Episode 121
36. Crossbow (3)
“Is it ok to reveal your client’s identity like this?”
When Baeksanwoo was overtly displeased, Swallow put his hands together with a relaxed smile.
“Business isn’t going well today. It’s said that rats hear the words of the night and the birds hear the words of the day. There are exceptions.”
Having said that, those who had been drinking and chatting even for a little bit got up from their seats and ran outside.
Baek San-woo, who looked at him, clicked his tongue.
“In the beginning, there were no ordinary people.”
“Didn’t I tell you. Business isn’t going well today.”
A Master of the Information Guild is a person who is well-versed in entertaining people and understanding the atmosphere.
So he never crossed the line.
Sanwoo also knew that he would lose only by holding on to the tail, so he quickly skipped the topic of conversation.
“So what’s the point?”
“I like Sanwoo because he talks quickly. But are you a real student?”
“Can’t you see this uniform?”
Baek San-woo responds bluntly to Swallow’s joking question.
Arthur’s school uniform was clearly visible through the robes he lifted.
In fact, the question is not a story because I do not know. Because he had already been informed that he was a student at Paradise School and a prospect in Arthur’s Faculty.
However, regardless of the authenticity of the information, Baek San-woo was by no means an ordinary student.
The back alleys of Nakwon School are not easily accessible places.
Especially if it’s a student.
First of all, everything that was done in the back alleys was currently defined as a crime by the administration of Nakwon Island.
Of course, although the administration is condoning the three ‘guilds’ formed in the back alleys.
Nevertheless, it is a place that is extremely avoided by students and the general public.
But Baeksanwoo was different.
-What kind of student came to visit?!
Swallow recalled a report from the gatekeeper who was in charge of Arslonga earlier this year.
It was said that a student from the Eastern Federation, who said he was a first-year student at Arthur’s Faculty, came to the back alley.
At first, he thought that he was a child who had no knowledge of the world and followed rumors.
‘But I prepared a lot of imperial gold coins. He knew the situation in the back alley quite well.’
Imperial gold coins.
Nothing else, preparing imperial gold coins meant that he already knew a little about the back alleys.
It was the moment when Swallow’s judgment was wrong for the first time.
He was born in a back alley and grew up in a back alley.
Since there is nothing unknown about the situation here on Nakwon Island, he thought that he was superior to anyone in his judgment.
To add a bit of exaggeration, it would not be an exaggeration to say that everything was within sight.
Even his superior, the information guild leader, Brubrew, was no exception.
However, it was the boy in front of him who could not make hasty judgments even with such a sense of Swallow.
Baek Sanwoo of the Eastern Federation.
The master of the information guild looked at him with round eyes.
“I feel it every time, but Sanwoo Baek knows our culture so well that it’s strange.”
“Is that a problem?”
“No, it’s much better than someone who doesn’t speak the language in the first place.”
It was true.
Because I had no intention of dealing with the plants in the greenhouse that I had never experienced before.
That was also the reason why he directly revealed his existence to Baek San-woo last night.
I don’t know for some reason.
It was because his intuition was telling him never to miss the Baeksanwoo.
“Then, as you said, let’s get straight to the point.”
Saying so, Swallow placed one of the prepared pockets on the table.
Chill-
Considerable weight even to pretend.
“30 imperial gold coins.”
If you exchanged money at the money changer, it was worth 3,000 Kelly.
“Is this the value of my crossbow information? Too much.”
Baek San-woo’s eyes narrowed when he checked the heavy pocket.
Swallow nodded his head satisfactorily at the suspicious gaze, the gaze that pressed him without deceiving his opponent.
It’s not the right answer to get a lump sum here.
Although the information the information guild sells is necessarily true.
Other than that, there was always something hidden behind the scenes.
“Of course, it’s not just about crossbows. I’d like to hear about the spear that Sanwoo-san uses.”
He is the master of the information guild.
From the time Baek Sanwoo first came to the back alley, he thoroughly conducted a background investigation on the boy.
In the process, rumors about the spear he used were also obtained.
“The jet-black spear you always carry, it seems to be used only as a javelin in actual combat. There must be a reason for that.”
“I wonder if someone is the information guild. I searched meticulously.”
“Isn’t that a new thing? You didn’t even hide it.”
“after.”
Baek San-woo sighed and took the pocket he had placed on the table.
He then placed the crossbow he was carrying on his back on the table.
“I’ve been carrying this with me lately. I’m taking intensive tutoring at Arin.”
“Oh hey.”
Swallow took out his notebook and pen and began to jot down every single word of Baek San-woo.
For him, conversation is the process of exchanging information.
And information is the biggest weapon and an important means of earning money for the information guild Master Swallow.
Not even a single word can be skipped.
“And this crossbow is called Keter…”
* * *
“Thanks for the information sale, Sanwoo Baek.”
“Is it a fair deal?”
“Sure.”
Swallow looked at me and smiled.
“By the way, I didn’t know it was a real Aradwa. It’s a pity, I was aware of the rumors about Mt. Cheongong.”
“The first person to eat is the owner.”
“I agree. The world of information warfare is cruel.”
Usually, when back alleys or information guilds appear in the game, in most cases they are bad guys.
In Paradise Academia, it was rather a force that helped the protagonist.
I’m also just talking in the back alley. Swallow didn’t have any ill feelings at all.
It’s supposed to be some kind of role play.
It was also because it is easy to look down on you if you walk around in the back alleys one by one with courtesy.
If you get involved in any kind of dispute, it’s sure to get annoying.
“But if you send me a letter, doesn’t it mean that someone wanted information about Keter?”
