Chapter 366
Raon left the black market and headed for Sepia. When I passed the store belonging to the store, the eyes of the merchants were pierced like arrows.
“Are you staring at me fiercely?”
Dorian swallowed dry saliva, feeling the eyes of the merchants.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Just to make sure you brought the drake.”
The information that Addis Sepia gave a test to bring a drake to choose a successor is spread throughout the Chamber of Commerce.
It was only natural for the merchants to look at him like that, since it was to decide the next owner of the store.
“I didn’t bring anything.”
“It must be in the subspace pocket.”
“Then, like the third lady, is it about toenails or fingernail bones?”
“I may not have brought that either.”
“Still, I went with the white sword dragon, but I think they saved that much.”
As the merchants saw Raon and Dorian heading to the altar, they were convinced that they had brought only a few parts of Drake, not Drake.
“In the end, is the successor’s seat taken by the second boy?”
“I guess so. I never imagined you would come rescue Drake in a week!”
“As expected, his connections are great.”
“It is a treasure that money cannot buy.”
The merchants following Dorian’s second brother, Dialun, smiled as if the battle had already ended.
“You talk nonsense.”
“The first boy hasn’t come yet.”
“It’s difficult if you’re already excited.”
“that’s right. Jesser-sama will bring more than stuffed drakes.”
“Don’t shed tears later.”
First, the merchants following Jesser rolled their eyes at the merchants standing behind Dialun.
“If you’re the first boy, you might catch the whole drake and bring it back.”
“okay. And that’s a big guy that can’t be compared to a stuffed animal.”
“I look forward to seeing how the successor test will end.”
Some merchants were confident of victory, smiling leisurely as if they had heard the information that Jesser had caught the drake.
“In the end, it will be decided between the first boy and the second boy.”
“It was decided from the beginning.”
“It’s a pity that the third lady fell so easily. I didn’t seem like someone who would be so vain.”
“I was expecting Master Dorian a little because he said he brought the White Sword Dragon, but he seems too young.”
“I can’t help it. He must have only trained in swordsmanship at Sieghart.”
The merchants only talked about those two, as if the successor selection had already been narrowed down to Jesser and Dialun.
“Ugh…”
Dorian stopped walking in front of the gun corps and shook his hands.
“What are you doing not going in?”
“I can’t be upset! We have to show you what we caught!”
He put his hand in his belly pocket and turned around to show the merchants the Drake.
“Ehh.”
Raon sighed and blew a blow to the back of Dorian’s head.
Bahah!
There was a cool sound like a watermelon breaking and Dorian sat down clutching his head.
“Quaaaaaagh!”
The boy was crying and raised his head.
“Why are you hitting me!”
“I hid information at best, so why show it?”
Raon opened the air curtain to stop the sound from escaping, then shook his head.
“yes?”
“Nobody thinks you’re winning right now, right? Even though the exams aren’t over, everyone thinks your older brothers are taking the place of heirs.”
“That’s right. So go ahead and talk…”
Dorian rubbed his belly sac and wrinkled his eyes.
“No.”
Raon clicked his tongue briefly while looking at Dorian.
“Imagine that 35m drake comes out of your belly just as your brothers are sure of victory and the other merchants are celebrating. What do you think?”
“You will be blown away.”
“Don’t you want to see that bewildered expression?”
“I miss Bo! I would like to see! Let me see!”
Dorian nodded, eyes wide like a hungry Lars.
“therefore. be patient The humiliation now is nothing compared to the joy that will return.”
Raon patted Dorian on the shoulder and smiled.
‘I have to give that level of shock before I can eat more than this.’
On the day of the announcement of the test results for the successor, not only the staff of the corps but also all the nearby merchants will gather.
If you bring out the drake when everyone is sure that Jesser will be the successor, you can make a strong impression on the merchants who have ignored Dorian until now.
In other words, it will be a big step in eating this Sanghoe.
-Looking at what you’re talking about, it’s already the same as yours.
Lars looked at Raon and frowned.
