Translator: Wan ED/PR: Fan
— Got it! Latta will contact him immediately.
Latta perked up her ears and excitedly ran her mouth.
— Hello, hello, No. 8, No. 8. It’s Latta.
Latta’s eyes rolled, and then stopped.
— I contacted him. Ask anything. Latta will tell you anything.
“What is the organization’s current situation?”
— Krone succeeded in investing in all five places Lucion told him about.
‘Already?’
Lucion was secretly surprised.
Although he knew that Krone was a person of skill from the beginning, he at best expected one or two at the most.
Investing wasn’t a joke.
‘He is better than I thought?’
[If I just had such an assistant around me, I wouldn’t have ill-fated added to my title of a genius.]
Russell unknowingly swallowed saliva.
“And?”
Lucion urged to hurry up.
— The number of people increased, um, Shutra is protecting the house all day, Hellon is employed somewhere else… what is employment?
Latta stopped talking and tilted her head.
“Working to receive money.”
— Ah. Like Hyum. Hyum.
It was unknown if Latta understood what it was or not, but Lucion had doubts about Hellon’s abrupt employment.
“Why did Hellon suddenly went to get a job?”
— To steal information.
‘Information?’
Lucion couldn’t understand Hellon’s actions even more.
All he wrote down for Krone was the places to invest in and the people to hire.
Money and manpower.
He gave them the two most important things, so what does it mean that they have to step out to obtain information?
Thinking that Krone perhaps had second thoughts, Lucion asked again.
“What kind of information are we talking about?”
— Uh. In fact, Krone is a prince of a destroyed kingdom, and Hellon and Shutra are his vassals, what is a vassal…?
“Wa-wait a moment.”
Lucion couldn’t hide his embarrassment at the story that suddenly jumped out.
Krone is a prince?
Destroyed kingdom?
What does all of that mean?!
[Lucion, you… you really have a great eye, eh? No person you chose is ordinary, huh?]
Russell sneaked a peek at Hyum.
“It wasn’t something I was aiming at.”
The embarrassed Lucion grabbed the hem of his clothes.
If he knew it, he wouldn’t have chosen Krone.
He didn’t want to be swept up in such a significant issue.
Latta opened her mouth again in excitement.
— So he is searching around to find out why their kingdom was destroyed?
‘Was there a kingdom that was recently destroyed?’
Lucion thought about it carefully.
[There was one, wasn’t there? The kingdom that got destroyed 10 years ago, Ceortia.]
“I was young at that time. At that time, my age was probably…”
[I know. There is no way that the Empire would remember the name of a small country.]
Lucion looked at Russell, who cut off his words, and smirked.
“Master-nim, why are you nitpicking on age?”
[Even for a ghost, the age… Cough, anyway, are you going to shove around a prince of a country?]
“I didn’t hear anything, Krone is Krone.”
It made no difference whether Krone was a prince of a destroyed country or not.
‘Now that I think about it, did he grow his power so much all for the sake of his country?’
Lucion thought it turned out well.
Because he had a strong motive to grow, his attachments to the organization will also grow.
‘If I want to use Krone, should I find the information they’re searching for first?’
He had ghosts that didn’t get tired and stayed awake 24 hours a day.
‘I have to keep preparing. I have to.’
As his actions were to not become corrupted, Lucion was going to raise and obtain everything that could protect him.
So he won’t be swept by the storm that starts two years later.
‘Tomorrow, I have to gather the best information at the banquet.’
Lucion sighed deeply.
‘I’m going to be busy tomorrow if I want to do that…’
[Lucion.]
Russell suddenly called out to Lucion.
“Yes, Master-nim.”
[Don’t use your head, don’t think of going out somewhere and just stay quiet today.]
“I was just going to think. I plan to stay quiet today.”
Lucion sent him a smile.
‘Tsk.’
***
Third day of the banquet.
Together with the words of the maids, who revealed honest regrets, saying that they wouldn’t be able to try out all the clothes that they did their best to prepare from dawn, Lucion had to try out close to a dozen of clothes again.
