Chapter 334
“You must never let your guard down!”
Originally, the imperial family did not trust each other.
The social world of the Empire is where all sorts of conspiracies and schemes prevail.
And among them, the imperial family were the ones with the fiercest and most severe minds.
But to catch the imperial family off guard for a moment and trick them.
This was not something anyone could do. Bo Gajun sharply raised his vigilance against Gainan Island.
‘Avoiding the boundaries by acting stupid…’
is not something anyone can do.
He had to have the tenacity of steel to withstand all the notoriety and harsh criticism that was poured on him.
Thinking about it made Bo Ga-jun’s spine run cold.
For a long time, acting foolishly, avoiding the vigilance of other members of the royal family, and then attracting powerful nobles who could become her own strength…
Perhaps this younger brother was the most dangerous competitor among the members of the royal family.
“After a really long time, I made a new deck…?”
Gainando opened the door and was surprised to see Bo Gajun.
“who are you?”
“……”
Lee Han was at a loss for words for a moment.
‘It’s been a while since we met, crazy bastard…’
It was a hobby for members of the imperial family to curse at each other when they met, but that was just a conversation while maintaining etiquette.
You should make fun of ‘It’s really unfortunate that what you’ve done this time has failed’. ‘Who are you?’
Lee Han was grateful that no other nobles were present.
‘I’m glad there are only three of them.’
“Keuk… Kuck!”
Bo Ga-jun burst into laughter at the sight of Gainando showing his true colors.
He thought that his evil and shady younger brother had finally thrown off his mask.
Of course, Gainando was taken aback by that laugh.
‘Am I crazy?’
“Are you the professor?”
“…Your Highness, right? Don’t joke.”
Lee Han put his hand on Gainando’s shoulder. Gainando’s brain cells were activated by the pain of twisting his shoulder blade.
“ah! Aww! I remembered! Prince! You told the prince!!”
“okay. sorry. Prince. Because Kainando likes jokes.”
“You don’t have to hide it anymore. Mr. Wodanaz.”
Bo Ga-jun stood up from his seat and said.
There was not the slightest sign of ignoring Kainando in those eyes.
Rather, as a strong competitor, it was full of burning enthusiasm.
‘I don’t know what it is, but it’s not good.’
Lee Han felt uneasy.
Prince Bo Gajun seemed to be having strange thoughts while visiting Gainando, but there was nothing good about leaving him alone.
Because Kainando had a tendency to lose his reputation the more opportunities he had to speak.
-Guinan Island. Do it like you did last time.
Lee Han spread three fingers.
It meant only answering ‘yes’, ‘no’, and ‘huhu’. Gainando rubbed his shoulder and nodded.
“Because I already knew how ambitious Prince Kainando is.”
“No…”
Lee Han hurriedly looked away.
It meant denying it quickly.
‘Say no quickly!’
“Whoops.”
“……”
Gainando accepted Lee Han’s gaze in a different way.
Bo Ga-jun nodded as if he knew that.
“Mrs. Wardanaz. As someone from Einrogard, it is only natural to support a close friend.”
“I don’t support it.”
“But I know. That someone with an excellent eye, like Wodanaz-sama, would support the royal family if a more qualified member of the royal family appeared.”
“No, I’m not interested in anything…”
“Please wait. I will prove that qualification soon.”
Bo Ga-jun made a vague declaration.
Of course, Gainando didn’t understand what he was talking about, and Lee Han was dumbfounded, so it didn’t have much effect.
“Then let’s see you at the meeting. Prince Cainando.”
“yes.”
“……”
Lee Han let out a deep sigh.
Even narrowing it down to three answers still has the opposite effect.
‘Should I just have my mouth stitched up?’
“I… Bocchan. Another guest has arrived.”
Hearing the servant’s cry, Lee Han wondered if he should put a < No Guest > on the front gate of the mansion.
“Who is it?”
“Princess Juderantas…”
“Huh. You are one step late.”
Bogajun laughed at Judrantas.
Perhaps even Judrantas will be surprised when he comes here.
Bo Ga-Jun may have been thinking… but
you will find out that the really dangerous competitor is among the young royal family!
* * *
“!!!”
As expected, Judrantas was just as surprised and acted the same as Bogajun.
And the ending was the same.
“If you are a person with an excellent eye like Wodanaz-sama…” “
…If a more qualified member of the royal family appears, are you saying you will support that member of the royal family?”
“also!”
“Not that I agree with that…”
“Please wait. I will prove that qualification soon.”
‘Actually, aren’t the two of them close?’
Seeing the two members of the royal family saying the same thing, Lee Han was no longer bothered to reply.
“All right.”
“Then let’s see you at the meeting…”
After all the members of the imperial family had left, Guinando took out the deck with a bright expression.
“I made a new deck, but it sticks… evil! Why do you hit me!”
Lee Han took a cane and started hitting Gainando on the back. Gainando screamed and ran around the room.
an hour later.
Lee Han sighed and held the wizard card in his hand.
It is said that he can grant the wishes of the dead, but he was only able to grant the wishes of friends who had been beaten dozens of times in the back.
“Whoops. It will be different this time.”
“Shut up and be quiet.”
“Yeah…”
Cainando quietly drew a card.
In this game, called Wizard Card, the victory condition is to play a minion each turn and use a magic spell to reduce the opponent’s life to 0.
