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“Did you really grow it yourself?”
Salco asked in a voice mixed with surprise and curiosity.
A student at the Blue Dragon Tower, he was also a boy from the Wodanaj family, one of the most prestigious imperial families.
How did such a boy grow such fresh, tasty, shiny, and luscious potatoes himself?
I couldn’t believe it either.
“okay. I raised it myself.”
Lee Han nodded his head warmly.
Other Black Turtle Tower students who were watching came out.
“It’s true that Wodanaj raised him himself, Tutanta.”
“Last time, I was even treated directly! It was really delicious!”
“I did. What did you pay?”
Salco asked his friends.
Then the Black Turtle Tower students stopped.
…just ate…
“Did you get it without paying anything?”
Salko said, squinting his eyes. The students of the Black Turtle Tower were terrified by the bloody impression that they would wield a hammer at any moment.
The motto of the Tutanta family was simple.
-WorkIf you don’t do it, don’t eat it.
Even if it was the same top friend, it would be an unforgivable evil if they got it for free without working.
What a conscientious noble or knight would do!
“Uh… uh… no…”
Lee Han, who had not seen it, came out.
“You helped me, and in return, I treated you.”
“!”
The Black Turtle Tower students looked at Lee Han with a moved expression.
‘Wordanaj…!’
“right! It was!”
“We helped Wodanaj!”
At those words, Salko relaxed her expression.
“Good luck. I was worried that you guys might have done something like that.”
“It can’t be. Salco.”
“The word I hate the most is the inactive diagram. Salco.”
“okay. i get it.”
Lee Han asked Salko, who was about to walk.
“Would you like a potato?”
The reason Lee Han asked Salco was simple.
Once grown in the garden, everyone loved the potatoes. Even the princess praised it.
Of course, contrary to what her followers are saying these days, Lee Han has doubts that the princess is a young woman who likes everything she eats, but…
And Salco looked very intently at the potatoes in Lee Han’s basket earlier.
Either he liked potatoes or lost enemies with them.
“…no. i’m fine I have nothing to pay you now.”
“It’s okay to just take it.”
“Do not insult me. Wodanaz. The dwarves of the Tutanta family do nothing and do not accept enemy ships.”
‘But you’re an elf…’
Before Lee Han could even speak, Salko went back and forth. It’s like looking at a potato for a long time and you’ll be tempted by it.
* * * *
“It’s a tough time for a thief like me.”
Ratford, who met Lee Han, nodded his head and explained what had happened.
Originally, the Black Turtle Tower students had a strong tendency to play together as they came from diverse backgrounds.
However, as time goes by, a person who stands out is bound to emerge.
Tutanta Salko was such a dwarf, no, an elf.
Thanks to his outstanding magical skills and rock-solid responsibility, the number of friends who followed Tutanta increased.
‘Why is Nelia…’
Lee Han suddenly felt sorry for Nelia.
She did a lot for the Black Turtle Tower students in her own way, and her Black Turtle Tower friends liked her, but did not trust her as a leader.
She was the opposite of Salco.
‘Is there a difference between a dark elf and an elf? no. I don’t think it’s because of that.’
In any case, Salco’s followers grew, and at the same time, the black market operated by the Black Turtle Tower grew in size.
The Blue Dragon Tower and White Tiger Tower students who heard the rumors also came and started exchanging supplies.
Then the problem gradually increased.
– No, why are you making five loaves of bread?
– You can’t do this here!
– Hey, this coffee is fake! Give me my bread!
– You can’t refund what you’ve already bought! And you said it was fake coffee made from dandelion in the first place!
As other top students came and went, the problems inevitably increased.
Still, the Black Turtle Tower students had a hard time resisting when they encountered friction with other Tower students.
The opponent is from a family of great aristocrats or from a family of knights.
So the Black Turtle Tower students asked the most reliable, Salco, not Nelia.
Salco decided to accept it after much deliberation, but instead insisted on following his rules.
-If you want to make other top bastards follow my rulesFirst of all, I have to protect you!
-Okay. Tutanta!
– Of course you have to follow your rules!
-Remember that you must not eat unless you work first.
– Good rule!
-The other top guys will never be able to protect you?
-Likewise, stolen goods are prohibited.
-……
-……
– Why? Any problem?
-no! no!
Of course, there were complaints, but it was true that the other problems disappeared thanks to the growling of the salmon.
After hearing the explanation, Lee Han was indignant.
“Anyway, good people suffer the same because of minority facts. Thieves like you and me are starving to death because of the White Tiger Tower.”
“That’s it.”
Ratford nodded his head strongly and agreed.
“It will be difficult. Ratford. So what are you doing?”
“ah. I’m fine. The stolen property is being sold secretly.”
At Ratford’s casual remark, Lee Han was slightly impressed. He wasn’t a pro thief for nothing.
Doing a black market in the black market again…
“Of course, because I couldn’t do it openly, the scale was greatly reduced. Instead, I am doing something else.”
“?”
Ratford pointed to one side of the black market. Some Black Turtle Tower students were sitting and doing other things instead of doing business.
“Hey, look at this. Of the three cards, there is the Emperor card. I’ll flip it over and mix it up… find it, find it, it’s doubled.”
