Swordmaster of the Red Light District

Conference (1)

67

The date of the conference is approaching.

Ray relaxed and prepared to go out.

The last few days have been pretty relaxing.

In order to save the backdoor Aftel mentioned, I had to go outside the Imperial Palace, so I had to wait for the study period to end.

Lopilen’s resignation as a professor was still pending.

Coordinating the contract engraving seemed to take more time than expected, but there was no disturbing movement.

Rey spent the rest of her time looking around the magic book and asking Floria about difficult parts.

Of course, even after listening to Floria’s explanation, I did not understand.

Even if he made a circle, it seemed young to actively use magic.

“Let’s see…”

Rey rummaged through his desk and pulled out a check guaranteed by the Imperial Mato Tower.

It was a reward given by the Imperial Horse Tower for escaping the Wild Hog.

It was about 20,000 gold, but it was by no means a small amount.

Due to the difference in prices, it was inappropriate to convert it to the monetary value of a previous life, but if it were to be taken seriously, it was about 200 million won.

Alessia handed the whole check to Jenkinson and Ray.

Jenkinson also did not take any of his share, saying that the person who hunted the Wild Hog would take it.

Thanks to this, Ray was able to attend the conference with a large sum of her own money.

Victor, who was waiting outside the dormitory, saw Rey and raised his hand.

“Are you out? Let’s leave quickly.”

“okay.”

Rey followed Victor and Hamus to the conference street.

Exciting conversations continued between the squires as they went through the identification process to participate in the conference.

A lot of chatter passed, and an interesting story came out of Victor’s mouth.

“Are there any interesting rumors circulating these days?”

“What’s the rumor?”

“I heard that a noble young-ae-nim was caught trying to bring in an obscene novel.”

“haha.”

Ray burst out laughing thinking about Alesia a few years ago.

“Well, it could be.”

“But there are stories of obscene books being read by young girls.”

“If you make a mistake, it will come out one after another.”

That must be our girl.

The three giggled squires finished the procedure and entered the conference street.

Thousands of wizards and artisans set up booths on the street and talked while exhibiting their works.

In the vacant lot between the conference streets, the performance tests of the equipment exhibited at the conference were continuing.

Quang!

The pommel of the sword held by the knight flashed, and flames flowed out of the sword and struck the rock.

In addition, sword-like artifacts that can deploy an ice barrier or flow an electric current have also demonstrated their performance.

It was quite a powerful sight, so Hamus and Victor, who had not yet reached the level of an expert, watched the performance experiment with interest.

Ray asked the two of them.

“How much do you do that?”

“If the function is semi-permanent, would you start with at least tens of thousands of gold?”

“It’s too expensive to be useless.”

“Haha, if you give me a mouse, I’ll use it.”

“Hey, where did the knight write that?”

Swordsmanship was more powerful than artifacts like that.

You can pierce your opponent once in a while.

Artifacts with complex structures had no choice but to lower their performance as a sword.

“I think it would be more efficient to equip armor like that.”

“Who doesn’t know that. Instead, it’s much more expensive.”

As Victor grunted, Hamus helped.

“The highest level is a wireless guided weapon, but there are a lot of things that easily pass tens of millions of gold. Artifacts with their own power source become more expensive there.”

“Are you talking about the Halo or the Light of Melly?”

“…”

Victor and Hamus were silent for a moment.

I could understand it when I saw Rey put the hero’s armor in her mouth.

The battle between Seria and Locust took place near the Phillips estate.

If Rey was lucky, she might have witnessed the battle or ran into Seria.

Victor and Hamus got excited and grabbed Rey’s arm.

“By the way, if it were you, you might have seen Seria-sama in person!”

“Wow! Why didn’t I think of this?”

“Uh, well… how many times have we met?”

Rey nodded shakily, and Hamus let out a sigh.

“Hey, I’m so envious. Have you ever talked to Seria-sama?”

“yes.”

“Great…!”

Rey, seeing the reactions of Victor and Hamus, was able to feel Seria’s prestige anew.

Victor and Hamus clamored with excitement.

“Seria-sama said that she pulls out the sword by a few meters! Have you seen it yourself?”

“Weren’t you scared when we met? He’s a very reticent and cool person.”

Ray waved her hand.

“Child, that’s a rumor. It’s because I’ve been in the dungeon for a long time, so people are a bit ignorant. Still, she has a cute side.”

Hamus, who was listening to the story, turned his head.

“hey.”

“yes?”

“Is Seria-sama your friend?”

what do you mean you crazy

While Rey was ignorant of the ice, Hamus shook his shoulders in anger.

“I ask you to be polite, polite. How dare you say you’re cute to Seria, the great hero of the Empire…!”

“…Yeah, I was wrong.”

It’s even more annoying if I reveal my aunt and niece here.

Rey, who apologized roughly, waved his hands and walked forward.

When I went inside the conference street, I was able to find a booth displaying swords like a blacksmith.

It was a pure weapon with no magical function, but Rey was more interested in this one.

“Hmm…”

Among the dozens of booths, there was one booth that was particularly frequented by drivers.

