Genius Wizard Hides His Sword Skills [EN]: Chapter 39

39. Descendants of Angelus

‘Ha, things are taking a strange turn.’

Aiteo. The man who had his belongings stolen at the inn, and who is now holding a dagger to the innkeeper. His feelings were complicated.

‘Why the hell did this bastard request help from the Magic Tower?’

The item Aiteo lost here. The item he insisted the innkeeper should go find.

‘……What if they find out I stole it?’

Because it was stolen from the auction house in Anti, a trade city.

Aiteo was a member of a gang that made a living by stealing.

That’s why he didn’t want to get involved with powerful groups like the Magic Tower. He was afraid that they might find out he robbed the auction house.

‘I was just going to threaten him a little and get some money.’

He had already given up on retrieving the item. He was just trying to get some compensation for it.

Now the situation has become complicated because the innkeeper requested help from the Magic Tower. The root of the problem was thinking, ‘Since they’re just kids, they’ll back down if I scare them a little.’

Swish!

He even drew his dagger on purpose and took exaggerated actions.

“Hey, mister. Let’s talk this over.”

The boy in front of him wasn’t scared at all, and didn’t even blink as he snatched his wrist.

But he couldn’t use violence against this young wizard. If he messed with him, he might spend the rest of his life living under the Magic Tower’s pursuit.

‘What should I do…….’

At this moment, Aiteo was the one who was flustered.

‘Oh, well. Let’s just go strong.’

He thought he should scare them one more time.

He glared as fiercely as possible and deepened his voice. He was confident that he wouldn’t be intimidated by his impression alone.

“Hey. I don’t want to get mixed up with you wizards and get tired, so just go back quietly.”

However, the boy was strangely calm.

“He’s our client. Talk to me.”

Aiteo sensed that something was going wrong.

“Ha……. Kid. Do you know who I am?”

It was too late to cry over spilled milk.

“I hate saying things twice? I have nothing to do with you, so just go your way.”

He was about to push even harder.

“H-hyung [Korean term for older brother or male friend],”

An anxious voice calling out to him. It was his colleague standing behind him.

“What’s wrong?”

“T-that kid’s eyes are red.”

Only then did his brow slowly narrow. The boy’s face, which he hadn’t noticed until now, came into view.

‘…….’

He couldn’t think of anything. Because the red eyes symbolized only one thing on the continent.

Delemah.

That family that everyone in the world would bow down to.

‘I’m screwed.’

He was backed by this boy.

Things had gone wrong in a big way.

Aiteo, who had lived with the belief of ‘live long and prosper.’ He had no choice.

“T-then, let’s talk. Shall we go sit in those chairs and talk……?”

If he made a mistake, he would end up turning his back on two huge forces, the Magic Tower and Delemah.

* * *

[He’s a strange one.]

He was the one who even took out a dagger, so I was ready to fight.

‘Why is he suddenly being so docile?’

No matter how much he faced Delemah, the man in front of him was extremely anxious.

[A guy like that always has something shady going on.]

He couldn’t fool our eyes.

‘What is he hiding?’

One thing was certain, he had already lost his momentum. He wasn’t a bold guy.

“Okay. Let’s go over there and talk.”

If we talked, we could find out what kind of guy he was.

“O-okay.”

I took him, who had become docile, to the table.

The children were looking at us with blank expressions. Noah was also scattering the flames gathered in his hand, as if embarrassed.

‘They must have thought there would be a fight.’

The children must have been very nervous. Now that it was over without incident, they were disappointed. Admun, who had been half-standing, also sat down in his seat.

“Please sit here.”

“……Thank you.”

The man sat in the empty seat and scratched his head. The men who appeared to be his subordinates also sat down at a distance.

“Then, instead of Mr. Legho, you’re the real client? What’s your name?”

The man paused for a moment. He made eye contact with his subordinates for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth.

“Aslan. Aslan Comas.”

His eyes were shaking rapidly.

‘Seriously.’

Everyone could tell that his words were a lie.

‘He’s a clumsy liar.’

The Comas family was the family of Cleio, a boy who was from this place. He must have just named a prestigious family in this area.

‘I guess he’s trying to pretend he’s from a prestigious family.’

However, I didn’t bother to point it out right away. Just when he thought he was playing with us, we had a card to hit him with.

‘Okay. Let’s see what you can do.’

After winking at the children who were tilting their heads, I continued the conversation with the man.

“Please tell me more. Didn’t you say the lost item was a family heirloom? If it’s a Comas family heirloom, it must be something amazing.”

“Ah? Ah, th-that’s right. It’s a very great item.”

Quickly made-up lies are of poor quality. He was flustered because he mentioned Comas for no reason.

‘Was there even a stolen item in the first place?’

I couldn’t help but wonder. He looked like a petty criminal, so there might not have been a lost item. Even a thousand years ago, there were guys who tried to extort money from innkeepers in this way.

[It seems like he’s just a con artist?]

‘But let’s pretend to be fooled for now.’

However, I haven’t been able to find the Round Table yet. I needed a reason to stay in the Apate Kingdom, so I pretended to play along with him.

“What does it look like?”

“……Um. It’s a long, slender jewel. It’s hard to explain in words.”

“Just a moment.”

