episode_0044

Right after parting ways with the people at the top of the tower.

I pondered over Lord Meltas’s last words.

‘I will give you a message once the story of the reward for solving the Didoa incident and becoming a supporter of the Tower is finished.’

It was a satisfying tour of the Magic Tower. There were a lot of events, but I also gained a lot.

We have had good contacts with the people in charge of Matap in many ways, and it is virtually certain that we will further develop a good relationship with Matap.

The day that either of those two things are resolved, my identity will be guaranteed by the Magic Tower.

Not only will you be treated better than an illegitimate child, but you will also be treated better than an ordinary noble.

For example, I now had two choices.

Sit still and wait for the message to come from the tower.

Do something until the message comes from the rooftop.

I am Risir. I became a man whom the Master courted and the Magic Tower was anxious about, but unfortunately, the fact that I was unemployed and unemployed remained the same.

I’ve been building a good relationship with Matap for the past few days, but in other words, my job search has been pushed back to that level because I’m building a good relationship with Matap.

When I think of Pien and Rona, who got jobs on the first day and became independent after saving the long-term lives of people, I get anxious and wonder if it was right to wait for good fortune to arrive from the rooftop.

However, it is also true that the quality of jobs can vary greatly depending on whether or not the roof is secured.

‘Why don’t you ask Sir Meltas or Miss Didoa to write a letter of recommendation?’

I had that thought for a moment, but-

“…No.”

When I think about it, that’s not true.

The guarantee of the two people who are the masters of the Magic Tower is not much different from the guarantee of the Magic Tower itself.

But the difference is that all my actions directly affect the guarantor’s reputation.

Over-dependence should be avoided, even if it means maintaining a constructive relationship with both people in the future.

“Let’s see… ”

I checked the condition of my pocket.

“At this rate, I think I can hold out for a few more days.”

Finally, I came to the conclusion that I should wait a few more days.

***

“You’re late, Matap… If I keep doing this, I’ll end up homeless?”

A week has passed.

There has still been no contact from the rooftop.

Of course, I haven’t been loafing around for the past week either.

Half of my waking hours were spent getting to know the geography and atmosphere of Bondales (not sightseeing), and the other half was spent convalescing from my sudden increase in strength.

My body was sore, so I also did some training.

If I had gone to the Magic Tower and received advice from Lord Meltas or sparred with Heinya, I would have gotten better results, but unfortunately, I am still an outsider. I can’t just come and go like it’s my own home just because I have a good relationship with a few people in the Magic Tower.

I felt that temptation for a moment.

Hey, you’re joining the Magic Tower?

Of course, it is not a matter of choice. Students at Matap periodically take something called a ‘written exam’.

If I, who has never read even a basic magic book, try to keep up with the magic tower’s writing level, won’t I end up eating books instead of food?

‘What made you apply to the Magic Tower?’

When asked the question

It was not something I could handle, to which I would answer, ‘money and power.’

“…”

I checked my wallet again.

“Slowly-”

It was a perfect time to question the speed of administrative work at the Tower of Eden.

Let’s do something at least.

With that thought, I left the room.

***

District 9.

An area where mainly well-off foreigners live.

The place I was staying was located in the 9th district of Bondales.

First of all, I admit it. I am far from financially well off.

Still, the reason I stay in this area is simple.

If I go down here, my fragile soul won’t be able to endure it.

My soul, which retains memories of my past life as a modern person and grew up in an aristocratic environment, was petite beyond imagination.

District 9. This will be my Maginot Line.

If the day comes when I have to go down to this lodging, won’t that be the day I sell my soul for money?

I don’t think I’m that unusual.

Pien went one step further than me and stayed in Ward 7, where wealthy merchants and nobles from other regions lived.

I heard that the guild master who started working as a counter clerk was a woman, and upon hearing Pien’s situation, she felt sorry for him and gave him a room.

‘Damn, I’m jealous.’

I wish I was a pretty girl who could tear down a house by stimulating the desire to protect.

…As I was walking with those thoughts, I already reached my destination.

[Padian’s Morning]

Even in the bustling 5th district where all sorts of fancy shops are gathered, this building with a particularly noticeable presence was a cafe.

In this world, cafes are not just places to pass the time drinking coffee, but also social gathering places where the city’s popular kids gather and socialize.

As such, it was known for being strict when it came to hiring its employees, but surprisingly, Rona was working as an employee at such a cafe.

