112 – Gray Rat (4)
Late in the evening, Baiton’s office, after all the employees of the real estate firm The Norverd had left work.
Baiton served tea to a woman.
“Sorry for the sudden visit at such a late hour. Mr. Baiton.”
“no. It is an honor to meet the Blue Spear of the Red Desert.”
The woman smiled and said.
“As far as I know, Mr. Baiton has never done business with the Godiva Kingdom, but he also knows how to greet my clan.
“If you don’t know about other tribes, you should know about the Blue Spear Azrak, who serve the Godiva royal family.”
“Fufu. thank you.”
The woman took a sip of the tea with a captivating smile.
“Oh, look at my mind. You said that when business people meet in the Yellow Capital, they give you business cards first, right?”
The woman took a business card from her small purse and handed it to Baiton.
Baiton also politely took a business card from his pocket and handed it to the woman to exchange business cards.
The woman’s name is Leila bint Yunus bin Yahya Azrak.
Baiton could infer many things from this woman’s name.
The survivors of the Godiva desert even give names to their parents and grandparents.
The first name ‘Layla’ is her name, the first middle name ‘Yunus’ is her father’s name, the second middle name ‘Yahya’ is her grandfather’s name, and finally ‘Azrak’ is her family name. It was.
To summarize, she becomes Layla, the daughter of Yahya, the grandfather of the Azrak family, and the daughter of Yunus.
Baiton put the business card into the business card case and smiled.
“How are you, Saad-sama? I heard that he was seriously injured while fighting a pelichel scorpion.”
“My uncle is so strong. And not by the pelichel scorpion, but by the Mardinho lizard. If you had been poisoned by the pelichel scorpion, would you have suffered quite a bit from a fever?”
“Oh, I see. Come to think of it, I heard that Yunus-sama has recently been interested in the building business.”
“To be precise, you are more interested in the resort business than the high-rise building business. There are about three small oasis owned by the Azrak family.”
“Isn’t that enough for a city to build?”
“It’s not that big. At the most, it can accommodate 30 to 40 people, right?”
Layla answered all the sharp questions in Baiton’s kind smile and soft tone without any hesitation.
But Baiton still did not dispel his doubts.
A direct descendant of the Azrak family of the Godiva Kingdom, who has no one-on-one contact, comes to visit and asks to do business together, but it would be strange not to have any doubts.
However, as rumors spread that the Godiva Kingdom would pursue economic and technological cooperation with the Empire, information came to Baiton’s ears that the Empire’s businessmen would be able to directly invest in the Godiva Desert.
It was clear that it would not be a bad business if the direct descendants of the Azrak family and a small resort business were jointly promoted to get the opportunity to get a face stamp on the nobles of the Godiva Kingdom.
By comparing the Azrak family information that had been researched in advance with the latest news from Godiva Kingdom, Baiton confirmed that Leyla was really from the Azrak family, and decided that, although still suspicious, it wouldn’t hurt to talk about business. .
“······ So you want to start an oasis resort business?”
“yes. Did you know that the royal nobles of the Empire have started to travel a lot to the Godiva Kingdom recently? We want to start a resort business that targets them.”
“Then what do you want from ‘The Norverd’?”
“Ummm~ To be precise, there’s something I want from you, Mr. Baiton, rather than the company ‘The Norverd’.”
“Are you talking to me?”
Layla said with a seductive smile.
“yes. I want to get acquainted with Sir Tigris through the resort business. I know that Mr. Baiton is personally acquainted with Sir Tigris… is that correct?”
‘Well then.’
Why would the nobleman of the Godiva Kingdom come directly to Baiton with this resort business case?
Like other women of noble families, he was begging Bayton to introduce Tigris.
“It is, but if you want to talk to Tigris-sama, I think it would be better to talk through your hometown or the Empire?”
“Actually, I am personally very interested in Sir Tigris. Do you know what I mean?”
Layla is in her mid-20s.
