The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 246

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 245

The Remains

“Does it really have to be like this?”

Italy’s President, Luigi Cozzi, asked his ministers.

He was extremely displeased with the situation.

Was it even conceivable for a nation to be mindful of one person’s feelings?

It was absolutely unacceptable.

The fact that it wasn’t even the leader of another country made Luigi even more troubled.

How much of the national budget was being spent to appease one person?

His ministers couldn’t bring themselves to answer his question.

“…Haa, this is exhausting.”

He sighed deeply and reviewed the documents again.

This incident was nothing short of a disaster for Italy.

The Magic Tower of Italy, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, was one of Italy’s major institutions.

It was no different from a training center for Divers [individuals with supernatural abilities], nurturing and producing mages.

Moreover, Italy relied more on mages among its Divers compared to other countries, making the impact even greater.

Mages even learned magic at the Magic Tower, so now Italian mages would have to travel to other countries to learn new spells.

“Who would have known that Salome Twein would make such a choice, Mr. President?”

Said Serio Mitarella, the Minister of Diver Management.

It was a fact that no one knew.

Salome Twein was a member of a pseudo-religion called the Ascension Church, and her death caused several mages in the Leaning Tower of Pisa to go berserk as soon as it was known.

They killed other mages and even caused riots in the city.

Perhaps they were all members of the Ascension Church instigated by Salome.

The Italian government had spent a considerable amount of budget to capture and deal with them, so…

“As I recall, she was an excellent mage. A mage who worked according to the will of the state.”

“That’s how I remember her too. But who knew she would become obsessed with a pseudo-religion and attack the Tower Lords of other countries? You can never know what’s in a person’s heart.”

“Serio, that’s why I’m asking you to come up with a plan. How can we reduce the expenditure?”

“……”

Serio wore a troubled expression.

As the Minister of Diver Management, he had heard countless rumors about Yoo Seong-woo.

The Swordmaster who appeared in that small country to the east.

A Returner [someone who has returned from another world or timeline] who cuts through the magic of mages and the abilities of Divers with his sword, a ‘real’ one unlike the average Joes.

He wanted to say that the rumors were exaggerated, but in today’s information society, it wasn’t difficult to verify their authenticity.

Information control was in place, perhaps due to an excellent intelligence group attached to him, but his actions so far were massive footprints that couldn’t be concealed.

There are no true secrets in this world.

“He’s also human, so there must be a way to win him over. We’ve lost too much because of the Leaning Tower of Pisa incident.”

“But Mr. President, as I reported earlier, we should be grateful that other countries don’t consider Italy as an enemy. If we offend him here…”

“Keep talking. If we offend him? Are you trying to say that the country will fall to just one Diver?”

Luigi, who had become very sensitive, said irritably.

He had a mountain of work to do, but he had to cater to Yoo Seong-woo’s whims by offering all sorts of things.

However, Serio had a personality that wouldn’t be satisfied unless he said what he had to say.

Even if it was the President.

“He’s not just one Diver. He has close relationships with several large guilds, and he’s a monster among monsters with a record of hunting mythical creatures in Northern Europe.”

“He’s just a human who catches monsters! Our Divers can do that too!”

“Do you know what they call him in the Diver industry? They call him the first SSS-class Diver! In fact, the number of S-class Divers who tried to kill him and died is close to ten! If you include A and B-class, it’s easily over fifty!”

The conference room fell silent at Serio’s loud cry.

The other ministers closed their mouths like mutes, anticipating the sound that would soon come from Luigi.

“Get out of the conference room right now! I can’t believe someone like you, who tries to cause national losses, is a minister!”

“……”

Serio bit his lip and got up from his seat and left the conference room.

As soon as he disappeared from sight, Luigi rubbed his forehead and said.

“Minister of National Defense, you will continue the work that Serio was trying to do. Treat him with respect and reduce the losses.”

“Understood! I will make it happen, Mr. President.”

And outside the conference room, Serio, who was listening to the leaking sounds, sighed deeply and muttered.

“He doesn’t realize the seriousness of the situation…”

Serio, who was in charge of handling Yoo Seong-woo’s affairs, felt that all his plans would go to waste.

Then, before that happens, perhaps…

***

Yoo Seong-woo entrusted the government official from Italy to Yoo-wol.

Such negotiations were a field that Yoo-wol was much better at than him.

Besides, there was no reason to meet in person.

Since they were the ones who were desperate, he was going to decide based on their attitude.

Yoo-wol, who had finished negotiating with the government official, entered Yoo Seong-woo’s office with a frown, as if she was very upset.

When Yoo Seong-woo raised his eyebrows while looking at her, Yoo-wol slammed the documents she was holding on the desk with a loud thud!

“Those damn pizza bastards!”

“Why are you so angry?”

It was refreshing to see Yoo-wol cursing in anger.

Pizza bastards, she said. It was such a raw curse that he was speechless.

“Those bastards, they’re thinking strangely, aren’t they? Can you pet me a little? I think that would make me feel better.”

“Are you crazy? Did you get shot in the head or something?”

“I just said it once. They were so obedient when I first requested the designation, but now they’re just trying to freeload?”

As she said that, Yoo-wol pulled out a few documents and handed them to Yoo Seong-woo.

