Swordmaster of the Red Light District

Conference (2)

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Ray looked around a few more booths, shook his head and closed his pockets.

Currently, the items sold at the conference were once the hands of a wizard.

Even for similar quality items, if the wizard was involved in the production, the price would more than double.

It wasn’t a meaningless premium.

In the case of the necklace that Rei bought, the magician directly participated in the craftsmanship, which greatly improved the degree of perfection of the finish.

The difference was barely noticeable when an expert looked at it with a high-magnification magnifying glass, but it was an important factor in luxury anyway.

‘If you collect all the remaining budget…’

About 50-100 gold can be allocated to a gift for one child.

If you have a budget like this, it is good value for money to buy things outside the tower.

I was able to get about 100 gold wooden souvenirs from the horse pagoda.

‘I invested about 300 gold in a gift for Ian named Darren…’

Ray valued talent and performance.

They didn’t talk about normal or rare orphans in the face of the kids, but they differentiated rewards more and more clearly according to their efforts and achievements.

Discrimination was inevitable because it was not an orphanage that was created for family fun only.

There were some guys who got hurt by this system, but Karen and some other children took good care of them.

For the past two years or so, Ray was watching, pretending not to know that most of the cookies Karen received had gone into someone else’s mouth.

Anyway, Ray had no intention of leaving a budget.

If you need something later, you can get it from the Earl or Jimmy.

Rei was not interested in luxury in her previous life or in her present life, and she was in a position to ask for anything she really needed.

Moreover, it was not easy to use a check in the vicinity of the Earl of Phillips.

“Where… I don’t think I can buy a separate gift for Luna.”

There was no need to prepare anything more, since it was full of handwritten magic books and I was going to take my tutor with me.

Hamus shook his head as he listened to Rey’s talk to himself.

‘Is this bastard doing this on purpose?’

Unless you intend to scratch inside people, you can’t do that.

Of course, Rei thought that Yohana and Luna were really enjoying swordsmanship and studying, so she made the same judgment as now.

However, even a child who likes to study to some extent is a bubble when his parents buy a transforming robot for his younger brother and give him an expensive encyclopedia set as a gift.

Ray had a little sense of the children’s sensibilities due to the ambiguity of their mental age.

‘Well, do it yourself.’

Hamus clicked his tongue briefly and then turned off his nerves. The trouble was Ray’s.

Even if they didn’t have a budget, the three squires continued to watch while walking down the conference streets.

There were many artifacts that were difficult to see easily outside the Imperial Horse Tower.

However, the more he moved, the more attention he focused on those around him.

Considering that the behavior of the three was never unusual, there was only one cause.

silver sword.

Those with a keen eye seemed to recognize the thing that the wizard craftsman had made.

Some knights and wizards openly narrowed the distance and looked closely at Rey’s waist.

Victor and Hamus gulped their saliva as if anxious.

I wouldn’t be attacked for carrying some treasure in the middle of the conference street, but the pouring interest was quite burdensome.

“You, where did you get that from?”

Rey meekly answered the question of the wizard wearing a robe.

“I bought it at Zeppelin’s booth.”

“Buy? Today?”

“yes.”

There was a hint of disbelief in the wizard’s eyes.

‘It’s clear that something is up for auction, but you sold it to the Squire?’

How much did you give?

I wanted to ask him if he stole it, but that didn’t make sense in many ways.

Zeppelin wasn’t even a great person to steal his stuff, and if it had been stolen, there would have been an uproar already.

“Did you change the sheath by any chance?”

Gee geek!

Rei applied strength to her thumb and pulled out the sword slightly.

The wizard blinked his eyes and shut his mouth.

‘How much did you give me?’

When the auction is in the air, the price soars to the ceiling in many cases.

Items that were normally traded for around 200,000 gold are sometimes traded for between 400,000 and 500,000 gold.

“What the hell is that…”

“Is it genuine…?”

The gossip spread more and more.

There were quite a few people on Conference Street who knew Ray’s identity.