Although he admits that she is a very seductive beauty, each time she received such an offer, Baiton had something to say.
“I don’t think I can intervene in such a problem. And, as you know, from Tigris-sama, His Majesty the Princess…”
“I know that. But isn’t it a little odd for a man about the size of Lord Tigris to have only one wife?”
But Layla was a smarter woman than Baiton thought.
“Please allow me to be Lord Tigris’ second wife. If you actively support me, I will also actively support Mr. Baiton. As far as I know, I’ve heard that Mr. Baiton wants to start a family…”
What Layla said was simple.
line yourself up
However, the marriage between Tigris and the princess is almost certain, and Baiton has already made an acquaintance with the princess.
There was no reason to line up for Leyla unless Baiton went crazy.
“I don’t know what that means. I am a butler who has decided to serve the Norbert family for the rest of my life. It is enough for Lord Beowulf to support me.”
“Don’t be so mean and listen carefully. I’m not saying that I should abandon my relationship with the princess. What I’m aiming for is the position of Tigris-sama’s second wife. I know very well that I don’t want to and shouldn’t be a married woman.”
“·················ogue.”
“So, I’m just asking you to support me so that I can get along well with Tigris. Then I will not forget Mr. Baiton’s help, and I will help you a lot before and after becoming a nobleman.”
Baiton drank tea, observing Leyla’s expression.
I didn’t know if that was all she really wanted, or if she wanted more.
Baiton decided to dig further.
“What kind of help do you want from me?”
“I need little information that will allow me to get acquainted with Sir Tigris as much as he likes or dislikes.”
“Are you talking about trivial information?”
“yes. What kind of cars do you like, what books you like, these little things. Or is it the trauma that Lord Tigris has suffered in the past? If Sir Tigris heals his painful past, we can score points.”
Baiton thought deeply, pretending to take a sip of tea.
Does Leyla really want a second wife’s position, or does she want more?
Usually, in the case of these women, anything other than the first is not satisfied.
‘She is definitely a snake-like woman who knows how to stimulate people’s desires.’
Among the numerous noble ladies who have approached Beiton for the purpose of Tigris so far, none of them know how to deal like this.
Is it right to introduce this woman to Tigris?
However, it was clear that having a relationship with a woman like this would certainly help Baiton.
She’s smart and knows very well how important it is to support someone who will benefit her.
Thoughts were biting her tail and thinking about how she should act, Layla acted first.
“uh? Have you ever been bitten by a mosquito?”
“······yes?”
“It’s the back of your hand. It was a little swollen.”
Baiton looked at the back of his hand.
As Layla said, there were mosquito bites.
Layla pulled out a small ampoule from her handbag.
“Give me a hand.”
“no. it’s okay.”
“Come on.”
At Leyla’s coercion, Baiton unwittingly crossed his hand.
When Leyla’s warm and soft touch touched her, it was thrilling as if electricity had gone on.
It was as if I remembered the day when my wife and I held hands for the first time.
She sucked the healing medicine all the way through the dropper attached to the cap of the ampoule, and then applied a small amount to the back of Baiton’s hand.
Then the wound healed.
“I am always interested in skin care. I use it often when I have skin problems.”
Layla took a new ampoule out of her bag.
“By the way, did you say that your daughter is 15 years old? I’m at an age when I’m really interested in beauty. Give it as a gift.”
“Fine······.”
“Come on.”
Baiton, oddly enough, couldn’t resist Leyla’s coercion.
Baiton had no choice but to accept when Leyla forced the ampoule into her hand.
Leila said with a smirk as she took Baiton’s hand tightly.
“Then you are helping me, right?”
“that······.”
“You know very well that the most important thing in business is timing. If not now, there may be no chance.”
After a long period of silence from Baiton, Layla released her hand.
“You are a very cautious type. Well, I can’t help it. Get a good night’s sleep today and we’ll talk tomorrow. How about lunch tomorrow?”
After thinking for a moment, Baiton opened his mouth.
“yes. All right.”
