Episode 629
“If it weren’t for the Ein Lorgard students, I would have appointed you as an adjutant.”
“okay. okay. There was a time when I also wanted to use a dragon as a mount. But he said he hates dragons.”
The headmaster of the skeleton replied plaintively.
It was clear that the emperor would be contacted right away if he put Wodanaz in the position of lieutenant of the Moradi family.
Are you rebelling against yourself right now…
“I know.”
“It would be nice though.”
“?”
The head of the household looked away as if asking what the skeleton principal was saying.
Headmaster Skeleton pointed to Lee Han and Giselle and said.
“Are you two friends? It’s rare to see other guys in the tower getting along well outside of it.”
From the point of view of the family head, who is an efficiencyist, it was inevitable that his children would be happy to maintain a close relationship with Wodanaz.
First of all, it is not easy to interact with the Wardanaj family, but to maintain friendship with the children like that.
By now, the family may have been excited and planning a ‘plan to acquire northern supremacy with the Wardanaz family’ in their heads.
“Not good.”
“??”
However, the answer that came back was unexpected. The family head coldly denied it.
The skeleton headmaster was puzzled.
“Why not?”
“This is a foolish move. Wasting the little time left in swordsmanship sparring. We should have talked about the territory…”
“……”
The skeleton headmaster was shocked.
So now…
are you saying that your child is playing with a friend and regretting it??
‘No, such a crazy person.’
“Are you kidding?”
“Isn’t it? Can’t we build friendships by going to Ein Rogard?”
“……”
Of course, from the family head’s point of view, he might have wanted to talk a little more about the future of Youngji and the talent he had found.
But usually when a child is playing with a friend, don’t they say, ‘Heh heh, Young-ji can talk later, so make friends with your friend’?
On top of that, saying ‘my work comes first, so you can go to Einrogard and play’ was not something that could be done with a normal mind.
“…The next time he visits, he will set up your schedule first.”
“I was thinking of doing that.”
The family head looked at the skeleton headmaster as if he was saying something obvious.
For the next visit, he had planned to schedule everything first so that neither Ziclyn nor Giselle would disturb him.
The steadfast appearance of the jokes did not work, and the headmaster skeleton felt like a headache that didn’t exist.
“hey. Bring a drink.”
“Does His Excellency even drink alcohol?”
“Why is alcohol given to the undead worth wasting?”
“no.”
The attendant was frightened and brought a drink. Headmaster Skeleton exclaimed and poured the clear liquid into his mouth.
“My lord.”
While Giselle was taking a short break, Lee Han approached.
Then he looked at the skeleton headmaster and asked.
“The principal is drinking too… No, why are you doing this!”
“Why can’t the undead drink alcohol?”
Headmaster Skeleton poured the alcohol from the glass onto Yihan. Lee Han avoided drinking by moving left and right. Thanks to being beaten by G-Clean once, the reaction was quick.
“What happened to you, Mr. Wardanaz?”
“I brought you a present to commemorate this visit.”
Lee Han took out a Juseom Juseom gift.
It was the 40-year-old < Knight's Joy > that I received from the beech knights the other day.
I want to sell it in my heart, but I was a little too lazy to sell this kind of gift. It would be very difficult if the Knights saw you while touring the Imperial Market.
It was better to look at the big picture and use it as a bribe or gift.
“I dedicate this gift to the head of the northern shield.”
“…Thank you.”
The head of the family received it without much reaction, but the skeleton headmaster could tell that the head of the family was very impressed.
‘You’re digging your own grave very deep.’
Headmaster Skeleton clicked his tongue and looked at Lee Han.
Maybe the next time I visit this place, I’d rather go into the underground prison.
At least there won’t be someone to keep talking to from the side!
* * *
“Ughhh. Ugh.”
The day you leave the estate.
Alsicle was lying in agony in the carriage’s bedroom.
People who were popular among knights had to have strong livers.
Everyone who sees it recommends a drink, so it is impossible not to get drunk.
“Can’t we dissolve it with magic?”
“It’s hard because of drunkenness and hangovers…”
Magic wasn’t omnipotent.
This was especially true for drunken wizards.
No matter how good magic is, it is useless to a drunken wizard.
“Can’t we ask the principal?”
“haha. Do you think I will do it?”
The skeleton headmaster replied with an expression that he would die of excitement.
Lee Han shook his head.
“I am not doing this to be grumpy. It’s just that there’s no need to forcibly pull something that can be naturally healed with magic. Would you have learned?”
“ah. I learned.”
It was easy to misunderstand that magic basically changes the providence of the world into the wizard’s will, but the first thing wizards learn is how to refrain from magic.
It was a famous adage that magicians who depended on magic were more likely to be consumed by magic.
‘But I think the principal just wants to see Alsicle-nim suffer.’
“Did your job in the North go well?”
“okay. Thanks to you, there are things that ended more comfortably. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen G-Duff look so happy.”
“You weren’t particularly happy, were you?”
“That is enough to make me happy. Trust me.”
Headmaster Skeleton looked at the distant northern mountains and said.
“The reason the remote areas of the Empire are dangerous is not simply because the natural environment is harsh. It’s because you don’t know what kind of change the magical power accumulated in such a place will cause.”
The harsher the natural environment, the thicker the concentration of magical energy in that place.
From the point of view of defending the empire, it was indeed a terrible thing.
It was because you never know when dimensional gates will open in various parts of the vast empire, and beings from the outside world may come over and rampage.
The northern mountains were also one of those notorious places. There was a reason why Rangers like the Shadow Patrol were formed.
“Therefore, we need to constantly look for changes with interest.”
“…?”
Lee Han was puzzled by the story of the skeleton headmaster who suddenly went from talking about the family of Moradi to the safety of the northern mountains and our empire.
