episode_0048

Alcohol, gambling, women.

There are three major elements that make up Mangnani, called Jusaekjapgi (酒色雜技).

‘Mom, when I grow up, I’m going to be a bastard!’

If your child talks like this, just tell him to be friendly with the three elements above and that’s it.

However, what Siron is trying to do is to lower the favorability of NPCs in order to lower his prestige value, not to become a real asshole.

About a month ago, Siron began eating alone at one of the main building’s restaurants.

“Hmm…”

Siron stared at the meat in front of him, then stretched out his knife and fork.

I didn’t even apply much force, but the meat cut on its own.

When you use a fork to cut a piece that is just right for putting in your mouth, the juice comes out.

“…”

The herbs sprinkled to remove unpleasant odors made their presence known, but that did not hide the unique flavor of the meat.

The wild flavor that fills your nasal passages combined with spicy spices,

It was a dish so delicious that it made him smile, but Siron gritted his teeth and suppressed the smile that was about to spread.

“Confucius, I tried changing the spices as you said last time…”

Was it because he saw Siron’s frowning expression?

The young man was frozen with his hands clasped in front of him.

The person in front of Siron was [Excellent Chef Hearst], who would be in charge of cooking at the mansion 10 years later.

Although he was still a youthful young man, his cooking skills were just as delicious as those cooked by the chef himself, even after he got off his apprenticeship.

“The scent is okay. It’s okay…”

Unfortunately for him,

Siron did not prepare this event to praise him.

“The taste is so good…”

“…Really?”

“It’s like a dog.”

Of course, nothing good came out of Siron’s mouth, which was determined to lower his favorability.

“I should have told you to cook it a little more in the middle, right?”

Siron showed him the cross section of the meat and pressed his fingers into it.

“Look at this blood. The meat is so undercooked that it feels alive right now.”

The bright red color aroused the appetite, and transparent meat juice that could not even be called blood flowed out, but Siron insisted that the meat was undercooked.

“Sorry, sorry. It’s because I’m not good at practicing.”

Hearst bowed his head without even checking properly.

Siron pretended not to care whether he bowed down or not and poured the wine from the glass onto the meat.

Just like that, the meat that looked so appetizing turned purple and there was no way to even check if it was cooked properly.

Siron put the remaining wine in his glass to his mouth and swallowed it.

“Cook it again and bring it back. Right now.”

“Yes…!”

Hearst stormed out of the restaurant as if his feet were on fire, and the house maids cleaned up the table, unable to hide their discomfort.

Siron left them alone and took out a notebook and pen from his arms.

[Being crazy about good food✓]

*

Private tutoring room located on the second floor of the main building.

Siron moved to another location to do his next stupid thing.

Flowers were in full bloom all over the mansion, and a warm breeze tickled youthful cheeks through the wide open windows.

“W, the important part here is the year 322 of the imperial calendar. At this time, the nobles of the Bemir region united and established a city-state…”

On a day that was perfect for such an outing, Siron was taking a class that couldn’t be called very interesting.

In fact, when trying to express the current situation, saying that I was taking a class was inaccurate.

Siron was not only not interested in the words of the woman who was currently teaching the class in front of him, but was just ignoring them.

“Ta, therefore, the Principality of Litricia, which was a military power in the southern region, increased its military, and this caused small-scale friction to this day… and it remains a disputed area…”

It was ridiculous to spend so much time taking a class you didn’t want to take, but it’s a different story if the person in front of you is a likable NPC.

[Part-time instructor Echidna]

Echidna, an NPC that can often be encountered in the Academy area, is currently 10 years before the start of the original work. I was acting like a slave under the guise of being an undergraduate research student.

Because he was so young, Shiron had no idea how to approach her, but surprisingly, summoning Echidna was easy.

When I sent a letter to her advisor saying, ‘I would like to have a student in your lab as a tutor,’ he ended up welcoming me with open arms.

So now,

Over a period of about a month, Siron’s favorability for her continued to decline.

Shiron stared at Echidna, who was writing something on the blackboard.

If I had to describe her, she was like a girl drawn from a painting.

Her purple hair is completely unmaintained, her dark circles are sagging, and her clothes are vintage, to put it mildly.

The white blouse without any frills was slightly worn at the edges, and the skirt she had chosen to wear was not ironed properly, so it was clearly wrinkled here and there.