‘actually mine. No, it will be Dorian’s business.’
-look! You say you’ll lose again!
‘You’ve been sane for a long time. Do you think the macarons were delicious?’
At the black market, Denning Rose handed over macarons to eat together, but Lars returned to normal as if it were delicious.
– They said it was awesome. If it wasn’t for that, I would have made that child a servant to the king.
Lars licked his lips, saying that he regretted that the village chief’s granddaughter, Lucy, had given him macarons first.
‘I can’t express the real taste.’
Raon looked at Lars and sighed.
‘If you’re going to express taste, do it like Denning Rose. It’s worth giving food.’
Denning Rose expressed the taste of raspberry pie and macaron luxuriously like a gourmet.
There was a bar that I could relate to, so I wanted to give another dessert as a gift.
-If you do it, you can do it well!
‘Then do it.’
-Oh yeah…
Lars scratched his chin with a round fist and then jerked his head up.
-The macaron cookies were crispy like tree bark and the raspberry cream was soft like cloth!
‘…’
I think I remembered what Denning Rose said and followed the analogy, but there is a big difference. I couldn’t figure out where to start commenting.
‘You have no talent.’
-Ugh…
‘Keep it down.’
* * *
Raon told Dorian to rest and went to Palen’s room.
smart.
When I knocked lightly, a nervous voice came from inside.
“who is this!”
The door opened after the sound of footsteps no less annoyed than that.
“Don’t come looking for me… Heck!”
Palen, whose head was loose, stopped screaming and closed his mouth.
“Oh, you are here.”
Palen, who acted like a ferocious beast, shrugged his shoulders as soon as he saw Raon’s face.
Leon looked around. Perhaps because Palen had bitten a person, there was no one around. I went into her room like my own.
“Did your trip go well?”
“I will ask the questions.”
Raon cut off Palen’s words.
“I’m sorry.”
Palen’s eyes were still filled with fear.
“Didn’t Heuksa contact you before I came back?”
“Oh, there was no contact. I hung a cloth on the window, but it didn’t come…”
Palen shook his head, saying that he had lost contact after sending the information.
“also.”
Raon smiled and nodded.
‘It looks like he’s trying to erase the black sand.’
Originally, when an assassination group fails in its mission, it has to pay a penalty or send an additional assassin to complete the mission after contacting them that it has failed.
Not doing both meant that Derus would erase the name Black Death.
‘I can clearly see how it will move.’
I’ve only been beaten 3 times by myself, so I’ll stop for a while.
He was beaten 3 times by himself and even the nursery school and the underwater dungeon were taken away, so if it was Derus’ personality, he would have become so angry that he became rather calm.
Seeing that he was trying to get rid of the black death, it was clear that he would not get involved for the time being, collect information, and then dig into the dark parts or weaknesses in a surprise attack.
‘Still, I can’t be careless.’
Derus is a man who is tenacious and cold-hearted to the point of being terrifying. No matter how much he understands his thoughts, you have to make up your mind.
After organizing his thoughts, Raon turned his head to Palen.
“Did you bring anything for the test?”
“yes. But it looks like it’s already over.”
Palen chewed on his lips.
“My second brother is bringing the whole Drake, and my older brother is going to bring something just as good. It will be impossible for us to win.”
She seemed to think that Dorian hadn’t caught the drake in the Zamari Mountains, as if he had confirmed that he had come empty-handed.
“I guess so.”
There was no particular need to tell Palen the truth, so he nodded and stood up.
“I won’t be coming to see you again. You know what I mean?”
“I want you to forget everything that happened so far…”
“You are smart.”
Raon smiled and grabbed Palen’s chin.
“Even if you drink alcohol or get brainwashed, you will have to forget it to the extent that you won’t be able to open your mouth. If there is a problem, she will come back.”
“Hey!”
As soon as he said that Merlin would come back, Palen struggled in fright and fell backwards.
“I will never do it! So please! Please…”
Palen knelt down and rubbed his hands together.
