Chapter 86 – 86. Business Cards

In a blink of an eye, John realized he had arrived in the Empire. It’s really amazing no matter how many times you go through it.

A magical power that reduces the distance that would take several hours to zero even if you fly in a supersonic fighter jet.

Johann, who thought there would be nothing more surprising, soon gave up on that idea when he saw the scenery of the empire.

“Huh…….”
“Wow…….”

Crush-chunk-.

A huge train emits spicy fumes as it burns something. The train, which had been emitting smoke for a while, starts moving forward with a chugging sound.

Even as the train weighing hundreds of tons moves forward, the people around it show no signs of surprise. It means that the people here have adapted to that civilized thing.

‘Is it a train? Crazy- I thought there was only electricity….’

I never thought he would invent the steam engine. Hey, if you knew how to use electricity, you would of course have invented something like a steam engine.

The curious thing was that even though it had developed so civilized, it was still using the name of an empire. I don’t know if it’s an absolute monarchy or a constitutional monarchy, but the fact that the monarchy is still in use even though technology has advanced so much…….

‘Is it because of the witch?’

If this technology was born under the magic of a single witch rather than a nation-led scientific development—ordinary citizens would only enjoy the technology unilaterally, and would not even know how this society works.

Commonly called civilized barbarian. Those who only use technology, but do not understand technology at all…….

‘It’s just my guess…….’

Turning his head slightly, John was convinced that he was right when he saw the guards carrying spears and halberds.

A sword in a civilization with trains? Even if you can’t carry a pistol, you should have a musket.

‘Anyway, where now—.’

At that time when he was confused about where to go to the new empire, John felt the business card he had kept in his arms vibrate.

As he pulled out a business card from his pocket, he saw that a part of the business card was shining blue. When I slightly turned around, the light moved to the side of the business card.

At the sign that seemed to ask him to come this way, John secretly looked at his teacher.

“Will you follow me?”
“…… Would it be okay? If this is a trap—”
“Trap? What if it’s a trap?”

Evangeline said that and smiled at her.

“Do you think you can stop us with some kind of trap?”
“Ah-.”

John then remembered who he had come with. The strongest and worst witches who make the army useless.

Even if witch hunters flocked to them in army units, it was questionable whether they would catch them or not.

If a trap was dug, Makina would realize that it was not her trap that she had dug, but rather her own.

* * *

The witch catches her eye.
It is because each and every one of them is a beauty that will open your eyes, and even her decadent tendencies can be seen because of her unique curse.

In a kingdom where discrimination against witches was prevalent, all striking beauties were regarded as witches and were captured.

It wasn’t like that in the empire.

“Oh, lady. With me—”
“No, with me…….”

The people of the empire saw the dazzlingly beautiful witches and started running at them like moths to a fire. John, who was in the middle, was regarded as a porter.

Heck, not too many people would see an ordinary man among five beautiful beauties as their lover.

It’s not uncommon in modern times where capitalism is prevalent, but it’s different in this world. There are no nobles, but they consider it vulgar to wear a woman proudly outside like that.

Since the women he had embraced were not easily released outside, the commoners could not even meet the daughters of noble families or noble ladies…….

“I’m sorry, could you please get out of the way?”
“Hufu, I’m sorry, but my legs didn’t move when I saw your beauty—— uh, uh uh?”
“Move.”

However, it did not happen that they blocked the witches’ path or succeeded in making an appointment with the witches.

There were men with outstanding looks and men with artistic bodies, but they didn’t even look at them.

A mediocre human couldn’t get into the witch’s nerve axis. Rather, the witches, who realized that John was being ignored implicitly, immediately hugged John’s forearm and appealed to them as his women.

“Master?”
“Yes? Why?”
“It is difficult to walk. Please let go.”
“No. These guys keep talking to me even though you’re there. Aren’t you angry?”
“No matter how others see me, Master is mine- Why?”
“…… Yohan-.”

As he whispered sweet words, Evangeline looked at John with strange eyes. Seeing that smile, Yohan smiled.

