Admission is a waste of time (254)
Lesson 49. Casanova’s Holiday – 4
“Ruins are often places that contain traces of an ancient civilization that existed before the dimensional barriers formed and tore all dimensions apart as they are now.”
On the way to the destination aboard the spaceship piloted by Selden, Aneri carefully explained the background of this quest.
“That’s why even in lower dimensions with low mana density, we can’t underestimate the ruins. They might be the homes of some crazy, absolute powerhouse.”
“How do you know that place is a ruin?”
“If it can’t be accessed with the magical power of humanity in that dimension, then it’s a relic, right?”
“They say that opening most ruins is not an easy task.”
Her mother, Kang Eun-young, added to Aneri’s words.
“Furthermore, if it were a higher dimension, they would just monopolize it among themselves without having to call in mercenaries, but that wouldn’t be possible in a lower dimension, right? That’s why they secretly ask mercenaries with the ability to open the ruins.”
“This is a high-difficulty request that requires strict confidentiality, so there are bound to be a lot of bean curds that fall on this side. Even if this request had nothing to do with Rebellion, it would still be a great opportunity for us.”
Indeed, Ban Yu-won, who had been nodding his head, suddenly raised his voice as if he had realized something.
“Wouldn’t you have been able to open the ruins if I hadn’t been there?”
“That’s why I called my son.”
“You’re the kind of person everyone in the mercenary industry wants! How about you join us officially after graduation? After all, once we overthrow the Prominence family, everyone else will return to their families, and you and I can happily form a married couple’s mercenary group… .”
“It wouldn’t be bad.”
“Really?! Wait a minute, I’ll record it, so please say that again.”
“People around me are quick to try to catch me like this… … .”
Moreover, the couple mercenary group that Ban Yu-won thinks of will have completely different members than the one Aneri thinks of.
“Sister, I’m not leaving the mercenary group. Oh, and everyone, be careful, we’re entering the dimensional wall now.”
“There were new recruits, too. If you keep badmouthing Yuwon, you’ll soon disappear without anyone noticing.”
“I will never swear again… … .”
The moment he left the terminal and entered the dimensional wall, Lilith, who had taken the form of a small doll and was sitting on his right shoulder, tilted her head and reported.
[The spaceship’s aura is changing.]
“It must be a camouflage. I can’t do a confidential request while revealing all my whereabouts.”
“Our mercenary group has extraordinary members, so we basically carry out all requests secretly. Hiding or changing one’s aura is also my specialty.”
As Aneri had said, the magical power that was spreading throughout the spaceship and corrupting it was her own.
I had a feeling from the beginning that he wasn’t an ordinary mercenary, but the level of this is astonishing.
She was modest when she said it was a specialty, but I can confidently say that it was a unique ability, a power.
It doesn’t seem like she made a contract with any constellation, so it’s probably an ability she was born with or developed herself…
It’s really unpredictable how people with such abilities help them just because they’re members of their fan club.
“In that sense, here it is.”
“huh?”
Ban Yu-won, who had been staring blankly at Aneri and thinking about her abilities, tilted his head as he looked at the leather clothes and mask being handed to him.
“This is our mercenary corps’ official ninja… … combat uniform, with various effects that I personally added, including a perception-impairing effect.”
“I thought you just said ninja.”
Although it wasn’t tight, the leather clothes that clung to the body and showed off all the lines, along with the metal mask with the symbol of the mercenary group engraved on it, left a very strong impression.
I instinctively looked back at Selden and saw that he was wearing a similar outfit, but he was wearing a black jacket over it that seemed to increase his strength, which made him look a lot better.
… … It seemed like this was the official men’s uniform of this mercenary group.
“You weren’t planning on doing any activities while wearing a school uniform, were you?”
“That wasn’t it. … … Are you really telling me to wear this? Really?”
I thought I would never have to wear clothes like this again, unless it was a punishment.
But unfortunately, Aneri’s eyes were as serious as they could be.
“Until the moment the request is over, Yuwon is also a member of our mercenary group♡”
“Holly… … .”
Of course, Aneri and Keira were openly looking at him with sparkling eyes, pretending not to be anti-Yumi.
In the end, Ban Yu-won rented a locker room and quietly changed into a ninja cosplay… …not a combat uniform.
He pulled on the leather belts attached to various parts of his combat uniform, tightening them around his arms, thighs, and waist, and contrary to his initial thoughts, his body shape was hidden much more.
Leather clings tightly to the abs, back, and chest to emphasize the muscles, while pads on the shoulders, gaiters on the knees, and spiked heels on the boots obscure the body shape.
‘They didn’t give me this equipment without thinking. … … I still don’t know why they emphasize the abs and collarbone.’
