Genius Warlock - Episode 31
31. customer (2)
When I went outside, there was actually James..
Pharmacist employee A who rode in the same truck during the decisive battle with the wizard and when going to Landa..
He was waiting for Oliver at the factory, and he stood out with his angular jaw, slicked-back brown hair, and stocky shoulders..
As soon as he saw Oliver, he reached out and extended his hand in welcome..
“Ah, you came out..”
Oliver reflexively grabbed James' hand..
“hello.”
“Yes, nice to meet you. Is this your first time since breaking up with Landa? I worked there for a while, and when I returned, I heard an interesting story. Really?”
“I don't know what's funny, but it's probably right..”
James laughed haha.
“It's amazing... I never thought it would be like this. It's really amazing. Should I call you Warlock??”
“No, not really... What brought you here??”
Oliver asked, remembering Pilgeret..
“huh? iced coffee···. It's no big deal, I just came to check if the product is being produced properly. The boss is very worried. Well, there must be a lot of orders these days. I know it's rude, but it's no problem.?”
“Oh, if that's the case, don't worry. We are preparing properly.”
Oliver looked at Peter. Peter nodded his head as if there was no problem at all..
“Right···. Good thing.”
James nodded mechanically and scratched his chin. Like a person who has something to say.
“if···. Any other business?”
James's embarrassed feelings became more intense, and he finally opened his mouth as if he had made up his mind..
“Do you remember the conversation we had when I dropped you off at Landa??”
“what did we talk about?”
“a c·····.”
“No, it's because I really don't remember..”
“······. You said if I teach you about wizards, you'll teach me dark magic.?”
Peter next to him and some of the students around him were surprised by James' words. Marie watching Oliver from afar.
Oliver, the person involved, was calm, but.
“···· Yes, that's right. I remembered.”
I slowly nodded my head in the affirmative..
James said, crossing his arms..
“I came to keep that promise... you?”
Just as I was about to answer, Peter interrupted..
“master? What is that····?”
“Just as I heard. The employee-”
“- James. My name is James. You told me last time, right? Call me James. Don't be rude.”
“Mr. James said he knew quite a bit about wizards, so he told me he would teach me black magic if he taught me what he knew..”
All the disciples, including Peter, were shocked. How can you teach me black magic with something like that?.
“Lord, master... That's a ridiculous deal. How can he use black magic like that? Besides, that person isn't even a real wizard who knows anything.···!”
Peter's actions were completely understandable..
Although the barrier was lower than magic, the opportunity to learn black magic was actually enormous..
Even though he lived a slave-like life under Joseph in the past, the reason he stayed until the end was because being taken away by the warlock was a miracle in itself..
Black magic can only be learned if you spend a significant part of your life as a slave or servant..
But James was just trying to access that precious knowledge with something he learned on the street..
Since I knew that fact, I hurriedly opened my mouth..
“Since I've been around for a long time, I know a lot of interesting stories about wizards... If that isn't enough, there are other things to talk about as well..”
“No, what nonsense is this?―”
“―What's the story??”
Oliver said, interrupting Peter..
“well? I'm a bit picky about stories like fixer work, street life, and Randa's back alleys.····.”
James smiled awkwardly, as if he knew it was nonsense..
But Oliver had an unexpected reaction.
“····. yes, good.”
“master?!”
Peter, embarrassed, said urgently:.
“That doesn't make sense. That person is scamming me..”
“what····. Still, a promise is a promise..”
“·····.”
Peter couldn't say anything. He seemed to realize that his and Oliver's thinking systems were completely different..
Oliver left Peter alone and said to James:.
“So, when do you want to start learning??”
“I don't care right now.”
“hmm······. all right. Please follow me.”
***
Oliver took James down to the classroom in the basement..
Everyone looked at the scene strangely as they went, but no one dared ask..
After arriving at the classroom, Oliver took out the emotions used for educational purposes from the shelf..
“First, let’s see what we can do.?”
“nothing.”
“·····. yes?”
