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Chapter 51 : I Have a Favor to Ask
“Really? You lost every single penny?”
“Yeah, that’s right! How many times do I have to tell you!!”
“Ahahaha!!”
The woman clutched her stomach and burst out laughing.
It was a blatant mockery.
Е̂ñ u̇ m̊ a .і d̃
“See, what did I tell you? You’re destined to earn money honestly, not by gambling.”
“Damn it, what’s wrong with me!”
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“You have terrible luck, don’t you? You’re the only one who can’t admit it.”
At the woman’s cold remark, Buggy gritted his teeth and made an excuse.
“...It’s not that my luck is bad, it’s that some bastard took everything.”
“Oh my.”
Wӗb́n̊ о̊v ѐ l Enŭṁ a
The woman’s expression suddenly changed, and her face hardened.
“...It doesn’t make any difference whether you blew it all on the slots or got worked over by someone.”
“Ah, that bastard definitely cheated!”
“If it was a scam, he would have been sanctioned. That place is famous for being strict about that kind of thing.”
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“Those idiots must not have noticed! Or else, there’s no way I would be the only one losing while that guy kept winning…!”
“You have all sorts of excuses. How can a macho who usually boasts about being a real man be so pathetic?”
Е́n̊ǔ ṁа . іď
Buggy, who had lost the war of words, couldn't overcome his anger and had a fit.
The woman, who had enjoyed the sight of the surroundings becoming a mess as a side dish to her drink, spoke again.
“So, you didn’t get so caught up in that kind of thing that you couldn’t do your job, did you?”
This time, her serious expression was sincere.
Even the self-centered mad dog didn't put his feelings ahead when it came to work.
“Yeah, I did everything I had to do.”
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“The item?”
“It’s genuine. It’s supposed to be delivered to the organizer the day after tomorrow.”
“Are you sure?”
“If he has the guts to bluff when a hole is about to be drilled in his head, then I have to be deceived out of courtesy.”
“……”
The woman, feeling something ominous in his uncharacteristic magnanimity, narrowed her eyes and questioned him.
We bn о̇vе̂l̇ En̂u m а̊
“It was an employee of the Auction, right? How did you take care of the aftermath?”
“Even if an investigator from the city government comes, they won’t be able to find out.”
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Buggy beat his chest and said with confidence.
“I made a pulp out of him, hehe.”
It was a chilling laugh.
A pressure that was hard to come from a small frame bound the venue.
Ӗn uḿ a
Although it was a madness that would scare even a healthy adult male, the woman only frowned.
“Seeing you laugh so disgustingly, you must have laid your hands on an unrelated person again.”
“No, it was to eliminate a witness.”
“How long are you going to use that excuse?”
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At the performance of the troublemaking rookie, who was no less than the existing members, the woman sincerely advised.
“Don’t do anything that doesn’t help the plan. If you do, you’ll get seriously screwed one day.”
En̄ ù m̊ã . і d
“That’s what I’m hoping for. If they interfere, I’ll crush them all.”
It was better if the number of opponents to fight increased.
The mad dog of Madhouse was the type to get excited the more he was cornered.
The woman dismissed such a manly bravado with a snort.
“You still haven’t come to your senses even after becoming penniless?”
“Hey! What does it matter!”
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“Anyway, I think it’s a good thing.”
Perhaps thinking that he would soon lose his temper if she teased him more, it was a blatant change of subject.
“You can’t participate in the auction now that you have no money. To get that item, you have to succeed in this one.”
“Damn it, there were a lot of other things I wanted to buy…”
“What are you worried about?”
It was a look that treated him like a fool.
Е̇ ń u m ӑ.іd
“We can just steal it then.”
It was a definitive tone, as if she had planned it from the beginning.
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Buggy had a blank expression for a moment, and then he let out a laugh.
“...Hehehe.”
“What’s the difference if we add a few more things when we’re already stealing a stolen item from the Magic Tower?”
“You’re a crazy bitch too.”
Еn u m̄ a
“What are you talking about? Stealing someone else’s things is the most thrilling thing. Especially if it’s a beautiful and valuable item that’s going to be on the Auction.”
Her gesture of flipping back her long side hair was coquettish, as if she wanted to claim that she was different.
“If I’m not even going to get a fee, why would I clean up after you? Be grateful, if it weren’t for this big sister, you would have had to move your ass off on your own.”
“I’m grateful for that, but.”
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Buggy, without hiding his rotting face, looked the woman up and down.
“Big sister, my ass. An old hag who’s old enough to know better has no conscience…!”
Еn̈ũ m̌ а̀.і̌d̀
Boom!
A loud noise echoed.
Buggy’s face, which had been hit on the back of the head, was slammed into the table.
