Today’s class was good. It was when I was about to leave the door, stretching out to the fullest. The vampire’s voice called to me.
[Is there nothing today?]
“Anything?”
[Literally anything. It’s kind of strange.]
‘The story I heard yesterday, the story of clothes and needles, was quite interesting. He also has quite a talent for talking. What other stories do you want?’
The vampire, who had been away from the world in a coffin for hundreds of years, seemed to like the story I told him yesterday. She was holding me like an old-fashioned grandmother.
No, as I expected it, not all of the stories I’m going to tell you are interesting. I don’t even have anything to talk about.
I said scratching my head.
“It’s strange. Then, can I teach you some magic?”
[Magic?]
I said it knowing you wouldn’t be interested. The vampire and the regressor showed interest at the same time. Ugh, it’s a burden to have such a big interest.
“Don’t expect it. The only magic I can teach you is the military-style magic that you learn in secondary school.”
‘a. tt I call it unique magic again.’
The returner’s interest was quickly extinguished. That woman’s eyes were so high that she didn’t seem interested in the mundane techniques used by people like me.
In fact, if you are among the ‘them’, you will hear the evaluation of ‘beomjae who has advanced his talents’. Heh, Ki-yeon-chal, Tem-chal, Beom-jae, a returnee. Good luck.
On the other hand, what The response of a vampire that is so beautiful as to be exemplary.
[Yes, you can do magic?!]
Humans look upwards to inspire motivation, and look downwards to find their own stability. To me, the vampire at the bottom is suspiciously old.
iced coffee. filled with pride. The modern genius theory is real. Because the vampires who are ancient people think and feel great as if I was a genius.
He said, feeling his heart pounding.
“yes. Magic, you can use it.”
Then the returner snorted.
‘Learning a dog or a cow is a military-style magic. You’re sulking with such useless magic… .’
He said he couldn’t even be a dog or a cow in the first episode. Would you like to be a dead rat kicked by a cow’s hind paw?
you just go Why are you still listening to me here?
If you stay and attend class, I hope you will refer to the vampire’s reaction. I have to react like that to explain it.
[Magic is a product of mystery, and only the deepest wise men can approach it! What I couldn’t even write, someone like you handles it?]
“It’s like you. Even from that point on, I used to put some strength on my shoulders in the place I used to be, didn’t I?”
I’m a criminal in the military and I’m crawling here, but I didn’t miss the first place in the secondary military school. Even after dropping out there, no one knew about back alley magician.
He was famous for feeling like a clown rather than a sage… .
“And I’m not particularly special. How many other people can use magic besides me? It’s magic to try them all once when you enter secondary school.”
I was just saying ‘common sense’, but the vampire was startled, as if facing the end of the world.
[all… Try it once? magic?]
“Sure.”
[How many of them are there?]
“The secondary school I attended had two hundred students per grade, and there were ten such schools… . Yes. There are at least two thousand magical people.”
[This, thousand… .]
The vampire stuck out his tongue in genuine surprise.
[Two thousand wizards. That’s more than the population of any city.]
“These days, the population of two thousand is not even on the axis of the city. How much has the population increased? If you go to the outskirts of the countryside, it will cost you about two thousand. And you seem to be mistaken.”
Two thousand students per year.
Oops. At that time, there was no concept of school and grade. That misunderstanding had to be corrected.
“The total magical population is not 2,000, but 13-year-old children attending secondary military schools, they alone are 2,000. A 14-year-old one year older has the same number of wizards, and a year older… .”
[Nonsense! So, are you saying that there are sorcerers who can reach 100,000 water sutras?!]
“Not even a wizard, but a population that can use magic? Among them, there are very few people who specialize in magic.”
[Still, 100,000. Hundred thousand… .]
In the old days, a country’s population was often less than 100,000. It is not unreasonable to be surprised. I shrugged and said.
“What, like this? A thousand years of time is such a gap.”
Thank you, civilization. Precious human history that has made me a thousand years ahead of vampires.
There was a voice that intervened without notice.
“Don’t continue to mislead. There are very few of them who are gifted with magic.”