“Goodness, everything suits Young Master so well.”
“Indeed. It’s too difficult to choose. At this point, I wish there were several Young Masters.”
“Ah, that’s truly a good thought!”
As the maids’ bright chatter prolonged, Lucion’s face gradually stiffened.
What are they trying to put on him again?
— Several Lucions?
Latta, who was playing with a ball, perked up her ears.
— That’s perfect! Latta likes Lucion! If Lucion No. 1 is busy, Latta would play with Lucion No. 2 all day.
“Just half-ass it.”
Lucion waved his hands with an annoyed tone, and then listened to the maids’ voices filled with powerful will.
“We can’t!”
“Right. We absolutely can’t!”
Lucion opened his eyes wide and blinked at those very resolute words.
— Right! We can’t! Decorate Lucion even prettier!
Latta shouted the same.
‘… What? Did I do something across the week and the sense of distance from me disappeared somehow?’
[Do you know how excited they were about the rumor that you received the Divine Beast’s blessing? Even the maids got excited. In addition, the thick wall you built around yourself is crumbling day by day.]
Russell pointed at his forehead.
[Considering how you used to be all the time, now that you smile a little, how can you not look much brighter?]
While continuing the subject, Russell smiled slightly while pointing finger at him.
Lucion stealthily pointed at himself.
[Yeah. The impression you gave changed, so the maids became closer. From the beginning, you were…]
Russell suddenly bit his lip.
It seemed that he hated to continue, even if it meant ending the conversation.
“… Our apologies, Young Master.”
When Lucion didn’t say anything, the maids soon realized their impudence and urgently bowed their heads.
“No. Do as you like.”
Lucion sighed and said.
When would such a big banquet be held again?
Because they couldn’t help but be excited, Lucion decided to let it slide just today.
“Thank You for Your generosity, Young Master.”
The maids at last started to chirp again, while concentrating on diligently selecting clothes.
Lucion sat and quietly closed his eyes.
He couldn’t believe those people’s smiles and words.
Because they may stab him in the back one day again.
***
Lucion instantly felt suffocated.
The types of gazes he received the moment he left the carriage were something he experienced for the first time in his life.
Goodwill.
Envy.
Jealousy.
‘It’s unpleasant…’
Lucion wanted to yell at them to get out right away.
‘Should I really say it?’
[Lucion.]
Russell urgently called out to Lucion.
Seeing his expression, as if he was plotting something, he instantly became anxious.
[Whatever you’re thinking about, you can’t do that.]
When Lucion’s lips slightly twisted, Russell knew that Lucion gave up, and exhaled.
Lucion made way for Carson.
The moment Carson left the carriage, he said with an upset voice.
“It’s more noisy than yesterday, huh?”
“Won’t it be okay even if Hyung-nim doesn’t come?”
“The rumors turned chaotic, so what can I do?”
Lucion spoke about Viscount Hellion’s matter.
“Personally, I felt regretful. And sorry.”
“What are you sorry about?”
“I thought it would be really good if a person, who wasn’t a knight, beat up a knight.”
“He wasn’t a knight, so your honor would only get dirty. Rather, it turned out well.”
“Is Heint hyung-nim not coming today?”
“Why is that… No, he seems to be busy with the knight order problems.”
The instant Carson recalled that Lcuion wanted to become close with Heint, he changed his words.
“Go first.”
Carson offered Lucion to go first.
It was different from the first day.
Today, Lucion was the one receiving the attention.
Lucion nodded to Carson’s offer, and took the lead.
The person who received the blessing of the Divine Beast.
Honorary priest.
He held those two titles, but the temple didn’t officially announce it yet.
But after the day the Divine Beast knocked Lucion out, it seemed that the rumor that he received the Divine Beast’s blessing already spread.
The nobles were busy putting ‘Child of Light’ in their mouths when Lucion passed them.
‘The previous rumors about me certainly disappeared by now.’
