TIEH | Chapter 3

“Young master!”7310820e700798e4

“Yes, sir.”28d8b838672264f1

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“…Did you help me by any chance?”18ebbc292be69483

“No, the utensils were just uncomfortable.”8e041fc6e46f5f96

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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.a69f65a9b7990347

“You seemed to use them well for that.”b21c285b5147f3cb

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“I don’t understand what you mean. If there’s nothing more to say, may I leave?”952dca0bad4866ef

Calix seemed to 974cff6cf2 have a lot 41278e2313 to say, but bb8997300e he reluctantly nodded, 480209c79e unable to hold b7ce3f8116 onto me as a492f44308 I avoided the 28a59d0eb2 conversation.6b91207faa84b634

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Mother put in a 89c6e26260 lot of effort to 2e17821f74 help Calix, who might 84b0c19326 feel unfamiliar, adapt to af59b56dea the Marquis’s Castle. She assigned young 672001356e and lively staff 2d49c45874 to him, introduced c54e0c65f9 the castle herself, c8d0e3db9a and sometimes went cfd3c352f0 out with him. He was a precious be918fb8ea guest who would become e0dfd0928a the next duke, but 837dccc556 beyond that, she cherished a5b2fbc40d Calix as the son c0f193d605 of a dear friend.32d2af782bc8e8c2

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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.12493ee6cdac8f99

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.801c94a259f8f492

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‘Mother, you’ll understand someday that this is better.’eca4468e0cb0040f

Despite knowing this, a644ce8197 I went out 175c917954 to the shopping 98080339f1 district alone. Right before leaving, the 2d82616306 gaze suggesting I should f3bdb73db6 go with Calix was 6fe195e533 quite piercing, but I 906a3a548a just smiled and pretended 9f643ae51a not to notice.8eec6da52498c811

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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.3253d8d294611247

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.424b79009017188d

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‘Darn, I wanted to use magic at least once.’af9f7b51ddbba761

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.069e78a0e80b0e47

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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.161e46ce80921aae

“‘Wind General Store’…?”64c82b033415fa0c

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It felt familiar, 1b05d46919 and as I d7c5ec3afb pondered, a memory 7e525bf73f flashed. That workshop appeared c3142a50a8 in the original f5c232fefd story.32b083bac53f9950

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.e74dc4e0fb6e0b18

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‘He was a commoner, right.’d81a58cae5b57094

The Field a419596cb0 family has 73cbc76ccf a natural 9e5e9a1b5d affinity for 8eb591222a mana and e8b4248d7a becomes wizards. Once you become 6e97e2870e a wizard or 8c3aae432e knight, even commoners dc451c31f6 can receive titles 1b2ff91dc9 and are treated eec41effc3 as valuable talents, 43d25dce07 but they remain bf87545d92 commoners due to a3615420ef their inherent wanderlust 5787817840 and obsession with 6599a5efac collecting.aac9756d11721e69

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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.986967786381404e

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.a117036aa4b1ee81

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‘I wish I had reincarnated as Damian.’d8cfdc03c0851c78

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.16ea855578556f13

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No matter how I d13eee7742 think about it, I 9017ac5b68 should have reincarnated as e4247022fb Damian. I set f7791aa436 aside my 41153f2bef regret for 8880a03557 a moment 4e9477747c and walked cfdd7d4348 into the e27fe43634 general store. It was fda22fc27c to recruit 3bda60cf01 an ally 1c2e4fac63 who might 796882290a be helpful 280c410ce0 later.5c867523000eeac3

‘I didn’t know he was staying in the Liddell territory at this time. I got lucky.’ed8f6e9085b6ee2a

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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.52c6020ec9bf6a46

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.4a5d8623ab2b66d5

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‘Let’s help each other out, fellow extras.’579e5aa2da08e3c6

I was lingering 23e918b486 in front of cb85d3348a the display when 3bec6be936 I spotted someone 9dca8fa456 coming out of 9d60d80282 what seemed to 5e34c7ad7f be a storage efe7fa2819 room. Between a boy a6eb4aee0d and a young 6ad67e4656 man, with purplish 3a78b6c4d7 hair and eyes.63e5d2ec930047a9

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It was definitely 4aac5fea01 Damian.e36f3f7ebd2aeb3c

“Father, there are 5 left.”26382ef7221f44de

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“5? Where did one go?”3bd9ec12b197f375

“…I’m heading out now.”cc34966e21c44c82

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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.’cc3e6c351b66ce9f

I quickly followed Damian d9579207ae out of the store 945d83f8bc and called out to 4e210aebe5 him.ae5f3edda0cd6edb

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“Damian.”1f74316ffbdb0440

Damian turned around 70adebde29 casually and tilted 34d7eeae00 his head, looking 516aff8d26 at me, who 80e5f0d526 seemed young.a45a334b31643912

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“Do you know me?”fb1cd3be29b57b9c

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?4b496d3705954b8a

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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.a4eea9210defa175

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.4f25a9498631ff5c

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“I know your identity too.”73127f0f56743a30

“My identity?”8f9a0f73b844a224

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“Little crow, do you have some time? I have something I want to talk about.”106208609aa34e20

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.9e59cd0c7024fcc5

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Sure enough, Damian’s mysterious eyes sparkled as he raised the corners of his mouth.90b21529d4be362a

“If it’s an interesting story, I’ll make time even if I don’t have any. Alright.”e0c3527404117a8d

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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.a6971b990d1aeb99

“…Are you going to eat all those cakes?”34bdea1231ec71dd

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“The tray was too small to fit more.”64926bdf38cc70b2

“What if you get diabetes?”8a6e5fd034cd6ce3

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“Diabetes? What’s that?”8e1577067fb1a664

In this world, where most diseases except a few incurable ones can be healed with divine power, it seems diabetes doesn’t exist.922cc5fdaa8c5454

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“Nothing. If you’re still hungry, eat more after this.”030ab3c91f897f3b

“Thanks.”5963fb6b48b55445

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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.f38037ea895d880a

“Listen while you eat. I need your help. More precisely, I might need your help in the future.”1baf7d0f772b6ae3

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Damian paused his busy 8ad7775ec4 fork and looked up. His expression 201f621a9f seemed to 77b45c2d47 ask what 2cab938152 kind of c3064f52ae nonsense I 7d06bbafa7 was spouting, bb8e3b33c2 so I f7f561abc7 quickly added.2d968c1c828c26dd

“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.”e47540ab97f43540

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“…How old are you?”71eff344658ca816

“10 years old.”dab902103c69e21a

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“Then you’re 4 years younger than me, but you don’t look it.”4ce97295b8a58aa3

I couldn’t bring myself to say he didn’t look 14 either, so I just nodded roughly.de1f5a829b900f5a

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“Anyway, once we write a contract full of trust, I’ll tell you how I came to know about you.”eb5e0e7f9c81e944

“Isn’t it that writing a contract creates trust, not the other way around?”be5bf70efbf609c8

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“Let’s skip the trivial parts and get the contract out.”872e275ef2b853f3

“…Didn’t you bring it?”545f5f4c5f158ddc

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“I know crows always carry them.”89d9237a87a00f8f

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.aa0bfb8d2481085e

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“…How did you know that?”deaeae04eef307c3