Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 33

Magic is Learned in Vain – Episode 33

# 33

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-Dude, your luck is out of this world! The odds of this happening are practically zero. And a Mythical Beast, no less. The strongest undead Lich, at that. You’re about to gain a reputation that rivals the Demon King.

What? What nonsense are you spouting?

-Just think about it.

Think about what?

-You’ve acquired two monsters far superior to your own abilities. One is the strongest predator on land, an Ogre, and the other is the most dangerous slaughterer, a Lich.

It sounds terrifying when you put it like that.

-Imagine walking around with these two?

Imagine it, he says.

Legion imagined it as Mark suggested. He casts Cold Storm. When he commands, the powerful magical beasts Sepia and the Lich Mamon rush out and defeat the enemies.

Wow! How impressive!

-Impressive, my foot. Still don’t get it? This is what a Demon King’s right-hand man would do. Destined to be defeated by the hero.

M, Demon King?

What the heck are you talking about? Me, a Demon King’s right-hand man!

-Just commanding Sepia and the Lich Mamon is enough to make you look like one.

Ah, I see. Now that I hear Mark say it, it does sound like that. Ugh, my intelligence is too low to think any deeper.

Whatever!

-Whatever what?

Let’s think about the future later.

-You might be branded an enemy of the kingdom, you know?

Maybe not. We’ll deal with that then. I want to enjoy this victory for now.

-…….

Mark didn’t answer. His master’s potential was slowly beginning to reveal itself.

His personality as well.

He’s definitely destined for a short life, but strangely, he keeps avoiding it.

According to the data, he had the greatest potential in the history of the Alexander family. Anyway, it’s hard to say whether this is good luck or bad… As planned, the vortex was slowly starting to revolve around his master.

* * *

A festival was held in the territory.

They didn’t care that it was winter. Lord Legion released the wealth he had acquired from the dungeon and distributed it evenly among all the territory’s residents. At least no one would starve to death this winter. No, with this amount, they wouldn’t just avoid starving; they could feast and enjoy themselves all winter long.

I’m such a good lord.

Legion appeared with a skull and declared, ‘I, your lord, caught a Lich. Now I am a Lich Slayer.’

But no one believed him.

That tiny lord killed a Lich alone?

This is a disaster. He keeps talking nonsense. Let’s all pray for our lord with one heart. Pray that at least his mind comes back.

The Orcs were also freed from the mind control magic.

Mind control magic doesn’t completely erase consciousness.

It implants other emotions to control them. So the Orcs vividly saw and felt what they had done.

They knelt before Legion and the territory’s residents and begged for forgiveness.

“Legion, you worked so hard for our Orcish female warriors. Even though we were brainwashed, we betrayed you. The price of betrayal is death. I will take everything upon myself. Please, spare the lives of the innocent tribesmen.”

Amadeus said, tears streaming down her face.

And she took out a dagger and aimed it at her neck. Xenon stopped her hand.

“No!”

He took the dagger from Amadeus’s hand and knelt before Legion.

“Legion, no, Lord, no, Brother. I’ll call you Brother now. Sorry, I’ll call you Brother. If you don’t like me calling you Brother, I’ll call you Lord. Please, spare the lives of our couple. We will live as you wish. If you tell us to live like slaves for the rest of our lives, we will. If you tell us never to appear again, we will obey. Please, just spare our lives.”

Xenon acting like this.

It’s really awkward.

Until recently, I just wanted him to die. Does falling in love change even your personality like that?

Or is Amadeus such an attractive woman?

Hmm, I don’t think so. Anyway, they say love knows no borders or races, and now I understand what that means.

Following Xenon, Cycop and four warriors also knelt. They cried, saying they were wrong.

Ah, what should I say?

Fortunately, Julian, the Vice Lord, stopped Legion’s embarrassment. He stepped in and shook Xenon’s arms.

He looked very shocked.

“W, what did you say? Our couple?”

Xenon avoided his father’s gaze, tears streaming down his face.

“Say it again! What are you saying now? A couple? Who is a couple with whom?”

