Chapter 64 – Wandering Mage Luke #1

The road to the adventurer’s guild.
As I walked through the town of Joensuu, I couldn’t help but be excited at the thought of receiving the bounty. A total of 28 silver if I combine my share of the reward and the basic reward for the quest. It was because I was very worried about what to do with the money.

“What do you want to do when you get money?”
“Fitting the new equipment.”

Rebecca, who was walking side by side, answered.
It seemed that she only thought of equipment.
It’s a tanker-like idea that sticks to good equipment.

“I want to get my equipment set up… And I want to buy some strawberry pie.”
“Strawberry pie?”
“The strawberry pie you bought earlier was so delicious. Where the hell is it selling it?”
“There’s a street vendor on the way to the guild. Shall we buy another one?”
“If you buy me, I’ll eat well. Hee hee.”

There was a street vendor selling strawberry pies along the road from the inn to the adventurer’s guild.
By the time I reached the street vendor, I decided to buy a strawberry pie and eat it with Rebecca while walking.
As if her body needed the sugar, Rebecca gobbled up the paper bagged strawberry pie in an instant. The pie crumbs smeared around Rebecca’s mouth looked very cute.

“What are you looking at?”
“You got it in your mouth, strawberry pie.”
“Hut.”

At my point, Rebecca wiped her mouth in embarrassment. If it was like before, instead of wiping her mouth, she would have cursed at me to cover her eyes. Do you care too much about dating? I quite liked the compliant Rebecca.
After a while, Rebecca and I arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild and went inside and talked to Wendy sitting at the reception desk. From the moment I appeared from afar, Wendy was welcoming me by shaking her hand.

“Luke! Rebecca! Welcome back! Did you both rest well yesterday?”
“Yes.”
“Yes-!”
“I’ve heard reports about subjugation quests. They say you two defeated an old giant, but in terms of bronze, it was a really great achievement.”
“It wasn’t just the two of us who defeated it. The escort team of adventurers held out to some extent.”
“Still, it’s unusual for a bronze-class adventurer to decapitate a giant. Besides, Luke-sama’s performance recorded in the report was amazing, right? I heard that the cobwebs that hindered the subjugation party’s path were cleaned up with fire magic.”

Wendy pulled out a purse containing silver coins from under her counter. My money bag was several times thicker than Rebecca’s, probably because it contained bounty money. I started counting the silver coins in my pocket with a feeling of being blown away.
Although there’s no way Wendy made a mistake in counting her money.
Because she liked the feel of the silver coins with her fingers.
But as I was counting the silver coins, I couldn’t help but wonder.

‘This is 48 silver… You have more money than you deserve?’

I checked it carefully, just in case, but nothing changed. The money bag Wendy handed over contained much more money than it should have been.

The total number of silver coins is 68!
It contained 20 silver more than the original amount of money.

“I have too much money.”
“Oh, that’s the reward for cutting off the giant’s head. Sixty silver.”
“Wasn’t the reward 40 silver?”

At my question, Wendy shook her head.

“Old giants give a higher bounty than other giants. They are less powerful than younger ones, but they know how to use their brains… You can say they are special individuals who command a group of giants. So, the old giant’s bounty is 60 It’s silver.”

An old giant with a bigger bounty?
After hearing the explanation, I understand. If you’re a giant, a guy who uses his head will be more annoying than a guy who uses his body. Certainly, the old giant was a terrifying guy who would piss off the healer, the nun. It is a crazy mob that decides its own aggro towards adventurers.

“I see. I’ll take it well.”
“Money has increased.”

Beside her, Rebecca raised her arms and cheered. Wendy, who had been looking at Rebecca with a kind smile, soon turned her head and looked at me.

“Luke-nim will be able to challenge the silver tier promotion soon with the achievements of clearing this quest. If you do one or two miscellaneous quests, you will probably be able to accumulate all your achievements.”
“Ah, before the promotion?”

Silver Tier Promotion Match!
It was something she wanted to ask Wendy.
I was thinking about it too, but I didn’t expect Wendy to speak first.

“If it’s one or two quests, what kind of quests should I do?”
“It’s enough just to complete F-rank quests. Simple errands or quests to find a lost pet. But you have to adjust the timing of completing quests carefully. It’s hard to start a promotion match right away when you’re not ready.”

I understood Wendy’s words. If I complete the additional quest here and fill the public value to full, the silver tier promotion match will start before I know it. Before he could fully prepare equipment or new magic, he had to go through a promotion war.

“Thanks, Mr. Wendy. Good tip.”
“Because I’m Luke’s receptionist. Prepare well before the promotion match. Pray hard.”
“A prayer?”
“Don’t catch trolls as party members.”
“That’s right…”

It was at this moment that I realized the importance of prayer.
Rebecca, who was by her side, asked me with surprised eyes.

“Are you promoting to the silver tier?!”
“It’s time to promote. I’ve already worked in the adventurer’s guild for two years. I’ve accumulated quite a bit of merit by subjugating giants. I deserve a chance to compete in the promotion match.”
“I envy you.”

Rebecca, a newbie adventurer, looked at me with a mixture of great envy. It will take quite a while for Rebecca, who has just become an adventurer, to qualify for her promotion.
Rebecca grabbed my sleeve with a look of sudden anxiety.

“You shouldn’t throw me away just because you’re silver? Suddenly you disappear from a fixed party. You lose contact with me.”
“How am I going to abandon you? Is it a human being to abandon a party member who had a run-in in the deep sea of ​​Bronze?”
“You’re loyal. You’re cool.”

Somehow, Rebecca was already treating me like an adventurer who had been promoted to silver.
Even though I don’t know if the promotion match can end safely.
I’m just very worried about which troll pups I’ll meet in the promotion match.