Of course, in the beginning, I had no magical power, so I could only use weak minions and spells, and in the second half, I had a lot of magic power, so I could use strong minions and spells.
In other words, a good deck should have a well-balanced balance of weak minions that can be used in the early stages and strong minions and spells that can be used in the late stages!
Of course, it’s a rule, and Guinando had filled his deck with only the strong cards he liked.
‘Whoops. But this time it’s different.’
Kainando put down his card with a confident expression.
Lee Han looked at the card and was puzzled.
‘for a moment. I can’t believe this…’
Victory conditions were not limited to reducing the opponent’s mage’s life to 0.
Even if the remaining cards in the opponent’s deck are completely gone, the player wins.
And now, the black magic spell card that Gainando played is a card that blows three cards from the opponent’s deck.
“Cainan Island. Have you ever made a deck-breaking deck?”
“Oh, isn’t it?”
Taken aback, Gainando denied it while averting his gaze.
“It’s better than that weird deck from before… but don’t people hate this?”
There have always been unspoken rules.
So did the wizard card game.
Winning by destroying the deck like that felt like an act close to foul play in a fun place where they were having fun with each other.
Of course, from Lee Han’s point of view, he wanted to know what he wanted to know…
“What do we know! I will win!”
“That’s right.”
Lee Han prepared a card with a horse.
As soon as Guinando finished his turn, he planned to end the game by firing spells that deal direct damage to the mage.
Not knowing that he would die in a few seconds, Guinando thought very seriously.
“Were you two playing?”
Yoner opened the door and came in with Nylia.
The two looked around at the wizard card game and hesitated.
“Is this a dark magic curse deck?”
“however?”
“…and. Guinan Island. this is not Not really.”
Yoner looked at Gainando with a stunned gaze.
No matter what Gainando did up to now, he would take the side as a relative, but this was a bit harsh.
“Oh no…! If you win, that’s it! why!!”
“Of course, if you win, that’s enough, but the black magic curse deck is a bit of an exception…” When
Yoner didn’t take his side, Gainando looked at Nilia and asked.
“Is this such a big mistake!?”
“The black magic curse deck is a bit…”
“……”
Cainando felt very unfair.
“If you play a deck like this among hunters, you’ll get shot in the back by an arrow.”
“Not quite like that!”
“It’s true.”
“I see.”
When it was his turn, Lee Han threw a spell and overthrew Gainando. Gainando opened his mouth wide and narrowed his eyes.
“So Yoner. what’s the matter?”
“ah. Isn’t there a social gathering in Granden City this time?”
It wasn’t that difficult to hold social gatherings. Right now, Lee Han also invited a few friends to eat, drink, and play, and that too went into social gatherings.
As such, in a city the size of Granden City, dozens of social gatherings were held every day.
But the social gathering Yoner was talking about was a different story than those small gatherings.
It was no exaggeration to say that it was actually a meeting held in the name of the city of Granden, attended not only by the influential families of the city but also by imperial officials.
And the main participants of this meeting are the first year students of magic school.
‘The meeting the imperial family talked about earlier was this meeting.’
Lee Han understood why the imperial family came earlier.
Since it was such a place, it was only natural that he wanted to enter with a promising magic school student.
It was like a place to declare ‘we’re close’ to others…
“I thought it would be better not to go in with Gainando.”
“ah. I was thinking that too.”
Judging from the attitudes of the other members of the imperial family, it seemed like going in with Gainando would be an annoyance to each other.
“why!? Did I come with a dark magic curse deck?!”
Gainando asked with a shocked expression.
“no. If we go together, we might get misunderstood as factions…”
“I think it’s just because of the cards.”
Gainando grumbled at Yoner’s cold words.
“Everyone is jealous because my deck is strong.”
“But you lost…”
“Noisy!”
* * *
“…Now that it’s like this, there’s nothing we can do about it.”
Lee Han looked at Professor Verdus and said as if he was sorry.
I didn’t like attending social gatherings, but if I could use it as an excuse to ditch Professor Verdus, there was no reason not to.
As expected, Professor Verdus asked as if he did not understand.
“Why are you attending such a pointless gathering?”
“All first-year students are invited. They seem to want to hear how the students at the Magic School are doing.”
“Why are you attending such a pointless gathering?”
‘hmm. I just explained it.’
Professor Verdus kept grumbling whether Lee Han explained or not.
“I don’t know why there are lectures on how to dance in magic schools. In that case, I need to teach you one more theory of enchantment magic.”
“That’s me too… wait. Are there any dances at this social event?”
“If it’s that big, it’s definitely there, right?”
Professor Verdus replied as if it were natural.
It might be a small social gathering, but a social gathering like that couldn’t be without a ball.
Lee Han frowned.
‘I thought I’d never need dancing in my life.’
While the other Blue Dragon Tower students were taking ballroom dance classes, Lee Han had no choice but to listen to one more school of magic.
Even when I was in the Wodanaz family, I didn’t really practice dancing…
‘From now on, I’ll just have to practice the basics with attributes as quickly as possible.’
The goal is not to be disgraced.
Lee Han made up his mind and looked at Professor Verdus.
“Professor, are you good at dancing?”
“no?”
“I knew you would. Then I will find someone to teach me.”
“…??”
Left alone, Professor Verdus tilted his head.
Something felt wrong.
