The Lazy Genius of the Duke - Chapter 31



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The Lazy Genius of the Duke’s Family (31)

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dripping.

“This is Benio Kepler. May I come in?”

Benio went to the office of Professor Chutney, one of the professors of the swordsmanship department. He had called him, and when Benio knocked on the door, there was a rustling sound from inside and the door burst open.

“Welcome. I’ve been waiting for you to come.”

“professor?”

Professor Chutney, whose image had changed considerably since the first time he had met her, greeted Benio. For a moment, he felt as if he had come to a different professor’s office, but when he saw the calluses on Professor Chutney’s hands, he knew that was not the case.

A master of practical swordsmanship.

Benio looked bewildered at the hospitality of Professor Chutney, who had reached the peak of his userdom by forming a family through practical swordsmanship.

“Hmm, yeah. I heard from the Dean that you’re still interested in the mercenary job.”

It was only natural that Professor Chutney’s attitude would change. Benio was no longer just a cadet, but the first cadet in the millennium history of the Academy to have enlightened his Auror.

Of course, the second time Lumen became an Auror user and caused a stir in the Academy, but Professor Chutney couldn’t help but have a stronger impression of Benio.

‘Because I’m the Dean’s disciple.’

Lazio Frederick was Professor Chutney’s role model, as he too was from a fallen noble family and wanted to build a family with a sword, just like he had done with a sword.

Although he met Lazio later in life and failed to become his disciple, Sir Chutney was greatly impressed by the footsteps he had walked and considered Lazio to be his spiritual mentor.

So his disciple Benio becomes a priest to Professor Chutney.

“Yes, then maybe….”

“Well, last time you said you would write a letter of recommendation for the mercenary office, but you just left. That’s why I called you here so I could do it for you now.”

Professor Chutney was one of the S-class mercenaries who had made a brilliant name for himself in the mercenary world before being invited to the Academy as a professor.

The Mercenary Guild is one of the continent’s guilds with the largest size and number of members, and is one of the most important guilds that cannot be left out when it comes to running the continent’s economy.

Without them, the top would stop for safety reasons, and if that happened, goods would not circulate, so the economy would come to a halt, so it could be said that the mercenary guilds had a fairly large share of the continent’s economy.

And the mercenary guild also played a vital role in many other areas where force was needed, such as subjugating monsters, subjugating bandits, resolving disputes between territories, or even protecting small items and individuals.

That’s why the mercenary guild had to divide the hundreds of thousands of mercenaries under its command into ranks based on skill. The ranks were divided according to their own standards, from the lowest rank F to the highest rank S.

Among the hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, there were less than 100 S-class mercenaries, and they were made up of those who had developed Aura, but there was a large difference in skill level from Aura users to experts.

And the mercenary who reigns supreme dared to call himself the king of mercenaries, and his skills were so great that each empire, kingdom, and principality respected and acknowledged his skills, turning a blind eye to his calling himself the mercenary king.

Mercenary King Freud.

Even in the Amoria Empire, the strongest nation on the continent and the only empire, and the successor to the Emperor of Heaven and Earth among the Eight Warriors, only the Swordsman Mikhail and Count Jules Glory, one of the Emperor’s ten Guardian Knights, had two Auror Masters.

The remaining kingdoms and principalities had only one, and often none.

So, when a being called the Mercenary King emerged and called himself the Auror Master, countries without an Auror Master would not even think about touching the Mercenary Guild.

In any case, if it’s a letter of recommendation from Sir Chutney, who was an S-class mercenary, you won’t be treated coldly if you take it to the mercenary guild.

“That doesn’t mean you’ll be satisfied with the treatment. You’re a mercenary. I recommend that you go prepared for that.”

Benio smiled as he accepted the letter of recommendation he was handed.

“Even though I am a duke, I have never been treated well.”

“Oh, and there’s one thing I want to tell you to be careful about.”

“yes?”

Professor Chutney spoke to Benio with a wrinkle between his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

“There seems to be a lot of talk in the Faculty of Magic about you becoming Headmaster Rambledore’s disciple. They’re telling you to be careful of what the sinister wizards are up to.”

“okay.”

“Well, you’ve already been fighting in the duel relay before you even opened your Aura, so you don’t have to worry too much. Our business is over. You can go.”

“Thank you, professor.”

Professor Chutney is someone who deserves to be thanked. He was the one who offered to be the notary for the duel without a second thought, and he was the one who tried to show Benio a favor first.

Benio bowed his head in gratitude.

Professor Chutney, who was looking at him with a happy face, muttered as he watched Benio disappear out of the professor’s office.

“I should tell Kendall to take good care of our swordsmanship school’s treasure. It would be a problem if our treasure got hurt.”

* * *

The Jupiter Academy and the mercenary branch established at the Academy maintained a fairly friendly relationship.

No, strictly speaking, the academy branch of the Mercenary Guild was rumored to be a place where you could get a lot of honey even among the Mercenary Guild.

That was because, unlike other branches in other territories, the mercenary guild branch within the academy had a clearly different character.

Monster subjugation? Bandit subjugation?

It was hard to find anything like that. Are you saying that some crazy guy, whether a monster or a bandit, would invade the academy filled with nobles and renowned figures from various fields who had been invited as professors?

Rather, if something like that were to happen, the academy would come forward and punish them without giving the mercenary guild a chance to step in.

The academy’s faculty were not ones to miss out on the practical experience that rolled in.

So, the requests coming into the mercenary guild were all the same.

The only season when mercenary guilds are busy is probably the vacation season?

