Episode 18: Transferee Discrimination Meeting

When the hell is my seed going to bloom?

I felt bitter that I still hadn’t escaped the Apprentice Holy Magic User title.

I need to break this damn seed to unleash the true power of holy magic, but there’s no sign of it cracking.

Thump-

At that moment, I felt a slight jolt from the carriage.

But the carriage’s shaking was different from ordinary carriages.

It was an incredibly comfortable ride, as if the carriages I’d ridden until now were all lies.

It was similar to the feeling I had when I first rode an electric car.

This carriage was prepared directly by Raphael-nim.

Currently, my guardian is Raphael-nim.

I had to let her know that I was going to the Star Cluster Society.

So, I sought out Raphael-nim to get permission to go to the Star Cluster Society.

,Aransel and Sohan are going with you too? That’s great. Have a good time!

Raphael-nim rather actively showed her joy.

,Does my teacher-nim not like the sight of her disciple being at the mansion?

,Don’t say such nonsense again.

When I expressed my sadness, Raphael-nim made an absurd expression.

Of course, I know why Raphael-nim is happy.

Raphael-nim was worried about the sense of loss I felt from Sisiroka’s death, so she brought in Aransel and Sohan.

She probably thought that since the two of them are of similar age, they could become friends with me.

And now I’m going to the Star Cluster Society with them after becoming friends.

For Raphael-nim, who orchestrated this, it was naturally a happy thing.

Raphael-nim smiled brightly.

She’s always swamped with work, so if I gave her even a little bit of a smile, then good things are good, I guess.

,Since you’re going, let them know I’m your teacher while you’re there.

,Should I go around shouting that Raphael-nim is the best?

,You better be prepared if you do something like that.

Hmm, then why go?

,I’ll prepare a carriage for you too, so have a good trip. Got it?

My teacher is telling me to go, so I have to go.

I can’t not go as her disciple.

A day later, Raphael-nim prepared the carriage as she had told me.

Moreover, she also prepared quite luxurious-looking clothes so that I wouldn’t be looked down upon.

From the clothes to the carriage, it feels like I’m a son going to school for the first time and being taken care of.

Then, is Raphael-nim my mom?

Her son won’t go hungry.

,I’ll be back.

,Okay, have a good trip.

With Raphael-nim’s send-off, the carriage moved.

Come to think of it, it’s my first time riding a carriage.

But it’s just a carriage made by uncivilized people from another world.

I thought my butt would soon be smashed to pieces, and I’d be whining again.

And a little later, I completely retract that thought.

This carriage.

It’s definitely not an ordinary carriage.

Wheels that roll without a problem even on unpaved roads and a stable interior.

And even incredibly comfortable chairs.

This carriage surpassed all the vehicles I’ve ever ridden in my life.

I’m originally someone who suffers from terrible motion sickness.

The fact that I’m not getting motion sickness shows how comfortable this carriage is.

,This is definitely made with magic.

,You’re stating the obvious as if you just realized it.

Aransel, who was riding next to me, showed an absurd reaction.

Uncivilized people from another world don’t understand the sensibilities of modern people.

Sohan was sleeping in the carriage, snoring again.

Judging by the scent of perfume, he slept with a woman again.

And the scent has changed.

That probably means the person has changed too.

He’s amazing.

Nothing Sohan does is surprising.

What’s more surprising is that they can even make a carriage like this with magic.

I should have learned magic after all.

Instead of trash-like holy magic that can’t even save one person.

It’s just sad that I have the talent of a Rank 1 Holy Magic User.

Before I knew it, the carriage began to pass through the metropolitan area.

It’s a city a little far from Valterion, so if I had to say, it feels like Gyeonggi Province.

Is it because it’s a noble-style luxury carriage? I was getting a lot of attention the whole way.

People from another world are blankly staring at the carriage.

Uncivilized people from another world, this is the difference between you and me.

Succumb to my sense of superiority.

Then Aransel nudged my arm with her shoulder.

,Harua, your eyes look strange.

,Ah, people from another world, this is called superiority.

,You’re saying strange things again.

,Look at the window, everyone is looking up at me so dumbly.

,…Aren’t they looking at the carriage instead of Harua?

,It’s the difference in status.

,But Harua isn’t a noble?

,I am a Transferee.

Aransel looked at my boasting with disdain.

,By the way, there are also Transferees mixed in among the onlookers. Transferees and people from another world are the same.

Aransel is trying to fool me with lies.

All I see are uncivilized people from another world.

,Look closely, especially that person, anyone can tell he’s a Transferee.

A man in rags is yelling at the store owner.

The store owner looked at him with disgust.

