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Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Dominic received 20 gold from the subordinate.
The subordinate of Max Langtang failed to hide his impatience and frowned deeply while Dominic counted the gold coins.
“20 gold, that’s correct.”
Dominic tucked the pouch of gold coins into his chest and turned back toward Max Langtang’s subordinate.
W̃ е̇ b̆ń о́ vе́l̀. Ẽ numа̂
“Now talk. Where does that old man Clive get the black gold stone from?”
Max Langtang’s subordinate did not even bother to hide the fact that the source of the black gold stone mattered more than its quality, as if he were greatly looking down on Dominic.
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Smiling inwardly, Dominic opened his mouth.
“He was getting it from Barba’s Cave.”
“Barba’s Cave? You mean that deep cave in the southern mountains?”
“Yes.”
Е̌ n̈ ūm̄ а̄
“There shouldn’t be anything there.”
When Barba’s Cave was first discovered, not only scholars but everyone in the Empire paid attention to it.
That was because Barba’s Cave was the narrowest and longest cave discovered to date.
People wondered what might be at the end of Barba’s Cave, dispatched search parties, and the news spread widely through newsletters.
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Soon, the fact that the search parties had discovered a dead end after several days and nights of exploration also became known.
People were greatly disappointed.
E̊n̈um ӓ
They even regretted giving the cave the romantic name of Barba when it held nothing at all.
And before long, Barba’s Cave was forgotten in everyone’s memory.
“People know one thing but not the other.”
This time, Dominic did not hide his smile as he looked at Max Langtang’s subordinate.
“There’s a fissure next to Barba’s Cave that a person can enter, isn’t there?”
“That’s right.”
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Max Langtang’s subordinate nodded carefully.
“If you enter that fissure and shout ‘Sesama,’ the door opens and another cave appears.”
“Sesama? Sesame?”
“Uh, does that mean sesame?”
Dominic was well versed in ancient languages, but he pretended not to know in order to play the role of a commoner boy.
“Sesama, you say? It’s true that Sesama is a spell that opens doors…….”
Е̊ n̆ úmа̂
Max Langtang’s subordinate muttered as he sank into deep thought.
Dominic quietly waited until Max Langtang’s subordinate finished thinking.
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“Then are you saying that inside the cave that appears with the Sesama spell, there’s black gold stone that old man Clive brings?”
“That’s right.”
This too was a lie.
It was true that there was a large fissure next to Barba’s Cave, and that something interesting happened if one shouted Sesama there, but it had nothing to do with black gold stone.
W е b̃ n̊о v̆е̃ l̈. Ѐ ń û m̌ ӓ
Everything was a story Dominic had cleverly pieced together to lure Max Langtang and his subordinates into a trap.
‘It was a good thing I occasionally looked over the mercenary newspapers Clive read in my previous life.’
Thanks to that, he was able to set up a plausible trap.
Max Langtang’s subordinate firmly believed Dominic’s words.
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“You know the Sesama spell, so your story really does seem to be true.”
It seemed that the foundation of that trust was the spell called Sesama.
W ѐ bno v̈ӗ l̂ Еn umǎ
Since it was knowledge an ordinary person could never know unless it had been revealed through mercenary newspapers in a previous life, it was not strange that Max Langtang’s subordinate had fallen for it completely.
“Good, very good.”
Max Langtang’s subordinate repeatedly said how good it was, looking satisfied.
‘With this, I’ll be recognized by Lord Max.’
His head was filled only with bright prospects, so there was no reason for him to feel displeased.
“Kid, will you also be at the deal site later?”
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The subordinate of Max Langtang, who had been about to turn away, asked as if the thought had just occurred to him.
“Yes, I plan to be there too.”
“Good. I’ll take good care of you.”
Dominic had no idea what exactly he meant by taking good care of him, but he nodded for now.
Leaving Dominic behind, Max Langtang’s subordinate spent the rest of the time patrolling near the deal location, checking for suspicious individuals or anything out of the ordinary.