Xenon raised his head and looked straight at Julian, the Vice Lord.

He seemed to have made up his mind. He pointed to Amadeus, who was kneeling beside him.

“Father.”

“Yes.”

“She is your daughter-in-law.”

“Daughter-in-law? Who? Ah, no, what?”

Julian, the Vice Lord, staggered. Amadeus bowed deeply to Julian, the Vice Lord.

“I’m sorry. I’m late in greeting you, Father.”

“F, F, Father.”

Father to an Orc…….

Julian, the Vice Lord, grabbed the back of his neck and collapsed.

Ah, this shouldn’t happen.

Legion pursed his lips. He needs to get his life back from Paring, but in this situation, it’s hard to say, ‘Give me my life back.’ If he did, his rapidly increasing luck might plummet again.

* * *

Legion woke up from his sleep.

He wasn’t in very good condition. He raised his intelligence by 2 again yesterday. Now it’s back to 90. Even though he exercised steadily, his weight is still 100 kilograms [220 pounds].

Damn it.

There’s no end to losing this fat.

It’s a torment to see his belly jiggling every morning. Is it a relief that he doesn’t have to go to the bathroom anymore? Actually, that skill alone was very convenient.

He yawns widely and eats breakfast.

Chef Decarson gives him a look that says, ‘Stop eating, pig.’

Whatever.

If he doesn’t eat breakfast, he feels empty and has no strength.

He repaired the mansion with the money he collected from shaking down Pained.

Pained had no money, so he went into Shalom’s house, he said. On the condition of paying rent.

With the remaining money, he also built an indoor training ground. Oh, I like it. My money keeps piling up. It feels good to build an indoor training ground with other people’s money.

Since it’s such a cold region, an indoor training ground was essential, but Legion didn’t have the money to build it until now. The indoor training ground that his ancestors used was taken away by his uncle.

In fact, even if there had been an indoor training ground, Legion would hardly have used it.

It’s not like he’s going to become a martial artist…….

The indoor training ground was a two-story building. It’s quite spacious. It was deliberately built wide to use magic in actual combat.

It’s wide, but it’s terribly cold. It felt colder than outside. I shouldn’t have taken off my top.

Legion put his clothes back on, put wood in a large drum [likely referring to a large metal container used as a stove], and lit a fire.

It’s a little better now.

“Shall we try it out?”

* * *

After warming his hands and feet, he summoned a summon.

-There is only one summon. Do you want to summon it?

Legion nodded.

A subspace opened.

The summoned Lich Mamon gave off a very uncomfortable feeling. His face was a skull, so I couldn’t see his expression, but definitely! Surely! You’re my master? I can’t accept it, he radiated.

“Why did you call me?”

Legion’s expression, who thought of himself as a gentleman, quickly crumpled.

“Why did you call me?”

“Huh! This young master is uncomfortable with my way of speaking.”

The Lich Mamon said in a pose as if he were about to spit on the floor.

“Do you know you’re my summon?”

“Tsk, damn it. My fate is so dirty that I’ve even become a summon… Yeah, well, I get it. So what? Am I a kid? I’ve lived a hundred years longer than you. So? Do I have to live as your lackey? Huh? Is that so?”

When he gets angry, his mouth opens wide, and that’s what Legion is doing now.

Wow, the best luck in the universe? Where do you see that?

There are a thousand guys around me who piss me off.

Starting with my uncle, Pained, Xenon, Mark… Now even the Lich, who suddenly became a summon. Why did you become a summon for no reason and piss me off?

They say if you stay still, they’ll see you as a pushover, and that’s the way the whole world is. Why do you come and pick a fight when I’m just standing still?

-I didn’t pick a fight.

You shut up.

-Yes, sir.

“If there’s no reason, can I go back?”

“Stop right there. Just try to go back.”

“Hey! Hey! Fake Alexander descendant. Do I look like an egg to you? Just stay out of the way and don’t touch the sleeping lion. I may be a summon, but do you see me as a pushover? I’m a Lich? You know? A Lich! Got it? A really scary being.”

