Episode 59
Episode 29. The boy’s visit (1)
The seal of the Empress was delivered to the Fuang Merchants. It was three gold plates with the name Rosé engraved in relief.
It was the seal of the empress, so to speak, but it was, so to speak, a criminal license. Except for the imperial family, it served as an indulgence for killing anyone.
Poin’s hands trembled and he did not dare to touch the gold plate.
“What the hell… why did His Majesty send me something like this?”
Rose’s Seal.
Poin was well aware of its effects. It was the card that the Empress would pull out whenever the imperial political strife began to smell thick and bloody.
Because it served as an unconventional indulgence, the gift of the gold plate itself was able to have a tremendous ripple effect.
The last person to receive this seal before Yuma was Sinclair Jacques.
He was given a seal three years ago and destroyed the Lomun family, which was pro-commoners.
Afterwards, as the situation of the pro-commoners declined, it was the future that even Baron Louis, who was protecting Haka and Maria, would be killed.
However, it was Cindy Mew, the white butterfly of the imperial special enlistment team, who was more shocked than anyone else.
Cindy couldn’t fathom the psychology of the empress who bestowed the seal on the person of interest.
‘no. Have you guessed His Majesty’s intentions? All I have to do is stick to my mission…
Cindy was surprised by her thoughts and made up her mind. It was the first feeling I had while carrying out the special lease mission.
Yuma stared blankly at the gold plate bestowed by the empress.
I couldn’t sell Krisha forever. There was a considerable risk in using the name of a dragon that he was not even familiar with.
Besides, isn’t she a future hero? For some reason, I was reluctant to use Kriesha’s name.
‘Anyway, the Dragon Horse War is a history that won’t change even if I intervene. All I can do is change the history of the empire.’
Humans could only find out the reason for the Yongma War after the war.
The long-standing resentment between the Demon God and the Dragon Lord was the reason for the outbreak of the war.
The human world, which had been quiet, was suddenly caught up in a fight between the two races.
‘But no matter how you think about it, it’s strange. Did they really choose the human world as their battlefield because they didn’t want their world to be damaged? I wish there was something more lucid.’
There were still 8 years left until the Dragon Horse War broke out. This was something that Yuma could not change even if he knew the future.
It was also a problem after the Dragon Horse War.
The heroes who saved the world were purged, and the crazy Empress Hela Rose wiped out the three families.
The Rollmandi family and the Povian family are greedy families who are good at plotting tricks, but they also took the lead in defending the empire during the Dragon Horse War.
There was nothing to say about Zach.
Yuma had no intention of seeing something like that again.
Although he pretended to be with the Rollmandi family, it was true that they needed their strength during the Dragon Horse War.
In order to become the center of power in the empire and end the Dragon Horse War with minimal damage, stronger and freer power and power were needed.
What Yuma realized once again after returning was that the empire gave too much space to incompetent people born with good backgrounds.
The news that Yuma had been bestowed with three empress seals soon spread throughout the capital. It was because the imperial envoy delivered the gold plate without hiding.
“I•••.
After a while, a boy dressed in ragged clothes found the gate of the Puang Merchant Merchant. The boy was the size of a thirteen or fourteen year old now.
But he was tall compared to his skinny limbs, so I guessed that he was probably older than that.
Even the dogs and cats on the street were seldom seen in the pristine capital city.
“who are you?”
The upper gatekeepers blocked the boy. The gatekeepers were the first to do this.
The boy’s particularly protruding eyes were staring at the upper gate because his face was as dry as a skull.
“My name is Evan from Joachim.”
“The region of Joheim?”
The gatekeepers looked at Evan with cold eyes.
Joachim was a land located in the northeastern part of the empire and was nicknamed ‘Land of Winter’.
It did not snow much, but it was a region characterized by a harsh climate with constant cold waves below freezing.
Before the empire conquered it about 100 years ago, it was not a province, but a land that had the status of a small country.
“yes. I am from Joachim.”
“Don’t be silly, kid. It doesn’t look good, so take this and go home.”
One of the gatekeepers took a couple of coins from his pocket and handed them to Evan.
It was impossible for a boy like him to come here from Joachim alive without an escort.
Hale to Evan was a distance that would take 20 days even with a fast carriage.
Above all, robbers and thieves were prevalent in Yohaim, so at least five sword-spurt class escorts were needed to arrive safely.
“Please let me meet Yuma-sama.”
said Evan, looking at the coin in the gatekeeper’s palm.
“Even if you go back! What business does a guy like you have, Yuma-sama?”
The gatekeepers couldn’t bear to push Evan down. It felt as if a mere touch would break every bone.
Evan sat at the top entrance and kept embarrassing the gatekeepers.
“It’s difficult if you keep doing this. If you want to meet Jung Yu-ma, make a formal request and come. Yuma-sama is not such an idle person.”
Seeing him hunched over and shaking his body, he couldn’t even say harsh words.
Evan didn’t get up from his seat for a long time, only repeating his request to meet Yuma-sama.
The gatekeepers said they couldn’t do it, so they grabbed Evan’s shoulders and raised him up.
