Chapter 485
"Despicable scum!"
"!"
The subordinates thought Fasher was angry at the other guilds, but in fact, Fasher was angry at himself.
He was only thinking about winning the competition with the other guilds, staying still while a young student was risking his life fighting.
Fasher trembled and shouted.
"Let's go!"
"Huh?"
"I said follow me!"
'Why is he doing this?'
When the old fisherman burst out in anger, the people below were worried.
There was no point in picking a fight with outsiders.
Even though there was a lot of friction with the other guilds, the people who came from outside wouldn't understand that, would they?
When they should be persuading them as politely and courteously as possible...
"?"
Yi-Han, who was coming out of the reef with Professor Bagrak, was puzzled to see the fishermen rushing over with angry faces in the distance.
"What is it?"
"They're fishermen."
Professor Bagrak answered as if it was nothing.
Yi-Han asked with a displeased expression.
"They seem very angry... Did something happen?"
There were too many things that came to mind, which was the problem.
As he had heard from Professor Uregor, the guilds in this area had become sensitive due to prolonged friction, and naturally, they were looking at the outsiders with complicated feelings.
Moreover, the Shadow Patrol hunters were not kind and gentle gentlemen, were they?
'I hope they didn't steal the fishermen's prey or something.'
Since they were so obsessed with hunting, he suspected that they might have secretly crossed the permitted area and hunted other things as well.
"Maybe."
"What should we do?"
"Prepare yourself."
Professor Bagrak spoke to Yi-Han as if he had climbed onto the reef to clear the monsters.
Yi-Han didn't understand what he meant at first, but he realized it belatedly.
'No, this crazy...!'
Was he telling him to prepare to fight the fishermen?!
"...Professor, we shouldn't fight the fishermen! What will the city people think?"
"They'll think it's self-defense."
"..."
That was true, but that wasn't the important thing right now.
They had to quickly resolve the situation and return, so what would they do if they increased unnecessary conflicts?
In a situation where they should avoid even the existing conflicts...
"Be careful of the fishermen's nets. If your feet get tied up even once, it can be dangerous."
"Have you fought fishermen before too?"
It was a casual question Yi-Han asked without much thought, but Professor Bagrak affirmed it.
"Yes. They're especially threatening on ships."
"..."
'At this level, didn't you immediately attack just by making eye contact while traveling?'
While Yi-Han was pondering, the fishermen arrived.
An old fisherman who seemed to be the leader suddenly bowed his head and shouted in a loud voice.
"As the representative of the officially recognized guild of Isran City, and as a member of the Isran City Council, I sincerely apologize!"
"?"
"?"
Both Yi-Han and the hunters were puzzled.
"Why is he doing that?"
"Could it be that he's trying to stop the hunting from today? If he does such an atrocious thing, the curse of the mountains..."
"This is the sea."
"He'll receive the curse of the sea!"
While the hunters were flustered, Fasher continued.
"As the head of the guild, I failed to provide any assistance to those who came from outside to resolve the city's difficulties. In the meantime, a young student from Einroguard risked his life to clear the monsters!"
"?"
Yi-Han was wondering what he was talking about, but he understood belatedly.
'Ah, so now...'
Did it look like a student stepped up due to a lack of manpower when Professor Bagrak was holding a staff and threatening to clear the monsters?
Of course, it was a misunderstanding.
The people from the Maykin family were neither fools nor poor, so they didn't hire such a lack of manpower.
"I will duly reflect on this, so I ask for a generous disposition."
The old fisherman said his piece in a resonant voice, bowed his head once more, then got on a boat and left.
The Shadow Patrol hunters, who couldn't understand, asked.
"What does that mean, Mage?"
"So he's saying he'll punish himself?"
Usually, hunters who committed a crime in the northern mountains atoned for their sins through trials.
Like going deep into the snowy mountain peaks with only one arrow and bare hands and bringing back a designated monster...
Is it the same here?
"It's not like that, he's just saying he'll reflect."
"Shouldn't reflection be more painful..."
Ignoring the hunters' words, Yi-Han turned his gaze.
Although it was a bit difficult to understand because there was some political rhetoric in what he just said, he could roughly understand what he meant.
He was wrong, he was reflecting, and he would unconditionally respect the will of the Einroguard group in future negotiations.
It was a good thing from Yi-Han's perspective, but...
'What did he eat wrong? Why all of a sudden?'
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't understand it well.
Next to him, one of the hunters said.
"Isn't it because he felt sorry after seeing you hunting alone, Mage?"
"...No..."
Yi-Han thought it couldn't be.
But when he thought about it, it was quite a plausible story.
Nothing else came to mind at all.
When he threw a glance at Professor Bagrak, the professor looked at him as if asking why.
"It's nothing."
One of Professor Bagrak's strengths was that he didn't say unnecessary things.
If the skull principal had been here, he would have turned Yi-Han's stomach upside down, saying, 'You were able to persuade them thanks to me, be grateful'!
—
The rumor that Fasher and the people from the fishermen's guild had contacted the Einroguard group from outside spread quickly.
The adventurers' guild, upon hearing the rumor, felt perplexed.
"Those stubborn guild people already..."
"Shouldn't we move too? Like preparing a bribe or something."
"Shh. If you offer a bribe to the Einroguard mages recklessly, you might turn into a maggot."
In fact, the adventurers' guild was the farthest away from the conflicts within the city.
