Episode 176
Episode 68. Let’s rob the palace warehouse (1)
Before leaving for the east, there were two places Yuma had to stop by.
The Spaser family and the golden castle.
The Spazers weren’t a family you could go out and mess with openly like the Rollmandies.
Rollmandy was a traitorous family and treated Yuma carelessly, but the Spazer family was a prestigious family.
Even if not as much as Jacques or Povian, Muga exerts a fairly significant influence. Most of them were nobles who knew honor and pride.
It was unexpected that such a family had ties to the Rose Society and also to the Kantra of the East.
The Spazer family greeted Yuma, now a nobleman, with a very polite attitude.
When some nobles saw Yuma, they went to her first and even said they were sorry for not being able to congratulate her.
“Oh Baron Drake. Welcome.”
Yuma looked at the fat, round-looking man in front of him and greeted him.
This good-looking man reached out his hand first with a smile on his face as if Yuma was very pleased.
Juan Spaser. He was the head of the Spaser family.
“Thank you for the hospitality Sir Juan.”
Juan was famous as a high-ranking sword master when he was young, but after suddenly announcing his retirement, he devoted himself only to taking care of his family.
After decades of fighting with the sword, he had a pretty good-natured face.
In him, I felt the natural virtue of gentle people, not the disgust peculiar to corrupt and incompetent nobles.
‘Iza is the father of Milina Spaser, Flower of the Storm. Looking at it now, there’s no resemblance at all.’
Milina Spazer was a person with a strong knightly spirit to the extent that she was given the second nickname, ‘True Knight’.
Yuma had never seen a human who hated jokes like her when she was a eunuch.
“haha. What did you come for? I should have invited you first, but you made the imperial dragon come first.”
It was as if Juan knew in advance that Yuma would come.
Actually it was. The reason why the Rose Society knew about the Spaser family’s affair with the east was because Juan deliberately uncovered the information.
When Yuma was a eunuch, he had heard many stories about how young Juan was. However, the current Juan gave only the impression of a chubby aristocratic uncle.
However, what was visible meant nothing. Yuma was determined to get to the point from the beginning.
“I heard that the Spaser family had a string in the East, so I came here because I wanted to ask for something.”
Yuma naturally thought that his gentle expression would be crushed at once.
“yes? Rumors have been spreading lately that you are leaving for the East, so it seems to be true?”
Juan did not take a direct hit from Yuma. It was like asking what secret it was.
“Yes, that’s right. So I came to see if I could get some information before going to the east.”
“Hahaha, you came here very well. ask me anything No, it’s not so much fun doing it this way, so just three things. Ask the three most curious questions. I will answer you honestly.”
Was he so snobbish during this human government meeting? For a moment, Yuma examined her memories before returning.
Juan recalled the memory of a smooth talk similar to what had happened back then.
But somehow, most of the nobility who were born as warriors were paying close attention to Juan.
It was because everyone remembered what a terrifying human being Juan was when he was young.
The predator of the battlefield, Juan. That was Juan’s nickname in his heyday.
Perhaps, if he hadn’t suddenly put down the sword, the imperial sword would have belonged to Juan, not Heize.
‘I think he’s surprisingly weak right now…
Of course, the current Juan didn’t seem to be able to deal with the five sword experts properly. In Yuma’s eyes, it was clear how ordinary he had become.
“You mean three things.”
“Yes. Instead, after you ask three questions, you must do one favor of mine. How is it?”
Look at this senile old man. Yuma smiled brightly, revealing her fangs, and nodded.
If you don’t listen to the unreasonable request, it will be over.
Juan stroked his thick chin and waited for Yuma’s question.
“Why are you communicating with the east?”
Now Yuma was convinced that there was a corner where a human named Juan believed. He didn’t look at all embarrassed when he was asked this question.
“Because it can’t be helped.”
“If you’re going to give me such an ambiguous answer, I feel like I’m losing money.”
“Huh, that might sound like it. But it’s real. The reason why I have a relationship with Dongbang is because I really can’t help it in my position.”
“Why are you saying you can’t help it?”
“Is that your second question?”
Yuma suddenly thought of his teacher.
If he had been a teacher, he would have taken what he wanted by threatening to die at a time like this.
‘No no no. What am I thinking?’
In an instant, Yuma realized how much change ‘power and power’ can bring to human thoughts.
Yuma during his time as a eunuch and Yuma now have very different ways of thinking.
Yuma chose a question for a moment.
And soon after, Yuma realized how meaningless this act was.
It’s not that Juan doesn’t have a corner to believe in, it’s that he doesn’t care.
“Yes, the second question is correct.”
“Grunt. It’s a problem I hate to talk about the most, so I threw a fishing line at it and I’m not fooled. don’t let me answer It’s because I came across Rugal, the emperor of the East.”
It was a pun. Yuma gradually became annoyed.