I called the owner, who was calming his surprised heart at the counter.

“Mr. Legho. Can you give me some paper and a pen?”

“Ah, ah. Of course.”

Legho carefully approached, watching the giant’s expression. He handed over the writing utensils he had brought.

“Here, please draw it. The shape, size, and even the pattern should be similar. It’s your family’s treasure, so you should be able to draw that much, right?”

“……Of course.”

The man’s pen strokes were more confident than I thought.

‘Is it real that he lost something?’

The man was drawing in detail, as if he were drawing something he had seen directly.

“Here, this is it. I drew it almost exactly.”

He quickly finished the drawing and handed it over.

“Who the hell is it! They must have come in and taken it while I was away for a moment!”

He was expressing his anger in a loud voice.

‘Huh?’

My ears no longer reacted to his voice. The picture he handed me took away all my senses.

‘Oberon. This…….’

The long oval shape. Even the mottled pattern here and there.

[It’s Ratatoskr’s egg.]

It was certain. The thing he drew was not a jewel. It was the egg of the divine beast Ratatoskr, which is born once every few hundred years.

‘Huh.’

It was an existence that was occasionally seen a thousand years ago, but recently it is a creature that cannot even be found in literature. In other words, it was practically extinct.

‘He’s drawing this in such detail?’

The man in front of me was accurately drawing an object that could only be seen in ancient books.

Of course, he was mistaken about its identity as a jewel.

‘If you look at it, it looks like that.’

The oval shape and the subtle golden light of the egg. It was enough to think so.

‘Where did he see this?’

If he hadn’t seen it directly, a person of this era couldn’t have drawn it so accurately. That means Ratatoskr still exists somewhere on the continent.

‘I have to make it mine.’

[If you can get it, you should get it.]

And I had to get it back.

“Are you sure you lost it here?”

“I’m telling you, yes.”

Now I was the one who was getting impatient. If the egg really existed here, and someone stole it, that meant I could find the egg and get it in my hands.

‘Who the hell took it?’

[Isn’t this the work of those who know that this is Ratatoskr? You have to know its value to steal it.]

The thought that came to mind at Oberon’s words.

‘First, I need to find the Round Table.’

Since the Round Table would have records from a thousand years ago, they might know the identity of the egg.

‘If they took it, I could easily take it back.’

Moreover, even if they didn’t take it, they would know the situation here the best. It was also easy to track down the culprit.

As I was lost in thought looking at the picture, the man was subtly looking at me.

“Can you find it? If not, I can get some reasonable compensation from the innkeeper here…….”

The guy was subtly looking at Legho.

“No. I have to find it first.”

I cut off his words and jumped up from my seat.

“I’m going to the bathroom for a moment. Drew, Cleio. First, search all the rooms here. Maybe it’s still in the inn.”

“Ah? Okay!”

“I understand.”

The giant’s expression was distorted, but it wasn’t the time to care about the guy’s feelings.

* * *

Waiting for a moment in the bathroom.

Creak.

The sound of the door opening one after another.

“Mr. Ein.”

It was Admun who followed me when I left my seat.

“Admun. First, take this.”

“What is this?”

What I handed him was a necklace with a small mark drawn on it.

“You know about the organization called the Round Table, right?”

“Aren’t they the guys who terrorized the Magic Tower before? The guys who dared to attack the Young Master.”

“That’s right. This is their symbol.”

The remnants of the Round Table. It was a symbol handed over by Horizo.

“I see. But why are you giving me this?”

“Their headquarters is in this Apate Kingdom.”

“Yes? It was a dangerous place! A theft case and even the Round Table……. Wouldn’t it be better to go back to Ias?”

I shook my head.

“No, there’s still work to be done here. We need to find the Round Table’s headquarters first. That’s why I came here.”

Only then did a sense of doubt settle in Admun’s eyes.

“Yes? Wasn’t the purpose a field trip?”

“Yes. I came here to find the Round Table.”

“Don’t tell me, are you trying to get revenge for the terrorist attack back then? Our strength is still too weak for that.”

“That’s not it. I didn’t come here to fight them.”

Admun tilted his head slightly. It was a natural reaction to suddenly say that he would find the headquarters of a terrorist group.

“I have to stay with these kids, so I can’t leave my seat, so there’s something you need to do for me instead.”

“Oh! What is it?”

The first mission to be given to Admun. Just like the children of the Magic Tower were full of expectations for their first mission, his face was also flushed.

“First, go to the church in this village. Right next to it, there will be a small general store.”

It was the place Horizo told me about. It was where the Round Table’s headquarters was located.

“What do I do when I get there?”

“Show them that necklace and bring the highest-ranking guy. That’s all you have to do.”

Admun’s eyes widened at those words.

“Yes? Didn’t you say this was the Round Table’s symbol?”

“Yes, that’s where the Round Table’s headquarters is.”

His eyes, which had already grown as large as they could, widened even further.

“C-cough! Yes? The Round Table? Can I go alone to a place where such heinous guys are? Moreover, how can I get the highest-ranking person…….”

“Don’t worry. Just go and tell them this. Then they won’t harm you.”

“What words?”

I calmed the surprised Admun’s shoulders. The Round Table could never harm Admun.