Taking admission for nothing (254)
Lesson 49. Casanova’s Holiday – 4
“Remains often refer to places where traces of an ancient civilization that existed before a dimensional wall was created and all dimensions were torn apart as they are today.”
On the way to the destination on the spaceship controlled by Selden, Aneri explained the background of this quest in detail.
“That’s why, even in lower dimensions with low mana density, you can’t look down on ruins. It might be the house where some crazy absolute power lived.”
“How do you know it’s a ruin?”
“If you can’t access it with the magic of humans in that dimension, it’s a ruin.”
“It is not easy to open most of the ruins.”
To Aneri’s words, her mother Kang Eun-young added an explanation.
“Moreover, if it was a higher dimension, they would do it all by themselves without having to call in mercenaries, but that couldn’t be the case in a lower dimension. That’s why I’m secretly requesting a mercenary with the ability to open the ruins.”
“Since this is a quest that requires strict confidentiality, there is no choice but to have a lot of beans falling on this side. Even if this quest is not related to Rebellion, it is a very good opportunity for us.”
Ban Yu-won, who had been nodding his head, suddenly raised his voice as if he had realized it.
“Couldn’t you have opened the ruins without me?”
“Is that why you called your son?”
“Because Yuwon is a talent that everyone in the mercenary industry wants! How about joining the army after graduation? After overthrowing the Prominence family anyway, everyone else will return to the family, and me and the two of us will become a married couple’s mercenary group…” “That would
n’t be bad.”
“really?! Wait a minute, I’m going to record it, so please say it one more time.”
“The people around me are going to catch on like this right away…”
Moreover, Ban Yu-won’s idea of a married couple’s mercenary group will be completely different from what Aneri thinks.
“Sister, I will not leave the mercenary corps. Oh, and now that we’re entering the dimensional wall, everyone be careful.”
“There were also newcomers. If you keep swearing at Yu-won, you will soon disappear without even knowing mice or birds.”
“I will never curse at you from now on…”
Lilith, who was sitting on his right shoulder and reconciled in the form of a small doll the moment she left the terminal and entered the dimensional wall, tilted her head and reported.
[The energy of the spacecraft is changing.]
“It must be camouflage. Because we can’t do a confidential request without revealing the traces.”
“Our mercenary corps is unusual in terms of members, so we basically carry out all requests in secret. Hiding or changing energy is also my specialty.”
As Aneri said, the magic power spreading throughout the spaceship and altering it was her own.
I had assumed from the beginning that it would not be an ordinary mercenary, but the level was shocking.
She trembled with humility at the word “specialty,” but I can assure you that this was her own ability, or authority.
It doesn’t seem like she signed a contract with the Constellation, so it’s a power she was born with or developed by herself
.
“In that sense, here.”
“huh?”
Ban Yu-won, who was staring at Aneri and thinking about her abilities, tilted his head as he saw the leather clothes and mask presented to him.
“It’s our mercenary corps’ official ninja… combat uniform with various effects, including the recognition-damping effect.”
“I think you just said clearly that you are a ninja.”
The metal mask with the pattern symbolizing the mercenary corps on the leather clothes that were tight to the body, revealing all the lines, even if it wasn’t chewy, gave a very strong impression.
Instinctively, I turned to Selden, and he was wearing a similar outfit, but he was wearing a black jacket that seemed to be used to increase strength, so he looked better.
…Anyway, the official men’s uniform of this mercenary corps seemed to fit.
“You didn’t intend to wear a school uniform and do activities, did you?”
“It wasn’t, though. … You really want to wear this? really?”
I thought the day would never come when I would wear clothes like this unless it was a punishment.
Unfortunately, Aneri’s eyes were serious enough that nothing could be more.
“Until the end of the request, Yoo-won is also a member of our mercenary corps♡”
“Holly…”
Aneri and Keira openly pretended not to be anti-yumi, but were staring at him with bright eyes.
In the end, Yu-Won Ban rented a dressing room and quietly changed into a battle suit, not a ninja cosplay.
Contrary to my first thought, his body shape was hidden as I pulled the leather belts attached to the combat uniform and tightened his arms and thighs.
On the theme of emphasizing the muscles with leather sticking to the abdominal muscles and chest, pads on the shoulders and gaiters on the knees and spiked heels on the boots made the body shape ambiguous.
‘You didn’t give me this kind of equipment without thinking. …I still don’t know why the abs and collarbones are emphasized.’
The moment he put the mask on, his eyes and hair were dyed gray, and it certainly hid his feelings so clearly that it was difficult to recognize even with his authority.
“It’s perfect.