The moment he put on the mask, his eyes and hair turned ashen, hiding his feelings so clearly that even his powers were difficult to recognize.
“It’s perfect, now I have no more regrets… …!”
As soon as I saw him come out of the locker room, I saw Aneri collapse with a nosebleed, and I thought maybe she just wanted to see Ban Yu-won in those clothes, but I decided to ignore it for now.
By the time the other members had all changed into combat uniforms with a similar concept to Ban Yu-won, the spaceship that had broken through the dimensional wall had arrived in the D-13 dimension.
“Where is the request located?”
“Planet Galahad.”
“That’s a very familiar word… … .”
As soon as Ban Yu-won heard about it, he let out a bitter laugh.
It was not the first time that famous myths and legends from Earth were recalled in another dimension, but it did not seem like a coincidence that the name Galahad was mentioned in this dimension, which was famous for the Holy Sword.
“? Are you familiar with it?”
For some reason, Ban Yu-mi, who had been covering her nose with a tissue while Ban Yu-won muttered, tilted her head and made a sniffling sound.
While his mother sighed and came over to stop Ban Yu-mi’s nosebleed, Ban Yu-won gave a brief explanation about Galahad.
Galahad is a member of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend, and is also called the Perfect Knight.
Son of Lancelot, the Knight of the Lake, and owner of the strange-banded sword and cross-shaped shield.
He is also the main character of the Holy Grail expedition, the highlight of the Arthurian legend.
The episode where he played a leading role, the Holy Grail Expedition, was completely destroyed during the great cataclysm on Earth, and no one on Earth could ever mention the name Galahad, but that doesn’t apply to Ban Yu-won, who deals with language itself.
Of course, since she can’t say it out loud, but her memory won’t disappear, this means that she didn’t know Galahad from the beginning.
“They say he’s a Knight of the Round Table. Are you by any chance King Arthur?”
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“How do you not know that! That pretty girl wielding Excalibur?”
Since it was linked to the Holy Grail, that series would have flown away, but it seems like you still remember that one.
Ban Yu-won hesitated for a second about whether he should explain the original Arthurian legend and the foreign games that used some of its settings, but soon gave up.
“Yes, you’re right, Sister. She was a great knight who fought for women’s rights in medieval England.”
“Son, it’s very bad to give up explaining.”
Ban Yu-won turned his gaze away from his older sister and towards the monitor on the spaceship.
Looking out into the vast, endless space of space, the question of whether King Arthur was a man or a woman didn’t seem to matter much.
The C-class Dimensional Terminal 3 was also an incredibly large place for a single dimension, and the D-13 dimension was in no way inferior in terms of its vast size.
Because it has so many planets spread out and possesses an exceptional amount of resources among D-class dimensions, and because it is easily accessible from other dimensions, it is said to be often targeted by dimensional pirates.
“What does accessibility mean?”
“It means that the barrier is weak and easy to invade. If you are not originally from that dimension or are a permitted person, you will be blocked by the barrier when crossing the dimensional wall.”
As proof that Aneri was an ‘authorized person’, he showed the permit he received along with accepting this request.
The reason they were able to pass through the dimensional wall without any hindrance was because they had that permit, but even without it, they would have been able to cross the dimensional wall without difficulty.
“A boundary… … .”
“I told you this last time, right? When the barrier was created on Earth.”
“Aha, that’s right.”
It was said that it was usually created by people belonging to the same dimension joining forces to block waves of orcs or dimensional pirates coming from other dimensions.
However, I heard from Asha before that those living in this D-13 dimension belong to the same Guardian Alliance, but they fight each other more often than they join forces, so it is hard to say that the barrier will be properly maintained.
“Sister, a reconnaissance ship has arrived! Wouldn’t it be better to try to communicate before we get caught?”
Then Selden reported in a sharp voice.
“Eh! What are you talking about? I said the scout ship wouldn’t be out today!”
Aneri stuck her tongue out and buried her nose in the monitor.
Beyond that, I saw a small, streamlined spaceship flying at high speed through space.
“Eww, it’s close. Did you get caught?”
“I haven’t been caught yet, but soon?”
“Then should I pretend to be a dimensional pirate? Whoa―― Did this bastard who commissioned the job leak information?”
Two people with an urgent look on their faces.
Even if they were disguised to hide the movements of the mercenary group, their identity would not be discovered, but it was not a very desirable thing to cause an unexpected conflict in the D-13 dimension.
It was then that Lilith, who had been sitting quietly on his shoulder, sparkled with her characteristically glossy silver eyes.
[Shall we do it, Master?]
“sun.”
As the doll snapped her little fingers, the spaceship, which had already been camouflaged, melted into space and completely disappeared.
The reconnaissance ship, which seemed to be clearly targeting them, flew confidently until it reached the middle, but then slowed down after passing them by as if it sensed something strange.
