Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 92

Perhaps, the mainstream of this world had already begun a long time ago?

While Lennox was lost in thought and making a groaning sound, someone sitting next to him suddenly spoke.

“A young lady with considerable insight. You’re right.”

A clear voice that pierced the ears even without raising its volume.

The magical power mixed within was far from ordinary.

Realizing something was amiss, Lennox quickly turned his head, his mouth slightly agape.

Short black hair. Deep green eyes.

A sophisticated figure wearing a black blazer over her shoulders, as if she were heading to a business meeting, with a shirt and slacks.

A young woman with a calm yet expressionless beauty was lightly swirling a glass in her hand.

He hadn’t faced her directly many times, but there was no way he could forget her striking appearance.

The city government’s agent. Ivelyn Marcia.

A unique individual who could have a face-to-face conversation with Crocken Acilus and, as a hobby, ran a vegetable store, was here.

Only then did Dylan, who finally recognized Ivelyn, jump up from his seat in shock.

“A, Agent…!!! Since when were you here?!”

“………”

Jenny, who also knew Ivelyn’s face, quickly composed her surprised expression and glared at her.

In that brief commotion, attention was quickly focused on them, and the customers who recognized her all cowered in fear.

“Sh, shit…. What is that?”

“It, it’s the Mystic Bow [a nickname referring to her fighting style]…. The Mystic Bow is here.”

“Since when was she here?”

“Did Jenny make a deal with the agent guys too?”

In that short moment, Lennox didn’t miss the whispers coming from around him.

Mystic Bow… That was likely a term referring to her fighting style or symbolic ability.

Considering the power she had shown back then, it wouldn’t be strange at all to have such a nickname.

However, Lennox was more interested in her ghostly stealth ability, which he hadn’t noticed at all until just now, rather than her nickname.

‘I definitely knew someone was sitting next to me. But I didn’t realize it was Ivelyn at all…’

It wasn’t that Ivelyn had completely deceived Lennox’s magic detection and sat next to him without a sound.

Lennox had clearly sensed that a customer who had entered the bar had sat next to him and ordered a drink.

However, the fact that he hadn’t noticed that the customer was Ivelyn Marcia was undoubtedly due to her own skill.

Furthermore, it was as if she was a superhuman who could perfectly mask her own magical signature.

The atmosphere in the bar instantly turned cold with the appearance of an incredibly powerful superhuman.

Everyone knew that the woman sitting at the bar, leisurely swirling her glass, was a monster that could not be compared to anyone else in this place.

Even in that chaotic atmosphere, Jenny, who had quickly regained her composure, slowly spoke.

“I never thought I’d see such a celebrity in my bar.”

“Really? That’s unexpected. We know brokers like you very well.”

“………”

“Moderately capable, moderately quick-witted, moderately popular, and moderately ruthless. A very suitable attitude for surviving in this business for a long time. It seems you’ve learned a useful lesson from Kaiser.”

“I don’t know why you’re trying to provoke me.”

Jenny smiled without even flinching at the mention of that name.

“I wish you’d tell me why you were eavesdropping on our conversation like a rat. Surely, Agent, you didn’t come here just to enjoy a petty battle of nerves, did you?”

“………”

Even though no sound could be heard, it felt like sparks were flying everywhere.

The power gap between the two was overwhelming, but Jenny was countering Ivelyn’s words as if she were ready to die at any moment.

So much so that Dylan was shaking and trying to stop Jenny by grabbing her shoulder.

“Hey, Jenny. Did you put some weird drug in today’s batch of shakers?”

“Don’t be scared, Dylan.”

Jenny said firmly.

“Why would a city government agent be here? They obviously don’t want to get directly involved in this case, so they’re looking for a useful freelancer.”

“………”

“And there’s no way someone like that would take it out on us just because of a verbal fight. Rather, it’s okay to be cheeky right now.”

“You know too well what public officials are like.”

Ivelyn replied with a wry smile.

If people who knew her saw this, they might have been surprised to see such a rare expression.

But right now, she was truly alone in this place.

Lennox unconsciously checked the soundproofing barrier he had placed around the area once again.

Ivelyn was clearly not within the barrier’s range, yet she was naturally talking to Jenny as if it were no problem at all.

In the end, Lennox sighed, widened the range of his noise magic a little more, pulled Ivelyn in, and asked.

“Is what Jenny said true?”

“Unfortunately, it’s accurate. You have a very sharp sense.”

“Why aren’t you handling the problem at the agent level, even though you know about it?”

“Because the higher-ups don’t want that.”

Ivelyn answered in a flat tone, but the moment Lennox saw her expression, he intuitively knew that he couldn’t expect any further answers.

He could tell just by looking at her faint smile and her terribly inorganic gaze.

She wasn’t a woman with a unique hobby of running a vegetable store, but rather a public official who was here in that capacity.

“Come to think of it, it’s the first time since we saw each other at the factory, right?”

“……..”

“Honestly, I was a bit surprised. I never thought I’d see the faces of those two kids who were cornered to the brink of death by that old man again like this.”

A flat tone. But the meaning of the words contained within pierced Lennox’s lungs sharply.

