Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 270

Part 2 Episode 10

The Evil Clan

“Let go of this right now!”

The little child was caught in Elric’s hand, waving his arms and legs and fighting.

At that time, Mord’s expression hardened as he looked at the little child’s face. A panicked voice came out.

“Je Jen?”

“what? Did you know each other?”

As Elric looked back and forth between the kid and Mord, there seemed to be an uncanny resemblance between them.

“yes? Ah yes! “I am your little brother’s son.”

Elric let out a laugh as he was dumbfounded that the little guy who was trying to escape was a relative of Mord.

If the kid had been following him since arriving here, there was no way he wouldn’t have known that Elric’s group was Mord.

“Then you were trying to empty the pockets of the guests your uncle brought. “The liver came out of the stomach?”

Even though the kid was still a kid, Mord didn’t look pretty at this point.

When Elric glared at Mord, Mord hurriedly lowered his head and became restless.

Then the child shouted.

“What uncle! “On the topic of traitors!”

“Zen…”

When Mord called the little boy ‘Zen’ in a sad voice, the boy became even more excited.

“Anyway, let go of this! Are you doing this because you know who my dad is? Do you think you’ll be safe after this?”

Elric noticed the situation going on and clicked his tongue while looking at Mord.

It seemed like there was probably something that couldn’t be said.

Elric pulled Zen right in front of him and smiled mischievously.

“Who is your father?”

“My dad…!”

“Jen!”

When Zen confidently tried to reveal his father, Mord was scared and shouted.

Elric deliberately ignored Mord and lowered his voice.

“Who are you?”

Zen glared at Elric’s face and immediately began to scream.

“The fight for revolution…!”

As soon as Zen said the word ‘revolution’, Elric hung up as if he didn’t need to hear any more.

“Are you familiar with the laws of the Mord Empire? “I think I studied quite a bit.”

Due to the sudden situation, Mord hesitated and postponed his answer.

Elric was glaring at Zen and not even looking at Mord.

Mord, who belatedly came to his senses thinking that if things continued like this, something really big would happen, nodded.

“I know a little bit…”

“What kind of punishment do pickpockets receive there?”

“…You must repay five times the amount of money you stole, or if you do not have the money to repay, you must provide labor to the victim until you repay it in full. Or, if even that is too difficult, they cut off their wrists.”

Elric said to Jen with an evil smile.

“Did you hear? “Your uncle said that?”

Mord now realized what Elric was trying to do and let out a bitter smile.

“What…! What are you saying I stole? “I haven’t done anything yet!”

Jen, who used to have a confident attitude, now began to tremble slightly.

“yet? Then it’s true that I was going to do it. Hey, how are attempted criminals handled?”

“…You are subject to punishment equivalent to half of the original sin.”

“Hmm, then I guess I just need to cut off one wrist. Would this be a good place? What do you think?”

“Hee hee!”

When Elric smiled and pointed to Zen’s right wrist, the boy’s pupils shook rapidly as if there was an earthquake.

‘No matter how strong you pretend to be, a child is still a child.’

Elric’s expression became even more mischievous as he looked at Zen, who was completely stunned and obedient.

“Elric, how about you do something like that?”

“well. Hehehe, what should I do?”

Elric smiled sinisterly and moved closer to Jen.

“Huh!”

Jen was so scared that she had tears in her eyes.

Mephisto was watching the situation and shaking his head.

『Ugh, it was completely wrong. I already feel sorry for you at such a young age. Even if you get caught, if you get caught by Mervinger… Tsk tsk tsk!』

* * *

The holiday section was largely divided into about a dozen areas according to faction.

And Elric and his party’s destination, the Hung clan, occupied one of them.

An autonomous region of the Hung clan, commonly known as ‘village’.

There was a rumor going around here.

Crackle crackle.

Deep in an alley.

A group of men were talking while throwing firewood into the fire.

“Did you guys hear the news?”

“What news?”

“I heard that Mord brought someone from outside this time.”

“Oh, I heard that too. But why is that?”

The men’s expressions were sour.

In the holiday section, accidents and accidents are just a part of everyday life. So, no amount of news could provide any inspiration.

However, the moment the man who asked for the news spoke next, people immediately pricked up their ears.

“Well, I guess that person has blond hair and green eyes.”

“…what?”

“Is that true?”

“That’s right. “If you had a head, wouldn’t you be able to guess who it is?”

Of course I couldn’t have known.

There was only one family in the world with such unique features.

“Mervinger…”

As soon as someone said the name, the place fell silent.

This was because the name Mervinger carried a very heavy weight among them.

“….”

“….”

“….”

And after a while.

“I guess I’ll just wake up today.”

The men looked at each other and disappeared one by one.

And the rumor spread quickly, reaching other groups not far away.

like that.

Rumors spread throughout the holiday area also reached the southeastern region.

* * *

Elric was following Mord across the slums of Hyullan, with Zen hanging on one arm.

‘I can’t find a road at all.’

The shantytowns were all falling apart, and the roads people walked on were full of trash.

Elric was stomping away the trash that was stuck on his feet, picking up a few pieces that caught his eye and checking them out.

“Is this a product from the Kingdom Alliance?”

Elric was dumbfounded that items from the Kingdom Union, which were not easily seen even in the Empire, were here turned into trash.

Mord was also looking the other way, as if he was embarrassed by this situation.