“You just have to watch your mouth.”
Raon covered his mouth with his finger and looked down at her.
“yes. yes never!”
Palen nodded with bloody eyes. Judging from his terrified state, it seemed that he had no intention of bringing this up in his lifetime.
‘What on earth did Merlin do to make him so afraid?’
Raon laughed as he left Palen’s room.
-Bo Bonwang doesn’t really want to know.
Lars’ whole body trembled, probably thinking of Merlin.
– Not knowing about such a madwoman is medicine!
He shook his head, saying he neither knew nor wanted to see.
‘You said you had a similar experience, right?’
– That’s right! There was something very leech-like.
‘Leech….’
Talking to Lars and going to the inn, Dorian and Addis’s butler Rigwin were standing in front of the door.
“Laon. Lord Sanghoe wants to see you. Do you have time?”
Rigwyn bowed her head respectfully.
“it’s okay. Let’s go.”
Raon nodded. As expected to a certain extent, I followed Rigwin and headed for the office of Sanghoju.
When I opened the door to the office and went in, Addis Sepia was sitting at her desk and looking at the documents. It was the same posture as before, as if it had been nailed to a plate.
“I hope to see you after a long time.”
Addis put the pen down on the paper and looked up at Raon.
“Did your trip go well?”
“Ask the person in question rather than me.”
Raon smiled and pointed at Dorian.
“Hmm…”
Addis nodded and turned her eyes to Dorian.
“Did you get anything?”
“Yes…”
Dorian nodded weakly, as if he had understood what he had just said.
“Looking at the lack of strength in your voice, it seems you couldn’t get what you wanted.”
“Umm…”
Seeing that he didn’t answer properly, it seems like he decided to hold back his words like a guy who can’t lie well.
“Drake is strong, but it is a rare monster. There is nothing shameful about not being able to find or catch a prototype. It’s just…”
Addis gave Dorian a cool look.
“That’s something you would say at a normal business meeting. To stand at the top of this sepia, you have to come up with even a drake that doesn’t exist.”
“That’s right.”
Dorian wiggled his fingers and nodded. Seeing his flushed cheeks, he had an expression that made him want to take out Drake and show off right away.
‘Of course.’
He’s a guy who takes things out of his stomach pockets whenever something happens, and it’s a chance to show off to his father, who he used to ignore, so of course he’ll tickle him.
You just have to be patient now to get something bigger.
“Take out what you brought and look at it. Let me see to what extent.”
Addis’ voice was cold, but her gestures were gentle. It seemed like he was trying to give me advice.
“Oh no.”
Dorian shook his head, clutching at his stomach pouch.
“why?”
“I need to meet my expectations…”
“Expectations?”
“That’s not it! Oops!”
He looked at Raon and his lips trembled.
‘Ugh…’
Raon sighed inwardly and closed his eyes tightly.
“I need to know what you prepared…”
“It can’t be because Sanghoe-nim could see my stuff and leak information to other successor candidates!”
Dorian shouted, raising his head.
Raon looked back at Dorian and smiled lightly.
‘This is fine.’
It seems like he just said whatever came to his mind, but it was a pretty good way to say no to Addis.
“You mean I could be your enemy?”
“That’s right.”
“Hmm…”
Addis nodded, sweeping her chin. His eyes were more sunken than before, but the heat in the depths of his eyes burned rather hotly. I think I liked Dorian’s answer.
“i get it. then let’s go Let’s take the test day.”
Addis waved her hand, saying she wouldn’t mind.
“Ah…”
Dorian rubbed his stomach pouch, his lips quivering at the cold response.
“Hey…”
“Let’s go.”
Raon greeted Addis before Dorian had an accident and dragged him out of the office.
“Hmm…”
Rigwin smiled at the door Dorian and Raon left.
“The youngest boy has definitely grown up.”
“okay. To see me as an enemy and say such bold words. A lot has changed.”
Addis tapped the desk lightly with her finger and nodded.
“Certainly it seems to matter who you are with. White Sword Dragon. He is not a person to be judged by age and incapacity.”