While the fishermen's guild and the alchemists' guild actively tried to obtain the right to collect Sangoria flowers as much as they contributed, the adventurers' guild was not to that extent.
First of all, the guild's unity was not that high, and since they started as employees, their perspective was bound to be different.
The adventurers' guild didn't care who won as long as they guaranteed that the adventurers could collect an appropriate amount. That was enough.
The problem was that the other two guilds were so poisoned that this kind of negotiation wouldn't work.
The only ones they could talk to were the outsiders, but...
'The Einroguard mages are scary anyway.'
'What if it backfires if we contact them recklessly?'
The adventurers' guild feared the Einroguard mages much more than the other guilds.
Unlike those who lived as craftsmen in the city all their lives, adventurers who had to travel a lot had a deep understanding of how dangerous mages were.
Moreover, if it was Einroguard, it was even more so.
"We should at least send our greetings first. We need to at least leave a good impression."
The head of the adventurers' guild took the clerks and moved to the port.
Just then, the mages and hunters who had finished hunting and were returning were seen.
"H-Hello?"
His voice cracked from how nervous he was.
Yi-Han quickly recognized where they were from by looking at the guild people's attire and emblems.
'The adventurers' guild has come out too?'
Since the adventurers' guild was also involved in this conflict, it wouldn't hurt to gain their favor to resolve it.
Yi-Han smiled brightly and greeted them.
"Hello! Nice to meet you. Are you perhaps the ones who devote yourselves while traversing the most remote and secluded valleys of the Empire?"
"!"
The Shadow Patrol hunters grumbled inwardly.
No matter how figurative the expression was, wasn't it too much?
What do you mean adventurers traverse the most remote and secluded valleys of the Empire?
They don't even come to the northern mountains often...
"That's right!"
The faces of the adventurers' guild people who received the praise brightened, and their tension loosened a bit.
"As expected of mages from Einroguard, your eyes are full of sharpness."
'It looks like murderous intent.'
Yi-Han glanced at Professor Bagrak and himself. There was still some blood on their outerwear.
"By any chance, which family are you from..."
"Ah. I'm from the Wardanaz family..."
"Gasp!"
The sound of someone inhaling could be heard.
Although they tried their best to manage their expressions, Yi-Han could feel the fear flashing across the guild people's eyes and faces.
"..."
He had forgotten for a while after meeting people who didn't care about the great families or the Wardanaz family, but the name of the Wardanaz family had more intimidation than he thought.
'Did I make a mistake? Should I have left it to Yonaire or someone else?'
He had to become a friendly and kind mage to persuade the guild, but he scared them first.
Professor Uregor might have shed tears of sorrow if he knew about this.
'But this is not my fault.'
No matter how much he thought about it, it was the karma of the Wardanaz family, not Yi-Han's karma.
"...I'm Yi-Han from the Wardanaz family."
Yi-Han finished his words for now.
Then one of the clerks asked in a surprised voice.
"By any chance, did you subjugate the King of Ghouls with adventurers in Granden City last time?"
"...The story is a bit different, but it's similar."
"I heard you also helped investigate the anomaly in the Black Boulder Forest..."
"That's also true."
"Were you still a student?!"
The clerk was genuinely surprised.
Although the distance was far, interesting things tended to spread as rumors anyway.
When they heard rumors that a mage named Yi-Han from the Wardanaz family helped adventurers solve missions, that he was still young, that he took good care of adventurers even though he was a mage, etc., they naturally thought they were false rumors.
But seeing it like this, the rumors surprisingly felt plausible.
"Yes."
"You're a student at Einroguard... Why did you work with adventurers...?"
"..."
Yi-Han was dumbfounded.
'It's for money, why else...'
Wouldn't they not ask adventurers, 'Why do you solve missions?'
Still, it was difficult to say to their faces that he did it to earn money, so Yi-Han answered as evasively as possible.
"I thought it was something I had to do."
"Wow...!"
"That's unbelievable...!"
The people from the adventurers' guild were so surprised that they couldn't even whisper.
But it was a different kind of surprise than when they heard the name of the Wardanaz family earlier.
Yi-Han sighed in relief as he felt the guild people's eyes softening and the fear disappearing.
'At least it won't interfere with the conversation.'
"Yi-Han from the Wardanaz family. We have something to say to you briefly regarding this matter."
"I'm all ears."
"Ah, we were so flustered that we didn't even ask about this professor. I apologize. May I know your esteemed name?"
The people from the adventurers' guild asked, looking at Professor Bagrak.
Professor Bagrak answered indifferently.
"Boladi of the Bagrak family."
"Hiiieeeek!!"
A groan filled with even more fear than when they heard the name of the Wardanaz family earlier flowed out.
"..."
Yi-Han glared at Professor Bagrak with a resentful gaze.
What the hell have you been doing...
—
Professor Uregor, who had returned to the mansion earlier, tilted his head as he looked at Yi-Han.
"Did something happen?"
Although he originally had a tired face, he looked several times more tired than usual.
"Well..."
Yi-Han pondered over where to start explaining.
Then Professor Uregor asked with a suspicious face.
"Did Professor Bagrak perhaps suggest going to catch the Sea Serpent?"
"Huh? Is there a Sea Serpent around here?"
"I found traces of it earlier."
"...Please keep it an absolute secret."
Yi-Han spoke with sincerity.
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