddenly changed her words, she looked a little confused.
“Yes? Are you okay?”
“I was curious about the method, so I risked an example.”
Only then did she realize what Oren had done.
“Is this your first time?”
“Yes. First time. It’s a really unpleasant experience to be swayed by something insignificant.”
She seemed to sense something in Oren’s words.
“Isn’t their proposal a big deal to the heir?”
“Was it a big deal for Lisa Su?”
“I’m… … .”
She couldn’t open her mouth easily.
“Did they say they would give you the luck of a lifetime?”
At that, she was startled.
response came.
Oren began to tell the story he had just created.
“Even if they did, it wouldn’t be a big deal.”
“… … What does that mean?”
“You know what kind of city Killika was originally.”
“Yes. I know.”
Oren nodded happily.
“When fortunetellers cheat, do you know what is the hardest thing?”
“Are you predicting a plausible future?”
Not at all.
“It is the most difficult to make the target see the fortune. So fortunetellers and swindlers use people to make them miserable.”
She felt a strange sense of deja vu from Oren’s story.
“They work for a long time. It pushes the target until they tire out and give up, driving them into despair.”
It was the same as Lisa’s story.
“When those in such misfortune come to see fortune-tellers, they say they bring good luck. Then, surprisingly, misfortune disappears after that.”
“… … Ahh.”
Her face became blank, as if she realized something.
“Actually, it just stopped the ploy that made them unhappy, but the person who was scammed doesn’t even know they’ve been scammed. Rather, he starts introducing himself as an excellent fortune teller to people around him.”
Are there really stories like this?
Of course not.
This was just a new story adapted from Lisa’s story.
‘But it seems to be useful beyond my imagination.’
This scam works.
She was the proof of that.
“I will ask you again. Was this a big deal to Lisa Su?”
At Oren’s question, she shook her head.
“no. It was no big deal to me either.”
Yes. Just stopped the bullying.
This was just a nonsense thing.
‘of course. It’s a little different from my case.’
Unlike Oren, she was only a tool on the dark side. Of course, Oren didn’t become their ally either.
‘It’ll be between a colleague and a tool.’
There are probably few people on the continent who have the same status as Oren.
‘What I can think of right now is Arthur Jeongdon?’
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Most of them will live without knowing who is being swung by them as a tool. While accepting small requests… … .
‘They don’t know each other.’
With that thought in mind, Gak appeared.
The tools he had made on the continent of darkness could be put to good use.
“Do you know why I came here when I’m not doing anything special?”
“Stop, no way!?”
“Thanks to Bishop Leone, it has changed now, but Killika is originally a place to dig into and deceive others’ weaknesses.”
Oren slowly opened his mouth.
“I am the heir there. I intend to find out the weaknesses of those who foolishly suggested this to me, and then eat them.”
After he finished speaking, he held out his hand to her.
“How are you? It wasn’t a big deal for us, but I think we can make it a big deal for them.”
After thinking for a moment, she took Oren’s hand.
Besides, she wasn’t worried about whether or not to agree.
‘uh?! Miss Lisa! Why is your face red! Cool off!’
The reason she did this was simple.
“I also bought goods. It’s such an honor.”
Like a girl fan meeting an idol, she was blushing. To break this atmosphere, Oren turned around.
“So, what was Lisa Su’s request?”
“ah! It was to send one of the new residents of Killica back.”
“Who are you?”
“It was called Phenom.”
It was a bonus to have the clues in hand.
“ah… … Even if I wanted to hand over the penum, I don’t think I can.”
“Yes?”
“Unfortunately, he died in an accident.”
“yes!?”
* * *
Of course, there was no way Leon would give the black side what they wanted.
‘I knew you’d want someone in the first place, but I’m not an idiot.’
Everything was already prepared.
‘Since the first time I recruited, secret plastic surgery was the condition.’
What I proposed to them was a completely new life. Naturally, none of them refused.
‘It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for commoners.’
In the first place, only commoners could obtain blood.
Among the nobles, there were those who sent blood, but unfortunately, none of them had their blood awakened.
‘Besides, it’s not the end just because the face has changed.’
To start a new life, you have to completely kill your old life.
In Killika, a bizarre project called [Corpse Counterfeiting] was carried out in secret.
Thus, five fake corpses were produced.
“Are you okay?”