As expected from the former Geum Tae-yang, who used to captivate people with his looks, aura, and eloquence, he seemed to be considered a high-ranking employee in the reception department.

Yesterday, Lorna came to my room before dinner and gave me a word.

He asked me to come visit the cafe where he works tomorrow when I have time.

So I stopped by for a bit before I started my full-fledged job search.

After all, this 5th district was also the area where several adventurer’s guilds were located.

Perhaps because it was still before lunch time, the cafe was quite quiet.

As I was looking around the inside of the store from outside, Geum Tae-ah (a blonde tanned girl) who was wiping the table noticed me and came out of the store right away.

“Oh, wow, you’re here!?”

The prickly Geum Tae-ah turned into a timid young lady the moment she met me.

Lorna greeted me with her characteristically sad, low voice.

“How is it? Are you having a good time?”

“…You call that talking??

It seems that Geum Tae-ah still hasn’t forgotten the glory of Geum Tae-yang.

Lorna turned her reproachful gaze toward me.

“You made me like this…”

“This is how it is. If anyone heard this, they’d think I ruined your life.”

“Isn’t it true that it was ruined…?”

“Usually, that’s called guidance. Education.”

“What…”

“Remember your old life. Sowing discord among others, attacking naked in the middle of the night to do good things, feeding potions, casting mind spells-”

“That, that’s…”

It was Geum Tae-ah who realized the human mind through teaching.

Rona, recalling her past disgrace, blushed in shame and fidgeted.

This was something that the shameless Golden Sun of old would have never imagined.

“On the other hand, look at you now. You are a proper cog in society, pursuing the virtue of labor. How sound are you? Be proud of yourself.”

“What’s there to be proud of… I was on the verge of becoming the 4th rank, but I ended up becoming a powerless woman…”

Lorna looked up at me cautiously.

“Oh, when are you going to give it back?”

“Give it back? What?”

“What! Of course it’s my power!”

“If you’re being nice- I could say that. I’ll just be honest, Lorna. I don’t know how to do that. It’d be faster if you started from scratch, right?”

“…Can I train?”

“Are you asking me that?”

“You are my master…”

“I never thought you’d follow me so obediently. Honestly, when I left you to be independent, I thought you’d just run away.”

“What if I run away and never get back to how I was…!”

“There’s no guarantee that you’ll be able to go back to normal just because you’re by my side – well, I don’t know. Do what you want.”

“…You clearly gave permission? Training? ”

It was good.

Lorna clenched her fists with a satisfied expression.

“So. What’s going on?”

“Huh?”

“Why did you call me to the cafe? Should I have a cup of coffee before I go?”

“No. It’s a different matter. Of course, if you drink coffee and go, I can’t stop you…”

“What is your business?”

“Ah! Hey, here-”

Lorna took a pouch out of her bosom and showed it to me.

“This week’s paycheck came out…”

“Oh, yeah. Congratulations. It’s your first payday. That’s great.”

And he doesn’t just take it out and show it to me, he hands it over to me as is.

“…So, why are you giving it to me?”

“You are my master. Set my living expenses here.”

Lorna waited for my distribution(?) with an expression that was half anticipation and half worry.

I feel confused.

I never imagined that I would become the owner of an automatic hunting game in my lifetime.

“What are you!”

It was then that an urgent voice was heard.

Before we knew it, the cafe customers’ attention was focused on us.

The bespectacled man, presumed to be the owner of the voice, strode toward us and stood in front of Rona.

As if protecting Rona from me.

“Ms. Rona, are you okay? Did this guy do something weird!?”

The man asked Rona in a heightened mood, as if he was intoxicated by himself.

“…”

In that moment, Rona’s appearance, which had been passive all along, suddenly changed.

“What are you talking about?”

“Yes?”

“Who asked you to help me? Why are you helping me in the first place? Do you know what this person did to me?”

A rough expression and a low voice.

Geum Tae-ah returned as Geum Tae-yang.

It seems that the former Geum Tae-yang’s pride was hurt by the situation where the man seemed to be protecting her.

“No, I- I thought this guy was embarrassing Ms. Rona…”

“What do you know? This guy is my-”

Lorna said that and looked at me.

“I’m your acquaintance.”

In the current situation, it would not have been good to reveal the fact that Rona was a slave, so she made a fuss like that.

“…That’s right, this guy is my acquaintance.”

Lorna agreed with me, her face brightening.

