27. New Master (1)
“················ogue.”
“················ogue.”
“················ogue.”
“················ogue.”
Everyone greeted me when Oliver returned to the sausage factory.
However, that is only for a moment. Everyone was silent when they saw Oliver’s face.
Well, maybe it’s normal?
It didn’t make sense for Oliver to walk from Landa to Weinham.
His face and hands were covered with dust and sometimes black, and his clothes were soaked in sweat and dust and looked like rags.
The shoes were strong and only slightly worn, but in any case, Oliver’s appearance was nothing more than a half-beggar.
After a long silence, someone spoke.
“Oh, Oliver? What the hell…?”
“I don’t know how to get here from Randa……. I just walked. I didn’t get lost because it was a one-way street.”
A very natural answer. So no one asked.
For example, where did Joseph and Andrew leave alone…?
Everyone instinctively felt something unusual, and then Marie took a step forward and said:
“This, for once. Why don’t you do some washing? Oliver.”
“ah···. Would that be good?”
Oliver said, touching the back of his hand and face. He was in a bad state as he had been walking day and night for several days.
Even in the eyes of Oliver, who is dull in this way.
Oliver, guided by Marie, headed to the shower room, stopping along the way and talking to the other senior, middle, junior, and temporary pupils.
“Oh right. I’m sorry, are you all busy?”
The disciples looked at each other and someone answered.
“Oh, no…. Absolutely.”
“Then, I will wash up quickly, so can you all gather around? Don’t leave out one, is there any good place to gather together? quietly?”
“I think the studio would be good.”
“Ah, then, as Marie said, would you like to gather in the studio? please.”
With that said, Oliver left.
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No one could vomit at those words.***
At Oliver’s request, not only the regular students but also the temporary students gathered in the studio.
During Joseph’s absence, he was the owner of the family. However, even then, the feeling of sadness could not be erased.
Apparently, he went to see Joseph and returned after a long time.
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No, it didn’t matter that far. Really, the problem is that he came back alone.Therefore, there was no fuss, but the senior and intermediate pupils gathered and whispered to each other.
“What the hell is going on? Where the hell is the master?”
“I don’t know, have you ever gone on another trip? Do you like to leave suddenly?”
“So, Andrew-sama? Above all else, even if we were to go on a trip, we couldn’t have sent Oliver alone to walk, right?”
“Well, that’s….”
I don’t know what exactly happened, but everyone instinctively felt that something was wrong and murmured.
But for a while. Everyone shut their mouths when Oliver came out of the shower in a hurry.
“Thank you all for waiting.”
Oliver came out with a bag on his back.
Upon closer inspection, I noticed that the bag was the bag of money I had taken with me when I went to see Joseph.
In fact, when I opened it, there were countless bundles of banknotes.
Oliver shuffled the table and emptied the bills from his bag.
“·······!!!”
Everyone was astonished at the large amount of money they had never seen before in their lives, or that most people would never have seen in their lifetime.
“Marie, can you clean this up for me? Step by step clean.”
“ah···. Yes, I understand.”
Marie, frozen at Oliver’s request, nodded awkwardly.
“Excuse me, could you please follow me for a few minutes?”
At those words, those who were frozen at the bundle of banknotes looked at each other and followed Oliver one by one.
After a while, they brought more bundles of bills than spilled out of the bag.
“···········!!!!!!”
Everyone was so shocked that they screamed silently, but Marie’s hands were as busy as the banknotes that were pouring out.
do this several times. Before long, bundles of banknotes piled up to overflow the table.
Oliver looked at everyone in that state. What Joseph said was true.
It was said that when banknotes were bundled together, they gave off magical power, and everyone couldn’t take their eyes off the bundle of banknotes, embracing burning emotions such as greed, fear, and anticipation.
A senior disciple asked in a trembling voice.
“Hey, hey, what the hell is this…?”
“uh····. I got it from the secret safe in the master’s room.”
Then everyone huh! He sighed in shock.
The family had many rules, but the most important was not to dare touch Joseph’s possessions.
Especially things like books, work tools, and money in the library.
In fact, those who violated this rule disappeared one day, either by mistake or intentionally, without even a mouse or a bird.
“Oh no!! Are you crazy?! master····! Bringing the money from the safe!! it’s crazy!”
He robbed himself and stepped back as if he had unwittingly been caught up in a crime.
The rest of the people reacted similarly, with only a slight difference, but Marie was the only one who maintained her composure.
Oliver slowly raised his hand.
“Everyone, calm down.”
“Calm?! Calm down! If the master comes, you can kill us all?! know!!”
“No, that’s not going to happen. He is already dead.”
“How the hell are you…? yes?”
Those who were frightened and startled suddenly stopped all at once as if they had been hit by cold water.
Then he looked at Oliver with a stupid expression on his face.
Oliver was silent to give the people some time to calm down, but after a while, a senior disciple who came to his senses asked.
“that···. What do you mean? the master dies In whose hand?”
“It’s in my hands…. I killed him.”
Calm Oliver’s answer. Everyone paused and stood behind them.
reactions are different.
Some people frowned as if they had heard a bad joke, others were frightened, and they didn’t believe it… No, there were those who denied it.
Only Marie’s eyes lit up.
the senior disciple said.
“···. lie.”