That store was a cheap store famous for discriminating against Transferees.

,A figure that doesn’t compromise with injustice. A great attitude as a Transferee.

,Right now, it looks like he’s stealing bread from the store and running away. The Transferee crime rate has increased slightly again.

,A figure that confronted discrimination head-on. A great example of a Transferee.

,…Since when did you become such a Transferee supremacist?

I’m not particularly a Transferee supremacist.

I’m just trying to beat that fucking racist Aransel.

Aransel looked at me with even more disdain.

Has my score finally dropped in Aransel’s eyes?

But soon after, a laugh that Aransel couldn’t hold back flowed from her mouth.

,Because Harua keeps saying such bizarre things, I keep saying strange things too.

Even so, Aransel had a relieved expression.

,Still, it’s nice that I don’t have to hide my true feelings thanks to you.

Aransel still hates Transferees.

But revealing it is not the right thing to do.

But it was different in front of me.

After all, I hate people from another world.

I don’t really care if she reveals her feelings of hating Transferees in front of me.

After all, it’s just a person from another world, who I hate anyway, discriminating against Transferees as they always do.

Is that why?

Aransel had a comfortable face because she didn’t have to hide her feelings of hating Transferees.

Ironically, it was the same for me.

The world has a much higher percentage of people from another world than Transferees.

If I went somewhere and made a statement hating people from another world, I’d be ganged up on and beaten to a pulp by the Black Dawn.

So, it was all something I had only thought about in my head.

Aransel and I made eye contact.

I realized once again how messed up our relationship is.

While Aransel and I were bickering to the sound of Sohan’s snoring, the carriage arrived.

A luxurious building clearly detached from the surrounding buildings.

It was a building that, just a few months ago, I wouldn’t have dared to look at without getting beaten up by the security guards.

In front of it, in a large carriage parking lot, were lined up luxury carriages like the one I came in.

Those carriages are like Ferraris here.

I can tell how elite the Star Cluster Society meeting is.

Looking at it again, I’ve been connected to an incredible relationship.

I should be grateful to that Bulldog Ajusshi who connected me to this relationship.

It’s been a while since I visited that person.

I’ve been too busy lately to even say hello.

He said he’d invite me to his son’s wedding, so I think I’ll be hearing from Raphael-nim soon.

,Ahem, um, have we arrived?

Just then, Sohan woke up, swallowing a yawn.

He looked at me and Aransel and smiled.

,Good morning.

,It’s night.

,Minor details don’t matter.

Morning and night weren’t important to him.

,Harua-nim, Sohan-nim, Aransel-nim, we have arrived.

The coachman knocked and opened the door.

Thanking him for his hard work, I got out of the carriage.

Then the splendid exterior of the building was more visible.

I wonder who the building owner is here.

It doesn’t seem easy to manage the building.

Moreover, perhaps because of the splendid exterior, my petty bourgeois nature keeps coming out.

To be honest, I feel pressured to go in.

I suddenly feel like going home.

Then Aransel grabbed my arm tightly and pulled me.

The soft touch wrapped around my entire arm and teased my brain.

Is this mind magic?

Aransel’s face was visible.

Her face was full of a devilish smile.

,Until just now, you were saying that Transferees are superior and all that.

Aransel noticed my petty bourgeois attitude.

,Let’s go in with confidence.

This fucking racist.

,Harua, what is this?

At that moment, Sohan’s eyes lit up.

He was looking back and forth between me and Aransel.

Sohan is overflowing with sexual desire.

Aransel doesn’t like him, but her heart is a separate matter.

It would be troublesome if Sohan got jealous seeing that Aransel and I have become close.

,Sohan.

Before I could make any excuses, Sohan wrapped his arm around my other arm.

,Immediately, take him into custody.

These damn bastards.

I was dragged inside by Aransel and Sohan.

There was no way I could beat those two physical powerhouses with my strength.

Now that it’s come to this, I should go and recite all of Raphael-nim’s great points.

Raphael-nim also didn’t want her face to be tarnished, so that should solve it.

The building’s interior was as luxurious as its exterior.

They’re all luxury items that would cost a fortune to touch.

My body shrinks on its own.

Harua, calm down.

You’re not a born petty bourgeois.

I can’t live being intimidated forever.

I straightened my back confidently.

So what if it’s expensive.

If I accidentally break something, our Raphael-nim mom will compensate for it.

Leaving the repayment to others made me feel much more comfortable.

,Welcome to the Star Cluster Society.

Led by Aransel and Sohan, I arrived at the entrance, and the receptionist bowed.

I broke free from the two people’s restraints and straightened my clothes.

