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The market handed Davian and Insenis two large, lavish hotel rooms.
It was a hotel built for trading caravans that came to buy magic stones, though the city rarely had outside visitors.
"Is there a monster in the Northern Ice Fields that you need to deal with yourself? I heard you even took down the Gray Witch yourself."
"The subjugation force here isn't enough."
"I don't understand you. What are you trying to gain by coming all the way out here? But it seems someone's here."
Knock knock.
"Yes."
The door opened, and a girl around Davian's age peeked her head in.
"Is this by any chance... Ah, it is."
The girl barged into the room, bowed politely to Insenis, and then asked Davian,
"Are you a student from Elton Academy? You look about my age? How old are you?"
"Eighteen."
"Same age as me. Can I speak casually then? Hi. I'm Merrill. The mayor here is my dad. What's your name?"
"Davian."
"Davian? That name sounds familiar...?"
The same situation as the third playthrough.
Back then, I visited this place not because of a request, but for winter training, and I ended up helping the subjugation force at the mayor's request.
And then Merrill came looking for me.
I know why she came, but for the sake of a natural conversation, Davian asked,
"What brings you here...?"
"Ah, I have a favor to ask."
"What favor?"
"Please... please protect my dad!"
The second time hearing this explanation.
Since she was young, her dreams would sometimes come true, and those dreams were usually so vivid that they were different from other dreams.
But recently, she had a dream where her father died during a monster subjugation, and the dream was so vivid.
So she came to ask him to save her father.
"Human dreams sometimes have mysterious powers."
Davian whispered to Insenis.
"Do dragons not dream? Or do they not sleep at all?"
"We sleep. For very long periods of time. But we do not dream. Even while sleeping, we dragons are constantly in contemplation."
The body falls into a long sleep, but the mind remains awake.
"So, can you do it?"
"Why do you think I can protect your father?"
"I had another dream. A dream where you protected my father."
She had two dreams with two different outcomes.
Merrill came to Davian to make the dream she wanted a reality.
'If I agree too easily here, the event won't trigger.'
That's what I learned from the last playthrough.
"Well, the request I received from the academy was to help subjugate the monsters in Polus City, not to protect the mayor."
"What? My dad will be the leader of the subjugation force! And you're just going to let the leader of the subjugation force die?"
"I'm not saying I'll definitely let him die, just that I don't have a reason to protect him."
After a moment of consideration, Merrill reached into her chest.
Then, she pulled out a necklace with a rather large pendant.
"I don't know much about it, but I heard it's a really rare magic stone. They say it only appears every few hundred years? So my dad gave it to me as a gift. He didn't even sell it even though he could have made a lot of money. If you protect my dad on this subjugation, I'll give it to you. You're a mage, right? Mages know what this is, don't they?"
Ding.
Finally, the event notification rang.
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[Event: Save the Mayor]
―During the monster subjugation, the mayor of Polus City will be in danger. Save the mayor then.
―Reward: Nonpolar Magnet Pendant (Rarity: ★★★☆)
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Nonpolar magnet.
Normal magnets have two polarities.
But sometimes magic stones become magnetic, and then they have three polarities.
That's the tri-polar magnet, which is often used as a medium for mental magic.
And very rarely, there are magic stones that are magnetic but have no poles.
Nonpolar magnet.
Strangely, it doesn't react to ordinary metals, only to other magnets.
Since it has no poles, it attracts all other magnets no matter which side you bring it to.
The use of this nonpolar magnet is very limited.
If someone really needs it, it's worth whatever they're willing to pay, but if you put it in any store, no one would buy it because of the high price.
That's why the mayor gave it to his daughter as an accessory.
"It's a nonpolar magnet."
"Ah! That's right, I think that was the name. I used to play with it a lot when I was a kid."
Oh my god.
She used to play with a nonpolar magnet.
With the nonpolar magnet that has the best efficiency among the mental magic mediums that can be used repeatedly.
"It just so happens that I need something like that. Okay. I will protect your father no matter what."
Merrill's expression brightened.
"Really? You really will? You promised?"
"Yeah. You just polish that toy magnet and wait."
"Okay! I will!"
Insenis looked back and forth between Davian and Merrill as they talked.
"So that's why you came all the way here. That sly fox. But how did he know there was a nonpolar magnet here? And that the mayor's daughter had it, and that the mayor's daughter would ask him for a favor with it as collateral. The more I know him, the more amazing he is... Davian Naone."
콰과과과.
Flames burst from Davian's hands.
The pack of gray wolves that was attacking from the side was engulfed in flames.
"He's really... a really amazing mage."
"The mages in our city were amazing too, but that kid is on a completely different level."
"Are all the mages in the big cities like that?"
"He said he's from Elton Academy, Elton Academy. The best educational institution in our kingdom."
