Chapter 65 – The Mission (3)

The Royal Central Bank of Vallaran.

Sitting in her seat, Clarence, who was in charge of dealing with nobles there, wore a puzzled expression.

‘What a unique person.’

She was someone who had worked here for over ten years in her own right.

The visitors were all great people without exception.

In fact, the academy trainee who had visited a moment ago, Henry Camilton, was the one with the lowest status among them.

Of course, that was only based on the present.

From the moment he graduated from the academy, he would become an existence with more authority than most minor nobles, and because they knew that, the bank also treated him with sufficient respect.

‘But to be so money-grubbing?’

In fact, the fact that he was obsessed with money was not necessarily strange.

What kind of place was a bank?

It was a place that kept gold and paid the price for it.

Of course, it also lent money.

Naturally, at least in this place, even the agent of any noble family could not help but show sensitivity toward money.

But it was different for a knight trainee.

Choosing an artifact did not mean it became his personal possession, and in fact, knights themselves tended to have little desire for material possessions.

‘Although there are those who are only like that on the surface…… no, it is still strange. He definitely chose after hearing the price.’

Clarence recalled what had happened a moment ago.

Not long after entering the vault, Henry Camilton had picked up several items in an instant and lined them up in front of him.

And only the most ‘expensive’ ones at that.

Considering that everyone else who came here asked with an embarrassed face if they could know the effects, that alone was already unique enough.

But that was not all.

If he was a knight, shouldn’t he naturally show the greatest interest in the weaponry he used?

If not weapons, it should at least be armor.

But Henry?

He chose a necklace, which was troublesome to put on and take off, rather than a ring.

‘It does not matter, though. He can just keep wearing it. But he definitely chose it as soon as he heard the price.’

It was strange.

It was far too strange.

It might be a trivial matter, but if a problem occurred in this transaction, it would result in damage that Clarence could not handle.

In the end.

“Bank President, it is Clarence.”

“Come in.”

Clarence sought her superior.

Because Purich, the bank president who oversaw the Royal Central Bank, would be able to resolve any potential problems even if they arose.

***

‘She was finally reporting.’

When Clarence sought Bank President Purich, Henry was also aware of that fact.

The method was simple.

It was thanks to selecting Clarence as the target of his newly acquired trait, [Persistent Tracker].

Henry began broadcasting so that the mages could understand.

“It seems she went to meet someone just now. I do not know who the opponent is, but in any case, they must be someone higher in rank than Clarence, whom I just met. Because she went into the deepest part of the bank.”

She must have felt something was strange.

No matter how one looked at it, it was a transaction without issues, but the item was the item.

The sum of a whopping 18,000 gold was enough to make Clarence, a mere bank clerk, anxious.

[But why did you do that?]

[Why bully the kind bank clerk lol]

[Ah lol is his true personality finally showing hahaha]

“There will be no harm to Clarence. I am just trying to make it a bit more certain.”

Henry Camilton had chosen a necklace from the vault of the Royal Central Bank.

Henry wanted that single fact to be recorded a bit more clearly.

In the future, when something happened, and he lost the necklace, and then retrieved it.

In order to prove that the artifact in question was definitely in Henry’s hands.

“It might be an overreaction, but there is no harm in preparing thoroughly. Because the opponent is the master of the academy.”

It was not just a level where there was no harm; in fact, it was a measure that absolutely had to be taken.

What if Clarence had a connection with the dean?

Because even if he regained the necklace, the means to prove it might disappear.

“If they are related to the dean, and that person is a high-ranking official rather than Clarence, the situation becomes more difficult.”

The moment Henry claimed he had never done such a thing, it was equivalent to Henry losing his justification.

On the bank’s side, it was entirely possible to say that Henry had borrowed some other item and lost it.

“It might be an absurd imagination. But the dean I experienced was an absurd human being.”

In the first place, treating a knight trainee as a commodity made no sense.

Even the fact that such a relationship was formed was simply ridiculous to Henry.

“Well, if not, there is nothing that can be done about it.”

[If not, whatever lolol]

[The ‘if not, whatever’ appears lolol]

[It’s really ridiculous lol]

Actually, thinking about it, if it was not, then so be it.

What could he do?

Henry did not openly suspect them, nor did he use any foul methods.

Moreover.

“I do not like the dean anyway. I cannot like a person who treats me as a commodity.”

He had hated the sight of him from the beginning.

It was not because of the discrimination before he obtained his abilities.

Although the effect was unclear, there was at least a justification.

But talking about how much his ransom was right in front of him was unacceptable.

“To be honest, in my heart, even if I suffer a loss, I feel like I want to see that dean bastard in a panic.”

Now Henry became a bit more confident.

Instead of the image of a knight who was endlessly honest, he revealed transparent desires.

Of course, while thoroughly staying within the range that the viewers ‘enjoyed’.

‘Although practice is still needed, even this much is successful enough.’

Viewers laughing in chat.

Henry felt proud at that reaction.

Because the fact that they were entertained meant that the ‘video’ to be uploaded to the channel would elicit a similar response soon.

“I will move now. Ah, before that, I should set up a device.”

Henry changed the target of ‘Tracker’ to the necklace.

“Now it is done. I do not know who it will be, but I really hope they steal it.”

***

The Vallaran Kingdom was the nation with the largest territory among the surrounding countries.

Assuming that the royal capital where the king resided was the center, it would take at least three months to reach the eastern edge.

