Chapter 263
“Aww…”
Doig couldn’t believe it.
It must have moved at the same time, but he and his brother were later than that wizard.
While the horse is at the same time and the wizard is concentrating on swinging his staff and memorizing spells, the two of them just fire from memory, and that’s it…
Took!
The two adventurers collapsed as they were.
Lee Han did not know that and asked Professor Boladi again.
“I should have been equipped with protective equipment, but wouldn’t it be a bit lacking?”
“Suffice.”
In fact, very few adventurers were equipped with proper anti-magic equipment.
If you have an expensive artifact that costs as much as a castle, you can just sell it and retire. Why risk your life and do dangerous things?
< The Serpent on the Maple > that Lee Han met the other day was an extremely unusual case, and it was originally difficult to meet an adventurer equipped with such equipment.
Moreover, both Doig and him went as lightly as possible for speed…
‘What is it? Were they just weirdos?’
Of course, from Lee Han’s point of view, he was very embarrassed as he did not know the circumstances of the adventurers who had just attacked.
What the hell are these guys doing?
* * *
“They are both on bounty. You worked hard.”
Anyway, a fight broke out in the village, but I couldn’t just let it go.
Lee Han and Professor Boladi visited the imperial administrator in charge of Philone Village.
The magistrate didn’t particularly suspect or blame the two mages. In the first place, the wizards belonging to Einroguard and the adventurers with bounties were not comparable in terms of status.
“Was there even a bounty on it?”
Lee Han was surprised.
The empire was vast, and it was not easy to catch once those who had an accident fled far away.
The empire put a bounty on these people, but of course it wasn’t just anyone.
‘Isn’t that too stupid for a bounty? How have you not been caught yet?’
‘It’s like the magician of Ein Rogard.’
The administrator tried to hide his surprise and put on a calm expression.
I knew that all of Einrogard’s students were the best geniuses in the empire, but I didn’t expect them to be like that.
He didn’t look too old, but Doig and he didn’t care about anything after catching their brother.
When asked why a bounty was put on such a weak guy, the answer was so full of confidence that the moment of admiration came out.
“That’s right. You are also a student of Einrogard. We look forward to many more performances in the future.”
“thank you.”
After answering once, Lee Han hesitated.
‘What kind of performance are you expecting?’
A compliment is a compliment, but it was a compliment that strangely made me feel bad.
Curse me to meet a criminal again?
But when he received the pouch thick with silver coins, he felt better again.
Lee Han politely bowed his head and bowed politely.
“thank you. Goodbye.”
The magistrate was again surprised.
It was humility, the complete opposite of the confidence he had just shown.
‘Is he also from a great noble family…’
Even though he didn’t know which family he was from, it was clear that he was from a great noble family with a long history.
The magistrate was unknowingly deeply impressed.
Magic is an esoteric science that is difficult for ordinary people to even venture into.
A boy like that, arrogantly certain of his talents but never losing his manners, might be the man to walk that path of learning.
‘cheer up.’
The administrator cheered Lee Han.
It was the administrator’s job to make sure that student like that boy could focus only on magic.
Troublesome and tedious tasks such as managing the empire were to be done by people like administrators.
* * *
“…would you like to share?”
“no.”
Lee Han, who was weighing the silver coin pocket, realized that Professor Voladi was next to him and asked.
Fortunately, Professor Voladi was not very interested in his student’s purse.
‘I don’t think you’re in a very good mood.’
Even if he didn’t have to use Ogonin’s magic, Lee Han had an extraordinary sense of being able to roughly read the professors’ emotions.
‘It’s not because of the silver…’
“Is it because of the transaction?”
Professor Voladi nodded.
I received quite a few letters, but all of them were scammers.
Professor Voladi, who expected that at least one person would bring something useful, was inevitably disappointed.
Lee Han tried to control his expression.
‘You shouldn’t laugh. If you laugh, you will die.’
Professor Voladi wasn’t the kind of person who would retaliate emotionally like Headmaster Skeleton, but it didn’t do any good to have a student laughing next to him when he failed.
Furthermore, isn’t Professor Voladi an expert in close combat?
“it’s okay. It would be a rare monster if it was so easy to obtain. It’s okay without me.”
Lee Han said with a good-natured look.
At those words, Professor Voladi slightly frowned.
When the disciple declined like that, a faint feeling welled up in the depths of his heart.
That was just resentment.
The resentment you feel when you fail to do what you are supposed to do as a teacher.
Professor Voladi had to frown even more to control his first feelings.
‘…is this okay?’
As Professor Boladi’s expression frowned, Lee Han became ominous.
Wouldn’t you say bullshit like ‘I can’t help it because there are no monsters, I’ll replace them’?
“professor?”
“okay.”
When Professor Voladi’s face returned to normal, Lee Han let out a sigh of relief.
“But there’s still time until the final exams, so I’ll try to find more.”
‘shit.’
Lee Han cursed at Professor Boladi.
Why are you so passionate about useless things?
At that time, can’t we think about ‘why is there only one student in my classroom’?
“Are you the magicians of Einrogard?”
“!”
Lee Han raised his head.
It was the first person I saw, but I could guess that he was an aristocrat with a fairly high status.
From the accent and demeanor to the escorts standing around the costume accessories.
‘Who is it?’
“you’re right. Excuse me, but who are you?”
Instead of the nobleman, the escort next to him answered.
“This is His Highness, Duke of Ikhaldoren. Please identify yourself.”
“Lee Han of the Wardanaz family.”
“Balladi of House Baegrek.”
