Episode 104. Pride can be bought with money (2)
“I want to take the middle.”
Keter gave her a gift of applause for her prompt response.
Passed, Catherine.
You didn’t choose among the options I suggested, and you found your own option. without any worries.
A person without faith is bound to be swayed by the beliefs of others. But you have proven that you have your own convictions.
You are enough to earn my trust.
And you deserve it. You deserve to be invested in me.
“In the middle, how exactly?”
“I would risk my life, but I don’t want to die. I can’t help it if there is no way, but if there is a way to get closer to my dream without dying, please let me know.”
“There are many things that slaves ask of their masters.”
“Even if I do well, I will definitely say that it is all thanks to Master Keter. I have no intention of hiding my relationship with you.”
“You speak very well. Anyway, you need mana to shoot invisible arrows. As you know, you can’t take mana into your body while the aura is already in place. You must throw away all the auras in your body.”
“I will throw it away. But how do I throw it away? Do you know the owner? I think he said he would teach me because he knows.”
They say they throw it away without even thinking about it. It seemed like it was not a waste to lose the auras he had accumulated over the decades.
That’s true. It’s not a bad thing.
If the aura you had disappears, the feeling of exhaustion will be no joke. Physical abilities also decline. However, it is not without its downsides.
If you let go of your aura and start accepting mana into your body, you’ll get new gains that will outpace those who started out in the usual way. Mana total, regeneration, density, etc.
Another option is to have Aura and Mana at the same time.
However, I intend to let Catherine only have mana. Putting aura and mana in one body is a bit tricky.
Up to a certain level, mana and aura are in harmony, but above a certain level, the harmony is excessive, and stabilization work is required. This stabilization task is very tricky. If you don’t know how, you should just die.
Stabilization is not a phenomenon that can be solved by telling people to do this and that. It is a strange structure in which a person like me, who understands the fusion of aura and mana, must directly stabilize it so that the next generation can emerge.
Besides, it doesn’t end in one day, it’s better to keep it by your side and watch it all the time. In a word, it is terrifyingly laborious and annoying.
“Yeah right. There are ways. But it costs me time and money.”
“I’ll pay you back, no matter how much.”
“If you borrow it, it is natural to pay it back. After all, you are my slave. All the money you make is mine.”
“Are there no human rights for slaves?”
“Oh, of course there is. Because in order to live a motivated slave life, there must be hope of escaping slavery. If you get 100 points from me, let’s assume you’re a free person from then on.”
“How do I get points? Can I bring you some money?”
“That is my heart. You now have 2 points. It’s a reward for staying silent for a month. Stop chatting, turn around, get down on your knees, and take off your top.”
When I told her to take it off, she took off her top and gave me her back like an insect shedding. oh no fun He’s not worth teasing.
He put his palm on his back.
The feel of the firm and soft back muscles is not quite bad.
Take a deep breath. I have to focus here too.
“From now on, I will absorb all the auras in your body. Don’t-don’t get sick. If you open your mouth or move, you die.”
When I said it was painful, she tore the clothes she had taken off, put them together, and bit them in her mouth.
“At Jubide.”
When I said I was ready, I started working right away. It’s not a difficult operation. I inject my mana into her whole body and forcibly draw out her aura.
And I know this because I’ve been through it, but it hurts terribly. Because the aura accumulated in the body is located deep in the bones like bone marrow. If I have to compare it, it is the pain of cutting flesh and scraping bones with a knife.
“Turn it off… … !”
Katherine tightens her whole body and bites her teeth.
What, I have to do this for 30 minutes. In this state, I can’t even speak.
Although it looks simple, this operation is a very difficult medical procedure. Originally, it was invented by my doctor teacher, Franken, to detoxify the poison that had penetrated into the bone marrow… As soon as I learned this, I thought of a different method. Just like now, it is used to remove auras.
If you remove the aura as originally intended, that person becomes an idiot. Of course. If you remove the aura that has settled deep in your bones, the bones that contain it will also be destroyed.
But my procedure is different. It is salvage, not destruction. Although it hurts to death, it does not damage bones or organs.
Anyway, the aura I drew with mana was transferred to my body and then destroyed. Auras are like fingerprints, and it is impossible for others to use them.
no. Come to think of it, I think Franken said that it could be absorbed if done well, but the name of the technique was Absorption Great Technique.
As I concentrated on my own thoughts, time passed quickly. Removed all auras from Catherine’s body.
The floor is damp with sweat and blood. The blood was from Katherine’s mouth and palms, and the sweat belonged to both of us.
“Aura removal procedure. finished.”
slap! He slapped her sweaty back. It meant calming down.
“Huh.”
Catherine passed out without even spitting out a cloth soaked in saliva and blood.
It deserves it. The carpet is damp. It’s almost like I’ve spilled a liter of sweat.
“Old man-! Come in.”
At my words, old man Zach opened the door and entered as if he had been waiting.
“Here you are… omg?! ah… phew.”
Old Man Jacques was startled when he saw my state, drenched in sweat, just like Catherine fainting, and then wiped his chest.
