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Genius Warlock-Episode 501

501. new routine (1)

“Phew······.” 

Oliver let out a long sigh in the bathtub filled with potions and herbs.. 

The materials that went into the bathtub alone are worth hundreds of millions of dollars.. 

It was an amount that surprised even Oliver, who is now financially affluent, but as soon as he took a dip, the chill that had settled into his bones disappeared like melting snow.. 

‘······Is this the second time??’ 

I remembered the first time Oliver entered this bathhouse.. 

At the time, I didn't know how I got into the bathhouse because I fainted, but now I didn't faint and walked in on my own.. 

I felt a little better than when I fainted from smoking pilgaret.. 

‘It was still far though.’ 

Squeak······. 

I heard the door opening. It was none other than the wooden doll-golem that assisted Merlin, and it brought towels, bandages, and new clothes to change into.. 

“thank you.” 

Oliver looked at the wooden doll-golem and said hello, and the wooden doll-golem greeted Oliver in the same way and went outside.. 

Although it had a simple appearance like a mannequin, its behavior was high-level. I was able to do basic communication, housework, and security.. 

‘hmm······.’ 

Oliver, who was thinking about something, muttered inwardly, got out of the bath, wiped off the moisture on his body with a towel, put a bandage on his right arm, changed his clothes, and visited the rest room outside.. 

There was Merlin, dressed casually.. 

“It came sooner than expected.” 

“Thank you for your consideration... Are you okay??” 

asked Merlin, who was also in the icy land. Merlin nodded his head.. 

“I'm okay. I'm older, but not old enough to be affected by my magic..” 

Oliver nodded in understanding.. 

The reason Oliver entered the hundreds of millions of baths was because he was struck by the chill of the ice cap. Merlin was also within range, but there shouldn't be any problems.. 

He who uses spatial magic freely would not have been affected by his own magic.. 

‘That was amazing.’ 

Oliver thought of Merlin, who grabbed the space where the white fire belonged and crushed it.. 

It was a very impressive sight.. 

You grab the space where the target belongs, stop it as if time has stopped, and then neutralize it. It was an area unimaginable with ordinary magic.. 

This is especially true considering that there are currently only two types of spatial magic: ‘portal magic’ and ‘summoning magic’.. 

“can you show me your arms?” 

Merlin spoke to Oliver, who was lost in thought. When Oliver asked again, he said again. 

“I asked if I could show my right arm... Fire-breathing arms aren't something you often see.?” 

“Ah, yes. wait a minute.” 

Oliver came to his senses and took off his shirt. He was covered in bandages from the tips of his fingers to his shoulders, so much so that he had to take off his shirt to show.. 

When the bandage was removed, the shriveled skin underneath and the arm cracked and burned as black as firewood were revealed.. 

Even if you look at it, it looks miserable. But Merlin didn't even show the slightest expression.. 

“······This is what the devil did to me?” 

“yes······. no. I don't think it's a good idea to say that I was hit..” 

Words that don't even sound like words. Merlin asked back without getting angry.. 

“The reason I said that?” 

“It wasn't that I had any malicious intent, it was just a greeting, but I couldn't handle it..” 

A word that doesn't even seem to have been said again. But it was true. 

The Burned One, who revealed himself with an overwhelming presence, walked up to Oliver and bowed politely as soon as he came out, then playfully grabbed Oliver's hand and placed his forehead on the back of his hand.. 

Then Oliver's arm burned.. 

“So, I think the expression that he was treated might be a little unfair to him..” 

“is it?” 

Merlin asked back. I couldn't see through his emotions, but judging by his subtle facial expressions and nuances of words, it seemed like he was dumbfounded.. 

“It's not the same thing, it's ridiculous. Even though I burned her arm and ate it, she said something like that. I really want to open my brain and check..” 

“sorry. However, the Burned One seems to have lived a life of many misunderstandings... Also, please look at me and be polite..” 

“manners?” 

“yes······. They said I was a precious being and spoke to me respectfully. Then I should also be polite. Because that's polite..” 

