Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 435

Magic is Learned in Vain – Episode 436 (436/502)

# 436

Morning in the Legion Estate (1)

A new noble family moved into the Legion Duke’s estate.

It was Baron Muple, who had traveled a long way from the capital, Poman, and received permission to settle in the Legion Duke’s territory.

Baron Muple gazed at his expansive mansion. It seemed to have at least twenty rooms. It took a full three minutes to travel by carriage from the main gate to the entrance.

Baron Muple had never lived in such a mansion before.

He was a central noble.

Very different from the local nobles.

The local nobles were slower to rise in rank, but they lived a much more prosperous life than the central nobles.

Naturally, because they were lords of a region.

On the other hand, the central nobles risked their lives for promotion. They generally discussed state affairs with the king.

They did everything they could to secure a mansion in the capital, Poman, and to get their children into prestigious academies that only the most meritorious could attend.

The intention behind enrolling them in prestigious academies wasn’t necessarily the superior teaching. It was because these academies were the best place to build connections.

Duke Sijinpi and Duke Trump, imprisoned in Alcatraz [a notorious prison], were examples of central nobles. They received huge treasures or money as a salary instead of territory.

Of course, they could receive territory instead. There were definitely such central nobles.

However, because managing territory was difficult, they would delegate the management and then sell it to another noble.

Compared to the local nobles, the central nobles were very competitive. They did not hesitate to step on others to move up a step. Losing their lives was also commonplace.

Nevertheless, many local nobles wanted to advance to the center.

There was a desire there that could not be fulfilled in the provinces.

Baron Muple was a man who had fallen behind in the competition with the central nobles. He had no future if he stayed in the capital, Poman.

The lifeline he had originally grabbed was the Duke, who had gone mad and was imprisoned in Alcatraz.

His fate was sealed when the Duke lost the civil war.

The highest-ranking officials were imprisoned in Alcatraz or hanged. All of his superiors were gone. The senior nobles who had been close to him were all stripped of their titles and demoted to commoners. Their property was confiscated.

Just in case, he went to look for them, but they were nowhere to be found.

They had eloped in the night.

The Duke’s line had collapsed, but Baron Muple was fine. No one cared about him.

He was not valuable enough to warrant attention.

Baron Muple’s name wasn’t mentioned by anyone. Well, he had tried to do something for the Duke, but he had never been given a proper job.

He couldn’t even participate in the civil war because he had no troops. His only troops were the old two-star knight, Naideuleo, who had worked for his family for a long time.

He was left hanging in the air. The lifeline he had been holding onto had rotted and snapped. But he could not join the lines of Baserabap or Duke Sijinpi.

It wasn’t about loyalty.

He knew almost no one in that faction. If he joined, they might be suspicious.

So he applied for a transfer.

It would be better to leave the capital, Poman.

He heard that the Legion Duke’s territory was vast. He also heard that there was a great shortage of nobles to manage it because the territory was growing so rapidly.

If I go there….

At least I won’t starve to death, he thought.

He moved to the Legion territory with his wife, son, and Naideuleo’s family.

Naideuleo’s wife was a maid who had worked for Baron Muple’s family for a long time. She had fallen in love with Naideuleo and married him, but they had no children.

She had tried to have a child for a long time, but now she seemed to have given up.

Well, it was a bit much to get pregnant at almost sixty years old.

“Whoa, whoa!”

Naideuleo, who was also the coachman, stopped the carriage. Right next to the carriage was a small fountain. It was a statue of a child urinating. It was considered to be very detailed. Such delicate statues were rare even in the capital, Poman.

“Are you Baron Muple?”

The man standing at the entrance of the mansion asked Naideuleo.

Naideuleo was startled. The aura of the person who spoke to him was unusual. It felt like a fireball was approaching. He was not equipped with outstanding martial prowess.

He could barely take care of his own body.

But as the saying goes, old thoughts are sharp. As he got older, his discernment became very high.

He could feel the moment he saw how skilled the other person was.

It was almost a hundred percent accurate.

