Episode 629
“If you weren’t a student at Einrogard, I would have made you an adjutant.”
“okay. okay. There was a time when I wanted to use a dragon as a mount. But he said he doesn’t like dragons.”
The skeleton principal responded harshly.
It was clear that if Wardanaz was placed as the deputy of the Moradi family, the emperor would be contacted immediately.
Are you rebelling against yourself now?
“I know.”
“That would be nice.”
“?”
The head of the house looked away at the skeleton principal’s words as if asking what he was talking about.
Principal Skeleton said, pointing to Lee Han and Giselle.
“You two are close friends, right? “It’s rare to see other people in the tower being friendly even outside.”
From the point of view of the head of the family, who is an efficient person, she could not help but be happy that her children maintained a close relationship with Wardanaz.
First of all, it is not easy to interact with the Wardanaz family, but the children maintain a close relationship with each other.
By now, the head of the family might be excited and making up a plan in her head to ‘acquire northern hegemony with the Wardanaz family.’
“Not good.”
“??”
But the answer that came back was unexpected. The head of the family coldly denied it.
The skeleton principal was puzzled.
“Why is it bad?”
“This is a foolish action. I can’t believe I’m wasting the little time I have left by sparring with swords. “We should have talked about the territory…”
“……”
The skeleton principal was astonished.
So now…
Are you saying that you are wasting your child playing with his friends?
‘No, that crazy guy.’
“You’re kidding, right?”
“No? “You can build friendships by going to Einrogard.”
“……”
Of course, from the head of the house, she might have wanted to talk more about the future of Youngji and the talented person she had found so long ago.
But usually, when your child is playing with a friend, don’t you say, ‘Okay, Youngji can talk about it later, so try to build a relationship with your friend?’
Moreover, saying ‘My work comes first, so you can go to Einrogard and have fun’ was not something that could be said in an ordinary spirit.
“…Next time I visit, I’ll schedule everything for you first.”
“I was thinking of doing that.”
The matriarch looked at the skeleton principal as if stating the obvious.
For my next visit, I was planning to schedule everything first so that Zichline and Giselle would not disturb me.
The skeletal headmaster felt like he was getting a headache that didn’t exist at the sight of his steadfast appearance that didn’t make jokes.
“hey. “Bring some alcohol.”
“Do you also drink alcohol?”
“Why, is it a waste to give alcohol to the undead?”
“no.”
The servant was so shocked that he brought me some alcohol. The skeleton headmaster was disgusted and poured the clear liquid into his mouth.
“Matriarch.”
While Giselle was taking a short break, Lee Han approached.
Then he looked at the skeleton principal and asked.
“Does the principal even drink alcohol… No, why are you like this!”
“Why can’t undead drink alcohol?”
The skeleton principal sprinkled the alcohol in his glass on Lee Han. Lee Han avoided drinking by moving to his left and right. He reacted quickly, thanks to having been bullied by Zicline once.
“What brings you here, Mr. Wardanaz?”
“I brought you a gift to commemorate this visit.”
Lee Han took out several gifts.
The liquor I received from the Beech Knights last time was the 40-year-old <Knight’s Joy>.
I really wanted to sell it, but it was a bit difficult to sell a gift like this. If the Knights see you while you’re walking around the Imperial Market, you’ll be in a lot of trouble.
It would have been better to look at the big picture and use it as a bribe, or rather as a gift.
“I offer this gift to the head of the Northern Shield.”
“…Thank you.”
The head of the house received it without much reaction, but the headmaster could tell that the head of the house was very impressed.
‘You’re digging your own grave very deep.’
The skeleton principal clicked his tongue and looked at Lee Han.
Perhaps next time you visit here, it will be more comfortable to go into the underground prison.
At least there won’t be anyone next to you talking to you!
* * *
“Ugh, ugh. Ugh.”
The day of leaving the territory.
Alcicle lay in agony in the carriage’s bedroom.
People who were popular among knights had to have a strong liver.
Everyone you see offers you a drink, so you can’t help but get drunk.
“Can’t I dissolve it with magic?”
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“It’s hard because I’m drunk and have a hangover…”
Magic was not omnipotent.
This was especially true for a drunk wizard.
No matter how good the magic is, it is useless to a drunk wizard.
“Can’t I ask the principal?”
“haha. Do you think I will do it?”
The skeleton principal answered with an expression of excitement.
Lee Han shook his head.
“I’m not doing this to make you grumpy. There is just no need to force something with magic that can be healed naturally. “I guess you learned it too?”
“ah. “I learned it.”
It was easy to misunderstand that magic basically means changing the providence of the world to the wizard’s will, but the first thing wizards learn is how to refrain from using magic.
It was a famous saying that the more a wizard relied on magic, the more likely he was to be eaten by magic.
‘But I think the principal just wants to see Mr. Alcicle suffer.’
“Did your work in the North end well?”
“okay. Thanks to you, things ended a little more comfortably. “This is my first time seeing Gduff so happy.”
“You weren’t particularly happy?”
“That’s how happy I am. “Trust me.”
Principal Skeleton said as he looked at the northern mountain ranges receding into the distance.
“The reason the remote areas of the empire are dangerous is not simply because their natural environment is harsh. “Because we don’t know what kind of change the magic accumulated in such a place will cause.”
The more difficult the natural environment, the denser the concentration of magical power there is.
From the perspective of protecting the empire, it was truly a terrible thing.
Because it was unknown when dimensional gateways would open in various parts of the vast empire and beings from the outside world would come through and run wild.
The Northern Mountains were also one of those notorious places. There was a reason why rangers like the Shadow Patrol were formed.
“Therefore, we must continue to pay attention and look for changes.”
“…?”
