episode_0021

Closing my eyes and getting up, I start my day.

I head to the first floor to eat magical soup and order some fancy bread.

Hmm, this is life.

Life of eating bread and soup in the morning.

Of course, it wasn’t as delicious as when Sylvia was around, but honestly, there wasn’t a huge difference.

It was a very subjective judgment.

My taste buds weren’t that sophisticated.

While eating bread and soup, I checked the gallery.

I was curious to see if there were any interesting posts today.

“Hmm… not many conceptual posts lately.”

To get a conceptual post, you need a lot of recommendations, and it seemed like the standard for recommendations had increased.

Perhaps it was because the Demon King had resurrected, so the post regeneration rate in the gallery had significantly increased.

As public opinion became a bit harsher, the utilization rate of the gallery, where people could talk without seeing each other’s faces, had also increased.

[But how’s the situation on the battlefield these days?][13]

[I want to make a corpse bomb aaaaa][0]

[What about the magician who hasn’t appeared in the tower? << What's up with that?][9]

[Magicians are so spineless, seriously want to bury their heads][14]

[I have a date with a guy, please recommend a restaurant (100 points)][6]

I checked each noticeable post one by one.

[Author: Modern Mercenary]

[Title: But how's the situation on the battlefield these days?]

[Content: I've been stuck at home these days, so how's everything going these days? Is it okay?]

L: It's okay, I guess? Seems fine.

ㄴ: Where are you stationed that you're saying it's just okay? ㅋㅋ It's really hellish here.

ㄴ: I envy you for not being in hell.

L: I don't know about other places, but my unit is fine. Yeah, things seem okay around Luceltan.

ㄴ: Luceltan can't not be okay in the first place, haha.

ㄴ: It's not like other places, Luceltan has so many mages and knights that it's strange if they can't protect it.

L: Kurothum is really hell these days.

ㄴPerus: Kurothum is really hell these days.

ㄴPerus: The demons keep coming without a break, and it's exhausting to defend the front line.

ㄴ: Why are you in that shithole ㅋㅋ It's really a crazy town.

ㄴPerus: It's my hometown.

ㄴ: Oh

ㄴ: Sh*t..

"Hmm."

Kurothum.

A rural area with many demons appearing, and the land is barren, so not many people live there.

However, with many adventurers around due to the high demon population, attacks by demons were almost non-existent.

"Sometimes there were reports of robberies happening.."

There weren't demon attacks, but the public safety wasn't that great, so occasional robberies did occur.

Reading the posts, it seemed like there was an increase in demons in Kurothum, leading to a chaotic public safety situation and the demons not being properly managed.

Well, I had no reason to go there.

It was a neighborhood completely unrelated to me.

Unless I received a request.

If it was urgent, a request might come all the way to Baruk.

With that thought in mind, I checked the next post.

[Author: Kokonanmae]

[Title: I want to make a corpse bomb aaaaa]

[Content: Ah, the ingredients are so abundant these days, lololol]

"Hmm."

People like this were the kind you hesitated to meet in person.

As far as I knew, this person was a necromancer.

Necromancers were completely shunned in this world.

But how on earth did they end up becoming a necromancer?

It's hard to understand.

Well, they must have had their reasons – but I was curious about the process.

What kind of circumstances led them down that path?

With these pointless thoughts, I immediately checked the next post.

[Author: Kootlou]

[Title: What about the magician who hasn't appeared in the tower? << What's up with that?]

L: Am I the only one bothered by this? It feels like there's something fishy going on, lol.

ㄴ쿠틀루: What's wrong with being a martial artist? Why are you only saying that to martial artists?

ㄴ: You know too.

ㄴ쿠틀루: Damn.

L: Stop bothering him, guys. He's working hard, you know.

ㄴ: Just because a beast trains, does it become human? Lol.

ㄴ: Seriously, you're being too harsh with your words.

L Perus: There are quite a few strong guys among the mages who don't come to the tower.

ㄴPerus: I almost got beaten by a mage who doesn't come to the tower last time.

Having finished the soup, he got up from his seat and went to the bathhouse.

He paid the fee and entered the bathhouse to enjoy the warmth.

Of course, he left his dimensional pocket in his room.

Just in case, he even cast a defensive spell before coming.