The returner took the risk.
I mean, you’ve mastered magic too, so why are you hitting me like this? She gave me a pint glass as if she couldn’t stand it if she didn’t lower herself.
“Actually, if you try magic, there are probably a lot of people who can’t do it properly. Above all, talent is the most important area, so there are many people who only learn the basics of magic and leave it behind. It’s better to learn combat and strategy while learning that.”
To me, it seems like they’re trying to devalue it, but unfortunately for a vampire, even that was a strange thing.
[You take the chance to learn magic and give up? Whether it’s worth it or not… ?]
“Oh, that’s it. It’s long to explain. Well.”
This time I intervened.
“When knowledge becomes more common than a stone on the side of the road, people tend to care for it as well.”
[Even though it is clear that it will become a strength if you learn it?]
“It means that power is also a commodity that follows economic logic. If it’s not precious, you don’t need to get it.”
[Huh. It’s an odd sight… .]
“Well, isn’t that the world that has changed?”
[Oh, then. Somehow.]
After speaking lightly, the vampire hesitated and opened his mouth from inside the coffin.
Like a greedy girl who covets what she shouldn’t want, no, like a timid girl who blames herself for being greedy just for wanting something.
[If someone like me asks to learn… Can you teach me?]
“Aren’t trainees of Tirkanjaka unable to learn magic?”
[Not that I intend to use it. I just want to learn it once. In that school, as others learn… .]
“iced coffee. You want to be a full-time student.”
People who do not learn on time do not have regrets. It may not seem like a big deal from the standpoint of living in the modern world, but regrets tend to pile up as much as the years that have passed. I scratched my head.
“In order to go to school, Tirkanjaka trainees must first solve the problem of resident registration… .”
That’s hard. Because the military’s resident registration is quite strict. Well, when it comes to vampires, the status of even a strict military is not difficult. He shrugged in response.
“If you want to learn, you don’t have to choose a school. You can learn enough at a private academy only if you pay the money.”
[okay?]
Knowledge has become common, but it is not without its value as a stone. From the 3rd level tactical level sorcery, the military doesn’t hold it tight and the military does not teach it, but the private academy teaches up to the 2nd level combat level sorcery.
When I shrugged.
[then. Can you teach me magic once?]
“yes? Me?”
[Yes. Right now, the only windows that come into contact with the world are you and Shay.]
Teaching magic to the thousand-year-old vampire, the founder whose every deed is recorded in the legend? I?
nonsense. I’m nimble in theory, but in practice I’m a geek. I was the one who had to drop out in the end because I could only use level 0 phenomenon level magic even after digging into the thoughts of the magic teacher with the ability to read thoughts.
This is not humility either. Even though my major is not magic, if I show that even a level 0 sorcerer can barely use it, I may doubt my skills. It is something that should be avoided unconditionally.
That was when I was about to say no.
‘Did I say it costs money? Does not matter. Gold overflows… .’
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Money.
It’s always been like that. Gold is a metal that blinds people.
Standing on top of a man’s head, he makes steel smear people’s blood, and he stands alone, an abominable booty that burns to the other top of his head.
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Money is the thing that even decent people despise, but do not keep away from. The same goes for a serious and thoughtful person like me.
He changed his attitude in an instant, clenched his fists and placed his hand on his chest.
“I can teach Tirkanjaka trainees as well.”
Then he curled his fingers in a circle and waved them slightly.
“Ah, but this. No matter how much an instructor is, it’s hard to teach magic with bare lips. The higher the level, the higher the security level. A little pricey.”
[Are you asking for gold?]
“Not necessarily. Only the gender. I will feel it.”
It was a very condescending conversation. To the extent that the regressor frowns and kicks his tongue and glares at me. You don’t even need to read your thoughts. It looks like he’s trying to accuse a military officer for kicking another pocket.
But isn’t it?
Hundreds of years ago, back money was ‘common sense’.
[Gold is modest. i get it.]
snuggle up. With a sound, the coffin lid opened at an angle. Inside the still darkness, a black hand placed something on it and floated up.
