Episode 197 Episode
73. Helloton’s Calculation (3)
Throughout the meal, Helloton’s appetite was almost gone because of Kog, who was chewing food while steaming the shell.
But he did not show any displeasure. If I could get those artifacts, this much effort wouldn’t count.
Hellorn thought that Yuma would not know, but Yuma secretly coveted the Artifact of Ballinan as he picked up the dishes, and his eyes were clearly visible.
‘Because he wears these things and acts like an idiot, he might be able to reveal his desires carelessly like this.’
Ballinan performed satisfactorily. Hellorn was completely unaware that he had actually confirmed the eavesdropping artifact as well.
Moreover, Yuma could smell the very faint smell of blood coming from Helloton.
‘Looks like you did something to Santi.’
If not, I usually have a tendency to beat the lower ones.
The smell was faint, perhaps because it hadn’t been killed, but the smell of blood was one of Yuma’s most familiar smells.
“So, where is your family?”
Hellorn asked as he put a piece of well-roasted meat in his mouth.
“This is Phobian. Ballinen Phobian.
That is my name.”
“Ah, it was Phobian. They are known as the family that produces the most wizards in the world.”
“It produces not the most, but the best mages.”
“It’s hard to see wizards in the East. Instead, elementals are common. It must be a pretty good sight for Western travelers.”
Ballinan was a contractor of the Spirit King. That meant that although there might be more elemental spirits in the world than Ballinan, there was no greater elemental spirits.
“Oh, I see. I’m not really interested in spirits and all that stuff.”
Ballinan answered deliberately curtly.
Even so, Hellorn smiled and nodded quietly. It was the typical look of a human who would slap the back of the head.
“For Fovian, paying 20 gold bars wouldn’t be difficult. I can understand why you said that wasn’t a huge amount.”
Ballinan took out a letter from her bosom and pushed it towards Helorn.
Hellorn’s eyebrows twitched as he checked the correspondence.
The letter consisted of two pages. One was a personal letter from Ballinan to Adolfovian, the head of the family, and the other was a request for financial support from the family.
Of course, the letter to Adol was plastered with the stereotypical messy maknae of the youngest.
Hellorn, who was examining the correspondence, looked at Ballinan with one eye wide open.
“Are you the son of the head of the Povian family?”
I thought he was Adol Povian’s son. Otherwise, you may have to do the math again.
No matter how little exchange there was with the West, things about Kyle, the world’s most powerful country, were well known in the East as well.
Kyle’s 3 families. Jacques Rollmandy Povian.
Hellorn was well aware of the influence and ripple power of these three families.
Although the news that the Rollmandy family had completely collapsed hadn’t spread properly in the East yet.
Judging by his actions, Hellorn had thought that Ballinan was just an ordinary nobleman of the Fovian family. He did not know that the ‘father’ he had heard through the wiretapping was Adol Povian.
“Yes, but. Is there something wrong?”
In order not to make his work tiresome, he showed signs of being Adol’s son.
Even if I was greedy, if I was the son of the head of the Povian family, I wouldn’t be able to touch it.
Povian’s harming the son of the family head meant that Kyle’s empress could step forward herself.
Actually, Adol didn’t have that kind of personality, but it could be interpreted that way enough for a noble from a small country in the East.
‘Looking at the current momentum, it looks like they’re going to send an assassin right away, even tonight.’
Yuma hoped that Helloton would not do anything to make his greed come true.
It was not a person I liked very much, but no, I was a very disgusting person, but there was no need to harm him.
Although Nabalu is a small country, there was nothing wrong with living in the East and knowing that even though Nabalu was a respected aristocrat of the country.
Although the shoots were very yellow.
‘If you hand over the cog meekly, I’ll just walk away. I’ll forgive you for daring to eavesdrop on me and Vali Nun.’
Yuma thought so and drank the wine that was on the table.
“It’s a problem. Looking at the seal, it seems certain that it is Povian’s son.
In exchange for 20 gold bars, I will completely hand over ownership of that slave.”
At the end of the letter, there was a magic seal unique to the Povian family. The symbol of the Povian family was the raven.
Hellorn swept his beard as he saw the crow glowing blue after being treated with magic.
“I heard the story that the seal of the Povian family shines once, but seeing it in person is amazing again. Will this shine forever?”
“As long as Povian’s name remains in the world, it will shine forever. That shiny seal is proof of the past pact between Archmage Risol and the Povian family.”
It was a story that often appeared in the songs of Kyle’s minstrels.
It is said that Rizol and the 2nd head of the Povian family sealed the demon dragon together and made an oath.
“Haha, I must have seen something more valuable than 20 gold bars.”
“It was nothing. Thank you for your kindness. Would this be sufficient as collateral for the gold bar?”
Ballinan removed a ring from her ring finger and laid it on the table.
It looked like an ordinary ring studded with rubies, but it was an artifact that strengthened flame-type magic.
Helloton pondered for a moment before opening her mouth.
“You don’t need to accept that from the son of the head of the Povian family.
Please put it in.”
“If so.”
For the rest of the day, Ballinan and Hellorn had only a ceremonial chat about Nabalu’s architecture.
After the meal, Hellorn said to stay overnight.