Naideuleo felt that the man who was talking to him now was incredibly skilled.

At least three or four levels above him.

With this level of skill, he would be included among the top-ranked experts even in the capital, Poman.

Who is he?

Is he the Legion Duke’s right-hand man?

No. The Legion Duke’s right-hand man is the famous Duke Dreiser. One of the seven strongest in the kingdom. He was an ultra-powerful expert that he could never approach, not even from afar.

This man is not Dreiser.

Then is he about his left-hand man?

Unfortunately, he was neither the left-hand man nor even a toenail. [Meaning he wasn’t important at all.]

His official title was Piranha, a servant.

He was the most virile man in the territory, the first among the servants to start a family and have five children.

Of course, his skills were not bad either.

To be precise, he was very talented.

Because he was a five-star master.

Unfortunately, there were too many five-star warriors in the Legion territory. He couldn’t even hand out his business card anywhere. [Meaning his skills weren’t particularly impressive there.]

At least he had to be a six-star to hear the words, ‘Oh, he’s good with a sword.’

The knights of the surrounding territories refer to the Legion Duke’s territory as follows:

-Never go to Lord Legion Duke’s territory and brag about your fighting skills!

This is an unwritten rule.

Naideuleo did not know that fact.

“I am Baron Muple.”

Baron Muple opened the carriage window and poked his head out. He thought Piranha was a real estate agent. Because the only people who show houses are real estate agents.

He didn’t even think he was a knight.

The only one who sensed Piranha’s strength was Naideuleo, the knight.

“Did you register your move?”

Piranha asked.

“I just arrived. Where do I go to do that?”

“Go to the central square. There are signposts, so it won’t be difficult to find. There are a lot of government offices there, so if you don’t know, just grab anyone and ask.”

“Weren’t you supposed to guide me?”

“Me?”

“Yes.”

“Ah, I’m sorry, but I’m a little busy. I’m just going to do this quickly and leave.”

Baron Muple frowned slightly. Even though he was a nobleman with nothing to offer, he wondered if he should be treated like this.

He doesn’t know.

That nobles have long abandoned their authority in this territory.

Legion himself mingled with the territory’s residents without any hesitation, so his subordinates could not say, ‘I am a noble. You spoke informally to me, so I will cut off your head!’

Baron Muple did not know that.

“Here, this is the confirmation that you received the mansion. Please sign here.”

Piranha handed over a few documents.

Baron Muple roughly read them, signed them, and handed the documents to Piranha.

Piranha, who received the documents, smiled at Baron Muple’s family and Naideuleo.

“Welcome to the Legion territory!”

What is it?

What is that smile?

Baron Muple’s family felt goosebumps all over their bodies as they watched Piranha smile evilly.

It is true.

Because that family’s exciting adventure in the Legion territory will begin.

* * *

Commercial city, Conjuring.

Commercial activities have almost stopped due to the heavy rain that has been continuing for days. Some merchants opened the doors of their shops, but no one came to buy goods through the heavy rain.

All they could do was wait.

They get tired of waiting and drink alcohol.

“Have you heard the rumor?”

“What rumor?”

“I heard that the Empire’s princess is here.”

“The Empire’s princess? Why?”

“I heard she’s going to marry the king.”

“Really?”

“Really, of course.”

“Is that a political marriage?”

“I guess so.”

“Hehe, this is something. I liked the king so much because he was a wise ruler. But he can’t refuse the Empire’s influence.”

“It can’t be helped. How many kingdoms here can refuse the Empire?”

“Just a bunch of gangsters.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

“Let’s just drink.”

They clinked their glasses.

It was then.

Kukukukukung!

The sound of thunder and lightning was so loud that they dropped the glasses they were clinking, breaking them on the floor.

It was a loud thunderclap, as if a bomb had exploded right next to their ears. Their ears were ringing.

So dumbfounded, the merchants looked at the place where the thunder was striking.

It was the castle where the lord was.

The lord’s castle can be seen from anywhere in the city. Because the largest building in the city is located in the center.

If you get lost in the city, you can navigate based on the lord’s castle.

