TIEH | Chapter 3

“Young master!”df4ce144a7bf2ce6

“Yes, sir.”48d0b060a125163e

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“…Did you help me by any chance?”ac6d367cc5a49434

“No, the utensils were just uncomfortable.”d3f15c684fbb1d44

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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.4d8e8c8a9e8eb583

“You seemed to use them well for that.”8a04c3462532e31a

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“I don’t understand what you mean. If there’s nothing more to say, may I leave?”67aa23dfd54b3172

Calix seemed to eb4fe59dbe have a lot 2dd1668961 to say, but f9b62d03db he reluctantly nodded, fed4a363ea unable to hold 0f62cf8908 onto me as 3ea64fdefc I avoided the 0809d4773c conversation.e0d453ca25e5ef7a

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Mother put in 2d39978ac0 a lot of a97df19d08 effort to help cdb39afdd6 Calix, who might 40d4009cae feel unfamiliar, adapt d29fceff26 to the Marquis’s d0668267ac Castle. She assigned young cc5852e5b4 and lively staff 109a21cf7e to him, introduced e7b9e3afd0 the castle herself, 89461f3bc2 and sometimes went c6d72bc392 out with him. He was a 36baf8d136 precious guest who a9c5665fdf would become the 49f76c8d63 next duke, but db3590296f beyond that, she 49e6b4c7a5 cherished Calix as 78d6a1911c the son of 38046e1820 a dear friend.496038f31b189a60

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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.0b0a8a57f1af7ede

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.e7d10f82ad69c10b

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‘Mother, you’ll understand someday that this is better.’20708312ea6cda8f

Despite knowing this, b5d58be28f I went out 8cbfe24fff to the shopping 7456f47a6a district alone. Right before 57dd4614e2 leaving, the b9b09e2ef1 gaze suggesting 0b996a3ca1 I should 63a608297b go with 8af3279ff2 Calix was ba1671f4cb quite piercing, e1ee272717 but I 3655c68ec1 just smiled edb43b1e45 and pretended 50636faf43 not to 950ee64dd2 notice.c3bb2dc1b7151da0

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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.e5d80fdfc680e5f0

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.ac32fdbf7997ed35

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‘Darn, I wanted to use magic at least once.’e330bb73c4bef1a6

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.ae15cd4dfd41f181

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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.b2073b178f25c5d0

“‘Wind General Store’…?”eb1ca96f459fb2fb

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It felt familiar, and 6a9c92d588 as I pondered, a f38681327e memory flashed. That workshop appeared 4401619438 in the original 571b6c9d81 story.adc38349ffdb51a5

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.7adf9f6cd73532d0

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‘He was a commoner, right.’abc742ecd55097ab

The Field family has 9559e8e8a1 a natural affinity for 145ce36a16 mana and becomes wizards. Once you become a a940bc6cf7 wizard or knight, even b0c0cba344 commoners can receive titles c67d9227e9 and are treated as 931f1d5a1d valuable talents, but they c12ffecc0b remain commoners due to da5d9d495d their inherent wanderlust and 84e4162f67 obsession with collecting.924a939534856256

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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.9ab3e9e211399ecf

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.6c4cb6df4333f926

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‘I wish I had reincarnated as Damian.’6d9089b430299616

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.80e74e8fef8baadc

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No matter 024b659b97 how I 13cde1278a think about add4133f39 it, I 5ac0cabb4c should have 5c6a9415e2 reincarnated as eb36350930 Damian. I set b3408cf6e9 aside my 78429f5041 regret for 0ed402ece1 a moment 2cf64de546 and walked 5a239a164a into the aebf3c647d general store. It was to bb88029a87 recruit an ally 27e2567fa2 who might be 7bb7a8f91d helpful later.f70a6590b9ab6d3e

‘I didn’t know he was staying in the Liddell territory at this time. I got lucky.’afdf6663b38e8f1a

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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.98c7e778c150df6a

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.703a2762b089180b

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‘Let’s help each other out, fellow extras.’96e9b4245fc6b325

I was 4397232235 lingering in 553e9da66c front of 0a2fe97a6b the display ea1df34cf4 when I af6ea12163 spotted someone 09337ca611 coming out 4d631cbdc2 of what 9e5fbbea10 seemed to 06d49aa546 be a e2363c5fe7 storage room. Between a c00fb59846 boy and 8a04c91eef a young b489167d38 man, with f71d53ddbf purplish hair 41632bb00b and eyes.b4e4d7660af278c5

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It was 4094c9694c definitely Damian.590e4e694cc22e81

“Father, there are 5 left.”7344eaf0b6b2374e

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“5? Where did one go?”a0e1bce585d295ad

“…I’m heading out now.”7e05474c284c06c8

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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.’c51410546f22b8a7

I quickly followed Damian af07d4e943 out of the store 0cf174563a and called out to 658f563cec him.91d112062b4bfb22

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“Damian.”01f348f321c45a9d

Damian turned around casually 2a07e4920a and tilted his head, d7e7535c08 looking at me, who bc6d96f6b8 seemed young.4c5bb2e8f6901f73

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“Do you know me?”04c81dc6053b89a8

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?79e3b007e7381632

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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.ab3acbd71231ed7d

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.4bb57d2571921fbc

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“I know your identity too.”4a3c3606dcd83e15

“My identity?”c1ad3bbd63c18fba

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“Little crow, do you have some time? I have something I want to talk about.”d7a6457d73db6918

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.7a5479bed6c44c86

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Sure enough, Damian’s mysterious eyes sparkled as he raised the corners of his mouth.8da784983ec92e30

“If it’s an interesting story, I’ll make time even if I don’t have any. Alright.”841072e83400243d

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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.5ea4db760c1866ab

“…Are you going to eat all those cakes?”8e519b105ec0f6c7

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“The tray was too small to fit more.”251d588730a45bf4

“What if you get diabetes?”0b244a7a8333fc46

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“Diabetes? What’s that?”ee4b5cd7e9daf66a

In this world, where most diseases except a few incurable ones can be healed with divine power, it seems diabetes doesn’t exist.06ea7fbe37269d94

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“Nothing. If you’re still hungry, eat more after this.”1a581a22b3a39d99

“Thanks.”7f071927f99530c8

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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.d4a4683313d7ce9c

“Listen while you eat. I need your help. More precisely, I might need your help in the future.”e534035c6c24dadb

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Damian paused his 71aca88f4b busy fork and 9033bbcfce looked up. His expression seemed to 36b6d07d1a ask what kind of 20fcc094b7 nonsense I was spouting, 9474f0f976 so I quickly added.67762dc4893c4c55

“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.”d94ed65d4c41929c

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“…How old are you?”25d3272c0131d33b

“10 years old.”f1360597ffc5a7a1

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“Then you’re 4 years younger than me, but you don’t look it.”0dbf2c461fb07687

I couldn’t bring myself to say he didn’t look 14 either, so I just nodded roughly.cdfe3d93d63288ca

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“Anyway, once we write a contract full of trust, I’ll tell you how I came to know about you.”3dc021c5319cf472

“Isn’t it that writing a contract creates trust, not the other way around?”2615ef00271177c7

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“Let’s skip the trivial parts and get the contract out.”a203b136c685bd88

“…Didn’t you bring it?”70d7a620fbf9fab7

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“I know crows always carry them.”74423ed1794f80a5

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.a189d9048ac825dd

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“…How did you know that?”4a883710f423b46a