The Lich approached Legion.

Mamon is about 190 centimeters tall [approximately 6 feet 3 inches]. He’s very tall and floats in the air as he approaches, giving off an enormous sense of intimidation. The Lich Mamon came right up to Legion and put his hand on his shoulder.

A blue light flickered in his skull eyes.

“From now on, do as I say. Call me when I want you to. Don’t call me whenever you want. If you want to call me, ask politely. Can you spare some time? Just do as I say, then nothing will happen, got it?”

Legion sighed deeply.

He looked at the floor and then at the ceiling of the training ground. But he still wasn’t relieved. This is the first son of a bitch who’s made my lid blow this much since Pained.

This kind of bastard is my summon?

I’m not raising a guy like this as a summon! Mark!

-…….

Mark!

-…….

Mark! You son of a bitch! Aren’t you going to answer?

-You ordered me to shut up.

……Really, you’re making me grab the back of my neck too.

-Warning! Warning! Blood pressure has risen to 170. There are signs of high blood pressure. Immediately, take a deep breath and lower your blood pressure.

Red letters repeatedly appeared on the retina several times.

-Deep breath, deep breath.

“Hoo.”

Okay, deep breath.

-Why did you call me?

You see that Lich who speaks so rudely?

-Yes, sir. I’m watching.

I’m not going to raise that bastard as a summon. Just get rid of him.

-…….

Why aren’t you answering?

-I’m sorry, but that’s not possible with current technology.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

-Um, to explain it simply but as complicated as possible… You dismantled the Lich’s soul vessel [a container holding a piece of the Lich’s soul, granting immortality].

Ah, yeah, it’s complicated. But?

-That is, you have DNA, molecules, blood, etc., and the Lich’s soul is mixed in it.

Ah, damn it! Try to say it easily! So, what! That son of a bitch is mixed in my stuff? Why? Why is that happening?

-First of all, bingo. Simply put, it’s because you cleanly dismantled and absorbed the soul vessel. When you dismantle gold, your mana increases, when you dismantle rubies, your fire resistance increases, when you dismantle Ertel, you form a dantian [energy center in the body, according to some Eastern traditions], and when you dismantle Mithril, your intelligence increases. That’s yours, but do you think it’s different that you dismantled the soul vessel and the Lich’s soul became yours?

Should I laugh at this? Should I cry?

That son of a bitch’s life has become my cell? Then I have to live with that bastard for the rest of my life?

-Probably.

Is there no way to get rid of it?

-When you die.

Ahhhhh! Legion scratched his short hair wildly.

Hey, Mark! You said I was lucky! You said I had the best luck on earth! Where do you see me being lucky? I’m not a pretty elf, why do I have to be stuck with a Lich for the rest of my life!

Legion screamed.

-Don’t worry, I’m here too.

Ahhhhh! Legion screamed once more.

The Lich Mamon stood still with his arms crossed, watching Legion.

Legion and the Lich Mamon’s eyes met.

The Lich Mamon raised his bony finger, put it to his head, and spun it around. Master, are you crazy?

“Hoo.”

I’m so angry that I feel calm instead.

My head is neatly organized. I see, I have to go with him for the rest of my life. For the rest of my life…….

“Mamon.”

“Mamon? Kid, from now on, call me the Great Mamon. There will be no more leniency.”

“Ah, yeah. I understand for sure. The Great Mamon. I understand for sure. You said we have to go together for the rest of our lives, but in this state, it wouldn’t be strange if I died tomorrow.”

“So?”

Legion sighed and shouted.

“Sepia.”

-Krrr (Yes, bro).

As soon as he called her name, Sepia opened the cloth door of the training ground and peeked her head out.

“Do you have time?”

-Krrr, krrr (Of course, of course. Is bro going to play with me)?

“Let’s play a game.”

-Krrr, krrr (Wow! Bro, I love games. I love any game that bro plays even more. What kind of game is it)?

“Skull breaking game.”

Legion smiled at the Lich Mamon.

“You said you won’t die until I die, right?”