Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 391

Dawn Always Comes (3)

Lauel clenched his teeth.

He was the Crown Prince.

This was no time to be teaching children in a remote rural territory.

Well, they weren’t ordinary children.

Some were humans, but half were from different races.

The children of goblins and orcs came for early study to learn high-level culture.

Short-term study: 6 months. They lightly learn the continental common language and laws before returning.

Mid-term study: 1 year. They study the continental common language, laws, music, art, and continental history in depth.

Long-term study: 3 years. They receive a high level of education, almost the same as human children who are not exchange students.

In this case, they generally come to study with their mothers. The fathers stay in their respective villages and earn money to pay for the study abroad. People call them ‘goose fathers’ [fathers who work abroad to support their children’s education].

Some mothers lack the money for studying abroad. They work part-time in the Legion territory.

They generally work part-time at trendy restaurants, convenience stores, or coffee shops, but they also take on dangerous jobs.

Sometimes, mothers with a lot of money but unable to overcome loneliness have affairs.

The fathers also have affairs.

Eventually, they end up having affairs with each other, and the family falls apart.

So, for a while, Legion was troubled by the harmful effects of early study abroad.

The study abroad system, which started well, ended up causing great harm to children due to the adults.

As the Legion territory expanded to the Düsselruf Mountains, more children came to study abroad.

Ogres and wyverns were among them.

Even the young of ogres or wyverns are much larger than adult humans.

There was no space for them to sit in the classroom.

Inevitably, they had to prepare another classroom for them.

The parents of young ogres or wyverns sometimes argued with Lauel, saying this was racial discrimination.

Lauel forcibly swallowed his rising anger and persuaded them one by one.

“Mothers, fathers. We are building a new classroom. But it costs too much money. Please donate some money.”

At the sound of asking for money, the parents of the ogres and wyverns shut their mouths and went back.

There is no race that money doesn’t work on.

Teaching children-

Tending the schoolyard-

Drinking tea with other teachers after work-

It could be said to be quite a valuable time…

Like hell!

Legion, you bastard!

Dare you make the Crown Prince work 16 hours a day? ‘He who does not work, shall not eat?’ [Biblical reference implying forced labor]

Surely that bastard said to me.

The recommended daily work is 8 hours. Return to your family for the rest of the time and be with your children!

But why do you make me work 16 hours a day!

What did he say?

Ah, he said that since you feed and clothe me for free, I have to repay the favor.

You old fox! You’re the same.

Hazler! You’re the same too.

You guys conspired to make me a worker ant. Do you think I’ll just stand still?

I am…

Bang!

The moment he was about to explode with anger!

Lauel received a severe shock to the head. It was as if someone had put a chisel on the crown of his head and hit it with a hammer.

He felt his consciousness fly away for a moment.

“Keuheuk.”

Lauel staggered. His eyes were blurred due to the great shock. He discovered someone as he fell. The one who collided with his head was a person.

A middle-aged man.

His uncle and archenemy.

The Continent Duke!

“Youuuuu!”

Lauel lost consciousness after saying those words.

* * *

Lauel had a dream.

It was a nightmare.

A nightmare where the royal palace was stained with blood by his uncle’s hand.

He ran away to survive. His father, the king, shouted, ‘Run away!’

So he ran away.

He couldn’t hear anything.

He was too scared of his uncle.

The scene changed.

It was an incredibly lush forest. It was so dark because of the trees that seemed to soar to the end of the sky even in broad daylight. It felt like monsters would appear at any moment.

Monsters actually appeared.

Medium to large monster, troll.

They are deadly monsters to humans due to their tremendous regeneration ability.

The knights who barely guarded him were torn apart by the trolls’ hands.

Ah! How terrible.

The escort knights are being eaten by trolls. They tear human flesh with their dirty hands and chew it.

It was the first time seeing such a scene.

It was a shocking scene for Lauel, who had lived as a flower in a greenhouse until now [sheltered and naive].

His stomach churned.

He couldn’t stand it.

He ran away in tears. All his subordinates were already dead. He didn’t have the luxury to fight to save them.

I was such a weak man.

It was nothing.

A man like me cannot fight against my uncle. I have no courage.

The scene changed.

When he opened his eyes, it was a human village.

There were no people wearing fancy clothes like in the royal family. Everyone was countrified. To dress so countrified and wear such countrified makeup. Was it a rural aristocrat?

But Lauel soon changed his mind.

The people of the royal family are fancy.

The people here have surpassed human limitations. They all run around stepping on the air.

It was amazing.

Ogres just walk around. Adults are incredibly afraid of ogres, but children love them.

They cling to them as soon as the ogres appear.

The ogres did not eat the children. They put them on their shoulders and walked around the village.

I never knew there was such a village.

It was a really happy village.

That place was…

The Legion Earl’s territory.

Ah!

A grateful person.

The one who saved my life.

I will not be able to repay his grace until the moment I die.

I will praise him.

The sudden clash with the Duke Continent had messed up Lauel’s memory.

The fact that he worked 16 hours a day without a holiday was completely gone from his mind.

All that remained in his mind were the few benefits that Legion had given him. Lauel even shed tears at how grateful he was.

“Keueung.”

Lauel got up from his seat. His face was severely wet. When he wiped it with his hand, blood was flowing from his broken head. It seemed that his head was broken while colliding with the Duke Continent. He tore his top and wrapped it around his forehead.

