episode_0079

“They’re all so brutal? How about this?”

Hoyo recommends a vicious two-handed sword with saw-like teeth rather than a greatsword.

“Saw-blade weapons are good for taking the initiative in PvP, but they are difficult to manage in places like dungeons.”

“This looks good.”

The one Lulu chose was a stylish greatsword with a relatively thin blade.

“The destructive power will be weak. Large weapons have the destructive power that comes from mass and speed, but in my opinion, it’s more like a ceremonial weapon.”

Ion was evaluating the weapon with a fairly plausible opinion. Hela also seemed to agree with Ion, as she didn’t say much beside him.

“Look at this, it’s amazing!”

Bandi was looking closely at the large head of a two-handed axe. It wasn’t flashy, but it looked reliable.

“It doesn’t look bad to me either. But a two-handed axe might not fit well with the large-arms combat skills taught at the academy. It would have been nice if Hela had been a mercenary.”

“Then I guess I should focus on the greatsword.”

The night says so and examines the greatswords.

“It looks simple and nice.”

What the night noticed was a greatsword with a thick, dark blade that had no decorations at all.

“There’s no hilt. It’s plain and difficult to handle, but it definitely seems to have the advantage of being a ‘large weapon’.”

This time, Ion and Hela showed positive reactions. As for me, I tended to check the item specs that only I could see rather than the appearance.

The Night’s Greatsword has the most durability. It is twice as long as other large weapons on display, and its attack power is not bad. However, the lack of balance seems to be due to the ‘difficult to handle due to the lack of a hilt’ factor that Ion mentioned.

The unfortunate thing is that it is a non-magical weapon without any of the useful auxiliary magic that is available to other large weapons. However, Nana Lulu can make up for this.

“That looks good to me too.”

“Then would you like to do that~?”

At the employee’s words, I looked at Hela and Ion, and they both nodded in agreement.

“Yes, please give me this.”

“Excuse me, but could you please bring it yourself? I can’t do it…”

At the words of the employee who smiled awkwardly, Hela grabbed the handle of the greatsword leaning against the wall of the store and lifted it without difficulty.

“I like the heavy feel.”

“It’s okay. Try the cardinal direction.”

Ion gives Hela a serious look as he instructs her, and Hela immediately assumes the low guard (a stance where the weapon handle is placed at waist level and the greatsword is raised at a 45-degree angle), which is the most basic form of large-arms combat taught at the academy.

“Just right. Next is the tail guard.”

Following the instructions, Hela places the handle of her greatsword next to her hips and lets the blade hang behind her body.

“Lastly, let’s try the sidewinder.”

At her direction, Hela finally assumed a slightly swaying position, with the handle in front of her lower abdomen and the blade at her side.

“What do you think of it?”

“I could have made it a bit heavier, but this is just right.”

“The night has done something.”

After hearing Hela’s satisfactory answer, Ion smiles and holds out his fist to Bam, who (a little awkwardly) bumps his fist into him.

“Thank you~~!”

Since it wasn’t a magic weapon, the price of the greatsword was cheaper than I expected, so I bought a scabbard that fit it (it had the latest technology that allowed the sword to be pulled out sideways rather than up) and some decent gloves.

“Thank you, master.”

The sight of Hela with her greatsword on her back and her armored body looked quite plausible, so I stood on one leg and admired the sight for a moment.

“Is it cool?”

“Really? Ain seems to like that kind of thing.”

“It just looks cool, and I could never do it with my size.”

To me, who had a pitiful physique where Hela could grab me and swing me around, let alone lift a greatsword due to my small body, the sight of Hela carrying a large greatsword on her back felt classic and cool (by the standards of the world I lived in).

“Oh, is that so?”

Hela blushes at my reaction.

“So where do we go next?”

Bandi shrugged at the night’s question.

“Let’s walk around thinking we’re sightseeing.”

As we walked along the Zodiac Road, the place we arrived at, funnily enough, was a gambling house.

Strictly speaking, it is not a real casino, but it is more like an arcade than a casino, as the stakes and rewards are strictly limited to a certain level. However, the sign says ‘casino’…

“Wow, the casinos in Hwangdo are also huge and fancy.”

“Want to play a round?”

The night is amazing, and Hoyo suggests. As long as you don’t spend too much money, the casino is a common pastime for females, so I and the other females go inside the casino.

“Oh, it’s more gorgeous than I thought.”

Inside the casino, there were plenty of things you would normally find. However, unlike what I knew, the atmosphere was a bit lighter, and people were laughing and having fun.

