24-Hour Friendly Market, Specializing in Dimensional Items - Chapter 154

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24-Hour Friendly Market Specializing in Dimensional Items Episode 154

 

Episode 154. Trigger (6)

 

There was no way I would miss this golden opportunity to learn about both Berilsha’s schemes and Seo Jae-hyuk’s situation.

 

Of course, Theobald immediately stiffened and snapped at me, asking what I was talking about.

 

“After coming all this way, what’s with this late attempt at being polite! Stop talking nonsense, you frustrating fool!”

 

Brozen snapped even louder and smacked the back of Theobald’s head.

 

I’ve felt this way since I first met him, but he’s really a dwarf I like.

 

After getting hit, Theobald let out an indignant squawk before finally agreeing to accept my proposal.

 

Now that it was certain Green was connected to this dimension’s strongest being, gathering information from the call with Green was important.

 

As the leader of a city, Theobald wouldn’t be unaware of this either.

 

“This way.”

 

Theobald entered the alley first, pointing somewhere.

 

The place with the telephone was Gearsgard’s city hall, where Theobald’s office was located.

 

As I approached the city hall building, I was amazed once again.

 

‘Isn’t this a factory?’

 

Unlike the city halls of other cities that looked either fancy or stern, Gearsgard’s city hall looked like a huge factory.

 

How should I put it – to put it nicely, it was industrial interior design, but to be blunt, it was a construction site itself.

 

The steel frame structure was completely exposed, and the cement walls were also exposed in their raw state without any finishing materials.

 

There were even pipes sticking out from various parts of the building, making it too messy to call a city hall.

 

‘Surely not, right.’

 

Still, it was a core facility of a city, so this crumbling abandoned building couldn’t possibly be the city hall…

 

But Theobald casually nodded to the soldier guarding the entrance and walked inside.

 

With Theobald leading the way, I got a free pass without needing to sneak in like before.

 

Once inside, the scene that greeted me was truly a proper construction site.

 

The corridors were wide, but the arched windows were covered with dust and grime, and various pipes and wires were tangled like spider webs on the walls.

 

On top of that, the loud sounds of machinery could be heard from various places.

 

“It’s very fitting for Gearsgard.”

 

When I muttered this, Theobald shrugged his shoulders.

 

“Practicality is the best. It’s better to fix one more engine than waste time on appearances.”

 

‘Still, doesn’t a city hall need some appearances?’

 

Isn’t a city hall supposed to be a building that represents the face of the city?

 

But as an outsider, I couldn’t find fault with that answer that somehow conveyed pride.

 

Though Brozen, who was actually a citizen of Gearsgard, snorted derisively.

 

“That’s why this city is in this state. There’s no aesthetic sense to be found, tsk.”

 

“What do you have?!”

 

“I’m just a mechanic, so it doesn’t matter! You’re the mayor!”

 

When Brozen hit Theobald’s forearm with his thick fist, Theobald irritably shook his hand away.

 

Watching those two people’s behavior at this crucial moment before the call with Green makes me lose touch with reality.

 

‘This doesn’t even feel like a mayor’s office.’

…It’s too childish, isn’t it?

My younger brother might have become an important figure in Berilsha, influencing the fate of Aeteria.

 

I organized a list of questions in my head.

 

There were several pieces of information I needed to extract from the call with Green.

 

What exactly Seo Jae-hyuk was doing there, who the supreme mage of Berilsha really was, and what their exact plan was.

 

Ten minutes wasn’t that long, but time seemed to pass unusually slowly.

 

And finally.

 

Ring ring-

 

In the quiet office, the old telephone made a loud noise.

 

Theobald jumped up to grab the receiver, and I quickly moved next to him and whispered softly.

 

“Answer it naturally like you normally would. You absolutely cannot mention that someone is with you.”

 

At my serious request, Theobald nodded with a face full of responsibility.

 

The moment Theobald lifted the receiver to his face, Brozen and I held our breath.

 

“Hello?”

 

A woman’s voice was saying something quietly, but I couldn’t hear it well.

 

There was no way such an old-fashioned telephone would have a speakerphone function.

 

“Oh, I’m doing well. Green, are you okay? How’s work going?”

 

Theobald glanced at me cautiously.

 

I lightly waved my hand as if telling him to ask more.

