Chapter 106 – Chapter 106 – Academy (4)

Chapter 106 – Academy (4)

Now that he had earned money, it was time to buy the ingredients.

“Wow… This place is really big.”

Crack Auction Seoul Branch.

It is a place where all kinds of crack materials from around Seoul are gathered.

It was a dome-shaped building that looked like an enlarged soccer field. It was built for the purpose of being used as a shelter or defense facility in case of emergency.

However, it is usually used as a huge market board. Here, materials with the power of space are put up for auction today.

People everywhere were setting up stalls and selling goods. It wasn’t just humans.

A dwarf was selling swords in the distance. It was one of the most exotic sights I had ever seen.

“That’s interesting. Can I take a look?”
“Maybe? There is still time until the auction.”

Helena, as always, was tolerant. The infinite favor was so sweet.

‘And at the same time, sexual things are absolutely no good.’

Sneakily approached her.

Then, Helena smiled softly and distanced herself slightly.

It’s a distance that you can touch with just an outstretched hand, but you won’t make physical contact even by mistake.

The most intense skinship I’ve ever had was a random wrist hold yesterday. I tried to roll her head, but it wasn’t easy.

I don’t know if there is no favor, but her eyes are full of good feelings. Still, that was the attitude.

It didn’t seem like that attitude would change unless there was an accompanying regress.

‘Accompanying return…’

To be honest, I didn’t want to lean on such an uncertainty. It is unclear whether they will return together, and there was another biggest problem.

‘Then what about Amelia and Kang Hyeon-ah?’

It was unacceptable for them to lose their memories of him. It was no different from death in a different sense.

‘Ah..’

Now I understand how she feels.

Helena’s main temperament is ‘Memory Wish: Loneliness’.

Perhaps she has been forgotten by so many people. It was natural for her to put up a wall in her heart.

On the contrary, it was to the extent that it was surprising that she was so kind to her. Helena smiled and tilted her head.

“Siwoo? Why are you like that?”
“···No. Shall we go?”

This was the stall area, one of the various areas in the crack auction.

Most of them were human merchants, but there were also many heterogeneous people. Various races that appeared during the large-scale rift event.

There was also a mermaid with a silver fin on the nape of her neck. The scales in the middle of the collarbone were like necklaces.

A mysterious race whose lower body turns into a fish when underwater. It reminded me of the mermaid princess fairy tale I saw when I was little.

‘It’s a pity.’

It wasn’t that she was wearing a crotch on her breast. She was wearing a plain T-shirt and a baggy skirt.

Sensing his gaze, the mermaid smiled and patted her hand.

“There, a handsome bachelor. Go look at some things.”

Her face is that of a woman in her 20s, but her tone of voice showed her age. Being of different races, it was difficult to judge age by appearance.

What the Mermaid was selling were shellfish. The shape is quite pretty, so it could be used as an ornament, but it’s still a shell.

“Uh.. Um..”

I was just about to leave, but stopped when I saw the owner’s pretty face. Helena was also checking her crotch to see if she was interested.

I glanced over and looked around. She looked like she just had a row of seashells.

“What is that face? You don’t like my stuff?”
“…Isn’t that just a clam?”
“Ho Ho..! There are all these bachelor’s these days. This is a magic tool!”
“Magic tool..?”

Helena picked up one of her clams and she held it out.

“This has luminous magic imprinted on it. You can use it semi-permanently if you just charge it with mana. It is very well made.”

“Yes! The young lady knows something.”

When I touched it, I could feel the magic power unique to the artifact. She accepted the mermaid’s permission and pushed the energy of her soul lightly.

“If you look at the color that shines, you can also know the attribute that suits you best… Oh my?”

As if the clam were a prism, it gave off various lights. In other words, iridescent.

Various colors were emanating from it.

“Oh… Bachelor. How talented are you? Even our great warriors didn’t have this many attributes… Ah! But red and blue are the brightest colors! It is fire and ice.”

“Is that so.”

It wasn’t just a good thing to have a particularly bright color. According to Mok-Yi-Do, you will only know the true Hon-Won when you get out of Yin-Yang.

But Helena’s expression of admiration was nice to see.

‘Should I buy one?’

Even the shiny function alone was useful. I didn’t like the dark side room left by Mokido, but this one was perfect.

“How are you?”
“I’ll give it to you cheap. Give me 100 million.”
“···What?”

My ears seemed to be broken. A strange noise was heard.

“It also has air purification and sterilization functions. Ah! It is possible up to integer. It’s completely free. Are you saying I’m selling at a loss?”