Oliver calmly said something incredible. Because of his consistent attitude, no one could say anything about Oliver.. 

Is that why? Merlin looked at Oliver's right arm and she asked. 

“It's definitely strange, perhaps because it's a burn inflicted by a devil. It looks like the nerves have been burned, but there is no sign of necrosis..” 

“Yes, I find that fascinating too..” 

Oliver answered as if talking about someone else's arm.. 

“Is there any pain??” 

“I have some.” 

“When you say you have some, it means you're in real pain. Painkillers are needed.?” 

“I tried many things, but to no avail. I tried black magic and magic, but it didn't help..” 

“Well, it's an arm that breathes fire, but that's not particularly surprising..” 

“I agree. I didn't notice the fire coming out this time either..” 

“hmm······. How about cutting off your arm??” 

Merlin suddenly said something terrible. However, it wasn't just a saying.. 

“It looks like this arm cannot be treated, and the pain seems to be enough to interfere with daily life..” 

Merlin said, remembering the dark circles under Oliver's eyes and his limited movement during their previous sparring.. 

As Merlin said, Oliver's current arm had many negative aspects in many ways. Of course, cutting off one's arm was too extreme.. 

“Can't I just attach a new arm? With your skills.” 

“[Are you talking about reconstruction and transplantation of the body and organs combining blood magic and life magic??” 

“okay. Because it's so good that other wizards can research based on your thesis. Of course, you can already commercialize it to some extent..” 

Merlin, who knows Oliver, pinpointed it. The expression “commercialization” may have been a bit excessive, but if you set your mind to it, you could make a new arm and attach it to it.. 

“Because I don't feel like it..” 

“why?” 

Merlin's gaze shifted from Oliver's arms to his face.. 

“It hurts, it's uncomfortable, but it's still burned. In other words, if you study the scars left by the devil, wouldn't you be able to find something interesting??” 

Oliver, who suffers from burning pain, which limits his movements and suffers from insomnia, said: An attitude that can easily be called madness. But it wasn't all madness. 

“Also, I don't want to cut it easily because it hurts..” 

“······what?” 

“Did it sound strange??” 

“little.” 

“okay. But I'm serious. It's painful and painful, but I don't want to cut it easily. These scars are the history of my life.” 

“······Could you explain in more detail what you mean??” 

“Actually, I don't know either. Because I was just imitating someone..” 

Oliver remembered Cant. When they offered to put him on a new arm, he couldn't refuse. He said he would carry his wounds as well, calling his life history, and Oliver was just imitating that. Because there's something cool about it. 

Merlin laughed after hearing the answer.. 

“It's a series of logically incomprehensible words. Well, you were wrong in trying to understand logically..” 

“That's a compliment?” 

“In some cases... Well then, can I help you relieve some of the pain??” 

“Pain? do you know how?” 

Oliver asked in surprise. Oliver also tried everything he could temporarily to relieve the pain, but it didn't help.. 

The only good thing about this pain was that it hurt equally no matter what I did.. 

“It's not about knowing how, it's about knowing what to try..” 

“what is that?” 

“asking the spirits.” 

As soon as Merlin answered, he pulled out a book out of the air and released cool magic.. 

Magical power with a different nature from Merlin. It was presumed to be the magic power of a previous archive.. 

The cool, sky-blue magic seemed to disperse in the air, but soon formed a magic circle based on the magician's will. Glittering ice crystals seemed to come out, and then they coalesced together to form the shape of an old man.. 

A proud, cool old gentleman. It was similar to but different from the Flame Lady summoned by Enjoyment in the past.. 

Oliver was so surprised that he looked at the male-shaped spirit in silence.. 

In the past, the Flame Lady summoned by Enjoyment and the Salamander summoned by Kevin disappeared or faltered when they saw Oliver, but this spirit did not.. 

“Ice old man. Please.” 

The spirit called the Ice Old Man responded to the summoner's request. He moved his hands to create thin ice chains made of cold air, wrapping them one by one around the bandages Oliver wore.. 

With delicate dancing-like movements, the bandages and chains became one.. 