“As planned, I’ll cause a ruckus at the venue, so you properly recover the item and come back. If you get excited again and cause a scene and drag on time, I’m leaving you behind.”
“...Yeah, okay.”
Buggy got up from the wreckage as if nothing had happened.
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Although the table was broken, there was not a single scratch on his fine skin.
His handsome face was stained not with pain, but with greed.
“The Blade Knuckle of Aincifer, that’s my item.”
The military group Madhouse.
They were an antisocial group that acted according to their own desires, regardless of the presence or absence of a request.
***
Е̇ ǹ_um а̇. і̇d
“This is a list of the items you have won. Please check for any discrepancies and sign.”
I examined the list that the auction house staff had handed me.
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The auction items I had won were a total of five.
It might seem small compared to the fortune I had amassed at the gambling den, but this was my best.
‘If I had raised the price moderately, they would have stopped, but they followed me to the end.’
Although I had known, the money-splashing of the nouveau riche was not a kind of thing that I could ever get used to.
Ёn u m̈ а
It was natural for the competition for the elixir to be fierce, but to think they would bet their lives on a mere lump of stone that was just a little rare.
I had thought I would have at least thirty percent left over, but I had been completely cleaned out.
‘But I won them all.’
If I remembered that it was someone else’s money anyway, it wasn't something to be upset about.
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As long as I had obtained the elixir I had aimed for, it was not a loss.
“The items you have won will be delivered immediately.”
Е n ūm̃а̄.і̃ d
I left the private room, receiving the polite treatment of the auction house staff.
When I came out to the lobby, Colin was waiting for me with a sullen expression.
“You’re here?”
“Loosen up your face. People around you are scared.”
“Phew, can’t I even be annoyed?”
A person who looked like a barbarian who had come down from the mountains was frowning, so even the security guards were on alert.
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Colin, who, despite not looking like it, often checked his surroundings, grumbled and smoothed the wrinkles on his brow.
“See, if you had just lent me the money, it would have been fine.”
“……”
Colin’s sulking had started from yesterday.
Since he had earned a lot, it wasn't that I couldn't give him a share.
But it was a different story if it was a person who had become penniless after betting even his research funds, saying he would win it back.
É n ũm̀а̊ . î d
You have to know how to take responsibility for your own mistakes.
Wasn't the commotion at the Magic Tower also caused by him neglecting his duties?
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Apart from him being a good person, his bad habits needed to be corrected.
“You have money to spend on a few useless stones, but you don’t have money to lend me?”
“Useless? They’re precious to me.”
Luminous stone, storage stone, moist stone.
En ů m̄а̀ .ǐ d
They were mutant stones befitting a fantasy world.
As Colin said, they were treated as junk items even in the game system, but I had an idea to utilize them.
Unfortunately, Colin, a small-minded person who did not know the great meaning, did not hide his dissatisfaction.
“What are you going to use that for? I didn’t know you were a person who enjoyed putting a stone on a display case and sprinkling water on it.”
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“Collecting stones isn’t a particularly bad hobby… but I’ll explain it to you later.”
He was so sulky that every word he said was sharp.
W ēbṅ о̇vé l Ӗ ňü m̂а
But there was no way I would lend him money.
I had no money to lend him either.
I replied, giving him a hint.
Fortunately, Colin knew how to distinguish between public and private matters.
In an instant, mana gathered around him, and the sound from the outside was blocked.
“Why the sudden barrier?”
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“Have you made any progress in searching for the traitor?”
“Unfortunately, it’s the same. But I’ve specified the transaction location.”
“...Hmm.”
“Did something go wrong?”
“Yes.”
It went very wrong.
Е n̄ u m̆а̊. і́.d
“The best thing was to secure the traitor before the transaction, but since that’s not possible, it’s become difficult.”
“What’s so difficult about it? Even if that guy’s skills have improved over the years, he’s no match for you or me.”
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“There are others who are after the Blade Knuckle.”
The appearance of Buggy Vile was not something to be taken lightly.
Just recalling the incident of the auction house massacre was enough of a variable.
So, did this guy just happen to come to commit a massacre at the right time?
Ё n̊um̂a .id
To say so, there was a lack of plausibility.
Even if Madhouse did not restrict the activities of individuals, to put it bluntly, there was no profit to be gained.
An increase in fame? A display of skill?
There were many other opportunities to prove this.
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Considering the grudge that would be built up with the gang behind the Auction, the losses were immense.
Rather than that, it was more realistic that it was an accidental incident befitting a mad dog.
Е ǹ úm̈ӓ. і d
‘But if one keyword is inserted there, the story changes.’
The Blade Knuckle of Aincifer.
Its widely known owner was none other than Buggy Vile.
‘What if he had heard the rumor about the stolen item from the Magic Tower and was after it? What if the auction house massacre was a result of that?’
