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Return of The 8th Class Mage (Web Novel) - Chapter 109: To the Knocking Island
Chapter 109: To the Knocking Island
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“My lord! I have never stolen any bread in my life!”
“……Sleep.”
Once again, Craven fell asleep on the back of the brown horse that Ian had brought. It is hard to keep track of how many times that has happened already.
“How is it that there is not a single decent personality?”
Ian was heading towards the open seas in the west, to the port city of ‘Pilten’, a port city where the region’s castle of the great lord of Pilten was located, with Craven who was in and out of consciousness.
It was for the purpose of finding information on the ‘Knocking Island’, in the west of the sea, as referred to on the stone.
‘Hmm… Knocking Island.’
Ian swore that it was an island that he had never heard of or seen before. Hence, information on it was desperately needed. The ocean is expansive. It’s even more expansive than a continent. Although it has been narrowed to ‘west of the sea’, it would be nearly impossible to locate it.
‘Unless certain characteristics were known.’
So it was. Wouldn’t a port city like Pilten, where the west of the sea is its main activity arena, most likely to have helpful information? Also, it being one of the largest port cities within the continent, many coastal maps would certainly be available as well.
‘I’m just losing time due to this bastard.’
It is impossible to exercise teleportation magic as I’ve never been to the port city. Only that I can get there faster by flying… if this Craven, child, I mean a weirdo, wearing a mask of a child wasn’t with me.
‘I can’t leave him at the house either.’
His original thought was to leave Craven at the house, then after locating the island, bring him back using teleportation magic.
However, he had changed his mind. It was because it wasn’t certain as to when he would return as a reasonably normal personality. There were so many things to ask about and request him to do certain tasks when that was to happen
‘Coastal map first.’
The very first thing that Ian had obtained was the principality’s coastal maps when he had arrived at the port city of Pilten. But he ran into problems from the get go. No matter how hard he looked, he could not locate the island, known as the ‘Knocking Island’. It was the same situation when he studied other maps as well.
‘What is it?’
Having wrestled with the coastal maps, at least with the one that he was able to obtain from the port city of Pilten, there was not a map that had the drawings of the ‘Knocking Island’. Things have turned more complicated than he had anticipated.
“Hmmm……”
The coastal maps are useless. What’s left to do was to run around in person? Thinking that some information can be obtained by asking the seafarers, Ian walked towards the pier, at the end of the west coast of the sea.
“Hey! You, sons of b*tches! Can’t you listen carefully? These are items to be sent to Greenriver! If something happens, that hideous monster sorcerer, with the staff, would come after us! You think you can handle that? Huh? Didn’t you hear that even his crowned prince went mad after rubbing the monster in the wrong way? Unless you have a death wish, plan to die in peace!”
The seafarers at the pier overcame with vitality. Of course that was a pleasant way to put it. Everyone moved his muscles in unison, with thick perspiration, as they carried the goods onto the ship. As he heard, it appeared that all those goods were being prepped to be shipped to Greenriver, that is, Ian’s home country.
‘The hideous monster sorcerer?’
That saying particularly bothered him.
Was it possible that they were talking about Ian, himself?
Not just a monster, but a hideous monster?
He wasn’t too happy with the connotation.
“Nah, do you believe that that sorcerer would come after nobodies like us? It was said that he even has their own crowned prince in the palm of his hand, I’m sure that he is just preoccupied living a life of extravagance. Unless of course the goods are something that are being prepared between two nations, there is no need to scare the crews.”
A man of small stature approached the man that was shouting at the top of his lungs. Looking at his pale white skin and size, he didn’t appear to be a seaman. Perhaps, he was a person involved with trading and working with the top people.
“You don’t know what you’re saying! Based on what I hear, his influence reaches far beyond everything? What was it, what do you call their master’s tower?”
“Ivory Tower.”
“Right! Ivory Tower! As you also know, how much crazy stuff do you have to go through in order to open a deal and become the first trading partner with that Ivory Tower? You must certainly know as a merchant?”
“Well…… I’m sure that you have to endure all sorts of crazy deeds.”
“Yes! Yet, that top dealer had been replaced by someone he had known from his home town without any hesitation? For no good reason, except for the fact that the head of the group was an Asian person!”
Ian was flabbergasted as he listened to what was being said. Just for being an Asian, Foian was made the 1st top dealer of the Ivory Tower? He could make any sense of it all whether it was heads or tails.
‘Is this what is known as……’
False exaggeration of gossip?
Ian let out a deep sigh.
‘Well, people do not know the situation.’
