TRPM 410

chapter 410

One day, some time after the college entrance exams.

An invitation arrived for me from the Legiones Guild.

“… To Mr. Han Geon-woo…”

I slowly read through the contents of the invitation.

To summarize, a luxury resort on the southern coast was about to open, and as a major shareholder, I was being invited to its opening ceremony.

‘Come to think of it, I am a major shareholder over there.’

After all, I had a 10% stake in the Legiones Guild, which I had received in exchange for giving them the guild system.

“Ah, Geon-woo, you got one too?”

Sitting in the classroom, looking at the invitation, Lee Ha-eun came over and asked me that.

The fact that Lee Ha-eun was saying this…

“You got one too?”
“Yeah. Look!”

Lee Ha-eun pulled out an invitation similar to mine from her bag.

‘… Hmm. Overall, it’s not much different from mine.’

The only real difference was that my name was replaced with hers, and the phrase “major shareholder” was missing. Otherwise, it was almost identical.

“This resort must be the one we saw in the first semester, right?”
“Given the timing, probably.”

During the first semester, when we went for volunteer work at a beach on the southern coast, I had met Yoo Won-hoon, the head of the Legiones Guild.

At the time, he mentioned that a resort would be built near the beach and said he would invite us once it was completed.

So this invitation was probably because of that promise.

‘Or maybe he just forgot the promise and decided to invite us now that the resort is done.’

Considering the invitation was almost the same apart from the name, that was very likely.

“Ah, did you guys get that invitation too?”

As I was thinking this, Elena came over to us, holding an invitation identical to ours.

“Eh? Elena, you got one too?”
“Yes. An invitation for me and Elliot arrived in our apartment mailbox.”

Elena and Elliot were royalty, after all.

Even if some kids didn’t know, the Legiones Guild would at least know they were royal.

Even if they didn’t know they were royalty, their status as British nobility would make it reasonable for them to be invited.

“Oh, so you guys are going too?”
“… You got one too?”
“I didn’t get one myself. My parents received it, so we’re going together.”

Kang Garam shook his head as he said that.

Come to think of it, Kang Garam’s family was fairly well-off.

So…

“Hey, Jin Chun-ha.”
“You called?”
“Did your family get one of these invitations too?”
“They did.”

As expected, Jin Chun-ha’s family had been invited as well.

It was safe to assume that most influential families had received invitations.

“……”
“……”
“……”

However, there were a few students in our class who weren’t from such influential families.

Kim Eun-yeon, Ryu A-min, Ryu A-young, and Lee Doo-min all came from ordinary households.

They couldn’t join our conversation and watched us with envy.

‘But I probably shouldn’t bring them along…’

Judging by the situation, many high-status people were expected at the opening ceremony.

Bringing those kids with no special background wouldn’t let them enjoy it properly.

“But wasn’t the transportation a bit inconvenient last time we went?”
“Oh, right.”

It wasn’t exactly remote, but it was still a relatively isolated village.

The roads weren’t very wide either, so if many people came, traffic could get blocked.

“Not only that, but the real problem is that you can’t reach it by train or plane, right?”
“Hmm? Ah, that’s true.”

I understood what Lee Ha-eun was worried about.

We couldn’t reach the resort by ordinary means.

If we were adults with cars, that would be different, but we weren’t.

If we went with our parents, we could take Lee Ha-eun’s father’s car, but…

‘Looks like Ha-eun isn’t planning on that…’

Her parents were ordinary people, so attending a high-status event would be burdensome.

Even if we tried public transportation, we couldn’t reach the resort.

Well, a bus might operate, but…

“That part is really inconvenient… We could fly to the nearest airport and then take a bus from there…”
“Wait, let’s check the bus schedule first.”

Elena and Elliot, realizing the same transportation problem we did, pulled out their smartphones, entered the address from the invitation, and checked the bus timetable.

And…

“Ugh… The bus to this town takes a surprisingly long detour.”

The bus to the village with the resort passed through several other towns before reaching the destination, taking about an hour.

But the real problem…

“Hey, this bus only runs twice a day?”

Since it was such a sparsely populated area, it seemed impossible to take that bus and make it to the opening ceremony.

Even if we took the first of the two buses, the ceremony would start before we arrived.

Going a day early was impossible too, since the opening was on Saturday, and we had school on Friday.

There was nowhere to stay near the resort village anyway.

Technically, if we explained the situation, the resort might allow us to stay, but…

‘… Maybe I should just skip this annoying trip.’

For a moment, I thought that.

Being invited to the resort’s opening didn’t mean we were obligated to go.

