34. The God of Investment (3)
For a while, Karnak’s party stayed at Drunta’s house.
Serati was puzzled by the statement that he would even postpone the King’s Order mission to wait.
“Are you waiting for Eleazar to send his subordinates?”
“That’s not it.”
Even if she released her men, it would take a long time to find Karnak and his men.
First, news of Hudel’s capture must reach Eleazar’s ears, which will take several days.
After receiving the news, it takes several days to come up with a response plan, and even if you assign tasks to people, it still takes time.
“Then wouldn’t it be necessary to cross the Barakant Mountains and come from the Empire to the Kingdom of Yustil? It would take at least a month.”
We can’t waste time just waiting for the enemy to come.
This side also has to do its own thing and live.
There was another reason for his stay in the capital.
“I have to pay for the gold I received.”
As previously agreed upon, you must pass on the ‘Redemption of Justice’ to Deltros and other wizards.
Magic is not something that can be learned simply by looking at a piece of paper with the spells written on it.
Of course, it would be right for a 9th circle magician to learn most things by just looking at them, but for someone like the Redeemer of the Law, it was a little different.
It was a magic where the sensory part took up a large part.
Until he got the basic feel for it, he needed Karnak to constantly correct him.
Thanks to that, a pretty funny situation was created.
Now, a young 6th circle wizard, just over 20 years old, is teaching the older, high-ranking wizards of the 8th or 9th circles.
Still, I’m not discouraged at all.
“You can easily use this magic itself, right? But applying it to necromancy is a completely different matter.”
Even the old wizards were impressed by his confident appearance.
‘What a wonderful young man.’
‘No matter how confident you are, it’s not easy to show that kind of attitude in front of us.’
Well, from Karnak’s perspective, they were much younger than him, so he had no reason to be intimidated.
“Okay, okay! Don’t look away and cast your spell again!”
* * *
Every day, Karnak visited the Silver Tower.
Serati also left the house with him whenever he went out.
Her destination is King’s Order headquarters.
“Are you here, Sir Serati?”
“Please instruct me, Sir DeBois.”
“What are you talking about? I should be the one being taught.”
It was to spar with other Auror users of King’s Order who were on duty.
Serati had gained quite a bit of experience over the years. She had also realized many things.
It’s time to take a step further and systematically establish those experiences.
When I asked Baros what to do, this was the method he taught me.
-You don’t become strong just by fighting the strong. You also need to experience being arrogant by trampling on the weak.
Anyway, I feel like I have to say it like that, but it’s not completely wrong.
It was true that I had developed a habit of hiding and running away because I always had sparring sessions with Baros.
Although it wasn’t to the extent of being weak, it was necessary to at least build up confidence by pushing aside users of the same level.
So I requested a duel with the Auror users of King’s Order.
Since they had much to gain from each other, they readily took up their swords.
When she returns home after a long day of sweating, she is greeted by Baros, who is organizing the items he has painstakingly purchased.
“Did you go to the market today, Sir Baros?”
“Because it’s an important day.”
Of course, Baros also trains consistently. However, he has more free time than Serati.
So I was investing my spare time into valuable hobbies.
As an extension of the food tour, we will walk around the capital city of Drunta to find all kinds of food and famous drinks.
It is the pleasure of the body that has finally been regained. Naturally, you should enjoy it as much as possible.
But I don’t want to ruin my body by eating and drinking whatever I want.
Then shouldn’t we fill our stomachs with only the most delicious foods?
“In that sense, today’s snack is freshwater shrimp boiled in salt water!”
These are caught in the Sindaril River that flows near Drunta, and are said to be a delicacy well known to the citizens of Drunta for their salty and savory taste.
Others flocked in, their eyes sparkling.
“Do you have one for me?”
“thank you!”
“Hand it over.”
In order, they were Serati, Lapiselle, and Karnak.
We all sit together in the garden and start cracking open some freshwater shrimp.
“Yum yum.”
Serati smiled broadly as she watched Lapiselle licking her lips repeatedly while catching a shrimp.
“Eat lots, Lapiselle.”
Suddenly, Lapiselle blushed.
“… … If I keep doing this, I’ll get fat.”
Baros said in disbelief.
“Considering your usual activity level, it doesn’t seem like you’d gain weight even if you ate twice as much as you do now?”
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This is Lapiselle’s current daily routine.
Time to eat breakfast, clean the house, and play.
After lunch, clean up, and take a nap or play.
After a snack, time to play for a while before dinner.
At first glance, it may seem like he’s just lazing around all day, but the problem is that all that ‘play time’ is spent practicing swordsmanship!
He loves swinging his sword so much that he thinks of it as just a game, but when you think about it, it’s actually a tremendous amount of training.
Lapiselle touched his arm and frowned.
“I feel like I’ve gained weight, that’s why.”
Serati burst out laughing.
“Isn’t that just because you’re tall?”
Before he knew it, Lapiselle’s height had grown by the size of a finger joint.
Rather than saying that he grew up suddenly, it would be more accurate to say that he was growing this much at his age, but he didn’t eat well and so he couldn’t grow properly.
Since Karnak and Baros were so sincere about every meal, Lapiselle also benefited greatly.
