Episode 47.
On the day I was promoted to black mercenary, I received a black mercenary plaque from Thoth.
A monotonous combination of black and gold.
However, the plaque had a complicated engraving drawn on it.
Thoth began explaining to me about the Black Mercenary.
“If you have this mercenary plaque, you can be treated as a VIP no matter where you go.”
“Ah… is that so?”
“Besides, they lend money easily.”
“okay···.”
I didn’t even want that benefit.
“Can I refuse this hand?”
Just in case, I told Thoth.
“hahahaha, this friend’s joke is also very funny.”
It was Thoth who dismissed it as just a funny joke.
“hahahaha, I’m not kidding…”
After checking my expression, Thoth realized that I was not lying.
“Sorry, but you have already been promoted. You do not have the right to refuse a promotion that has already been made.”
“okay···.”
“I can’t help it. There was a case where those with the skills of a gold mercenary deliberately stayed in the bronze mercenary and tried to hurt others.”
Anyway, I became a black mercenary.
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Number One came to me.
“Congratulations, Hans!”
Seeing Number Wan smile brightly made his fist itch.
Come to think of it, isn’t this guy also in the middle of the day.
After checking my expression, which didn’t look very good, Number One stepped back.
“Brother, I’m going to go look at the fields. Kids, let’s go!”
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Number Wan and the others are trying to run away in a hurry.
I smiled at them and said.
“See you later.”
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Number Wan and the others left stiff at my words.
I stayed here and apologized to those I knocked out.
I had knocked them out without even recognizing them properly.
“I am very sorry.”
“no. Thank you for not killing me with a single knife.”
At least an innocent person almost got blood in the black mercenary’s promotion. Fortunately, it felt strange and it was fortunate that it ended with fainting.
“By the way, Thoth, is this the original black mercenary’s promotion?”
If it wasn’t for me, someone would have died.
“Actually, I am embarrassed too.”
“What is embarrassing?”
“They are enough to target diamond mercenaries. I didn’t know you were so talented. A big deal could have happened.”
“…”
So are you saying that they are gold mercenaries?
“I’ll have to change the contents of the promotion test in the future.”
“I like that.”
Because there might be people like me who don’t show all their skills.
“For now, I will go.”
After being promoted to black mercenary, there was nothing more to do.
In the first place, he didn’t come because he wanted to be promoted to black mercenary, he just came down to find Numberwan and his party.
“Yeah, I’d better go.”
“Yes… can you keep the fact that I was promoted to black mercenary a secret?”
“That is impossible.”
“okay. ha···.”
With a sigh, I headed home.
I thought of the number one guys waiting at home.
‘How dare you trick me?’
I felt the need to scold her so that she wouldn’t think of that again.
***
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Number One confirmed the person who came to his house late in the evening.
“uh? Aren’t you the leader of the Thoth guild?”
“I have an urgent request of you.”
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Number One was taken aback. What on earth would the mercenary guild leader ask of himself?
After hearing Thoth’s story, Number One’s feelings changed from bewildered to absurd.
“So, my employer might promote me to black mercenary?”
“Yes. So, by the way, you have to put in some effort.”
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Number One knew he was nothing more than a knave.
“What kind of power are you talking about?”
“It would be fine if you acted like you were kidnapped. No, you don’t even have to act. You should just hide in a cave.”
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Number One thought for a moment. Whatever it was, it was an act of deceiving Hans.
“Anyway, considering the future, it will be impossible…”
It was a number one that couldn’t keep up.
The money Thoth gave to Number Wan was not something he could earn.
“I’ll give you this much more when the job is done.”
“Well, I believe my employer would easily turn a blind eye to this.”
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Numeran, seduced by the money, decided to do what Thoth said.
And on the morning of the same day, Number One and his friends followed the mercenary introduced by Tot into the cave.
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Numberwan’s friend asked Numberwan.
“By the way, Number One.”
“why?”
“Do you believe your employer will come?”
“hmm···.”
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Number One thought. Black mercenary’s promotion and mere employee himself.
“Are you sure you’re not coming?”
“Thinking of it like that makes me a little sad.”
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Number One was silent. And Number One saw Hans making a different choice than he thought.
And deep inside I felt something change.
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Number One held back the tears.
‘I will serve you as my older brother for the rest of my life!’
It was the moment Hans changed from an employer to a lifelong older brother in Number Wan’s mind.
***
I was cheering for Number Wan and the others.
“Hey, don’t fall down.”
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Number Wan and the others standing side by side with their faces down.
“How dare you play such a joke with your life?”
To be honest, I was very upset.
The first meeting was not good, but they were strangely affectionate.
And as I got to know them while managing my field, my feelings changed a lot.
‘Good guys who just got the wrong way for a second.’
I was very worried when I heard that those guys were dangerous.
But regardless of my worries, it was the black mercenary’s test.
“I will thoroughly manage you guys so that you don’t betray me in the future.”
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Number Wan and the others were having a hard time, so I thought of rebelling, but it was different from what I thought.
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Number Wan and the others who silently receive my spirit.
There was also a strange loyalty in the eyes of Number Wan and the others.