Didn’t I say that if there are more than 5 people, there must be garbage?
I have no choice but to be reborn as a carry-type wizard by intensive magic practice.

“Is it over now?”
“Yes! That’s all I have to say. By the way, Mr. Luke! Could you give me some time?”
“Time?”
“Because there’s something I’d like to show you directly to Luke. I think Luke was curious about it too. There’s a wandering wizard in our guild right now. A wandering wizard with the same bronze tier as Luke.”

A wandering wizard?
I couldn’t help but pay attention to Wendy’s words. Because I had never worked with wizards like me while working as an adventurer.
I always wondered what kind of guys they were.
Wouldn’t everyone be able to handle magic as much as I do?

“This is a man named James. He is currently practicing magic at the adventurer’s guild gymnasium. If you don’t mind, can I show you how he practices?”
“Can I watch you practice?”
“It doesn’t matter. Just follow me.”

For some reason, Wendy seemed to want to show me a wizard named James. She also wanted to see the wandering wizard anyway, so I decided to follow Wendy.

“Mr. Receptionist! May I follow you too?”
“If you have time, Rebecca-sama can come too! You don’t always have a chance to watch a wandering mage train.”

Wendy got up from the reception desk and walked to the gym set up outside the building. I followed after Wendy out of curiosity.

*

Gymnasium.
It was a large space that could be seen immediately after going out through the back door of the Adventurer’s Guild. A place where various training facilities are placed so that adventurers can train their bodies. However, I had never used the training ground once in the two years I worked as an adventurer.

‘Because I have to pay the usage fee every month.’

Bronze level adventurers had to pay a fee when using the guild’s gymnasium. The price is 80 copper per month. A poor adventurer like me would starve to death while paying the fee. Although things have improved a lot since I became a wizard these days.

“Follow me in. Mr. Luke. Mrs. Rebecca. I got permission from the staff who manages the gymnasium. They said it wouldn’t matter if it was a simple tour.”

Wendy, who had been talking with the facilities manager at the entrance of the gymnasium, came back to me.
I admired Wendy’s resourcefulness in getting her permission from the janitor, who seemed to be picky.
No, rather than admiring her skill, I admired Wendy’s beauty world.

‘Every time I move, my heart shakes like hell. Fuck. If you ask with a heart like that, you have no choice but to listen…’

The caretaker’s gaze was fixed on Wendy’s breastbone during the conversation. She was an old caretaker, but she still looked like a cock. Thanks to that, Rebecca and I were able to follow Wendy comfortably into the gymnasium.
“See that middle-aged man wearing a robe over there? That’s James. He’s a wandering wizard belonging to our guild.”

Without having to listen to Wendy’s explanation, I knew where the wizard was. Because there was a place where there were quite a lot of people in one place. The adventurers stopped training and were looking at something.

“Look at the beard on that chin. It’s like a wizard.”
“That’s right. Just looking at it, it’s a typical wizard style.”

A middle-aged man surrounded by adventurers.
The middle-aged man in a tight-fitting robe had a long beard. Just by looking at the old age, I felt the wizard-like atmosphere.

After all, is the wizard robe ganji?
Shall I match you with a fancy robe?
It was when I was imagining myself in a robe. Suddenly, Wendy spoke to me in an urgent voice.

“Lou, Luke! Come on, look! James’ magic has begun!!”

A voice making a fuss, as if a famous troupe’s circus was about to begin.
I was intrigued by Wendy’s voice.
That middle-aged wizard seemed to be a very great person.

Because Wendy called this a ‘field trip’.
That would mean that he wants to show me a high level wizard. He must be trying to show me a real magician and inspire my desire to train. Just like a competent receptionist.
An incantation chant burst out of the middle-aged wizard’s mouth.

“O blazing flame that slumbers in the soul—-.”

The moment the chant started, I was amazed.

Order window!
It is an auxiliary skill used when casting high-difficulty magic.
I can use magic with just one short starter word, but that’s only possible because it’s basic magic.
That middle-aged wizard really looks like a real wizard.

“According to the blood oath, I will summon you—-.”

Summon a burning flame in addition to a blood oath?
Goosebumps all over my body and I took a step backwards.

‘Are you planning on flying a Hellfire at the gymnasium?’

Aren’t you going to die while watching?

“Wow, Mr. Wendy! It’s dangerous! That middle-aged wizard’s skills are no joke!”
“Luke-sama, even if it’s dangerous, be sure to watch it. Only then can you increase your knowledge of magic!”

Wendy squeezed my arm tightly.
The helpless receptionist gathers courage, but I can’t escape. Trembling in fear, I looked at the middle-aged wizard reciting the incantation.

“Burn my enemies, the crimson flames—-!!!!”

The moment the middle-aged wizard finished the chant while screaming!

Roaring!!
A flame bloomed on the palm of your hand!
A ‘fuck-sized flame’ the same size as a candle

“No fuck!!”

I was horrified as I looked at the middle-aged wizard.

“Why do you do that, Mr. Luke?”
“That’s smaller than my fire magic!”

I made a firework by making a hand sign myself.
In just a few seconds, a flame bigger than a middle-aged wizard was born on my finger.
I looked at the middle-aged wizard in disbelief.
A middle-aged wizard grinning as if he had accomplished something great.

“What the hell happened to this? Mr. Wendy, that bastard is just an idiot!”
“Luke Niyim!”

Wendy whispered in my ear with a sad expression on her face.

“That’s the average Bronze Wandering Mage. They’re all assholes.”

Ohhhhh-!!!!
When I heard Wendy’s words, I got goosebumps all over her body.