“They said I couldn't do anything... No, no. don't Don't gather your emotions at your fingertips. Because I can’t even see that.”
In this unexpected situation, both of them looked at each other, unable to say anything..
“······.”
“······.”
“······.”
“······.”
“······.”
“after···. Can I be honest??”
“yes please.”
“I'm not good at black magic.”
“yes?”
“There's something I didn't tell you, but it's not like I actually had many opportunities to learn black magic. Happened once a long time ago, I just didn't have the talent.”
“ah····. Then why?”
“well? Do you still want to learn somehow? Even though I'm older, my heart is still hot... how? Is there no way? You have black magic that even defeated Joseph.?”
iced coffee. Now I understand what James meant..
He had come with the faint possibility that Oliver might have a way to teach him..
To be honest, I was embarrassed..
I looked for books related to education in Joseph's library to teach others, but I couldn't find anything suitable..
Because of that, all Oliver can do is point out other people's problems and sometimes indirectly help them..
Well, it was okay up to this point. Everyone was able to open their eyes, and even if they were clumsy, they were able to extract it..
However, how to teach someone who could not even do that was unknown territory..
James asked disappointedly..
“Why is there no way??”
Oliver looked at him in silence, then suddenly stretched out his hands and covered both of James' eyes..
“aha? what are you doing now····.”
“Just wait a moment.”
Oliver shook off James' weakly resisting hand and covered his eyes again..
Oliver focused his attention on his eyes..
As I wondered if I could see his emotions more and more clearly, Oliver extracted some of the emotions from the test tube and then placed his hands on James' eyes again..
“What on earth····?”
“wait a minute.”
With those words, Oliver tightened his eyes again..
Gradually, the general vision weakened, and the vision as a warlock became stronger, but the moment the boundary was crossed, Oliver forced the emotions he had been holding in his hands into James' eyes..
“Wow!-!”
James began to struggle as he felt a huge pain in his eyeball..
Still, Oliver didn't let go..
“it hurts! It fucking hurts!!”
“Yes, yes. it's okay. wait a minute.”
James continued to struggle, as if the pain had reached a critical point, and after struggling for a while, Oliver finally let go..
“Wow·····!”
James fell to the floor clutching his eyes..
He crawled on the floor, groaning in pain, unable to open his eyes as if he had seen a flashbang..
“eye···! My eyes...! What on earth have you done??!”
James shouted, clutching his burning eyes..
However, with time, the pain gradually subsided and my vision recovered..
“What does this look like??”
Oliver raised his finger in front of James, who barely opened his eyes, and asked..
James answered in a daze..
“······. circle?”
***
“·····. So, are you saying that Landa is a city built by wizards??”
“yes····. To be exact, capitalists and wizards. However, the world says it was built by wizards. Well, it's not really a lie. Capitalists only provided money. It was the magician's skills that rebuilt Landa. Even a three year old knows this.”
“ah····. I didn't know.”
“That's what they say, they say... I don't know how to use metaphors or similes.?”
“·····.”
“Ha, you don't know... Anyway, the point is that the status of wizards in Landa is so great. It's great everywhere, but it's even more great in Landa..”
“okay. By the way, Mr. James, how do you know so much about wizards??”
“ah? iced coffee···. First of all, there are a lot of stories about wizards going around in bars and on the streets, and I have even been hired by a wizard a few times. When acting as a problem solver.”
“Oh, really? what?”
“When setting fire to a rival wizard business or assaulting employees.”
“····. Do wizards fight a lot??”
“uh. Smart people hate smart people. Homogeneous. Rather, let me ask a question this time..”
“yes.”
“How long do I have to do this??”
James asked, gathering his emotions into his fingertips and forming a distorted circle..
It's a nice circle, but it's actually something that's embarrassing to even call a circle..
“Until you make a perfect circle.”
“ha····. Can't we just teach black magic right away? Something very strong. Exploding. huh?”
“If you don’t know how to make a circle properly, I can’t help you..”