Kurrrrrrrrr!

Lightning flashed and illuminated the lord’s castle.

Something was a little strange.

The sky above the castle was too dark. It seemed like thunder and lightning were striking like crazy only there.

Soon-

Kukukukukung!

Something began to wriggle along the wall. Even from a distance, they could tell that it was not human.

Every time lightning struck, its appearance was revealed little by little. It is bigger than a human. But it resembles a frog. The creatures used their hands and feet to move along the wall as if it were the floor.

The number is increasing.

Later, they popped out from somewhere enough to cover the entire castle.

“Wh-wh-wh-what is that?”

The merchants pointed at the frog-shaped monsters, trembling. They were instinctively feeling that something was going wrong.

-Kkigigigigik!

The frog monsters screamed strangely. Other frog monsters also screamed.

It would have been less scary if they had croaked.

-Kkigigigigik!

The frog monsters suddenly jumped towards the villages on the outskirts.

People who were sleeping were wrapped in the long tongues that the frog monsters stretched out.

“Aaaagh! What is this? What is this!”

Many people seemed to be dreaming.

You fall asleep and something touches you, and then there’s a frog monster in front of you?

Should this really be interpreted as a dream?

Or should it be accepted as reality?

Swaaaaa!

Heavy rain poured down on their heads. The rain brought people back to their senses.

Ah, shit! This is not a dream.

The frog monsters randomly attacked humans and took them into their mouths.

The time when everyone is asleep.

Or the time to have a drink.

The gate to the Demon World was opened by the fanatics of the Stone Head Church.

* * *

Legion and Rosemary were drinking tea.

She had looked quite frightened just a moment ago, but she had regained her composure.

She was quite a strong-willed woman.

This was not the strength of will that came from being a princess. Would a princess who grew up in a greenhouse [sheltered environment] have ever felt the fear of death?

No.

Most princesses would wet their pants, sit on the floor, and tremble.

Or they would burst into tears and shout, ‘I want to go home!’

This is innate.

The princess has a strong inner self.

“Are you alright?”

Legion asked.

“Yes.”

Rosemary smiled brightly.

In fact, she wanted to cry. She didn’t understand why she had to come to a place like this and become the target of assassins.

She wanted to go back to the palace right away.

But if she did, her father would be furious and kick her out again.

Maybe she would never see her father again.

She was not the only child.

There were plenty of princesses who were arranged to be married off.

To her father, a princess was a link connecting families or empires and kingdoms, and had no value beyond that.

Her father’s eyes were always cold when he looked at the princesses. She had never seen her father hug a young princess.

It was the same with the sons.

Perhaps the palace was an even more difficult place for the sons to live.

The princesses were not thrown into the survival competition.

But the sons were forced into a fierce survival competition from the time they turned one year old.

Currently, His Majesty has 12 sons.

The number of sons, which had been over 70 until four years ago, had decreased that much.

Out of the twelve sons, only one will ultimately become the crown prince.

The remaining sons will be killed by the crown prince.

He will have absolute power next to the emperor.

That was the reality of the palace where Rosemary lived.

At first, Rosemary wanted to return to such a palace.

To such a brutal place? Why?

Because that is her hometown.

Humans find the greatest peace of mind in their hometowns.

But now that thought has disappeared.

Just being with Legion made her feel comfortable. If she was with this man….

She was going to be the king’s consort, but there was no place for the king in her head.

She was much more attracted to the warm and beautiful Duke Legion than to the king, whom she had never seen before….

It is instinct.

But reason was holding her back from crossing the line. She knew that the moment the string of reason broke, she would run out even knowing it would lead to destruction.

-Something’s wrong!

Mark’s urgent voice was heard.

What?

-The strange energy is getting stronger and stronger.

Legion heightened his senses. He also had a nagging feeling.

However, he could not accurately grasp the reality because of the heavy rain.

But Mark was the first to catch the energy.

-This can’t be!

Why?

-The ominous energy is explosively increasing centered on this castle! Immediately! We have to escape immediately!