Chapter 132 – The Wizard and the Crow

‘What the fuck is that crow?’

I was taken aback when I saw a crow suddenly fluttering above my head.
The crows of the Midgard continent were very large compared to the crows of Earth.
In terms of size, it is not inferior to that of an eagle.
You can’t help but be surprised when a big crow flaps over your head.

Caw! Caw!

I am distracted by the sound of crying.
I prayed in my heart for the crow to quickly get off, but my prayer didn’t work.
The crow rather descended and grabbed both of my horns with its huge claws.

“Huh, huh!”

Round and round.
I head-banged for a while, screaming for fear that the crow might hurt me, but the crow wasn’t particularly intent on attacking.
I just folded my wings and left my large body to me and just stayed calm.

“Unbelievable!”
“It must be a real wizard’s pet. Look how it stays still without scratching.”
“It’s great that you keep crows as pets. They’re very clever, so they won’t be easy to tame.”
“Wow! A wizard who commands crows!”

People made a big mistake when they saw a crow that suddenly appeared in the backyard where the performance was held.
I pretended to be indifferent, fearing that my force as a wizard would be damaged, but inside I was trembling.

‘Fuck Amy. What if you suddenly peck? Isn’t that a hole in my crown?’

If the white blood on the top of the head is pierced, a third-rate wizard or a third-rate warrior will be killed in one shot.
This large, mysterious crow may be docile for now, but may turn into a wild and noxious sidekick at any moment.
I tried to shoot a magic orb at my head while spitting out swear words.

“Mae, Magic Missile.”

But just as I was about to finish casting the spell, a voice from somewhere made me hesitate.

“Wow! Mom, look at that. There’s a crow riding on your wizard brother’s head.”
“It must be the pet of that wizard brother.”
“The crow looks really cute. I want to touch it!”
“Whoa. Shall I ask the wizard brother for a favor? He’s someone I know.”

Among the onlookers gathered on the street, to my surprise, was a mix of people I knew.
As soon as I heard a lithe voice I was familiar with, I saw none other than Wendy.

Wendy, the receptionist of the adventurer’s guild.
My receptionist, Wendy, was with her daughter, Mary, on a mother-daughter walk on a holiday.
Wendy waved her hand at me as she rocked that fucking big mamma barrel.

“Luke-sama! I didn’t expect to meet you by chance while taking a walk!”
“That’s right, Mr. Wendy.”

I didn’t expect to meet the receptionist during the performance!

“Can my daughter touch the crow above her head?”
“It’s not possible.”
“What can’t be done! You can’t believe that you forgot me, who took care of Luke-sama from Bronze, right? I didn’t raise Luke-sama like that!”
“Oh, no, I don’t mean that…”

Wendy sobbed because she thought I was a piece of crap who had forgotten about her newbie days by being Silver.
I’m not pretending to cry, but I really have tears in my eyes.
I didn’t know if I would be stigmatized by the citizens as a trash dreamer who made the widow cry.

Food Duck!

At that moment, the crow sitting on my horn flapped its wings and flew into the sky.
In a blink of an eye, the crow flew over to Mary, Wendy’s daughter, and sat quietly on the ground, bowing her head.
It’s like asking to be petted.

“Mom! I think my wizard brother sent me a crow!”
“Oh, is it real?”

Swish.
Mary stretched out her hand and stroked her hair, but the crow didn’t resist at all and just kept her head down.
The moment I finished stroking it, the crow flew through the air and performed a figure-eight flight, then landed on my horn again.

“Luke-sama! I believed in you, Jeenjang!”

Wendy looked at me, stopped her crying, then gave her thumbs up.
Other citizens on the street clapped their hands as they saw the crow behaving meekly as if it knew human speech.
Of course, the object of applause was me, who was misunderstood as the owner of the crow.

Clap clap clap clap clap!

“A wizard who commands crows has an impact. He’s overflowing with personality.”
“It’s not just a magic performance for adults, it’s taking care of children as well. It’s a performance that can be enjoyed by men and women of all ages. This must be the wizard’s design.”
“Hey wizard! That crow is your pet, right! How long have you had it!”

One citizen raised his voice and asked me a question.

‘How long have you been raising them?’

It’s only been 3 minutes since we met.
But now you can’t call it an unknown crow.
I answered the question with a stiff smile.

“It’s been 3 years. It’s a crow I’ve raised for 3 years. I trained it very thoroughly for today’s magic performance.”
“That crow is so clever, what breed is it!”

Kind?
What else should I call the breed?
Oh I don’t know

“The breed is quality-oriented.”
“Hwa, hwajiruguji? I’m not sure, but it must be a high-class bloodline!”

After he answered appropriately, the citizens gathered on the street chatted among themselves and interpreted the identity of the crow.
The crow also cawed and crowed in a bright tone, as if it liked the name Hwajirguji.
Even though Wendy, the receptionist, looked at me with her puzzled eyes.

“That hwajirguji crow. It’s been three years since I’ve had it? But why haven’t I ever seen one?”
“Ji, I only raised it at home. I didn’t take it with me when I was doing adventure work. It’s a rare breed, so if you get hurt, it’s a big deal.”
“Oh, I see.”

She cleared her mouth moderately to clear Wendy’s doubts.
Somehow, the magic performance even had a mascot called a crow, and now it was time to tell the people gathered here why I was performing.

Chaaaaagh!
I drove the magic wave and made a loud noise to attract people’s attention.

“Before I go any further, I have something to tell the audience. My purpose is to put on a magic show on the street despite my shame.”

When I suddenly stopped the show and spoke in a serious voice, the citizens listened to me.
I opened my mouth after making eye contact with those 50 citizens one by one.