“It’s not a lie. It’s salty.”
“Then show me the evidence. that you killed the master.”
“·····. Do you need proof?”
“All right, of course not! It makes sense that I didn’t bring any evidence while I was talking like this?”
“Ahh···. ah···! That’s right.”
Oliver scratched the back of his head as if realizing his mistake too late.
The look was quite disappointing.
In this nonsensical situation, everyone was out of breath and sweating as if their emotional lines had reached their limit.
Oliver scratched his head and thought, then opened his mouth.
“···. You’re the one who helped, but can’t you show me by cutting your hair? Even if I carry a severed head, I don’t think it will work.”
“Then why did you kill the master?!”
In the end, the senior disciple, who had reached the limit of his emotions, asked as if screaming.
Everyone was afraid and stepped aside. It wasn’t strange for me to fight right now.
Only, Oliver. He was the only one who treated him calmly.
“I regret that, too. I didn’t want to kill my master either. I also got help… I had a lot to learn.”
The sadness that was buried in the calmness seemed to be something foreign rather than humane, which made the listeners horrified.
“But believe me. There was nothing I could do.”
“Why couldn’t you help it?”
Marie, who watched the situation quietly, said. There was faith in Oliver in her eyes.
“He was trying to kill me. Exactly, it was meant to be sacrificed.”
“My···. water?”
“Yeah, it’s said to be dedicated to the devil. Already, Andrew-sama has already donated it, and it seems like a lot of other people I don’t know have donated too. Oh, master and master will be there too. The master said that he dedicated it.”
The horrific truth that was rushing in was conveyed with utmost calm, and the disparity caused the disciples to turn their faces white with fear beyond shock.
What if a livestock who thought it was a human looked in the mirror?
Then someone forcefully denied it.
“·····. hey, that’s a lie Master why?”
“I think it’s to be strong. The stronger the sacrifice, the stronger the power. So you got us-”
“Then, doesn’t that make more sense?! Master came down to Weinham by himself, ended a family, and established a foundation here alone. No matter how genius you are, how can you defeat someone like that?”
“As you said, the master is strong and I almost died… I was lucky.”
After thinking about it for a while, Oliver muttered as if it was the most appropriate answer.
A truly consistent attitude. But surprisingly, it was such an attitude, and people slowly began to believe it, even though there was no evidence to show it.
Joseph was dead. Oliver’s hand.
When everyone was overwhelmed by the tidal wave and unable to take any action, Oliver clapped his hands.
“Then, can I talk to you again?”
When silence returned to answer, Oliver spoke again.
“I have no intention of leaving here. Not yet. There are many things I want to study.”
said Oliver, pointing in the direction of the study.
“So I plan to stay and study here for a while, but I think it might be a little uncomfortable for you. Because there are people who hate me.”
Some flinched.
Even the ordinary consideration and consideration that Oliver did was alien and bizarre. Rather, it was terrifying and terrifying.
“This money…. It is your master’s property, but you no longer need it. If you do not want to be with me, how about taking your share and leaving?”
“. Yes?!”
Everyone asked, as if in shock. Oliver replied in amazement.
“I’m a little embarrassed to leave… There are too many books in the library. Is this an unreasonable request?”
“No, it’s not that I’m just giving you this money…. Are you serious?”
“uh····. Yes. After all, there is no owner Can’t we just share? is not it?”
The focus of the conversation is strangely offended.
All the disciples had a shocked expression on their faces.
The people here may be like what they are now, but they once dreamed of becoming powerful warlocks like Joseph and raising their own family and making a fuss.
Power, money, power… The form was different, but the fundamentals were the same.
That’s why I only thought to increase what I own, but didn’t even dream of sharing it.
For them, Oliver’s proposal to defeat Joseph was a shock. Maybe it was a ploy to remove impure molecules.
Then Marie raised her hand.
“Oh, do you want to go, Marie? Let’s see where one, two, three…”
“No, Oliver. I raised my hand to ask a question.”
“Oh yeah? What?”
“What happens if you stay?”
“·······. I do not know? Can’t we just do what we’re doing?”
“Master…. No, because Joseph is dead, something must happen. In the beginning, this peace was maintained by Joseph’s strength.”
“is that so?”
“Yes, I am sure anyone will stab me when I find out that Master is gone. If you do it wrong, a fight might happen.”
“that···. It must be embarrassing.”
“Yeah, I’m nervous. To avoid such a difficult situation, Oliver, who defeated Joseph, must become the new owner of the family.”
“Am I?”
“Yes.”
Surprised Oliver and Resolute Marie. Her eyes shone with twinkling light.
Oliver scratched his cheek in embarrassment.
“However···. I don’t know what to do?”
“You can lead the organization and teach us. Like Joseph. If you want to read books comfortably in the library, you have to be our owner.”
Oliver walked over to Marie and looked into her face.
It wasn’t a threat to say the least, but it was quite intimidating to the person concerned or the person watching.
After a while, Oliver answered.
“·····. Well, if you absolutely have to. What····.”
ha····. Marie sighed in relief and smiled with joy.
Oliver had no idea why she was so happy.
Peter intervened.
“Hey, I think I know what to do.”
“Wait.”
Oliver raised his hand to pause Peter, then opened his mouth again.
“What would you guys do? Will you stay here? Or would you like to leave?”