Turn over three cards, shuffle them flamboyantly, and find the Emperor card double your bet.
…it’s a gamble!
“Is gambling okay?”
“Tutanta doesn’t like to gamble…but he allowed me to gamble. If we even ban such a thing, it would be a little… too much of a dissatisfaction.”
In terms of the percentage of criminals alone, the Black Turtle Tower had the highest number of criminals.
Thieves’ Guild, Gambling Guild, etc. are usually those who enter the Black Turtle Tower.
Salco knew that too, so he closed his eyes and said that eating money with that kind of money was labor.
In addition to card matching gambling, there were various contents such as chess betting, lock picking (this was probably Ratford’s job), and so on.
‘What kind of adventurer’s guild are you?’
“Aww! my bread!! My three-day bread!!”
“Mi, I’m sorry. It was mixed slowly…”
The white tiger top student ripped his head off and screamed. It looked like he had lost his fortune.
“Do not give up. Dukema. Bad luck this time. Let’s do it one more time!”
“It’s not that hard! This time it will!”
Lee Han looked at his opponent. It was a face I had never seen before.
It was Ymirg, a half-giant giant whom I had met in Professor Mortum’s black magic class.
Ian was curiously admiring.
‘Certainly, if it is a giant, the opponent will be vigilant.’
From anyone’s point of view, Ymirg’s gigantic hands seemed clumsy and slow.
But Lee Han could see clearly.
Ymirg is playing tricks while shuffling cards.
‘you are good.’
As it was a world with magic, it was easy to think that magic that competes with skill and finesse had no place to stand.
However, there were not people who were learning these hand skills.
It was the gamblers of the gambling guild.
If you cheat with magic, the chance of getting caught increases, so you win with pure hand skills.
Lee Han guessed that Ymirg was from the Gambling Guild.
“Never fight Ymirg.”
Ratford advised whether he misunderstood Lee Han’s gaze.
Even Ratford, who had his own hand skills, had never been able to win against Ymirg.
He was a master who had no rival within the Black Turtle Tower.
“I have no interest in gambling. Ratford. just for funI was watching.”
Lee Han clenched and opened his fist. Then his coin disappeared. Ratford said in amazement.
“After all, Wodanaj-sama! I thought you had the qualities of a great thief, but you didn’t mean it!”
“It’s embarrassing to hear other people, so lower your voice.”
It was rather embarrassing to receive such an enthusiastic response with simple coin magic.
“no. Wodanaz. If you have that kind of skill, Wodanaj-sama is good enough to take a seat next to you.”
“……”
Lee Han was instantly moved.
He sounded plausible.
‘Is it for this moment that I practiced in my spare time?’
To extort bread and meat from the pockets of the White Tiger Tower students…
“But I belong to another tower.”
“I will tell you. I have a lot of friends who have been indebted to Wodanaj-sama, so it will be fine.”
But before Ratford could stand up, Salchoe appeared from behind.
Behind the salmon, the Black Turtle Tower students we talked about were standing like criminals.
“Wordanaz. When I asked again, they said that my friends here got it for nothing.”
‘No, those with such small mouths.’
Lee Han cursed the Black Turtle Tower students.
If you’re going to take it off, you’ve got to grab it all the way to the end. You can’t do that.
Ian was different. I was confident I would grab it until the end of the world.
“I had no choice. Our family motto is ‘Give food to the hungry’.”
Lee Han’s appearance had the power to make him sound serious even when he was talking dog shit.
The students who were listening understood and nodded their heads unknowingly.
indeed!
Somehow, I thought Wodanaj was good at feeding other friends…
“I don’t mean to blame you. Wodanaz. It’s not your fault. I’m here to apologize for the mistakes of my friends. It was the irresponsible act of lazy nobles and violent knights.”
Salco bowed his head and apologized. The Black Turtle Top friends also looked down and bowed their heads.
Then the other top students who were waiting outside the black market protested.
“You are too harsh!”
“You lazy noble! It’s because you don’t know how difficult life as a noble can be!”
“Do you know how heavy the honor and responsibility we bear as knights?!”
‘They’re from the same tower, but they’re really unlucky.’
In an instant, Lee Han almost sided with Salco.
These shameless and ignorant children…
Salco ignored it, pretending not to hear it.
“I want to make you pay for what you eat, but your friends don’t have that much right now.”
“I don’t care that much.”
The Blue Dragon Tower friends used their ledgers to record even a single penny of silver, but even the Black Turtle Tower students had no intention of doing that.
“not. Instead, I will pay.”
“!”
Ian was surprised.
I’d pay instead.
‘The Tutanta family must have a lot of money.’
It was a famous mason guild family in the Empire, so there was no way to run out of money.
Lee Han pondered how much to call the tomato and vegetable stew last time.
“I heard rumors that Wodanaj you are going around the school at night. Is it true?”
“I don’t know if you’ve heard any nonsense, but that’s a complete lie.”
“……”
“……”
The Blue Dragon Pagoda and White Tiger Pagoda students who were listening outside the black market were stunned.
‘Did you put iron on that child’s face…?’
‘The Wodanaj family seems to also teach emotional training.’
Despite Lee Han’s denial, Salco stood firm in what he had to say.
“There is information that might be helpful.”
“!”