Saying so, I pulled out three gold coins from the pocket I had taken earlier.
“Who is it?”
“Hey, really… Sanwoo-san, you’re so seasoned. I feel like I want to hire a special agent as our informant.”
“No. Please give me information quickly.”
“There is a person in the back alley who collects relics from the Great War. That person… Ah, he’s here now.”
As soon as Swallow sticks his head to the side, he hears a knocking sound coming from behind.
bang!
“Hey Master, you asked me to let you know in advance when I arrive.”
His whole body was adorned with gold. That wasn’t enough, and his hair was dyed blonde, and he looked really frivolous.
“Didn’t you pay for the notification?”
“I said I would pay in arrears. It annoys people.”
He had the same blonde hair and was a resident of a backstreet, but he was an asshole with the opposite image of Swallow, who looked calm.
‘X feet, I even got a tan. Variety.’
I hated the brown skin visible through the half-untied shirt.
“Since this is what happened, let’s proceed with the deal now.”
He groaned and came and sat down next to me. After that, I was surrounded by guys who seemed to be his attendants.
It looks intimidating to anyone who sees it.
Now, I shook my head at the cliché that was hardened by the banal.
“Sell that weapon for thirty. He also gave it generously.”
Hey, is this kid kidding?
You only got 30 for the information value, but you hit an object with 30.
The moment when I thought that I had to set a good example for the way I looked down on me.
“Golden Sun. The deal is mine. Don’t ignore the rules of the Information Guild.”
Swallow moved first.
The smirk on his face disappears from his face, and he stares at Yangachi with his infinitely hardened eyes.
“Konoyaro!!!”
As one of the Tokkari was furious at those words, Geumtaeyang reached out and stopped it.
“Oh, yes. I was not polite. Then you ask. How much will you sell it for?”
Swallow’s gaze shifted from the golden sun to me.
I immediately spread my fingers out wide.
“Fifty Imperial Gold Coins?”
“No, it’s five hundred. It’s a unique item, but you should get this much.”
The currency value of Paradise Island is 50,000 Kelly.
Even if I actually sold it, it wouldn’t even be half that price.
I had no intention of selling it in the first place.
“Hey, this f*cking bastard. Who do you look up to. Five hundred imperial gold coins?”
“Are you scared? Black markets usually charge more.”
As I shook my head and provoked, Geum Taeyang’s dark face gradually turned red.
“No, I don’t know your Golden Sun.”
Then a guy came out from behind and put his hand on my shoulder. Looking back, he saw a vivid tiger tattoo on his forearm.
“Because I’m doing that, I get stabbed and beaten without even a mouse or a bird.”
I snorted at the seemingly intimidating threat, and this time the guy next to me pulled out a dagger and shouted.
“Are you out of your mind, your head is not even blood-dried?”
The atmosphere became so harsh that it would not be strange if a fight broke out right away.
but never afraid
【Should I kill you? Baeksan-woo.]
‘Hold on.’
Even if you summon a Lioner right now, you can not only clean it up a bit.
This was because it was once the headquarters of the information guild, swallows and rats.
The back alley rule is absolute.
No matter how insignificant and filthy a place may be, they have their own laws.
The reason why Paradise School has left it alone even though it has already figured out the existence of the back alley is that the three guilds that exist here maintain their respective powers and check each other.
In other words, it wasn’t me who broke the law of the back alleys, it was these assholes.
“Hey, Golden Sun.”
shudder.
The pattern on the gloves that looked ordinary changes in an instant to the shape of a small bowgun.
“If you play chess here, you should know what’s going on.”
A voice that is unbearably cold.
A streak of sweat dripped from Golden Sun’s head, whose bowgun was pushed onto his forehead immediately.
“…it’s okay, kids, let’s go.”
No matter how many pages you have, you can’t stand the guild in the back alley.
As I did when I came in, I watched the swallow and the gang passing through the rattlesnake.
“Hey, you don’t seem to know much about the world as a student. Be careful on the road at night.”
The golden sun growling, staring at me as if to kill me.
I put my middle finger on him personally, then turned my head to Swallow.
“Is the back alley a lot of chaos these days? They’re installed by people like that.”
“Well, yes.”
The Master smiled bitterly and folded the bowgun.
When the long bow was folded into three steps and went inside, it just returned to the thick gloves.
“The hunting guild leader Galloper disappeared a while ago.”
I nodded.
Because it was all I knew.
The first information you hear when you progress through the alley faction.
It was a moment when the balance between the guilds that had been kept close to each other collapsed.
‘It was mentioned around this time in the main story.’
The main character, Aidan, enters the school, and the balance of the back alley begins to slowly collapse in the second semester of the first year.
The starting point was the ‘disappearance of the hunting guild leader Galloper’.
“So, the hunting guild is very anxious these days. The power struggle is in full swing inside.”
“Is that bastard a part of the Hunting Guild?”
“Yes.”
After all, he’s an extra, and in the main story, he’s probably going to die without anything to do with it.
It was only natural that I didn’t really remember anything.
【Are you going to just let them go? Hearing the story, it sounds like a wild dog out of control.]
‘He’ll probably come over there first. Then you can smash it There is no need to draw attention here.’
I could roughly recall the repertoire. We will approach the sand at the earliest this evening, or tomorrow at the latest.
“Then we sold the information as we wanted, okay?”
“It was a good deal. Thank you.”
Swallow nodded his head politely. However, my work wasn’t over yet.
I once again took five gold coins from my pocket and placed them on the table.
“…?”
“Then I’ll buy you a piece of information. The folding crossbow you’re wearing.”
I tapped Keter, who was still on the table, and added.
“Can this be modified like that?”