As soon as I saw him come out of the locker room and saw Aneri collapse with a nosebleed, I wondered if he just wanted to see a semi-yuwon in this outfit, but I decided to ignore it for now.
Around the time all the other members had changed into combat uniforms with a similar concept to the anti-yuwon, the spacecraft that broke through the dimensional wall arrived in the D-13 dimension.
“Where is the request?”
“The planet Galahad.”
“It’s a very familiar word…” As
soon as Ban Yu-won heard about it, he let out a wry smile.
It’s not the first time that a famous myth or legend on Earth has been talked about in another dimension, but it didn’t seem like a coincidence to hear the name Galahad in this dimension that was famous for its holy sword.
“? Are you familiar with it?”
Ban Yu-mi, who had been covering her nose with a tissue for some reason at Ban Yu-won’s muttering, let out a snoring sound and tilted her head.
While her mother sighed and stopped Yumi Ban’s nosebleed, Yuwon Ban explained briefly about Galahad.
Galahad is a member of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend and is also called the Perfect Knight.
The son of Lancelot, the Knight of the Lake, and the owner of the Strange Belted Sword and Crossed Shield.
And he is also the protagonist of the Holy Grail Expedition, the highlight of the legend of King Arthur.
As the Holy Grail Expedition, an episode in which he played an active part as the main character, was neatly destroyed at the time of the cataclysm of the earth, no one on earth could mention the name Galahad, but that is not applicable to semi-amusers who deal with language itself.
Of course, you can’t say it, but the memory won’t disappear, so it can be said that the sister didn’t know Galahad from the beginning.
“There is a knight of the round table. Aren’t you King Arthur?”
“How can you not know that! Isn’t that the pretty girl wielding Excalibur?”
Since it was related to the Holy Grail, the entire series must have been lost, but it seems that you stayed in my memory for some reason.
Ban Yu-won pondered for about a second whether he should explain the original King Arthur legend and a foreign game that partially changed and utilized the setting, but soon gave up neatly.
“Yes, my sister is right. She was a great knight who fought for women’s rights in medieval England.”
“It’s a very bad thing to give up on explaining your son.”
Ban Yu-won moved away from his sister and turned his gaze to the monitor on the ship.
Looking at the endless expanse of outer space, the question of whether King Arthur was a man or a woman seemed unimportant.
The C-class dimension Terminal 3 was also a very large place for a single dimension, and the D-13 dimension was a dimension that boasted a vast size that never fell behind it.
As such, it is said that many planets are distributed, and among the D-class dimensions, it is often targeted by dimensional pirates because it possesses an exceptionally large amount of resources and because of its high accessibility from other dimensions.
“What do you mean by accessibility?”
“It means that the barrier is weak and it is easy to invade. If you are originally from that dimension or you are not an authorized person, you will be blocked by the barrier when you cross the dimension wall.”
As proof that Aneri is a ‘permitted person’, she held up the permit she received along with accepting this request.
The reason they were able to pass through the dimensional wall unhindered was because they had the permit, but even if that wasn’t the case, they would have been able to cross the dimensional wall without difficulty.
“A barrier…”
“Have I told you before? When a barrier was created on Earth.”
“Aha, it was.”
Did you say that it is usually made by people belonging to the same dimension to join forces to prevent waves of orcs or dimensional pirates from other dimensions?
However, I heard from Asha earlier that those who live here in the D-13 dimension belong to the same Guardian Alliance, but they often fight each other rather than join forces, so how can it be properly maintained as a barrier?
“Sister, the patrol boat is out! Wouldn’t it be better to try to communicate before you get caught?”
Then Selden reported in a sharp voice.
“Eek! What are you talking about, I said there wouldn’t be a patrol boat today!”
Aneri stuck out her tongue and put her nose into the monitor.
I saw a small, streamlined spacecraft flying at high speed through outer space.
“Ugh, that’s close. Did you catch it?”
“I haven’t heard yet, but soon?”
“Then do I have to pretend to be a dimension pirate? Woah―― Didn’t this bastard, the client, leak information?”
Two people in a tense atmosphere.
Since they were camouflaged to hide the mercenary group’s movements, it was not very desirable to cause an unexpected clash in the D-13 dimension even if they did not reveal their identity.
It was then that Lilith, who was sitting quietly on his shoulder, had her signature shiny silver eyes.
[Should I do it, Master?]
“Do it.”
When the doll snapped her little finger, the camouflage spaceship melted into outer space and completely disappeared.
The reconnaissance boat, which apparently seemed to be aiming for them, flew confidently until halfway through, and it was only after passing them that it slowed down as if it felt something strange.
Then, they circled around it and started detecting it, but it was in vain because the spacecraft they were riding on was already far away from there and approaching the planet Galahad.
