Episode 140
Translator : Missme
Editor : Aru
The price of the scroll will remain high over time, incomparable to other luxury items. If Mayke has any business sense. And, well, I didnât mention it in the previous conversation, but thereâs also the cost of the ingredients. The scroll is not just about paper and wizards.
Then Mayke opened her mouth.
âNow that Iâm talking about it, although it may not be very realisticâ¦..â
âWhat is it?â
I was glad to show any interest. Mayke said.
âAfter I build the towerâ¦â¦ someday. I hope there will be a great genius wizard.â
I tilted my head as I listened to Mayke.
If youâre a genius wizard, thereâs one person here.
âMore than Mayke?â
âOh my.â
She looked happy. She covered her mouth, laughed, and waved her hand.
âOf course Iâm a genius. Where can anyone find any genius like? I will be the greatest prodigy in the magic world and the greatest prodigy at the Empireâ
I didnât mean to say that. Anyway.
âAnd you want more wizards that are more genius than Mayke?â
âYes.â
Mayke nodded without hesitation. Holding her fingers under her chin, she made a dreamy face.
âA great genius, literally. I canât imagine it right now.â
Maykeâs eyes were dimmed as if she was a picture of the future in her head.
I suddenly remembered Gyerg.
As a half-demon, he deals as folk of magic that will help her with it. The last time I saw him, it wasnât that hard for him to be called a prodigy in the magic world.
Should I recommend him?
As soon as I thought so, Maykeâs voice cracked the air.
âThe one who can use magic easily to erase a country from the map.â
ââ¦â¦..?â
âThe one who can use magic to cross the sea without gasping a breath.â
ââ¦â¦.?â
âThe one whoâs possible to destroy the continent if you want, so no power dares to defy him.â
ââ¦â¦.â¦??â
âThat kind of genius. I hope a wizard-like that will appear and lead the tower I made someday.â
ââ¦â¦â¦Oh, yes.â
I answered, trying not to show the slightest sign of showing off.
âYou have big dreams, Mayke.â
âSince itâs a dream.â
âIâll cheer for you.â
It was not long before Mayke stared at me and grinned. Even though she said it, it seemed funny.
âWell, itâs too great to become true, isnât it?â
âWell, it doesnât matter.â
I thought so, but I shrugged and sided.
No one could know the future. And there is a saying. The bigger the dream, the better.
âIt seems difficult right now, but it may come true in a few hundred years.â
âIs that so?â
âIn that sense, I will do five times as much as the original as Mayke said.â
âOh.â
For a moment, stars popped out of Maykeâs eyes as if she had lost her words.
I smiled face to face at Mayke.
***
âThank you very much, Lydia.â
Mayke repeatedly thanked me with a look that she couldnât be more grateful then left.
It wasnât just because I promised her a huge sum of money to build a tower.
At the same time, I decided to get rid of one of the family members who recently became a headache.
âHow could you do this to me? Human!â
Gyerg appeared, grunting the air.
The hallway of the mansion was very wide for Gyerg to stand alone. I walked past him and said.
âItâs a good opportunity. Iâm giving you a job.â
âI donât need a job!â
Gyerg deliberately came after me with thumping footsteps.
He is an adult man, but he acts like a five years old kid. Tsk. He didnât stop talking back.
âNo, you need it.â
âWhy do I have to work? If I do that I need to stop eating and sleeping herâ¦â¦.â
âWhoâs gonna let you keep doing that?â
âWhat?â
I stopped and turned my head.
I narrowed my eyes and looked at him, and it made him flinch. Like someone whoâs stabbed.
I said with my arms crossed.
âHow many months has it been? Are you planning to set up your own life here?â
âThatâs because of my manaâ¦â¦â¦.â
âI know the mana you used for Ash last time has been restored.â
âNo, human, you donât know that, but a half-demon mana isnât that simple to recover.â
âThen, what about the mana you used to go to the dining room from your room?â
Gyerg shut his mouth for a moment. I shook my head gently.
Even right now, I still could see it. I clicked my tongue when I saw the cookie crumbs on Gyergâs mouth.
He must have been from the dining room picking up some cookies. I canât believe heâs using the movement magic from there to here.
âWell, thatâs⦠The magic of short-distance travel requires less mana than it looks.â
âStop it. Itâs disgraceful.â
I cut his excuse that wouldnât work. And that wasnât what I really wanted to say anyway.
