episode_0138

Privy Councillor Tom Glaisher.

The two conditions he set in exchange for his asylum to the Tetracaine Society.

First, it will turn you into a vampire.

“….”

A brief moment of silence.

Second, I will make myself an unofficial director of the Tetracaine Association.

When both conditions were revealed, everyone in the living room did the same thing.

Watch Lund’s reaction.

“Lund, how are you?”

“Hmm….”

She had the appearance of a wolf.

Strictly speaking, it wasn’t a wolf, but anyway, I could tell after spending a long time with Lund in that form.

I mean the meaning of that subtle expression.

A troubled expression on her face that she rarely sees.

“I don’t know about the second one, but the first one is ambiguous.”

“I actually thought the second condition was ambiguous.”

“If it’s someone like the Privy Councilor, that level of treatment is not a waste. Considering that the author knows the inside information and influence of the association, it comes with it.”

Sylvia’s question was neatly resolved.

“Why is the first one difficult?”

“Blood brothers are not just sworn brothers. It is a kind of oath engraved in blood.”

“Ah.”

In such cases, it is usually complicated to release it.

But there was something Lund forgot. No matter how strong the second place was, he was still just a true ancestor.

I am a bloodline!

He whispered cautiously into Lund’s ear, though it seemed like it might be audible to others.

“Isn’t it okay since my bloodline is higher than the second place?”

“….”

It is uncertain whether the Privy Councilor is aware of this part.

If his information power is that great, he would know that I am not the real Jinjo but the blood lord.

Meanwhile, Lund seemed to think it was worth a try.

“Chris, then I have a favor to ask this time.”

“Okay!”

That Privy Councilor guy is so lucky.

For now, I decided to accept both of his conditions.

“So what should I do now?”

“Wait a minute.”

That wasn’t all there was to the message I got through the terminal.

It contained instructions on how to contact the Privy Councilor temporarily if the two conditions were agreed to.

“Wait a minute. It’s already 3 in the morning. Would you accept it if I said I would do it now?”

David, who had been holding back his words, pointed to his watch.

However, Sylvia and Johnny responded that it might be okay since they were even planning something like this.

“Let’s just try it.”

Lund and I followed the written instructions exactly. Finally, we called a specific number.

“….”

Then, a hologram of the Privy Councilor appeared above the terminal.

“Your response was later than I expected.”

I didn’t really like what he said from the beginning.

But on the outside, he seemed like a nice old man.

“First of all, I would like to apologize for this incident.”

“Huh?”

The Privy Councilor’s hologram quickly bowed its head and showed us the client’s serial number.

“I am the one who requested to kill you. As you all probably already know, ”

“….”

The Privy Councillor looked at me and Lund in turn and said:

“Does your attempt to contact me mean that you agree to both conditions?”

“Yeah.”

Lund’s answer was succinct.

Even I, standing next to him, can’t help but wonder if it’s okay to do that.

“However, there is something to explain about the first condition first.”

“What is it?”

***

The Privy Councilor’s black eyes seemed to shine.

Well, it’s only natural since it’s a chance to become a vampire, something I couldn’t do even while working with the second place.

“It’s not Lund, it’s me who turns you into a vampire.”

“…I don’t care who can become a vampire.”

It seemed like he was really sincere.

Is it that you don’t want to grow old? I’m not sure what to say since I haven’t lived to that age.

In fact, even if you weren’t that old, the idea of having an immortal body would certainly sound quite appealing.

“So where are you now?”

“I will send you the coordinates.”

Separate from the Privy Councilor’s hologram, another hologram appeared showing a map of the city.

“Oh, what is it? It’s in the south.”

“There’s no better place to escape the Association than the South.”

The influence of the anti-Lidocaine forces is distributed in the eastern and southern parts of the city.

It seems that they thought the south was safer in terms of distance.

Lund was silent for a moment. That didn’t mean she wasn’t thinking.

Even at this very moment, lights were flickering here and there on the small chip on my temple.

“A person will go to the corresponding coordinates.”

“Then I guess I can rest easy now.”

According to Lund, it appears that the Southern Master of Maguspol, William Stoltz, was the one who made the move.

That Privy Councilor must be someone who can be directly controlled by the Dean of the Royal Academy.

“The first condition will be fulfilled as quickly as possible.”

“I don’t care. It’s better if you get it done quickly.”

The Privy Councillor simply nodded in response to Lund and I.

“Oh, wait a minute. I have a question.”

“Please speak.”

“…Have you heard the story about the second place trying to become a wise man?”

The person behind this fake news seemed to be someone else, but I asked just in case.

“Huh? This is my first time hearing about this.”

The Lord Chancellor looked as if what I had just said was not worth discussing.

“There’s a rumor going around.”

“It’s just a rumor that you don’t need to listen to. Even though I’m a weirdo who doesn’t know where the second place will go, one thing is certain.”

“I’m not a fool who would step forward and create trouble. Why would I go out of my way to come out into the light when it’s enough to exert influence in the shadows?”

The Privy Council added that the Church was involved.

The question is whether the church will just sit back and watch a wise man of vampire origins be born.

His words certainly made sense. During the turning points of Dream City, there were often instances where vampires became wise men.

Second place, Lund. Or any other vampire.

In that case, the reaction of the church was very violent. I remember that at this stage, if not careful, the conflict between the church and vampires that had ended could have been rekindled.

“Hmm. Is that so?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The Privy Councillor added as if he were certain.

***

I’ve checked what I need to check, so I’m going to leave now.

“Lund, I’ll leave the rest to you.”

“Yeah.”

He left the place coolly.

If there’s anything important to say, I’ll tell Lund or Sylvia later.