“What the hell… how did you do it?”
Aneri asked, dumbfounded.
Ban Yu-won shrugged.
“Aneri can also use the technique of hiding, right?”
“It’s my specialty.”
“I applied that to this spacecraft. Aneri did something similar earlier.”
“No… I have to squeeze power into the spaceship that I took precautions to barely break the magical structure, but hiding the entire spaceship is a completely different story.”
[Spaceship control is my specialty.]
Lilith boasted, but no one could argue against him.
In the end, the party succeeded in getting down to the place where the people who asked them to explore the ruins were waiting for them on the planet Galahad in a pleasant state that no one could see.
Banyuwon canceled Lilith’s authority and confirmed it to Aneri.
“I will do the exploration of the ruins together with the people here.”
“Sure. What do they believe and let only us into the ruins?”
“It’s not like they’ll be able to subdue us just by going in with Heng.”
It may be because he was a dimensional pirate, but Aneri hit the back of the head without saying anything to Selden, who openly laughed at the client, and made him shut up.
I wondered if he was doing that on purpose, but looking at him smirking, it seemed like he was doing it on purpose.
While shuddering at the thought that the perverted world is profound, Banyuwon gave brief instructions to his followers.
“To the N type.”
“It’s easy.”
[Yep!]
Eve and Lilith all changed their appearance into a small cross-shaped throwing weapon, officially called a wheeled shuriken.
As the original appearance is known through Union Net, several types were decided to disguise the identity, but it is needless to say why it was transformed into a commendation this time.
Aneri was dumbfounded for a moment watching the change, then asked.
“…Does it have some power?”
“It’s much stronger than some artifacts, right?”
“How the hell do I do with a family like that?”
The secret of the power is because Eve and Lilith can use the universal concept to substitute their magical powers with other powers at any time, but they couldn’t tell me that, so they just smiled.
For reference, the rest of the platinum member of the fan club, Keira, quietly followed behind, recording and sketching Ban Yu-won’s new abilities and the changed appearances of her followers.
“Come, come!”
“Be alert!”
As the party got off the spacecraft, knights wearing plate armor, reminiscent of when Asha first entered the school, appeared in droves and guarded them.
I looked at the faces of the party to see if there was a problem, and I thought that not only Aneri, but also Ban Yu-mi, a newcomer, was making a sad expression.
“Who is the client?”
Aneri, who was wearing a metal mask similar to Banyuwon’s, said in a cold voice.
“There was a patrol boat. If it’s different from the promise even before the request started… This side has no choice but to ask for a risk allowance.”
“A scout ship? Really?”
The knights split left and right, and a middle-aged man appeared, wearing the same plate armor as them, but taking off his helmet to reveal his face.
“The client?”
“It’s Rossius. He is the crown prince of this country… and also the leader of the knights. In the Guardian Alliance, he is also in charge of the 3rd Armed Forces Commander.”
“It means being in charge.”
Aneri nodded and continued.
“Whether you cheated on us or mismanaged confidentiality, you are to blame. As a condition of bearing the risk, we should raise 10% more from the existing conditions.”
“Umm… How about paying with Ronia? To us, these ruins are of great historical significance, but to you they may not be of much value. So, wouldn’t it be more profitable for you to receive money?”
“20%.”
Aneri snorted at the absurd statement and raised the condition again.
With no intention of doing so, he patted Sheldon behind him and made him prepare to withdraw, so Sheldon, who rolled over this way, immediately raised his weapon and began manipulating the spacecraft, wary of the knights.
It was a complete bluff, but they don’t know that the party didn’t come here for the ruins.
In the end, Rocius, the man who identified himself as the crown prince, let out a deep sigh and raised his hand to stop them.
“…I can’t help it. I’ll give you 10% more.”
“20%.”
Aneri said no more.
After fighting with her for a while, Rossius clicked his tongue and stepped back.
“Okay. Originally it was 3 to 7, so this is half and half. I had no intention of fooling you. We really didn’t even know. … I’ll crack down on it for now, but you guys should be careful in the ruins too.”
“of course.”
Ban Yu-won, who was surprised by the unfamiliarity of Aneri negotiating with the client, suddenly felt something vibrate in his inventory.
Upon closer inspection, it was a piece of broken metal…a fragment of the cross necklace that had once hung around Asha’s neck.
[He said he picked it up at another time.]
‘Common sense wouldn’t allow the treasure that contained the dragon’s soul to be left unattended.’
He smiled and narrowed his eyes.
I never thought I’d catch a big fish in a place I didn’t expect.
Maybe I can bring a present for Asha.
