064. Check (1)
Fluffy!
“What are you doing?”
A student trembled with anger when he saw Berris handing over a money bag just before the start of the sparring.
He has eyes, so he knows. That means Veris just handed the money to the gambler!
“The act of giving money.”
“Isn’t that what I’m asking! Can you consider me ignoring me?”
As if it was considered an insult to the Tamer in Class A, the students were running amok all the way. No, wasn’t it something Veris might have bet on the boy in the first place?
“It’s not about ignoring it, it’s about looking at the situation calmly.”
[ Let’s start Dalian! ]
“What is that…….”
Even after hearing the shouts of the student council president, the host, the students did not hide their absurd gaze.
─Sureureung!
“This is it.”
Down! Awesome!
“Mi, crazy!”
“Now… …. What?”
For a moment, the student thought that his opponent had suddenly disappeared from his seat. But as he soon heard the crowd shouting, he couldn’t help but think something was wrong.
Thump!
“…… Uh?”
It was right after that that the wyvern he had trained with difficulty crashed into a large arena.
It was an incredible sight. Wyvern is not called the king of monsters for nothing.
High intelligence, leather comparable to a hard shell, and extremely high resistance to mana.
Even he, a tamer, thought that no one among the current academy students could easily defeat a wyvern. So, after getting a high score in this evaluation, he was aiming for promotion to the S class…….
[ Winner! Veris von Wittelsbach! ]
Despair hung over the student’s face. Do you think this is too much?
* * *
“You look good.”
“Yes indeed.”
On the way back to the mansion after the end of the tournament in vain.
Arwen and Cecilia said to Veris, who moved lightly, feeling the weight of his heavy pockets.
“Okay, isn’t it obvious?”
“Beris-sama doesn’t like gambling.”
Cecilia snorts, as if feeling sorry for the fact that Veris bet her money. Well, to a priest, gambling is a sin, so it was understandable to some extent to be dissatisfied.
“That’s right. But how big is the dividend?”
After saying that, Veris searched his chest and took out a heavy pouch.
Surprisingly, it wasn’t copper coins or silver coins that filled the pocket. It consisted only of gold coins of high value.
Someone said money can’t buy happiness.
Beris thought that was wrong. If money can’t buy happiness, isn’t it just a lack of money?
“Cecilia likes the coffee and milk latte at her cafe.”
“…… Why is that all of a sudden?”
“And I like to eat cakes topped with whipped cream.”
“hehehe, that’s right!”
Apparently feeling good that Verice knew exactly what she was like, Cecilia quickly changed her expression and shouted softly.
“Arwen likes to drink bitter green tea at her cafe. Eat it with fatally sweet chocolate cake.”
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“You all knew that. What a surprise. But it’s too expensive, so I don’t eat it often.”
Veris smiled at the two girls’ enthusiastic reactions.
The first button for happiness is right here, isn’t it?
“Let’s go to a cafe.”
Verys lightly shook the pouch that made a jingling, metallic sound. The two girls were nodding their heads eagerly.
* * *
“Is there a coincidence like this?”
“Why are you here?”
“Whoops, when coincidences repeat themselves, there is a saying that it is destiny, dear.”
“Aren’t you a stalker?”
“It is up to you to think.”
Veris was at a loss for words at the Archduke’s carefree laugh.
Unlike the cafes in the original district, the cafes located in the academy and commercial districts are luxurious places boasting exorbitant prices to the extent that everyone screams.
That’s why each guest enters their own ‘room’ and drinks food and tea. Yes, like the room cafe on Earth.
But…….
“Aren’t you the stalker who kicked out the customers at the cafe we visited and took over the next room?”
Anyway, Archduke Evangeline’s common sense was a little different from that of an ordinary person.
“Dealing with them alone is an adventure, even for the strongest country. So, you who have great power and are not suspected of being the master of the Demon Cult are just as attractive as the gemstone.”
It seems that the grand duke, who is no different from the guardian deity of Gaul, has more than just strength, and he is good at talking dirty.
At that, Veris let out a sigh. Her peaceful money-playing was so disturbed that she had no choice but to be bitter.
“I didn’t say I didn’t like it, so why are you being so annoying?”
“It is part of persuasion.”
A grand duke who never loses a word. Veris was dumbfounded by that.
To be honest, Veris also highly evaluated the Grand Duke’s upright will to subdue the Demonic Cult. But to be so tenacious was definitely unexpected.
“Then quietly have a cup of tea and go. I decided to buy these kids something tasty.”
