Genius Warlock - Episode 28
28. new owner (2)
Jingling jingling.
When the pharmacy door opened, a beautiful bell rang..
An old woman, bent over and wearing a worn-out scarf, came in..
“welcome.”
A middle-aged man with half a bald head and gold-rimmed glasses greeted the old woman..
The owner of this pharmacy was wearing a white gown over a suit..
“Ah, pharmacist. hello?”
The wrinkled old man greeted me very warmly..
The pharmacist also welcomed her in a friendly way..
Indeed, he could be said to be a prestigious figure of this city..
“Yes, it's me. I always say hello. Come here····.”
The pharmacist walked up to the old woman, who was suffering from arthritis, and helped her move around..
Kindness that is ingrained in you. The old woman said thank you and bowed..
“And thank you. teacher. that····. ah! I really enjoyed the chicken dish you sent me a while ago. It was the most delicious food I've ever eaten in my life. Thank you very much.”
“no. I'm glad you enjoyed it..”
The pharmacist spoke skillfully.
Well, since I'm doing a lot of business in the city, I've heard this greeting several times a day, so I'm bound to be used to it..
After the thank you speech was over, the old woman took out a crumpled bill from her arms..
“really····. This may be a really shameless thing to say, but could I buy a painkiller with this money? teacher?”
The pharmacist secretly looked at the money. There was no chin.
The old woman seemed to know, so she asked again..
“It's getting harder and harder to move around. What's lacking later···.”
The pharmacist raised his hand. Then he went inside the store and took out one of the recently purchased painkillers..
It was a pain reliever made by John Snow..
“Take with water before going to bed. It's a recently released painkiller, and it's said to be effective..”
“It looks pretty expensive···.”
The old woman said in a panic. The pharmacist also did not give in and spoke kindly..
“it's okay. Let's call it a birthday present..”
“My birthday is still far away···.”
“Didn’t you take care of it last year? Please just accept it. Let's just say I gave that money to my grandson for his allowance..”
The old woman felt sorry, but eventually decided to accept the pharmacist's consideration..
The old woman was so grateful that she kept saying thank you, and the pharmacist smiled kindly and repeatedly said that it was okay..
“How old is your grandson??”
“Hey, he's probably about fifteen years old now..”
“If you want, I can arrange a job for you, so please let me know if you have any ideas. Workers are needed in the warehouse, and Randa also has connections in restaurants and factories..”
“thank you. thank you so much···. Surely you will be blessed.”
The old woman said that and was about to leave, when the bell rang and she almost collided with the people who had just entered..
“ego···.”
“Oh my, are you okay??”
Black hair and pale skin. A boy who looked like a living corpse spoke as he helped an old woman who almost fell..
His behavior was kind, but his lifeless skin and frozen eyes evoked rejection rather than friendliness..
As if the old woman was no different, she hurriedly greeted me and ran out of the pharmacy..
“·····.”
“·····.”
The customer who had just entered and the pharmacist looked at each other in silence..
After a while, the pharmacist, perhaps sensing something unusual, trudged over, locked the door, and hung the LA sign next to the door in front of it..
“I'm just asking just in case. You came to see me because you had some business to run, right? I didn't come here to buy medicine..”
Customer, no. Oliver answered.
“yes.”
The pharmacist led Oliver and his attendants Marie and Peter to a small room inside the pharmacy..
“Sorry, there are only two chairs. The only thing to drink is water. Because it wasn't made to welcome guests in the first place..”
“it's okay. Pharmacist.”
The pharmacist poured water into a cup, drank one for himself, and asked:.
“Let’s get straight to the point. No matter how urgent it is, don't close the door for more than 20 minutes. What brought you here??”
“I came here because I wanted to ask you a favor..”
“ask?”
“yes.”
“Joseph asked me to come, so why did you come??”
“Because it's my request.?”
“·····.”
The pharmacist looked at Oliver in silence. She tried to figure out what she was doing, but unfortunately she couldn't find anything..
Even when he came to extract the life force, when he caught the attacker, and even now, he looked the same..
There was no hostility, no favor, no ulterior motive..
“····. Normally, it would have been right to kick him out without even listening to him, but since he helped my employees in the last battle with the wizard, I'll listen to him... Oh, wait a minute. You probably asked Joseph for permission before that, right? I'm sure he would hate it if he did this without his permission..”