In fact, it didnât really matter whether Gyerg restored all his mana and continued to live in the mansion, sleeping and eating, or not.
The important thing was this.
âAnd you, donât you think I donât know that youâve been interrupting my time with Ash whenever you have a chance?â
âWell, thatâs a mistake! It happened by accident.â
âMistake? Aha, I guess thatâs why youâre gossiping Ash to me by mistake?â
The day he followed Ash to catch a High Priest of the Temple of Love.
I donât know why, but since that day, Gyerg suddenly went crazy, began to interfere with me and Ashâs attachment.
Thatâs all Iâm going to say. One day, he even sneaked in and said this.
âAre you really going to marry him? Youâre going to be with that human for the rest of your life? Seriously? Youâll regret it.â
Then I hit Gyergâs head with an empty vase. How can he tell me what to do when he doesnât know anything.
I was thinking of reaching Ash because of that, but I held it in because I didnât think I would let someoneâs life be lost forever. but the problem is that Gyerg couldnât wake up after that.
Gyergâs behaviour remained intact even after his head was hit, perhaps because he quickly recovered using the healing magic.
Thatâs why I finally decided to kick out this annoying half-demon.
âDonât be so mean, just follow Mayke and help her build the tower. I already promised to provide your labour to her. I canât back off, okay?
âWhat if I say I canât?â
Gyerg stood up and responded like a child. I took it lightly.
âThen you can watch me go all my ways with Ash like this.â
âNo!â
Gyerg shouted urgently and grabbed my ankle and hung on.
No, this half-demon. Heavy.
âGet off.â
âPromise you wonât go tell him. Then Iâll get off. Otherwise, I will never let you go.â
âIs that a threat?â
âWell, then?â
âItâs Ashâs bedroom just around the corner. He could hear me if I yell hereâ¦â¦.â
Gyerg flinched at my words and soon put my ankle down and backed away.
I almost laughed at the tension on his face.
Ashâs bedroom is close to here, but he wonât be in the bedroom at this hour.
âWow, what do you want?â
âI told you. Follow Mayke and help her build the tower.â
âSeed. Youâre definitely going to kick me out, arenât you?â
Gyerg looked pretty upset. And at this point, I had a very natural question.
I asked because I got really curious while pondering.
âDonât you have a home?â
âWhat?â
âDo you have any place to go, other than here?â
At first, Gyerg apparently lived here for a while to recover his mana. However, his attitude has changed since some time ago. As if heâs going to live here forever.
So heâs more suitable to be called a homeless person, not half-demon.
Gyerg faltered as if he had been attacked by a surprise attack, and then he opened his mouth.
ââ¦â¦itâs gone.â
âWhat?â
âThe home is gone.â
What?
âReally?â
âWhy would I lie about this?â
âFostering compassionâ¦â¦.â
âNo!â
Yeah, I believe you. I asked.
âWhat happened?â
ââ¦â¦â¦do you know the demon?â
I answered right away.
âItâs you.â
âItâs not us! Iâm half-demon tribe!
âAre you two different?â
âOf course weâre different! Do you think roe-deer and deer are the same?â
I thought it was similar inside, but Gyerg looks like he would throw a stone at me if I talk about the animals, so I held back talking.
âItâs very different. So what?
ââ¦â¦weâve been fighting for the territory for a long time. We are different races, but we had to live under the same territorial sky.â
âSo the devil has won.â
I know even if I donât listen to it anymore. Gyerg nodded his head.
ââ¦â¦..right.â
âIâm sorry to hear that.â
So what happens to the rest of the half-demon tribe? Not everyone would have died in the fight.
Are they living in the human world like Gyerg? If so, I wondered if it would be easy to distinguish them.
If he just hides his horns, he will look like a human being.
While thinking about it, Gyerg said.
âNow you know why I said I lost my home?â
âYes. Definitely.â
âAre you still going to kick me out?â
âYep.â
âWhat, what?â
So you thought Iâd let you? The story was a story and that was it.
And under such circumstances, following Mayke is a boon to the lonely Gyerg. There will be a new home called the Tower.
However, Gyerg was furious that he didnât think that way.
âYou devil!â
Hmmâ¦â¦ maybe itâs because I just heard that story, why does that sound like such a bad curse word?
I was wondering if I should argue about this, but Gyerg continued to shout.
âYouâre so happy to marry a man you donât even know! You know, the Duke has put someone to watching you!â