“You’re my acquaintance…? But why are you giving me money-”

“Is there a problem? I said I wanted to give it to you, so I’ll give it to you?”

Lorna took the momentum and pushed on.

Then, a voice was heard from the onlookers in the cafe who were getting closer.

-Did you just see that? That prickly Ms. Rona being so timid in front of a man.

-What happened? I never imagined that Ms. Rona would be captured and killed by a man.

All the guests were watching the current situation with excitement.

-What the hell is that guy…?

-There was a man with Ms. Rona…?

Some of them were so shocked that they felt as if they had been hit by the ‘golden sun’.

Lorna’s status in the cafe seemed higher than I expected.

-Looking at the way you’re stealing money, is it some kind of pillar guy?

But, wait a minute.

What? Pillar West?

“Anyway, it’s someone else’s business, so don’t worry about it.”

Rona glared at the bespectacled man.

“…”

Ankyungnam returned to the cafe with a face that looked like the world had collapsed,

He just turned around and left the place.

‘Why do I feel like I did something bad?’

It was quite disheartening to see men despairing over the delusion that they had been ‘smitten by the Golden Sun’.

But unlike me, Rona didn’t care one bit about other people.

“I’m sorry for getting you involved in trouble.”

Lorna looked at me with an awkward smile.

And after taking out only a few coins, he handed me the entire pouch.

“This is enough for me.”

“No, no, wait a minute.”

It’s true that I don’t have much money, but I wasn’t at the level of a slave who could hunt automatically.

I also like fried chicken more than chicken breast steak.

Besides, if you take money from here, you’ll be like a real pillar of society.

Rumors spread throughout Bondales.

“First of all, it’s your first paycheck. Okay?”

When I handed the bag back to her, Lorna opened her eyes wide in surprise.

“Thank you…”

“Why are you thanking me- Anyway. I’m going to go now before it gets any noisier. If you need anything else, you know where I’m staying? Come and tell me. ”

“…No, you’re a slave-”

Lorna smiled and waved her hand slightly.

With the other hand holding the pocket carefully.

***

“…”

Gardena.

He was looking straight ahead with a serious face.

-…!!! ~!!

-~~!!! ~!~!!

-…! …!~ ~~!!!

It was a rare sight.

The timid and fearful spirits played happily, not caring whether or not Gardena was approaching.

On a chair that was filled with the energy of ‘that human’.

It was a matter of elf pride.

No matter what happened, Gardena did not want to acknowledge what that chair meant.

But now didn’t seem to be the time to worry about pride.

The giant wearing a black robe spoke to Gardena.

“Their movements have been detected in Bondales. Kadena. Hurry up. No matter what happens, we must secure ‘it’ before they do. ”

“…”

After much thought, Gardena got up from her seat and prepared to leave the lab.

“Where are you going?”

The giant asked.

“It’s the top.”

“Matap?”

The giant’s sharp eyebrows created wrinkles.

As far as he knew, there was no wizard in the Magic Tower who dared to be more knowledgeable in elemental magic than the elves themselves.

Gaden added that he understood such a huge reaction and added an explanation.

“Master Meltas knows someone who can help with this.”

“Is that an elf we don’t know?”

“No. I’m the human who made that chair.”

“…?”

The giant looked at the ‘artifact’ containing the mysterious power in surprise.

“Did you just say that artifact was made by humans?”

“…That’s not an artifact or anything.”

“?”

***

Risir looked up at the building in front of him.

[Draphon Adventurer’s Guild]

It was one of the most renowned adventurer’s guilds based in Bondales.

The expression on Risir’s face as he looked at the building was very meaningful.

Within, he shook his head and burst into laughter.

“I thought so,” said Risir, who prided himself on his self-objectification.

“No matter what, it would be unconscionable for an illegitimate child to start his career at a large company.”

He took his eyes off the Draphon Adventurer’s Guild without much thought.

“There’s probably a dirt boots guild around here-”

As investigated by Risir.

If Drapon was an adventurer’s guild that was treated as a top tier 1 adventurer’s guild, then Earthen Boots was an adventurer’s guild that was treated as a second tier adventurer’s guild.

‘At that level, wouldn’t it be worth a try?’

It was at that moment that Risir was thinking that and was about to move forward.

“Hey, bro. What’s going on? Why did you come here and just leave?”

“Huh?”

A woman with a shaggy appearance approached Risir and spoke to him.

Her name is Kella.

