7. Kill Felix (2)
“hello! I am Amos, a reporter for the monthly magazine manager of Supevia!”
Before going to Vivian, Amos met Felix first.
He is a person who is reputed to be a dangerous and vicious person among people, but the reporter did not dwell on such things.
Unlike bulletin boards where only names and ratings go up, monthly magazines publish more diverse and detailed information.
It is not uncommon for reporters to add or add exaggerations or distortions that are difficult to prove.
Being such a person, there was no reason to care about Felix’s bad reputation.
“Could you give me some time to talk?”
Felix looked at him and clicked his tongue.
The reason he came to me was obvious.
An unprecedentedly gigantic slime that appeared in Test Site 4.
And the magician in white who handled it alone.
Inside the guild, the information had already spread far and wide, and the reporter who lived on rumors must have come to know about it.
“I’m busy, so please stop.”
“Even if it is short, it is fine. Aren’t you directly observing the 4th test site?”
Despite Felix’s harsh refusal, Amos was not intimidated.
“I have nothing to say.”
“You must have witnessed the King Slime yourself. Could you tell us at least briefly about it?”
He relentlessly followed Felix.
Felix tried not to deal with it at all, but stopped at the next word.
“Oh, and also, I heard that Vivian, the white-clad wizard, trained under Felix-sama a long time ago. Is that even true?”
“… … .”
Felix glared at him quietly through his narrowed eyes.
It was a pure expression that didn’t feel ridiculed, but I couldn’t believe the reporter.
“I can’t quite remember.”
“Are you saying it could possibly be true?”
“I didn’t say that.”
As he tried to pass the sophistical man, Felix remembered one thing.
“Oh, I have something to tell you.”
Perhaps it was an interesting idea that could undermine the status of Vivian, who had been elevated by this incident.
“Five! Yes, I am listening.”
“I don’t remember the details of what happened in the deepest part of the dungeon. At first glance, it looks like a giant slime has appeared. But the point is, that’s it.”
Felix said lowly, as if plotting something fun.
“That wizard named Vivian, picked up the magic stone and shouted like this. They said, ‘Sylvia is a nerdy wizard with a lower level than me!’”
“Ohh… .”
“He is an unscrupulous person who has done a terrible thing by insulting the first party raised by Philip, the greatest hope of modern mankind and the godfather of the manager world. Doesn’t it deserve public scorn for someone in the industry he created to do such a thing?”
Following Felix’s smile, Amos laughed sinisterly.
People are more attracted to stories that can make them angry and curse than stories that are hopeful.
Now that Vivian has caught the king slime by herself and is receiving attention.
If you accuse the person of ignorance to the whole world, people will be excited and bite her.
Whoever Felix is and what his misdeeds are, Amos doesn’t really care.
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Just a delicious story to share with people.
It was enough.
*
The next person Amos met was Marie.
She, the manager of the party participating in Test Site 4, looked up and down Amos with an annoyed look.
“A monthly magazine?”
She is not as powerful as Felix, and she is unknown.
Even so, Amos was more intimidated by this woman than by Felix.
“Yes Yes… . I would like to ask you about the King Slime that appeared in Test Site 4 and the magician named Vivian who caught it… .”
“… oh Is that it?”
As if there was a lot to talk about on that subject, Mari’s impression brightened.
“Right. It’s hot these days. You have to wonder. What can you tell me?”
The bad first impression has already been erased.
She seemed to be able to extract better quality information than Felix.
“Ah, first of all, the boss monster nicknamed King Slime.”
“Ah, that was decided at an internal meeting. To be honest, even the word “king” isn’t enough… . Do you know how big a normal big slime is?”
“Yes, roughly twice the size of an adult male.”
Marie nodded.
“Three times as much as that big slime. Or 4 times. The king slime I saw was that huge.”
Amos’s mouth fell open.
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Just imagining that king slime made my heart suffocate.
“Is it okay to come to the temporary test center?”
“Why are you asking me that?”
Amos was concerned about the aspirants who had to see the giant.
“Anyway, he was huge and even controlled dozens of green slimes by splitting his body.”
It was something I had already confirmed, but it was also new to hear from the person at the scene.
“And that Vivian, burst the king slime in one shot?”
“Mum. Yes? is it in one room? Oh, since you said you built an ice tower in the backyard of the training camp last time… .”
“Absolutely. In addition, I even thought that the way to get rid of the slimes by driving them was a seasoned skill.”