After waiting for the knights to finish watching, Rey approached the booth that smelled of iron and looked at the sword displayed on the far left.

“Hey…”

clear and clean

Rei felt that way as she saw the silver sword that stretched out so smoothly that her face could be clearly reflected.

Just by looking at it, it seemed that he would be overwhelmed by the anticipation that the sword emitted.

“where…”

Rey brought his finger to the sword and spilled a little mana.

Mana evaporated as it flowed smoothly over the metal, boasting perfect uniformity.

An exclamation came out of nowhere.

“…this is a real thing.”

It looks like a sword made of mithril alloy, but the material wasn’t the problem.

The most important thing when choosing a weapon for a knight was uniformity.

‘Even if you are a leading craftsman, impurities are mixed when smelting metal, and cracks occur in the process of hammering and heat treatment…’

Is it possible to increase the quality to this extent by using magic properly?

Rey looked at the sword with admiration one after another.

I was pretty greedy.

If it was this sword, even if he used mana excessively, he would have endured it for a while.

It seemed like a perfect gift for Yohana, who often breaks swords because she can’t control her overflowing talent.

‘I’ll give you one more rice cake, the ugly one.’

Ray grinned.

Although Yohana continues to tick after entering puberty.

Apart from that, Yohana was working hard to improve her skills by swinging her sword every single day.

There were a lot of dirty and dangerous things during the training of the knights, but Johanna faithfully engaged in the training without complaining.

When I looked at it, I was often happy.

“hey.”

I heard a voice next to me.

The three squires who were looking at the sword frantically turned their heads at the same time.

A man boasting slender muscles was frowned with his arms crossed.

He looked like a knight or a blacksmith, but looking at the robe he was wearing, he was a wizard.

“It’s not something that little kids will ever notice, so get it out of the way.”

It was a pretty sharp reaction, but Rey, who was immersed in the sword, didn’t really care.

“Did you make it yourself?”

“okay.”

“You have great skills. It’s a really good sword.”

“The little boy lived his mouth.”

Contrary to the words, it wasn’t an expression of dislike.

Ray looked at the silver blade as the sunlight streamed down and fiddled with her hand in her pocket.

“How much does it cost? For something like this.”

“It’s something to put up for auction. Even if you catch a small amount, 200,000 gold would be over.”

As Rey’s expression turned pale, the man burst into laughter.

“There were more than ten wizards, including me, who rushed to make that sword. Did you look ridiculous that it wasn’t an artifact?”

“It wasn’t like that. I’m sorry if I offended you.”

“For a kid like you, the right sword is too much. It’s about ten thousand gold, so check it out.”

Rey, who made a sound of pain, grabbed the sword displayed on the right.

It had a price tag attached to it, and it was a 12,000 gold sword.

Rey, who had spilled mana at a glance, shook her head.

“It’s great, but I can’t use it.”

“What?”

The man’s brow furrowed.

The swords on the right were also of an undeserved level for some knights.

However, the little boy who still looks like a squire responded that he was not cool, so he couldn’t hide his displeasure.

As Rey put down his sword and tried to take a sad step, a man blocked his way.

“This damn little bastard made fun of me.”

The man was a craftsman and sorcerer who was well-known for metal smelting even in the Imperial Palace.

Even a knight was never in a position to be harassed by naughty children.

Rei, who had been in trouble for a while in front of an angry man, spoke frankly.

“I didn’t have any other intentions. But the sword on the right doesn’t seem to be able to sustain my mana use for long…”

“Prove it.”

The man threw his sword on the floor.

“Once you hold your sword, try to use your mana to your heart’s content.”

“…”

“The sword must be flawed. Or I’ll pay the price for insulting my stuff.”

“…if something goes wrong, what will you do?”

When Ray asked with a fat face, the man burst out laughing.

“I’ll sell you the first sword you saw for 12 thousand gold.”

The man who judged that he was bluffing that he could not even be a Ray placed a large bet.

‘I’ll fix your burjang hair.’

Rey had two options left.

Get down on your knees right now Or did you accept the bet and be greatly disgraced and pay the price?

Ray’s choice was the latter.

“Whoa.”

Rey sighed and grabbed the sword that had fallen to the floor.

The moment the sneer appeared on the man’s lips, Rey injected mana into his sword.

‘It’s definitely a good sword, but…’

It was similar in quality to the sword he received from Earl Phillips in the past.

Even if he roughly rotated the mana that corrupted the space, he gave it relatively well.

Hamus and Victor, who were next to each other, fidgeted and chewed their lips.

‘Why don’t you just get down on your knees once and show your pride…!’

‘If we make a mistake, even us will be caught and held accountable…’

Rey, feeling the pouring rain, concentrated more mana on the sword.

The faint brilliance of the sword is young.

Even though he had no intention of emitting the sword, the mana that fluctuated along the metal revealed its presence.

The black still held up well.

However, as time goes by.

Cracks began to form in the vicinity of the small density difference.

Victor and Hamus didn’t even notice Rey.

The man could hear.