“Inspired. From now on, Katherine will be living in my mansion. Give her a room and clothes, bathe her with an elixir. When you wake up, feed the green pill in the third slot of the elixir shelf. Tell them that they will teach you how to practice mana at night.”
“Hey, Bocchan. I’m asking just in case, but the fact that Sir Catherine became such and such a relationship… … ?’”
“Then, how about that? They are slaves and masters.”
“Well, you should definitely use birth control… Oh, okay. Then I will take you to the bathroom first.”
Jacques took off the coat he was wearing and covered Catherine’s chest, then lifted it up.
Oh my gosh, look at the wobbly legs. Do you write because you are so weak?
“Inspired. You too, take out an elixir from the brown box on the top of the elixir shelf and eat it. Anyone who sees it will think I don’t even feed the old man.”
“Oh, no. young master. How are you going to use that precious elixir on me?”
“Please eat. Shouldn’t I eat more when I’m healthy?”
“Kuhmm, if you say that… I will eat it thanks.”
Jacques took Katherine with him and went into the bathroom. After confirming that the ladies-in-waiting were also entering, Keter quickly turned her head.
“Now that I’m here, I’ll have to do that together.”
I took out an opaque glass plate from the bedside table. It’s the ‘Wizard Board’ I brought from Liqueur.
The wizard board is a communication device for wizards. If you input your unique Akashic code into this glass plate, you can communicate with the other person in both directions. You can also leave a message as well. It is truly an advanced means of communication.
Enter the Akashic code as a rune on the wizard board. There are probably about 10 people in the world who know this Akashic Code.
When the input was finished, the wizard board lit up and a woman’s voice trembled from the inside.
-Your Akashic Code is Unidentified Akashic Code. who are you? Please tell me your honor. How do you know the emergency contact network of the Lilian Kingdom Mercenary Regional Headquarters?
“Keter El Sephira. I contacted the mercenary regional headquarters because I had something to ask.”
The communications agent who received the Keter transmission was silent for a moment before answering.
-Is the Sephira you mentioned correct?
“You don’t know who I am, but call the general manager.
– Sin, sorry. I will connect you to the general manager right away.
The wizard board flickered a couple of times, then brightened again. This time it was not a woman’s voice, but a man’s voice.
-I heard that you are Prince Keter.
“Oh right. I contacted you because I had something to ask for.”
-Excuse me, but I would like to ask how you know our emergency contact network.
“Why am I telling you that? Mercenaries, like mercenaries, accept requests.”
-Sorry, but we don’t have any way to confirm whether you really are Prince Keter of Sephira. You cannot blindly accept requests.
“Are you testing me now? If you trace the source, it will come out in the middle of Sephira’s realm? Security didn’t even ask me to confirm my location. You thought I was stupid and didn’t put security on?”
– Ugh.
A brief silence passes.
Kether cried out in frustration.
“Don’t waste your time. Will you accept the request or not? Just tell me.”
– I’ll be honest. I believe that it is Prince Keter. However, it seems difficult to receive a request.
“why?”
-The Sephira family has never hired our mercenaries. It means that there is no connection at all. Furthermore, if you receive a request from Sephira, you will buy backlash from other nobles. As you probably know, there are many nobles who don’t like Sephira.
“You don’t want to get involved with Sephira because you’re afraid of nobles? Since when did mercenaries care about the political quality of nobles?
-I’m not afraid, but I mean there’s no need to be rude. Furthermore, there is information that Sephira’s financial situation is not good.
“Sefira is like that. But not me. Half of the deposit will be paid in advance. Under these conditions, would it be trustworthy?”
-You seem to be serious, but for what purpose and how many mercenaries do you intend to hire?
“We want mercenaries of Platinum class or higher who use swords as their main weapon. There is no limit on number of people. Instead, it should be able to arrive by noon tomorrow. The content of the request is sparring. It’s a sparring for the Southern Sword Tournament.”
-The information that Sephira is participating in the Southern Sword Tournament is true. Is it a mock training to prepare for that? This is an understandable reason.
“Sephira pays for all of the treatment and lodging.”
-That’s a fairly generous condition. However, no one will participate even if an announcement is made. Don’t you know that Confucius is also from Absinthe? That mercenaries hate nobles.
Mercenaries hate nobles. It was openly treating mercenaries as expendable items.
Of course, he would not accept a noble’s request at all because it would be money, but he was extremely reluctant to see the noble’s face in person.
Keter’s request this time was dotted with elements that all mercenaries disliked.
Among the nobility, he is a noble and a noble family. Besides, you have to go to their territory. Not a single mercenary would like this.
Of course, Keter knew this common sense. including solutions.
“Give me a bribe. You go ahead and convince the mercenaries.”
When Keter openly talked about bribery, the general manager was furious.
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-Are you trying to insult me? Money can hire mercenaries, but it can’t buy pride!
“100,000 gold. I pay five times the original hire fee to the mercenaries who receive my request.”
It was too much money to be scolded for.