Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 284

Magic is Learned for Nothing – 285

# 285

The Fury of Marquis Porse (2)

Munch, munch.

Chef Decarson chewed as if he were eating cattle feed. Then, he drank a cup of water.

“A bit salty.”

A bit salty?

Did I hear wrong?

Well, whether I did or not, you’re dead. You stupid bastard. If you had just left, you would have lived.

Shuttle smirked, twisting his lips.

“Why are you smiling like that?”

Chef Decarson asked, tilting his head.

“Your life is less than a minute away from ending.”

“Mine?”

“You poor bastard.”

“Why me?”

“Because you’re about to die.”

“So, why me?”

“Didn’t you understand what I said? You’re going to die soon. About 10 seconds left.”

“Really going to die?”

“I’m telling you, you’re going to die.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re poisoned.”

“Trying to kill someone with poison?”

“Obviously, that Legion son of a bitch!”

“I heard you signed a contract with the Lord?”

“That’s true, but…”

“You’ll be in big trouble if you talk like that.”

“I’m already prepared to die. If that bastard doesn’t die, I can’t live! Do you know how many times I’ve coughed up blood since I came here? I stopped counting after ten times. Can’t you see these dark circles? I haven’t slept properly for fifteen days. Do you know who’s to blame for this?”

“You’re blaming the Lord?”

“Yes! It’s all because of that bastard! The priest told me I have acute stress.”

“You should have told him. He’s not the kind of person who wouldn’t listen.”

“He’s the most vicious person I’ve ever seen. He has no blood or tears. He’s the kind of guy who would sell his own children for his goals.”

“Really? I didn’t see him that way.”

“Everyone is being deceived.”

“Really? He must be a really bad guy. Well… I’ll help you too.”

“With what?”

“You.”

“You’re going to help me? Wait a minute.”

Shuttle felt something was off as he talked to the chef.

“Why aren’t you dying?”

“Who would die from just that little bit?”

??????

What is he talking about?

Who would die from just that little bit?

Shuttle checked the poison in the glass bottle. It was sealed with magic. It was so potent that you could be knocked out just by smelling it.

Even a touch of the tongue would be fatal… What? Who would die from just that little bit?

A question suddenly arose.

Did I bring the wrong poison?

“Ah, is that poison?”

Decarson came closer and closer.

“Don’t come closer! If you come closer… Keuheuk.”

Before he could finish speaking, his wrist was grabbed. He was so strong that he couldn’t move.

Decarson took Shuttle’s glass bottle and opened the lid. The glass bottle was sealed with magic… but he just used his strength to break the lid.

Shuttle was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t even scream and could only stare blankly.

Decarson, who had opened the lid, handed the glass bottle to Shuttle and shook it wildly. All the poison in the glass bottle was already in the cauldron.

This amount could wipe out the entire village.

It seems like things are getting too big. Shuttle’s chicken heart [cowardice] was pounding.

But Decarson nonchalantly mixed the food and poison evenly with a large ladle.

Ah! I see.

Only then did Shuttle realize.

The chef also had a grudge against CEO Les [Legion]. Otherwise, he couldn’t have done this.

“It’s over now. Sleep well and come in the morning.”

Decarson sent Shuttle out of the kitchen.

Shuttle couldn’t resist. As if possessed by a ghost, he had no choice but to come out of the kitchen.

Morning.

Shuttle didn’t know how to explain this bizarre sight.

CEO Les [Legion] and his exclusive servants were eating very well.

What?

They were eating very deliciously the food full of poison – the extremely potent poison that would kill you just by tasting it.

“Chef! The food is even more delicious today!”

Lotto shouted to Decarson.

“Really? It’s because it contains a special seasoning that you rarely see.”

“Special seasoning?”

“Yeah, I mixed the poison of ‘I am a scorpion that tastes sour’ from the desert area and the poison of ‘I am a recluse spider that tastes savory’ from the jungle.”

“Oh, it tastes quite unique.”

“Right? The savory flavor is no joke, right?”

“Yes. How did you get such valuable seasoning?”

“I couldn’t get it myself. Someone gave it to me. Yesterday.”

“That’s a very grateful person.”

“That’s right. Lord, how does it taste?”

“Very good. Good.”

Legion also gave a thumbs up.

What the hell?

Who are these people?

What world am I in right now?

Maybe I’m already dead and in the afterlife. Is what I’m seeing real?

Shuttle picked up a spoon. And he looked at the food that he had been given yesterday. He couldn’t eat it. It felt like the last meal a death row inmate eats.

But he couldn’t shake the suspicion that there really was no poison.

Everyone is eating so well like that.

Everyone is eating very well without exception.

The poison I mixed must have been wrong.

Thinking that, Shuttle picked up a spoon and ate the food. As soon as he ate it, his mouth became paralyzed.

“Keukeukeukeuk.”

Shuttle, who was trembling as if struck by electricity, lost consciousness as it was.

Shuttle’s plan to poison Legion was thus reduced to nothing and disappeared.

* * *

Bang!

Shuttle slammed the desk.

“This can’t be happening.”

He came back to life from the dead.

The priest said.

“Are you crazy? It’s completely virulent poison. Who puts that in their mouth? Are you perhaps trying to commit suicide because your work is too hard?”

Shuttle barely reached out and grabbed the priest’s hand. His whole body was still tingling.

“That… is it poison?”

