256. Continuing Insights (1)
Sheamus, tall with shiny green hair and tall stature, appeared with an arm on Murphy’s shoulder.
Oliver and Jane’s eyes naturally shifted to him.
“Mr. Sheamus?”
“Hello. Jane. It’s time for an appointment, but I can’t see you, so I came to find you myself. I was worried because I knew what had happened.”
Jane checked her watch.
“ah······. It really is. sorry.”
“Of course you should be sorry. time is money However, if you’re talking to this friend, you have to understand. Because he is the king of liquor, who is raising the stock price these days.”
Sheamus tapped Murphy’s chest. Murphy smiled, hiding his displeasure.
“Thank you for your understanding. Mr. Sheamus.”
Jane smiled and thanked, and Sheamus accepted with a smile.
Soon his gaze shifted to Oliver.
“… it’s been a while.”
“Yes, Sheamus. Nice to meet you.”
“I wish I was sincere. I’m really glad… Hey, Liquor King. If it’s okay, can I borrow some of them? You have a prior contract with us.”
Murphy, who stood like a pillar, answered that it was okay, hiding the discomfort that was creeping up from within.
Sheamus looked at Murphy’s face for a moment and then smiled and relaxed his shoulders.
Then he went somewhere with Oliver and Jane.
“Nice to meet you. Murphy.”
Oliver greeted Murphy before following Sheamus. Murphy also greeted him with a sincere heart.
“It was really nice to meet you too. We will contact you later.”
After breaking up with Murphy, Oliver followed Sheamus with Jane.
Dressed in expensive clothes and jewels, the party’s guests immediately cleared the road as soon as they saw Sheamus striding.
As Jane said, Sheamus seemed to have been very successful. Seeing people succumb to Sheamus’ momentum.
“You surprise me every time you see me.”
“Am I?”
“Yeah, I didn’t know you were close with the Liquor King. I have pretty wide feet.”
“ah······. I have been commissioned several times in the past. By the way, what is the Liquor King?”
“Oh right. I interrupted and didn’t get a proper answer. Shall I apologize?”
“No, not that much.”
“Good. Good people need rewards… As I said before, it’s a nickname given to him because he became rich by selling a lot of filthy alcohol. Liquor King (酒類王) is the nickname.”
“Oh, is it?”
“Yeah, the items are good. Sorcerer… That’s where Murphy’s wit also played a part. Hopefully, they will turn their eyes to overseas. Thanks to this, without unnecessary competition, it is rather swept away money while establishing a position inside the crime firm. Rumor has it that he is wealthier than any other director.”
Hoo… Sheamus’ words were sincere.
Oliver looked at Jane to check. Jane nodded too.
“That’s great……. But how does Sheamus know that?”
“The only story to talk about in a place like this is that someone made money or someone cheated on him. Although they were dressed in jewelry and expensive clothes, the conversation they had was basically the same as in a back alley pub… I want you to get used to it, because once you become the head of an organization, you have to taste these places as well.”
“uh······. I’m sorry, but there seems to be some misunderstanding.”
“misunderstanding?”
“Previous-“
“Ah, here it is!”
The moment Oliver opens his mouth to clear up the misunderstanding. A woman’s voice rang out loudly.
Turning her head in the direction of the sound, a voluptuous woman with orange hair and an orange dress ran over and hugged Sheamus.
“Come quickly!”
“Of course you should come soon. Can’t you keep the lady waiting?”
The woman shone emotions such as affection and dependence toward Sheamus, and Sheamus lit up feelings of annoyance and indecisiveness toward the woman.
Oliver asked Jane a question, because two distinct emotions are so impressive.
“Who are you?”
“Myrtle Bernie. She is a member of our Sisterhood wealthy group, and Sheamus’ lover.”
“Oh, I see······. Do you seem to like Sheamus-sama a lot?”
“Well, that’s right. It’s a bit long to explain, but I’m seeing a lot of thanks to Mr. Sheamus.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Sheamus-sama already manages a significant amount of his fortune.”
Oliver was surprised. I’d like to know if that’s okay though.
“Hey, what are you so smart about without me?”
During the conversation between Oliver and Jane, Sheamus brought Myrtle.
Myrtle approached Sheamus with her arms crossed and greeted Oliver, who also greeted her through Jane.
Just by putting her arms around Sheamus, Myrtle’s self-confidence and self-esteem were constantly spewing out like a pollen.
As Jane said, it seemed that she had a great deal of trust and reliance on Sheamus.
‘I don’t know if it’s good…’
She spoke to Oliver.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen a warlock, isn’t it a lot different from what I thought? I thought a warlock was a bad person who did grim experiments in the basement… You are pretty good.”
“Thank you for taking a good look. I was originally in a dismal lab, but I am here today thanks to Miss Jane.”
“Oh my, are you the kind of person who likes to talk? He didn’t tell me who Jane was, so I thought he had some kind of problem, but if I had known this would be the case, I would have liked to have met him sooner.”