‘Thanks to that, my swordsmanship skills seem to be growing by the day.’
If this trend continued, it seemed that one more user would come to the Jestrad territory soon.
In fact, the awakening has already occurred, but the body just won’t follow.
As I was slowly forgetting about it, the freshwater shrimp were gone in an instant.
“I ate well!”
With a word of thanks, Lapiselle began to collect the shrimp shells.
After cleaning up a bit, I planned to practice swordsmanship before dinner.
As usual, Karnak also came forward carrying a wooden sword.
“Let’s do it together, Lapiselle.”
“yes!”
* * *
Karnak of the past was the type of person who would never exercise even if he were to die soon.
His long-held belief was that if one lacks brains, one’s body suffers.
But after returning, everything changed.
First of all, the purpose is clear.
The goal is to keep this precious body as healthy and fresh as possible for a long time.
The knight of Deventer, Randolph, also had a trial by combat, which was a turning point.
At that time, it was really scary.
I didn’t want to run away in the middle of the night, so I pretended to be a knight and cried, but I promised myself over and over that I would beat him up as soon as I finished my business.
But once I had created the basic body, surprisingly, it wasn’t such a bad feeling.
Anyone who has tried exercising knows that it is difficult at first, but once you get used to it, it becomes quite doable. And once you reach a certain level, moving your body becomes more fun than you think.
Didn’t he even go through a space-time regression because he missed the sensation of the body?
‘Wow, I never thought I would feel the joy of using my body.’
So, whenever I had time, I would give him basic swordsmanship training.
Today, I practice simple horizontal and vertical cuts and swing my wooden sword in the air.
“Huh! Taat!”
Lapisel, who was practicing swordsmanship next to him, stared at Karnak.
‘As expected, Lord Karnak is sincere. He is a magician and also trains his body.’
Of course, she also knows that Karnak’s swordsmanship is very poor.
But it’s not a technology that can be used in real life anyway.
‘It’s for maintaining health, so you should follow that level.’
That was when.
Suddenly, Karnak reversed his grip on his sword and began to swing it twice into the air.
“Taaaat!”
It was Levin Strauss’ secret technique, Overkill, that he learned while being subjected to harsh punishment by Barros.
Karnak was delighted when he saw that the sword’s trajectory was quite realistic.
“Okay, success!”
Lapiselle also opened her eyes wide in surprise for a moment.
‘Oh my, you’re pretty good at that technique?’
The duller a person is, the more he or she tends to delve deeply into a single skill once he or she becomes familiar with it.
That’s the only skill I’m good at.
At that level, he thought he could do it too. Lapiselle also tried to imitate it.
“yap!”
Overkill, which Karnak had practiced and practiced so much but still could not master properly, was perfectly recreated in her hands after only seeing it once.
Flash!
Lapiselle tilted her head after adjusting her grip on the sword again.
‘It’s strange. Why does this technology feel so familiar?’
* * *
The sun is slowly setting.
Karnak’s entire body was soon drenched in sweat.
“Oh, I guess I should wash up before dinner.”
Originally, houses of this era rarely had bathrooms. If they did, they were only found in the mansions of the truly noble.
This is because fetching water is not an ordinary task.
However, Karnak’s house had a separate bath.
This extravagant man enjoyed the luxury of washing himself frequently, even hiring a porter to do so.
The reason was simple.
-My body is more expensive than water!
Of course, even in Karnak, one could not enjoy the luxury of boiling water all the time.
But that wasn’t a big deal.
First, fill the bathtub with cold water and gently place your right fingers on the water surface.
“Heat wave.”
It’s a magic that turns cold water into hot water.
It wasn’t hot enough to cook meat, so it wasn’t a very useful magic for cooking or combat, but it was good enough to adjust the temperature of bath water.
After a while, a languid voice came from beyond the bathroom window.
“Eww, nice~!”
Lapiselle, who was preparing dinner in the kitchen, made a strange expression.
“Sister Serati.”
“why?”
“There’s Karnak and Baros.”
“huh.”
“Sometimes I look like an old man. Why is that?”
“… … Well, well?”
* * *
Ten days had passed since Karnak and his party had stayed in Drunta.
Meanwhile, Deltros and other wizards have succeeded in mastering the Atonement of Justice. There is no longer any need to go to the Silver Tower.
It’s time to return to King’s Order.
On the second day after finishing his work at the Tower of Magic, the leader of Erantel called him.
“Did you call, Captain?”
I thought he had called me to give me the next mission, but the captain’s expression was ambiguous.
“You, are you connected to a place called Altas Trading Company?”
“Is that so?”
“I heard something happened at that store.”
Karnak was not surprised.
The original negative feeling was pretty fitting for him.
‘I had a bad feeling about this.’
I was just wondering why they brought up the Altas Company story in King’s Order, which had nothing to do with it.
But I couldn’t help but be surprised by what he said next.
“I’m not a merchant, so I don’t really know why this is happening, but… … .”
Captain Errantel continued speaking, looking at the documents with an expression that said it was difficult to understand.
“So you’re the owner of Altas Trading Company now?”
“……yes?”
The evil spirit king Karnak