Alesia attracted a lot of attention from professors shortly after she came to study abroad, and although she made many same-s*x friends, a lot of envy remained.

Alesia’s biggest flaw was the existence of Rey.

As in the Count of Phillips, Alessia kept her close to Rey, which was a good source of scandal.

Rey suddenly purchased a sword worth hundreds of thousands of gold, so it was clear to others where the funds came from.

“The Earl of Phillips? A family the size of a rat on the outskirts? Can you afford to invest that kind of money in a seed?”

“Young-ae, the count, is in too much love.”

“tt, there is only one heir who has the brains…”

The gossip of the squires who came out to see the conference street was especially great.

The knights couldn’t open their mouths because of their face, but they gave Rey a look of strange jealousy and contempt.

Victor and Hamus realized.

‘Ah, this is the situation where I saw it.’

Of course, the environment is completely different now.

It was within the Count of Phillips that the Osiris Knights and Rey collided, now inside the Imperial Horse Tower.

Among the gossiping Squires, many of them belonged to a more powerful family than the Osiris.

It was not an environment in which Ray could raise his voice recklessly.

Rey knew that too, and as she was about to pull herself out, a thick voice caught her.

“Ray, here you are.”

Hamus and Victor, who looked back first, bowed their heads in surprise.

It was Lyon, the knight of Count Osiris, who called Rey.

Lyon was surprised to see Ray’s waist without looking inside her arms.

“…? Rei, is the sword you’re wearing right now…?”

“Can you recognize it? Zeppelin-sama made…”

“Don’t look for it. Besides, it’s an X-rated, isn’t it?”

“?”

Ray tilted his head, and Lyon pointed to the scabbard.

“Zeppelin-sama is a well-known wizard and craftsman. He grades the sword according to the quality of the produced sword and marks it on the scabbard. If it is an X grade, it is said that it is almost the best line… Is it genuine?”

“Aha.”

So everyone just looked at the sword and got interested.

Only then did Rei realize that the two swords intersecting each other adorning the scabbard was not just a decoration.

“Would you like to check it out?”

“Well…?”

Lyon took the sword from Ray and pulled it out once, and opened his mouth wide in surprise.

“Oh my God, it’s real.”

It was inappropriate to ask how I bought this in this place.

Lyon returned the sword and asked Ray.

“Rei, there won’t be any problems in the Imperial Horse Tower, but I think it would be better to quickly get another sword.

“Okay. Thanks for the advice.”

Lyon nodded and looked at the X-shaped pattern on Rey’s scabbard for a moment, then came to his senses and put his hand into his arms.

“Ah, and the Earl of Phillips asked me to deliver this. I think it’s an important letter.”

Lyon sent the letter.

Ray received the letter politely, hiding her uneasy feelings.

‘I thought Alesia would of course insist that we go around the conference together…’

However, Alessia stayed in her room, far from attending the conference.

‘Are you saying that you’ve been struggling like a puppy dog for a few days?’

At first glance, it seemed that she was under some kind of pressure, but Alesia did not confess the reason for her anxiety.

Ray first thanked Lyon.

Lyon, having finished the work he was asked to do, turned around.

“I’ll look elsewhere. Have fun looking around.”

It was to leave the seat for fear that the seeds would be uncomfortable.

When Lyon disappeared, the gossip grew again.

Some of them blatantly spoke of Count Phillips’ slander, but Ray heard it very well.

Ray opened the letter saying that he had come to him.

While Rey read the letter, Hamus and Viktor were terrified.

Even though he knew that Rei was the one who tried to cover up the situation, he couldn’t shake the ominous feeling.

Meanwhile, Ray, who was reading the letter, swept her head.

“Whew…”

As Rey sighed, Hamus and Victor shuddered.

Ray muttered to himself.

‘A time of humiliation and persecution… I was tired of it.’

To be honest, I didn’t receive much contempt or persecution, and I didn’t stay in the tower for long enough to get tired of it.

It is true that he was very sarcastic because he was at war between the sons of high-ranking nobles and the wizards.

However, that’s all you can see here.

“It’s time to return to the ‘orphan collector’ Rey.”

