“Hey, guys. Calm down, it’s not like that.”
Han Soo-young, who was approaching me as if trying to grab my arm at any moment, said.
“What is it?”
“What Belluna-san just said. It’s never like that. I didn’t ask for anything, and I paid the price. Are you just kidding, Mr. Belluna?”
Saying that, I glanced at Jin Ye-seul, who was quietly grabbing my arm.
“… Can’t you believe me?”
At that, Jin Ye-seul was rarely embarrassed and stopped what she was doing.
It was because I had realized that what I had just said was the truth and not a lie.
It seemed as if a small ‘pupky’ laugh could be heard from somewhere.
“Sorry… It’s a famous story that the spirits make promises they’re sure to keep.”
At that, Han Soo-young and Ivan nodded their heads.
It’s because Ivan knows the spirits well, but I didn’t know that Han Soo-young was studying about the spirits.
“I will always accept what I have decided to accept, but on the contrary, if it is something I have promised, even if it is very unfavorable to me, I will definitely do it. That’s why, sometimes, there were humans who looked down on contracts with spirits. With a little bit of persuasion, you can get a comfortable slave.
Belluna smiled softly.
“There are not one or two dead humans who looked down on a contract with a spirit in that way. I also chastised a lot of people who acted like that.”
Because if you give them a punishment with their neck and body falling, everyone becomes quiet.
With that, she gently shrugged her shoulders.
“In a nutshell, the contract with the spirits is to make sure everything is fixed. okay… For example, after accepting the contract, you suddenly agreed to receive the rest of the price, and then ask for the price again?”
Belluna said so and blinked her eyes.
“Besides, Yoo Ji-hyuk, the name of the blacksmith of Yado is not so light. What he made can’t be that cheap.”
“Wait, what? who? Mother, did you say that you are the blacksmith of Yado now?”
Ivan looked at Belluna in amazement.
He wasn’t the only one who was surprised.
The name of Yado’s blacksmith was a name that had that much weight.
In particular, as soon as Choi Hyeon-woo realized that the sword he was holding was made by a blacksmith at Yado, his body began to tremble.
Then he lifted it with both hands and put it down gently on the table, as if he was serving a shinjukdan.
“Yeah, why? What’s wrong, son?”
“I wonder if the blacksmith of Yado was a spirit… ! Why didn’t you tell me that too? No, more mother than that. What does the last sentence mean? Why the hell did Ji-hyeok warn how dangerous the contract with Jung-ryeong is? !”
“You just didn’t ask.”
Belluna said so and smiled as if what the hell was the problem.
Ivan’s face contorted horribly, when he opened his mouth to say something.
“Besides, I didn’t even need to tell you because I already paid for everything.”
“… Yes?”
“Hey, isn’t it absurd to say I’m going to pay off my debt and leave it behind?”
She rummaged through her arms and pulled something out.
It was none other than a fight.
“That’s it. He really hasn’t been able to do this since a long time ago. In addition to that, there was a skill I learned from a human friend, so it was a win-win.”
Seeing the proud mother smiling like a child, Ivan just let out a deep sigh.
“… Mother, ha.”
He opened his mouth with a look as if he was holding something tight.
“Then you should have said that. You didn’t ask, please don’t say the same thing. Didn’t your mother know that saying that would cause a commotion? Did you do that to feed Jihyeok and our goosebumps?”
“Um, that’s not it… .”
Belluna, who had said so, quickly nodded her head in agreement.
“Okay, I just wanted to give you a little kick. Son, was this mother so mean?”
At the end of those words, Belluna’s smiling face was so bright that even the energy to get angry disappeared.
Ivan let out a deep sigh as if he was just tired.
* * *
It seemed as if the sound of a thread that had been pulled tight from somewhere was being cut.
A sigh of relief could be heard here and there, followed by a rattling sound.
It was Han Soo-young.
She tapped the circular shield, which she instinctively recognized as hers, and touched it with her finger.
“It’s rude to say that you can’t come all the way here, as Jihyuk said.”
Han Soo-young said so and picked up the shield without hesitation.
“Yes.”
“Yeah, this is how I see the virtue of having good friends.”
After that, Jin Ye-seul also picked up a piece of armor, and Ivan also picked up an armband and started wearing it.
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Only Yuuna was looking down at the handle, gulp and swallowing saliva.
‘Damn, how much is this… .’
There is no hero or hunter who does not know the name of the Blacksmith of Yado.
Even the things that his disciples made were difficult to obtain even if they had money.