“Ehh, that’s it. Now stand up.”
There was no dissatisfaction on the faces of Number Wan and the others who woke up.
Seeing him like that, I thought it was ridiculous to lower my spirits any longer.
“Now go to work.”
“all right. older brother!”
older brother···?
At some point, even the name was changed. The guys I used to call my employers started calling me big brother.
It seems that I was very moved by this incident.
“Well, not bad.”
Even before returning, he received the loyalty of many people. It felt the same way as back then.
The feeling of having a person’s sincerity.
“Anyway, where did Patrick go? Haruya, would you like to find it by smell?”
Haru showed his face in his arms.
He moved quite wildly because of Number Wan’s group, but he was a carefree guy who fell asleep before he knew it.
Haru came out of his arms and shook his head.
“Well, you’re not even a dog.”
I went straight into the house.
And I caught my breath at the unfolding scene.
“Oh, Master! Congratulations on your black rank upgrade. I’m doing some delicious stuff right now.”
was cooking for me.
“···thanks.”
“hahahaha, as a disciple, this much is natural. A lot of the food isn’t finished yet, so please wait a bit.”
I nodded.
I went outside and thought for a while.
“It’s black grade…”
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Now there is no way to make money.
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Now, I thought that the time for complete independence had come.
“Now let’s go back to the family.”
By now it should have been clear that Dave’s brother would become an earl.
There are no competitors now.
“I want to see the faces of my family too.”
Patrick, who congratulated me for being a teacher, seemed to overlap with my family.
“Something feels strange.”
If you add up your age before returning, you’ve aged quite a bit.
Still, it seemed like something was off.
I think because my body is getting younger, my mind is also getting younger.
“It’s a day to remember the family.”
I sat on the edge of the valley, lost in thought for a while, listening to the sound of the flowing water.
After a while, I heard Patrick shouting.
“Master, the food is ready. I’ll also call Number Wan and the others.”
I got up and went into the house.
My mouth watered at the food that filled the table.
Haru entered the house before he knew it.
“It is a good day.”
Soon, with a loud noise, Patrick and Numberwan’s party entered the house.
That’s how my promotion celebration party began.
***
Swordsman checked the letter and hardened his expression.
“What is this sound? It can’t be.”
Swordsman immediately started packing his things.
“My child, Eotra, is in danger!”
It’s an unbelievable fact, but the swordsman returned to his family.
***
After becoming a black mercenary, not one or two things changed.
Every time I went down into the city, people around me began to look at me in awe.
It was an embarrassing sight.
Some even came up to me and asked for a handshake.
“I really respect you. Black mercenaries appearing in the Free City we had been waiting for.”
“No… not very respectful.”
“As expected, black mercenaries! He is also humble.”
I got tired of people’s attention every day. It was a hassle to come down the city any longer.
“Harya, it’s because of you. men and horses.”
I didn’t want to come down, but Haru in my arms suddenly started to get sick.
I came down because I thought I might need some medicine.
“But where should I take him?”
It wasn’t something that could be cured by receiving healing magic.
Classes like diseases could not be cured with magic.
I muttered involuntarily.
“I wish there was a place that treats animals…”
“There is no place like that here.”
I heard someone talking behind me.
Turning around to check, it was a person I knew well.
A human who covered his entire body with a robe. He was presumed to be the owner of the Haneulgil Inn.
“You’re walking around outside.”
To be honest, I thought he would only be in the basement of the Skyway Inn.
“Ah, I’m a human too, so I can’t just stay there. By the way, the silver wolf must be very sick?”
“Yes… how could there be no other way?”
He was lost in thought for a while.
“Ah, come to think of it, I know something that will be useful for this black market is scheduled for auction.”
“The black market?”
The black market I know sells things that cannot be sold on the market.
What does it mean to sell drugs for Haru on the black market?
“You seem to be mistaken, but the black market doesn’t just sell suspicious items of unknown origin.”
“sure?”
“We also sell things that are not easily available. You can just think of it as selling anything that makes money.”
“is that so? But what can this guy do to help?”
“This time, the horns of the Argent Wolf Mutant, Horned Argent Wolf, are up for auction.”
A silver horned wolf. Isn’t it just a silver wolf with horns?
“It’s usually used for ornamental purposes, but it’s no different from an elixir for beast-type monsters. It is also used as a panacea, especially for wolves.”
“It’s a drug that could really help Har.”
I was able to catch my breath. The price doesn’t matter. Since becoming a black mercenary, even small jobs have been highly rewarded.
So there was no shortage of money.
“Then where does the black market open, and when does it open?”
“The black market is held in the basement near City Hall. And this black market will be around noon tomorrow.”
That was good news.
Haru’s condition isn’t serious, so he’ll survive until tomorrow.
“Then here…”
He handed me an invitation.
“You cannot enter the black market without an invitation.”
After receiving the invitation, I thanked him. Then he said in a straight tone.
“It wasn’t a freebie. Just give me 5 gold.”
“You’re a merchant after all.”
I handed him 5 gold.
Having received 5 gold, he left his seat in an instant.
Once I decided to go home.
“Harya, be patient.”