Dominic, for his part, left the area and joined up with Clive, who had been waiting for him in advance.
Е̇ n̊ u ṁа.і̌d̆
“Whew, I thought my heart was going to drop. But what were you talking about for so long?”
Clive let out a sigh and patted his chest, having seen from afar Dominic being threatened by Max Langtang’s subordinate.
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“Clive, I have something I’m curious about.”
“Yes, go ahead.”
“Can you tell a mage’s level just by looking?”
“No. I’m a sword-for-hire who’s lived on nothing but blade work my whole life. I don’t know jack about magic.”
Ėn̂ŭṁ ӓ .і́ d
“I see.”
It was the moment Dominic was about to pull his hood down again with faint disappointment.
“But who knows. If you learn magic, and keep learning it, maybe you’ll be able to tell just by looking how far along someone’s magical achievements are.”
“Learning magic, and learning it more…….”
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Dominic murmured while holding his hood.
‘Then isn’t it quite possible?’
E n̈ u_m_а .i d
Dominic had never imagined in his wildest dreams how great his talent was, but in any case, he believed that he had magical talent.
‘Maybe I could pull off tricks like that too.’
As he thought that, Dominic’s heart began to thump with hope.
‘I want to extract information from Max’s group as quickly as possible, create Perperence, and then bring in a magic instructor.’
Dominic recalled the person he had marked in his mind as his future magic instructor.
If he learned magic from that person, his proficiency would skyrocket.
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‘But that’s not something to think about now. For now, focus on the task in front of me.’
Dominic checked the black gold stone together with Clive.
As Dominic had arranged, inside the sack were dozens of low-quality, cheap black gold stones, and two black gold stones with the potential to become a core.
It was a smaller quantity than usual, but not enough to raise suspicion.
‘To begin with, black gold stones that can become a core aren’t that common, so Max Langtang will be satisfied.’
By the time they finished gathering the black gold stone, the time had already come.
Еn uma
“Let’s go.”
Dominic gave the order, and Clive bowed his head and slung the sack of black gold stone over his shoulder.
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Dominic headed toward the abandoned building they had seen earlier together with him.
Surprisingly, there were people inside the abandoned building. Max Langtang and his subordinates had already arrived.
‘Looks like the information I leaked had quite an impact.’
It was the moment Dominic marveled inwardly.
Ẅеb̃n oṽel̂ Е_nŭm̈ ȧ
“Oh my, sir! If I had known you would grace us with your presence so quickly…… I would have come sooner myself.”
Perhaps because it was his first time in such a situation, Clive was flustered.
While Clive bowed deeply enough for his forehead to nearly touch the ground in apology, Dominic roughly imitated him and observed Max Langtang’s group.
The first person to catch his eye was the one he had exchanged words(?) with earlier.
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Perhaps having had his merits acknowledged by Max Langtang, he could not stop grinning.
And then, the next thing that stood out above all else was…….
Ӗn̂ um̃ a
‘So the author was Max Langtang.’
He could tell without even asking.
Although he did not have skills like Clive’s, Dominic could also feel the overwhelming pressure radiating from Max Langtang.
With red hair resembling Eleonore Langtang’s and blue eyes, Max Langtang was an astonishingly handsome man with an imposing build.
‘I’d believe it even if you told me he was a Swordsman.’
He had imagined that since Max Langtang stayed in the rear, he would be highly skilled but small-framed, yet that was not the case.
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Max Langtang was a man whose dignified presence made it obvious to anyone that he was the leader.
He even looked far more intelligent and capable than the eldest son of Langtang whom Dominic had met in his previous life.
Max Langtang’s gaze turned toward Dominic.
Dominic naturally rolled his eyes away to avoid it.
“And the brat beside you?”
Even though he must have already known from the report, Max Langtang asked anyway.
W̌_еb nо̇v̌ е̇ l Ê n̈ǔ m а̊
“Ah, he’s an assistant I recently took in. It gets lonely when you grow old.”