A legendary blacksmith who is said to have killed himself by jumping himself into the flames after making exactly 1,000 objects.
It is a weapon that he, even forged with the scales of a black dragon.
I had no idea how much it was.
‘Ah, I still have 18.2 billion won left… .’
Sniffling and swallowing tears inwardly, she picked up the handle with trembling hands.
And, to my surprise, as soon as I picked it up, I instinctively knew how and how to use this handle.
‘Unique weapon… ! Is this supposed to be a unique weapon!?’
It must have been a unique weapon that I had only heard of… !
Realizing this, Yuuna’s lips began to tremble.
Starting with the wavelength of that person’s magic or power, everything was measured, and the one made for that person was called a unique weapon, and such a unique weapon boasted several times more power than ordinary objects.
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Of course, the price had jumped from several dozen times to several hundred times in severe cases.
It is even a unique weapon made by the blacksmith of that savagery.
I couldn’t even guess what the price of this would be.
How much do I have to pay back?
No, can I really pay it back?
Lee Yuna looked around with trembling eyes at the fact that he now had a weapon in his hands that the state could not save.
Then, in despair at the fact that the only people who were shivering were him and Choi Hyun-woo, he turned his head again.
It was because even he was trembling for a different reason than himself.
‘Lord, even if I work until I die, I won’t be able to repay you… .’
With trembling hands, she tried to put the handle first into her pocket.
Then, perhaps recognizing the master’s will, it naturally melted and soaked into the back of Yuna’s hand.
The pattern that looked like a tattoo flashed shallowly on the back of the hand, then assimilated with the skin and slowly disappeared.
She could barely hold back what almost screamed.
Then, all of a sudden, it felt like something tickled my ear.
[…] So, to summarize, this is it.]
At the moment of hearing the voice, Lee Yu-na tilted her head.
It was definitely Belluna’s voice, but it was because there was a sense of incongruity.
More than anything else, she turned her head to look at her, and sat on a chair, waving her feet as if she liked it.
Yoo Ji-hyuk was playing with Laune while smiling.
What is it?
It was time to think so.
[The first thing I did was to hand over the scales of a black dragon that had shed more than necessary, that I cleaned his workshop and served as a transporter, and lastly, that compatriot plucked his own leaves, but said it was still not worth the money. . Of course, as I said before, I paid a price for it, but… .]
When she finished speaking, Yoo Ji-hyeok grabbed Laune and looked at the top of her head.
He quickly opened his eyes, flinched and trembled, then nodded slowly.
[yes? I don’t have to thank you. I’m not a bad spirit enough to bother you by telling you such a fact in a place like this. Most of all, did you think you would do that to a believer who made a tribute to me? I am surprisingly very considerate of you. This is a little embarrassing.]
It sounds like air vibrating.
No, it’s more delicate than that… .
Lee Yu-na listened, pretending to be fiddling with the back of her hand soaked in the handle without realizing it.
I knew this was a bad thing.
However… .
[He said he wanted to receive your abuse, Yoo Ji-hyuk.]
[And he also said that if he received it, he would be paid a price that was commensurate with it, conversely, because he would have been paid more. … It’s a personal opinion, but he’s definitely a construction worker. Above all, as a high-ranking spirit of fire, its abilities are excellent. It will be of great help against Milited. Well, you can use it for other things.]
At that, Yoo Ji-hyuk put on a slightly worried expression.
Belluna didn’t rush him.
After a while, he suddenly looked at him and Yuna had to turn her head in surprise.
Fortunately, he didn’t seem to notice.
Afterwards, Han Soo-young also looked at him, and he nodded.
[Yeah, okay… Then give it to me later. I’ll tell you. which… .]
After a while, Belluna’s voice was very gloomy.
[…] I’m really sorry, Yoo Ji-hyuk. I didn’t mean to expose your wounds. I also lost a loved one, so to some extent your… I know because I can empathize with human emotions.]
After that, Lee Yu-na swallowed her breath without realizing it.
[I’m sorry about the relationship between you and your parents. really. … Well, that’s not what I’m going to say, after he died, he abandoned his son and disappeared for a while.]
The behavior that Yoo Ji-hyuk had shown before.
And a sincere apology from the spirit for not saying nonsense just before.
“… ah.”
I was finally able to be sure.
* * *
“… … .”
Returning to the dormitory, Yoo Ji-hyuk, who had been sitting for a while, was holding a hair ornament in his hand.
It was an item for Yeeun Lee, who had not been there before and could not deliver it.