The bandage, which had become one with the chain, floated in the air as if self-conscious, and moved slowly like a machine, completely surrounding Oliver's arm. He was kind and covered me thoroughly.. 

Chaaaa... The sound of the heat cooling off was heard, and Oliver felt a pleasant cool sensation on his arm, and the pain subsided slightly. Not completely, but somewhat manageable.. 

“How is it??” 

In response to Merlin's question, Oliver very slowly squeezed and opened his right hand.. 

“······It has become very comfortable. thank you.” 

“I'm glad.” 

“Thank you too, Spirit. His name is Ice Old Man.?” 

Oliver bowed his head to the spirit summoned by Merlin.. 

Surprisingly and happily, the spirit stared at Oliver, bowed politely, and gradually became transparent and disappeared.. 

“I guess you like it. Ice spirits are basically cold, to the point where they won't even greet you..” 

“That's a happy story. I've rarely seen spirits, but I thought most of them didn't like me. It falters or disappears..” 

Oliver thought of Kevin's Salamander and the flame woman summoned by Enjoyment.. 

Most of them looked embarrassed when they saw Oliver, and the ice old man was no different. The difference is that he didn't disappear and did Merlin's favor.. 

“Is it because it’s an archive??” 

Oliver asked, and Merlin nodded.. 

“That's very likely. Because an archive is an archive.” 

“okay······. Thank you so much for your help. Elderly. Thanks to you, I can sleep well.” 

Oliver squeezed and opened his hand in greeting. It didn't hurt, but it was much better than before.. 

“I'll wake up now.” 

“Do you want to go??” 

“yes······. Oh, is there anything I can help you with??” 

“No, that's not it. Just because it was unexpected. I thought you would ask me this and that.” 

“Actually, there are a lot of things I want to ask..” 

Oliver agreed. Because there were a lot of things I really wanted to ask. Why did a powerful devil greet you? Why did he call himself a noble being? Is there anything in common with the great man mentioned in the anti-development committee?. 

“But I have no intention of asking. Not yet.” 

Merlin's eyes widened as if that was unexpected.. 

“What is the reason? No, it doesn't mean anything, I'm just curious about a friend who always asks questions about this and that..” 

Oliver pondered Merlin's question, thought for a while, and then opened his mouth.. 

“······I want to go back to the beginning.” 

“Beginner's intention?” 

“Yes, I felt much better after following the advice of my elders and going back to the beginning. So this time, I'm going back to the beginning..” 

“Can I ask what your initial intention was??” 

“I'm going to look for it myself. What you learn from someone's mouth is not real, but processed... It was the first time my elder taught me as a teacher..” 

Merlin's eyes grew wider.. 

“her······. After all, time is on the youth's side. Growing differently every day.” 

“Thank you for the compliment. However, I think I will ask for help if I can't do it alone..” 

“as you please. Asking for help is also a young person's privilege... What are you going to do when you go back??” 

“First, I'll read a humor book for an hour and then take a good night's sleep. I haven't been able to sleep at all lately. And I'm thinking of meeting someone..” 

“who? Is it a girl.” 

“Yes, how did you know??” 

“really?” 

Merlin asked in surprise. Like she never knew it would happen. 

*** 

Root Net, an empty world without heaven or earth). 

All that existed was a vast expanse as black as the night sky and the magic power that traversed that vast expanse.. 

There Oliver shouted. 

“Eve).” 

Oliver's cry rang as hollow as an echo.. 

All that comes back is silence. Oliver shouted again.. 

“Eve).” 

But as expected, all that came back was silence. Of course, this didn't mean it was wrong.. 

There was no law that said Eve had to show up just because Oliver called. All that exists is each person's free will. 

However, for some reason, an uneasy feeling came over me.. 

Naturally, the last time he met Eve was at Lake Village, and with Eve's help, Oliver was able to stop the conspiracy of the Life School led by Theodore.. 

I probably wouldn't have even tried to stop it without Eve's help.. 

It was as if my eyes were blinded by a large-scale fog barrier, and I was isolated as communication with the outside world was cut off.. 