“By the way, there was a story that the wizard named Vivian trained under Felix before and failed several times… . What do you think is the reason for this change?”
At the mention of Felix, Marie crumpled her face.
The annoyed impression I had seen earlier returned.
“It must be because Felix is an incompetent idiot.”
“Ah, yes, yes… . Hmmmm.”
“Anyway, he’s going to be big. I’m sure.”
There was a lot of information, but nothing too stimulating.
Is there anything more to ask?
Marie tilted her head towards Amos who was worried.
He had a very wicked smile that was even scarier than Felix’s sinister smile earlier.
“But, you know what?”
“What, what do you mean?”
“When the exam was over, Felix was very unhappy. It was pissed off that Vivian, who had been covered by her own incompetence, would shine. So, suddenly, I snapped my dagger! take it out.”
Knock! In the part where Marie thumps the desk! knocked
Amos unknowingly shrugged his shoulders.
“I ran at Vivian’s manager.”
“Yes?! You mean Felix?”
“Is there anyone other than that bastard who would do something like that?”
Certainly, Felix had such bad rumors.
However, Amos did not believe it because he had not seen it himself.
“However, Felix had to run away like an idiot, thanks to Vivien’s magical protection of her manager.”
“Huh… .”
Felix’s sudden action.
It was an unexpected harvest.
However, it seemed that dropping Vivian would be more stimulating than that.
“I will ask you one last thing. I heard that Vivian cursed ‘Sylvia’ at the end, is that true?”
“Felix, did that scum talk?”
“… yes.”
“Tsk.”
Marie’s wrinkled expression scanned Amos up and down.
“Don’t touch that.”
“Yes, yes?”
“I know you intend to spread it. I’m saying this because I’m thinking of you, so pretend you don’t know.”
“Um… .”
“You don’t know who Vivian’s manager is?”
“Yes, we haven’t met yet.”
Only the identity of Vivian is known in the list of successful applicants and news.
The manager is unknown.
If you want to know, you may know, but Amos judged that there was no need to know the manager’s name in the first place.
Marie showed a cool smile at his answer.
“I will know when I meet you.”
“All right… .”
Amos left Marie and got up.
*
And again now.
Amos is about to meet Vivian and her manager in front of the Provisional Champion bulletin board.
“Could you give me some time to talk?”
Both the manager and Vivian seemed taken aback by his greeting.
A silver-haired woman behind the manager stepped out.
The maid, blindfolded, blocked the manager and Amos.
“Kati, it’s okay.”
“… Yes.”
Amos looked back and forth between her and the manager, puzzled.
The manager pushed the maid back and said.
“A monthly magazine? What is it? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”
He was a man with a dirty look, similar to Marie.
“It does not have a deep history, but it is a group that is effective and is trying to make a positive impact.”
“Hmm… .”
He seemed to be thinking about something, but the manager nodded.
“What about an hour? First of all, there are a lot of people here, so let’s move around.”
Contrary to that impression, the manager was quite favorable.
Beside her, Vivian shrank in fear.
Apparently, these two make pretty good prey.
The elf fairy sitting on the shoulder and the blindfolded maid gave off a strange and unique atmosphere, but it didn’t matter because the target to bite was Vivian anyway.
‘Anyway, how do you see the future… ? Is that over there too? But why the maid outfit… .’
Vivian was close to the manager’s side, and Amos followed from the other side.
Amos remembered Marie’s advice.
“What’s your manager’s name?”
“This is Ian.”
“… … .”
Ian?
Amos kept recalling the familiar name in his mind.
Ian, Ian… . no way.
“I, that, that, that Ian, the manager of the first party… is it?”
The manager, Ian, did not take it seriously.
“you’re right.”
It was annoying to explain that I was kicked out by everyone who recognized me, so I replied briefly.
Amos feigned composure and swallowed.
There are three names that anyone interested in the manager ecosystem will be sure to know.
Philip and Penny.
and Ian.
Unlike Philip, who wanders like a ghost, Ian is a real person and is known to be in charge of the first party’s chores.
But as a journalist, he has more important information than that.
One of the many things Ian does when he comes to the fore is what is called ‘pruning’.
Whenever there was a lot of blasphemous gossip or discourse about the First Party, Ian and his hidden sidekick came forward to sort it out.
didn’t kill them
Kidnapping the sleeping person and tying him up naked in a place where a lot of people pass by, such as a plaza.
Like documenting all the illegal things that person commits and scattering them around the neighborhood.
It usually ends at this level.