“The moment I complied with this condition, I was in a position where I had no choice but to do one favor of the Spaser family. Sir Huan has already succeeded in fishing.”
“That’s not true hahaha! Let me ask you one last question.”
It felt like meeting an aristocrat worthy of an imperial aristocrat after a long time.
He was a man who knew how to trade. In other words, it meant a person who knew how to eat someone else’s back.
“What kind of king is Rugal?”
“He’s the kind of emperor you’ve never imagined or experienced.”
It really wasn’t until the end that I was just playing with words.
“You look like such a con artist… After. That’s it. He picks out interesting answers and gives them.”
“Don’t be too angry. Can I ask you a favor now?”
“You’re trying to eat my marrow without giving me either bone or flesh. do you speak A promise is a promise.”
Juan laughed silently and stared at Yuma for a while. But the inside was trembling uncharacteristically.
Although now he looked like an old man with a belly, Juan could clearly see the aura of Yuma’s journey.
A thick and sticky aura that can only be seen by those who are as close to death and struggle as air.
“drake. Since it’s a dragon, it suits you very well.”
“Are you starting Friday before asking?”
“Save the Spaser family.”
What do you mean by all of a sudden? Yuma’s absurd mind awoke and widened his eyes, only looking at Juan.
“It’s about freeing us from Rugal.”
“Did Emperor Rugal find a weakness? Why didn’t you tell me, Your Majesty?”
“Can a servant become a nuisance to the lord?”
In Juan’s eyes as he answered that, there was an unprecedented serious light in his eyes.
“Will you listen to my request?”
“I guarantee you to put in as much effort as you have answered my questions.”
“That was enough. It seems like we talked too hard about our first meeting. Let’s have a cup of tea and have a chat.”
Yuma silently decided to accept his invitation. I felt like I was being made fun of by Juan, but strangely I didn’t hate him.
Juan ate the refreshments served with the delicious green tea without stopping for a moment. It looked like a person whose stomach was connected to another dimension.
But it wasn’t that he was so focused on eating that he couldn’t have a conversation.
It would be embarrassing to call his body that of a warrior now, but his knowledge of swordsmanship and combat was still sharp.
Juan inhaled refreshments and talked about Yuma and the sword.
At the same time, Yuma was able to infer how destructive his swordsmanship must have been in the past.
“Why did someone who was so successful suddenly retire?”
“I feel bad because I can’t beat Duran. Heize was killed by your hand while living under the illusion that he could defeat Duran.”
“Ah Sir Juan. Do you know Ragatino Roll Mandi? I heard you are in the east now.”
“Ragatino? That friend is half a warrior. I don’t know if I’ve gotten over it now. Either way can’t be your opponent.”
Steamed steamed steamed.
If there was a noble pig, would it look like this? Juan’s hands did not have time to rest whether they were eating or not.
“…ah! If you go to the east, there’s a soldier you may want to visit. If you have time, be sure to visit. He must be in Sylmar.”
Sylmar was an oriental kingdom famous for pottery and handicrafts.
“Is there a soldier I can visit?”
“Theron Silvers. Suzy, a hermit in the East. He was a friend with whom I was on the same page when I was young. It will probably appear when you break some pottery in the middle of Sylmar. For sure. I don’t know if he’s still alive.”
“If I ever get to stop by Silma, I’ll try it.”
Juan added that Theron is the hidden hero of Sylma, a small country, and that he is the incarnation of love for his country and love for pottery.
“Be sure to break the cheap porcelain. Silvers won’t come out no matter how many expensive ceramics you break.”
“You have a strange personality.”
As the conversation progressed, Yuma felt more at ease, as if he had known Juan before. It is the accumulation of intimacy that can be expressed as liking.
‘This kind of person is really scary.’
By the time he left the mansion receiving Juan’s response, Yuma began to think seriously about what Juan had asked him to do.
To save the Spaser family from Rugal. what the heck does that mean
During the conversation, I tried to subtly ask questions several times, but Juan showed no sign of telling me.
He kept his mouth shut as if he had signed a contract not to open his mouth. Feeling a sense of incongruity, Yuma drove the Tulka towards the imperial castle.
It was to ask Hella to use the Imperial Castle warehouse.
Ascalon and White Dragon were enough for Yuma himself, but the rest of the crew needed new equipment.
In particular, it was necessary to obtain and provide various artifacts to the cogs who had to support the party.
And I had to find the one thing I needed the most in case I had to fight to find Amanzo.
A book that is the only item in the imperial castle warehouse that does not have an archive.
[The Dark Magic Cancellation Ceremony and its Applications] It was a book about the Dark Magic Cancellation Ceremony left by the world-class wizard Radion Po Biang.
Barlinan Povian said that even if you don’t have magical powers, you can understand and use the magic dispelling ceremony. That is, if you do a little trick.
Yuma intended to find the book and learn how to dispel the black magic.
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