Chapter 94
“You really raised it yourself?”
Salcho asked in a voice of surprise and curiosity.
A student at the Blue Dragon’s Tower, he was also a boy from the Wardanaz family, one of the great families of the Empire.
To think that such a boy had grown such fresh, appetizing, glossy, and desirable potatoes himself.
I couldn’t believe it even when I heard it.
“okay. I raised it myself.”
Lee Han nodded his head politely.
The other students of the Black Turtle Tower, who had been watching, stepped out.
“It’s true that Wodanaz raised Tutanta himself.”
“I was even treated the other day! It was so delicious!”
“I see. What did you pay for?”
Salko asked his friends.
Then the Black Turtle Tower students hesitated.
…I just ate it…
“Did you get it without paying anything??”
Salcho said, narrowing his eyes. The students of the Black Turtle Tower were terrified at the bloody impression that they would swing the hammer at any moment.
The family motto of the Tutanta family was simple.
-He who does not work shall not eat.
Even if they were top friends, it was an unforgivable evil if they did not work and ate for free.
What nobles and knights without conscience would do!
“Uh… uh… no…” Lee Han,
who was worse than that, stepped out.
“You helped me, and I treated you in return.”
“!”
The Black Turtle Tower students looked at Lee Han with impressed expressions.
‘Wardanaz…!’
“that’s right! It did!”
“We helped Wodanaz!”
At that, Salko relaxed his expression.
“Good thing. I was worried that you guys might have done something like that without getting anything in return.”
“It can’t be. Salco.”
“The word I hate the most is inaction. Salco.”
“okay. i get it.”
Lee Han asked Salco, who was about to walk away.
“Would you like some potatoes?”
The reason Lee Han asked Salco was simple.
First of all, everyone liked the potatoes grown in the garden. Even the princess praised it.
Of course, Lee Han, contrary to what followers say these days, was suspicious of whether the princess liked everything she ate…
And Salko looked very intently at the potatoes in Lee Han’s basket earlier.
Either he liked potatoes or he had enemies with potatoes.
“…no. I’m fine. I have nothing to pay you now.”
“It’s okay to just take it.”
“Don’t insult me. Wodanaz. The dwarves of House Tutanta do nothing and do not receive favors.”
‘But you’re an elf…’
Before Lee Han could say anything, Salko hurried away. As if if you stare at a potato for a long time, you will be seduced by it.
* * *
“Tough times for a thief like me.”
Ratford, who met Lee Han, nodded and explained what had happened.
Originally, the students of the Black Turtle Tower had a strong tendency to play separately as they came from various backgrounds.
However, as time goes by, there will be people who stand out.
Tutanta Salko was just such a dwarf or elf.
Thanks to his excellent magic skills and rock-solid sense of responsibility, the number of friends who follow Tutanta has increased.
‘Why Neilia…’
Lee Han suddenly felt sorry for Neilia.
Nilia also gave a lot to the students of the Black Turtle Tower, but the Black Turtle Tower friends liked Nilia, but did not trust and follow her as a leader.
With Salchow, it was the exact opposite.
‘Is it the difference between a dark elf and an elf? no. I don’t think it’s because of that.’
In any case, Salko’s followers grew, and at the same time, the black market operated by the Black Turtle Tower grew in size.
After hearing the rumors, students from the Blue Dragon Tower and the White Tiger Tower also came and started exchanging goods.
Then the problem gradually increased.
– No, why do you eat five loaves of bread!
– You can’t do this here!
– Hey, this coffee is fake! Give me my bread!
– I can’t refund what I’ve already bought! And you said fake coffee made from dandelions in the first place!
As other top students came and went, the problem was bound to increase.
Even so, the students of the Black Turtle Tower had a hard time responding strongly when friction arose with the students of the other towers.
The opponent is from a noble family or a knight family.
So, the Black Turtle Tower students asked Salko, not the most trustworthy Nilia.
Salchow decided to accept it after much consideration, but insisted that he follow his own rules instead.
– If you want other top guys to follow my rules, you have to follow them first!
-okay. Tutanta!
-Of course you have to follow your rules!
-Remember that you shouldn’t eat unless you work first.
– That’s a good rule!
-The other top guys will never be able to protect it?
-Likewise, stolen goods are prohibited.
-……
-……
-Why is that? Are there any problems?
-doesn’t exist! doesn’t exist!
Of course, there were complaints, but it was true that other problems disappeared thanks to Salcho’s growl.
After hearing the explanation, Lee Han was indignant.
“Anyway, the fact that good people suffer because of minorities is the same. Because of the White Tiger Tower guys, thieves like you and me are starving to death.”
“I mean.”
Ratford nodded strongly, agreeing.
“It must be difficult. Ratford. Then what are you doing?”
“ah. I’m fine. Stolen property is secretly sold.”
Lee Han was slightly impressed by Ratford’s calm words. After all, he wasn’t a professional thief for nothing.
Doing black market things in the black market again…
“Of course, the scale has shrunk a lot because I couldn’t do it openly. I am doing something else instead.”
“?”
Ratford pointed to one side of the black market. A few Black Turtle Tower students were sitting around doing other things instead of selling.
“Take a good look at this. Among the three cards, there is the emperor card. I’ll flip it over and mix it up… If you find it, it’s doubled.”