However, if the degree is severe, it is said that you will not be able to speak or write for the rest of your life.
It is Ian who has been in charge of such retaliation.
Many people framed Ian, but Ian did not react to the attack on himself.
But if the direction is always towards the 1st party or those who help them.
He has been punished without hesitation.
This was Ian’s ploy to protect the first party.
so that no one treats you badly.
Naturally, Ian did not inform the first party members of this fact.
I wanted them to know only good things.
‘Honestly, I was more worried that they might lose their temper when I saw them in the second playthrough.’
Amos doesn’t know why Ian is in charge of Vivian here.
But one thing is for sure, you must never speak ill of Vivian.
Ian’s arrangement had an effect on Amos now.
Amos erased all the accusations against Vivian that he had just been thinking of.
As if there was no such thing in the world from the beginning.
‘That, yes. Even good news can become a hot topic. Of course… .’
After growing up away from their former manager, Felix, they reunite and have great success.
Vivian, a wizard as good as Sylvia who faced and defeated the King Slime that was discovered for the first time alone… .
In Amos’ mind, a connection to make Vivian as good as possible spread out.
***
I brought Amos, who is a reporter, to the training center.
There was something that looked like a pub set up outside, so I took a seat and sat there.
Apparently, the imperial court judged that the bulletin board alone was not enough to promote the reputation of the warriors.
As a result, a professional media group was created, and one of them is the monthly magazine Supevia Manager.
It hasn’t been around for a long time, so it seems to be known only inside Superbia.
It’s not a warriors’ monthly magazine, but a manager’s monthly magazine, because it has a cooperative relationship with the manager’s guild.
Hmm. Good?
If the warp portal is invented within this year, the influence of this media company will be quickly conveyed here and there, and it will help to spread the name of my party.
“Ah, that, that, then, to Vivian, that, question… .”
At first, he approached with a shameless and confident smile.
At some point, I get so nervous that I break out in a cold sweat.
I asked what the problem was and he said no.
It’s kind of weird, but he’s so kind to me and Vivian that I can’t say anything.
Vivian answered Amos’s questions wholeheartedly.
“That, lastly, a word about your feelings about passing the exam… .”
Vivian said right away, as if she had been thinking about it as usual.
“It’s a bit late, but I feel like I can give people hope by acting as a hero even now. Above all, I am most grateful to Ian-nim for leading me to this position and trusting me.”
“Ah, ahaha, after all, he is a person who will not be seen again in this century… !”
Amos dictated Vivian’s words with exaggerated praise.
I’m worried that he might get dehydrated because of that guy… .
“Amos?”
I called him to come back.
“Yes, yes? Yes!”
“Please remove my name from the article. It’s a name that’s not good to be known for nothing.”
“Ah, yes… ! Sure! That, I will, yes!”
Hmm, what… .
Unlike the image of a reporter I used to know, he’s so kind.
Anyway, I don’t think I’m a bad person, so that’s fine.
*
After coming up to the dorm, Vivian started training on her own.
Only physical training was supervised from the side, and magic practice was left alone.
In the meantime, I found out the location of Magdalen Abbey and the way to get there.
Meanwhile, the night was deep.
Mercy and Vivian were put to sleep first.
Having become so close with Vivian, Mercy is now able to sleep with Vivian without Carty.
In the meantime, if Kati wasn’t there, I had to be by her side, so that’s a good thing.
Anyway, I called Kati to my room, who had something else to do.
“I have something to do.”
“Yes.”
“Something Marie said bothers me.”
‘Last time, I took a kid who wasn’t even superhuman and gave up after trembling at a low price.
These were the words Marie heard as she poured nutmeg into Felix.
No matter how much you think about it, it is related to the village of Arke.
It was like that when the village chief first saw me.
Are you from the Managers Guild?
When he said no, he said he was glad.
“Anyway, I think there is some kind of relationship between Arke Village and Felix. Maybe not.”
Kati listened intently to what I had to say.
“It is simple to do. rob Felix. Anything you think is dubious information.”
One of the former scouts of the 1st party using the Ring of Subordination and the skill of melting into shadows.
She didn’t form a team, and had been scouting alone.
Sometimes, there were times when I explored and figured out dungeons of class A or higher that did not appear even with memory correction.
For her, tracking down and robbing one of Felix from here is no big deal.
“Yes.”
“Don’t kill me. Tell me if anything happens.”
That’s why I haven’t taken Kati’s ring yet.
Carty nodded without hesitation.
“I will do as you command.”