Return of the 10th Circle Archmage

Chapter 12

Chapter 12 6. Encounters with old ties (2)

“Well······.”

A while ago, when I heard that there was no stamp in the Korean bail room.

I kept thinking.

Where am I supposed to get this?

If you said you just picked it up, that would be the same as saying you stole. Even if I was lucky enough to pick up these things on the street, it wasn’t something I could just swallow.

That’s a whopping 480 million won.

In addition, it is easy to exchange money, and the value increases even if you keep holding it. It was a kind of ‘property’.

So, even if you pick it up, it is normal to report it to the police and return it to the owner.

So, I thought a lot about where I got the gold ingots. If I bought it with money, I didn’t have enough certification to do that.

At the very least, if there is a certificate or stamp, I don’t know, but if I don’t, it becomes difficult.

“Is it a stolen item?”

treasure (贓物).

The term refers to goods belonging to others that are obtained unfairly through criminal acts such as robbery or theft.

She’s boldly asking me, ‘Isn’t this stolen?’ From her point of view, it is a measure that considers me as much as possible.

It would have been difficult if I had asked openly in an open store where people came and went. Her room was soundproofed, and her tone was not sarcastic, but worried.

“Of course it wasn’t stolen.”

I got it by my ability.

Of course, something was stolen.

Not from Earth, but from another world.

Even in this realm, it was not taken from the poor people, but from the mostly evil and notorious ones.

In particular, the places where I obtained the treasures were mostly stolen from the Lairs of Demons and Dragons.

Those guys also looted from someone, so I took it without hesitation.

However, if you speak so frankly right now, you will be treated like a psychopath. Or, you’d probably think it was just stealing and running around.

“Is it stolen or what?”

She tilted her head in a tone that seemed to tickle the man’s chest. I kept staring at the liver and it seemed to be sucked in, so I turned her face.

“Because I was on a boat.”

“Yes? belly?”

Why is the ship suddenly appearing here?

Her absurd expression said so.

“Are you talking about something like a deep-sea fishing boat?”

“Yes.”

“You mean you bought gold bars with the money you worked on a fishing boat?”

Her expression changed to a suspicious one in an instant.

To be honest, no matter how common-sense you think, this is not it, is it? It was the look she did.

It wasn’t impossible, of course, but it was almost nonsense.

No matter how far the boat ride is from the rest of the world, it is easy to waste it on entertainment and gambling, starting with food expenses. No matter how salty you are, if you are exposed to such an environment, you will be swept away in some way and it will be difficult to raise money.

Besides, it’s strange that he didn’t spend a single penny he had accumulated over the years, and that he spent all his money on gold bars.

“I wish I could be honest. Of course, if you don’t want to talk, you can say no. However.”

“However?”

“If you don’t sell it here or go anywhere else, you won’t be able to easily dispose of your gold bars. Even after going through a fence, it is difficult to receive the right price, and it is difficult to dispose of it.”

“i See.”

I opened my mouth, stroking my ragged chin.

“I will be honest.”

At my words, Ari pulled her posture forward. Every time she presses her upper body to the desk, her voluptuous, pure white flesh is at first glance through the slightly loosened buttons. This woman is this… it’s a burden

“I didn’t buy gold bars with my wages…”

I explained to her the epic blockbuster she had envisioned in her head.

Rolling like a slave on the ship, the ship was in distress.

So, she settled on an island, and that island was actually the hometown of pirates in the past.

“Maybe that island was a treasure island…”

“Yes.”

“Really?”

“real.”

“Ugh.”

Her expression frowned slightly. A very surprised expression. But when you put on that expression, you look more human. Up until now, it really felt like I was watching a painting or a CG video.“So I had no choice but to stay there for a long time with the survivors. There was no boat to go on because I was in distress.”

“Did you even film ‘Cast Away’ there?”

“Cast away?”

Confused, she gave me a brief overview of her movie ‘Cast Away’.

“It’s not a ship, but it’s a movie about escaping after being trapped on an island in a plane crash and adapting to nature for four years.”

“What is similar?”

In fact, I have had many such experiences in this world.

To survive on an unknown island by consuming the animals and plants that live there.

There were several times when he made a rope by weaving tree trunks and made a raft to escape.