Berris’ cute classmate…… No, the acquaintances did not even erase their uneasy eyes.
It seemed that he had not even thought that the Grand Duke, an unexpected magnate, would launch such an active offensive.
“As much as you like.”
Verys passed by the Archduke, who was still relaxing, and went into the assigned room.
Tak!
And soon after Arwen and Cecilia entered the room, Veris slammed the door shut.
“Something… …. Is there a problem?”
It was a question from Cecilia, who sat quietly.
It was yesterday that the grand duke came to the mansion and had a private conversation with Berris while blocking the noise by raising mana.
Since it was Cecilia and Arwen who were present at the scene, it seemed that they sensed something unusual thanks to Archduke Evangeline who dared to visit Veris again today.
“Should I call it a problem?”
Veris was out of luck because there was no need to hide the truth from the two children.
The information Veris knows so far is that the Demonic Cult, its filthy tribe, is gathering at the academy or near the academy.
“The Devil’s Cult, it’s them again.”
“The Demon Cult…… !”
Cecilia hardened her face at the unwelcome appearance of the name.
I am Saint Cecilia, a follower of the Church of Light and a pillar of the faith of millions of people.
Although she sometimes had a cute Jam Min side to her, she was one of the people who hated the Devil Cult the most, no matter what anyone said.
Because Cecilia lost dozens of her precious comrades to a group of followers of the Order of Demons on the day she faced Veris of her childhood as one of her best reasons.
“Are they making things up?”
Arwen asked, leaving Cecilia trembling with her dainty fists raised behind her.
Veris slowly nodded her head.
“The Grand Duke’s proposal to me is simple. The two of them wanted to kill all the Demon Cults.”
“Such!”
This time both girls, Arwen and Cecilia, let out a sound of surprise.
Well, it was an absurdly dangerous thing to hand over to a student at the academy. It was so bizarre that even the earth’s shamans gave up on her own feelings.
“…… So, what are you going to do?”
Arwen, knowing that the most important thing is Veris’ will, asked the question once again.
“Hmm, actually I was inclined to accept the offer.”
Their madness has been witnessed many times even by Veris. That’s why Archduke Evangeline’s proposal was definitely not bad for Veris, who hated the Devil’s Cult itself.
“However, there will be room for negotiation.”
“Are you talking about negotiations?”
Cecilia tilted her head.
Well, to her who has lived her whole life preaching God’s will, it must have been difficult for her to understand Berith’s attitude.
Cecilia won’t need any reason or hesitation to defeat those bastards who betrayed God’s will and tried to bring the world to death.
But with Berris, it was different.
Demonicism? Of course I don’t like it. However, if anyone tries to ask for help or support from others, the most important thing is not the corresponding price.
And Veris knew her worth as well as she did. So, it was part of that that he took time to make important decisions.
“Yes. I have to ask for something I don’t have in order to make a deal.”
“What do you not have?”
“Wow!”
Grand Duke Evangeline suddenly opened the door and shook her head. It looked like he had overheard the conversation of the three of them. As expected, Stalker, the nickname Berris gave, is unreputable.
Cecilia jumped up from her seat in her startle, and Veris glared at her, leaving Cecilia behind her.
Verys knew very well that she was obsessed with herself, not obsessed with her. However, this was a serious invasion of privacy.
“I’m sorry. But to that extent, I am sincere and urgent.”
“Then can you do whatever you want?”
“Forgive me with a broad heart.”
An archduke is Evangeline who apologizes for not befitting her title. At that, Veris couldn’t help but find her speechless.
What is a grand duke? It is not very difficult to mention the title that sits at the pinnacle of power.
However, if you directly collide with that enormous power, you can see how great the position of the Grand Duke is.
It’s easy to understand if you look at the Kingdom of Gallia right away. Look at the great nobles who are subordinate to the king by title and have dukeships that are thoroughly related to the royal family.
Even those who at first glance look like the next most powerful people should bow their heads in front of Archduke Evangeline.
By the way…… Since the great grand duke personally admitted his mistake and apologized, there was nothing more to say.
Anyway, after Evangeline came this far, Berrys had no choice but to speak her mind. Well, since she was overhearing the conversation in the first place, it was kind of like a confirmation kill.
“What can you give me? Unfortunately, I am far from a free service.”
“Hmm. Surely you are right. So, it would be right to give you a corresponding price.”
After entering the room and closing the door, she pondered for a while, then continued her words.
“If you confirm that you have completely eradicated the Devil Cult, I will give it to you.”
…… What Archduke Evangeline handed over was a condition without fidelity.