Chapter 16 – Mage Tower’s Strange Investigation Quest #1

“Gee, were you really a wizard?”
“So you’re a false wizard?”

I see Remington wincing in fright.
Phut-! Without missing a chance, I fired the magic sphere at Remington. The orb of magical power flew across the air and got stuck in Remington’s knee.

“Kwaaaaagh…!!”

The power of the magic sphere was enough to break a stone floor.
There is no way the kneecap will remain intact after being properly hit.
Remington fell to his knees and screamed in pain.

“This, this motherfucking dreamer…!! I’ll kill you!!”

Remington grabbed his sword while spitting out an angry curse.
But even after listening to the pad rip, my heart was as calm as a calm lake.
I’m an orphan, so I’m immune to padlips.

“I don’t have a mother in the first place!”
“What, what?! Is that bragging?”

Remington looked at me with a puzzled expression.
Remington was momentarily confused, but soon regained his fighting spirit.
With a knife in his hand, he started chasing me.
Is bluffing in front of your lover more important than being sick?
Remington approached me, crawling on the ground like an earthworm.

Even in this world, the law of dying when stabbed with a knife is always right.
The opponent was an earthworm, but it was never a fight in which one could be careless.
I slowly distanced myself from Remington.

“Come here! I’ll stab your stomach with a knife!”
“You bastard earthworm-.”

I made hand signs constantly while moving my body.
After repeated training like a machine in an inn room, he can now cast magic while moving.
Although it takes longer than casting while stopped.

‘Come to think of it, the time has come to use ‘that technology’.’

As I was constantly moving my fingers, a thought passed through my head.
It was a skill of high difficulty that I remembered in a cramped inn room while practicing magic missile for a long time.
It’s a technique I never dreamed of when I was a poking wizard.
If you are now skilled at hitting magic missiles, you should be able to use ‘that skill’.

If so, you should use it.
I raised my palm towards Remington, who was giggling and giggling.
Like a child burning ants to death, now I am burning with passion.

The advanced technique I devised is three consecutive hits.
A technique that fires 3 magic spheres in succession!
It was a technique to bind the same hand sign three times, float a magic sphere in advance, and then eject it all at once toward the opponent.

Phut-! Phut-! Phut-!
It was the first technique to try, but the results were satisfactory.
I rolled my eyes and put on a satisfied expression as I watched Remington twitch.
Remington, who was hit with three straight hits, fainted completely.
He’ll be crippled if we don’t take him to a clinic soon.

“Remington!! Whoaaaaa!!”

Neria jumped out of the crowd.
She, the culprit behind all the incidents, held on to the fallen Remington and screamed.
Neria, who had been shouting for a while, looked at me and trembled at her.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry, wizard! Please, just save my life…!”
“Then apologize.”
“Yes Yes…?”

I raised her eyes as I watched her put on her bewildered expression.

“The one who accused me of being a rapist when we met before. If you have a prejudice against people, do you use it?”

I never forgot what Neria said of her.

“What’s the point of going into a dungeon with two incubus and three coming out? I hate incubus.”
“Sorry! Lord, I have committed a mortal sin.”
“Can I just say an apology? Give me something worthwhile.”

As she formed the shape of a coin with her fingers, it was only then that Neria seemed to understand what she meant.
She frantically pulled out her coin pouch from her bosom and offered it to me.

Jjalang-!

“How much?”
“It’s 3, 30 Cooper! That’s all the money I have right now! I got fucked while gambling at a gambling house a while ago…”

I opened the pocket and quickly scanned the coin inside with my eyes.
As soon as the money comes into his hands, his anger subsides.
After all, financial therapy is the best way to treat a person’s mind.

If it’s 30 Cooper, it’s the reward you get from the Adventurer’s Guild for F-class quests.
I earned the amount of money for one request in just a few tens of minutes. I felt like I could do a mog-go-ra if I was an opponent like this.

“Um, can we go now? I paid for it. And I’ll never feel sorry for Incubus-sama again.”
“Wait. I still lack sincerity.

I looked at Remington’s hand that Neria was holding.
Remington still held on to his longsword even as he lost consciousness.
Thanks to that, there was a water bath that didn’t exist.

“I’m as angry as a longsword right now.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“No more, no less, just as angry as a longsword. Don’t you understand? The only way to get rid of my anger is with that longsword!”

Simply put, it means to offer up your longsword and go.
Understanding my words, Neria hesitated for a moment.

“This is my lover’s tool to earn money.”
“Hey, would you like a taste of magic?”

Neria passed the longsword to me with a sullen expression.
I casually hung the longsword from my waist as if it were my own sword.
In fact, until now, I was feeling the limits of melee combat with only a dagger.
I couldn’t buy a new sword because I had to pay silver coins for a longsword no matter how cheap it was to buy separately.
But I never thought I’d get a useful longsword here.

“That’s good. I like the sword very much. I’m out of anger. Now go away, you ugly bitch.”
“I’m ugly! I’m the ugliest woman in the world! The male that suits me is an orc!”