In addition, unlike the typical casinos I know, the machines made with magic and vision engineering are more fancy than I thought, and the effects are more spectacular. For example, slot machines do not spin roulettes on a screen, but rather use illusionary magic to project gorgeous images into the air.

“Hmm, that’s too bad.”

Lulu tilts her head at my words.

“What do you regret?”

“Isn’t this the kind of entertainment that uses magic or vision engineering like casinos?”

“That’s right. Other entertainment options, like musicals, plays, operas, bookstores, cafes, restaurants, or sparring halls. That’s what it is.”

When I heard Lulu’s words, I thought of the real arcades in the world I lived in. I thought it would be fun to make something like that.

“Why, did you come up with an idea?”

“Roughly. I should do something while I’m attending the academy.”

“If you keep learning magic, you’ll be able to do something.”

Lulu is nagging at Ion and Bandi as they look at the spinning orb at the table they’re sitting at, but having played countless wizards in Academy Story 2, things like the magic pole don’t really interest me.

Rather, I was more interested in things like vision engineering, which didn’t come up much in the game, so I often went to listen to the free lectures.

“But Ain, you’ll be good at whatever you do. It’s often amazing to see you learn magic.”

“If that’s the case with the genius wizard Lulu Anastasia, then so be it.”

“Are you kidding me?”

“No, I’m serious.”

At my words, Lulu turned her head and looked at me, smiling prettily.

“Of course. I’m a genius wizard.”

At the casino, Lulu and I mostly watched the females playing, Ion and Bam only enjoyed light and simple things, and Hoyo enjoyed everything he could touch.

However, Bandi did some pretty difficult things, mainly those that used cards.

As a result, Ion, Hoyo, and Bam lost moderately, but Bandi made a lot of money in the meantime.

“Gold Bunny wins money at the casino too.”

Lulu looked dumbfounded as she watched Bandi hand Hoyo a bag of money, while Bandi looked embarrassed himself.

“Huh? In a casino, it’s easy to get a good idea of the card types with a little bit of a formula and a little bit of eye. You just have to memorize them all. ”

At her words, Hoyo and Ion’s faces crumpled as if they had heard the words of a perfect scorer on the college entrance exam who thoroughly studied Korean, English, and Math. Judging from the fact that Bam’s expression didn’t change at all, it seemed like he had already known about Bandi’s behavior.

“The Gold Bunny family generally shows this kind of behavior when it comes to money. There are other families with great wealth besides the Gold Bunny family, but the only family with this kind of ability is the Gold Bunny family.”

Everyone, including me, nods at the description of the night. At least as long as Bandi is strong, it seems like none of us will have to worry about starving…

“But if you look, Bandi gives Hoyo things like that. Like the money he got last time and the money he won this time.”

In response to my question, Hoyo and Bandi stare blankly at each other as if they have never been aware of such a thing before and then look at me.

“Yes, that’s right. In addition to my allowance, I also have my own personal business. The chairman is from a duke’s family, so he doesn’t really lack money, and he himself is frugal.”

“My family’s land tax is relatively low, so we don’t have a ton of money or anything. It’s not like we don’t have enough, but we just take it because it’s given to us…?”

“Is this a concept similar to ‘friend fee’?”

At my words, Bandi frowns slightly.

“Friend fee…? It’s not literal wrong, but it doesn’t sound right. It feels like giving money as a thank you for being a friend.”

That’s the right word, but…

“Even if Bandi doesn’t give you money or anything, he’s still my friend.”

“Hoyo, your friendship is truly beautiful.”

“Nyahahahaha!”

Hoyo laughs heartily at my words. If you’re happy, that’s fine…

Then we sat outside a dimly lit, pretty cafe and ordered a few drinks.

“Ain, tell me more about what you said at the casino earlier. I’m curious too.”

“Did Ain say something?”

Lulu slurps down her coffee and brings up the arcade story I was thinking about earlier, and Ion shows his curiosity.

“Ah, I saw the vision machines in the casino earlier and something came to mind. It’s nothing special, but casino machines are pretty flashy and dazzling, right?”

Bandi nods his head at my words, saying, “That’s why people come.”

“I thought that instead of just using it to entertain the eyes at the casino, it could be made into something enjoyable in its own right. I also took some vision engineering during the free lecture.”

I’ll tell you more about it later, I’m just thinking about it right now,” I said, wrapping up the topic and taking a sip of my drink.