Episode 115. On the other hand, Rodlen, the capital of the
Soul Imprint Rodlen Empire, was busy with the staff of the Everlast Merchant carrying loads for a long time.
“hmm?”
Meanwhile, middle manager Tom Rogers, who was inspecting the luggage at the upper level, noticed a person entering the premises.
The person who entered was a woman who still had a youthful appearance, and was looking around with a calm expression on her face.
“What did you visit for?”
As Tom approached her and spoke to her, the woman, Amy Cromwell, handed her a business card and said,
“Hello, I am Amy Cromwell, the head of the Cromwell Corps, whom I contacted a few days ago. Could it be Mr. Tom Rogers?”
“ah! It was Amy. It just went well. Sooner or later, the lord of the upper house will arrive, so I will take you inside during that time.”
At Tom’s words, Amy waved her hand.
“no. Can I take a look at that?”
“of course. Let me explain.”
“You don’t have to, but I can’t bother you while you’re busy.”
“no! Not at all. Please follow me.”
Tom smiled and guided Amy.
A few days ago, Amy, who was looking for an iron ore purchase, came across good information to acquire shares in a mine.
As a result of that incident, she found out about it, and accidentally came into contact with the Everlast Merchant Company, and finally visited today in connection with the purchase of shares in the mine.
‘But he’s too kind. Why?’
The reason was unknown, but from the time he introduced himself, he had doubts about the upper ranks of Everlast, who treated him so well, but he didn’t show it for now.
Time passed in an instant as we listened to Tom’s story for a while and talked about various explanations and the latest trends in the Laudelen Empire.
“Rogers, the Lord of the upper ranks has arrived.”
“All right. Amy, would you like to go inside?”
“yes.”
As I followed Tom into the drawing room located in the top building, the Everlast top line owner, who had arrived earlier, greeted Amy.
“Welcome to Miss Amy Cromwell.”
“Thank you for your hospitality.”
The two sat across from each other and opened their mouths to say hello.
Amy’s eyes widened at the sudden appearance of a character while having a light chat before starting a full-fledged conversation.
“Are you talking about my brother?”
“I guess you didn’t know. Sir Cromwell had an alliance with us. Besides, you are the benefactor who cured my only daughter of an incurable disease.”
“That’s a story I didn’t know.”
I knew that Adrias had patented it, but I didn’t know that he was doing business with Everlast.
On top of that, he didn’t know that the daughter of the head of Everlast had a disease, and he didn’t even know that Adrias had cured it.
‘I’ll have to ask in detail later.’
Amy, who felt that they hadn’t talked much due to each other’s busy lives, received unexpected help from Adrias.
“I don’t know what His Excellency may think, but I personally believe that this grace must be repaid. Of course, taking Amy Yang’s ability into consideration, we propose collaboration. Since he is a person who thinks that he thoroughly protects public and private affairs, we also looked into this and that.”
In a conversation with Viscount Hollington that followed, Amy was able to confirm that he had definitely investigated her caravan.
The business talk that followed for a while turned to the topic of mining, which is the purpose of coming here.
“As for the stake in the mine being mined this time, the owner of the land, His Excellency Lankrat, said that he would offer only a 45% stake, so the competition will probably be fierce.”
“Participation in the auction itself will be a problem.”
“That’s right. However, since I have known Sir Lankrat for a long time, there is no problem with eligibility to participate. If there is a problem, it is money.”
Amy, who understood what Viscount Hollington meant, remained silent for a moment before speaking.
“Can I trust the Viscount?”
“I put my family before money. I was willing to give all my possessions if it could cure my daughter’s illness. It is Sir Cromwell who cured my daughter. At least for this one, I want to help the Cromwell Merchant both physically and mentally.”
It was not the time to discuss ego.
Amy was already thinking of a grand plan based on the information she got from Adrias.
The calculation was that it would not be impossible to reclaim Cromwell’s estate within a few years, if things worked out the way he had hoped.
‘But in case you don’t know… … .’
Complicated calculations in her mind, Amy told Viscount Hollington how much money she could manage and how much she could borrow against the collateral.
Of course, it was information mixed with false information, not true information.
Even if they were friendly, it was completely unreliable.
“With that kind of money, you can get a 1% stake at least. Even if it’s just 1%, it’s a level that can’t be ignored as a new upper class.”
“I have one request, Viscount.”
“Tell me.”
“On the day of the auction, His Excellency Langrat will come too, right?”
“I guess so.”
“Could we set up a place to talk separately?”
“Hoo.”
Viscount Hollington put on an interesting expression for a moment, then nodded.
“You seem to have a different plan. All right. Let me talk to His Excellency Langrat once.”
“thank you.”
The story ended earlier than expected.
The two, who had promised to meet several times in the future, rose from their seats.
“Ah, by any chance, my daughter just came here too, can I introduce you?”
“You’re a friend of your brother’s, so I want to meet you too.”
The two went outside and found Lucia hanging out near the drawing room.
“It was good that you were here. Say hello to Miss Amy Cromwell.”
Lucia hesitated somewhere awkwardly and lowered her head.
“This is Lucia Everlast. nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you too, Miss Lucia. My name is Amy Cromwell. I heard that you are close with my brother.”
“yes? oh what… … They are a little friendly.”
Amy noticed something strange in Lucia’s awkward tone and gestures.
It feels like a child hiding himself in shame.