Then they circled around it and began to search for it, but… …the spaceship they were on had already left that place and was getting closer to the planet Galahad, so it was all in vain.
“How on earth… how did you do that?”
Aneri asked, dumbfounded.
Ban Yu-won shrugged.
“Anerido can also use a technique to hide his appearance.”
“It’s my specialty.”
“I applied that to this spaceship. Aneri did something similar earlier.”
“No… … I can barely disperse the magical structure by squeezing the power out of the spaceship that I took precautions against, but hiding the entire spaceship is a completely different story.”
[Spaceship control is my specialty.]
The release was full of boasts, but no one could argue with him.
Eventually, the group managed to land on the planet Galahad, in a comfortable state, unseen by anyone, where the people who had commissioned them to explore the ruins were waiting.
Ban Yu-won confirmed with Aneri that he had canceled the release’s power.
“I’ll explore the ruins with these people.”
“Of course. Why would they believe that we are the only ones allowed into the ruins?”
“Huh, it’s not like you can subdue us just by going in together.”
Perhaps because he was a dimensional pirate, Aneri silently hit Selden on the back of the head to silence him as he openly mocked the client.
I wondered if he was doing it on purpose, but looking at his snickering face, it seemed like it was intentional.
While shuddering at the thought of the profoundness of the world of metamorphosis, Ban Yu-won gave short instructions to his followers.
“N type.”
“Shurirut.”
[yes!]
Eve and Lilith simultaneously transformed into small, cross-shaped throwing weapons, officially known as wheel shurikens.
Since its original form is known through Union Net, it has several types to disguise its identity, but it goes without saying why it has transformed into a medal this time.
Aneri was dumbfounded for a moment, watching the change, and then asked.
“… … Does it have any power?”
“It’s much stronger than most artifacts, right?”
“How on earth do I get a group like that?”
The secret to their power was that Eve and Lilith could use the concept of omnipotence to change their magical power into different powers at any given time, but since they couldn’t tell me that outright, they just smiled.
By the way, Keira, the remaining platinum member of the fan club, quietly followed behind, recording and sketching Banyuwon’s new abilities and the changes in his followers’ appearances.
“Wow, it’s here!”
“Be on guard!”
As the group disembarked from the spaceship, knights wearing plate armor reminiscent of when Asha first entered the academy appeared in droves and stood guard over them.
I checked the expressions of the group, wondering if there was a problem, and even the rookie Ban Yumi, not to mention Aneri, had an indifferent expression, so I thought this was the normal treatment for dimensional mercenaries.
“Who is the client?”
Aneri, who was wearing a metal mask similar to Ban Yu-won’s, spoke in a cold voice, showing only her eyes.
“There was a reconnaissance ship. If the request is different from what was promised before it even started… … We have no choice but to demand a separate hazard allowance.”
“A scout ship? Really?”
The knights parted, and a middle-aged man appeared, wearing the same plate armor as them, but with his helmet removed to reveal his face.
“Client?”
“I am Rossius. He is the crown prince of this country… … and also the commander of the knights. He also serves as the third commander of the Guardian Alliance.”
“I mean, the person in charge.”
Aneri nodded and continued speaking.
“It’s your fault whether you lied to us or mismanaged our confidentiality. In exchange for taking on the risk, we’ll have to pay 10% more than the original price.”
“Hmm… … How about paying in Ronia? This relic has great historical significance to us, but it probably isn’t worth much to you. So wouldn’t it be more beneficial for you to pay in money?”
“20%.”
Aneri laughed at the absurd remark and raised the conditions instead.
When he prepared to retreat by tapping Selden behind him, who had no intention of doing so, Selden, who had become the bait that rolled over to him, immediately raised his weapon and began to operate the spaceship while being wary of the knights.
It was a complete bluff, but they didn’t know that the group had come here not for the ruins.
Eventually, the man who revealed himself as the Crown Prince, Rossius, 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 a brief fight with her, Rossius clicked his tongue and stepped back.
“I see. It was originally 3 vs 7, so now it’s 50/50. I didn’t mean to fool you. We really didn’t know. … … We’ll just crack down on you for now, but you should be careful in the ruins.”
“of course.”
Ban Yu-won, who was surprised by the unfamiliar sight of Aneri negotiating with the client, suddenly felt something vibrating inside his inventory.
Upon closer inspection, I saw that it was a broken piece of iron… … a fragment of the cross necklace that once hung around Asha’s neck.
[When did you pick that up?]
‘Common sense would suggest that a treasure containing the soul of a dragon would not be left alone.’
He smiled, narrowing his eyes.
Who would have thought that I would catch a moonfish in a place I never expected to see?
Maybe I can bring a gift for Asha.