“Especially you. Ban, was it? It seems your value has increased rapidly recently. They say you’re a monster who single-handedly destroyed a gang. It was certainly impressive how you managed to survive against that old man back then.”

That’s also why I remember you, Ivelyn continued, her gaze becoming even more blatant.

“But, you two. Don’t you think you owe me something?”

A moment of silence.

Dylan scratched his sparsely bearded chin with an awkward expression.

“I can’t say… I don’t.”

“Dylan.”

Jenny called his name irritably, but Lennox understood his feelings to some extent.

She doesn’t know how much of a monster Crocken Acilus is.

No, to be precise, she doesn’t know how terrifying the death he offers is.

If Ivelyn hadn’t intervened at that moment, the two of them would have really died on the spot.

That’s why the two of them couldn’t easily ignore what Ivelyn was saying.

It’s not because of some ridiculous sense of loyalty.

It’s because they know that if they don’t repay the favor they received from someone as skilled as her, they will have to pay a greater price.

You have to repay what you received. Whether it’s a favor or a grudge.

If they refused Ivelyn’s offer in this place, they might have to pay her an even greater price someday.

Lennox and Dylan both knew that fact very well without having to say it.

Even Lennox was already involved in this case anyway.

After calmly calculating the gains and losses from Ivelyn’s words, Lennox realized that the offer she had made was by no means a loss.

‘There’s no reason to refuse. If I can clear the debt I owe Ivelyn in this place, it’s actually a gain.’

Of course, there was no reason to tell her even that fact, so Lennox calmly acted as if he had no choice.

Only after observing Lennox’s expression did Jenny realize that the two of them were thinking similarly, and she let out a deep sigh.

“Ban… you’ve already become one of them.”

Jenny, as if defeated, shook her head and took a step back to pick up the shaker.

A faint smile reappeared on Ivelyn’s lips as she understood the meaning of that gesture.

“Then, I’ll formally commission the magician Ban and Dylan O’Casey in this place.”

“Count me out.”

Dylan raised his hand and said.

When Ivelyn looked back at him with a displeased expression, he shrugged and said.

“You know our office, right? It’s hard for us to engage in external activities for the time being.”

Upon hearing those words, she let out a small exclamation as if she had just realized it.

“Ah, you’re… that’s right. Okay. I’ll have to talk to Antares separately.”

“………”

Lennox looked at Dylan, who was slipping away right in front of him, with a displeased gaze, but he didn’t avoid that gaze and shook his head with an unavoidable expression.

It seemed that there was a reason he couldn’t say at this moment.

Since the goal was to clear the debt owed to Ivelyn, Dylan’s presence itself didn’t matter much… Lennox let out a small sigh and said.

“Tell me the specific purpose and compensation.”

“I’m not asking just one freelancer to completely resolve this case. According to the rumors, it seems like you have that kind of ability… but I can’t handle the work and report it to the higher-ups like that.”

The glass in Ivelyn’s hand slowly rotated.

She stared at it for a moment, then drank the remaining alcohol in one go and stood up from her seat.

“I’ll have the details delivered through that Kaiser’s princess.”

“………”

“Then, see you later.”

Just like when she first appeared, she walked out of the bar with a very leisurely pace.

Lennox tracked her figure with his magic detection until the end, but he realized that he had lost track of her the moment she left the bar and let out a hollow laugh.

It was because he had realized that even with his recently increased magic detection ability, he still couldn’t track her movements.

He thought he had come a long way, but there was still a long way to go.

“Jenny.”

“Haa… I’ll gather the related information.”

Although it wasn’t her intention, she had received a request, so the work a broker had to do was set.

Contact the agent side to gather information, inform them of the tasks and compensation, and then start the operation.

The beginning was due to Lennox’s personal purpose, but ironically, after moving around here and there, the place he ended up returning to was here.

“If you can, I’d like you to gather information about her too.”

“You mean the Mystic Bow?”

“Yes. Her career so far, fighting style, background, and personality… anything is fine.”

Any information that could be of even a little help in dealing with her.

He swallowed the last words and turned his head.

Lennox had no intention of being complacent while working with such a monster.

Since he didn’t know anything about what kind of person Ivelyn Marcia was as an agent, Lennox had to prepare thoroughly for any possible situation.

As soon as he finished thinking, he immediately got up from his seat.

“Are you leaving?”

“They won’t give us much time to prepare.”

Lennox answered as he grabbed the coat he had hung on the side of the bar.

“It’s better to hurry from now on.”

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“So?”

A rough voice echoed through the narrow cubicle.

“You’re asking me to modify this revolver for you?”

Eyebrows raised high and a twitching beard, clearly showing his displeasure.

A bulbous nose, red as if drunk.

Lennox calmly answered, looking at the man with a face like a drunkard who had had a few too many drinks.

“There are several more specific requirements, but that’s correct for now.”

“I refuse.”

“What do you mean?”

At Lennox’s question, the man threw the revolver he was holding onto the table.

“I don’t touch these small pieces of metal. Where is there anything for me to touch on this toy?”

“Then what is this?”

The man openly resisted and grumbled, but when Lennox took out a cutter from his inner coat pocket, he shut his mouth.

“As far as I know, this cutter is also something that the old man modified and sold… It’s a strange thing.”