She didn’t have to exaggerate, but the explanation came out naturally so that she could believe it. Is this all know-how that comes from experience? So, it came out without a hitch.

“Wow, that’s great.”

“Anyway, we built the ship again with the rest of the crew and we escaped.”

“Then what about the treasures on the island?”

She focused on my story with her eyes twinkling in her blanket, like the old tales she heard from her grandmother. At first, he was a little cold and showed only an intelligent side.

I burst out laughing at Ari’s true face.

“Of course, the jewels on Treasure Island were shared equally. These gold bars are some of the jewels.”

“Are you saying that some have more jewels?”

nod.

Ari looked very surprised at my nod. She confirmed that she had crossed over, and she closed her eyes for a moment.

When I look at it like this, I think my imagination is really rich. How dare you come up with such a clever idea here.

It’s half a lie, but anyway, there’s no one here on Earth to pretend to own my jewels.

It only changes whether it is another world or a treasure island.

“That’s right, it’s not stolen or purchased from the market, so it’s difficult to prove the source.”

“Well······.”

Again, it was easy for some reason.

“There are no stamps or certificates, so no matter how many people say it is a treasure island, who will believe it?”

“…it would be.”

Would you say no here too?

To be honest, what is it that a store like this regrets, so you can grab a stolen item and pay its price?

I was slowly becoming aware of myself. I was too immature trying to push the stage.

“In the end, we have no choice but to make a detour.”

“A detour?”

Suddenly, a story that seemed to come out of a dark alley came out. She is a woman who seems to live her life with only clean work, and she easily tells the story of the dark without changing her expression.

“It’s a bit of a bad move, but it’s difficult to prove anyway, and in fact, when you trade precious metals, you pay a lot of tax.”

“Well······.”

“It is classified as a luxury item. It’s not something we need in our daily life.”

Ari reached out to the calculator on her table, took out a piece of paper, and started writing down the numbers.

“Once an individual consumption tax is levied at 26%, VAT is 10%, and in January, a certain percentage of global income tax is also paid depending on the amount.”

“·················ogue.”

The more I listened, the more I was amazed.

To be honest, even if all the seniors do tax evasion, they get fine punishment, so why do I honestly have to pay them all? What the hell did the country do to me with my taxes?

Because of the land in Seonsan, where our house cannot be sold, no livelihood protection recipients have been designated. He lived on the bottom of the floor, suffering like a dog. He received no benefit or help from the state.

Rather, what did the politicians do with the taxes we paid?

They must have worked hard too. In addition to disguised transfers, land speculation under a borrowed name, military exemption for children, and arrears of billions of dollars in medical insurance.

Anyway, in conclusion, I honestly didn’t want to pay my taxes either. I don’t know if the taxes are low, but isn’t that the sound of extorting tens of percent of the jewels that I risked my life for?

I can’t do that.

It’s an item that is difficult to dispose of rightly anyway, so if it can be circumvented, it will be bypassed.

because? It’s because I’ve worked hard to get past the point of death.

Ari said with a cautious face to me, lost in thought.”

“Actually, our store is not originally a store that helps with this kind of work.”

“…Then why?”

“Junhyuk’s situation seems very difficult.”

“·················ogue.”

“Before you came to our store, did you have a lot of trouble at various stores?”

“·················ogue.”

She grinned as if she could see clearly without looking.

“So I’m here to help.”

“For no reason?”

“Why is there no reason?”

Ari supported her face with her hands and opened her mouth skillfully.

“Junhyuk-san has a treasure island, right?”

“Feel free.”

“Why are you laughing?”

“Oh, no…”

Ari looked at me with her eyes lit up with a dazzling light. I got a bit bloated and looked away from her and asked.

“Is there any way around it?”

I decided to sympathize with her in earnest. It’s not stolen anyway, and if it’s an item whose source can’t be identified, it’s a good way to bypass it.

“Yes. There is. A lot.”

With a grin on her dimpled cheeks, she pulled the prepared file iron out of her drawer.

“How would you like to do this?”

In her open file iron, when trading unclear precious metals, she described in detail how she could trade secretly and how to deal with it afterward.

‘Well······.’

There are a lot of legal terms written on it, so I don’t know what it means, but anyways, it mainly contains content that is beneficial to me.