At that time, among the nobles who were in the academy, those who were unable to send knights or other personnel on their own or did not have the means to do so would request the mercenary guild.

This is because the situation on the continent is not so smooth that even children of noble families at the cadet level can cross the continent.

But aside from that, it would be safe to say that the Academy branch of the Mercenary Guild was closed for business.

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At best, they sometimes ask for help finding something they’ve lost.

Strange things have been happening in the mercenary guild that was always boring for a few days now. The mercenary guild that had not received many requests before has started receiving a lot of requests.

“Where is this place? The Kenain Barondom? Where is it?”

Kendall, the branch manager of the Academy branch, was one of the B-class mercenaries who was recognized for his skills even 10 years ago.

He was one of the most trusted mercenaries with a high success rate in commissions, and in return, he was promoted to an office position in the mercenary guild upon retirement.

Then he took office as branch manager of the Academy branch.

“Juan! How many mercenaries are there in the branch right now?”

“There are already over twenty-five people who have gone on short-term missions to nearby territories. There are currently no people left.”

“No mercenaries?”

“yes.”

“This is a big deal!”

There are no mercenaries in the mercenary guild?

This may be the first time in the history of the Mercenary Guild that such a thing has happened. However, the Academy branch has a small number of mercenaries stationed there, with less than thirty mercenaries compared to the size of the Academy.

That means it’s peaceful.

So, that means no one expected something like this to happen. Since there weren’t many requests in the first place, it was natural that mercenaries wouldn’t come here often.

“It’s a mess.”

In that situation, Benio arrived at the Mercenary Guild with a letter of recommendation written by Professor Chutney. Benio tilted his head as he looked at the empty Mercenary Guild.

“Are there really this few people?”

I thought that if I joined a mercenary guild, there would be some men with a fierce appearance who would try to pick a fight with me. If I thought that mercenaries were similar to the ronin of the martial arts world, then that would have been enough.

But the mercenary guild here was empty.

At that moment, Kendall, the branch manager, and Juan, who was in charge of welcoming guests, walked out from inside. Benio tilted his head at the serious expressions on their faces.

“Are you a guest?”

At that moment, Kendall looked at Benio and asked cautiously. Benio had asked Tony to make him wear comfortable clothes, but to Kendall, a mercenary, the clothes looked luxurious.

Benio handed over his letter of recommendation, thinking that next time he should just ask Tony for the clothes he was wearing.

“I have received a letter of recommendation from Sir Chutney. I would like to register as a mercenary.”

“mercenary?”

Kendall’s eyes widened. In his eyes, Benio was a nobleman at best. But considering that this was the Academy, it wasn’t that strange.

‘Because among the graduating class, there are often those who change their careers to become mercenaries.’

Just because you graduate from the academy doesn’t mean you’ll walk a bright and flowery path. That’s the case for the children of noble families with a guaranteed future, but the rest of you will have to jump into the fierce job market again.

Graduates of the Faculty of Public Administration or the Faculty of Magic could somehow find employment in noble houses or magic towers, but it was not easy for graduates of the Faculty of Swordsmanship to do so.

If you are chosen as a seed for another knight, your future will be somewhat better, but if not, most of you will end up knocking on the door of a mercenary guild.

Even if you graduate from a swordsmanship school, if you don’t become a knight, the only thing you can do is wield a sword, so you end up living off of a sword.

“It’s not time for an internship. Judging from the fact that Sir Chutney managed to write a letter of recommendation, I’m sure you’re capable. What grade are you in?”

So Kendall saw Benio as being in a similar position. If so, he was his junior in the industry and a colleague. He spoke casually, but Benio did not criticize him.

‘There’s no need to tell you this.’

The Kepler Dukes.

Benio didn’t have the confidence to tell this name and deal with the consequences. It wasn’t a name he felt particularly proud of in the first place.

“I am a senior.”

“Then there won’t be much time left until graduation. In fact, this work is also about experience. The earlier you start, the better.”

Kendall felt one of his worries disappear when he saw Benio. He was already worried about how to handle the requests that came in due to a lack of manpower, but Benio’s appearance helped solve one problem.

“What time?”

“Three days.”

The maximum time Benio could spare in a week was three days. He could cram in four days of classes at Lazio and Rambledore and then spend the remaining three days working as a mercenary.

“Oh, that’s about right.”

Kendall, who had been wondering what to do if Benio could only do it for a day or two, laughed heartily. It was rare for him to receive requests that were as short as a day or two.

But there was a three-day one.

“If it’s a letter of recommendation from Sir Chutney, then it must be the School of Fencing. Do you use a sword?”

It was a recommendation from Sir Chutney, who was a S-class mercenary. So, I was sure that Benio’s skills would be the basics, but I still had to ask out of courtesy.

At that moment, Benio’s eyes lit up.

“If the level is high, doesn’t the commission fee increase?”

“That’s right. Even if you only get a B-grade salary, it’s not enough money to raise a family.”

It was a price to pay for his life, but it would have been a lot more affluent than living off of farming. Kendall guessed that Benio would be a B-level player at best.

‘Considering my lack of practical experience, I think it would be better to start at C-level even if my skills are B-level… .’

Hurrah!

At that moment, Kendall felt a hot heat on her face. And soon, without realizing it, Kendall opened her mouth wide.

The aura rising from the sword strike and sword strike at a speed that was invisible to the eye. Kendall’s thoughts stopped as he saw it.

Auror user.

Benio looked at him as he displayed an aura of blazing heat on his sword due to the use of the Guyangshinkong.

“Please give me a request fit for an S-class person, with a very high request fee.”

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