After reading them roughly, that was the case.

When they first requested the designation, they seemed like they would give him everything, but when they came to negotiate today, they were like, ‘Let’s take this out of the conditions, let’s take that out…’…

Yoo-wol didn’t even want to waste time listening to them, so she stormed out in the middle.

“It seems like the person in charge has completely changed in the middle. They’re maintaining the 1st class Abyss capture as it is, but they’re trying to lowball the detailed conditions.”

“If you’re saying that, they must be bad bastards.”

“That’s right? So I gave them a warning too. I told them that if they were in their right mind, they wouldn’t offer such conditions.”

“Good job.”

Well, it was a common occurrence.

They must feel like they’re being unilaterally extorted because they don’t think they’ve done anything wrong.

The one who did wrong was the Leaning Tower of Pisa Lord Salome, so why should they pay off that debt?

They must want to deny that they did anything wrong.

No, they’re actually trying to back out…

“Well, they’ll feel it someday when they realize they’re wrong. Did the guys from the US come?”

“I think it would be easier to talk to them. They came a little later than Italy, though.”

“Then go talk to them once. Sorry for making you work so hard.”

At his words, Yoo-wol came up to him with quick steps and stuck out her head.

Seeing her fluttering her ears, it was a gesture asking him to pet her if he was sorry.

Yoo Seong-woo laughed in disbelief and patted Yoo-wol’s head appropriately.

Yoo-wol, who had been petted, flapped her ears with a bright face different from before and headed to meet the Americans.

Left alone, Yoo Seong-woo sat for a while and then opened his mouth.

“Are all Americans rude? I let them off the hook once at the Tower Lord meeting…”

As Yoo Seong-woo spoke, a person slowly appeared in front of him where there was nothing.

Dressed in a robe, he looked exactly like a mage. It seemed like he was using a transparency magic.

‘I’m sure I told Schuel to set up a barrier last time. Did she slack off, by any chance?’

Or maybe she did set it up, but she did it sloppily.

It seemed like something to check later.

Anyway, the transparency of the person in front of him was a bit clumsy, so he could recognize it the moment he saw it.

The mage who came in through the gap when Yoo-wol opened the door was a familiar face.

It was the face in the data that Yoo-wol had given him, and he was definitely the Vice Tower Lord of the Empire Tower in the United States.

His name was Mackenzie Cairn.

He knelt on one knee at Yoo Seong-woo’s words and opened his mouth.

“Please forgive my rudeness, Master Yoo Seong-woo. I hope you understand that this matter is so urgent that I had no choice but to come to meet you in this way.”

“I’ll decide after hearing it. If it’s a trivial matter, you’ll have to leave with one arm.”

Seeing that the Vice Tower Lord of the Magic Tower had come without any procedure, it must be an urgent matter.

When Yoo Seong-woo stared at him with a cold gaze, Mackenzie swallowed hard and said.

“…I would like you to help us recover the remains, the remains of the Tower Lord.”

“Sharon’s corpse? Then you seem to have come to the wrong place.”

The bodies of those who died in the illusory dimension were not recovered.

Perhaps they became cosmic dust along with Maximum’s self-destruction.

Besides, Yoo Seong-woo didn’t have the technology to go to the illusory dimension.

It would be different if he could use something like Myeongdojanwolpa [a fictional technique or ability].

“Go to the Namsan Tower [a landmark in Seoul, South Korea]. If you give them everything, they might help you.”

“…What we are trying to recover is not only the remains of the Tower Lord.”

“Then?”

“We would also like to recover one artifact that the Tower Lord had.”

Yoo Seong-woo tapped the table with his finger and pondered for a moment.

They also know that going to Namsan Tower or Clock Tower is the fastest way to enter the illusory dimension.

But, is there a secret that they shouldn’t be caught with?

That must be the artifact that Sharon had.

Yoo Seong-woo, who had finished thinking, asked.

“Then let me ask, what is the artifact that Sharon has that you’re so eager to recover even by going to the illusory dimension?”

Normally, they would give up, but if the Vice Tower Lord came in person and requested it separately from the US government, it must be a considerable artifact.

Mackenzie hesitated for a moment at his question, then said as if he had no choice.

“It is the remains of a saint. To be exact, it is Jesus’ right molar.”

“…Jesus’ molar? Why is there such a thing?”

“It has been kept by the US government for generations. Before the Great Disaster, it was impossible to know whether it was genuine, but after the Great Disaster, it was judged to be genuine and became an artifact with powerful divine power.”

“It’s good news for the Christian side. A sacred object, no, a divine object has really appeared.”

Although its history is short, there must be many people in the United States who believe in God.

Most of them would be Christians.

Mackenzie, who nodded at Yoo Seong-woo’s words, continued.

“Jesus’ molar amplifies the owner’s magic power and provides various immunity effects at the same time. From our point of view, it is an item that we cannot obtain twice, so… we just want to get it back.”

“Is that so.”

Yoo Seong-woo stroked his chin, then raised the corners of his mouth and said.

“Then you must have prepared a corresponding price?”

Killing two birds with one stone.

Two birds with one stone.

Eat pheasant and eat eggs.

Ditch and catch crayfish…

A sign of a jackpot.