But…

“What about catching a ride with someone else’s car?”
“Catching a ride is fine, but whose car? Kang Garam or Jin Chun-ha’s families would have the whole household moving, so it’d be complicated.”
“Hmm… Maybe we could hire a driver temporarily?”
“Do you even have money for that?”
“If we take it from the budget for maintaining appearances… hmm…”

Watching Elena, Elliot, and Lee Ha-eun excitedly thinking about how to get to the ceremony made me lose all desire to deal with it.

“… Hello?”

I took out my smartphone and called someone.

I checked that person’s schedule for the day of the resort opening.

… Fortunately, it was free.

Technically, it was the weekend, so they were planning to rest at home.

“Waaah…!”
“Kyaa…!”
“… Are we really allowed to do this?”
“What does it matter?”

Lee Ha-eun and Elliot couldn’t contain their excitement at the thought of us riding to the Legiones Guild resort.

Elena, on the other hand, was sweating nervously, unsure if it was really okay.

“You’ve probably ridden it before, Geon-woo…!”
“I haven’t really ridden Fafnir much either. Maybe four or five times at most?”

I patted Fafnir’s neck, who was bowing its head in front of me.

The person whose schedule I checked the day we arranged transportation was Alex, the one who had tamed Fafnir.

Kkieeek…!
“… Fafnir says if given enough magic, it can carry us just fine.”

Alex, who had tamed Fafnir, looked slightly uncomfortable at his servant being used as a convenient means of transport, but since Fafnir itself seemed fine, Alex couldn’t get too mad.

‘Honestly, I can’t imagine Alex ever getting mad at me.’

After all, I had allowed him to tame his dream dragon and had even rescued him when he was kidnapped in China.

Getting mad would be ungrateful.

Anyway.

“I’ll use it carefully and return it tomorrow.”
“Don’t treat it like a borrowed car.”

Alex said this, bowed, and went back into his apartment.

Today being the weekend, he probably intended to rest at home.

“Alright, everyone, get on.”
“Ugh… We won’t fall off, right?”
“As long as you’re not trying to fall on purpose, you’ll be fine. And even if you did fall, you’re strong enough now.”

What was the spirit crossing the wall worried about?

Thinking that, I put the kids on Fafnir’s back.

I got on Fafnir too.

‘It’s bigger than last time.’

It was probably enlarged to carry all four of us.

It seemed to consume more internal energy than before, though not enough to exhaust it completely.

Whoosh…!

Once we were all on, Fafnir flapped its wings and took off without hesitation.

It seemed a bit excited too…

“Fafnir.”
Krurr…?
“Hey, can’t you fly when you’re with Alex?”
Krurk…!

Fafnir nodded energetically at my question.

‘Right, Alex didn’t increase Fafnir’s size unless it was for training or dungeon work.’

Even when its size was increased, Fafnir probably couldn’t fly freely because of work or training.

That’s why it agreed to carry us without hesitation.

Crrak…!
“Uh, which way? Roughly… that way?”

Since Fafnir urged me to indicate the direction, I pointed roughly south.

Fafnir then used magic.

“Eh? Magic?”
“Oh…?”
“… The servant uses magic?”

The three on Fafnir’s back reacted.

Until now, no servant had ever used magic like this.

‘Lee Ha-eun’s servant, Sarang, could mimic some techniques, but that was imitation.’

Magic was different.

And this was not mere imitation—it was fully used.

‘So Alex and Fafnir were growing in ways I didn’t know.’

I watched the magic Fafnir used.

“This… is defensive magic?”
“Looks like it’s to block the wind coming from the front.”

It was obvious why Fafnir used this magic.

It was considerate magic for us riding on its back.

“Fafnir, huh? No wonder they named it after a legendary dragon.”

Seems smarter than Elliot.

“… Are you praising the dragon or insulting me?”
“I wasn’t insulting… Did you take it that way?”

… Meanwhile, Elena naturally provoked Elliot.

“You did insult me!”
“Why? Want to fight?”
“Ugh…”

But Elliot didn’t dare confront Elena.

Elena had crossed a barrier that made her untouchable for Elliot.

She knew that, so she provoked him without worry.

‘Seriously, what a personality…’

Ignoring Elena, I checked our current location through the guild system.

‘It’s great that the guild system can be used freely even from such high altitudes where smartphones can’t work.’

Thinking that, I adjusted Fafnir’s direction.

“Fafnir. Slightly to the left.”
Kyaak?
“No, too much.”
Kyaak?
“Yes, perfect.”

Fafnir accelerated once more.

Flying at such speed, it didn’t take long for us to reach our destination.