I was dumbfounded for a moment. In some ways, the combined light and air purifier is 100 million won.

I wondered if there was a new currency unit that I didn’t know about.

“I don’t want to live.”
“Now, wait a sec, bachelor..!”

He shook his head and left. Helena smiled and followed.

“It’s a bit expensive.”
“No. It’s damn expensive.”
“The level of magic that went into it is high. Because the amount of mana consumed was extremely low. It will last for years on a single charge.”
“···Okay?”

Thinking about it again, it seemed useful for research purposes.

Besides that, there were many strange shops. Selling something useless, or something that looks usable but is filthy expensive.

This was especially the case with heterogeneous people.

“These races are… Not yet accustomed to capitalism.”
“Ah.. Has it been about a hundred years?”

Hundred years have passed since they and humans mixed.

Several generations have already passed. But that is the human standard generation. Some species live for over a thousand years. To them, a hundred years was nothing but a brief moment.

However, not all heterogeneous races failed to adapt.

A species well permeated in the world of capitalism. Halfling.

“There couples! Come here!”
“Us?”

Siu pointed his finger at himself, and the short old man nodded his head. They were a race of dwarves called halflings.

“Okay. Two there. It suits you very well.”

A strand of hair protruding from the top of his head was impressive. He was as small as a child, but his white beard reached down to his waist.

“Let’s go.”
“Uh..?”

He was an old man doing some business. I didn’t say anything like we’re not a couple. Because I believed it would happen soon.

Helena followed with a slightly reddened face.

“Hmm.. I’ll give you today’s fortune if you give me 100,000 won.”

One hundred thousand won. Looking at the billions of different tribes from earlier, this old man looked like a fairy.

“Here you go. No, wait. Today’s fortune? Not even this year, just one day?”
“Heh heh.. Be quiet. I already got it, so it started.”

The old halfling, who had closed his eyes and muttered incomprehensible words, opened his eyes.

It was like a transparent glass window. At first glance, I felt something unknown in the eyes that seemed ordinary.

‘There’s an atmosphere.’

For a street fortune teller, it felt quite plausible. The old man closed his eyes again and muttered quietly.

“…I’ve lost money on this.”

After thinking about something for a while, the old man bounced off a jewel.

“Tsk..! Take it.”

Siwoo, who reflexively accepted it, looked down at his hand. A small jewel with a gray light was placed on it.

There was no magic power to be felt. It was not an artifact. It was like a cheap imitation jewel, a child’s toy.

“What is this?”
“···I do not know either. I was told it was just a second chance.”
“Why are you giving me this all of a sudden? What is your fortune today?”

The old man didn’t answer anymore. He just closed his eyes, giving off a hollow air.

‘Ha… Second chance?’

In fact, it sounds plausible, but it can be said by anyone. It was a common tactic used by fortune tellers.

I looked at Helena. Her face, which had been hesitant a moment before, hardened.

If her return isn’t what she hoped for, then her new chance at her will be nothing short of a curse.

Kwajik.

“Hmm..?!”

The jewel has been pulverized. The old man’s eyes widened. He seemed quite surprised.

“Break it..?”
“A second chance? No need. I will finish this time.”
“Huh..”

It seemed that Helena was more surprised than the old man. He had a blank expression on his face, as if he had been shocked by something.

Grabbed her wrist She seemed to be missing something. She subtly slipped on her wrists and wrapped them around her fingers.

‘It’s great… Finally.’

The warm temperature felt good.

This was more important than a quack fortune teller like that.

Helena took advantage of her distraction and finally took her hand. When she came to her senses belatedly, she flinched, but she wouldn’t let go.

Thanks to her fortune teller, I figured out how to seduce her.

“Let’s go. It’s not long before the auction.”
“Hey, wait! Cow, hand..!”

Siu and Helena left, leaving only the old halfling.

“Heh heh… Yes… That would be nice too.”

Anyway, he doesn’t know what it is. I just got it from someone a long time ago.

The old halfling waved his hand at the approaching couple. She couldn’t even see properly, but her magic was drained.

“Business is over.”

“Yes..?! Already?”
“Ah..! It’s a shame. It’s rumored to be dragon here.”
“Grandfather! Can’t you just do it for us?”

The old man didn’t answer. To him, words are property. He didn’t want to waste it.

“It’s snowing.”

The couple reflexively looked up at the sky, but all they could see was the huge domed ceiling.

Besides, it was midsummer now.