"Still, for such a young kid..."
드드드드.
The ground seemed to shake.
The ground was cracking far away.
Only those with good eyesight among the subjugation force could see it.
Various monsters were being sucked into the cracking ground.
The mayor approached.
He was wearing full steel armor, and he was more valiant than expected, swinging his sword at the front when a battle broke out.
"Amazing. Davian Naone. The reputation of Elton Academy is not in vain..."
"It could be that Polus City is too closed off. I heard you don't even hire outside mercenaries? Not only mercenaries, but if you pay enough, mages from the magic towers would come out on business."
"It wasn't like this from the beginning. It just hardened like this as history repeated itself. It was inevitable if we didn't want to be deprived of the full benefits of the citizens."
Davian nodded.
It was true that the city was abnormally closed off.
But the mayor he had seen twice was not the kind of person who only cared about filling his own pockets.
"It seems like the monsters in this area have been mostly cleared up."
"Thank you so much. Davian Naone. I will give you plenty of extra rewards in addition to the rewards promised to the academy."
As for money, he still had more than enough from what he received from Marquis Espin Elaina.
"It's okay."
Just give me the toy magnet that your daughter promised.
At that time.
쐐애액.
An ice wyvern charged at the mayor's head.
Davian flicked his hand.
Swaek!
A sharp wind elemental magic flew out and split the ice wyvern's torso in half.
Ding.
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[Event: 'Save the Mayor' Completed]
―You can acquire the item 'Nonpolar Magnet Pendant' when you return to the hotel.
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'Okay, I've secured Liber's gift.'
In the forest near Kanzar City.
콰과과과!
A mana sword poured into the upper body of the monster Lamia.
Lamia.
A ferocious monster with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a snake, that only preys on young children.
퍼억!
The upper body of the Lamia that had terrorized the area exploded.
Thud.
It died in vain from Davian's fire elemental magic followed by a continuous attack of mana swords.
It was a monster that appeared as a boss in an A-class dungeon.
Ding.
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[Event: 'Lamia Defeated' Completed]
―Reward: 4 Lamia Elixirs (Rarity: ★★★)
―There are four white orbs inside the corpse of the Lamia. Consuming them will immediately increase your internal energy greatly.
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White orbs are created inside the body of the monster Lamia.
The number of orbs increases the longer it lives and the more children it eats, and this one has four orbs.
'One for me. And one each for Bonita, Nubes, and Mons.'
The underground secret base of the largest thieves' guild in Kanzar City, the "Red Cloak."
"Wha... what are you exactly?"
"I told you. My name is Davian, and I just need the rings of the Lawrence and Ronia brothers."
"Are you the famous Davian Naone?"
"That's what I'm saying. How many times do I have to say it?"
"Just because you're famous doesn't mean you can just take other people's things so recklessly!"
"I don't think that's something to say in the middle of a thieves' guild."
"Tch... Bring it out!"
Tioren, the guild leader of the Red Cloak, had no choice but to give up.
Not only did he somehow find out about the underground secret base.
He had pushed all the way here demanding the rings of the Lawrence and Ronia brothers.
The opponent was just a kid and an old man.
But there was no way to stop them.
The machine guns that had been made over a long period of time with a lot of money were useless.
Even those who were skilled in assassination and stealth were all discovered and killed.
Tioren, who was a swordsman from the royal guard, drew his sword himself and led his most skilled subordinates.
But they couldn't even touch a hair on the opponent's head.
"If I give you that, will you really leave this place?"
The young man with the devilish face smirked.
"That's what I'm saying. How many times do I have to say it? It would have been nice if we could have just talked from the beginning."
That devilish kid...
Of course, that's how it looked in Tioren's eyes, but Davian's actual expression was calm as always.
After a while, one of the subordinates found a wooden box in the depths of the guild warehouse and brought it out.
"Here it is, Guild Leader."
Tioren opened the lid, checked a pair of rings, and threw the box to Davian.
"Did you kill half of our guild members just to steal something so useless?"
"Whether it's useful or not is my decision. And there are a lot of kids who aren't dead, so try to save them."
Davian and Insenis left the thieves' guild's underground base without any regrets.
No one stood in their way.
Insenis asked.
"What are those rings again? They have a strange energy, but even if you go to a magic material store in the capital, there are countless magic rings that are much better than that."
"These are the rings that the Lawrence and Ronia brothers used to wear."
"Weren't the Lawrence and Ronia brothers famous twin mages from the past?"
"Yes. The twins' father, who was a marquis, took the best materials and went directly to the magic tower to commission the rings. They said it made it possible to use the twins' magic as if it were one person's. I've never used it myself, so I don't know."
"You're going to give it to Latia and Karin, aren't you."
"That's right."
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