Not only that, but I also felt like I was being watched strangely.
Wondering why Lucia was acting like that, Amy tried to talk to her again, but Viscount Hollington stopped breathing.
“I will just step back. You shouldn’t be by my side unnoticed when the two of you are talking. When you leave, you don’t have to tell me, just go. Then, see you next week at the appointed time.”
“Yes, thank you for today. See you next time.”
When Viscount Hollington left, the awkward atmosphere lingered again.
When Amy, who wanted to say something to break the atmosphere, opened her mouth, Lucia spoke first.
“Do you often meet that senior Adrias?”
“Brother? no. I don’t even come home well. At least I saw him about 10 days ago, and he hadn’t stopped by for several months before that. I hope you come more often.”
“Sorry, maybe it was because of me. For the past few months, my senior has been very busy with my medication.”
Lucia, who was speaking, expressed her apologies with her mouth, and put on a happy expression.
Sensing something strange in that attitude, Amy asked cautiously.
“How is my brother usually? I’ve never heard of life at the academy, so I’m curious.”
“ah! Seniors are really great. Did you hear the news? The news of conquering the Tower of Modras! People on the outside probably don’t know, but this is not normal.”
Lucia talking excitedly as if it were her own business was different from her first impression.
At first, the person who seemed to be bothered by everything with a languid expression completely changed when the story of Adrias came out.
‘no way… … ?’
Amy, who had been calculating for a while, thought that a married woman would not be bad if she was at the top of Everlast.
Of course, it’s not certain, but the intuition she learned while working various part-time jobs figured out that Lucia had a crush on Adrias.
‘Still, if it’s my brother, I’ll be able to aim higher. I’ll have to put them in the nominations for now.’
She was the younger sister who also managed her brother’s marriage.
* * *
―Titling!
[The soul of ‘Bayatra’s Great Warrior Al-Gourd’ has been imprinted.]
[Stats will increase permanently.]
[‘Bayatra’s Great Warrior Al-Gourd”s characteristic ‘Unrecognizable to All’ You obtain.]
The pain that was difficult to describe in words gradually disappeared and the imprinting was finally over.
[Man-Knowing Enemy]
―Unique
―The courage to face everyone alone
―Increases mana recovery rate during battle (0.1% per enemy, up to 1000%)
―Increases physical strength recovery rate by 200% during battle
―Always increases the momentum of all enemies Trigger (directly proportional to charisma and mental strength)
Crazy.
I was thrilled when I saw the status window that immediately popped up.
Even though I am a Necromancer who has an advantage in many battles, now that I have acquired this weapon trait, I have become a spec that I cannot lose even if I want to lose in war.
“under! It’s not enough to get a soul imprint and have space left, so I thought I’d stay sane. Are you really human?”
I was distracted by the imprint and the result, but I forgot that there was an Eve Millennium.
Eve, who borrowed Luna’s body to speak, expressed with the atmosphere of her whole body that she was definitely not Luna.
“What does it mean to leave space?”
“A man I really don’t know. I’m going to ask you a question straight away. Okay, let me explain.”
Thanks to Al-Gourd’s now evaporated body and the magic circle, the room was empty.
Eve looked around to see if there was anywhere to sit, and then just floated in the air as if lying horizontally.
“It is literally. Originally, ordinary humans can only imprint one soul per person. But you have room left for one more soul.”
Two soul imprints!
Of course, it required the premise that Luna, no Luna and Eve would do it, but that wasn’t bad news.
“Could there ever be such a person?”
“At least not in my generation. I haven’t even seen my daughter. If you go back a long time, there must have been one or two people.”
After saying that, Eve Millennium looked at me strangely and asked.
“You are not from this world, are you?”
He hesitated for a moment to answer her question, but there was nothing to lose by insisting on speaking.
Even if I found out, I couldn’t do anything with it, and I had to show her well since I knew that I could imprint my soul one more time in the first place.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Hmm, you’re not hiding it. Anyway, it’s interesting in many ways.”
Did it leave a good impression?
At least it doesn’t look bad.
“I want to talk longer, but I have to step away now. My daughter is frustrated.”
“Thank you for the soul imprint.”
“no. I did it because Luna wanted to do it, so I want to thank my daughter.”
Gradually, the mysterious light in his eyes was fading.
There were still things I wanted to ask about the signs of the end of Eve’s advent, but I decided not to regret it because there were still many opportunities.
“Oh and finally.”
“Say yes.”
“Please take good care of my daughter. He’s a kid who couldn’t live normally because of me. If you take good care of it, can I give you another present?”
“Anyway, Luna is my friend. Even if you don’t tell me, you won’t abandon your friend.”
“You speak well. Okay, let’s go inside.”
When all the light disappeared like that, Luna spoke while floating in the air.
“OMG! I wanted to talk too!”
“Thank you Luna. Thanks to that, I got good skills.”
“Hi-Hi! That much is nothing to me! You are my friend!”
Seeing the high-tension Luna made me feel that she had definitely returned.
And the combination of her appearance and Eve’s last request made me feel sorry for nothing.
‘I’ll be with you until the Great Forest, but what will happen after that?’
It was an unforeseen concern until I left the academy, but I decided to think about it step by step. The vacation was still long and it was not an issue to be decided arbitrarily.
“Let’s go right to the great grove.”
“huh!”
For now, let’s start with the Bone Dragon.
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