As Oliver was about to answer, Jane interrupted.
She naturally looked around and opened her mouth.
“Myrtle. But do you know where the others have gone? I can’t see anyone, so maybe I’m too late?”
“yes? Oh, no, no… Everyone waited and went over there for a while. Because the wizards came.”
“A wizard?”
“yes. tower wizard. Specifically, students. He said he came to receive an investment, but he went to look around. Shall we go too?”
***
Heard that a wizard appeared at the Landa wealthy party, but Oliver wasn’t particularly surprised.
Already, I heard from Forrest about that.
In addition, I once read a story similar to this through the diary of ‘Dengeki Wizard’ and the research journal of ‘Adri’, who captured it in the past.
It was a fact that wizards had been accumulating enormous wealth in recent years, but there were still quite a few people in need of money within the Magic Tower.
People with appropriate talents and lack of background, such as Lightning Wizard or Adri, are typical examples.
They needed a lot of money to live as a student of Matop, and they usually solved this through sponsorship.
At this time, the options were divided into three main categories.
Either he had to make a ‘back deal’ to secretly steal the resources and knowledge of the Tower, or go out of the Tower and become a ‘street wizard’, or else he had to find and ‘invest’ by Randa’s wealthy people.
Exactly, like this.
“So. Do you think this breeding method can reliably obtain purebred puppies?”
“Yeah, in a nutshell. A cute nose, a grumpy but a cute mouth and a short tail.”
“Oh my, that’s so cool!”
“It’s nice, isn’t it. It becomes perfectly pure. If you use this breeding method, your wife’s authority in the dog association will be even higher. I promise!”
A young blond, blue-eyed young man was talking to an old woman with a dog in her arms.
The old woman was interested in the young man’s words, and the young man tried to persuade the old woman. Desperate emotions were evident in him.
It was quite an unfamiliar sight for Oliver, who had only seen the high school students who were full of pride and self-confidence.
But at the same time, I thought it was natural. Because there is a law of two sides to anything.
A warlock who pays off debts in exchange for emotions,
Moonshiners who hire veterans,
Sisterhood using the same woman,
Such as Parterism closely related to secular politics…
So, it might not be so strange that the tower had this kind of appearance.
Oliver looked around and continued to observe the wizard and the city’s wealthy conversing.
In addition to wizards who preached the breeding method to obtain purebred puppies, there were female wizards who claimed that potions could be processed into cosmetics to rejuvenate the skin, and there were wizards who talked about how to make new steel.
Most were students, but there were also regular wizards who were not students.
It would have been an interesting spectacle for an ordinary Oliver, but unfortunately Oliver did not feel much interest.
Because some of them had already been read in the library, in papers or books, and were not very likely.
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Nevertheless, it was not enough that it was explained as if it was a completely new technique at the party hall, so it was attracting people’s curiosity.Oliver asked Jane a question at the sight that was at odds with what he knew.
“Are the guests at this party investing a lot in the field of magic?”
“Well······. It varies from time to time, but as long as the items are okay, we invest quite a bit. If you hit the jackpot just once, you can make a huge profit.”
“But on the other hand, if you fail, you won’t even be able to get the principal, don’t you?”
“Is that right?”
“Then, is it okay to invest in a field that I am not familiar with?”
“A field you don’t know well?”
Someone interrupted my conversation with Jane. It was a very cold voice.
Oliver turned his head and apologized, wondering if the way he was speaking was wrong.
“Ah, sorry. It’s my first time in this place. If you feel bad-”
“-no. I’m just asking what you think, so feel free to answer.”
Oliver stood in front of an old woman.
He had intelligent short hair that was a mixture of gray and white, and wore expensive magic accessories.
Surprisingly, all of the magic accessories had defensive magic and security magic that could hide emotions.
‘Looks like the quality is good. I can only see a faint feeling.’
Oliver thought about the quality of the magic item that hides his emotions.
But that wasn’t the only concern.
Although the woman looked quite old, her skin had no strangely wrinkled skin, and the dark magic aura was faintly emanating from her body.
It was similar to the energy I had seen in Edith in the past.
‘What’s the relationship between artificial skin and dark magic energy?’
The moment Oliver was lost in thought, then Jane came forward and greeted the old lady first.
“hello. Miranda.”
“nice to meet. Jane. A little late.”
***
Miranda appeared with a woman in an expensive dress and suit.
To Miranda, Jane explained why she was late.
“With Murphy?”
“Yes.”
After hearing the explanation, Miranda turned to Oliver and held out her hand.
He was gentle on the outside, but his emotions were stronger than the feeling of being likable.
“That’s great. I heard rumors, but more than I thought… Oh my, it’s a first-person conversation, but I said half-heartedly. Can I keep talking nonsense? Because I am older.”
“of course. Please feel free to speak.”