Yuma wanted to leave immediately, but he was too vague to refuse, so he decided to stay overnight. I also needed a break.
I had to get Santi out anyway. From pirates to slave traders, there was no evil in the world, but thanks to that, Cog was quickly saved.
What’s more, being attacked by Hellorn was like a Satan that happened while hiding their identities. There was no point in leaving and leaving.
“I’d like to take a little walk, Hello Loron.”
“The garden is the part I care about the most in this mansion. You recognized its beauty,”
said Hellorn, guiding the party for an hour. It was in the name of helping with the walk, but I felt a shallow heart that I wanted to do more calculations.
When Ballinan showed signs of discomfort, Hellorn stepped aside.
“Then, walk comfortably and rest. If you need anything, you can call the servants at will.”
“Thank you, Helon.”
When Hellorn completely disappeared, Ballinan took out an orb from his bosom. He wondered if wiretapping artifacts were scattered all over the garden.
Fortunately, the beads did not vibrate.
Artifacts enchanted with eavesdropping magic were expensive, so it was impossible to install them all over this large garden with the financial resources of Hellorn.
“Cog. Are you really okay?”
“Hehe, Yuma-sama!”
Only then could Kog shed tears to his heart’s content, intoxicated with the joy of the reunion.
Until just now, as soon as they entered the room, they had to participate in a bizarre play, so all they could do was make up loud moans.
“I’m so sorry, Yuma-sama. I’ve lost all the precious artifacts you gave me…
“Don’t say that, Kog. Now that you’re alive is the happiest thing right now. You just need to get another artifact. Do the other personnel know what happened?”
“The last person I saw was Igor. Igor seems to have taken some artifacts, but they were drifting far away from where I was. And the waves continued to rise…
The whereabouts of Catherine and Cheryl were still unknown. One could even think that Natalya might be alive somewhere, but the two of them had no news at all.
Igor’s life and death were also unclear.
But since Cog, the second weakest member of the group after Cheryl, was still alive, he didn’t want to think that Catherine was wrong.
The last glimpse of Igor Kog had seen wasn’t even dead, so Yuma clenched his fists as he thought he’d get the rest of his comrades back.
“I know, it was hard. Let’s find out together in the future. Anyway, I’ve already found you and Ballinan. Didn’t these damn slave traders do anything to you?”
“Maybe it was because I was in a position to sell to noble ladies, so I didn’t just hit them.”
“Santi. Who is the slave trader who brought you here?”
“He didn’t do it too badly either. Being a slave trader itself is bad.”
“Right.”
Santi didn’t plan to rescue Cog if he was treated carelessly.
“Cog, didn’t you feel offended that I told you to groan first?”
When Ballinan asked, Cog waved both of his hands wildly.
It’s already been several months since we traveled together, but it was still difficult to adjust to the great nobleman talking in this way.
“It can’t be! Thank you so much for saving me, young master.”
“huh. I hope to find you again.”
Yuma gave Cog a hug and led the group back to the room.
After two to three, I felt a little empty. Now that the six have crossed over to the east, half of them have been recovered.
Yuma fell asleep after thinking of Natalie.
The party decided to leave the Helloton mansion early the next morning.
“Take some breakfast and go.”
“No, Mr. Hellorn. I’m in a hurry to go Where is Santi who guided us by any chance?”
When Ballinan asked, Hellorn let out a benevolent laugh.
“He is doing what I ordered him to do. Slave auctions are a thing of the past.”
“You are suffering. I will stop by again if I get a chance before I go back to the West.”
“haha. Go carefully, Ballinan Phobian.”
The servants handed out one cloth to Yuma and the others.
“What is this?”
“I took care not to go hungry on the way.”
The sack was full of jerky and nuts. At first glance, it was beef jerky made with the finest meat.
In the stables of the mansion, the carriage that Santi had pulled was still there. Yuma looked at the carriage and thought for a moment about what to do, then turned around.
I decided to interpret Santi’s fate as being punished by kicking off the chance to rehabilitate while piracy and starting a slave trade.
“thank you. Goodbye then.”
The party rode another wagon given by Hellorn and immediately moved to the dock.
He was at a loss as to where to go right away, so he decided to go back to the vicinity of Azif’s light.
However, as soon as we entered the forest road leading to the marina, that thought was bound to change.
Chii-iik…
Suddenly, white smoke rose from inside the carriage.
It was paralytic poison.
‘Somehow, the coachman’s body was so good.’
It was poison using coach grass.
When Yuma smelled the paralytic poison made from coach grass, he thought of Natalie and flicked his fingers for a moment, looking out the window as it turned hazy.
I heard the sound of a driver drawing a knife from the front.
tt ᄋ 5 ᅲ… Cog and Ballinan were about to say something, but soon fell asleep.
Beyond the thick paralysis poison, I saw the unmanned soldiers who had been hiding in the bush before revealing themselves one by one.
shhh!
An arrow flew. Turning my head to examine it, it was even an arrow shot with a starfire crossbow.
Yuma easily caught it with his bare hands.
In the end, Hellorn decided to kill Yuma and coveted the artifact.
“That’s what I was looking for.”
Yuma had tucked them under the carriage seats, lest they be harmed in the upcoming massacre.
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