Rigwin nodded with proud eyes.
“So it’s a relationship.”
Grabbing the pen Addis had put down, she smiled with satisfaction.
“I am looking forward to the test day. It looks like you prepared something very interesting.”
* * *
The day the Gray Hammer guild comes and the last day of the successor exam.
Raon walked lightly to the gymnasium of Sanghoe.
Inside the gymnasium, many people were seated, and they seemed to be merchants from the Sepia Company who had gathered from all over the continent.
“Looking at it like this. There seem to be a lot of merchants in the Chamber of Commerce.”
Dorian swallowed dryly as he looked around at the merchants who filled the gymnasium.
“It’s a test to determine who will be the next Sanghoju, so of course you have to come.”
Since the selection of a successor is an important task that can determine the future of the merchants belonging to Sepia, everyone split their busy time to come.
“If I become the head of the upper house, will all these people be under me?”
“okay. You have to be responsible for all of them. can you do it?”
“To be honest, I have no confidence. But…”
Raon turned his gaze to Dorian. He had his head down and the back of his neck was shaking.
“Wouldn’t it be nice to get help from someone else?”
Dorian lifts his face slightly. There was a subtle light in the trembling but trusting eyes.
– That cowardly kid finally says something he likes.
Lars gave Dorian a rare compliment and smiled proudly.
‘That’s right.’
It is courageous to ask for help.
“That is a good answer.”
Raon nodded his head in satisfaction.
“If you’re not strong enough, it’s a good idea to ask someone you trust for help.”
“Thank you! Even the Vice Lord will help!”
“But I am expensive. It’s also very expensive. know?”
“Uh…”
“Give me some friend money in advance.”
“Ah yes…”
Dorian’s eyebrows drooped and his lips turned blue.
-Why do you kill the spirit of the main king’s subordinates again!
Lars groaned as he grabbed his sleeves.
‘It’s fun.’
I patted Dorian’s shoulder lightly and headed towards the center of the gymnasium. The second Dialun and the third Palen were there.
In front of Dialun was a whole drake, a little less than 20 meters tall, and in front of Palen, the drake’s claws and tooth horns were neatly arranged.
‘Jesser didn’t come.’
Jesser, the first, has not yet arrived at Sanghoe. I laughed because I thought I knew what he was aiming for.
Raon went and stood next to Palen with Dorian.
“Oh hello.”
“It’s been a while.”
Palen gave an awkward greeting, and Dialun lowered his head with a slight frown. Even though both of them had been looking for ingredients, their expressions were not good.
It seemed that everyone knew what Jesser was bringing.
“We are bridesmaids. The results are already set. It’s your brother’s victory.”
Dialune looked down at Drake’s stuffed animal and bit his lip.
“Brother Dialun, why is your expression so dark?”
“I know. You brought the Drake as it is, so why are you already losing?”
“The rumor is late. Master Jesser is bringing a drake much bigger than that!”
“really? But why aren’t you coming?”
“Wait. the best of times.”
Everyone seemed to be convinced that Jesser, the eldest, would be the successor.
Wow!
Before the sun set in the center of the sky, the gymnasium door opened coolly, and Addis, the owner of Sepia, entered.
He stood in front of the three successor candidates with a calm but powerful step.
“Soon there will be guests from the Gray Hammer Guild. Before they arrive, let’s check the items you brought.”
Addis looked at the three successor candidates in turn with her hands behind her back.
“Sovereign Lord.”
Dialun raised his hand and narrowed his eyes.
“Jesser-nim hasn’t come yet.”
“Time commitment is also an essential virtue of a merchant. If you don’t come by noon, you’ll be disqualified no matter how good you brought a drake…”
“Please bear with that.”
As Addis frowned and Dialun’s face was about to blush, Jesser’s calm voice was heard.
“What!”
“Where are you?”
“Up!”
“It’s coming from above!”
Everyone raised their heads at the merchant’s cry. Like a star that rose during the day, the black dot that had been attached to the sun grew larger and fell to the center of the arena.
