Drug-Eating Genius Mage - Chapter 8

Time goes by fast.

After properly confirming that the side effects of the newly purchased tobacco were far less than those of the old one, Lennok rested for several days in that state.

There are many things you can do during your break. As long as he could handle magic, it was possible to study magic while lying in bed, and his talent, which grew day by day, was enough to give him time to devote himself to magic.

As I continued to study magic, the casting time gradually decreased and the number of magic that could be applied increased.

Combining some of the known lightning-type magic with a few new ones creates another new magic. Lennok, immersed in the fun that he couldn’t even try in the existing WORLD game, calmed down by studying magic like that without being disturbed by anyone.

When you feel that your energy has returned, stop taking a break and go back to work.

Repeat going to Jenny’s bar and picking out the wanted criminals.

She may have picked this job simply to test Lennok’s abilities, but it was a pretty good pay for Lennok, who was desperate for a penny.

Even with the bloodstains of wanted criminals, it was not so difficult to track them down, and even easier to subdue them.

There weren’t many things that guaranteed compensation as much as Taylor’s first job, but it’s true that it’s quite a lot for a day’s work.

From the time she captured the third wanted criminal alive, Jenny seemed to subtly entrust Lennok with other tasks, but Lennok continued to focus on chasing the bounty.

Before starting work, he smokes a cigarette, catches a wanted criminal, and hands him over to Jordan.

After receiving the bounty, he returned to the hotel and slept for the day as if he had died. I took a break for about three days, studied magic again, and went back to work when my body was stable.

By repeating this process over and over again, Lennok was able to get close to 10 million cells in his hands.

In the process, it seems that the name Ban is known in several places unexpectedly, but it doesn’t matter if it is not directly connected.

On the contrary, being known as a skilled bounty hunter wasn’t a bad thing, thought Lennok.

One day after a month had passed since he began to study magic and earn money.

“………”

Lennok opened his eyes, taking in the sunlight coming through the window with his bare face.

Grab your head and lift your body up.

The two cigarettes he had smoked in succession while chasing the wanted criminal yesterday were still bothering him.

I get water from the drinking fountain, drink a whole bottle, wash my sweaty body, and come out.

Lennok was so used to this life that he could find the towel on the rack with his eyes closed.

After coming out of the shower, Lennok’s gaze goes to the corner of the hotel room. The 10 million cells of the bounty that Lennok earned by catching wanted criminals were still piled up.

Hundreds of 10,000 and 100,000 cell bills. If there is a lot, it is a lot and if it is small, it is a small amount, but it is clear that it is not appropriate to pile it up in the corner of the room and ask for room cleaning.

Thanks to that, Lenok couldn’t change the bed sheets for more than a week. It’s very

embarrassing, but wouldn’t it be better than showing 10 million cells openly to strangers?

“I should make a bankbook…”

There is no other way than to create an account and keep the money, but it is absurd that Lenok, who has no proper identity, goes to a commercial bank.

There was an anonymous bank in District 49 for people in a similar situation to Lennox, but Lennox had long since given up because of the high fees that even a beggar could afford to study.

In the end, Lennok has only one option.

Give money and buy a new identity. It is buying the identity of a missing person and rewriting all the information.

The cost required to contact and transact with a vendor selling counterfeit IDs is 20 million cells.

If it wasn’t for Jenny’s arrangement, he said he would have received 10 million more than this, so he owed her a lot.

In particular, since Lennok recently realized how inconvenient it was to not have a family register, he intended to create a new identity as soon as he created funds.

After lying down for half a day due to the aftereffects of the medicine that hadn’t gone away, Lennok got up from his bed and struggled to get dressed and came out.

“Whoa…!”

It is very difficult to even walk out of the hotel without a cigarette in hand.

This weak body sweats coldly just by being in the sunlight for a long time, and when you walk for a long time, your body temperature rises and causes a headache.

Even Lennok himself couldn’t understand how he managed to survive three days in the factory before escaping.

Your hand goes to the butt you put in your bosom, but touching it until the day you don’t work is not enough to blow money, it’s to waste your body.

Even though it was obtained with a medicine with few side effects, it did not mean that Lennok’s weak body was not strained.

The place I found with such shaky steps was a small market open near a residential area.

Despite the intense midday heat, it is full of people who set up tents and buy and sell all kinds of new materials.

Of course, the reason why I visited these local markets instead of buying things at a mart or store is because of the price.

The freshness or storage condition may be a little off, but most of the ingredients are directly procured or produced by the seller.

In addition, the price is relatively lower than that of stores that go through distributors, so it is perfect for Lennok.

Of course, when I lived without knowing anything at first, I often ate hundreds of thousands of cells for breakfast at the Lenocdo Hotel and got caught in expensive restaurants without knowing the price, but now it’s different.

After knowing that the civilization of this world is a slightly more developed form than that of the earth, there has been a drastic reduction in wasting money in that way.

I buy disposable lunch boxes from convenience stores and often choose cheap fast food.

But lately, Lennok has been concentrating on making frequent trips to the market to buy ingredients and cook.

The state of this body is completely different from before.

Smoking drugs to work is unavoidable, but reducing the side effects and adjusting the basic nutritional status of the body are things Renek can do enough.

It is very important to take care of your health as much as possible and take care of your body so that it does not go wrong.

It was Lennok who squeezed out of his spare household yesterday and ordered a comprehensive nutritional supplement set online for the first time.