Lucion was annoyed by the nobles’ other words, besides the occasional title, but with this much favor, it looked like perfect time to steal some good information.
‘It’s a buffet, an information buffet.’
It looked like picking them out and devouring them would be fun.
[… You look at a warlock and call him a Child of Light? Truly, I live to hear all kinds of nonsense.]
Unlike his words, the corners of Russell’s mouth rose high.
He was happy about the praises for his disciple, whatever they were.
***
“Here, Young Master.”
The moment Tella saw Lucion, she happily waved her hand.
The third day of the banquet was held in the great hall.
As if in consideration of him, the number of priests protecting the great hall doubled, but the power of Light within the great hall was weaker than before, so he could breathe.
That said, it wasn’t like he was fine.
He felt nauseous and unpleasant, just like before.
Lucion greeted Tella.
“Pleasure to meet You, Young Lady.”
Carson also greeted Tella, and then stepped back.
“Do You feel okay, Young Master? You should be resting today too, so is it okay to go out like this?”
“Young Lady, I think I hear this all the time. But I’m fine now. Rather, I would feel more sorry if I skipped two days.”
“No. There will be many banquets in the future. So….”
Tella was about to say something, but stopped.
It seemed that she was also slightly embarrassed by the overwhelming gazes.
Wasn’t Lucion Cronia receiving the most attention right now?
“Hm… Is it okay? If Young Master is okay, how about we move?”
Tella lowered her voice.
The inside of the hall was cool, but she saw sweat on Lucion’s face.
When she first met him, the second time she met him and at this banquet, he was always like this.
He felt as if he was nervous and eaten away by something.
“I’m okay. I have to be here today.”
Tella noticed his intentions.
But she didn’t feel at peace just like before.
She knew that if it was the Cronia family, even if she didn’t invite him, the Grand Temple would send an invitation.
Even so, it didn’t feel good to feel like she coerced him, for whom it was difficult to stand in front of people, because of her desire to repay her gratitude,
“Young Master.”
“Please speak.”
“I…”
“I’m very hot.”
At Lucion’s words, Tella stared at him for a moment.
How could a person be this considerate?
Tella smiled confidently, not wanting to bring up that story anymore.
“So… I’ll make sure to offer my help to You today. I have pretty good ears.”
“I would be truly thankful.”
Lucion smiled with his eyes.
There was no time when information was exchanged as freely as at a banquet.
Lies and confusion were surely to be mixed in them, but the quality of information was certainly high.
Knowing that, why would he refuse picking up information?
***
“It’s wrong. I know because that mine owner is a customer of our bank. There is no value investing in it. How deeply in debt is he?”
“… Hm. Good. I only half trusted that information. The debt and money are fine, but proper products still don’t come out.”
“Ah! This one is fine. Even without it, it’s a place I have quite a lot of interest in.”
Tella filtered the trustworthy information among the information obtained from the nobles based on her knowledge.
She knew the basic information about the people’s names and conversation beforehand.
Her weapon truly was information and people.
Tella left, and Lucion hid in the corner while drinking a drink handed to him by Hyum.
As the sky grew dark, he spent the entire day walking around, so his feet hurt.
‘I gathered quite a lot of information.’
It was hard to believe how much information was exchanged in just one day.
Among them, he found out where the people who appeared at least once in the novel were now, so it was seriously a great harvest.
‘I quite needed that information.’
[Lucion.]
When Russell called out to him with a slightly stiff voice, he turned his head to the left.
‘I guess it was quiet for a reason.’
Lucion looked at the group that was coming towards him.
There was quite a distance, but their red faces, as if they were drunk, were quite noticeable.
‘Okay. Such bastards have to appear for it to be a real banquet.’
Lucion happily looked at their faces.
The bastard, on who he could use the information Tella gave him right now, was mixed among them.
‘One of the companies that bastard has is said to be doing quite well?’
Lucion intently stared at the bastard with a ponytail at the center.
*~*~*
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