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Like Dirett, a person who loses money would always feel weak by saying that this is the only time.
Lee Han looked at the senior with pity.
“I brought snacks, so let me know if you need it.”
“Chocolate tart? Where did you buy it?”
“I made it myself.”
“…Uh, uh.”
* * * *
The warlocks gathered at the city gate and set off in a pre-rented wagon.
It was like going on a picnic.
squeak squeak squeak-
If it wasn’t for the old wagon that creaked like it was about to break.
“Collock. I’ll have to do some magic again.”
“Stop!”
The seniors stopped the carriage and ran out, casting magic on the wheels, axles, and doors in turn.
Seeing this, Lee Han became ominous as if he had glimpsed an unfortunate future with foresight magic.
‘I heard that black magic is not supported, but to see it in person like this.’
“I think this is enough.”
“Are you still creaking?”
“If you cast a spell enough to catch it completely, it wastes too much of your magic power. I have no choice but to endure this.”
“Fufu. If you dig a decent mushroom from the undead world this time, you can even change the carriage. Are you looking forward to it?”
“…Yes!”
In the second semester, Lee Han vowed to learn the magic of getting rid of squeaks.
As he moved away from the city on the imperial highway, the ridges began to decrease, and only forests and fields began to grow.
Guynando looked out of the carriage while muttering the tart. Rapadel, who was sitting by the window, pushed Guynando’s head off as if it was annoying.
“stop!”
Armed soldiers and knights were seen at the end of the quiet road. They stood guard against the wagons.
“For what purpose did you come?”
“Collock. We are wizards who have come to study this phenomenon.”
Professor Mortum took out his permit and handed it to his soldiers.
The knight’s face softened when he saw the document with his seal.
“You were a wizard.”
As the empire’s land mass was so wide, it was not common to control the phenomena that occurred in various places.
If the phenomenon of overlapping of the undead world was not properly controlled, undead waves could occur everywhere.
Even if I barely found and controlled it first, I couldn’t be completely relieved.
As the land mass of the empire was so wide, there were so many crazy people that there were people who rushed to take advantage of the phenomenon.All.
It was only natural that the nerves of the knights and soldiers controlling in such a sparse and quiet place were sharp.
“Collock. Everyone has a lot of trouble.”
“Really… I don’t know why the undead dimensions overlap. There’s no such thing as bad luck… It would have been better if it was a plant spirit level.”
“The plant spirit dimension must have suffered too much damage.”
“But wouldn’t it be better than the undead dimension?”
“Well…”
“Oh yeah. What school is the wizard…”
“Clok choke choke.”
Professor Mortum suddenly coughed as if he had heard it.
The disciples next to him patted the master’s back and said,
“professor. Here is water!”
“Your health is so bad…”
“Such. sorry. I’ve been holding on to a sick person for too long. Hey. Let me pass.”
As the soldiers got out of the way, a wagon rushed out.
Professor Mortum stopped his cough and raised his head.
“Collock. Did you go?”
“Went.”
“……”
The first-year students who were watching in the carriage looked at Dirette with eyes of astonishment.
“…you really got the right permission, right?”
“Did you get it!? Junior! Of course, it just looked a little ugly, but it’s not reckless enough that we’re dealing with this as unauthorized or counterfeiting!”
Dirett went into explanation.
Roughly speaking, when this anomaly occurred, these nearby passageways were put under control and deployed to stop the madmen from approaching.
There was a high possibility that they were forming a siege network to prevent access by using military camps or a few small villages in the vicinity.
“What does that have to do with what you’re doing…?”
“Listen to the end.”
In other words, not only the soldiers we just saw, but quite a few people are staying around here!
There are not only soldiers who simply stand guard, but also people who help them stay in the village, people who bring them food and drink, and people who buy wizard cards to do while they are still, etc. In its own way, an ecosystem has been formed around this area.
“??”
Of course, Ian did not understand.
What does that have to do with ‘That Warlock’ now?
“In such a situation, when it is known that you are a warlock, we are the first to be suspected when an accident occurs. That’s why I avoided answering a bit.”
“……”
“……”
When the first-year students did not answer, the seniors asked in a nervous voice.
“We didn’t cheat. I was just coughing a little.”
“right. I got the permit properly.”
“Juniors, aren’t you going to change schools because of something like this?”
‘I’m going to have to call myself a plant element wizard.’
Lee Han glanced at his wand.
The tree spirit staff will help you in this case!
* * * *
After getting off the carriage, the students of the School of Dark Magic split into the previously rented inn.
As Dirett said, the villagers were not surprised by the rush of tourists. Apparently, some people were already roaming the village.
A hosa who heard the rumors and came to check the truth, a mercenary who seemed to have come to solve a suspicious quest, a wizard dressed like a flame element wizard, etc.
“Collock. Everyone had a lot of trouble. Let’s take a good rest today, and start working tomorrow. The town is roaming around. Give me some hot green tea.”
“Yes. Wizard.”
Thanks to the rental of the whole inn, only students were on the first floor. The owner presented the boiling green tea to Professor Mortum.
It showed the respect that the people of the Empire usually show for wizards.
“How does it taste?are you?”
“It’s okay.”
“Fortunately, the. I used pretty good green tea leaves. I’m glad that the wizard, not the other guests, drank it. Anyway, all the people who came to the village because of this incident are full of dubious and bad guys… After the end of the day, the Empire will reward you, but in the meantime, how ugly will the atmosphere of the village be? It would be great if only people like the wizard would come.”