[Writer: Unfaithfulness is a sin]

[Title: Mages are so shameless, seriously want to knock some sense into them]

[Content: The title is just to grab attention. I'm currently doing volunteer work in Kurotome, and we need a lot of support due to a shortage of manpower. Please support us.]

L: This guy seems to have just written what he wanted to say, lol.

ㄴ: Yeah, lol.

L IllegalDeath: Damn, he just said what he wanted to say.

ㄴChowol: Lol.

ㄴ: Seriously, he just said what he wanted to say and suddenly asks for support, what's up with that?

L Perus: What's up, are you here?

ㄴUnfaithfulness is a sin: I have limited skills, but I am doing volunteer work here.

ㄴPerus: Then don't take money. If it's volunteer work, don't come and say you'll heal and then charge 10 gold each time.

ㄴUnfaithfulness is a sin: It's originally 50 gold, but I'm offering a discount.

ㄴPerus: 50 gold, huh. If I meet you, I'll cut off your balls, so don't get caught.

ㄴUnfaithfulness is a sin: Don't worry, you won't fall for that kind of trap.

ㄴ: Lol, what are these guys doing?

L: I don't know about the others, but Kurotome is getting serious these days.

ㄴ: Seriously, Kurotome is intense.

"Ah."

He checked his final post while soaking his body in the hot water.

[Writer: Assassin Master]

[Title: I have a promise with a guy, please recommend a lunch menu (100 points)]

[Content: As the title says, I have a promise with a guy, can you recommend a lunch menu? He seems to have lost his taste buds, so I want to feed him something delicious to open his eyes. Can you recommend something from Baroque?]

L: I don't really know Baroque, never been there. If there's a chain, Haraeng Hoegwan should be good too.

ㄴAssassin Master: Okay, I'll try going there.

ㄴ: Haraeng Hoegwan is delicious.

ㄴ: I've been there before and it was pretty good.

L: What kind of taste buds does he have to say they're lost, lol.

ㄴAssassin Master: No, it's serious.

How bad must his taste buds be to say that?

Normally, if he's your guy, you wouldn't say that much.

It seemed really serious.

With that thought, he closed the gallery and soaked his body a little warmer.

He didn't have the chance to do this at the inn.

Enjoying the bath, he got up from his seat, dried himself off, put on his clothes again, and went outside.

He always wore his necklace.

Just in case something unexpected happened.

"By the way, Kurotome… seems serious."

Since he decided to take a break today, it seemed like a good idea to go to the adventurer's guild tomorrow to check it out.

With that thought, he went to Amelia's general store in Baroque.

Last time, he didn't know that Assil was Sylvia and not her disciple.

Thinking about it now, he was lucky.

With that thought, he opened the door.

This time, just in case, he put up multiple layers of barriers before going in.

And then-

"Ah, hello..!"

Amelia came out, tidying her messy pink hair.

There was a reason why I came to see this person.

With a store this big, it seemed like they might have magic books too.

"Excuse me, do you have any spatial magic books here? I came to look for that."

There was no mention of spatial magic in the book Sylvia gave me.

So I had to look for it separately.

That was why I came to find Amelia.

"Ah.. We don't handle spatial magic here.."

"..Oh, then do you know how to obtain spatial magic? I need spatial magic, but I can't find a way to get it."

Amelia looked at me for a moment, then started speaking.

"You can learn spatial magic at the academy operated by the Tower of Magic. Or you can learn from rare books related to spatial magic that are sometimes found."

"Well.. then how do I get into the academy?"

It seemed a bit unrealistic for a mage not affiliated with the Tower to enter the academy to learn spatial magic.

My skills were still lacking.

And I didn't really like learning something in the first place.

But spatial magic seemed so convenient that I had to consider it.

Once I learned it, I could use it well in the future.

"First of all, for a mage not affiliated with the Tower to enter the academy, you need a letter of recommendation.. and you'll probably need about two platinum coins..?"

"Ah, I see."

At that moment, I cleanly gave up.

It seemed unrealistic for me to go to the academy to learn spatial magic.

I wasn't exactly rolling in money like other people.

Two platinum coins were equivalent to 2000 gold.

If you weren't wealthy, you couldn't attend the academy.

So it was best to give up.

Unless I started making a ton of money.