Episode 319
Instead of responding, Lee Han walked forward and pulled on Gai Nando’s cloak.
Gainando, whose hidden face was revealed, spoke with an embarrassed face.
“I didn’t find it to use it. I was wondering what the principle was… Yes! “Know in advance so you don’t get caught later!”
“I didn’t say anything.”
“…Why did you come! “You guys are here to find an artifact that can help you win the card game!”
Ihan and Yoner were momentarily speechless at Gainando’s absurd cavil.
Sometimes, when you hear too much bullshit, you can’t react right away.
“yes?! “I got it right, right?”
“It’s not.”
“Stop talking nonsense.”
“…no?”
Gainando was a little dispirited.
Of course, I thought I was there to buy card game-related artifacts…
“Gainando. “If you want to win at a card game, there is another way.”
“uh? really?”
Gainando’s eyes sparkled at Lee Han’s words.
One way or another, Lee Han is a wizard card game expert with the highest winning rate in the Blue Dragon Tower.
“Change the composition of your deck.”
“no! “These are all cards I cherish!”
Because the deck contained only high-cost cards and no low-cost cards, he was hit and killed every time in the beginning, but Gainando tried to believe in his cards until the end.
“Then there is another way.”
“What?”
“Don’t whine even if you lose, but accept defeat courageously.”
“……”
Gainando glared harshly at Lee Han.
I didn’t mind being scolded for not being good at magic, but I couldn’t stand being scolded for playing a card game.
“Lee Han. “Look here.”
Yoner, who was looking around and ignoring their conversation, called out to Ihan.
“These glasses. Doesn’t it look useful?”
“Are they the alchemist’s glasses? It sure looks good.”
Alchemist’s Glasses
Crafted from refined tiger’s eye stones from the Western Ikansel mines, these glasses have a perfectly balanced design coordinated by the Empire’s finest artifact craftsmen. Feel the powerful effects of ingredient analysis magic that last for 5 years.
‘How much?’
Price: 100 Imperial Doubloons
Lee Han lost his balance for a moment and stumbled.
Joner was surprised to see that. I wondered if her sister’s vicious mental attack had taken effect too late.
“are you okay!? Could it be because of you?!”
“Well, the price is… a hundred gold coins.”
“…You were surprised.”
“Yoner. No matter how you think about it, isn’t it strange? “How can this be a hundred imperial gold coins?”
Lee Han did not understand.
Of course, the alchemist’s glasses were a useful item.
Even people who did not know how to use magic could easily analyze the components of various materials or reagents.
However, in the eyes of wizard Lee Han, the price was too high. It’s not even a permanent artifact.
‘Assuming you collect materials, cast magic, and work… I don’t think the cost will amount to even a single gold coin.’
That artifact is more expensive than all of Lee Han’s savings.
‘is not it? ‘Maybe I’m thinking wrong.’
I’ve heard a lot that artifacts are expensive, but if these artifacts are this expensive…
I didn’t know that Lee Han’s quick fortune might not have been a dream.
“This is expensive because of the design and decoration rather than the magic. “Lee Han.”
“huh?”
“Look here.”
Yoner pointed below his glasses.
The names of the craftsmen who participated in the work of this artifact, their careers, and even the various jewels that went into decoration were explained in detail.
Lee Han read the explanation and checked the artifact again.
The glasses certainly looked expensive enough even without magic.
“Why on earth are you doing this? “You can just cast a spell on copper glasses.”
“That’s right… because people who live here want this…”
“Tsk.”
Lee Han bit his lip.
I was resentful of the imperial society that only focused on appearance and splendor without seeing the true value of magic.
So even if Lee Han worked hard to make it, he wouldn’t be able to sell it for that much.
“I understand. Let’s stop taking it apart and find out something else.”
“Ugh! Why is it so expensive!?”
“?”
“?”
Yoner and Ihan were slightly taken aback by Gaynando’s shout.
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Guynando was never a friend who would say things like that.
He was a friend who had a pocket money that never ran dry…?
“You don’t usually say things like that, right? what’s the matter?”
“ah. that is.”
Guynando said in a slightly depressed voice.
After the bloody battle with the Basilisk at the mansion…
“It’s not a blood clot. “It was self-destruction.”
Lee Han pointed out coolly.
If they heard it that way, other people might misunderstand it.
“Isn’t that a blood clot?”
“No.”
“Anyway, I received a lot of compliments from my mother after that. “She also praised her friends a lot.”
“so?”
“I was so excited… I talked about earning silver coins by working with my friends. So he praised me more…”
Lee Han became slightly ominous.
“Is this really what I think?”
“…So I said I don’t need pocket money from now on and I’ll try to solve it with my own abilities…”
Ihan and Yoner lamented at the same time.
Such a foolish thing!
Of course, it was understandable that he was excited to receive praise, but he kicked his pocket money out of his own pocket.
It was a very stupid thing to do.
Doing something like that just for pride…
“But you did well, right?”
Gainando looked at his friends as if trying to achieve a mental victory.
The eyes seemed to say this.
-Praise me!
However, Lee Han answered seriously.
“Gainando. Go back and say you thought wrong. “Tell me quickly that you will need adequate pocket money.”
“that’s right. “You can’t stand it.”
“why not!”
Gainando was moved to tears by the cold response from the two friends he thought would support him.
“Well… you don’t really like working, do you?”
“It’s not? It’s not?? “Am I going to work a lot too?”
Ihan and Yoner looked at each other.
-No matter how much I think about it, I think I’ll regret it.
-that’s right. But it’s none of our business.
-…Isn’t this too much for Guy Nando?
-He needs to suffer a little to come to his senses.