“…chuck choke.”
When Professor Mortum coughed, the students quickly threw away their luggage and ran out of the inn.
When we were asked what kind of magic we were doing while we were there for nothing, we got into trouble with each other.
“There isn’t much to see in a town like this, but don’t wander around too much.”
“Don’t drink. Because tomorrow’s magic will be affected.”
“Don’t talk too long with suspicious people.”
“Actually, what we look most suspicious of is the problem. Avoid magic as much as possible. The town is small, so rumors spread quickly.”
The seniors asked how many times they had experience.
Even though he was dressed like a farmer, as long as he was holding a staff, people couldn’t help but wonder what kind of wizard he was.
“Where are you going, old man?”
“I need to meet the merchants and check what materials are needed and what the market price is.”
“I am going to meet the knights. If you ask the knights, they can drive out suspicious people.”
Lee Han admired the seniors who were more capable than expected.
“You can go and have a look.”
“no. I will help too.”
Guy Nando was disgusted with Lee Han’s words and pulled the ends of her clothes.
I wanted to run around and play.
“It’s really good…”
“It’s okay. Lee Han.”
“I have nothing to do anyway.”
“There is nothing Lee Han.”
“You go over there and have a look.”
After kicking out Guynando, Lee Han followed Dirett and approached the merchants around him.
“It’s not that difficult. There are merchants who come here to sell goods, but there are also merchants who come to buy materials.”
Even the merchants knew that the material would come out when the overlapping phenomenon occurred.
Merchants who were so quick would rush to the front and wait in front of them.
Because the tired adventurers didn’t go out with all the ingredients.
“It’s good to know in advance that some of them are expensive or have bounties.”
“Are the merchants obedient?”
“I’m usually good at talking to magicians. There are times when I need help.”
There is an imperial proverb that says, “Unless you are a fool, you must not be an enemy of a wizard.”
It meant that there were many things to be indebted to the wizard.
Merchants also came here to do business, so there was no reason to fight the wizard…
“sorry. I cannot tell you.”
“…uh?”
Dirette was perplexed.
Did you ever find out that he was a warlock?
“Why?”
“Ugh. Mister Wizard. I say this out of respect for the wizard. That… there is an adventurer who made a contract first. Other merchants will be like me.”
‘this.’
Dirett clicked inwardly.
If there was an adventurer who was commissioned by a merchant, the story would be different.
If you tell me expensive ingredients right now and someone else takes them, it will be difficult…
“Is this often the case?”
“no. I usually don’t even get hired. It’s more likely that you won’t be able to find one or two parties.”
From a merchant’s point of view, it’s convenient to just buy what anyone can bring, and hiring a party to bring them in was risky in many ways.
If the party returns bare-handed, the silver coins are used as silver coins and nothing is gained.
“What ashesI don’t know if it’s Ryo, but there must have been a competition. I didn’t know you would invest that much.”
“Ugh.”
Lee Han wanted to help a senior who was only struggling, so he thought about it, but couldn’t think of a way to do it.
It was possible to deceive the knights with a single word, but it was not so easy for the merchants.
‘for a moment. That pattern…’
Lee Han realized that the carriage pattern brought by the merchant was familiar.
That was the emblem of the Richmond family.
The Shiles Richmond family of the Black Turtle Tower, who runs one of the leading transport guilds in the Empire.
“Are you from the Richmond family?”
“ah. Yes.”
“I’m really close with Shiles.”
“…Ah, is that so? You know Shiles…”
“Yes. You could say they are best friends.”
At the sudden appearance of a close friend of the family master, the merchant hesitated in embarrassment.
Meanwhile, Lee Han talked about how close he was with Shiles and what happened during the lecture.
“The sudden snowstorm left us all isolated. Shiles cried out to leave him alone. I couldn’t leave Shiles alone, so I threw my overcoat. I got a silver coin, but it doesn’t matter, and Shiles wept and thanked him.”
“That… that’s right.”
The merchant who was listening felt something strange.
Why is there a heavy snowfall at school?
“Just as I helped Shiles, she wanted to help with anything I could do.”
“……”
“He’s such a good friend.”
“……”
“When I get back, I tell Shiles that I happened to meet a family merchant here…”
“…I’ll just tell you two. You really shouldn’t go anywhere.”
“thank you.”
Seeing this, Di Lett put a hand on his forehead and shook his head.
The other juniors should have seen this in person…
* * * *
“Why is wild mushroom so popular?”
Upon hearing the list, Dirett tilted his head.
In fact, wild mushrooms were not a very popular ingredient.
The popular ingredients were generally good for health or good for all wizards to use, and they were highly versatile ingredients.
On the other hand, wild mushrooms were mainly used by warlocks.
A material often used as a reagent when making a curse or poison that reduces or consumes the opponent’s magical power.
“Isn’t it important to be expensive?”
“…you’re a freshman, aren’t you?”
While I was talking, I saw other Dark Magic students talking to the knights in front of me.
The students asked for a continuation with a troubled expression, but the knights stubbornly shook their heads.
“I guess I wasn’t very lucky over there.”
“senior.”
“yes?”
“Is there any knights over there that are related to the Choy, Moradi, Alpha, Gral, and Bark families, or is there even one knight related to the Beech Knights and the Oakwood Knights?”
“……”