Although intimidated by Max Langtang’s presence, Clive spoke properly, just as they had agreed beforehand.
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“An assistant, huh.”
Max Langtang lifted only one corner of his lips and smiled.
“Well, when you get older, you might feel that way.”
Yet the Max Langtang who said that looked no more than in his early thirties at most.
W̃ e b̈ ň о v̇ е̇ l Е n ů_m a
“What’s his name?”
“Nick, sir.”
Once again, Clive answered in Dominic’s place.
“A good name.”
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Max Langtang spoke words he clearly did not mean.
“Um, sir. About the black gold stone deal…….”
Е̃ n uma
Clive cautiously brought it up. That was because Dominic had instructed him to finish the deal as quickly as possible, since the necessary measures had already been taken.
“No need to rush.”
But Max Langtang did not seem to have any intention of ending the deal quickly.
He slowly walked forward and stopped in front of Dominic.
The height difference between them was enormous. When Max Langtang leaned forward, a shadow fell over Dominic’s face.
“Interesting.”
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Only after hearing those words did Dominic realize that he had been standing far too calmly.
‘How would an ordinary commoner react in a situation like this.’
He reasoned it out too late, but it was useless. Dominic had already acted far too boldly.
“Is it true that you have a talent for discerning the quality of black gold stone?”
Max Langtang was a straightforward man.
He did not bother hiding the fact that he had heard about Dominic from his subordinate and asked bluntly.
W̃e bn оv̀ êl̆ Е nu m̌å
There was no reason for him to hide it. He was the legitimate heir of Langtang and had no need to mind anyone else.
The only thing to keep in mind was that Dominic, too, was the eldest son of Anika.
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‘This much, I expected.’
Dominic had already sufficiently anticipated how Max Langtang would act. That was why he could calmly bring out the words he had prepared.
“I can tell high-grade items from low-grade ones.”
At Dominic’s words, Max Langtang smiled once more.
Е n u mа̄
“Then I’ll give you a problem. If you get it right, I’ll pay the proper price for the black gold stone.”
He took out two pieces of black gold stone from the sack and held one in each hand.
“Which one is the superior grade?”
Dominic’s eyes narrowed.
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The two black gold stones Max Langtang had taken out were both high-grade enough to be called jade.
However, the one on the right did not emit any Mana at all, whereas the one on the left emitted a faint trace of Mana.
Е̌ num̊ ӑ .і d̀
Judging purely by the quality of the black gold stone, the two were similar, but when factoring in Mana capacity and the potential to become a core, the left one was far superior.
‘He’s testing me. He wants to see if I can sense Mana.’
Max Langtang’s intention was transparent. He did not even try to hide it.
‘The answer is already decided.’
Without hesitation, Dominic chose the black gold stone on the left.
“This one. This is the superior grade.”
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At that answer, one of Max Langtang’s eyebrows shot up. The subordinates guarding behind him also showed slight signs of agitation.
“And why do you think so?”
Max Langtang asked.
“The quality of the two black gold stones is nearly identical, so why did you answer without hesitation that the left one is superior?”
Dominic calmly shrugged and opened his mouth to reply.
“I could tell by the way you……sir, took out the black gold stone.”
Ẃе̊ bn̄о́ v е l̊ Е̄ n̈ üm̆ а
“Me?”
Max Langtang momentarily looked confused.
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“When you took out the black gold stones.”
Dominic pointed with his finger at the sack of black gold stone held by Max Langtang’s subordinate.
Max Langtang’s eyes followed Dominic’s finger to the sack.
“With your right hand, you grabbed the black gold stone without hesitation. But when you held the black gold stone in your left hand, you hesitated for a few seconds.”
Еň ú m.а̌_. ïd̃
Dominic said.
“When people choose something precious, they take their time. Isn’t that so?”
Max Langtang’s face showed that he had been caught off guard.
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