“Lee Han. “I want to work together too.”
“You will regret it.”
Gainando pounded his chest at Lee Han’s words.
“I’m also a student at Einrogard. “He’s a decent wizard.”
Joner thought to himself at that sight.
‘You ate it raw because you are the Blue Dragon Tower…’
If you listen to the stories of other top students, each day was truly a series of desperate survival.
Since Lee Han was in the same tower, he must have provided meals for him, otherwise Gainando would have come out half-corpsed.
“i get it. “If I get a job introduction, I’ll invite you too.”
“really? thank you!”
“It would be better to say thank you after all the work has been done… Anyway. “I need to sell some of this.”
Lee Han called the clerk. Then he took out the artifact he had brought with him.
The clerk quickly recognized the value of the artifact Lee Han brought.
“Is this a ring with the magic of <Lightning Release>?”
“you’re right.”
“It’s a well-made artifact. “Is there a wizard’s manual you created?”
“here.”
Lee Han handed out the manual he received from the guild.
The clerk who saw that was embarrassed.
“…Is this a gift from the Adventurer’s Guild as a thank you?”
“Is there any problem?”
“Are you, by any chance, Wardanaz, who subdued the evil being this time?”
“……”
Lee Han tried to take a deep breath but held it back.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was clear that Grande City had an information sharing bulletin board.
“you’re right. “Is there any discount?”
“You also have a great sense of humor. I heard about it because my friend works at the Adventurer’s Guild. “I knew that the students at Einrogard were excellent magicians, but it is rare to see someone who is this active from their first year.”
“I was lucky.”
It wasn’t a joke, but the good news was that there was no information sharing bulletin board in Grandeur City.
“Anyway, there’s no problem… I wonder if there was something wrong with the gift offered by the Adventurer’s Guild…”
The clerk asked the question carefully.
If there was a problem with the gift given by the Adventurer’s Guild, it wasn’t just one person’s problem.
It becomes a problem for many people, from the artifact craftsman who created it to the person in charge of the adventurer guild who trusted the artifact craftsman and entrusted the request.
“There were no problems. “It’s just an artifact I don’t need.”
“!”
The clerk was surprised by Lee Han’s words.
Not needing an artifact did not mean simply knowing how to use that magic.
For a wizard to cast magic required more concentration and time than expected.
Not needing an artifact to compensate for that meant that the casting speed of <Lightning Release> magic was equivalent to the artifact activation speed.
‘Indeed… you are the person who overpowered Lord Baldrogard’s Taoist and defeated the Basilisk.’
The clerk nodded, thinking of hitting him in the back if Lee Han heard.
“The guild made a mistake.”
“no. When it comes to gifts, the heart is important. In fact, I would have been satisfied even if they had given me gold coins.”
The clerk couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter. And he took matters into his own hands with a puzzled expression.
“You really have a great sense of humor.”
“……”
“Anyway, please wait a moment. I will come back after appraising it. “Is this the artifact you’re entrusting with me?”
“ah. “Please give me this helmet as well.”
The clerk nodded and headed to the back of the store.
An hour later.
The clerk returned with two artifacts. Gainando quietly overturned the card game he was about to lose.
“This ring with the <Lightning Release> spell is worth about ten gold coins.”
This might be the case at an antique or miscellaneous store in a remote town, but there was no such thing as clumsy negotiations at a noble-specialized artifact store in the central area of a large city.
If you do something like that, you will immediately ask the noble, ‘Are you disrespecting my honor?’ It was just nice to hear the sound.
‘It’s not bad.’
Lee Han was very satisfied.
Ten gold coins.
To earn that much, I had to work at the Makin family’s workshop several times and receive dozens of requests.
It was a gift that showed the sincerity of the Adventurer’s Guild.
“Please change it immediately.”
“yes. And this helmet…”
Lee Han was a little nervous.
‘Wouldn’t it be quite expensive? It is an ego artifact. Ego artifacts are definitely valuable. But it has a very unsightly appearance. shit. Should I have been adorned with jewels? no. Even if you touch it with the skill of a non-expert, it would only have the opposite effect.’
“…It’s a cursed artifact.”
“yes?”
“A cursed artifact. To be precise, it is an artifact with evil tendencies. “He has a tendency to lead his master to destruction… but you managed to avoid getting hurt.”
The clerk looked at Lee Han with a mixture of concern and respect.
The fact that he remained unharmed while possessing such an artifact proved the strength of his spirit.
Of course, Lee Han was completely embarrassed.
‘It was a cursed artifact?’
“Ah… somehow Lee Han meets a lot of strange people.”
Gainando clapped his hands as if he was finally understanding.
I encountered many strangely strong enemies, and it was all because of that helmet.
It has nothing to do with me! You didn’t even listen to what I said…!
Tutu tried to protest as if it was unfair, but the clerk quickly covered his mouth with a silence cloth.
There was nothing good about listening to the evil artifact.
“You can’t buy this. Wardanaz will take care of it, but please be careful because it is an evil artifact.”
“thank you.”
Lee Han glared at the helmet and took it. The helmet closed its mouth and remained silent under that gaze.
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After buying a piece of cotton candy for Gaynando and the three of them returning together to the Wardanaz family mansion, the servant said to Yihan.
“young master. “A guest is coming.”
“this time?”
It’s almost night and a guest is coming.
It was a visit I would not have made unless I was a very close person or someone who was quite rude.
‘I guess it’s the former.’
“Is it Asan?”
“no.”
“Durgyu?”
“no. I don’t think he was a friend. And it was the first time I met him.”
“By any chance, what is your race?”
“You were a vampire.”
“……”
Lee Han’s face turned pale like a vampire.
