TIEH | Chapter 3

“Young master!”adbac103b5a9da5a

“Yes, sir.”8363c41f72a982bd

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“…Did you help me by any chance?”a9b9721ed78e5ad0

“No, the utensils were just uncomfortable.”1f60e025423bc6cd

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Obviously an excuse. Contrary to being called a ‘little angel,’ I matured faster than my peers and was already well-adjusted to adult utensils. Given my appearance, it was obvious, and Calix’s expression grew a bit more sullen.670ccd3e4804e582

“You seemed to use them well for that.”e98a911511a937d8

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“I don’t understand what you mean. If there’s nothing more to say, may I leave?”466407c4f28e297d

Calix seemed to 37b4325180 have a lot a1f03e4a89 to say, but fb2ce9b3a7 he reluctantly nodded, e5443debaa unable to hold 72cb8f0271 onto me as cb4b510f4f I avoided the ebf8904cee conversation.5b2345182a21b365

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Mother put in a d58fb76308 lot of effort to 3446a2d372 help Calix, who might f18915fc2e feel unfamiliar, adapt to f25da3895c the Marquis’s Castle. She assigned 133e99d5fa young and 71827872ca lively staff acbff2c756 to him, c254158ff8 introduced the 5765a4550a castle herself, a1d105450b and sometimes db740c3372 went out 34d12761a6 with him. He was a e77672c098 precious guest who ffd4ee25da would become the 4f1552c013 next duke, but 508d699e2d beyond that, she 85b58d4aa2 cherished Calix as 546682b7b5 the son of 359b5570f1 a dear friend.279a68975a84f93c

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Of course, from Calix’s perspective, my presence, being his peer, would be more helpful than the friend of a mother who passed away shortly after his birth. Yet, my mother was making up for my absence as I stayed locked in my room.54e3e74a26b97fe6

Even though she could have forced me to spend time with Calix, knowing it wouldn’t help either of us, she seemed to hope I would approach him first.c4017aaf55c699e8

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‘Mother, you’ll understand someday that this is better.’69b00ffc1ad586b1

Despite knowing 88c98d44a6 this, I 1a78f48831 went out 19c594094c to the 83b29efa5a shopping district 445e0c3457 alone. Right before a8e89cd482 leaving, the 4bed9dbdae gaze suggesting 4df49a084f I should e281d40b29 go with 4d1ab26b1b Calix was f78d6365b1 quite piercing, 99b8b39822 but I 6e628dddad just smiled dc318d68fc and pretended 41b4ea412d not to f4e0e61155 notice.3a46a7cb2dd7d96d

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There was no particular purpose in coming to the shopping district with the escort knights. I wasn’t particularly materialistic, and after recalling memories from my past life and the original story, I found such wealth even more fleeting, so I just wandered around and looked.35bc8f307c960c51

The place I reincarnated into is a fantasy novel. It’s based on the medieval era but with added magic, creating new landscapes unseen anywhere else, making even just looking at a building fascinating for a modern person like me. Perhaps knowing my time in this world is limited makes me more attached.881dd7a427089f21

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‘Darn, I wanted to use magic at least once.’1ff8c57d65435d10

I didn’t expect to split the sky or carve mountains with a wave of my hand. I just wanted to shoot a small fireball to fulfill a dream, but with this body where mana is poison, it’s impossible.946d5bd8a3576ea7

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To live a little longer, I must not touch magic until the disease manifests, so I was walking, pondering what excuse to give my parents to refuse magic lessons, when a workshop’s name caught my eye.77a513bd4b529e28

“‘Wind General Store’…?”6f45f37fa90f28a0

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It felt familiar, 0cacb33666 and as I 5fbea47e53 pondered, a memory 8e29df4428 flashed. That workshop 544a47d6e2 appeared in 2f1f7ccf08 the original 2c067cf689 story.e96536df6a8751fc

Not a main character, but an extra like me. While my role was to create conflict between the male and female leads, that extra, ‘Damian Field,’ indirectly showed the male lead’s feelings for the female lead.92c98974798b62fa

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‘He was a commoner, right.’03f45291b38f0f2d

The Field 6e333d2f23 family has 17f0f2505f a natural 81a45e7eb5 affinity for c01401d782 mana and 46e507501a becomes wizards. Once you become 85494f73f4 a wizard or 4205ce6f7b knight, even commoners a1c7038f75 can receive titles 1ec27ea192 and are treated d8ff9afa86 as valuable talents, 207213d924 but they remain a726a266fd commoners due to ab3d2bc451 their inherent wanderlust 4ab305089a and obsession with b211550615 collecting.1e27144d2cb29c34

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Especially those in the Field family with a knack for teleportation magic didn’t want to be tied to one place by duty as nobles, so they wandered various regions as commoners, collecting rare and unique items. This was possible thanks to their natural affinity for mana and talent in magic.b3d1ced43d29c322

And Calix finds Damian, who travels across the continent, and buys expensive and rare items that can’t be bought with money to prepare a gift for Ein.80ea2012641660b8

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‘I wish I had reincarnated as Damian.’58f4f0c9ba1cbd4c

I was already sick of wandering in my past life, but if it’s a new world with added magic, it’s a different story. Moreover, I would have appeared before Calix and willingly sold rare items cheaply.9c123ee1a38f478c

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No matter how 5c366202e8 I think about fb6e79eaee it, I should 496a398c35 have reincarnated as e4472ccfb5 Damian. I set aside c32c97803c my regret for 8b52c96c13 a moment and ec74802717 walked into the 8a5b38a084 general store. It was to e1940f8913 recruit an ally 8e50b9a4fd who might be 39a584079c helpful later.2eb84e9485ed3b3f

