Episode 661
Lee Han protested, but Professor Boladi ignored him.
He thought the disciple was simply expressing humility.
“Lee Han. “But you were practicing time magic.”
“hey. Be quite.”
“Oh, no… I was just saying…”
He said it because he thought he was just forgetting it, but when he got a murderous look at him, he became very mortified.
‘What did I do wrong!’
Professor Boladi moved to serve a meal to the students.
After walking a few blocks, I saw a large two-story red brick building. The sign was nicely scrawled, ‘<Three Magpies> Restaurant run by the Dwarf Brothers.’
Gainando was excited and explained the store to his friends.
“It’s okay here. “We serve the second best chicken pie and the third best porterhouse steak in the city!”
“Gainando. “Thank you for the explanation, but the store owner is staring at me from the side.”
Lee Han thought that Guynando’s steak might contain dwarven saliva.
“By the way, Professor. Do you come here often? “It doesn’t seem like a place you would visit often, but…”
“Hey, Lee Han. Even so, the professor is probably not so poor that he can’t pay for the food here.”
Gainando whispered with a frightened expression.
No matter how much I thought about it, my friend was talking too crazy.
“…I was talking about the food menu. Ratford. “Could you please switch places with me here?”
“no! no!”
Gaynando resisted, but was caught by his friends and forced to exchange places.
“I don’t want to be next to Joner!”
“I don’t want to be next to you either, so would you like to go down to the floor below?”
Ignoring the chattering friends, Lee Han looked around.
Looking at the food enjoyed by the customers sitting in other seats, it was a restaurant specializing in meat dishes. It was not a place where Professor Boladi, who enjoys vegetarianism, would come.
“It comes when serving meals to mercenaries or adventurers. “The reviews were good.”
“!”
Lee Han was thrilled when he realized that Professor Boladi regularly hired mercenaries and adventurers.
What on earth are you doing?
“Is it because you’re preparing for lectures this year?”
Professor Boladi showed sophistication by not losing his calm even in response to his student’s stupid questions.
“no. “Preparation for this year’s lectures was completed last year.”
“……”
Lee Han felt a chill down his spine.
This was the most chilling answer this winter.
“ruler. Eandurde. You have to wait until the bread basket arrives. You don’t need to cut the meat yourself. You must not cut it with a knife. got it?”
“Can we change seats?”
“no. And Lee Han is suffering enough because of the professor right now, so don’t bother him too.”
Yoner admonished his junior. Professor Boladi said after seeing that.
“It doesn’t matter if you eat comfortably. Like I said, mercenaries and adventurers are coming too.”
When Eandurde threw away the utensils at those words and tried to grab the knife, Yoner glared sternly.
“no.”
“but…”
“no. “Hold it again.”
“Sweet…”
Eandurde thought to himself.
Lee Han’s friends here were all strict, but the professor over there seemed like a somewhat laid-back person.
When I join Einroguard, I will have to learn many things…
Maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea to listen to that professor’s extensive lectures.
Besides, doesn’t Eandurde have something to blame that professor for?
‘Steal the secret and take revenge!’
As Eandurde pounded the table with his fist, thinking about one day pinning the professor to the floor, Yoner again gave him a stern admonition.
“You can’t hit the table like a musical instrument.”
“…I’d like to change seats…”
To shake off his fear, Lee Han spread butter on freshly baked bread and took a bite.
Having something in my empty stomach made me feel like the fear of this year’s scary classes had lessened a little.
“Then what did you hire me for?”
“hmm.”
Instead of answering, Professor Boladi looked at Lee Han with slightly worried eyes.
Lee Han suddenly became anxious at that look in his eyes.
‘Why do I feel like I made a mistake?’
“I guess it’s okay if I tell you.”
“Wait. “It’s okay if it’s a dangerous secret or something.”
If Professor Boladi hired people to assassinate someone, Lee Han didn’t want to hear about it.
Later, when the imperial investigator came and asked, ‘What do you know?’, I replied, ‘I don’t know anything. Shouldn’t he make an excuse, saying, ‘I’m just a disciple!’
“It’s not like that. “I was just worried you might be too interested.”
“?”
This is something that Lee Han would be overly interested in.
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‘Did you at least attack the Imperial Gold Mint?’
“Let me explain one by one. “There are times when we hire someone because of a request.”
“ah.”
Only then did Lee Han realize that Professor Boladi was both a wizard and a professor.
Well, it wasn’t strange for a wizard to call an adventurer or mercenary and entrust them with a request.
From exploring ruins to gathering materials, the wizard had a lot of work to do.
The wizard who did this himself was strange.
“Did you find any ingredients you were looking for?”
Professor Boladi slowly shook his head.
“I don’t entrust requests.”
“……”
Surprisingly, Professor Boladi was not the one giving the request, but the one solving the request.
Adventurers and mercenaries now hire Professor Voladi to solve them together, as there are quests that are too dangerous to solve on their own…
‘Are you doing some kind of dragon hunting??’
Lee Han couldn’t even imagine what kind of request it was that Professor Boladi felt was dangerous.
If it’s that much of a request, shouldn’t it just be banned by imperial law?
“for a moment. “So you were worried that I might be too interested? Are you saying that you were worried that I might be interested in this request?”