James showed obvious disappointment at those words..
After taking his first step into black magic, he felt overly anxious, but Oliver calmly advised him each time..
“···. And the true power of black magic does not lie in its powerful power..”
“what?”
“Looking at the master's notes in the study, it is said that the true power of black magic is the eye that penetrates the other person's inner thoughts and the precise technique of using that eye to catch the opponent's surprise. I have the same thought. If you just think about strong black magic, it won't be of much use..”
The words seemed quite dignified for a boy who only looked to be about fifteen years old, but James looked at him in silence, unable to even joke like he usually did..
“then·····.”
“- Mr. James! I moved all my stuff!”
Workers coming out of the sausage factory and loading boxes of pilgerettes into trucks shouted from afar..
“okay! Just wait a moment!”
Before he knew it, James returned to being the pharmacist's subordinate A and opened his mouth, taking a cigarette in his mouth..
“Phew... okay. That's all for today. I'll stop talking nonsense and just keep practicing making circles..”
“great. If you make a circle, practice making a square..”
“okay···. square···. By the way, can you increase production further? We'll prepare the emotions.”
“?····. Aren’t we already producing a lot??”
“Yes, we are producing a lot. But I need more.”
more? Oliver was worried..
Pilgerette production, which initially increased little by little, soon doubled, tripled, and now has quadrupled..
That meant Oliver's workload increased..
It wasn't a very enjoyable story for Oliver, who wanted to study black magic..
Well, I was reading almost all the books in the library anyway, so it wasn't a big problem. still···.
“·····. Can you think about it for a moment? The current workplace is limited enough..”
“okay. I'll tell the boss that. But if possible, I think I'll just accept it. Your stuff is popular right now, you should row when the water comes in.”
It was an empty story for Oliver, who was not particularly interested in money. But if there wasn't an interesting part, that wasn't it..
“They say it’s popular.?”
“okay. I did not know?”
“yes.”
“Why do you think production has increased? Of course, demand is high. Supply and demand. Market principles. Your stuff is very popular now. What's worse, will people try to buy products from other vendors as well? If you add a little more exaggeration, it's poised to threaten Black Smoke..”
“····. What is black smoke??”
“····. Don't you know what black smoke is? Just kidding?”
James looked dumbfounded as Oliver shook his head silently..
“I'm a warlock who sells pilgaret, but I don't know what black smoke is.?”
“Because I never learned it.”
“Black Smoke is the most popular pilgerette brand... Pilgerette, whose quality is truly excellent, differentiates itself by creating a brand. Anyway, your stuff is that awesome..”
“····. okay.”
“I like that the response is so consistent. How much praise do I have to give to be satisfied... Anyway, I'll tell the boss well. See you next time.”
Oliver nodded and saw James off, but James suddenly stopped and asked with a very serious face..
“Well, can I ask you something??”
“Please speak.”
“It's funny that I even say this now... Why are you teaching me so easily? Black magic. Honestly, you can ignore it..”
Oliver thought deeply and then opened his mouth..
“Why don't you teach me??”
James said with a low laugh that he was in a daze..
“haha······. you are such a weird guy.”
“is that so?”
“Uh, yeah. See you next time.”
***
Several vehicles were approaching the underdeveloped city of Weinham..
It was an F-series vehicle for mass distribution, and it was a model that did not look strange anywhere..
Thanks to this, it was very popular with the middle class who were strapped for money or those carrying out secret missions..
Squeak―
Cars stopped all at once on a hill overlooking the city..
After a while, a woman got out of the lead vehicle..
Skin as clear as porcelain, distinct features, and brilliant blonde hair..
It was a beautiful woman who looked like a painting, and she was so beautiful that she seemed sacred..
No. It didn't look sacred, but was it really sacred??
“This is the hotbed of that stuff.?”
“Yes that's right. Sir.”
A woman called Knight said as she touched the cross around her neck..
“Well then, let’s hurry up. To destroy the evil that spreads evil medicine.”
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