“The Tabad Inn where I live is having a lot of trouble these days. The owner of the Inn asked me to help, and that is to put on a magic show and promote the Inn. But everyone here has a house, so it seems there is no need to use the Inn. .”

Fruit shop owner, mill owner, adventurer’s guild receptionist, city guard.
Most of the citizens gathered on the street have their own place to live, so it cannot be said that they are customers using the inn.
However, if they were useless for publicity, that wasn’t the case either.

“With the price of seeing the performance, they spread word of mouth to travelers and do it. If someone asks if there are any good inns, they will tell you this place. Okay?”

Citizens immediately responded to my request.

“Okay! I’ll paint my tongue with gold, so I’ll introduce it to travelers as a good inn.”
“Tabad Inn is difficult? It’s a store that has been doing business here for a long time, but it’s a pity.”
“Okay, so show me some magic!”

There are no Yanolja in this world.
There is no app that introduces lodging facilities, and travelers have no choice but to find an inn based on word of mouth.
Instead of the super special Yanolja, here were 50 citizens who had established themselves in the community.

‘You’re trustworthy.’

I hung a crow on top of my horn and continued to perform magical performances for the citizens.
The number of 50 citizens did not decrease over time, but the number remained constant, because there are no dirty places to play in this medieval land.

1. Watch gladiators fight in the arena (paid)
2. Watching criminals sometimes beheaded on an outdoor execution stand (free)
3. Reading Medieval Literature that is no fun at all (paid)

Apart from these three things, there is no entertainment that citizens can enjoy. My magic performance penetrated the blue ocean entertainment market and gave citizens a pleasant experience.

“Water illusion oh oh!”
“Wowaaaaa.”
“Time flies! Thanks to you, mage, the holidays have already passed! It’s a really good killing time!”

From the middle, there were no more tricks to show, so I hit the waves with ignorance, but the citizens just laughed and liked it.
There were even people enjoying picnics while laying down mats and being bathed in the cool spray.

“Today’s performance ends here.”

It was sunset, and it was time to finish the magic performance.
When I dispersed them, the citizens scattered to their respective places laughing and chatting.

“Thanks for playing well.”
“Luke! Thank you for letting my daughter touch the crow!”
“Wizard oppa! Bring the crow and come over to my house! My mom says she’ll give you something delicious. Come and eat my mom!”
“Mary. Eat your mother’s food, not your mother’s.”
“Ah, I said it wrong. Hehe.”

I waved to the citizens, including Wendy’s mother and daughter, and started tidying up the soggy backyard.
An unidentified crow was still clinging to my horn as if it were its own.
I just ignored it and used the Liquid Ring spell to suck up the moisture from the ground, but by the time I finished cleaning up, the crow had fallen from me and soared into the sky.

Food Duck!
The crow bowed her head at me as if to say hello.

“Yeah, good job. Thanks to you, I had a better performance.”

I felt like an idiot talking to a beast, but somehow that crow really seemed to understand what I was saying.

Caw!
The crow crowed briefly once, then flew high and flew through the sunset sky.
When the crow disappeared from sight, only a few jet-black feathers that it sowed were rolling around in the backyard.

‘Shouldn’t I have brought you something to eat?’

I should have handed over a piece of bread to show that we did a great job performing together.
However, the crow has already disappeared and there is no guarantee that it will reappear.
I finished tidying up the damp backyard, focused on my magic in silence.
That’s how the first day of the performance in the backyard of the Tabad Inn ended safely.
Of course, it was quite helpful for magic training as I tried my best to cast spells.

*

That night.
Tabard Inn, which always flew only flies, began to have one or two new guests.
When guests rented a room, they all asked the innkeeper:

“This is the inn where wizards and crows put on a fantasy show, right?”
“You’re welcome.”

When Mr. Brown responded that he was aware of it, the guests expressed their intention to stay for a few days, perhaps feeling curiosity.
Thanks to this, the inn’s income increased slightly.
Of course Brown thanked me.

“Thanks Luke! The show you put on seemed pretty good.”
“Is that so? To what extent?”
“The streets around here are very noisy with people who have seen the show. Everyone knows about our inn and spreads word of mouth.”
“It’s fortunate. I thought the onlookers would keep their mouths shut and do nothing.”
“That means your performance has an impact. You’re a wizard who commands crows! I don’t know where you got such clever crows, but you did a really good job. I’ve prepared a special meat dish for you tonight.”
“Am I the only one who wants to eat meat? I have a family?”
“Of course, I prepared two servings with your lover in mind. Let’s have dinner together and show off your abilities as a man.”
“…You have a sense.”

I was able to taste the smoked meat that Brown had specially prepared for me, rather than the soup without the head that I usually ate for dinner.
With my sweetheart, Rebecca.
Unfortunately, Rebecca was unable to see my magic show today as she was training her martial arts outside the inn.
This is because unmanned soldiers are more efficient when they train in a place like a forest where the air is clear.
Rebecca returned from sweating outside and was surprised to see Brown’s meat dish in the inn’s dining room.

“Huh? Why meat for dinner tonight?”

I gave Rebecca a shrug of her shoulder.

“I changed the dinner for tonight with my magic.”
“What? Can you turn soup into meat? My boyfriend was a master.”
“Whoops.”
“If you have that ability, you’ll always have a meat party starting today. Awesome!”

Rebecca stared at me with her mouth parting, perhaps revealing her meat.
She seemed to be expecting too much, so she straightened up and spoke again.

“No. Well, it’s not always something that can be changed.”

As we ate together, I told Rebecca what had happened today.