 

“That thing about your boss constantly bothering you – is that okay these days?”

 

As expected of a younger sister, his tone became strangely gentle, which was slightly ridiculous.

 

“Ah, I remember. You said you were tired from selecting people to dispatch back then.”

 

Theobald was the type who tactfully conveyed information well.

 

‘People to dispatch?’

 

Could it have been the dispatches to Floraban and Glimerstone?

 

I couldn’t be certain, but if Berilsha had sent dispatches in these times, it was likely to other cities.

 

Green would never have imagined that a foreigner who knew all about the ‘Floraban barrier collapse’ and ‘Glimerstone theft incident’ was eavesdropping on this call.

 

This made it highly likely that Berilsha was behind both contaminating Floraban’s sacred tree and stealing the growth acceleration item materials from Glimerstone.

 

‘Right, it would be difficult to secretly enter a floating city unless you’re a mage.’

 

Unless you gained the infinite trust of elves and rode spirits around like I did.

 

So ultimately, Berilsha was behind everything.

 

‘And it’s the dimension’s strongest mage who’s been corrupted by the Tower of Babel.’

 

Would stopping that mage end both the war and the scenario?

 

But even then, the mana stone depletion problem wouldn’t be solved…

 

As my head grew complicated with various concerns, Theobald, who had been silently nodding, opened his mouth.

 

“These days there’s a fuss about having to find the locations of other foreigners…? Why are they suddenly doing that?”

 

‘Locations of foreigners?’

 

If he meant the strategy team, they were looking for the locations of the remaining three members, and that information could only have come from Seo Jae-hyuk.

 

As expected, Seo Jae-hyuk was connected to Berilsha’s strongest mage.

 

And naturally, searching for outsiders is….

 

‘Probably to use them as military assets.’

 

Berilsha’s plan gradually takes concrete shape in my mind.

 

“Oh, oh, right, so you already know the name of the outsider who came to Gearsgard? …Yeah, the outsider who newly arrived in Berilsha has been having many conversations with the boss. And then suddenly he starts doing politics he never did before, is that it?”

 

With me repeating it this much, wouldn’t Green become suspicious?

 

But it seemed his workplace superior’s abuse of power was quite real, as sounds of frustration leaked through the receiver.

 

In this case, I also have to consider the possibility that Seo Jae-hyuk is being manipulated.

 

No matter what, Seo Jae-hyuk is a hunter who works hard for the infinite development of South Korea.

 

Surely if it were Seo Jae-hyuk, if he were making rational judgments, he wouldn’t decide to abandon the three cities and side with Berilsha.

 

At that moment, Theobald’s expression suddenly hardened.

 

And what he said was quite ominous.

 

“Only I should evacuate? I can’t do that, Green. I’m the mayor of Gearsgard. What’s happening?”

 

Brozen, who had been holding his breath and listening to the conversation, also widened his eyes and stared at Theobald.

 

Anyone could see that was the heartbreaking family love of ‘we’re going to attack, so at least you should survive.’

 

I hastily picked up a blueprint lying on the floor and a pen.

 

[Ask if Berilsha is planning to attack other cities]

 

Theobald’s pupils shook as he read my note.

 

Theobald soon swallowed once and carefully opened his mouth.

 

“They’re planning to attack Gearsgard? No, not just Gearsgard but Floraban and Glimerstone as well?”

 

I waited calmly for an answer, but the other side couldn’t give any response.

 

Theobald calmly added another question.

 

“When?”

 

This was clearly a question demanding the truth.

 

And after a moment, Theobald looked up at me and Brozen with a blank face.

 

“…The line was cut.”

 

Inside the office where only engine sounds echoed eerily.

 

Theobald’s expression hardened as he realized the situation was heading in the worst direction.

 

Brozen also couldn’t continue speaking and just moved his lips.

 

And at that moment, I looked straight at Theobald and said.

 

“Please prepare some means of transportation.”

 

“…Means of transportation?”

 

Perhaps because he had just realized that his younger brother had joined a plan to destroy all the cities, Theobald seemed unable to recover from the shock.

 

But I couldn’t wait for him to come to his senses.

 

With a cold smile that didn’t suit me, I spoke once more with determination.

 

“I need to stop Berilsha’s plan.”

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