“Then I’ll just go. No need to see off. I’m going to do some shopping at the department store downstairs.”
“yes. Okay. Take a look.”
Leyla waved a light hand to Baiton and left the office.
In the office where she left, only the scent of anemone flowers remained.
Leila frowned while wiping out the smile typical of a hitter in the elevator.
“The timing is right…”
I thought I would fall over if I tempted a little more, but suddenly something urgent happened and I had no choice but to come out.
Layla closed her eyes and opened them.
Then, Leila’s eyes changed from blue to dark green, and a bizarre world appeared before her eyes.
In that world, a man with a rather familiar face wandered around the world she had created.
But I was used to it, but I couldn’t remember the name of the man.
Of course, that didn’t matter.
‘How the hell did he get into my dream?’
As soon as the elevator doors opened, Leyla quickly headed to the Continental Hotel opposite the Norbert Tower.
I don’t know what he’s trying to do, but it’s enough to catch him and find out.
In the world of shared dreams, somnium is a god.
In the spot where Somnium disappeared, Jane stuck her head out after a while.
“What the hell is that year?”
* * *
[Take down from above.]
[The club from the rear.]
[Poison sting from the right.]
Rakan did as the system told him to dodge all attacks by tumbling, and then ran again.
This world couldn’t be bothered.
Because there was land in the sky, mysterious monsters suddenly attacked Rakan from above, and there were times when the monsters suddenly jumped out of the shack that was obviously empty.
“It was just breathtaking.”
But Rakan’s heart was strangely calm.
The visuals of the monsters were, of course, frightening.
The clothes and clubs of the police officers who came with clubs were full of sticky blood and flesh.
Mouths were attached to the hands of the withered beggars who had no faces reminiscent of egg ghosts.
Even unidentified pieces of flesh are wriggling and running towards Rakan, but if it was Rakan, his lips would have turned blue in fear.
But it wasn’t scary at all.
How would you describe this feeling?
Does it feel like a BGM is playing when a ghost appears in a horror movie?
Rather, I felt the thrill of the thrill that rubbed the nape of my neck every time I barely avoided an attack.
“By the way, why am I running away?”
To his surprise, Rakan did not understand why he was running away from those monsters.
But I have experienced this unpleasant feeling once before.
This feeling was like being hit by a truck and dying, but when I opened my eyes, it was the embarrassment of falling into a different world.
At that time, without the system, Rakan would not have known that he had fallen into another world.
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1. Recall why you learned the spirit of Myungkyung Jisoo.
Rakan turned his head to avoid the flying stones, rummaging through the system’s advice.
It was frustrating as if searching through the dream I had yesterday, but I quickly grasped the situation I was in faster than I thought.
“Ah, this is Somnium’s shared dream world.”
Rakan could now accurately see the identities of the monsters running from all directions.
They are the nightmare monsters of the nightmare-infected patients.
So it must have looked so bizarre.
‘But why didn’t I know that I was living in a shared dream until now? Myunggyeongjisoo’s spirit must have had the function of defending against all mental attacks?’
[Myunggyeongjisu’s spirit only protects against mental attacks.]
[It does not protect against the mental restrictions placed on you.]
So, while it can protect against mental attacks from outside, it doesn’t force Rakan to capture emotions such as embarrassment or excitement.
If he had caught up with that, Rakan would have been a strange human being who could not feel negative emotions such as sadness or anger for the rest of his life.
Anyway, in the same vein, the reason that Rakan did not realize that he was currently dreaming was that it was Rakan’s responsibility to realize his own mental limitation of dreams, not the system’s.
“Then this is the common dream world of Somnium, and those monsters are the monsters in this shared dream world.”
When I found out the identity of this world where everything was jumbled up and the identities of those monsters, the world began to look different.
Presumably, those monsters were clearly the monsters in the nightmare of the students of the Department of Magic at the Imperial University and the gray rats.
“Instructor Tigris said he cut down those monsters and killed them.”