-100% paid in cash. After-sales service to your home.

-In case of large-scale additional transactions, help establish a corporation and a company that is a refuge for overseas funds. From accounting to legal issues, Ari Jewelry Shop finds a trusted and reliable agency.

-Ari Jewelry participates in bidding on behalf of large auctions, and solves tax and money laundering problems. Instead, a 5% agency fee is paid.

-Other necessary after-sales service can be requested. I’ll give you the best of what I can do.

In summary, it was something like this.

All of the content was beneficial to me, so there was nothing to modify.

“I’ll do it.”

“Yes, then, please sign here. Rather than the legal effect, it is an overview of the progress going forward.”

It wasn’t legal anyway, so there was no need for a contract with public trust.

You can just make a verbal contract with each other.

This relationship will last as long as you can trust each other, and if one side decides on the other, the contract will naturally break.

So, it was quite risky for Ari as well.

‘What on earth does this woman believe in helping me so much……?’

She was a little skeptical.

She didn’t seem to be terrified of the story of ‘Treasure Island’ that didn’t even exist, nor did she really believe it. Of course, in my subspace pocket, there were tons of things that couldn’t be compared to Treasure Island.

“Okay, the contract is over. I’ll pay you in cash right away for the gold bars. Junhyuk-san would like it too, wouldn’t it?”

“Yes, thank you.”

After she pressed her bell on her table, she made a few touches.

Less than a minute later, a woman in a black semi-suit came in and set down a black leather bag in one of her hands.

Above her bag were two locking buttons with her handle. It was like the money bag, the atache case, you saw in the 007 movie.

As her staff left, Ari opened her mouth again.

“There were a total of 9,800 50,000 won bills in the bag. The original price was a little less than 490 million, but I just set it to 490 million.”

“Thank you. However······.”

I looked at the door with a slightly worried expression, and Ari smiled.

“I know what you are worried about. But don’t worry. He has worked for this company longer than me. We will continue to do so.”

“Yes······.”

I do not know the situation of this company very well, so I roughly nodded my head. Well, I wish I had paid for it.

“You only brought one gold bar with you right now, right?”

“Yes.”

“Next time, please do not come in person, and contact me here.”

She handed me a white business card with her personal cell phone number, not ‘Ari Jewelery Shop’. Maybe it’s her direct line number to her, or the number of someone in a key position in this company.

“thank you.”

“I’ll be trading more often in the future, so thank you. Treasure Island! I’m really looking forward to it. Heh heh.”

“Well, you can look forward to it.”

whatever you imagine

It will be more than you can imagine.

I looked at Ari with a sad expression on her face and suddenly thought of a woman’s face.*

In the middle of the week-!

A wave of magical power shook the entire planet of Demos. It was an alien force that had never before been able to break the balance of this world.

“The expedition failed.”

White Tower Galador, Felinor’s forward base.

Where all the troops in the castle had escaped, I felt a powerful wave of magic.

“What are you talking about?”

blonde hair, blue eyes. And two pointed ears.

Arzen pricked her ears and tilted her head.

A doll-like small, pure white face and blue iris looked at me. Like the blue waves of the emerald sea, they were bright blue eyes.

“Well······.”

Instead of answering, I frowned.

In my head, the situation of the expedition that had already been annihilated was flowing out of my head like a video image of a past. It was a magic that reads the afterimages of memories left in the wind with magic.

– This is mine!

– You bastard! How did you hit the back of the head like this at the end?

Arnil, a jewel that contains the power of a demon.

The sight of the expedition that left for the extraterrestrial void in order to eliminate Arnil from this world, and the fragmentation of the expedition at the entrance of the void, was vividly reproduced.

– Heh heh heh.

and.

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

Demon King, Chennir.

The Dark Elf King, who rules over the Dark Elves, has appeared.

The assassins led by Chennir attacked the expedition in chaos.

– Whoa!

– Damn it!

The expedition was torn apart by the assassins’ attack, and the whole body was torn and scattered on the floor.

– You’ve finally come.

Chennir, holding the Demon Stone Arnil with a happy face, looked at him with ecstasy and disappeared from the spot.

I finished thinking, and Argen turned around.