If you flip three cards over, shuffle them around, and find an emperor card, double your bet.
…It’s a gamble!
“Are you okay with gambling?”
“Tutanta doesn’t like to gamble… but he allowed me to gamble. I guess if I banned even that kind of thing, I’d be a bit… dissatisfied.”
In terms of the percentage of criminals, the Black Turtle Tower had the most.
Thieves’ guild, gambling guild, etc., usually enter the Black Turtle Tower.
Salko knew that, so he closed his eyes, saying that eating money with money like that was labor.
In addition to gambling with matching cards, there were various contents such as betting on chess and picking locks (this seemed to be the work of Ratford).
‘What kind of adventurer’s guild is this?’
“Ouch! my bread!! My three-day bread!!”
“I’m sorry. I mixed it moderately slowly…”
A student at the White Tiger Tower screamed as he tore his hair. It seemed like he wasted his fortune.
“Do not give up. Duke Mar. I was out of luck this time. Let’s do it one more time!”
“It’s not that hard! It works this time!”
Lee Han looked at his opponent. It was a face I had seen before.
It was Ymirg, a half-blood giant whom I had met in Professor Mortum’s black magic class.
Lee Han was strangely amazed.
‘Certainly, if it’s a giant, the opponent will be vigilant.’
To anyone’s eyes, Ymirg’s gigantic hands seemed clumsy and slow.
But Lee Han could see clearly.
Ymirg shuffling the cards and doing a little trick.
‘you are good.’
It was easy to think that there was no place for magic that competed with skill and technique as it was a world with magic.
However, there were people who mastered these hand techniques.
It was the gamblers of the gambling guild.
If you cheat with magic, the probability of getting caught increases, so you should compete with pure hand skills.
Lee Han guessed that Ymirg might be from the gambling guild.
“Never fight Ymirg.”
Ratford gave advice, probably misunderstanding Lee Han’s gaze.
Even Ratford, who had his own hand skills, had never won against Ymirg.
To that extent, he was an unrivaled master in the Black Turtle Tower.
“I have no interest in gambling. Ratford. I was just watching it for fun.”
Lee Han opened and closed his fists. Then the coin disappeared. said Ratford, amazed.
“As expected, Mr. Wardanaz! I thought you had the qualities of an excellent thief, but I was not fooled!”
“If other people hear it, it’s embarrassing, so lower your voice.”
It was rather embarrassing to receive such an enthusiastic response with a simple coin magic trick.
“no. Mr. Wodanaz. If you have that kind of skill, Lord Wodanaz deserves a spot next to it.”
“……”
Lee Han was tempted for a moment.
It sounded plausible.
‘Was it for this moment that I practiced in my spare time?’
To extort bread and meat from the pockets of the students of the White Tiger Tower…
“But I belong to another tower.”
“I will tell you well. There are several friends who are indebted to Mr. Wardanaz, so it should be fine.”
But before Ratford could get up, Salchow appeared from behind.
Behind Salko, the Black Turtle Tower students I talked about earlier stood like criminals.
“Wardanaz. When I asked again, they said that my friends here got it for nothing.”
‘No, those kind of talkative bastards.’
Lee Han cursed at the Black Turtle Tower students.
If you’re going to pull it off, you’ve got to hold on to it until the end.
Lee Han was different. I had the confidence to hold on until the end of the world.
“I couldn’t help it. Our family motto is ‘Give something to the hungry.’”
Lee Han’s appearance had the power to make it sound serious even when he was talking bullshit.
The students who were listening involuntarily nodded their heads in agreement.
indeed!
Somehow, I thought that Wodanaz feeds the other friends well…
“I am not blaming you. Wodanaz. because it’s not your fault I’m here to apologize for my friends’ mistakes. It was an irresponsible act that only lazy nobles or violent knights would do.”
Salco bowed his head and apologized. The Black Turtle Top friends also lowered their heads while watching.
Then the other tower students who were waiting outside the black market protested.
“You talk too much!”
“A lazy nobleman! I’m saying this because I don’t know how difficult life as a noble is!”
“Do you know how heavy the honor and responsibility we shoulder as knights are?!”
‘Even though they’re from the same tower, they’re really unlucky.’
Lee Han almost sided with Salko for a moment.
These shameless and conscienceless bastards…
Salco ignored them as if he hadn’t heard them at all.
“I want to make them pay for what they eat, but my friends don’t have that much right now.”
“I don’t care that much.”
The Blue Dragon Tower friends wrote a ledger and recorded a penny of silver, but even the Black Turtle Tower students had no intention of doing that.
“no. I will pay for it.”
“!”
Lee Han was surprised.
would you pay instead?
‘The Tutanta family must have a lot of money.’
They were a family from the famous masons guild in the empire, so there was no way they didn’t have money.
Lee Han pondered how much to call for the tomato vegetable stew last time.
“I heard rumors that you are wandering around the school at night. Is it true?”
“I don’t know what crazy rumors you heard, but they are complete lies.”
“……”
“……”
The Blue Dragon Tower and White Tiger Tower students who were listening outside the black market were bewildered.
‘Did you put an iron plate on that bastard’s face…?’
‘The Wardanaz family seems to teach them how to train their emotions.’
Despite Lee Han’s denial, Salco remained firm in his words.
“There is some helpful information there.”
“!”