“yes. it’s okay. I was just a little surprised.”
“Aren’t you at a disadvantage?”
“ah. You don’t have to worry about that. They don’t make outrageous requests.”
A sense of mystery and fear about them.
An easy enough request to do.
Tools move because there are two things.
“I feel really good about coming here.”
“I’m also glad to have met Lisa-soo.”
It wasn’t a lie.
If it was her, there was no way she could have made a mistake.
“This time, I will only ask you one favor.”
Even at the request, she put on an expectant expression. He seemed to have noticed that he was planning to fuck the dark side.
“As you often use autographs, please check who knows the autograph.”
“Is that enough?”
It wasn’t enough, it overflowed.
“Yes. I intend to start from there.”
The people in the tools positions had no idea who was telling them what to do.
“It’s the best way to hide your identity, but if you remove that sense of mystery, it’s full of loopholes.”
Oren smiled for the first time.
“You can look forward to it.”
* * *
that evening.
Oren was waiting for someone at the cemetery.
‘It’s the first request you made to me, so there’s no way I didn’t check it.’
The first of anything is important.
No matter how short the manpower was, I was sure that this would be checked unconditionally.
‘Besides, if we try to predict the timing of his appearance… … .’
The moment when the moon is covered by clouds and even the moonlight disappears.
“Come out. I know you are coming.”
with Oren’s words.
“You really surprise me every time I see you.”
A guy wearing a black mask walked out of the darkness.
‘These guys have their own behavior patterns.’
They didn’t know, but it was clear in Leon’s eyes.
I try to keep it secret to the point of obsession, and I try to give a sense of mystery and fear.
‘It’s like darkness.’
Now that I think about it, it wasn’t a proper dark world, but anyway, Leon was also from the dark world.
His career as a black man was different.
“Stop talking nonsense.”
“good. It’s nice that you always have quick conversations with Mr. Oren.”
Contrary to his good words, his words showed hostility at first glance.
“You want Phenom?”
“no. I just want you to return it to its original place.”
“Can I just send it back?”
“Yes. That is enough.”
Oren nodded as if he understood. He pointed to the wagon.
“There it is.”
He approached the wagon and identified the body.
“Did you even take anti-corruption treatment? Did you really intend to send it back?”
“Because that’s the deal.”
The important thing was from now on.
How will the guy come out?
“Well, it doesn’t matter. good. Just send it back to the village.”
The boy replied as if that was enough.
‘Wasn’t this guy himself the target?’
If so, there is only one reason left.
They were trying to separate this guy from Leon.
‘why? What kind of ability do you have?’
Of course, that wasn’t something I was thinking about right now.
“I have a question for you.”
“what?”
“It says the cause of death was an unfortunate accident, but there must be a secret wound.”
Oren nodded.
“right. Because I killed him.”
“Why?”
This answer is really important.
It will be a turning point that will determine whether he will be friendly or hostile.
“I felt like I shouldn’t be around Priest Leon.”
“Hoo. On what grounds?”
“It’s a feeling. It’s just a feeling, like I can feel you preparing to attack.”
Of course, it wasn’t a feeling.
As a result of analyzing the guy’s personality with cool judgment, it was clear that he was going to attack depending on the answer.
“This makes me want to recommend baptism.”
An important clue called ‘baptism’ came out, but Oren’s expression did not change at all.
“This is the first time that someone is not so interested in us.”
“Okay, I did as you asked. What comes back to me?”
At those words, Kamen burst into laughter.
“Are you asking us for a price?”
“I would have said no to such stupid conversations.”
“Oh, it’s not like that. That’s because it’s so weird. What can I give you?”
“Not required.”
Once again, the answer that surpassed the guy’s expectations came out.
“Yes?”
The guy asked back as if caught off guard.
“Instead, I will decide whether or not to accept a favor from now on.”
What Oren showed us was clear.
The same purpose of sabotaging Leon.
Excellent intelligence and judgment.
A sense that goes beyond cognition.
“good. Considering the variables, I think that would be better.”
In the end, permission had to be given. Something more valuable than a million gold came into my hands.
‘I think I can cover up the request now.’
The fatal request naturally gave rise to a justification for refusal.
‘Then, how about examining the abilities of the five?’
Now that the situation was over, it was time to examine the abilities they were so wary of.