Feather of Black and White (Unique/ Autonomous/ Semi-legendary)
This is a headdress that the legendary blacksmith Yado forged with all his might from the scales first shed by the black dragon, who inherited the heart and blood of Minerva, the Seven Evil Order.
It splits like a feather at the will of its owner, granting additional corrections to all actions.
Multiple shards can take many forms, including swords, shields, armor, and arrowheads.
It has a very beautiful appearance and is highly valued simply as an ornament.
He said he would return to the academy in the near future, so you can give it to him then.
With that in mind, I put my hair ornament into the shadows.
‘Now that I look at it, I don’t really have anything to say.’
Minerva didn’t really respond, as if he was going to sleep for a while.
She was the one who didn’t even bother with anything.
She said that she was going to sleep because she was tired.
“Raune.”
“… … ?”
Raune, who had been fiddling with the scales on his neck at his call, poked his head out.
Yoo Jihyuk asked quietly.
“Are you the blacksmith of Yado? Anyway, he said that he ripped off one of your leaves. right?”
“… ?! … … ??”
Startled, Laune immediately shook her head as if she didn’t know anything.
Jihyuk let out a small sigh.
“Show me. I’m not angry or anything like that.”
“… … ?”
“I checked it earlier, so stop taking the shichimi. I’m going to take a closer look, so please.”
At his words, Laune finally came out of his pocket as if he had no choice but to do it.
Then he squirmed and ripped open the top of his head.
Soon after, he found traces of one leaf being forcibly torn off, and he kept his mouth shut for a moment.
“What if you don’t say anything to me and do what you want? What would you do if you had to give your whole body away from that place? And if that were the case, what would I have thought if you died or had a problem?”
“… … .”
Seeing Raune bowing his head as if he had lost his temper quickly and looked helpless, Yoo Ji-hyuk quietly raised his right hand.
Then, a thin branch of the world tree came out long, and he carefully thrust it in front of Raune.
“Come on, eat.”
“… … .”
“Anyway, these days with wither, I didn’t seem to have any strength… So was that the case?”
He gently stroked Laune’s head.
“Don’t do that in the future, okay?”
“… … .”
Laune nodded slightly, grabbed the slender stem and put it directly into her mouth.
Then he started asking questions and sucking food from him.
Contrary to his appearance, he was a great glutton, so his magic drained more than he had imagined, but Yoo Ji-hyuk didn’t care at all.
‘Lydia and Esmeralda decided to meet tomorrow… .’
Since that day, Seul-hye Yoon has been sending text messages in the form of reports.
It was about what Junhyung Choi said and what the atmosphere in the association was like.
There were a lot of small things, but there were also things that were quite important to review.
Thinking it was a good idea to reach out to her, he slowly scanned the report.
“Even so, I don’t need to report what I ate for breakfast.”
He seemed afraid that if he found any flaws, he would be thrown away.
Well, it’s better to be detailed and meticulous than sloppy.
He murmured, this time taking out three pockets from the shadows.
It was a pouch containing scales to be given to Su-young Han, Lee Yu-na, and Alice Blesbuck and Cass Lyle, respectively.
The smallest pockets were left behind, and the rest were placed in the shadows of the road.
It was a scale to be given to Alice Blesbuck and Cass Lyle for research.
Come to think of it, I must have asked you to come to the lab as soon as possible… .
It was time for him to think about when it would be good.
smart.
“yes?”
powerless knock.
But at the sound of the veranda, not the door, he immediately stood up.
As I approached the veranda and drew the curtains, someone stepped back in amazement through the window.
That someone was none other than Alice Blesbuck.
She, who had been slightly weeping through the window, clings to the window with a grin and a smile.
“Ah, Jihyuk… ! I’m glad you’re still awake… I came because I was in a hurry, but it was too late, so I was just wondering what to do!”
“… professor? What the hell are you doing there?”
“Ah, that’s it.”
She smiled as if embarrassed.
“I tried to enter into the fog, but I couldn’t because the barrier was closed… .”
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Of course, it was true that she had defended herself just in case, but it wasn’t enough to stop someone with a talent like her.
Perhaps she noticed Yoo Ji-hyuk’s thoughts, she muttered in a shy voice.
“No, of course, you can only get in if you force yourself in… But that’s, this is Jihyuk’s dorm, isn’t it? Even so, if a vampire breaks the barrier in the middle of the night and enters the room, I think you will feel the same way… .”
“… … .”
He silently opened the glass window for her.