Genius Warlock - Episode 502
502. new routine (2)
Oliver thought of Milo..
The first time I met him was when I received Murphy's second request. At the time, Murphy asked Oliver to take care of security while the magic brewery was being built..
Oliver accepted, and in the process was able to meet Murphy's aunt Maggie and youngest brother Milo for the first time..
Even if we did meet, we only talked briefly..
Anyway, after hearing the story of Oliver defeating a wizard, he expressed his desire to learn black magic too..
Extremely spontaneous actions based on extremely spontaneous emotions.
As if to prove this, Milo did not appear again or ask to teach him black magic. However, he suddenly appeared and asked me to teach him black magic again..
Oliver asked.
‘Black magic.?’
‘Yes, I asked you to teach me when we first met.?’
‘I remember. Since you didn't say anything after that, I thought you lost interest..’
Milo paused..
‘ah······. That's... I'm helping my brother's business. We're a family business..’
Oliver understood. In fact, many of Randa's organizations were run by families, and the Kimbell family was one of them..
There were some people who ran their organizations in a corporate style in keeping with the trends of the times, but nepotism management was still the trend. Because the only thing I could trust in the underworld was my family..
‘Are you not helping business now??’
‘no······! That's not it. I'm just a little free right now.······.’
Sincerity. However, there was something to hide. At that time, Forest, who was a broker and was in charge of managing the redevelopment project, whispered something to me..
‘Maybe because Milo is the youngest, he doesn't have a specific job in the Kimbell family. I mainly do errands..’
‘ah······. How do you know??’
‘After all, I'm a middleman, right? Of course I should know.’
Oliver was convinced. The most important thing for a broker was information, and Forrest was also responsible for arranging personnel for fighter crews and crime firms for a considerable period of time. Even if I knew it, it wasn't strange.
After hearing the story, Oliver asked Milo directly to confirm. Milo was embarrassed and excited and at first denied it, but soon admitted it..
He said that his older brothers look at him like a child and don't give him proper work..
‘That's why I came here. I want to show you that I can do my part too. Especially lately, force has been necessary, but we're still kind of like that..’
Forrest nodded and agreed. The Kimbell family started her magic business, and she built up wealth comparable to that of the current Crime Firm directors, but apart from that, she felt that her powerlessness was boring..
Due to the organizational policy to avoid friction with existing forces, they were also the ones who hired the most fighter crews..
Rather, the question lay elsewhere..
‘Why is force necessary? It seemed so sudden... Oh, is that because you expanded your business to Gallos??’
‘yes? Oh, that's true, but that's not necessarily true... Don't you know the current situation??’
Milo asked curiously, and Oliver looked at Forrest. Forrest sighed and explained..
‘Hmm... I was planning to tell you later because I was afraid it would give me a headache if I said it all at once, but I guess it was the wrong day..’
‘What are you saying??’
‘That's literally it. The world behind the scenes is a bit noisy these days. Even Crime Firm is nervous..’
Forrest explained. The world behind the scenes has been in turmoil lately..
The reason is none other than the fall of the human meat cook, and with the monster that divided the back world of Gallos gone, Millieu and several warlocks are running rampant to take its place..
‘Isn’t Gallos a foreign country across the sea??’
‘This is proof that it is so noisy. It's the same principle as the bigger the wave, the farther the water splashes. Enough to reach foreign countries across the sea... In addition, there are rumors going around that another finger was injured, adding to the confusion..’
Oliver remained silent because he thought he knew who that finger was..
‘That's why everyone is increasing their military. In order not to be swept away by the waves of confusion... We also played a part in it..’
‘Us?’
‘okay······. Hasn’t the Fighter Crew gone from being a subcontracted organization to becoming a full-fledged organization? Now the Crime Firm can't completely trust us.’
It was like that. In order to maintain balance, excessive military expansion should be avoided and external manpower should be used. Crime Firm did its best to avoid causing tension, but as the Fighter Crew established itself as a complete organization in Area X, they changed their course..
The position and meaning of a subcontracted organization that only earns profits from itself and a complete organization that can earn profits from other sources are worlds apart..
Therefore, each organization of the Crime Firm was currently focusing on expanding its own armament and protecting itself by increasing the level of armament..
‘What can I say... I'm a bit sorry.’
‘iced coffee. You don't have to be so sorry.’
Milo interjected. Although it looked light on the outside, it was quite serious and had a clear sense of purpose on the inside..
‘It's natural for strong people to eat this floor, so what's there to be sorry about? Also, even if it wasn't for this, everyone wanted to increase their military power anyway. The fighter crew is just a cause..’
His tone seemed light at first glance, but he had his finger on the pulse of every word..
‘These days, we are having trouble with the directors of crime firms in other cities, and the size of the security bureau is getting bigger, so everyone is feeling anxious... Anyway, thanks to the Fighter Crew, the non-affiliated gangs that were causing trouble in this city were completely cleaned out. You don't have to be sorry.’
‘oh····. You know it pretty well.?’
‘Why are you doing this? Even if I just ran errands, I'm from the Kimbell family. So please teach me too. If you help me like a brother, I will repay you. As proof, I also saved money here..’
‘All right.’
Oliver accepted before Milo even took out the thick envelope of money..
So easy. Not only the people around him, but even the person who asked the request paused, looking embarrassed..
‘Really······?’
‘yes.’
‘Wow... I didn't know you would accept it so easily.?’
‘Because you said you wanted to learn. However, I have some work to do, so it won't be possible for me to teach you right now. There are places to go too..’
‘Oh oh. are you okay! it's okay! It's a blessing... But it's a place to visit?’
‘It's a magic tower.’
As soon as Oliver answered that question, he woke up from a flashback..