“What kind of bullshit, you idiot.”

Feeling the ominous feeling, Hamus took a step back.

Rey tore the corners of her lips long.

“Your aunt is coming to the tower to see my face? I think you’ll be there in two days.”

“What does that matter now?”

Hamus and Victor expressed their doubts.

Rei was a pure commoner with no family to promote, which meant that Rei’s aunt was also a commoner.

Rei picked up the stone without answering their questions.

Kaang!!!

“?!”

A stone collided with the breastplate of the Squire, who had been arguing about Alesia to be heard openly.

Ruble, a squire serving Count Usrdin’s knight, looked at Rey, unable to shake off his embarrassment.

Ray flicked his finger at the ruble.

“Hey you bastard, come to work. I’ll tear your mouth apart…”

“Ray! Are you crazy?!”

“Ray, if you misrepresent your identity, you’ll get in trouble…! This isn’t the Count of Phillips!”

Hamus and Victor pulled Rey, who was rushing forward.

However, Ray shook off her arms and muttered so that only the two of them could hear it.

“Listen. I’m not a ‘common’.”

“?”

“From now on, my status is ‘the nephew of the imperial hero Seria’.”

Had Rey been talking in the air that he was Seria’s nephew, few people would have believed him.

Even if they did, they were more likely to think they were a distant relative with a little bit of luck.

However, seeing Seria come to see Rey walking around will change her mind quite a bit.

Ray was excited to see the benefits of blood (or not) after a long time.

“Come to work, you bastard.”

*

“then…”

Sitting at the center of a cheap wooden table was the dwarf of the three, fiddling with her glasses.

“Can’t I just remove the lophyllene?”

“exactly.”

The silver horseman nodded his head.

Theta, a member of the Imperial Intelligence Agency, took off her glasses and lit up her red eyes.

“Can you take responsibility for the results?”

“Lophilen is actively cooperating in disposing of research materials and reconciling contract imprints. I have also agreed on the issue of tracking and periodic reporting.”

“Doesn’t that mean that you’ve noticed the consequences of that study?”

“That’s why you’re actively begging for your life. It won’t be a threat. If you overreact, you’ll leave room for others to dig in.”

The Royal Guard knight Michael, who was examining the documents at Matapju’s claim, stood up.

“I think I’ve come to a conclusion, so let’s do this.”

After being silent for a moment, Theta nodded.

In fact, the conclusion has already been reached, and in the end, it was only accompanied by a bit of a fight and coordination of opinions.

As soon as the three of them settled their seats and stood up, the door to the conference room swung open.

Michael, who hid his hands behind his waist, hurriedly knelt down.

Seta and the silver mage also hurriedly followed Michael and knelt down.

“I see you, Crown Prince.”

Silver hair flowing down, eyes burning as red as the sun.

Crown Prince Karius, who has an appearance that shows the characteristics of the imperial family, chuckled while holding a bottle of wine.

“Yeah, what else were the pillars of our empire talking about?”

The three looked into each other’s eyes.

Theta stood up first and explained the matter that was just discussed.

A glimmer of light suddenly appeared in Karius’s hazy eyes.

“Have you seen such a wretched bitch. Are you trying to escape without paying the penalty for violating the grace of the Empire?”

Seta, Michael, and Matapju exchanged glances for a short time.

In essence, the life of a person was often slashed away according to the improvisational sentiments of the powerful.

Apparently, Lopilen was out of luck.

“…I’ll take care of it.”

“who?”

“The wizard…”

“Only wizards?”

“…?”

“What will you do with these scoundrels who dare to win the favor of the Empire and try to quarrel with the traitors of the Empire?”

A drop of cold sweat ran down Theta’s forehead, with no change in expression.

If you touch a nobleman who is loyal to the Empire for just that reason, it becomes very difficult.

Initially, Theta belonged to a special task force that had been granted small operational rights by the emperor.

Even for the Crown Prince, such interference was difficult.

Prince, Karius.

The emperor’s help was needed to break this foolish bastard’s stubbornness .