Lee Han suddenly became puzzled by the story of the skeleton headmaster who was talking about the Moradi family and then safely crossed over to the northern mountains and our empire.
Why are you telling me that?
“Uh, yeah. All right.”
“okay. “Monsters from other dimensions are annoying enough, but when evil worshipers run amok… Annoying things always come together.”
The skeleton principal sighed and took out the letter.
It was something I didn’t want to do, but it had to be done.
Looking at the current situation in the North, it was necessary to deploy wizards to check.
Swish!
I started writing in one stroke, and the completed letter immediately flew out of the carriage like a bird.
“I don’t have any gold to use for research, but I have to waste it looking for evil god worshippers… I want to grind my bones.”
The skeleton principal’s last words had a gloomy, murderous feel to them. Lee Han quickly agreed.
“Let’s lock him up in the underground punishment room forever!”
“Isn’t that a bit cruel?”
“……”
A new letter arrived in the flying carriage.
The skeleton principal frowned as he tore open the book and read the contents inside.
“What’s going on?”
“I thought everything was over, but a favor came in. “The bishop of the Vildotskal Church has something to consult with.”
“If it is the Vildochkal Church…”
Lee Han was lost in thought.
“It’s the Church of Night, right?”
“It’s a cult of thieves.”
“…I said it intentionally.”
Vildochkal, god of night and thieves.
When people who don’t know me well see it, they say, ‘No, isn’t that an evil spirit? One could have reacted by asking, ‘Has the empire been ruined or is there a god like that?’, but in fact, the priests of Vildochkal were not thieves.
The priests who serve Vildochkal believe in Vildochkal, the symbol and manifestation of the night.
…The problem was that the thieves also had great faith in Vildochkal.
The history was so deep that no one now remembers Vildochkal as the ‘god of the night’. He was remembered only as ‘the god of night and thieves’.
‘I think Ratford also believed in Vildochkal.’
Although Ratford did not have a devout faith, he did have enough faith to occasionally throw in imperial fairy tales and beg, ‘Please bring out something good.’
In fact, this was a much deeper faith than Lee Han’s.
“Why a headmaster in the Vildochkal Church? omg. “Did you attack the priests?”
“That’s because there was one guy who decided to enroll there. “He doesn’t call me for attacking priests.”
‘Shouldn’t you deny that you didn’t attack?’
The skeleton principal had a rare expression of hesitation.
“Is there something wrong with that junior?”
“no. It’s just because I don’t want to talk to priests. “I feel like I’m becoming stupid too.”
“…Let’s finish it quickly. “Isn’t this the last time?”
Lee Han pushed the skeleton principal’s back, thinking that he had to quickly finish his overtime work and finish the work.
* * *
Occasionally, thieves would visit the temple with the fantasy of ‘I should join the Vildochkal Order and learn the true skills of the night,’ but such thieves would retreat from the entrance.
Dark darkness greets you from the moment you open the door and enter.
This was a feature unique to the temple of the Vildochkal Church.
Lee Han and the skeleton principal cast a dark vision spell and went inside.
Surprisingly, the priests of the church walked around in the dark as if nothing was a big deal.
“Where is the thief leader?”
“…Gonadaltes. We are not thieves. “God of the night…”
“okay. okay. “Captain of thieves.”
Even in the dark, I could clearly see that the priests were looking at the skeleton headmaster with resentful expressions.
Lee Han was so embarrassed that he pretended not to be in the group and stood facing the wall. However, the skeleton principal grabbed Lee Han by the arm without mercy and dragged him away.
“Mr. Gonadaltes. “Are you here?”
“?”
Lee Han opened the door to the bishop’s office and his eyes widened.
Even though no one was there, I heard a voice.
Principal Skeleton said while looking at Lee Han.
“You’re still immature. “Don’t be relieved that you have seen through the darkness.”
“!”
At those words, Lee Han realized that he had been relying too much on dark vision magic.
As with magic, there is always a way to deal with it.
‘Holy magic!’
I didn’t know that a bishop from the Vildotskal Church could bring about darkness that could not be pierced through dark vision.
Lee Han closed his eyes and focused on his sense of magic. Then I felt a unique magical power flowing out in front of me.
Slowly, as if in dark adaptation, the eyes captured the bishop’s image.
The bishop was an old woman with a good-natured appearance.
“Say hello. Wardanaz. This is Ines of the Gre family. “This is Ihan of the Wardanaz family.”
“Mr. Gonadaltes. Nice to meet you. “You’re still correcting it.”
“You too have a hard time feeding the thieves.”
Lee Han spoke quickly for fear that the atmosphere would become cold.
“They must be priests. haha.”
“no. I was talking about a thief. “Ines here literally serves meals to the thieves around her.”
“…?”
“Charity. charity. What you do to other top guys. Giving meals to poor people.”
‘I’m doing it for money.’
Lee Han missed the moment to explain when he saw the admiring look from the bishop in front of him.
“I think the punishment room is better.”
“There are thieves who need a punishment cell and there are thieves who need a meal.”
Despite the skeleton principal’s harsh words, the bishop responded without losing his dignity.
“So, what did you call me for? If a new student doesn’t want to go to Einrogard for prayers, you can convince them. “How difficult is that?”
“That’s not why I called you. Mr. Gonadaltes. “I called you to consult with a new student because he had a very small problem.”
“Divine magic awakening? Super power? Magic rejection? Aristocratphobia? The last one doesn’t matter. Rather good. “When you come to Einrogard, you can beat up nobles with permission from imperial law.”
“In fact, the priest who was offered admission this time is a thief.”
“…This is a bit admirable. “Is the Vildochkal Church finally trying to live up to its reputation?”
“Please stop it. a little.”
Lee Han pulled the skeleton principal’s sleeve and stopped him.