Wow, really? Are you really giving it to me?
After all, a crisis is an opportunity. The crisis of living in the same space as a thousand-year-old vampire is equivalent to a chance to devour an old rich man who doesn’t know anything about the world!
Desperately hiding the desire to be anxious, he concentrated on the object the black hand was holding. that… . Just by looking at it, it was a golden crown with flowing gwiti.
it’s a crossroads He coughed in vain so that the joy wouldn’t leak out.
“When I take it out of the coffin, it looks like a funeral home. Ouch!”
[Stop making noises there.]
Not even the need to throw the crown. What if there is a scratch on this precious thing? In case of getting fingerprints, I took the crown by pulling out a long sleeve.
Oh my gosh. this stiffness. really a crown? If this is all gold, no matter how much alchemy has caused the price to drop a little… .
… Oh wait.
Alchemy, a thousand years ago, the technological gap and that strangely frivolous attitude… .
no way. I looked at the golden crown with the greatest of trepidation.
Ah, why is my bad feeling not wrong?
“This is fake!”
[…] ?]
“Come to think of it, it was gold before the pension revolution, right? Then it’s fake gold! Oops, how about this!”
The vampire was genuinely perplexed.
[If it’s gold, it’s all the same gold, so how is it that fake gold is different from real gold?]
“It was divided. a hundred years ago.”
[What, what? no way.]
‘Again, I didn’t keep up with the times… Is that so? Is it another pattern like that? ?’
I felt like I was being deceived, so I thought I would take revenge, but after reading my thoughts, I was so pitiful that I did not have the energy to do so. Yes, I lost a little bit of my money, but vampires have lost everything they have.
In this case, mind reading is pathetic. If I didn’t know at all, I’d just throw it away until no tears came out.
uhh my seller I thought I’d get some money.
“Originally, I would have caught it by forging gold coins, but I didn’t know anything about alchemy when Tirkanjaka was a trainee, so I’ll move on. Come on, look.”
I drew an asterisk in the middle of the crown with my finger. If it’s perfect gold, it’s normal if you don’t get anything on your hands, but for some reason, it glowed red as if it had been scorched by a hot iron.
“When it comes to gold crown, it is shiny and heavy. Probably the third and fourth corners. Well, it’s definitely old-fashioned alchemy, so the alchemy level is low. I can solve it too.”
Tap the third and fourth corners. Scratching the front and back with a fingernail, I rotated it once. tuk. Finally, when I pushed the magic along the line, it started to change color as the gold crown melted.
What was revealed there was a dull-colored metal that gave off a dull luster.
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Much more useful than gold, it was used frequently, and it was a cheap magic transmission metal Mithril. It’s certainly several times better than gold, but… The unfortunate metal that has moved away from precious metals thanks to this.
I put it on the table and said.
“Mithril is a metal with excellent magical conductivity. How brilliant it was, using alchemy to imitate all the metals in the world. Naturally, the most imitated thing is gold. However, even mithril was rare back then, so even if fake gold was mixed with gold, it was not so noticeable. In that way, the fake gold and mithril were released in the market.
Then one day, an alchemist who wanted to touch more money had an ingenious idea. Real gold is difficult to make, so I tried to make a mithril, turn it into gold, and sell it. Well, even a mithril was a difficult metal to make, so his efforts seemed to end in vain.”
Unfortunately, it worked.
The pension pattern was revealed.
Estimated level 3. Alchemists who knew how to do it in moderation printed the mithril. Although it was a home-made handicraft, the steady supply lowered the price.
Those with gold were afraid of this change. Standing still, his fortune was declining over the half-life. Some who were quick to hear the news were indignant and tried to find out what was going on.
“And the moment he realized the truth, he immediately shut up and started selling the gold he had.”
[Why? Without condemning the alchemists who created fake gold?]
“Because he should have disposed of his gold before anyone else knew it was fake. If you condemn it, other people will find out, right?”
[The gold he owns is fake. Did you sell it even knowing it?]
“No, I sold it.”
It’s foolish to stand still while the money you’ve accumulated over the years is evaporating in real time. It is natural.