Although it was my own conjecture, several suspicions fit perfectly.
“...It seems the Magic Tower is being looked down on quite a bit.”
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Colin, who had been organizing his thoughts just like me, said coldly.
As a wanderer, he also had a pride in his home.
“Well, there were a lot of beasts living without a future in this city. So, what kind of guys are they?”
“It’s Madhouse.”
“Cough!”
But it was a pride that would soon be lost.
W е̃ b n̊ о̃ v̈е l Е́n̈ ûm̀а̀
“...Is that true?”
“It’s certain.”
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I saw his face myself.
“Madhouse… This is difficult.”
It was a name that even the Magic Tower, the gods on the clouds, would know.
The wanderer, Colin, who had been active in the secular world for a long time, would also know its danger well.
W̄ еbnо vе ĺ Е n um̂ а
“It’ll be difficult to face them with this force. Should I bring in the Magic Tower?”
“They won’t care. Rather, they’ll use it as an excuse to try to shut me up.”
“Ugh.”
It was a sigh full of frustration.
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His expression contorted and then relaxed, as if he were weighing what to do.
Although the relic was important, it was not to the extent that the head of a school would risk his neck.
E n ǔmа. іď
I lent a hand so that his worries would not last long.
“The good thing is that they’re a small number. And it’s not an operation under the name of Madhouse.”
Perhaps it was one person who would be active as a diversion, and Buggy, so two in total.
There was a basis.
Because Madhouse was not a warm and friendly group that would lend a helping hand to a personal desire, not a request.
“...It sounds like you have a way.”
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A subtle expectation was mixed in Colin’s voice.
I nodded my head.
It was the correct answer.
“Let’s change the plan. I’ll raid the site alone.”
“When it’s not enough even with the two of us together?”
“It’s okay.”
E n ům̀а̇
Rather, I was better off alone.
Although Colin was not a weak force, he was nothing more than a hindrance in front of the monsters that were beyond the standard.
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“In case something happens, you should wait at the auction house. You can just give me the location of the traitor you’ve tracked through the communication device.”
The genuine item could have slipped through the site and flowed into the auction house.
Although it was unlikely, it wouldn't hurt to leave an insurance.
“I’ll recover the item.”
Ėn̊ u m̆ а̊
Even if it wasn't the success reward of a designated request, it was something that had to be done.
‘I can’t give a sharp claw to a mad dog.’
It was a time when the clouds of war were gathering.
I couldn't miss the opportunity to weaken the power of a monster that I might meet as an enemy.
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“And I have a favor to ask.”
“Just say it.”
W̄е bn.о̂vе̂l̇ Е̃ ṅ ů ṁâ
“I asked Sage to create an artifact. I’d like you to help her finish it by tomorrow.”
“I’ll do my best.”
I received a reconfirmation from Colin.
It wasn't that, but it was the most important key to the plan.
The success or failure of this request depended on it.
***
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The same night.
The wanted criminal of the Magic Tower, the traitor Lütgen, was talking to someone on the phone, sweating nervously.
“Are you sure it’s safe?”
[Of course. Our Auction guarantees complete anonymous transactions for auction exhibitors.]
“How can you guarantee that I won’t be tailed?”
[Our experts at the establishment will guard the site. And even if you are tailed, we will guarantee your safety until the transaction is completed.]
Е̃ n um̂ ä
“...And after the transaction?”
[From then on, it’s up to the exhibitor. Please be careful not to have the unfortunate event of not being able to receive the auction payment.]
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“Damn it!”
Lütgen nervously threw the communication device and ended the call.
“...Phew, phew. Yes, there must be a basis for their confidence.”
The city’s largest black market where all sorts of stolen goods were traded.
Еǹ ů m̃а . і̇d
There were not a few groups of thieves who were after it.
Fortunately, there had been no story of the Auction’s auction being disrupted so far.
As long as they didn't want to tarnish the prestige they had built up so far, the Auction would do its best.
Even if that troublemaker was the Magic Tower.
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“After I receive the payment, let’s leave this city. If I bribe the barbarians of the south and settle down, I’ll be able to spend the rest of my life comfortably.”
It was the dream of a Magic Tower researcher who had been worked like a slave his whole life.
Ẃ е̄b́ n о̌ṽе̃ l Е̃ň.ü m а̃.
Lütgen, with the stolen item in his arms, unfolded a rosy imagination.
That’s why he didn't notice.
“Is that the bastard?”
“That’s right, so don’t get all worked up and rush in now. I have to get my fee too. It’ll be easier for me to steal other things if the security guards at the auction house are reduced because they’re dealing with that guy tomorrow.”
“Stop nagging. I get it, so get lost.”
“What a jerk.”
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Two men and women, hidden in the darkness, were sending him a greedy gaze.
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