He was an adventurer belonging to the Drapon Adventurer’s Guild.

“Isn’t there something you need to do for our guild?”

“Oh, by any chance-”

“My name is Kella. I belong to the Drapon Adventurer’s Guild.”

Kella was full of pride as she revealed her affiliation and offered a handshake.

“Ah, my name is – Risir. I’m from the Drapon Guild – How amazing.”

“Hahaha, I won’t deny it. I’m a bit great. So, Risir. I’ll ask again – Didn’t you have some business in our guild? You must have had a hard time getting there, so why are you just going back?”

“That’s-”

“If you have a request to take on, I will tell you confidently. Don’t hesitate and go in. Draphon will never disappoint.”

“…Actually, it’s the opposite.”

“Against?”

“I was trying to find out if there was any commission I could take on.”

“…Ha!”

Kella, who understood what Risir was saying a beat slower, burst into laughter.

“What, bro. You were an adventurer?”

“To be precise, let’s call them applicants.”

“No… No. I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Is that so?”

Kella smiled bitterly and looked Risir up and down.

A pretty appearance and a light atmosphere.

Although his body seemed to be quite well-trained, he did not have the violent aura that an adventurer must have.

“I’ve been rolling around in this industry for quite some time, right? So, now you can tell just by looking at it? Bro. In my opinion, Bro, you’re not the type of person to roll around in this industry.”

“Does it look like that?”

“Ah! By the way, this isn’t an insult, it’s a compliment? This adventurer industry, contrary to the romantic rumors going around, is a completely dirty industry. It’s like a sewer where all kinds of bottom-tier people roll around?”

Kella patted Risir’s arm friendly.

“This is a job that only those who think they can’t do anywhere else can do. In my opinion, Hyung-ssi doesn’t fit into our industry. He’s cute and handsome. His words and actions give off a sense of class. I guarantee you, you won’t last a week and run away from this industry.”

“Is that so…?”

Although it was well-intentioned, the advice could easily be interpreted aggressively.

However, seeing Risir’s sincere and thoughtful appearance, Kella thought again.

Ah! This one really won’t do!

Kella couldn’t just leave such a cute(?) guy to rot away pointlessly in a dumpster.

It was just as she was about to open her mouth to persuade.

“…”

Suddenly, Risir’s expression became serious and he entered the alley.

“Huh? Brother? Brother! What’s going on?”

Kella follows him hurriedly, feeling worried.

“…!”

How long has it been since I entered the alley?

An alien sight unfolded before them.

“Wolf?”

It was a young wolf that had not yet fully grown.

Surrounding the wolf were strange men who were completely hidden by their black robes.

“…”

The thugs who sensed the presence turned their gaze towards the two people.

A brief exchange of glances –

A strange man drew an unusually shaped sword and charged at Risir.

‘Hurry up!’

The villain was far more skilled than she had expected.

Those body movements.

Maybe he’s a third-tier powerhouse.

“Rishir, back off!”

Kella immediately drew her sword to protect Risir.

The villain was a formidable opponent even with Kella’s party members present.

He is not an opponent you can fight with a wart on your back.

‘I have to somehow create an opportunity and escape!’

It was the moment when Kella made up her mind.

-puck!

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew and the man running towards Risir was blown away and slammed into the wall.

“Cough!”

He was struck in the back and back of the head, and lost consciousness as he exhaled all the remaining air from his lungs.

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

In that sudden situation, not only Kella but also the other villains could not hide their bewilderment.

In fact, it was equally embarrassing for Risir.

Risir prided himself on his self-objectification.

I was wrong.

Risir’s standards and intuition were far from what he had thought.

Most people in the world do not have the mental sensitivity to gauge another person’s level at a glance.

Like a guild master of assassins who hide their identities, a sorcerer protected by a necromancer, a master of the magic tower, a genius wizard, or an elf who has lived for over a hundred years.

However, Risir, whose senses had been derailed as much as possible through several special experiences, thought.

‘What? Didn’t you rush in because you had some belief in him?’

Risir immediately judged the level of the villain who had rushed at him.

It was the beginning of the third level.

Since such a villain was rushing at him with such confidence, he thought he had a secret plan hidden away.

So I immediately unleashed my power, and what the-

“What, what did you do…?”

The difference in horsepower is this big, so you’re just going to charge in without any countermeasures?

Risir asked with a look on his face that said he didn’t understand English.

“…”

The villains’ expressions suddenly crumpled.