“Two gabi onions, five senile scallions, and six green peppers, please.”

Lenok, who had already been to the market once or twice, skillfully picked out the ingredients he wanted and asked the owner.

They were materials that were distinctly different in shape and name from Earth, but it was absurd that Lennok couldn’t memorize their names.

“It’s 34,000 cells.”

“hmm?”

Hearing a calm voice completely different from the one he remembered, Lenok raised his head and looked at the other person.

A woman with short black hair was staring at him.

“Who are you?”

“I am the owner of this shop.”

Can we call this tent roughly pitched near the market a shop?

“…What about the lady?”

“The person I hired.”

“Then what are all these vegetables?”

“Raising it as a hobby.”

Are these vegetables piled so tightly that it fills one side of the stall?

It was too large to say that it was raised as a hobby.

Lennok finally took a closer look at the woman he was talking to.

Calm eyes and an expressionless face. She is a beautiful woman with a small but clear nose and red lips.

Although he was crouching down in a baggy jumper and jeans, his unique calm atmosphere was impressive.

It is certainly heterogeneous among those who buy and sell fruits and vegetables.

“You must be rich enough to grow something like this as a hobby.”

“yes. I make good money.”

“……”

Without a word, he paid her 34,000 cells and took the bag in his hand.

Whether her words are true or false, Lennok can’t decide.

But if you do all these things as a hobby, you must be really rich.

Lennox had no intention of paying attention to her until then.

Until she spoke to Lennok one more time behind Lennok’s back as he was about to return to the hotel.

“It’s a strange magic.”

“…..yes?”

“Why is a wizard like you here?”

“I don’t know what you mean…”

“If it’s a pattern that precise, it’s likely to remain in my memory, but it’s been a while since you came to the Balkans?”

Lennok felt goosebumps running down his spine at the expressionless muttering of her words.

What’s new is

that she’s not just recognizing that Lennok is a wizard, she’s been talking openly about his magic patterns.

Lennok’s rapidly spinning head immediately found the correct answer.

‘…The barrier was the problem.’

After being able to handle various common magics, Lennok habitually used barrier magic every time he went outside, and it seems that the pattern of magical power flowing out of it came to his eyes.

Is it possible to read magic patterns in magic beyond just noticing that he is using magic?

It is said that she is doing with the naked eye what the police were able to do with a measuring device, but it is impossible unless she has a natural ability or is a powerful wizard.

Either way, it was an unpleasant opponent for Lennok.

Lennok replied calmly as he placed his hand on the tobacco in his arms.

“you’re right. I haven’t been to this city in a while.”

“As expected.”

“But how did you know that?”

“huh? Oh never mind That’s one of the things I do.”

“……..”

She shook her head lightly, as if she had lost interest in Lennok the moment her curiosity was resolved.

Then, subtly, he began offering onion-like vegetables to another customer who came up behind him.

Lennok stared at her for a moment, puzzled, then left the market.

“Whoa…”

The city is wide and there are many unusual people.

I had only come out to buy groceries, but I never imagined that I would feel a chill down my spine.

“I need to pay more attention to magic.”

The more magic is used, the more magic power increases and the casting speed continues to increase.

It is also true that he has neglected to learn about magic lately in the face of his constantly growing skills without much effort.

At the point when I was able to use most of the common magic that I knew in my head, I thought there was nothing lacking, but didn’t the woman I saw for the first time see through it?

Even if it was impossible to learn new magic and become versatile right away, there was still room for Lennok to use magic more efficiently from a technical point of view.

Returning to the hotel, Lennok wiped off his sweat and set the ingredients down in the kitchen.

After going outside, take a breath from your tired body, wash all the ingredients you bought, and store them in the refrigerator.

Then, he took out just the right amount of ingredients, put them on the cutting board, and started cooking.

“A spoonful of rice flour…two spoons of sugar…”

Next to the cutting board, there is a memo with instructions on how to cook. It was from a cookbook in the library.

On days when I wasn’t visiting Jenny’s bar, I often stopped by the library.

Individuals are free to enter and exit, there is a vast amount of books and data, and it is possible to use a computer if necessary.

Lennok was building up his knowledge of the world and magic whenever he had time there, and this time he had borrowed a cookbook related to healthy food.

It was the first time he had ever tried this dish, but Lennok’s face was extremely serious.

Lennok understood very well that it takes above-average effort to keep one’s body in good shape.

Not only the low level of physical ability that was decided when creating the character, but also the various penalties given to increase his magical talent are eating away at his mind and body every moment.

I can’t directly get my hands on that penalty right now, but in this place where magic exists, there won’t be any way.

don’t be in a hurry

Lennok lazily teased the cleaver in his hand, admonishing himself.

‘First of all, create a proper identity and account.’

A vegetable resembling a zucchini on a chopping board had been cut crookedly, but Lennok didn’t care. In the first place, you shouldn’t expect talent in everything you do with your body.

‘It’s not too late to make a window to keep money safely. It’s next to find a way to collect money.’

There is a long way to go and a lot of work to be done.

But I had to tap my legs carefully and carefully.

The environment surrounding him is still unfamiliar, dangerous, and precarious.

In order to live beyond surviving, you have to be prepared for many things.

And Lennok believed he was ready for it.

With such a desperate will to survive, Lennok extended his knife towards the third vegetable.

It was one evening when the sun was going down.