Thanks to Eve's help, Merlin was able to find out about Theodore's plan, respond appropriately by helping others around him, and come to Merlin.. 

A great help indeed. However, Oliver did not even visit Eve, let alone express his gratitude. With the excuse that there is a lot of work to do.. 

“Is that why you don’t come??” 

Oliver said to himself in an empty world as black as the night sky. There might be enough possibility. 

I even got hurt while helping with the work, but it wasn't unreasonable since I didn't even receive a greeting, let alone the minimum compensation.. 

Personally, it was disappointing, but I thought it was a good thing. At least then Eve was safe.. 

The problem was quite the opposite. Eve's feelings were not hurt, but she was unable to come out. In that case, there was only one situation that could be imagined.. 

‘no way······.’ 

Oliver shook his head. Who could kidnap and arrest Eve who entered the World Tree?? 

Even the Druids, the highest authority on the World Tree, attacked the newborn Eve in droves and were barely able to capture her, but to what extent has Eve grown and become free...? It was too much of an idea.. 

Oliver called Eve again in the air and disconnected.. 

“Have you finished your business??” 

Forest, with a forest in the background, spoke to Oliver, who returned to reality.. 

“hmm······. It's over for now.”

“It didn't end satisfactorily..” 

“Similar. By the way, I never thought the World Tree would grow here. It's a bit surprising.” 

Oliver said, looking at the surrounding forest.. 

This forest was none other than an artificial forest created during the fight against Enjoyment. Surprisingly, in addition to the trees created during the fight, new plants were currently growing.. 

Representative examples were medicinal herbs that only grow in Greenland, rare mushrooms, flowers that are difficult to grow, and world trees.. 

“The herbs and mushrooms were provided by the pharmacist.?” 

Forest nodded to Oliver's question.. 

“In exchange for the know-how and shares he had developed, he generously handed over the seeds he had secured. He was a great person. He was honestly worried about how helpful he would be since he was in a small town..” 

Oliver nodded. The people of Landa basically had a tendency to look down on people from the surrounding countryside or small towns. In particular, the wealthy. 

However, on the other hand, I also knew that this was something that could not be helped. Landa is a city that grew rapidly, swallowing up surrounding villages and towns.. 

Compared to other cities, no, compared to all the cities in the world, I couldn't help but think that Landa was the greatest. In fact, even the capital of the United Kingdom is like a candle before a light bulb compared to Landa.? 

‘Although it is an economic capital,.’ 

Oliver looked to one side. There stood the corpse dolls holding pickets - Sheamus and Bathory.. 

“Thank you all for your hard work. As expected, you are amazing..” 

“Don't fill me with words!” 

“our struggle. listen carefully.” 

Burial Doll - Sheamus and Bathory. To be exact, Third and First, who were inside the corpse doll, shouted. 

It is said that while Oliver went to the New World, they read some strange red book and prepared pickets like that.. 

For reference, the picket had unfamiliar phrases such as shortening working hours and supplementing personnel.. 

“Can I now do business with this forest??” 

“don't ignore!” 

Childe shouted, but Forrest, being the rich man he is, ignored him.. 

“I have no intention of making money from this forest right away..” 

“Why?.” 

“I said don't ignore it!” 

Child shouts again. Anyway, Oliver and Forrest continued their conversation.. 

“fuck.” 

“Why don't you plan on making money right away??” 

“Don't misunderstand. That doesn't mean I'm not interested in money. It's just that now is not the time. First of all, it's too experimental to make money with this right now..” 

Oliver looked around again and could understand what he meant. He didn't notice at first because new plants and flowers caught his eye, but when he looked again he saw the problem.. 

The quantity of plants was extremely limited for business use.. 

“Because the amount of seeds was minimal. Well, that doesn't mean I'm mocking the pharmacist. In the first place, it is not possible to obtain many plants that druids handle..” 

Oliver agreed. Even in the black market, the plants handled by druids were not easy to find. Especially if the plant has excellent performance and is valuable.. 