“Oh, don't worry about that. Because he passed away.”
“·····. what?”
“He passed away. In Landa.”
“····. Did you see it in person??”
“yes?”
“How did he die??”
“One arm was blown off by a lath boom and suffered excessive bleeding.····.”
“Have you been attacked by another warlock? But why are you safe? iced coffee. Did you kill him??”
The pharmacist spoke as if he understood. Oliver answered calmly..
“yes, that's right.”
Strangely, the pharmacist was not surprised even though he should have been surprised. For some reason, looking at the boy in front of me, I felt like it could be possible..
“····. why did you kill them?”
“They tried to kill me. To be exact, to offer it as a sacrifice to the devil... So I had no choice.”
The pharmacist was not surprised. I've been dealing with warlocks for decades. I knew enough to know about their eccentricities..
Especially for a strong warlock like Joseph, it wasn't that strange to make a deal with the devil. There was nothing new at all.
But this boy was different.
A warlock who offered sacrifices to the devil is bound to be a threatening monster..
But in front of me, a boy who looked about fifteen or sixteen was talking about how he had defeated such a monster..
Nevertheless, I was not at all happy or flattered by that fact..
I felt a strong sense of heterogeneity, different from malice, arrogance, and cruelty..
“Okay, I understand. Joseph tried to kill you, and you killed him to survive. Right?”
“yes···. I'm glad you understand..”
“····. What I don't understand is why you came to see me, what's your business??”
Oliver whispered a few words with Peter and then answered..
“Ah, sorry. I happened to take charge of the family after my master, but other people said that he might attack us if he finds out that the master is back..”
“That could be possible... By any chance, have you come to ask me for mediation??”
“yes. you're right. can you help me?”
A question that is even naive. The pharmacist sensed something beyond mere malice or cunning..
“no.”
“ah····. May I ask why??”
“Whatever the reason, I've been dealing with Joseph for a long time. But if an employee under him suddenly gets upset and asks for help, do you think you can help him? It could be that everything you said was a lie.?”
“ah···. Maybe so.?”
Oliver said as if he really could do it..
Peter spoke to Oliver once again.
“····. Still, I hope you can help. If warlocks fight among themselves, wouldn't the pharmacist's business be disrupted??”
“Are you threatening me??”
“no. Absolutely not.”
Oliver says, waving both hands. The pharmacist sighed and said.
“ha···. You are right to a certain extent, but with this type of mediation, if you do it well, you get what you got, and if you don't, you lose money. I helped you for no reason, but if you get a misunderstanding for no reason, you could lose even more..”
“But you've helped me in the past, right??”
“Back then everyone wanted to stop the fighting and I had an interest..”
“So, can you help me if I can make a profit for you??”
Just as he was about to say it was nonsense, the pharmacist looked into Oliver's eyes and shut his mouth..
A businessman's instinct realized that this was not just something he said..
“····. Even if I can't help you all, I can at least provide a space for you to have a conversation. From then on, it's up to you..”
“Ah, that's enough. thank you.”
“I haven't said I'll do it yet. what can you give me?”
“Oh, that's····.”
Oliver began speaking, taking out a pilgaret..
***
Two days after meeting with the pharmacist.
As promised, the pharmacist called the heads of the two warlock families, Anthony and Dominic, to the tavern he owned..
Anthony was a pale-skinned, scrawny man with brown hair slicked to the right.,
Dominic boasted a square jaw and muscular body like someone engaged in manual labor..
They were both around the same age as Joseph, so they didn't look very kindly on Oliver, who looked like he was only about fifteen at most..
Nevertheless, since it was an invitation from the pharmacist, I remained silent and observed the situation..
“······.”
“······.”
“······.”
While an awkward silence filled the air, Oliver stood up and said hello..
“Hello everyone. Thanks for coming out here..”
no answer came back.
However, if there was no response, that was not the case..
Their emotions showed active reactions such as doubt, irritation, confusion, speculation, observation, and cunning..
When Oliver tried to open his mouth again, Anthony raised his hand..
“Ah, yes. What are you saying?···?”
“····. There are so many things I want to ask, but let me ask the most basic first. who are you?”
“Oh, sorry. This is my first time in a place like this... My name is Oliver..”
“oliver?”
Dominique, who had oiled his hair back, said while touching his greasy beard..