The insignificant plosive sound that begins to occur in the metal.

The man’s expression hardened sharply.

“stop.”

“…”

Ray raised his head and looked at the man with a stern look.

The man who had been silent for a while extended his hand.

“Twelve thousand gold.”

“…”

Rey meekly pulled a check from her pocket and held it out.

The man who received the check walked to the booth, put a sheath on the sword on the far right and threw it at Rey.

“Service.”

“it’s okay.”

“Get it before you gossip.”

“…thank you.”

“What’s your name?”

One beat Sheen Ray answered.

“This is Ray. I have Sir Jenkinson, the knight of Count Phillips, as my master.”

There is no use hiding your identity. So I answered honestly.

He was also confident that Aftel could warn him if he had other thoughts.

The man nodded his head.

“My name is Zeppelin. I hope your name comes to my ears soon.”

“When that time comes, I will definitely see you again.”

Ray nodded and walked away.

Zeppelin pauses for a moment, then bursts into laughter before returning to the booth.

Today’s loss had to be covered with personal assets.

*

“ooh ooh…!”

“Woo…

As they looked at the silver sword handed to Rey, Hamus and Victor exclaimed.

It wasn’t an artifact, but it was a truly fascinating sword that was comparable to that.

While the two admired, they slowly glanced at Rey’s eyes.

‘What the hell are you doing?’

It was a common thought between the two.

I couldn’t understand why Zeppelin gave the sword over to him because of what he was doing.

At first I thought it might have been a scam, but no matter how much I looked at it, the black was a real masterpiece.

Meanwhile, Ray was in other troubles.

I burned 60% of my budget to buy a sword.

I received two swords for service, but one was already cracked, so I gave it as a gift.

‘I just have to write.’

Anyway, I had to buy gifts for children over a hundred with the remaining budget, but there was no choice but to hear the voices of volmen.

‘Karen must be very disappointed…’

Still, Karen was the center of the children and the pillar of the nursery.

Considering Karen’s usual efforts, she couldn’t prepare a gift that was inferior to Yohana.

However, since 12 thousand gold had already been burned, the budget that could be allocated to Karen was at most under a thousand gold.

“Ummm…”

Ray, who was walking down the street, saw a booth selling accessories.

As I approached and looked around, the female staff greeted me kindly.

“What are you looking for?”

“Is everything here an artifact?”

“Some are artifacts, and some are plain trinkets.”

The staff continued, pointing to the blue jewel-encrusted ornament.

“This is an artifact that can deploy a shield of weak strength.”

“That’s the price…”

“20,000 gold.”

Having given up, Rey found ordinary trinkets.

Even if it wasn’t an artifact, there were many seductively sparkling ornaments that were processed using magic.

“I’m going to give it to you… what color would suit red hair?”

“Are you a woman?”

“Yes.”

“Then how about this?”

The woman took a necklace out of the drawer and showed it to me.

It was a necklace of small jewels shining in gold and a silver chain.

Ray, who had been caught off guard by the beautifully crafted necklace, scratched the back of his head and asked.

“How much is it?”

“Fufu. In particular, I’ll give it to you for a thousand gold.”

I didn’t know if it was a rip off or not.

It was clear to me that this necklace would suit Karen well.

Rey paid a thousand gold and accepted the well-packaged necklace.

Ray, who left the booth, patted his chin and pondered.

“I don’t know if I’ll be okay with this.”

“What are you talking about?”

“So…”

Rey confided her concerns to Hamus and Victor.

“Are you planning on presenting the silver black to Yohana?”

“by the way?”

“I’m going to present this necklace to Karen.”

“…”

Rey clicked as Hamus and Victor looked into each other’s eyes.

“I’m worried that Karen will be upset.”

After blinking his eyes for a moment, Hamus asked, wondering if it was possible.

“Rei, wait a minute. Are you thinking of gifting a sword to Yohana?”

“yes.”

“Are you giving Karen that beautiful necklace?”

“yes.”

“But you’re worried about who’ll pout?”

“Karen.”

“why?”

“Because a sword is ten times more expensive than a necklace.”

To be precise, it was a hundred times more expensive.

Hamus, who touched the back of his nose at Rei’s perfect logic, smirked and shot.

“Are you really a wizard, not a knight?”

“No, why are you swearing?”

“Ah-oh…!”

Hamus tapped his chest.

“Ray, think about it. You might be able to make a wiser decision.”

“A more expensive necklace? I’m sorry, but I can’t because I’m short on budget.”

“…”

Hamus grabbed the back of his neck and looked down at Rey anew.

He was so handsome that he forgot about it, but Ray was 13 years old.

‘Yeah, I’m not old enough to know a woman’s heart.’

In fact, Ray, who has a higher mental age than his physical body, did not consider 13-year-old children as ‘women’.

Anyway, the result was the same.

Hamus, who was about to continue his advice, shook his head.

When I saw the koraji, I had to boil it once to get my mind right.

“Yeah, take care of yourself.”

I don’t know if it will be Karen or Yohana who needs to be soothed.

It seemed that Yohana’s puberty was going to be longer .