The Victory of Magic
Following the boy's directions, I arrived at an inn that looked rather shabby from the outside.
However, by my standards, it wasn't that bad. I had slept in far worse places before.
I should be grateful for this much.
Besides, the most important thing about an inn wasn't its appearance.
It was the inside that mattered.
It didn't matter if the outside was shabby as long as the inside was decent.
Thinking that, I carefully opened the door and entered—
"Whoahahaha!!!"
Even though it was still broad daylight, there were people having a drinking party.
They were probably adventurers.
Ordinary people wouldn't be drinking like that in the middle of the day.
Even if beer was a substitute for water, they still acknowledged that it was alcohol.
Therefore, the only people who would be drinking like that in the middle of the day were adventurers.
Ordinary people wouldn't be making drinking plans and getting drunk in the middle of the day.
Seeing this, I knew I had come to the right place.
At least in places with many adventurers, I didn't have to worry about being attacked at night.
Unless, of course, they suddenly went crazy and decided to break into my room.
With that in mind, I cautiously approached a man with drowsy eyes.
Judging by the atmosphere, it seemed like he was in charge of this inn.
"Um, excuse me, how much is it for one night?"
I expected it to be around 10 silver coins.
Thinking that, I asked—
"30 silver."
"Excuse me?"
I wondered if I had heard wrong.
30 silver coins a night for an inn like this?
So, I immediately started to negotiate.
"I'll give you 10 silver."
"What kind of nonsense is that? It's originally 30 silver a night."
"Come on, that can't be true."
"It's true, 30 silver a night."
"10 silver."
When I look into someone's eyes, I can tell with a high probability whether they are lying or not.
And as I see it, this man right now—
is lying.
It makes no sense for it to be 30 silver coins a night.
So, I continued to pressure him with questions.
"I'll give you one last chance, so answer me properly. I'm not known for my patience."
This was sincere.
I wasn't exactly a good person.
It's just that I don't care much about what's around me, so I look good.
When I said that-
“No, it really is 30 silver! Why would I lie!”
“Ha…”
I didn't want to use this method.
I unfold the magic formula.
[Lightning]
And then immediately pour mana into it.
Then, with a crackling sound in the air, lightning that can be seen with the naked eye.
This much would definitely prove that I am a wizard.
Let me prove it to you-
“...I'll give it to you for 10 silver.”
“Ah, yes.”
It was 10 silver after all.
Knew it. 10 silver all along.
Could have saved us both some time. Annoyed, I grabbed the key from the innkeeper and headed to my room.
Once inside, I cast a couple more spells – soundproofing, to block out the noise from the revelry below, and a simple barrier, just in case.
And then I looked inside.
“The bed is…normal.”
I checked the bed to see if they had played any strange pranks, but the bed was normal.
Then what about other places?
Thinking that it was suspicious, I looked around other places as well.
This time under the drawer.
Is this really normal?
As a result of searching the entire room, it turned out to be surprisingly normal.
“Hmm.”
I heard that there are people in Baruk who put strange things in places like this, so I looked around, but Baruk and Koruntum were definitely different.
Thinking so, I lay down on the bed and checked the forum.
It was clear that I wouldn't have time to do the forum if I was going to make a request tomorrow.
I thought I could get information and have fun if I did the forum now.
That's why I'm turning on the forum now.
“Let’s see…”
The forum was a flurry of activity, new posts popping up every second. Something big must have happened to cause this kind of frenzy.
I think something must have happened.
There's no way the posts would go up at such a tremendous speed otherwise.
Amidst the numerous posts, I've separated and organized the posts primarily written by frequent posters.
[Author: Cthulhu]
[Title: OMG I saw a crazy dude today lol]
[Content: I saw this dude who tried to haggle the accommodation price down to 1/3 of the original price when the owner was trying to charge the regular price lolololololol]
L: OMG what a crazy bastard lolololololol
L: Where does that dude live? I'm gonna go find him right now
ã„´Cthulhu: I'll take care of him later
ã„´Cthulhu: He has a nasty habit
ã„´: Facts
L: That's just being a scumbag..
ã„´Cthulhu: Facts lol
L: Why would someone live like that?