Even if it came out occasionally, the quantity was extremely limited.. 

“But that's not a big problem. What's important is that we succeeded in transplanting the seeds into this forest. You can increase the number. The problem is time and manpower.” 

“Anymore! I can't work! Reduce working hours!” 

“What your third friend said is not wrong..” 

“really?” 

When the claim was accepted, Third was surprised, and First also lost the picket he was holding and dropped it. Forrest explained.. 

“I read the Druid knowledge written by that friend, and it seems there is a limit to increasing the number on one's own..” 

“Is that so?” 

“okay. The herbs that druids use are incredibly effective, but require a lot of work. It is also the hand of a druid who manipulates the forces of nature..” 

It was like that. Greenland's special products, such as medicinal herbs, mushrooms, and trees, boasted excellent quality, but they also required a lot of skilled labor.. 

There's a reason why it's expensive.. 

Taking that into account, no matter how much Child was used, the limitations were clear and it was obvious that the efficiency would not be good.. 

“By any chance, did you find the druid's body??” 

“We got about four..” 

Forres said in a whisper. At first glance, it seemed like a small amount, but considering that the Reformed Druids who had ended the internal conflict were able to secure both living and dead Enjoyment, it could be said that they were quite resourceful.. 

“The problem is that having four more spheres doesn't mean much. In the end, there is a problem with having to leave most of the work to Child..” 

“I really hate it.” 

I quietly listened to Oliver Forrest and thought about something. Forrest continued:. 

“But it's not necessarily all bad news. First of all, thanks to transplanting it into the forest, the city recognized the potential of this forest. Even if you don't make a profit right away, there is a high possibility that the city will provide subsidies. I'm greedy, but I know how to spend that much.” 

Forest has shown trust and faith in the city of Landa.. 

“Well, even if the city doesn't provide support, there is profit to be made from redevelopment, so there is no urgent need right now. The point is, there's nothing to fret about..” 

“understand······. I'll try to find a solution too.. 

“If you say yes, I feel reassured..” 

Forrest said and went out of the forest with Oliver. Of course, Oliver did not forget to tell the children to work hard before leaving the forest. Because it was polite. 

“Really fuck.” 

Oliver and Forreth went out, leaving behind the muttering Childe.. 

“By the way, the timing is really strange..” 

“What do you mean??” 

“I mean Marie. I never thought I would be gone just a few hours before you arrive..” 

“ah······. I find it fascinating too. Which branch did you go to??” 

“Ham chess. I heard there was a problem with some pseudo-religion. Is it a pity??” 

“yes······. I didn't have anything to do, but it was a bit disappointing. But at the same time, I feel fortunate..” 

Oliver held up his bandaged right arm.. 

Joe and others were very worried when they first saw Oliver, but even Oliver had a hard time imagining how Marie would react. So, if possible, he hoped to see it later. Because it would be less noisy. 

“is it?” 

“yes······. Is something strange??” 

“No, not really... Yeah, what is that??” 

When we reached the fighter crew hideout, the on-site command center for the redevelopment project, Forrest saw something and muttered.. 

Oliver also followed Forrest's vision and found a boy with luxury goods all over his body.. 

“no! So, I know you! With Dave the lumberjack.!!” 

“How dare this brat have any reputation······!” 

“This is why rich guys... Hang it upside down?!” 

Fighter crew members who get angry and people who make choices. The boy at the center of the commotion shouted as Oliver approached to see what was going on.. 

“ah······! ah······!! Woodcutter! Woodcutter! Do you remember me?! That's me! I!!” 

The boy said loudly when he saw Oliver. To be honest, I didn't know who he was when I first saw him, but then I remembered who he was.. 

“Isn't this Mr. Milo? Murphy Kimbell's younger brother?” 

“Yes, that's right! You helped us from those wizard bastards in the early days of our magic spell business.?!” 

“yes······. I remember. But what happened??” 

“Please teach me some black magic.!” 

The head of the Kimbell Family, who earned the title King of Liquor through his magic liquor business. Milo, Murphy Kimbell's youngest brother, shouted and asked..

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