“To some extent, yes.”
“You are worrying too much. “Unlike the professor, I have no interest in risky requests.”
“……”
“……”
The friends all stopped their chattering and stared at Lee Han.
I almost wanted to take my friend’s side, but this was just too much nonsense.
“King of Ghouls…”
“Mr. Serpent…”
“Frost Giant…”
“Wardanaz, honestly, I think you’re addicted to risk. “You’re still sitting next to the professor.”
Despite the harsh criticism from his friends, Lee Han was truly confident.
Unlike Professor Boladi, who attacks even when danger is wide open, I have always analyzed the risk of a request in a cool and calm manner.
“Then that’s a relief. “I was worried about your impatience.”
“I’ve felt it since last time, but I think the professor misunderstands me a bit. haha.”
Just as he had ignored it earlier, Professor Boladi ignored it again.
Originally, people were not able to look at their own shortcomings objectively.
Although Lee Han was an excellent student, he had the disadvantage of being impatient due to his natural talent, and this was something that professors had to pay attention to.
“But are there any other reasons to hire colleagues other than those needed for a request?”
The professor nodded.
“Flacher City recently opened a dueling club.”
“If it’s a duel club…”
When thinking of a duel, it is easy to conjure up the image of a bloody fight until one of the two dies, but this type of duel was mostly banned in the empire. Duels like this could only be found in places like underground arenas.
Duels permitted in the Empire were usually moderate, with each person swearing to behave honorably, having observers, spectators allowed, and the winner being decided if anyone was hurt and shed a single drop of blood.
Of course, this kind of duel usually happens when someone insults another person’s honor…
…As always, there were exceptions.
People who are addicted to the bloody comings and goings of blades and magic, the thrill and danger, and the ecstatic glory of victory.
And people who want to see this bloody fight in person.
Lastly, there are people who want to make money by taking advantage of these people.
The place where these people usually gathered was the Imperial Duel Club.
A place that educated people ridicule (and were not entirely wrong about) as a legitimate social arena!
“Uh, are you going there?”
Lee Han finally wondered if Professor Boladi was crazy about blood.
Could it be that he couldn’t bear to attack the student and wanted to attack other poor victims of the empire?
“okay.”
“Is there any reason for that? Are you looking to sharpen your magic combat skills?”
“no. Most duel clubs don’t reach that level. “It’s because of compensation.”
Professor Boladi explained in detail.
When entering a duel club and competing in a duel by mutual consent, money could be bet outside, but the parties could also bet among themselves.
A simple and clear rule where the winner gets what the loser bet on.
When Professor Boladi needed funds, he gathered mercenaries and adventurers to complete dangerous quests, or toured the empire’s dueling clubs.
And the latter could make financial gains much more easily.
The kids who brought various treasures were holding a sword…
Unlike the request, the reason for hiring mercenaries or adventurers when entering the duel club was due to the number of people limited.
In addition to one-on-one duels, there were also many people who engaged in many-to-many duels.
There was no problem trampling on the opponent no matter how many people there were, so all the team had to do was match the number.
‘oh my god!’
Lee Han was astonished.
Earlier, I was mistaken by his unwillingness to bargain at the toy store, but Professor Boladi was not ignorant of the world.
‘You’re copying gold coins!’
Even if Lee Han was Professor Boladi, he would have toured the duel club.
Why would there be any reason to bother taking on requests and teaching students? If you just visit a dueling club, your wealth will increase instantly.
“professor. “Let’s wipe out all the dueling clubs across the empire!”
“I can’t do that because it’s banned.”
“yes?”
“If you win too much, you will be banned from the club.”
“……”
Lee Han recalled what Professor Boladi said earlier.
-Flaher City ‘recently’ opened a dueling club.
recent.
I just skipped it earlier, but…
‘This guy has been banned from most dueling clubs across the empire?!’
That’s why I came to Flaher City, where a dueling club was recently opened.
Let’s get this out quickly before word spreads and we get banned!
The wizard cards sold at the toy store earlier were clearly loot from the duel club.
Lee Han reflected.
‘I was nothing.’
I thought I was working hard to accumulate a fortune, but the professors were truly heaven above.
“I was impressed. professor. “I also want to visit a duel club someday.”
“I thought so.”
I strongly denied the comment earlier that he might be interested in a dangerous request, but I couldn’t deny the duel club.
In fact, Lee Han was currently thinking about how to make a fortune with the duel club.
Later, when your skills reach a certain level, you can go to a duel club…
‘I will not act blatantly like a professor. If you win 3 times, you lose about 1 time, and so on… Well, let’s find the highest win rate and set it slightly below that. ‘It wouldn’t be a bad idea to hire an adventurer to increase the number of defeats.’
While the dueling club organizers were thinking so insidiously that they would kick them out if they heard about it, Professor Boladi finished his green tea and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief.
“You ate it all.”
“It was a good meal, Professor!”
The students greeted Professor Boladi with gratitude.
Professor Boladi nodded as if it was no big deal. And then he said to Lee Han.
“Follow me. “Let me introduce you to the club.”
“……”
Lee Han was very surprised by the visit, which was about ten years earlier than he had planned.