When Oliver returned to reality, the sight of the Magic Tower appeared in his eyes..
Towers built on a huge site and with unique characteristics for each school. It was the same as the last time I saw it, but something seemed different..
‘what happened?’
A walking trail within Mtap. Oliver thought as he looked at the students gathered on the bench there and chatting chaotically..
“the rumors are true?”
“Uh, my cousin works in the Magic Tower administration, right? I heard it through there and the rumor is true. They say the project they were preparing at our magic tower was robbed..”
“how is that possible?”
“how do i know that?”
“No, right? I can't believe the project was stolen... How much security and security is there?.”
“It may sound crazy, but they said the security guards weren't on duty properly. I was worried that someone would come here..”
“crazy······. no. Well, since they're like that, they're probably just acting as security guards. They're screwed.”
“Even if it was ruined, it was ruined for a long time..”
“But, you have a security system, right? Security system using world trees.”
Upon hearing the question, the student answering raised his finger..
“Exactly, that's the point. They set up a security system that would take a druid at least 40 minutes to unlock by placing a liquidity pattern on the World Tree, but it was breached in less than 2 minutes. Thanks to that, even when support came, it had already been robbed..”
“Is that possible? If you try to force it open, the magic keeps getting twisted and it takes half a day to unravel.?”
“I don't know, let's see if it's possible. So, they said there might be a spy within the Magic Tower, and a large-scale search was conducted not long ago.-”
“-hey. hey.”
One of the students sitting on the bench stabbed the side of the student who was speaking passionately..
The conversation stopped for a moment. The student who was interrupted asked angrily what was going on, and the student who poked her side pointed slightly in the direction where Oliver was..
I was so focused on the story that I ended up staring too closely..
Thanks to Oliver, the students made eye contact awkwardly..
“······.”
“······.”
An uncomfortable silence. Without realizing it, Oliver slightly waved his left hand holding the quarter staff in greeting, and the students responded to Oliver's greeting even though they hesitated..
I was quite surprised. That's because when they first entered the Magic Tower, most people pretended not to see Oliver and ignored him..
I've done a few missions and gotten people's attention, but it was just interest. With some exceptions, no personal respect or greetings were exchanged..
However, when I said hello now, they accepted me. Even though I didn't know anyone, it was quite surprising. Oliver greeted the students again with gratitude and continued on his way..
‘It's really amazing.’
***
“What is there to be surprised about??”
The Elemental School-Tower within the Magic Tower. Kevin Dunbar, who was working in the professor's lab there, said:.
As Merlin's student, the Master of the Magic Tower, and a professor, he read documents quickly as usual and signed them while continuing the conversation in a calm voice..
“You officially became an employee of the Magic Tower, and you played an active role in several major incidents, right? Lake Village, human meat chef... It would be even weirder if they reacted the same way they did when they first came. Actually, compared to what you did, it's new blood..”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
Oliver responded very calmly. He single-handedly defeated Bathory, took back the laboratory under the School of Life, stopped Theodore's plot, and even defeated the Black Hand's human meat cook and his younger brother..
Even, they were confidently operating a business in Area X, which is now known to be undevelopmentable..
By the way, ‘Thank you for the compliment’... I feel this every time I see him, but he was an amazing guy. Especially in times like this.
That attitude is hard to describe in words... No, in Kevin's opinion, temperament had greater power than the talent that Oliver possessed. Putting pressure on people and making them realize the gap.
“······By the way, it looks like a lot happened in the New World..”
Kevin paused for a moment and pointed to the right side of his head and arm..
Oliver answered by pointing to one side of Oliver's head that had been bleached white and his burned arm..
“ah······. Yes, there was some stuff going on. It seems like a lot has happened to you, Professor..”
The purer and stronger magic that Oliver possessed in Kevin's body and the flow of magic that went beyond being stable. I asked while feeling the spirit energy gently radiating from my body..
In the past, it was weak and Oliver ignored it because he didn't really know the spirit's energy, but the energy was clearer than before, and Oliver was also able to feel it properly this time thanks to seeing the ice old man up close..
‘It also helped that my eyesight got better..’
Kevin opened his mouth..
“It's a lot of work... There was.”
Subtle nuances. Of course, this wasn't Oliver's area of expertise, but I asked just in case..
“what happened?”
“······.”
Kevin was uncharacteristically silent. There were times when I was silent like this, but this time it was different. It seemed like it wasn't a mistake this time..
“Indeed, it's been a while since I received guidance..”
“Map? ······Are you talking about the old man??”
“okay. Thanks to this, I was able to make contracts with several spirits. this is good news.”
“······What's the bad news??”
“Do you remember Felix??”
“yes.”
Oliver nodded..
Felix. He is a Magic Tower student belonging to the Elemental School - Gaia School, and the first time they met was in Kevin's class. Oliver took Kevin's place and helped them with some of their fitness training..
Among the unmotivated students, Felix was the only one who was motivated, so even if he tried not to remember, he had no choice but to remember..
Afterwards, I applied to be a researcher in Kevin's lab and was accepted with Derek, and we even went to Lake Village together..
In the meantime, I got caught up in Theodore's plot and my magic power and vitality slowed down considerably..
“Did you die or become permanently disabled??”
Oliver made a terrible noise. Well, considering the injuries suffered by Theodore, it wasn't strange..
The body has become weak due to the loss of vitality and magical energy, and the magical energy accumulated over a lifetime has also decreased..
Kevin shook his head..
“no. That's not right. I almost got rid of the aftereffects after taking the medicine you provided..”
“thank god. So, what's bad??”
“The problem is that he is a thief. Selling Magic Tower items and research through back channels..”
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