ã„´: Facts lol
L: Seriously pathetic
L: Why would someone do that?
As I read the post, I broke out in a cold sweat.
“...This isn't about me, is it?”
It was definitely about me.
Cthulhu is currently in the Koruntum.
So the 30 silver that the innkeeper mentioned earlier was actually the regular price.
I was a bit flustered.
I thought he was trying to rip me off because I was a stranger.
Thinking that I should apologize later, I left a comment.
L ReallyDirtPoor: lolololol
ã„´ReallyDirtPoor: But didn't he know he was trying to rip off the owner?
And then I checked the next post.
[Author: Starving]
[Title: Heading to a different place now]
[Content: Not sure where I'm going but I'm planning to get around by carriage]
L: ?? Weren't you broke? How are you riding a carriage?
ã„´ Starving: I stole some money
ã„´: What a scumbag..
ã„´: So shameless lolololololol
L: Hey man;
ã„´Starving: What?
ã„´: Please tell me what your job is, it's urgent;;
ã„´ Starving: I mainly use martial arts
ã„´: Ah shit, another martial artist lol
ã„´: This is a real martial artist lol
ã„´Cthulhu: Don't fuck with me, why are you a martial artist?
ã„´Starving: ?
He was the one whom I recommended rotten food to because I thought he was a beggar, but now that I think about it, he's a very resourceful beggar.
But to take what belongs to others.
Some people think that beggars only beg, but basically, beggars not only beg but also steal a lot.
Because it's hard to make a living just by begging.
And he's a martial artist.
This was a bit of a surprise.
“Why is he living as a beggar?”
If I had learned martial arts, I could have gotten a job as a security guard.
I thought about leaving a comment saying how amazing it was, but I didn't.
I remembered writing an aggressive comment last time.
I guess I was afraid of being attacked.
Thinking that, I checked the next post.
[Author: Ferus]
[Title: We're going to start raiding Koruntum soon]
[Content: It would be good for everyone to arrive within 3 days, so please arrive as soon as possible.]
L: Oh, how many people are there now? That's what I'm most curious about.
ã„´ Ferus: I don't know either.
ã„´ Ferus: Counting is not my specialty.
ㄴ:ㄲㅂ
L: You can just count, why do you need a specialty lol
ㄴ:ㄹㅇ
ã„´:Why do you need a specialty lol
ã„´:This is ridiculous lol
ã„´:He's just old-fashioned, understand..
ã„´ Ferus: I'm not old-fashioned.
ã„´: (Old-fashioned characteristic) Saying you're not old-fashioned
ã„´: Damn it, unavoidable attack lol
Looking at the post, it seemed like they were going to do a massive raid in 3 days.
That made me nervous.
Originally, being in a place like this was close to impossible for someone with my personality.
But now.
I came to Koruntum.
And as long as I'm in Koruntum, I have to do what I have to do.
“...Should I study magic a little more?”
It would be nice to study the techniques to use there… but it was ultimately annoying.
I just didn't want to put in the effort.
Anyway, if you combine the techniques in real-time, you get a pretty good technique.
So I decided not to create any new techniques.
I thought it would be better to make it on the spot.
Thinking that, I lay down on the bed as it was.
I wanted to get some sleep.
Of course, I used alarm magic and a barrier just in case something happened and went to sleep.
*
When I closed my eyes and opened them, it was already morning.
To be honest, I was a little taken aback.
I didn't expect time to fly by so fast.
I thought I'd only get 2-3 hours of sleep at most.
Feeling flustered, I first checked my subspace pocket.
Just in case something happened at night and my subspace pocket disappeared.
"It's still there."
Thankfully, the subspace inventory remained as it was.
It would have been incredibly disappointing if it had disappeared.
With that thought in mind, I opened the door and headed to the shower room at the back of the inn.
One silver coin allowed you to fill a water basin once.
However, I didn't bother with that.
I took off my clothes, placed them neatly in a corner, and made very fine adjustments to the technique.
Then, I carefully regulated my mana.
A moment later.
Magic materialized in the air.
If I had to name this magic...
I would call it [Bluetooth Shower].
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