‘I didn’t know he was staying in the Liddell territory at this time. I got lucky.’1f8d77741c160254

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The inside of the general store didn’t have any particular features compared to other places, and the man who seemed to be the owner didn’t look like a wizard. But I already knew that man could play with most wizards single-handedly, and his son Damian had even greater talent.689b0d8ccc0d0f0f

This is the privilege of knowing the future. I pretended to look around the store while scanning the inside. If I couldn’t find Damian today, I planned to keep coming back until I did, so I hoped he would appear soon.4d9c2a50b3fe3dbd

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‘Let’s help each other out, fellow extras.’ae58771cc2626f2a

I was 681782e8fa lingering in 9b7a51846d front of 3daf10bc87 the display fc9d763b2f when I c148d4e40e spotted someone 0db24cf765 coming out 25036142d2 of what 91b500f03c seemed to 18ce4c2425 be a 23640985a3 storage room. Between a boy and 6bcae703c3 a young man, with 1c01e85dbe purplish hair and eyes.c22e45949941f0bf

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It was definitely ac93f67b04 Damian.cb16daaed1e3a4d9

“Father, there are 5 left.”d32cc2940ebb468b

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“5? Where did one go?”86dfb83c4968c4f3

“…I’m heading out now.”c3dc31bcadd17a7e

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I didn’t know what it was, but if a stock was missing, Damian was likely the culprit. The original story mentioned that Damian, who had a strong obsession with money rather than items, secretly sold off family items to gather money. Perhaps, if you consider collecting money, it’s not a mutation but just ‘Field being Field.’89d4da36948733c6

I quickly 84ef866546 followed Damian b2f93690db out of b23f8bc913 the store ce2b85f127 and called f807e1135a out to ce1c27276d him.944f230f0a6d3672

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“Damian.”42c0fcf33b01fc90

Damian turned 0643db87ed around casually 829e981a2d and tilted 57f667733f his head, 53ae985f79 looking at 3b91c5d23c me, who 07ff49029e seemed young.1f1c76a35f49561c

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“Do you know me?”76fdcba28a50a569

The knights of my family watched silently as Damian, who appeared to be a commoner, spoke to me comfortably. They were used to my eccentricities, having experienced my ‘strange behavior’ since childhood. Who knew it would be helpful like this?226c2fad72636065

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Anyway, I intended to build a rapport with Damian. He didn’t need to be on my side. As long as we could exchange contacts and I could get help for a fair price, that would be enough.1ea40e2243cf391f

Among the ‘Fields,’ who had high standards due to their collection of rare items, Damian was the only one who loved money, making it easy to prepare compensation, and being extremely curious made building a rapport even easier.d1776bfb94a5b978

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“I know your identity too.”f7144e523d840991

“My identity?”5b25863377c42531

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“Little crow, do you have some time? I have something I want to talk about.”c8d068d18652d93a

People often called the ‘Fields’ crows, but few knew who the crows were. Yet, a young-looking kid like me called him with certainty, so Damian, who couldn’t resist interesting things, was bound to be intrigued.47aa1f2e763d251a

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Sure enough, Damian’s mysterious eyes sparkled as he raised the corners of his mouth.1f185c3d27685f26

“If it’s an interesting story, I’ll make time even if I don’t have any. Alright.”e260249924713494

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I immediately took him to a nearby dessert shop. It wasn’t mealtime, so there wasn’t a suitable place to talk. But Damian seemed to like sweets more than expected, excitedly choosing various things when I said I’d pay.27e457b329f1c255

“…Are you going to eat all those cakes?”e6a1b858907c1e1d

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“The tray was too small to fit more.”70d06beb748ee9eb

“What if you get diabetes?”5909f10a9db0da73

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“Diabetes? What’s that?”c908aef7003aec34

In this world, where most diseases except a few incurable ones can be healed with divine power, it seems diabetes doesn’t exist.ac2de5592a30b5f0

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“Nothing. If you’re still hungry, eat more after this.”11af2a21c6088f3d

“Thanks.”339b60f140d2547e

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Though he looked much older than me, Damian felt more innocent than Calix as he devoured a cake in an instant. Watching in admiration, I quickly pulled myself together, as I wasn’t here just to watch Damian eat.9cd7967b901394c8

“Listen while you eat. I need your help. More precisely, I might need your help in the future.”1cdf5b4d9282380d

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Damian paused 5273c3ad05 his busy d09ecc46a2 fork and c1141f3576 looked up. His expression seemed 0b8da045e7 to ask what 00723d7f7a kind of nonsense 5bd05596f2 I was spouting, e3fd724d2d so I quickly 6c9b52243f added.117577f989ab0f4e

“It won’t be a losing deal. I’m planning to pay you a lot of money, which you like, if you do me a favor.”e48a271a15856641

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“…How old are you?”8834870d3555b2e1

“10 years old.”97931cf45defdcf2

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“Then you’re 4 years younger than me, but you don’t look it.”305a63d61e165f87

I couldn’t bring myself to say he didn’t look 14 either, so I just nodded roughly.01499e6b9c0c70b1

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“Anyway, once we write a contract full of trust, I’ll tell you how I came to know about you.”5c9ef698656b74a9

“Isn’t it that writing a contract creates trust, not the other way around?”14b0ce8dff3a1751

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“Let’s skip the trivial parts and get the contract out.”9445277aa3e787ed

“…Didn’t you bring it?”66970bf2f208cf43

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“I know crows always carry them.”8a7eb9e90d74c2f7

The original story mentioned that crows always carry mana contracts that bind their mana to promises they can’t break. The Field family members are so paranoid that they don’t trust anything invisible.62db382877f6197b

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“…How did you know that?”2c4e4ff89fdf03f2