,Um, thank you.

The receptionist looked at me with a slightly puzzled expression, but opened the door without saying anything.

Aransel and Sohan had bored faces, but I ignored them and confidently moved forward.

The interior of the Star Cluster Society’s party hall had a glass ceiling.

It seems to be structured so that you can look up at the sky, and the roof can be re-covered.

Inside, most of them were my age or children.

Well, it’s a gathering of disciples from various regions.

The average would be those who have just become adults or are younger than that, rather than adults who are already old.

,Oh, Aransel.

,Aransel, long time no see!

As soon as Aransel entered, many disciples expressed their joy at seeing her.

Aransel smiled naturally as she looked at them.

That smile was the business smile she often gave in front of Raphael-nim and Soun.

,I know. It’s been a while, everyone.

Aransel skillfully received their greetings.

Sohan slyly scanned the hall with his eyes.

,Hoo.

Then his face gleamed.

It seems he found a pretty woman.

He’s always chasing after women.

That’s probably why Aransel hates him even more.

More than that, I could feel that the gazes directed at us weren’t friendly.

The children welcomed Aransel, but they didn’t seem to welcome Sohan.

The reason was soon clear.

,A new Transferee?

,It seems there’s someone with strange hobbies again.

I could feel the gazes whispering as they looked at me.

Most of the guys here were uncivilized people from another world.

So, Transferees like me and Sohan were very noticeable.

It seems that it’s rare for a person from another world to take in a Transferee as a disciple.

Well, it’s a world where Transferee hatred is rampant.

In a place like this, everyone must be the children of some noble.

And usually, they don’t take Transferees as direct disciples.

Raphael-nim and Soun just have very unique tastes.

I was going to build some connections, but.

It seems a bit difficult.

,I don’t see many people I know.

At that time, Sohan said casually.

,Sohan, what do you mean by people you know?

,It’s not like there aren’t any Transferees like us. I thought those guys would come this time, but it seems they’re not here today.

Was that so.

It seems that the information Aransel was supposed to find out for me was about the Transferees.

I can see Aransel diligently gathering information.

I should leave the information gathering to Aransel.

I cleanly gave up on getting along with the other disciples.

Goodwill is something that can be built from zero.

Building it up from the negatives is close to impossible.

Especially in a closed space like this, there will be a wall between Transferees and people from another world.

I don’t have the power to break that down.

Aransel also seemed to know that, and she gave me an apologetic look during the conversation.

I waved my hand, telling her not to worry.

It’s not like I didn’t expect it.

,Harua, did you see the woman serving food a little while ago?

At that time, Sohan casually spoke to me.

Sohan’s face was shining brightly.

It’s the unchanging gaze of a sexual desire incarnate.

Was there a server who was more beautiful than the disciples?

,Go ahead.

,Good luck.

He gave me a thumbs up and left.

In the meantime, I moved to a corner, avoiding people’s eyes.

Fortunately, the set-up food table wasn’t far away, so I could easily scoop some onto a plate and take it.

I listened to the children’s chatter with one ear and let it flow out the other.

,Hello.

While I was happily choosing luxury food, someone spoke to me at that moment.

When I turned my gaze, there was a pretty girl there.

She wasn’t as much as Aransel, but she seemed to have a fairly outstanding appearance even among the disciples.

The girl, who had red hair and tied it up with a pin with a bird drawn on it, was an Inhuman.

She smiled at me.

,You’re Raphael-nim’s disciple, right?

I never thought there would be a person from another world who would talk to me first.

,Ah, yes.

,I heard about it last time. The news that you and Aransel-nim rescued the people on the airship. The Star Cluster Society is in an uproar about it today.

No wonder there were so many people around Aransel.

It seems that everyone wanted to talk about that story, so they flocked to Aransel.

,So I came to talk to the other heroes too. Everyone is still having a hard time because it’s the first time they’ve met you.

She covered her mouth and smiled softly.

Anyone can tell that they’re not coming because they don’t like Transferees, but she’s expressing it as if they’re having a hard time.

Is her head a flower garden?

,Ah, um, your name is.

,I’m Harua.

,Harua-nim, I’m Babiienne Asteria.

She has a family name.

She’s a noble.

,I heard that you recently became Raphael-nim’s new disciple, and you’ve achieved really great achievements.

,It wasn’t a big deal.

,No, it’s not. Rumor has it that the airship crash was a major crime!

It’s spread that far.

The power of rumors is strong.

,You’re really amazing. I heard that Raphael-nim’s previous disciple was very lacking. Raphael-nim must be relieved now!

Babiienne smiled brightly.

What the fuck is this bitch babbling about right now?