How did you cut down the monsters in your dreams?
Was it possible because Instructor Tigris was a sword master?
Rakan decided to shoot magic as a test.
It wasn’t that difficult to create a magic formula while running.
Because Nadal trained me to craft magic in every situation.
Rakan felt the mana draining out of his body, and the 2nd circle fireball magic was drawn.
Then Rakan threw a fireball at the goblin riding the wolf in front.
bang!
With a huge explosion, Rakan’s fireball exploded at just the right time.
– Kyaaaaaaah!
However, the wolf, let alone the goblin, was not hurt.
No, it didn’t even reduce the thrust.
“Eh?”
Obviously, if it was a normal goblin or a wolf, it was natural to die by fireball magic.
But Rakan’s magic didn’t work.
“How did this happen?”
I heard that Tigris apparently cut them to death.
So, what is the difference between Rakan and Tigris?
Does it work if I cut it with a sword?
Or is it because Rakan isn’t a Swordmaster?
By the time his head got complicated, Rakan came to a dead end.
The cliff was so far away from all sides that I couldn’t see the bottom at all.
– Crumble
But monsters were running from all directions.
The only way out is the land high in the sky.
However, with Rakan’s jumping ability, there was no way to reach that high place.
“shit.”
The monsters ran frantically whether Rakan was embarrassed or not.
Rakan took a deep breath.
Let’s judge rationally.
This world is a dream world.
And apparently Tigris said that Rakan could create anything he could imagine.
In the case of Tigris, in this nightmare, he summoned a sword and cut down the monsters.
It must be because the arrogant Tigris was convinced that his swordsmanship would be enough to kill those monsters in his dreams.
So, what is the best weapon Rakan knows?
The monsters are approaching.
Rakan believed.
The best weapon he knew would be in his right hand.
A heavy lump of iron was caught in Rakan’s hand.
It was an RPG rocket launcher.
Rakan, of course, has never fired an RPG rocket launcher or seen it in person.
However, when the trigger of the rocket launcher was pulled, this heavy magic wand of Allah was sure to destroy the enemies.
Rakan pulled the trigger after draping it over his shoulder, as seen in war movies before.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
The rocket launcher blew fire and devoured the monsters.
If you grind the rocket launcher at such a close distance, it would be natural that Rakan would have to be torn off, but not a single hair was burned.
Because the main character in the movie was not hurt even if he exploded an RPG right in front of him.
He was sure he would never get hurt, and as a result he was able to survive.
– Aaaaaaaaaah!
The monsters are running again.
Rakan released the rocket launcher and created a new weapon.
This time it was an AK rifle.
If you ask me why I made an AK rifle, it’s because the main gun in Rakan’s FPS game was an AK rifle.
Of course, it was made with Rakan’s vague memories, so I don’t know if this is a real AK rifle.
And of course I didn’t know how to shoot or how to load.
But he knew that if he just put his shoulder on his shoulder and pulled the trigger, the lead bullets of justice would crush those monstrosities.
To and to do and do!
Tiny lead bullets flooded them.
The lead bullets hit the heart and head, just as Rakan had imagined, and they died.
He even killed five or six monsters per bullet.
Because Rakan believed so.
Todd and to do!
I wondered if I should change the magazine, but Rakan decided not to think about it.
Anyway, this is a dream world.
Do you need a magazine change or something?
There are only two things that matter most to Rakan, who is the only lucid dreamer in this dream world.
One is imagination, the other is the belief that anything can be done.
Rakan frantically pulled the trigger with the mindset of ‘Amolrang, it’ll be alright!’
“Find them all!”
Rakan felt like the protagonist in a zombie game.
* * *
Tigris opened his mouth when Nadal’s expression changed strangely.
“How is Rakan now?”
“How am I supposed to explain this…”
Rakan was slaughtering monsters while holding a strange iron nugget he had never seen before.
It was very difficult to put into words, and for the first time Nadal could feel the feeling of embarrassment.