“It’s not just poison. It’s extremely poisonous.”

“Right? It’s not edible, right?”

“Edible? It’s extremely poisonous.”

“But why am I the only one who got poisoned?”

“You’re the only one who got poisoned. What are you talking about?”

“I’m not the only one who ate it. The CEO [Legion] and his exclusive servants all ate it too.”

“Are they the same as you?”

“What’s different? They’re humans like me.”

“They’re different.”

“Huh?”

“How can a stork and a crow be the same [comparing two very different things]?”

I feel like he’s cursing at me for some reason. I don’t think he’s calling me a stork.

“It seems like someone has a grudge against you.”

“Huh?”

“The poison doesn’t work on them anyway. Except for you. Think carefully. Who did you buy a grudge against? Otherwise, this could happen again.”

That was the priest’s words.

He says they’re humans that poison doesn’t work on anyway. Does that make sense?

Shuttle jumped up from his seat.

“How the hell do I send that bastard to hell?”

He circled around the lab, but if not poison, he couldn’t think of a suitable method.

It’s frustrating.

I need to get some air.

He opened the lab door and went outside. He doubted his eyes. Wasn’t that a giant ogre looking down at him?

Huh, huh?

He had to scream, but he couldn’t make a sound.

He thinks he’s been through all sorts of things since he met CEO Les [Legion]. But he had never seen an existence that exuded such intense murderous intent.

It surpasses the giant wyvern Nubyeo Nubyeo.

He could feel his skin tearing. It was the first time in his life that he had faced such a terrifying enemy.

I’m a 6-circle necromancer in my own right…

Jureureureuk.

Shuttle unknowingly peed his pants.

-Keureureureung (Are you the new subordinate of Hyung [Big Brother], Shuttle)?

Sephia asked.

Surprisingly, Shuttle understood what the ogre was saying. He had never faced an ogre before. How can I understand the ogre’s words? Come to think of it, I had a conversation with a goblin too.

Very naturally.

It feels like I’m possessed by a ghost.

“Yes?”

Shuttle unknowingly gave an awkward answer.

-Keureureureung (Your military discipline is lacking. I’m asking if you’re Shuttle)?

Sephia stroked Shuttle’s head with his huge hand.

Eueueueu.

It was like a ritual to soften the flesh before eating it.

“Y-yes, I am.”

-Keureureureung (Good. I heard there are Bone Dragon bones here)?

“Yes?”

-Keureureureung (Why do you keep saying yes yes, blankly? I heard a rumor that there are Bone Dragon bones. I’m just going to get one).

“What are you going to use the Bone Dragon bones for?”

-Keureureung (I just need one tailbone.)

“……”

-Keureureureu (Cut it off a little. Do you know Gomtang [Korean oxtail soup])?

“I don’t know.”

-Keureureung (That’s a shame. There’s something like that. If you boil it thoroughly and eat it, it’s very good for restoring energy. Hmm, judging by your pale face, it’s not good. I’ll bring you a bowl).

What the hell is this ogre talking about?

“Ah, no! I absolutely can’t give it to you. I’ll really die without it.”

-Keureureung (Are you worried about dying later? You could die now. Ah, that’s a shame. It would be over if you just cut off the tail part a little).

Sephia grabbed Shuttle’s head and lifted it up.

Shuttle’s body was lifted as lightly as cotton candy. Their eyes meet.

The existence with the strongest external murderous intent in the Legion Count territory is Sephia.

No one, not even an demihuman, can keep up with even half of Sephia’s murderous intent.

The fact that he exists here has the effect of preventing other monsters from coming close.

At one time, even Dreyja couldn’t withstand Sephia’s murderous intent.

Shuttle is taking in such Sephia’s murderous intent?

That’s absurd.

“How many geun [a Korean unit of weight, approximately 600 grams] do you need? Dragon tailbone soup is the best for nourishing.”

Shuttle said, lowering his eyes.

* * *

“The territory is very impressive. I was surprised.”

Sanka said to Legion.

“Is that so?”

Legion answered with a smile.

It’s already been several months since he arrived in the territory. When he first arrived in the territory, he thought he had come to another place. He didn’t know that the territory would have grown this much in his absence.

Of course, it’s bigger than before.

It’s still a long way to go to develop as much as Count Persimmon’s territory.

The first way to be recognized as a city.

That was the opening of a department store.

Department stores are the symbol of a city. Commercial districts are formed around department stores. A downtown area is created. It becomes a city that never sleeps, with lights on 24 hours a day.

But in order for a department store to be established, it is necessary to establish a relationship with the Merchant Guild Federation.

Unfortunately, there is no merchant guild in his territory.

Most of the merchants still thought that this place was very dangerous and had no value as a commercial district.

Soon, I’ll have to bring some influential guys from the Merchant Federation and let them play with Sephia for a few days.

“It’s a really unique place. I saw it on the way. There were dwarves and orcs. I also saw goblins. I almost fainted when I saw an ogre walking around.”

It wasn’t just Sanka who was surprised.

Natalie, who was heartbroken after being rejected by Legion, was also surprised.

She couldn’t imagine that there would be such a place in a human territory.

A world where humans and demihumans live together.

The sight of young goblins, young orcs, and young humans playing ball together was truly refreshing.

Even without that, Sanka recognized Legion as a great man.

And as he looked around the village, he became convinced.

‘I have to marry Natalie off to this man.’