The stripped-down adventurer couple disappeared before my eyes in an instant.
I can say that farming was successful because I gulp the sword as well as the money. Rebecca spoke to me as I giggled while fixing the sheath of my longsword.

“I screwed it up all by myself. I was thinking of helping you if you feel like you’re being pushed back.”

Rebecca scanned every nook and cranny of my body and let out a sigh of relief.
She seemed to have checked to make sure there were no injuries anywhere.

“I’m glad we won without getting hurt. Then, can we start looking for work now?”
“There’s no need to look for it on our side. More and more people are staring here. Winning the duel really proves my ability.”

Buzzing.
After watching the fight, many people dispersed, but at least a few people remained and looked at me like a hawk.
Most of them were clients trying to find adventurers to hire.
I formed a hand sign and floated a glowing sphere on my palm, then confidently sent a message to the surroundings.

“Waiting for Bronze Incubus. Magic can be used-.”

Beside me, Rebecca clumsily copied my actions.

“Who wants to take a bronze human swordsman. Use your sword well.”

Of course, no one had talked to us yet, and those who paid attention were still in a state of thought.
I could hear the voices of people talking in my ears.

“Wizards? I admit that wizards are competent, but… It’s an incubus, isn’t it leaking in the middle of a request?”
“Because there are a lot of great rumors about incubus adventurers. Like taking party members as daughters at a campsite. Like a guy who kidnapped a female adventurer and went on a honeymoon.”
“Isn’t his appearance a bit unsettling…? Because of his blonde hair, he looks like a knave. I never want to put my wife in the same position as that adventurer. My male instincts are warning me.”
“It’s a wizard. If you take a wizard with you, it will definitely come in handy someday. I’ve never regretted hiring a wizard until now…”

In many ways, it seems that my existence has become a big concern among clients.
He hesitates to hire coolly, and doesn’t want to watch other clients steal it.

“…”

In the midst of the tumultuous atmosphere, I suddenly remembered the old days.

When I just became an adventurer two years ago.
It was the memory of the first day I entered the recruitment center.
Back then, I didn’t have any talent at all, so even if I sat down and shouted, no one would take me away.

– B, looking for a Bronze Incubus Party!
– Ah, our party is recruiting a dealer… Eh? Incubus?
– I will do my best… !
– Party leader!!!! Shall we get the Bronze Incubus?!!!!!
– Why, why do you speak so loudly?
– Ha, don’t you notice? It just means go.

Countless memories ran through my head.
The countless humiliations I received because I was an incubus in the past.

– How dare you incubus!!
– Be conscientious and do not invite Incubus to a party
– Sorry. Our party suddenly had an urgent business as a group…

I was filtered and filtered again.
I went to work at the recruitment center early in the morning and shouted for a job offer until late in the evening.
Unfortunately, however, I was never hired.

– Bronze Incubus is not possible, but is there a party you would like to have a quest with? Advertising for 8 hours…

From that day on, I became a solo adventurer.
I thought I never wanted to set foot in the recruitment center again.
But when I came here today, I was no longer the incompetent incubus of those days.

The glowing sphere floating on the palm attracted people’s attention.
It was a magical light that enchanted people.

Although it took a little while.
If you recall the memory of that day, this kind of waiting is not a big deal. I stood still and waited for someone’s call. If there is no one to call you, you can get a suitable quest and find a party member yourself.
It was when I was passing the time with my arms crossed.

Someone called me in a hesitant voice.

“Hey, hey. You’re an adventurer looking for quests, right? I saw you use magic well before.”

Did the client finally show up?
I hurriedly turned my head and looked at the person who called me.

“That’s right! Are you going to entrust the request?”
“Yeah… But, seeing it up close, the impression is even more impressive. It’s the first time I’ve seen an incubus in real life.”
“I used to hear that kind of thing often from the old days. Anyway, my name is Luke. What’s the name of the client?”
“It’s Lily.”

The client, Lily, was a girl with an innocent-looking impression.
Like boys and girls of this age, it didn’t seem like they came with a good request.
At most, it would be a request to find a missing cat or run a light errand.

‘If it’s a request that’s not too cheesy, should I reject it?’

I was in a fixed party with Rebecca, so it was difficult to accept paid requests.
I don’t know if I’m alone, but if I split the money between two people, there will be nothing left.
It was the moment when I looked at the client with a sullen expression.

“Oh, is that…?”

Suddenly, I realized that Lily’s outfit looked familiar.

A robe with a snake engraved on its back.
The pattern of a snake biting its own tail.
This pattern was undoubtedly something I knew.

“Sir, did you come from the Mage Tower?”

I said while swallowing.
Lily tilted her head, then replied yes after a moment.

“How did you know? I’m from the Magic Tower.”
“The pattern engraved on the robe. In this city, the only people who wear snake patterns are those from the Mage Tower.”
“Oh, I’m glad you’re recognizing me. I’m glad I met an adventurer who knows a little about the Mage Tower.”
“…”
“The quest I’m carrying out was entrusted to me by the Mage Tower. I came here to hire an adventurer because I needed a hand, but someone with more magic knowledge would be more helpful.”