“We did ourselves the favor enough.
I don’t know why I’m looking for Yuma-sama so much, but I can’t anymore. I’ll put a coin in my pocket, so go buy some rice. meaning!”
The gatekeepers moved Evan to the side of the road and continued their duty.
After their shift, the gatekeepers chatted a few words about Evan and forgot about it.
No matter how he thought about it, he thought there was no reason for such a shabby boy to come to Yuma. It wasn’t even a reporting distance.
However, Evan hid himself in the darkness of an alley on one side of the road and continued to watch the top of Puang from a distance.
Evan calmed his twitching eyelids and waited for Yuma.
♦ ♦本 Around that time, their little owner, Yuma, was having a very busy day.
It was because Adeline Woods had completed the development of the magic bombardment amplifier.
“Oh… Sir Adeline, after all.”
Yuma looked at Adeline and said.
Adeline smiled shyly and explained how to use the magic bombardment amplifier.
His face went blank from how much he had been immersed in his research until now.
“I went through a lot of trial and error to make the operation as simple as possible. So, more magic stones were consumed than expected…
“Don’t worry about that.
You worked hard.”
The magic bombardment amplifier was in the shape of a cylinder. The aesthetic area was also given attention, giving a sophisticated look.
It was surprising that Yuma had the same shape as the magic bombardment amplifier developed by Adeline Woods before returning.
There was no big difference in performance between the items made during the Yongma War and those made now.
“You can insert it into the muzzle of a bombardment machine, and if you put magic stone powder into it, it responds and amplifies the magic power…. The power is adjustable.”
Adeline still used honorifics for Yuma.
“Can we see its power now?”
“Yes yes? Where?”
“Let’s try it at our training ground. Let’s go together, Sir Adeline.”
When Yuma and Adeline came to the cellove unit training ground, the members stood up and greeted them.
Yuma introduced Adeline as an imperial mage, but the members did not show any signs of embarrassment.
“Get a small bomber and prepare it for firing. I will demonstrate the magic bombardment amplifier.”
Aquin brought a loaded small magic bombardment machine.
Adeline explained how to use the magic bombardment amplifier by mixing various metaphors so that the mercenaries could easily understand.
The usage was quite intuitive and convenient, so it took less than 10 minutes for the mercenaries to understand.
“Now, shoot. Raise the amplification to maximum.”
“Where do you write the captain?”
“The captain is Zekago, not me.”
“Where do you write, Yuma-sama?”
“Shoot me. Wouldn’t you know for sure when I’m right?”
Yuma walked and headed towards the middle of the training ground.
“Yuma-sama! Big trouble! If you use an amplifier, the power increases more than five times!”
Adeline shouted in an absurd voice.
It was the first time Yuma had seen her act so aggressively.
However, Aquin was a human full of trust in Yuma. He put magic crystal powder into the amplifier and started to increase the output.
“Yuma-sama! Because you can’t!”
Adeline quickly began chanting a spell to unleash defensive magic. I was so flustered that the speed at which I implemented my magic dropped several times faster than usual.
In the meantime, Aquin fired a magic cannonball that was amplified to the highest level at Yuma.
Cuckoo!
The recoil was so severe that I had to pull up my aura to support myself.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Adeline screamed. The shells flew in a straight line toward Yuma in the shape of thick beams of light.
“Suck!”
Yuma swung the aura-clad Ascalon as a bell and split the cannonball right in the center.
As the two-pronged magic shell hit the training center wall, the inside vibrated for a moment.
As if it was an expected scene, the crew did not show much emotion. That human was already a monster far beyond common sense.
“Excellent Sir Adeline.”
Yuma approached Adeline and said.
“Uh uh… uh uh uh uh uh are you okay?”
“yes. Very good. The magic stone powder that goes into each shot is quite expensive, but the power is worth it.”
It wasn’t as good as Cellove’s breath or Kaiente’s ray of light, but Yuma judged that the power of the amplifier was great.
It was a weapon that humans could use quite usefully in the Dragon Horse War if supplies were well established.
“As promised, I will pay off all remaining debts of the Woods family.
Sir Adeline, if there is anything else you need, feel free to let me know.
I like Sir Adeline.”
Adeline replied by blinking her eyes.
“Ask for training ground repairs at the top. If you have any new equipment you need, please write it up and upload it all at once.”
Adeline was not greedy even when she showed off that she had an infinite amount of money.
Yuma thought that Adeline was what an aristocrat should aim for.
Yuma carried out various bribery schemes, busily going back and forth between Hwangseong and Povian Street in order to win the exclusive right to sell the technology.
Damn the nobles and the kingpins moved flexibly only when they got dirty money and got involved in dirty work.
It was something he did every time, but for some reason, Yuma returned to the corps headquarters with a bitter feeling.
‘It would be nice if you had a conscience half as much as Sir Adeline, you sloppy bastards.’
Because it was so busy, it was the corps headquarters that returned in a few days.
Servants came out to meet the little master on his return late at night.
“hmm?”
Yuma looked at a boy lying on the corner of the mansion wall. It was Evan.
“what? Are you human?”
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