Even that was only the case when constantly changing horses, and going on foot was impossible in the first place.

That was why the warp gate was prepared.

Just because it was a country of knights did not mean magic was looked down upon.

In fact, mages were precious human resources, only unable to be granted noble titles.

The king also did not spare any investment in magic studies with an open mind.

Magic, which developed in an instant, confirmed that the king’s judgment was not wrong.

If one used the warp gate, they could travel from the royal capital to the edge of the kingdom in just thirty minutes.

The disadvantages were the fact that a gate had to be installed in the destination area as well, and the extremely expensive usage fee.

Because of that, it was a facility that ordinary people could not even dream of using, but it was a different story for academy trainees.

To be precise, it was only Class A trainees.

“You can use it for free, customer. The bill will be charged to the academy.”

The warp gate located right in the royal capital also showed a similar reaction to the central bank.

An atmosphere of revealing maximum goodwill as soon as Henry’s identity was revealed.

“Where in the east will you be going?”

“The closest to Heritz…… Felicia is the closest! Would you like to set it to this place?”

Henry stared at the map.

The employee’s words were true.

Because Felicia was a region sharing a border with Heritz.

Indeed, it was also possible to head toward House Levi via the shortest distance.

But Henry changed the destination.

“I will go to its left.”

“This place is a bit further from House Levi…….”

“It is fine.”

“I will set the coordinates!”

There was no reason to stop the customer when he said he would go.

The work was instantaneous this time too.

His identity was clear, and his qualifications were sufficient.

Since there was no reason to hesitate.

Soon Henry faced the space prepared for him.

“You can enter here. Have a pleasant trip!”

“……Do I wait here?”

“There may be many shortcomings, so please understand. In fact, it is difficult to equip warp gates with many facilities……”

“I only asked for confirmation. Thank you.”

The employee withdrew with a pleased smile.

It was because his reaction was different from other nobles.

Warp gate.

The new invention created by the development of magic studies had a relatively simple structure.

The place of departure and the place of arrival.

Set up movement magic circles in both places, and pour in an enormous amount of mana.

Immediately upon the completion of the series of processes, ‘all’ existences on the magic circle would travel to the other side, and the more existences to be moved, the larger amount of mana was required.

‘Yet to have a facility like this.’

Henry chuckled and sat in the prepared seat.

Simple facilities.

The interior of the warp gate was a structure that resembled the academy’s dormitory.

There were a small chair and table, and even simple refreshments to enjoy.

“This is why I cannot help but like magic. Because it is something that knights would never be able to accomplish even if they died and woke up a hundred times.”

What if knights had created such a facility?

They would have surely made sure there was nothing inside the warp gate.

They probably would have also adjusted the width to be narrow so that only the person wishing to travel could enter.

“Of course, nobles would have grumbled, but so what? However, the man who just guided me seemed to have experienced a lot of that. ‘Do you know who I am, yet you ask me to wait in a space like this?’ It is a laughable sight.”

Knights were also undoubtedly users of mana, and so Henry could tell.

How many people were ground up in the process of making and operating this magic circle.

“Is it not behavior that can be shown because they are bastards who view people as tools?”

[Why is the knight so angry lolol]

[That was a serious sudden outburst hahaha]

[His character seems to have changed a bit as soon as he left the academy lolol]

The viewers reacted. While they could not be said to agree, it was an atmosphere where they did not deny Henry’s way of thinking.

Henry looked at the chat window with an extremely gentle smile.

“Of course, I am also a knight, and I will live as a knight. I will also inherit a noble title. In fact, it will be the position of a viscount without any proper territory, but it is still a position sufficient to hold my head high.”

And in fact.

It was clear that it would not end with a viscount.

Since the tower Henry had already built reached higher than that.

“Still, I will not live like that. I might mock myself in the future recalling these words, thinking how pure I was, but even so…… for now, I will end the broadcast here.”

[Suddenly??????]

[Then when are you turning it on again????]

[Hahaha no way, what is this lol]

“I will turn it on again sometime today. The place where I will see you mages again will probably be…… the Camilton Viscounty. It is a place with a cozy cabin and a small field. Thank you!”

Henry ended the broadcast.

There was nothing more to do here.

He had to wait like this for a whopping thirty minutes, and it would easily consume a few hours to reach the place where Viscount Camilton was.

In addition to that.

‘I must also have some time to organize my thoughts.’

He had to organize his thoughts, and in fact, he could not keep broadcasting forever.

Because there would surely be plenty of things to show from the moment he met Viscount Camilton.

To broadcast in earnest then, he had to save the remaining duration of the ‘microphone’.

‘And what to do with Austin?’

The thought Henry had to organize was precisely the content related to Austin.

The pursuit team usually forms a group of five. It will probably be five people this time too, right? I can kill one of them, but escaping is impossible.

It will begin the moment we leave the royal capital. As long as we are inside the royal capital, no matter how much they put forward the Roderick name, they cannot run so wild.

Austin spoke in that manner.

‘Inside the royal capital is safe.

But the moment we leave, the pursuit team will rush in, and escaping is absolutely impossible with only Austin’s strength,’ he had said.

They probably think I still do not know that a pursuit team has been attached to me. Because they would never imagine that Marshall told me.

The name Marshall appeared again.

To Henry’s question of whether he was just a simple butler, Austin showed a smile, asking how that could be.

Marshall is my master. Currently, he leads the entire pursuit team of House Roderick. The position that I was originally supposed to inherit.

BJ Swordmaster