“As rumored, you are polite. Do you know who I am?”
“Yes, I heard from Forrest. nice to see you. Miranda.”
“Forrest?”
“Yes, you are a broker doing business with me.”
“I heard it once. I met a good solver and luckily succeeded in recovering… You made a deal with Forrest from the start?”
“Yes.”
“that’s interesting. But he’s still dealing with Forrest. Are you the type of person who values friendship?”
“········································································ I’m sorry, but I don’t quite understand what you mean.”
“Even though they make a career out of Landa, no one maintains their first business. Either it’s a romantic personality that values friendship, or it’s just someone with a weakness.”
“ah······. Is that so? I’m just working with Forrest because he’s always done a good job. Because you’re very talented. I can say that I am lucky.”
Oliver has always said his thoughts without adding or subtracting.
Although Oliver was an orphan, he considered himself lucky, including meeting Forrest.
Miranda’s expression moved slightly.
“······· Surely you are different from the solvers I have seen? I think you did a good job talking to Jane and inviting her.”
“I am just an ordinary solver. Thank you for looking after me.”
Miranda looked at Jane.
“You have an interesting friend.”
“It’s my luck.”
“I think so. And luck is an essential skill in this city… May I call you Dave?”
“Yes, please feel free to tell me.”
“Welcome to this party. Dave. In that sense, I will answer the question I asked earlier.”
“Can I invest in something I don’t know about?”
“Right, that. You seem to care a lot about us.”
“Oh, I’m not worried. I just don’t understand. I’m sorry if I offended you.”
“No, you don’t have to. Because it’s not actually wrong. We don’t know much about that. Because noble wizards keep their knowledge hidden. Still, it’s not that there’s no way out.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah, the world is always trying to balance things out. Without knowledge, you can find someone to advise you.”
Miranda raised her hand slightly.
In line with that, a woman in a suit from the group of women following Miranda slightly bowed her head.
All of them had considerable magical powers in their bodies.
“You are a wizard.”
“Hmmm… Luckily, these days, you can even hire great wizards. Well, there are people who do this professionally.”
Hoo… Oliver was surprised. It’s definitely possible.
Sorcerers who were pushed back from the tower competition used to come out on the streets.
I didn’t think it would be too strange to act in this way.
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No, it might be more reasonable. Expertise is available, the risk is lower than that of a fixer, and you can expect higher wages.“That’s great……. So, what are your interests, Miranda-sama?”
“There aren’t many things that stand out right now……. However, I heard that the new thermal power generation technology of the Agni Sohak school stood out.”
“Isn’t it better not to do it?”
“What?”
“I told you it would be better not to do it.”
Oliver said in a calm, unshakable voice.
Among the wizards here, Placenta tried to increase his persuasiveness with all sorts of flashy speeches and exquisite tones, but, ironically, Oliver’s side sounded more reliable.
Because it felt like I was only telling the truth outside of my interests.
Miranda asked with interest.
“Why? I’m not just talking.”
“There are limits to efficiency. Thermal power generation would be a method of producing energy by burning coal or manastones based on flame magic, but even if it is improved, there are obvious limitations.”
Contrary to what he usually said with infinite possibilities open, Oliver’s words were quite assertive.
It was not without any basis.
It was a story based on the books and papers I read in my spare time at the elementary school library.
With the exception of some of the Agni School, the current consensus was that there is a limit to thermal power generation. That, Kevin, who came from the Agni School, also agreed.
Of course, it might change the story if a brilliant genius that Oliver didn’t know about appeared, but I thought that was unlikely.
Because Oliver also felt a clear limitation when he read the material.
Still, Oliver left the room open just in case. It was not very good to make judgments according to one’s own lack of skills.
“Of course, this is just my opinion. It can make a difference when someone good comes out.”
“If it doesn’t come out, what do you think is more promising? than thermal power.”
Miranda asked. There were no feelings of displeasure, irritation, or doubt, only interest.
And it wasn’t just Miranda.
The women behind Miranda, along with Jane, Sheamus, and other party guests, one by one, were watching Oliver’s words.
Something seemed to have gone wrong.
“Well······. I’m just a warlock, so I’m afraid I’ll hurt you if I tell the wrong story.”
“Why are you worried about that? After all, investing is your choice. Even if you hear the wrong things and make the wrong investment, it’s your fault for not making a proper judgment. who to blame There is no such fool here. is not it?”
Miranda said to the women behind her. The women nodded in unison.
An atmosphere where you can no longer avoid answering. Oliver opened his mouth.
“I wonder if the Pure Magic School would be better.”
“The reason is?”
“You can reduce waste by manipulating the magical power contained in the magic stone without burning it. In my personal opinion, using the energy generated when the manastone itself is compressed-”
“-Mrs. Warlocks are talking about magic!”
Someone interrupted Oliver while he was speaking.
It was Derek Redhill.