Laughing at each other and receiving attention from others, John arrived in front of a large castle with the witches. Hwangseong. The largest structure in this city, in this country.

“Stop. Don’t come any further than that.”
“Um…… Here, this.”
“…… ?”

The guards at the castle gate, who had pointed their halberds at John, looked at the business card John was handing over and looked puzzled, then nodded to each other.

After looking at each other for a while, the guards sighed, removed the halberds they were aiming at, and opened their mouths to the party.

“Welcome. Dear guests of the Empire. …… I will guide you inside.”

The guard who first talked to Yohan led Yohan and his party inside even though he showed signs of disapproval.

In the process, Yohan and his party did not undergo any physical examination, but Yohan, who was worried about what to do if he went to assassinate the main characters, threw the idea while looking at the guards patrolling the castle.

‘…… A gun, and that’s an asshole too.’

Unlike the guards guarding the castle gate who stood with halberds, all guards inside the castle carried rifles.

Realizing that it was a butt-loading rifle after seeing its structure, Johan recalled the possibility that the Empire’s science and technology had developed abnormally as he had thought.

Soon after, a guard entering the basement stopped at a door and told John that he could enter this room. Then, as if it was dangerous, he covered his nose and left the place.

As she tilted her head at the incomprehensible act, Evangeline smiled slightly and hugged Yohan in her arms.

“…… Master?”
“Stay still. Because we are under attack now.”
“…… Yeah? An attack, what is that—”
“Come on—wow!”

Then the door opened, and Makina, whom they had just seen the other day, appeared in front of them. With dark circles on her face, she looked around for a while, then smiled and guided them inside.

“What are you doing? Come in come in It’s not particularly dangerous.”
“…… Isn’t it dangerous?”
“Yes. Not very dangerous.”
“What keeps attacking you?”
“—Ah, that?”

Hearing Evangeline’s words, Makina scratched the back of her head as if she had forgotten.

“It can be slightly lethal to humans, but what about witches… It must be a level where you can just get hit and endure it.”

“There are humans.”

“Aha, it was.”

“If you knew, how would you do that attack?”

“I’m sorry, but this is not something I can do about it.”

Saying that, Makina pointed to the fluorescent mineral in the room. Seeing this, Yohan got cold and stepped back slightly.

When he showed that he knew what that mineral was, Makina looked at John with an exclamation of interest.

“What, do you know what that is?”
“…… Uranium?”
“What is that? Well, I feel like I know roughly, so there’s no need to explain, right?”
“What are you talking about, we don’t know yet. You explain it properly.”
“It’s annoying—- er, so. This mineral emits energy while self-destructing…… A mineral from God?”

She tilted her head as she tapped the radioactive beaker. Knowing the dangers of the substance, Yohan realized why the former guards hated coming here earlier, and why they ran away with their mouths covered.

Even though most of the radiation is blocked because this area is made of concrete, if you are right next to the hallway, you will be exposed to radiation. The soldiers who were exposed to radiation would have been sick one by one.

The soldiers who didn’t know that must have believed rumors that if you go near a witch’s room, you’ll be cursed.

“…… It’s a radioactive material. It’s a mineral that undergoes nuclear fission, similar to the nuclear fusion I told you about… It is lethal to humans.”

“You. You know more than you think. How great?”

“To bring something like that into the imperial castle… I want to ask if you are sane.”

“Yes! Are you insane?”

Looking at Makina, who poured radioactive material into the imperial castle and said that it was normal without a single doubt, Yohan felt an inexplicable chill and shivered.

This woman is not normal. In the midst of that thought——Margaret, who had been quietly listening to the story behind her, went inside without hesitation and grabbed the beaker containing the radioactive material.

And— it was sent somewhere.

“Uh, uh!? My, my mineral!”
“If you have guests, you should clean up these messy things.”
“You, you! My thing, what did you do!?”
“Yes? Did I throw it somewhere I don’t know?”
“Aaaaagh-! What a hard thing to find…… !”

Margaret tilted her head and said.

“Are you familiar?”