The Demon Queen's Disciple
Chapter 30 - Jobs

After all the activities in the academy were finished, the students in class F went home as usual. Enjoy grilled chicken at their favorite restaurant.

There, everyone talked about things. Starting from jokes that are not so meaningful, to business between nobles.

"Eh? You serious?!" max asked in surprise. His right hand is still holding the fork that pierced the chicken.

"That's how. I want to build a new business in several villages around. And I think your family is the mercenary I can trust the most." Alex replied.

Max seemed to be thinking seriously about what Alex was saying.

The Browns will hire about 40 mercenaries from the Thompson family to escort their employees.

As for the duration of his own escort reaching 2 months.

"You sure? 2 Months is a long time. Moreover, 40 mercenaries.... It could reach the price of at least 200 gold coins or more." Max retorted.

"No problem. Buy land when it is cheap, then develop the village into a city. My advantage in the future is abundant." Alex replied with a friendly smile.

"Well, if it doesn't matter to you, I'll tell my dad later. You can come to our house tomorrow after I've prepared everything."

"Thank you."

Meanwhile, Oliver who was left behind in the high-level talk was envious.

"Yes, are you guys talking about easy business? In the meantime I.." said Oliver annoyed.

"Oliver, doesn't your family get paid a lot of money every time there's a job offer?" ask Sophia curious.

"The problem is, such a job offer only comes once every few months. As long as there's no offer, my family is just jobless busy practicing." Oliver replied as he sighed.

Lucius who heard the conversation began to feel curious.

"What kind of job is it? Waiting for months?"

"Kill.... The bad guy.." said Emily in a soft voice.

"Eh?"

There was no blame if Lucius was surprised to hear that answer. After all, he didn't really know his friends until recently.

During his life in E class, he was just a loner who always tried desperately to survive. There was no time to know the background of each noble family around him.

After all, himself was also just someone who had just obtained his peerage.

"Me-killing? Wh-what does that mean?" lucius asked somewhat in fear.

"Hmm? You don't know, Lucius? The Hayes family are a family of hit men. Name the target, the reason for the murder and the price you're offering. Then that target will die in less than 1 week." Sophia replied with a flat face.

Even Sophia looked astonished because Lucius did not know about it. Before finally remembering that Lucius came from an ordinary family.

"Your family is a murderer?! And not punished?!" lucius shouted in surprise instead of playing.

"Hmm? Lucius, your attitude just now really shows you are from a commoner." Alex said.

"Buahaha! Look at this boy! Listen to me, Lucius. Sometimes, you have to be thankful for being born into a normal family. Wh why? It's because you don't know the real darkness of this world!" max replied with a loud laugh.

Meanwhile, Oliver himself is seen patting his forehead while shaking his head. As if I couldn't believe Lucius' response.

"Well.... Lucius. Know it? Sometimes people have to clean up the dirt. The nobles aren't all good. Sometimes they are corrupt, sometimes they abuse their power. Therefore, a group of assassins like my family is needed."

Hearing Oliver's explanation, Lucius' understanding of the world widened. He who used to be satisfied if he could eat and play, now just realized.

Of the real darkness in this world.

Thas right. Just as there must be people farming to feed others. There must also be people who kill to take care of others.

"What about you, Sophia?"

"My family? They set up a court in this city." Sophia replied as if it was a natural thing.

Of course for Lucius it was a very big thing because his family influenced the law in this city. Indirectly, it governs the lives of the entire population in this city.

As if knowing what Lucius was going to say, Emily immediately opened her mouth.

"Librarian."

"Well, thank God" said Lucius relieved after finally hearing the normal work of these noble families.

Without realizing, that of all the noble families just now....

Emily's family's work is the most respected and most directly upheld by the royal family.

That was because they were in charge of not only taking care of all the knowledge possessed by the human kingdom, but also maintaining various documents and secret books belonging to the royal family.

............

At night....

'Sruugg! Nizhne!!'

Lucius again explored the dark forest around the city of Arcanum.

After two hours, he had hunted 14 Goblins and 6 wild wolves. Enhance his fighting experience little by little.

It's just....

'Sruuugg!'

Quickly, Lucius immediately hid behind the trees with shrubs that were as tall as the adults' bellies.

In the distance, a group of city soldiers were seen walking around using torches as lighting.

Their number is 8 people consisting of 6 soldiers and 2 witches. Looking at their equipment, those soldiers should only be low-level warriors.

"Damn it, so because of my magic there are many soldiers patrolling?" lucius whispered to himself in annoyance.

'of course. You think it's ordinary magic that humans can cast?' carmilla asked, upset too.

This was not the first time Lucius had encountered a patrolling soldier. Even in just 2 hours of hunting alone, Lucius had crossed paths with 4 different groups.

Something he never experienced before.

"But it looks like ordinary fire magic to me." Lucius replied in a soft voice.

Flamma Aeternus's. A fire element demon magic taught by Carmilla directly.

At first glance, it does look like ordinary fire magic. It even resembles low-level fire magic. What distinguishes it is its much larger size, as well as its hotter temperature.

That'sthat's all. Or at least, that's what Lucius knew.

'Well, since you're weak then you can't see the full potential of magic.'

"Huh? What do you mean by that?" asked Lucius curiously.

'Aeternus' Flame had a Mana efficiency that was much higher than ordinary fire magic. But more importantly, the magic did not scale very well to the number and quality of Mana users.

Even Lucius understood. That with that demonic magic, if with the same amount of Mana would create a fire that was at least 3x bigger and stronger.

But Carmilla said afterwards....

'If you were much stronger, even a human hero could kill you with that magic. Just like I did before.'

"Eh?"

Lucius' mind froze after hearing what Carmilla had just said.

But as usual, Carmilla easily avoided Lucius' questions simply by never answering them. He pretended to disappear as usual.

Leaving Lucius alone in the middle of this dark forest.