The top was soon stained with blood.

Lauel looked around. A half-broken sword was lying on the floor.

He picked up the sword and approached the Duke Continent.

The Duke Continent seemed to have barely regained consciousness. But his eyes were blurred. His focus was not clear. He kept rolling his eyes as if he was uneasy.

He repeatedly opened and closed his lips like a goldfish.

“Uncle!”

Lauel held the sword to the Duke Continent’s neck.

“Heehee, hyung [older brother/male friend]. What is this? Scary.”

“……”

Lauel was momentarily speechless.

He was the uncle who had influence over the entire kingdom. He was the man who would have ascended to the throne if he had won this battle.

The words that came out of such a man’s mouth were so vulgar that it was unbelievable.

“Are you kidding me?”

“Heehee, who is hyung? Huh. Who am I? I can’t remember my name. And where is this? Au, scary. I don’t want to be here. Hyung. Do you know my mom and dad?”

Only then did Lauel realize what state the Duke Continent was in. That he was in almost the same state as before he lost his memory.

“Is this the result of karma?”

Lauel withdrew the sword he had placed on the Duke Continent’s neck. In this state, there was no need to take his life.

His uncle was crying, asking him to find his mother. It was ridiculous to kill the Duke Continent in this state.

Kukukukung!

Just then, the castle gate opened.

The ogres seemed to have smashed the castle gate altogether. Well, for ogres, opening a castle gate made by humans would not be that difficult.

As the castle gate opened, numerous soldiers poured inside.

The soldiers who spotted Lauel and the Duke Continent at that moment stopped in their tracks.

They doubted their eyes.

Lauel had captured the Duke Continent.

Surprisingly!

The Duke Continent was kneeling and crying (he was looking for his mother, but the soldiers could not hear him).

Vassrava Bap and Duke Sijinpi pushed through the soldiers and came forward. Their eyes widened.

They immediately got off their horses and approached Lauel.

“Military Advisor. What happened?”

Duke Sijinpi asked.

“Military Advisor… That’s what I was called until a little while ago.”

A natural condescension.

An incomparably greater sense of incongruity was flowing from Lauel’s whole body.

Surprised, Duke Sijinpi looked at Lauel.

Lauel’s eyes were completely different.

“No, no way……”

“That’s probably right.”

“Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

“It’s been a while. Duke Sijinpi. Great Sage Vassrava Bap.”

“Ahhhhh! Your Highness!”

Vassrava Bap and Duke Sijinpi knelt almost simultaneously. The knights, nobles, and soldiers who confirmed their appearance all knelt down.

It was too beautiful a scene to unfold in front of the ruined castle gate.

“Your Highness!”

Everyone called Lauel as if they had promised.

Lauel put his hands behind his back and closed his eyes for a moment.

He had come a long way.

He thought it was a capital he could never return to.

This is all thanks to Earl Legion (again, the hardships he went through strangely disappeared from his mind).

Vassrava Bap and Duke Sijinpi raised their heads and looked at the Duke Continent.

He was in such a shabby state that they couldn’t recognize him for a while. His eyes were also gone.

Only after staring at him for a while did they realize that he was the Duke Continent.

“Did Your Highness capture the Duke Continent?”

“Ah, I was lucky.”

“You are really amazing. Your Highness is truly a hero sent by the heavens. You have been acting so far to capture the Duke Continent. What should I say? To deceive the enemy, deceive your allies first? Is that what it is?”

“……”

What is this nonsense?

“Well, you can say that. I deceived my allies to deceive the enemy.”

“Did you hear that! It is the kingdom’s blessing! His Highness used a tremendous plan to capture the Duke Continent!”

Duke Sijinpi shouted to the knights. The knights raised their swords to the sky and shouted like crazy.

“Lauel! Lauel! Lauel!”

The soldiers also heard their words clearly. Emotion surged like a tsunami.

The Crown Prince risked his life to end this civil war. They always thought he would sit in a warm room and eat roasted sweet potatoes, but it was a miscalculation.

Our Crown Prince was not such a person.

“Lauel! Lauel! Lauel!”

The soldiers also shouted Lauel.

“I caught the Duke Continent.”

He didn’t know what it was, but he could tell that it was a favorable situation for him unless he was an idiot.

Lauel shouted while looking at the nobles. Tears of emotion flowed from everyone’s eyes at the sound of capturing the Duke Continent.

“Let everyone know! We will end this damn civil war!”

“Waaaaaaa!”

Almost all the soldiers simultaneously raised their spears and swords to the sky.

The civil war, which had led countless people to their deaths, was over.

The east was dawning far away.

As if nothing had happened, the undead, who had been fiercely fighting with humans, gradually lost their strength and collapsed.

When the sun rose completely, even the high-level undead, who had been wielding terrifying power, collapsed like crumbling sandcastles.

Legion looked down at the bottom of the castle walls.

His expression was not good.

“What is it? What is this? This ‘찝찝함’ [Jeepjipham – a Korean word for an unpleasant, unresolved feeling].”

What should I say?

I got my first salary and went home with a gift to buy for my wife. I went home and rang the bell, but some bastard suddenly intercepted the gift and ran away.

I was so dumbfounded that I was just staring at the back of the bastard running away.

That’s exactly the feeling.

“Ah, damn it. Annoying.”