[One, who bought the fake gold knowing it was real? They wouldn’t have stayed still.]
“answer!”
You are passionate about learning. It is rewarding to teach. I smiled on my face and spread my hands.
“It is difficult to say with certainty what happened after that. The buyer was angry, the seller was betrayed, and the two fought, quarreled, and started wars. It wasn’t even a fuss at all. According to one historian, blood was shed as much as the weight of gold that existed up to that point.”
anyway. I said, waving my crown made of mithril back and forth.
“To put it bluntly, now the price of mithril is the price of gum. With a bit of brag, it’s probably about the same price as a pile of firewood.”
In other words, most of the property the vampire had was turned into shit. I looked at the vampire with pitiful eyes, lamenting at the disappointment.
In the case of alcohol, salted fish, or antiques, the value may increase if left in moderation. However, as in Providence, if too much time passes, everything will be damaged. A thousand years is too long.
The vampire paused for a while before opening his mouth.
[From history to alchemy… . How do you know all this? no way.]
Oh, I’m still curious about this. With that attitude, I nodded my head loudly.
“Right. I also learned this at ‘school’.”
[In addition!]
“It’s not just alchemy. Mathematics, biology, natural sciences, foreign languages, magic, mechanical engineering, ballistics, etc. It’s all taught in secondary school.”
[why… Where is that school? A place where talented children from all over the world are invited to learn? The Sage’s Tower, is it such a place?]
“no? Anyone between the ages of 14 and 17, who has graduated from elementary school with excellent grades, can enter.”
[No, that’s ridiculous.]
Perhaps he was shocked, the voice in the coffin became smaller than before. I think it was a bit of a culture shock.
After all, it was a time when learning itself was something only the very high-ranking could do. The road to learning was narrow, winding and difficult. There were many cases of despair at the tightly closed door even when reaching the end of the road.
Is it better now than it was then?
“anyway. Did you know? I’ve been saddened. Whoa. It was hard. Today is also a holiday.”
[Uh-huh. for a moment.]
To see if the vampire could easily accept the changed world, he tried cross-validation with the regressor.
[Shay. That word… Is it real?]
“… it’s all true However.”
‘Even if you’ve learned it, there aren’t many people who can do it as well as that guy. The military seeks specialization. Dig deep into the field that suits your aptitude. It’s strange that he’s got enough of my single sword, but he’s also versed in alchemy and magic… .’
High ratings say that his blade bounced off. what the. I can’t even imagine how much I would have been treated like garbage if I hadn’t been able to deflect the knife.
Oh, then my arm must have been cut off. It must have been a real dirt creeper.
“But it’s not as great a place as that guy said. If you are expecting it, you will be very disappointed.”
The returner said insignificantly. Actually, it’s a normal place, so I didn’t really object to it.
The admiring vampire expressed a question that came to mind.
[Shay, did you also go to a place called Secondary Military School? Or maybe the two of you studied alumni?]
“No, I only attended elementary school.”
[ah… , I see.]
‘Ugh. exactly. It’s different from horsefly. There seems to be a difference between the two… .’
The vampire dragged the horse as if sorry. The regressor, who noticed the sadness hidden in that tone, made an excuse in a hurry.
“no?! The only reason I only went to elementary school is because I was from an orphanage, so there was no tuition fee!”
[Like that.]
“no! what I’m saying is! I had no reason to go to secondary school! It was enough without that!”
[i get it. Don’t worry. I will teach you the art of hematology as hard as I can.]
“So no!”
Ha, I didn’t mean to brag. It’s become like this. I said wiping my nose.
“For reference, even though I had no parents, I went on a scholarship. I was ranked first in all schools up to the secondary military school.”
“You shut up!”
“The more the rice ripens, the more it bows its head, and the more a bag full of things, the quieter it is even when shaking… . If you so desire, I will be quiet.”
“Is that happening?!”
People who didn’t learn this. ha.
I just sighed quietly as I was told, but the returner didn’t seem to like it even. She groaned and pulled something out of an unseen space.
Aww our vampire :<