“iced coffee···! Are you Oliver? I heard your name once. He was active in keeping up with the wizards.!”
“yes.”
“haha! As I heard, he looks like a real weakling! You really killed the wizard?”
“I was lucky.”
“He's a fun guy... But I came out because I said it was Joseph, so why did you come out??”
Dominic suddenly stopped laughing and frowned..
Rather than being truly angry, it was an action intended to intimidate people..
In fact, Marie and Peter, who followed as attendants, flinched..
Apparently, the man named Dominic was good at making threats of this type..
“Pharmacist teacher. You tell me. I'm sure you said Joseph would show up, right? I don't like being made fun of.”
Dominique's arrogant and threatening attitude was enough to make the pharmacist's employees react sensitively, and then Dominique's subordinates roared..
The atmosphere quickly becomes dangerous.
The pharmacist calmed down his staff and said.
“I said exactly, let the owner of the Joseph family see you..”
“therefore. You're Joseph, right? Well, then... huh?”
Dominic stopped talking and looked at Oliver as if he had noticed something..
Anthony, who was watching the situation, also looked at Oliver with sharp eyes, and then Oliver said.
“hello. My name is Oliver and I am the new owner of the Joseph Family..”
Oliver greeted him politely, but his response was cold..
They froze, as if unable to process the information, and then Dominic spoke up with a fierce smile..
“I don't understand what kind of shit situation this is right now.?”
“I am from the Joseph family.-”
“-no no. Fuck... That's not it, fuck you. There's Joseph, why is a brat like you acting like he's the master??”
“ah···.”
Oliver looked at the pharmacist. When the pharmacist shook his head, he understood the situation and explained it again..
“the master has passed away.”
“go back? That human?”
Anthony was quite surprised. As if she couldn't believe it.
“yes.”
“Who killed it? That guy has the skills to be useful in Landa, too.?”
“I killed it. You're trying to kill me.”
“So you killed Joseph.?”
“yes.”
Oliver answered, but the situation didn't really get any better..
Dominic's expression became even more grim, and Anthony laughed lowly as if it was ridiculous and suddenly asked a question..
“How old are you??”
“It's me?”
“yes, your age.”
“well···. I do not know. I worked at an orphanage and in a mine, so I don't really know my age..”
“under···. okay. A friend from the orphanage worked in the mines. I ask again. You killed Joseph.?”
“yes.”
“Is there any evidence??”
“no···. Anyway, I don't think cutting off the owner's head is the right thing to do..”
“This is absolutely crazy?”
Dominic said. I didn't understand what was crazy.
“Pharmacist teacher. You believed this crazy guy and called us.?”
“Because it doesn't seem like a lie. He also made an interesting suggestion. It may be hard to believe, but it's a proposition that benefits both of us..”
“Fuck, really now.-”
“- First of all, let's listen.”
Anthony said while calming down Dominic, who was about to get angry..
“After listening to everything. It’s never too late to get angry, right? Hey, you're Oliver? I'll listen, so tell me something.”
“thank you.”
Oliver expressed his sincere gratitude and then spoke again..
“The reason I'm here is because I want to ask you something..”
“ask?”
“Yes, even though my master has passed away, I want to live in peace like now. I hate fighting.”
Dominic and Anthony's men chuckled..
“If you do that, I will repay you a little bit..”
“What reward?”
Oliver took out a pilgerette from his pocket..
“I will share a recipe to make better quality pilgerettes..”
Dominic and Anthony reflexively looked at the pilgerette that Oliver had taken out. The light was definitely a little different..
“what?”
“This is a pilgerette I made, and the quality is better than before. The pharmacist also acknowledged it.”
The pharmacist nodded in approval..
“No, that's not what I meant. What is that pilgerette? It's a bit strange.?”
“Ah, it's a combination of motherly love and anger. About 8 to 2.”
Everyone looked up at Oliver in silent surprise at those words..
“Of course, it's okay to only have one emotion, but mixing conflicting emotions makes the effect instantly better. Also, in the process of mixing emotions, they react against each other and the amount increases a little more. This will definitely benefit you as you will be able to generate more and better quality emotions..”
Everyone was silent, ignoring Oliver's passionate speech. The reaction was unusual, but Anthony raised his hand and said.
“I think it's a good idea. Why don't we think of that??”