Aaaaaaagh!
The impact wasn’t too great, probably because of the magic, but yellow sand dust rose thickly over the gymnasium.
Woo woo woo!
As Rigwin beckons, the dust settles and the object in the center of the arena comes into view.
There was something gigantic, wrapped in thick cloth, placed on a gray board that seemed to stretch over 30 meters.
“It’s not noon yet, so it’s not too late, right?”
Jesser, who was riding on a board, went and stood in front of Addis.
“Hmm…”
Addis nodded slowly.
“okay. You came just right.”
“thank you.”
Jesser politely bowed his head. His posture and expression overflowed with composure that he had already won.
“Looks like everyone else has already taken it out. Then you should show me what I brought.”
He went back and picked up the black cloth over the plank and blew it. The fabric rose high into the sky like a fluttering flag, revealing the drake hiding beneath it.
Jesser’s men approached and stretched out the drake’s head and tail. Magnificent size that seems to fill half of the gymnasium. It was a huge drake over 25m long.
“Wowaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
“Is that Drake?”
“Why are you so tall? Aren’t you a dragon?”
“I’m crazy. This is what I see. It’s the end result!”
“Mister Jesser will be the successor.”
The merchants who filled the gymnasium cheered. Hearing the cheers echoing through the sky, it seems that the merchants who followed Jesser from the beginning far outnumbered other candidates for succession.
“Keuugh…”
“Damn it…”
Dialun and Palen bit their lips when they saw the drake Jesser had brought. The difference was so great that I didn’t even think about competing.
“Hmm.”
Jesser stood tall and enjoyed the gaze that was focused exclusively on him.
Raon looked at him and smiled lightly.
‘As expected.’
You haven’t come this far for this show.
If it was Jesser’s connections, he could have arrived quickly even by using magic, but seeing as he didn’t arrive until the same day, it was clear that he was trying to capture the hearts of the merchants using this splendid display.
‘It was great. It’s just…’
In the end, the bridesmaid will be you.
Thanks to the situation he created, it seemed that more interesting scenes would be created.
“Now the game is over.”
Jesser looked down at the other successor candidates with an arrogant gaze.
As in the restaurant, Dorian didn’t even look. It didn’t seem like he was even considered a younger brother or a competitor.
“How about letting the other kids in…”
“No.”
Addis raised her hand and blocked Jesser’s words.
“Dorian hasn’t been taken out yet.”
“You didn’t bring it, did you?”
“well. I don’t know either.”
Addis looked at Dorian and Raon standing behind him.
“If you brought anything, take it out.”
“yes.”
Dorian swallowed a dry spit and went forward.
“Everyone, please step back.”
He gestured to Palen, Dialun, Jesser, and his men behind him. Even that was not enough, and even the people who came out to watch it were forced to back down.
“What are you doing?”
“Aren’t you bluffing?”
“Things like that happen, too. Like a last-ditch effort.”
“You have to do something like that to get attention.”
People backed down because it was in front of Addis, but laughed at Dorian and shook their heads.
“Whoa…”
Dorian took a slow breath and looked at Raon.
“try.”
“yes!”
Seeing that he smiled approvingly, I put my hands in my stomach pockets. The first thing that came out was the head of a small reptile like a lizard.
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
“what! That!”
“I asked you to catch the drake, did you ask me to catch the lizard!”
“done?”
“Uhhhh!”
However, as soon as it came out of the stomach pouch, the reptile’s head swelled and became the head of a drake so large that it could swallow several humans whole.
“Ah ah…”
“That
…”
The moment Drake’s body, which was over 35 meters tall, was completely exposed in Dorian’s stomach pouch, the jaws of the successor candidates and merchants, including Jesser, were thrown open.
The gymnasium, which had been filled with loud and small sounds celebrating Jesser’s victory, sank into silence as if it had become a library.
Raon smiled as he held the silence in his eyes.
‘I wanted to see those expressions.’