Unlike the Bagreg family, the Wardanaz family was a noble family that even the imperial dukes could not treat carelessly. The escort’s attitude became even more cautious.
‘If it’s the Duke of Ikaldoren…’
Lee Han did not know all the nobles of the empire, but he had no choice but to listen to the famous families.
Duke Ikhaldoren was a fairly famous person who had heard rumors of Lee Hando a few times and had even seen it in the imperial newspapers.
‘It wasn’t a very good rumor.’
There were few nobles who did not say that they were cunning or did not know what they were up to, but even taking that into consideration, the rumors about Duke Ikhaldoren were a bit harsh.
As a cunning and scheming person, Lee Han couldn’t help but be slightly nervous.
Having Professor Voladi next to him didn’t make him any less nervous. In fact, Professor Boladi was the more worrisome factor in this situation.
‘Even if Professor Voladi insults Duke Ikhaldoren, the Headmaster Skeleton will step in, right? Still a member of the Magic School?’
Thinking of swearing at the headmaster when he heard it, Lee Han lowered his head.
“this. It’s an honor to meet you.”
Duke Ikhaldoren looked only in his forties.
His actual age would be about twice his age, so he had a very young face for the human race. It was obviously thanks to all the alchemy elixirs.
“A few days ago, the mage prophesied that there would be a precious meeting, but I wonder if that meeting is this one. I thought I would meet the excellent wizards of Einrogard in the village.”
One of the Duke’s escorts glanced at Lee Han and whispered to the Duke.
“Your Highness the Duke. As far as I know, the students of the magic school are not allowed to go out. Aren’t you suspicious?”
Noble escorts basically had paranoid personalities.
Anyone approaching the owner is assumed to be an assassin in disguise.
“Aren’t you ashamed to say something stupid? Of course, going out with the professor would be allowed. I won’t allow any more rudeness. Please step back.”
Duke Ikhaldoren strongly blamed the escort. The guard bowed his head and stepped back.
Lee Han was stabbed inside.
‘That escort. you’re sharp How did know?’
“Forgive me if I can be rude. But from what I heard earlier, it seems the two wizards are looking for something? I want to help.”
“!”
Ian’s face hardened.
‘As expected, the rumors aren’t wrong!’
They said he was cunning and scheming, and that was true.
Trying to send an innocent student to the goal?
“I am looking for a rare monster.”
“Are there any conditions?”
“Immune to fire, water and lightning attributes, has strong magic resistance, and has a speed of over 60 km per hour…”
Even after hearing Professor Voladi’s bullshit, Duke Ikaldoren’s expression did not change.
I called the escort next to me and asked.
“Can I get it?”
“I will look for it.”
“Please. Can I get you something to drink while I wait?”
Realizing that things were wrong, Lee Han answered with a sigh.
“I’d like a car if possible.”
“Great taste.”
* * *
“Your Highness the Duke. No matter how much you come from the Wodanaz family and are a professor in Einrogard, isn’t it an excessive investment…”
Duke Ikhaldoren tapped his finger lightly. Then the subordinate hurriedly shut his mouth.
Even after receiving that warning, none of his subordinates made fun of him.
The duke murmured coldly.
“I know what you mean.”
The monster the wizard asked for was rarer and more difficult than expected.
On the other hand, it was unknown what position those two wizards were in Ein Lorgard.
One might be a professor, but I don’t know what position he is in, and the other seems to be a lower grade student… There
was a high possibility that he wouldn’t benefit much from being close with him at that level.
It was not very likely that the professor or the student would be friendly with the principal.
However, the Duke of Ikaldoren decided to invest even with that in mind.
Now, regardless of efficiency, he had to stretch several tentacles inside the magic school.
‘I have to figure out the situation inside Einrogard somehow.’
The duke’s face was calm, but inside he was complicated. Recently, one of the duke’s henchmen entered Ein Rogard and lost contact.
If the henchman had been captured by Gonadaltes, he would have to quickly grasp the situation.
If you know the truth about that nature, you’ll never let it pass.
Even if he didn’t like the two wizards, he couldn’t help it. Now I had to increase it little by little.
“Do you like tea?”
Duke Ikhaldoren asked as he stepped into the drawing room. Lee Han and Professor Boladi were sipping tea.
“It’s great. thank you Your Highness the Duke.”
Lee Han, who answered politely, and Professor Boladi, who only scratched his neck, were quite in contrast.
It was a shameful situation for the duke, so he passed it on, but he couldn’t help being embarrassed.
‘Anyway, the wizards are scoundrels.’
They were single-minded idiots who focused only on their field of interest.
On the other hand, Lee Han’s appearance was quite fresh.
Being from the Wardanaz family, I thought that rudeness would be standard, but…
“I’m sorry that you seem to be making a student who should be focusing on magic drink too cheaply.”
“no. In my mind, I want to pack it up and take it with me when I go.”
“Hahaha… I’ll tell you.”
“I beg you.”
‘The Wardanaz family… is that right?’
It was the first time Duke Ikhaldoren had ever seen a man from the Wodanaz family who knew how to converse without offending people.
Besides, jokes like that.
It was amazing.
“Come to think of it, if you are studying at Einrogard, you must have met Prince Gonadaltes.”
“yes. I have met you.”
“Are you close friends?”
“Could that be?”
Lee Han replied with disgust.
what kind of friendship is that?
I don’t know if there is hatred or pain.
‘Sorry.’
The Duke of Ikaldoren was deeply regretful. Although he expected it, it was a very bitter result.