“·····, well? Why??”
“Because it's not as easy as it sounds. Emotions are very delicate energy. I don't know if it's similar, but don't mix emotions of different tendencies.·····.”
Anthony couldn't finish his sentence. Because Oliver took out two test tubes and synthesized the emotions on the spot..
The two emotions, which had different personalities, showed a repulsive effect, but soon regained stability in Oliver's hands and beautifully blended into one, emitting light..
“····. I can do it?”
no one could say anything.
Oliver looked at the reactions of those around him and opened his mouth again..
“Alternatively, you can provide us with an appraisal and I will synthesize it and deliver it to you on a regular basis. Then, everyone here will benefit greatly by making better pilgarettes.-”
“-Holy fuck!”
Someone cut Oliver off..
A muscular man who was Dominique's subordinate, he barked like a vicious dog..
“Do you dare try to match your master just because you have some talent? Well, I can do that?! This cocky brat has no idea what manners are..”
Oliver suddenly looked at the angry man..
On the outside, he seemed angrier than anyone else, but on the inside, his cunning was shining..
Trying to find out how far they can be squeezed by making threats..
The muscular man took out a test tube containing a potion and drank it..
It was a muscle-up spell added to vitality, and as soon as I drank it, the muscles in my entire body swelled significantly..
‘Oh, if you consume vitality and apply muscle-ups, the side effects will be offset..’
While Oliver was thinking this, a muscular man came shouting at him..
“I will personally teach you manners. Baby!”
Anthony and Dominic are watching the situation. and pharmacist.
As the muscular bulk approached, Marie was the only one who moved..
“Now each owner is talking, how dare he- ugh!”
The muscular man grabbed Marie by the neck..
His hands were so big that one hand was enough, but he mockingly said,.
“Little one, let me ask you just one question. If you are really the owner of the Joseph family, why did you bring only two subordinates? huh? Everyone was scared?”
“Yes, everyone was scared so I told them to stay put..”
“Hahaha! This is absolutely crazy.?”
“is that so? But can you please let go of that hand? Because it looks very painful.”
Oliver said as he looked at Marie, who was grabbed by the neck and her complexion turned blue..
The muscular man shook Marie and mocked her..
“Why are you asking? You said you defeated Joseph? Well then, why not just let it go on your own? Hahahaha!!”
“····. yes. all right.”
Oliver answers with a shrug..
At the same time, a black tentacle appeared from the shadow on the floor and instantly overpowered the muscular man..
His arms, legs, waist, shoulders, and neck were wrapped tightly, and the muscular man was very embarrassed..
“uh? Uh oh?”
Anyway, Oliver asked Marie if she was okay..
“are you okay?”
“Keck! Keek-! yes···. But this?”
“This is what I learned when I fought my master..”
It wasn't a lie, and both Anthony and Dominic knew it was true..
They all fought Joseph.
I remember that when Joseph first fought, he always used this Vine Shadow to catch the opponent off guard..
“Hey, who cares about this kind of crap?···!”
The muscular man tried to cut off the shadow tentacle with force, but the tentacle only dug in with even stronger force..
To the point where it crushes muscles and breaks bones..
“······. big! Sorry!”
He couldn't even scream, but seeing him in pain, Oliver apologized..
“sorry. But could you please not put too much pressure on it? Then, it is difficult to control the force·····.”
Sensing an unusual situation, members of each family took out test tubes and medicine and took a fighting stance..
Oliver also took out a test tube and asked,.
“Ah, after all, are we fighting??”
“·····.”
“·····.”
Surprisingly, Anthony and Dominic were unable to answer as easily as before..
After some time had passed, Anthony asked.
“····. why? If we say we're going to fight, are we going to fight??”
“I don't like it, but... I can't help it.”
“under···. Although I don't like it?”
“yes. Because I don't like killing people. If you fight more than anything else, your study time will be wasted... Sorry, but is there a peaceful way??”
The situation right before life and death.
Still, Oliver's remarks were quite different from his own. It was as if the fight for his life had nothing to do with him..
What was even more horrifying was that this was not a result of petty pride or misplaced arrogance..
Everyone looked at Oliver with great tension..
Just like a bomb burning out, the tension increases over time, and when it reaches the point where it can no longer be controlled, someone urgently opens its mouth..
“Pilgaret...! Should we talk again??”
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