Ray and Sheila naturally followed me to my room.

“Oh, how have you both been?”

“Yes!”

As soon as I entered the room, I could see Jang Gun-i sprinkling food into Midas’ food bowl.

Midas was wagging his tail, even though it was clearly not his first time eating feed today.

“Nothing happened while I was away, right?”

“….”

The general didn’t answer right away. Something happened!

“General?”

When I asked again, the general pointed to the feed with his index finger.

“I tried it because I was curious about the taste.”

“Huh?!”

The three people, except General Lee and Midas, were astonished.

“No, why are you eating that!”

I checked whether the general ate raw food or dry food.

Fortunately, it appears to be dry food.

“Phew… That’s a relief.”

“General, that’s something only Midas eats, so we can’t eat it.”

While I was sighing in relief, Sheila sat General Lee down next to me and started explaining things to him.

“Ray, you sit here too.”

“Huh?”

It’s not like I didn’t have a separate chair in my room.

But it’s a bit weird for Ray to sit on a separate chair!

Ray hesitated at first, but when I urged him, he reluctantly sat down next to me.

Either way, Midas was very busy eating the food in the bowl.

“Every time I see Midas, he always seems to be eating something.”

“…Isn’t that right, not the same thing?”

When I answered with a somewhat serious expression, Ray smiled slightly.

“By the way, how’s your office doing these days?”

“Our office? Oh, you mean the new employees?”

I once bought orc slaves from the slave market run by Sebastian, aka the Grove Avenue Supermarket, and sent them to the Ildong office.

It was an action done purely at Ilseong’s request.

“How many guys said they would stay in your office?”

“Still, I think there are more than ten. The rest… didn’t seem to have any intention of becoming problem solvers.”

Listening to Ray’s story, it seems that the orc slaves who did not join the Ildong Office were not disposed of… as expected.

In the first place, Il-seong himself was a dog-fighting dog owner, so there’s no way he would do something like that.

Instead, Ilseong gave them freedom to live as they wanted.

“Hmm… No matter what, it would have been better if we were all in the office.”

They are also my subordinate forces.

“Well, that’s up to them.”

***

Freedom means choosing and taking responsibility for your own life.

Now that they have been freed from slavery, they must accept the consequences of their own choices.

“Oh, by the way, I feel like all the energy is draining from my body.”

“I rode a flying car in the middle, but I kept flying. It wasn’t impossible.”

Ray said that and told me that I had a hard time.

“What about the hardships? It was Ray, who was from a different office, who did the hardships.”

It was fortunate that the Ildong office was a subsidiary of the Blue Heart office.

I sat on the bed and leaned back.

“Whoaaaa!”

“Gyah!”

When he suddenly lay down, Sheila and Janggun, who were within range, were startled.

“Chris, you surprised me!”

“Sorry, sorry.”

But it seems that an apology wasn’t enough.

Sheila and Janggun immediately clung to me.

“Eww!”

Before I could even ask Ray for help, I was crushed by them both.

These! Only in times like this, they are not in their true form, but in their personified form!

“Kuaaak! Ray! Midas! Help me!”

Of course, Midas was busy eating his own food.

It seemed like he finally raised his head after hearing my voice.

“Do both in moderation. You’re probably already tired.”

Ray didn’t come forward directly, but he said something to Sheila and the General on my behalf.

“I know that too.”

Sheila, who had carried out the request with me, let me go first.

I don’t know about 2 vs 1, but it’s a different story when the general is alone!

“This guy!”

I took the general by surprise. If he had been wearing a suit, I would have fondled the exposed parts of his thighs.

“Oh, wait. This is not the time.”

“Why?”

“I have someone to contact.”

Aka Aima.

Now our Cyclops informant is on our side.

I tried to communicate with her directly.

“What’s going on?”

“Oh, I have something to say.”

She also had a grudge against the person behind the last incident. It would be natural, considering he was holding her family hostage.

“1st and 5th place will probably help me with this.”

“…Those two people?”

Two victims of Aima’s fake information. The 1st and 5th ranked problem solvers in Magusfall.

Aima seemed very nervous even without that.

No matter how much of a threat there was, it was clear that she had deceived those two.

“Don’t be so nervous. Rather, if the two of you knew the situation, wouldn’t you understand?”

“That would be fortunate, though.”

It seemed like Aima was very worried.

“I’ll contact them separately. So for now, I’ll ask you to investigate together with them.”

If possible, it would have been better if the Privy Councillor had a connection with the person behind the fake information.

It was most likely the wise man of the North.

The question is, if he is the culprit, what is his motive?

If you truly wish for our and the Association’s mutual destruction… we can’t just let it go.

I thought that since I was a wise man and a bloodline lord, I could handle it somehow.

Now, it clearly has several subordinate powers under its control.

“…Okay.”

I ended the call, satisfied with Aima’s answer.

“Was that guy your source just now?”

“Yeah, the Cyclops who cheated on 1st and 5th place.”

Although it wasn’t intentional, I thought it could be considered an achievement of some kind.

“Ray.”

“Huh?”

“You too, lie down comfortably.”

“Uh….”

***

It seemed like it would be difficult to get there.

You said you liked me so much, but now you’re embarrassed. That shows you’re still a child.

“Oh, I have to do as you say.”

In times like these, it would be right to show the dignity of an elder.

I grabbed Ray by force and made him lie down on his back with me.

“It’s comfortable because it’s soft.”

“…Yeah.”

Ray was momentarily embarrassed. It seemed that since it had come to this, he had decided to give up resisting me.

Lying on my bed in my room, I listened to Midas continue to eat his food…

I suddenly felt hungry. And why am I craving Korean food at this time of the year?

I wasn’t really into it normally.