‘I heard it’s a garbage dump where all the trash from around the world gathers… I understand why it’s called that.’

Elric realized that what he thought was a metaphor was actually literal.

-Trash people living in garbage dumps.

It was a word often used to refer to the poor living in the holiday area.

In some cases, humans are also abandoned.

Because of that, I heard that there were a lot of orphans there.

Elric felt bitter for some reason.

‘I think we will inevitably be very wary of outsiders.’

Zen, who had become a little obedient after being held by Elric, was not the only one on high alert.

Elric glanced around and made eye contact with someone.

Then the resident hurriedly closed the window.

The kids who were playing around quickly dispersed as soon as they came into Elric’s sight.

The women who were working in this garbage heap also stopped what they were doing and hurriedly hid at home with their children.

Everywhere Elric passes by. The door closed and the window rolled down.

The sight of them hiding in dark places to avoid being noticed by humans is like…

『You look like a cockroach. Are you avoiding contact so thoroughly?』

[Are you crazy, Mephie? What is a bug to a person? A bug.]

『It seems like you had impure thoughts like that too?』

[Don’t you say that’s nonsense?]

If you’re talking about Prince Zereitz, it’s included.

[Anyway, isn’t it a bit strange?]

『What do you mean?』

Elric felt the eyes of people hiding and watching him through the soft wind.

And from between those gazes, the scent of magic wafted out.

[No matter how much this is a slum, it is definitely imperial territory. But this…]

Most of the demonic energy felt among the residents of Hyugaran was weak.

However, traces of exceptionally strong magical energy were often found among them.

‘How could I not have known that a place like this existed?’

“joy! Because they are not in a position to report it. If it’s natural, isn’t it natural?’

Mephisto’s words wouldn’t be wrong.

Holidays are also the place where wanted criminals driven to the bottom of their lives, committing all kinds of crimes, are most concentrated.

‘But even if I couldn’t report it, there’s no way the empire wouldn’t know about this situation, right?’

Elric’s eyes narrowed.

[Amman, if it were a demon, there would be no way to leave the Inspection Bureau in trouble…]

『Other than that, there is only one reason.』

Elric nodded heavily.

The Empire did not fail to discover this place.

I didn’t ‘know’ the discovery.

‘I guess they left it there on purpose. So that it can be used politically at any time.’

The more I thought about it, the more disgust I felt, making me nauseous.

Whether you know this or not.

Mord, who was walking ahead, looked a little embarrassed, as if he was ashamed of his hometown.

“This is the place. It’s a lot… messy, isn’t it?”

The place Mord arrived at, scratching his cheek, was the most shabby abandoned house in this trash-like town.

Mephisto frowned deeply at the terrible sight.

『People really live here? I don’t think it would be strange even if it collapsed right away?』

[What else can’t you do? If you don’t like it, you can just rest here.]

『Holy shit. Even if I had to sleep on the street, it would be better than here.』

Mephisto continued to complain that it made no sense for people to live in a place like this.

If you think about it, the Mephisto Elric had seen so far seemed to place particular importance on cleanliness.

‘Is it because he comes from a demon lord?’

A person who has probably experienced all kinds of dirty things ends up being picky in such a strange place.

Even though he is a top-class noble, he doesn’t think much about it.

‘It looks like this from the outside, but if you go inside, you’ll be amazed, right?’

Elric was curious about his reaction. Then, pretending like nothing was wrong, I followed Mord in.

When I opened the door and entered, a spiral staircase leading to the basement appeared.

The moment I went down there.

“…huh?”

As Elric looked inside, confusion was clearly visible on his face.

“This place.”

I never thought of it.

A different world was unfolding before my eyes.

“This is our ‘Pharos’ commander-in-chief.”

The upper part is obviously a shabby abandoned house.

The interior space underneath was not like that at all.

‘How much does this all cost?’

A red carpet made of silk brought from the East was spread on the floor, and various paintings were hung on the walls.

There were also many colorful decorations such as ceramics and silver candle holders.

Unlike the outside, the end of cleanliness and splendid luxury without a speck of dust.

It was the harmony of all these things that made the owner of this house feel even more amazing.

If only expensive things were gathered together, the harmony could feel frivolous, but it felt very old-fashioned.

It was said that he had deep insight into luxury items and relics.

‘I never thought there would be something like this in a slum.’

“…her! “I never thought I would see this picture here.”

Mephisto said, standing in front of a picture and looking up.

[What is that?]

『It’s called Chinafruit. “He was a world-renowned genius artist who died young, leaving behind only four paintings during King Bon’s career.”

“Tea Chinafruit!?”

Elric shouted in his voice without realizing it.

“Do you know this picture?”

Looking at Elric in confusion, Mord tilted his head and asked.

“Hey, you sure don’t know this…!”

It was when Elric was about to give Mord a long speech about a great artist called Chinafurt.

plod trudge.

As Elric was about to give Mord a long speech about the great artist called Chinapurt, someone’s footsteps were heard.

“I heard that Mord has brought a guest, and it seems that someone with quite high knowledge has arrived. “A real nobleman has arrived.”

From inside, an old man approached with a cane and said.

An old man with reading glasses slightly on the tip of his nose.

On the outside, he was just an ordinary old man, but the weight in his gait and speech was unusual.

“…you!”

And Elric, who recognized the old man, could not help but be surprised once again.

“It’s been a while since I saw you, Mervinger matriarch.”

Wizard who swallowed talent