How a Genius in the Kingdom of Magic Lives

The front of the Viscount Borden’s war memorial was crowded with people.

Innkeeper Peter looked around, wondering what was going on.

I’ve lived in this area for a long time and worked as an inn for tourists, but it’s been a long time since there were so many people.

It was a scene that his father had seen many years ago when he was running an inn.

Peter looked around in front of the war memorial and saw a familiar face and approached him.

It was Matthew of the forge.

“hey. Why are you so crowded?”

“ok? isn’t it peter? what. Haven’t you heard yet?”

“What?”

“Oh dear. Shouldn’t the news of a person who is famous for running an inn be so slow?”

“Oh so what’s going on? let me know too I’ll buy you a drink later.”

“Don’t forget to say that.”

Matthew of the forge grinned and said,

“They say a new area has been discovered in the War Memorial. People here are waiting to see it.”

“A new area?”

Peter put on a puzzled expression.

No, what’s new in a 300-year-old war memorial?

“The soldiers who came out of the lord’s castle told me that Prince Leo visited our territory this time.”

“Leo degraded?”

“You don’t know him?”

“Well. I’ve heard of Hector, the first prince… .”

“Huh. This friend is too. You don’t know about Leo, who is famous as a genius wizard. He must have learned the arcane magic of Lord Karst.”

Rumors about Leo had spread quite a bit by now.

Even knights, magicians, and nobles from other countries, not within the Kingdom, had heard of Leo at least once.

In particular, he received a lot of attention for re-learning the arcane magic ‘Frost Breath’, which had been lost for 300 years.

Leo didn’t hide it either.

However, it was not known even to the common people, and with this incident, its popularity was spreading little by little.

“Then why are you bringing up the story about Prince Leo?”

“Oh well, I heard that the prince melted the unmelting ice cap this time.”

“what? Those on the ground at the war memorial?”

“yes!”

Peter was startled.

When he was young, he saw the magic that the lord had invited to use to melt the ice.

The ice did not budge even though a huge shower of flames was scattered.

“I thought it would never melt… .”

“I don’t know if it’s because he’s a genius wizard, but he said he melted it down.”

“wait for a sec. Isn’t that a big deal then? Now the tourists who come to see the ice will give it to you!”

Peter’s face darkened.

The decrease in tourists is a big blow to the income of inns.

“no. Can’t you see this line now? Under the melted ice, the lair where Karst the Great was staying was found.”

“!!”

“Even in that lair, there are broken ice golems, potion bottles and bandages used by King Karst at the time, and even an essay diary written by him.”

“… That’s why you’ve been standing in line since morning.”

“yes. Why did we come back to the War Memorial of Korea, which we have visited dozens of times? It’s like going into that hiding place.”

Peter nodded.

Looking closely, I could see familiar faces among the people standing in line.

were villagers.

It came back because the hideout of one of the 5 heroes and the ancestor of the kingdom was newly discovered.

“I will stand too. Hey Matthew. Let’s stand together.”

“Uh huh. I’ve been out since dawn, but I’m trying to cut in line. Go back.”

“Is that our friendship? I’ll treat you to a beer later tonight.”

“Haven’t you already promised to cheat?”

“Hmm. We’ll even serve roast wild boar together.”

“Welcome, friend.”

“Eh. Anyway, he has a knack for eating.”

Matthew chuckles and Peter reassures himself that he’s glad he won’t be behind the long line.

“By the way, did you say that it was Leo who discovered the hideout?”

“yes. Isn’t that great?”

Peter smiled broadly.

Since the lair of the great Karst has been newly discovered, the number of tourists will increase rapidly in the future.

Of course, the inn’s sales would increase, so it was only good for Peter.

“Starting today, I will have to praise the lower Leo every day. Blessings on the future of the poor man who has eliminated the worry of losing customers in the future-!”

Peter prayed.

* * *

It wasn’t just commoners in the territory who liked new discoveries.

Rather, there were people who were much more happy than they were.

“Lord! The sales of Yeongji today have risen 8 times more than usual!”

“Eight times? butler. Didn’t I hear that wrong?”

“I was suspicious too, so I checked twice and three times. It is real.”

“Ha ha ha! That’s crazy good news. It’s the highest sales in nearly 20 years!”

Viscount Borden chuckled in his office.

Three days ago, when Leo took me to see him, I couldn’t have been so serious.

Now it was like seeing the most benevolent wise man in the world.

Of course, the Viscount Borden’s family lived on the income from tourism, but that income was slowly declining.

Raising money somehow was the lord’s concern, but thanks to Leo, that was solved at once.

It also generates sales that are several times higher!

Besides, Viscount Borden was quite resourceful.

It did not simply announce that it had found a new hiding place.

-Lowering. Could it be said that this discovery is credited to the lower classes?

-Why did you say my name… Oh, it’s because of the publicity.

-… … ! You’re amazing. To hear it all at once… .

Viscount Borden admired Leo’s insight.

As he said, he tried to sell it under Leo’s name.

For example, it was something like this.

[Prince Leo of the Kingdom of Rome has newly discovered the ruins of King Karst!]

[A genius mage who learned the Frost Breath of King Karst, which no one else could learn. He broke the ice cap of King Karst!]