Why did you tell yourself that?
“Uh yes. All right.”
“okay. Even monsters from other dimensions are annoying, but even the demon worshipers are rampaging… Annoyances always come together.”
The skeleton principal sighed and took out the letter.
It was something I didn’t want to do, but it was something I had to do.
Looking at the current situation in the north, it was necessary to put wizards in to check it out.
Poof!
He began to write with one stroke, and the completed letter immediately flew out of the wagon like a bird.
“I don’t even have gold for research, so I have to waste it looking for devil worshipers… I want to grind my bones.”
The last words of the skeleton headmaster felt like a gloomy murder. Lee Han quickly agreed.
“Let’s lock them up in the underground punishment room forever!”
“Isn’t that a bit cruel?”
“……”
A new letter flew into the flying wagon.
Headmaster Skeleton, who tore up the drum and read the contents inside, frowned.
“What are you doing?”
“I thought it was over, but a request came in. The bishop of the Bildotzcal Order has something to consult with.”
“If it’s the Vildotzkal Church…”
Lee Han was lost in thought.
“The Church of the Night, right?”
“It’s the Cult of Thieves.”
“…I said it intentionally.”
Bildotzkal God of night and thieves.
When someone I don’t know well sees it, ‘Isn’t that an evil spirit? He could have responded, “Is the Empire in ruin? A god like that?” But in fact, the priests of Vildochkal were not thieves.
The priests who serve Bildotzkal always believe in Bildotzkal, the symbol of the night and the incarnation.
…The problem was that the thieves also had a lot of faith in Bildotzkal.
The history was so deep that no one remembered Bildotzkal as ‘the god of the night’. It was remembered only as ‘the god of night and thieves’.
‘I think Ratford also believed in Wildotzkarl.’
Ratford didn’t have a devout faith, but he did have enough faith to pray ‘let something good come out’ while throwing an imperial fairy tale from time to time.
In fact, this was a much deeper faith than Lee Han.
“Why is the principal in the Church of Wildotzkal? omg. Did you attack the priests by any chance?”
“It’s because there’s one guy who decided to enroll there. You don’t call me for attacking the priests.”
‘Shouldn’t you deny that you didn’t attack?’
The Headmaster Skeleton showed an expression of hesitation, which is rare.
“Is there something wrong with that junior?”
“no. It’s just because I don’t want to mix things up with the priests. It makes me feel stupid.”
“…let’s finish it quickly. Isn’t this the last one?”
Lee Han pushed the back of the skeleton headmaster, thinking that he had to finish his overtime work quickly.
* * *
Sometimes thieves would visit the temple with fantasies and say, ‘I’ll have to enter the Church of Wildotzkal and learn the true art of the night’, but such thieves would retreat from the entrance.
The darkness greets you from the moment you open the door and enter.
This was unique to the temple of the Bildotzkal Church.
Lee Han and the headmaster went inside with the dark vision magic.
Surprisingly, the church’s priests went around in the dark as if it was no big deal.
“Where is the thief captain?”
“…Gonadaltes-sama. We are not thieves. The Night God…”
“Yes. okay. The thief captain.”
Even in the darkness, it was clear that the priests were looking at the headmaster with resentment.
Embarrassed, Lee Han secretly stood looking at the wall pretending not to be with them. However, the skeleton headmaster grabbed Lee Han’s arm without mercy and dragged him away.
“Gonadaltes. Are you here?”
“?”
Lee Han opened the door to the bishop’s classroom and opened his eyes wide.
There was no one, but a voice was heard.
Headmaster Skeleton looked at Lee Han and said.
“You are still immature. Do not be reassured that you have penetrated the darkness.”
“!”
At those words, Lee Han realized that he had been overly dependent on dark vision magic.
As magic always bites its tail, there are always countermeasures.
‘Divine magic!’
I didn’t know if the bishop of the Vildochkal Church could summon darkness that couldn’t be penetrated with dark vision.
Lee Han withdrew his vision and focused on his magical senses. Then, I felt a unique magical power flow out in front of me.
Slowly, as if scotopic, the eyes captured the bishop’s figure.
The bishop was an old lady with a good impression.
“Greetings. Wodanaz. This is Ines of the Gre family. This is Lee Han of the Wardanaz family.”
“Gonadaltes. Nice to meet you. You still correct me.”
“You too have a lot of trouble feeding the thieves.”
Lee Han hurriedly said, fearing that the atmosphere would become chilly.
“It must be the priests. haha.”
“no. I was talking about thieves. Ines here literally feeds the thieves around her.”
“…?”
“Charity. charity. What you do to the other top guys. Serving meals to poor people.”
‘I’m doing it for money, but that’s it.’
Lee Han missed the timing to explain to the admiring eyes of the bishop in front of him.
“I wonder if the punishment room is better.”
“There are thieves who need a punishment room and there are thieves who need a meal.”
Despite the plaintive words of the Headmaster Skeleton, the Bishop responded without losing his dignity.
“So what did you call me for? If the freshmen don’t want to go to Ein Lorgard because of prayer, you can persuade them yourself. How difficult is that?”
“I didn’t call you for that. Mr. Gonadaltes. The freshman has a very small problem, so I called him to consult.”
“Divine Magic Awakening? Super power? magic refusal? aristocracy? The last one doesn’t matter. rather good If you come to Ein Rogard, you can beat up nobles under the permission of imperial law.”
“In fact, the priest who received the offer this time is a thief.”
“…This is a bit admirable. Is the Church of Vildotzkal finally going to live up to its reputation?”
“Stop it. Please.”
Lee Han pulled the skeleton headmaster’s sleeve to dry it.