Just by looking at her, she is a pitiful woman who is clearly struggling with her circumstances.

Her simple appearance without any makeup, combined with her very nervous face, brought to mind the term ‘slutty, sullen woman.’

I wonder if I am quite concerned about the theory of poetry that seems to show no interest in class. Even as she wrote on the blackboard, she kept glancing in this direction.

“I…”

For a long time,

Echidna, gloomy as if drawn from a painting, turned towards Shiron, as if she had made a firm decision.

“Go, Confucius. Ho, by any chance… are you not enjoying my class? If you’re not having fun, you should stop for today…”

To Echidna, who rolled her eyes back and forth and wanted to get out of the situation, Siron sneered and said that she was right.

“Do you think your class will be fun?”

“Oh, no.”

“Then just keep going.”

“Yes…”

Echidna lowered her head and continued writing again. The gloom became so deep that I could see her likeability was dropping.

“Hwaam…”

Echidna frowned at the sound of yawning coming from behind.

‘That kid… why are you fucking with me…!’

Echidna let out a deep sigh and remembered how this happened.

‘I thought the conditions were really good…’

Echidna regretted her actions in the past.

Even if the job was to teach self-control to a noble family, I should have looked into it when the salary was suspiciously high, but I wanted to kill my past self for thinking it was right.

I couldn’t quit the job because it was introduced by my advisor.

Echidna slowly turned her head and looked at Shiron.

The boy, who was leaning on a chair and just looking out the window, had no writing utensil in front of him and only a reference book.

Echidna gritted her teeth at that immature behavior.

Crackling-

‘The damn kid is really… It’s not like he’s making fun of people! If you’re going to do this, why not just get fired?!’

“Hey.”

Of course, there was no way Siron couldn’t hear that sound.

Echidna looked back, startled by the mistake she had made.

“Yes, yes?!”

“The hand stopped. It’s not like I’m getting a penny or two. Do you want to do it roughly?”

“Oh, no!”

Echidna felt as if her stomach lining was being worn away day by day.

Only when class ended like that did Echidna enjoy the feeling of liberation.

But those feelings soon subsided.

It was because of the boy who approached her with a smile as she stretched.

“Yes, you did well in class today. See you again tomorrow.”

“…”

“If you don’t come, you’ll be left behind.”

“…”

“Answer.”

“Yes, yes…”

After completing the favorability task, Siron watched Echidna walking away and prepared to move to the next location.

*

An alley in a commercial district.

[Jackson, who has bad hand habits] wondered what kind of situation this was.

‘What is that bastard…’

This is because I encountered a situation where a kid who looked like a rich boy was wandering around the back alley without any escort.

He was wearing flawlessly well-tailored clothes, with flashy jewelry here and there, and a money pouch was jingling and shaking near his waist.

‘No matter how good the imperial capital’s security is, I can’t believe you came across to me in such a defenseless manner.’

A wry smile appeared on Jackson’s lips.

However, the line drawn on the mouth soon collapsed.

‘But… how was that kid able to come all the way here?’

Suddenly, a thought occurred to me.

I had to walk quite a distance from the central street where patrol teams regularly moved to this place where there were few people.

There were a few tough guys on this street other than myself, and it was impossible to get all the way here without running into them.

‘Is this a trap for the rich guys?’

Jackson immediately gave up his desire to get a share.

Originally, pickpocketing was a business that required careful observation of the other person. He, who had seen many seniors get their arms cut off after aiming for the strong master’s money pouch, closed his eyes and calmly passed by the boy.

however.

“Hey. Stop.”

“…Huh?”

“Yeah, you dude, you with brown seaweed hair. Stand there.”

A kid who was passing by called Jackson and stopped him.

Jackson turned his head stiffly and pointed at himself.

“Aren’t you the pickpocket Jackson? Why aren’t you doing anything?”

For a moment, Jackson couldn’t understand what the kid was talking about. Why are you telling me why I don’t empty my pockets now?

A laugh came out of Jackson’s dumbfounded mouth.

“Ha! I’m crazy. Would you rob a suspicious guy like you?!”

“…Okay, there’s no time, so just get the price first.”

Siron, a boy who came up with a money bag shaking, pulled the money bag and threw it at Jackson.

This was the fifth money bag.

When Jackson suddenly accepted the money bag,

slam-!

Siron ran like a tiger and slapped Jackson on the cheek.