[Exhibition of the diary handwritten by King Karst, discovered by Prince Leo himself!]

Tourist attractions also need a story.

The Viscount Borden, who had managed the war memorial for generations, was well aware of that fact.

If you mix Leo’s story with the discovery of the lair of Karst the Great in this way, it becomes a much more interesting and popular tourist destination.

– I see. Let it be.

-Thank you, low.

-But you’re not saying you’re just going to use my name, right?

– Could it be that? Of course, I was willing to pay a fair price.

It is the name of a royal family.

Since Leo did all the discoveries, it was only natural to reward him accordingly.

Viscount Borden was troubled here.

He is an 11-year-old royalty and a genius wizard.

What should I give Leo to be satisfied?

There will be more treasure in the royal family and less money will be needed.

But outside of that, there was nothing that the Viscount Bordens could stand out.

The troubled viscount asked directly.

-Lowering. Is there anything you would like? I don’t know what I need, so if you let me know, I’ll refer to it.

-Give me money.

-… Yes?

-It would be nice to get a stake in the War Memorial. How about a 5-5 split?

-… … .

Viscount Borden was dumbfounded.

No, it’s not enough for an 11-year-old prince to ask for money, so ask for a share… .

-That’s a bit… .

-Thanks to me, Yeongji will be rich, but you mean you can’t give it to me?

-That… Umm… .

-If 5:5 is a little, then 6:4.

-… Let’s do it 7 to 3.

– So join us.

Leo nodded without hesitation at Viscount Borden’s words, as if he had thought so from the beginning.

In this way, 30% of the war memorial’s revenue for the next 20 years will be passed on to Leo.

At first, the Viscount wondered if he had made a mistake.

Because it could cause a lot of damage.

But no.

“It was a very good deal. Even if you give 30% to the lowly, your income will increase several times compared to before.”

Moreover, due to this contract, the Viscount Bordens will indirectly receive the protection of Prince Leo.

If something goes wrong with the territory, there will be problems with Leo’s income, so he won’t be quiet.

In exchange for forming such a bond with Leo, who was said to be a candidate for the future archmage, 30% of his income could have been seen as cheap.

‘And it would be icing on the cake if our Yohanie grows up and works under lower level Leo.’

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Just imagining it brought a smile to my lips as a father.

It was a vain idea, of course.

* * *

The time when Viscount Borden was cheering in his office.

Leo was communicating with Gawain through the crystal ball in his room.

“You will be able to worry less about money in the future.”

-Fortunately, the. I still felt like I was running out of money for activities for the next month.

Leo almost frowned at Gawain’s answer.

‘Raising an organization is really no joke.’

This is a total money-eating monster.

It wasn’t like this at first.

The cost of activities Gawain needed was not that great, and he was able to survive on his own.

However, a problem arose as the size of the organization rapidly increased under Leo’s order.

Due to the nature of the information guild, it selects good members, trains them, establishes branches, retrieves information, analyzes it, and so on.

All kinds of things cost money.

Even Gawain’s information guild had spread throughout the kingdom beyond the capital, and now they were trying to establish branches in neighboring countries one by one.

Because it required enormous manpower and financial power, it became a money-sucking ghost.

As a member of the royal family, Leo receives quite a bit of pocket money, and since he is officially a mage belonging to the royal family, he is paid a considerable salary separately.

However, even though they invested all of it in Gawain, it was still not enough.

‘I almost borrowed money from Celise too.’

I don’t know if it would have been like this if it had been a month longer.

What kind of ugliness as a royal family!

But I couldn’t help it.

As Gawain took control of the shadows, the security of the Roman Kingdom improved greatly.

This is because it has eradicated all illegal crimes and drug distribution.

It can’t be helped that the money coming in in return was blocked, but thanks to the war memorial incident this time, it was solved well.

-If you grow your organization like this, you will be able to handle the corpse of the Hydra that the Lord entrusted to you later.

“Take it slow. If you try to sell it for no reason, but if you end up with a troublesome tail, it will be a headache. It doesn’t matter if you sell it after the organization grows and scales up a little more.”

-All right.

After that, Gawain continued to report to the Information Guild.

While talking about the news of various countries collected by the guild, he said it as if he had suddenly remembered it.

-Ah, but lower. Last night, there was a request to buy information about the degradation.

“My Info? who?”

-I am the Viscount of Blentz. I used an errand boy, but it was confirmed that the client was the viscount.

“As for the Viscount Blentz… , He’s the lord of this uptown.”

Viscount Borden, where Leo is currently staying, is located in the northern part of the Kingdom of Rome.

Right above it was the kingdom of Hamtroy, and the place facing the border was the Viscount Blenz.

“Why are you curious about me there?”

-I think we need to look into that a bit more, but the request was about the truth of this rumor. To be precise, I wondered if you really melted the ice caps of King Karst.

You asked if I really melted the ice?

Why are you looking for such useless stuff?

‘no way… .’

Suddenly, a certain assumption passed through Leo’s mind.

Does the Viscount Blentz have the ice cap of the great karst?

“Gawain. Putting everything else aside, try to figure out exactly why the Viscount Blentz is looking for information on me.”

-all right. Lowering.