As it was a promise made for making an excuse for the secret auction, by using the language of the dragons, it’s only fitting that that may just be how it may appear on the outside.
‘There is nothing else I can do.’
Dropping his head weakly, Ian shook his head. No matter what the reason was, it wasn’t a pleasure experience to be seen as such a person.
‘… I suppose, it would be better than to be seen as a slaughterer.’
Ian finally felt some sense of peace in his heart. No matter what, it was still better than the former life. Compared to the time when all the people in the world were in fear of the bloodied hands of Ian, it was hundred, thousand folds better.
“Hello……”
After organizing his thoughts, Ian approached the coarse looking seaman and the merchant. It was to carry out the objective of coming to the pier, which was to inquire about the ‘Knocking Island’.
“Uh?”
Their attentions turned to Ian. That was only for a moment as soon the coarse seaman replied with apathetic expression in his face.
“What is it?”
“May I ask a question?”
“Let me see, are you asking to be taken on board? Not interested.”
After taking a quick measured look of Ian, from top to bottom, the seaman murmured as if there was nothing more to say. Based on the accent of a principality and shabby clothes, he must have dismissed him as someone attempting to be a stow-away.
“No, that’s not it…”
“Then are you looking for work? With your small boned physique? This is nuts. Do you see this work as being easy?”
As a matter of fact, it wasn’t appropriate for Ian’s physique to be described as being small boned. His bones have actually gotten much bigger than in his former life.
During his growth phase of 12 to 17 years of age, he was involved in the extreme training with Oliver, and even exercised with the 2nd unit of the imperial palace guards, in parallel. It was the result of having had much better diet than in the former life, and consistently taking high quality elixir
“Forget about it. I don’t look forward to having an unfortunate funeral on the ship.”
Yet, he did not appear to be physically satisfactory to the coarse seaman. That was only expected. If only the muscle mass was to be compared, even Oliver would not exceed being on the average side, at best here.
‘Of course, his strength would be stronger than any others.’
It would probably be the same for Ian as well. His body can even wield mana. How can he be compared to the strengths of ordinary seamen?
Of course he didn’t need to explain as he did not come to seek work on the ship.
“That wasn’t it either. I just have something to ask……”
“Hey, you! You want to sink the cargo to the bottom of the sea? Three of you carry them together! Show off your strength before your wife, you little bastard!”
The coarse looking seaman screamed, looking down at the workers. He no longer seemed interested in talking to Ian. Although seamen are considered rough, it seemed as if though a line has been crossed at this point.
‘Is it time to let him know that before them stands the exact same hideous monster?’
Ian felt a bit frustrated at by this time.
Then he changed his thoughts.
That probably wasn’t necessary.
However,
‘Maybe a member of the same race as that of the hideous monster would do.’
‘Probably no need to be ‘Ian Page, the grand sorcerer of the Greenriver’. To ordinary people, even the 1st class sorcerers would be the subject of awe.
“You must be in a rush due to ship’s imminent departure time.”
“If you know that, stop talking……”
“What if the ocean was to freeze over?”
Ian spoke, pointing to the end of the pier. As his subdued voice was filled with mana, it reached every seaman’s ears.
“Sailing would be impossible then?”
“Uh?”
“It will also cause problems to the set schedule.”
“What kind of bullsheet are you talking about in this kind of weather……”
“There would be so much loss.”
Finally, Ian reached the end of the pier.
Then he looked down on to the waves of the ocean, below his feet.
“Cold Wave.”
Ian chanted as he stretched his arms towards the ocean. Then soon bluish cold air and together with mana became collected at a spot. Soon, it took a ball shape, which resembled a bomb to be shot off by cannon.
‘This should……’
After measuring the wide open sea and the ships that were before his eyes, Ian threw the chilled ball into the ocean. What would happen exactly? The answer to that question was being demonstrated shortly. At the same time, it was shocking.
Craaack, crack, craaaaaak!
The area, where the chilled ball had been thrown into. Starting from that point, the surface of the ocean began to freeze. The surrounding waters, where the ships were docked, did not escape it. Immediately, the condition has become such that the ships could not budge at all, let alone sail off.
“What, what the heck……”
The part of the ocean in front of the pier has instantly frozen. Upon witnessing what was happening before their eyes, every crew member had the mouths wide open in awe. It just did not make any sense no matter how hard they thought about it, and if there was a person that can make such unexplainable thing possible, the identity of that person could only be a?
“A sorcerer……?”
The attention of the crews, near the pier, naturally rested on one spot. To the young man that said that it will be impossible to sail if the ocean was to freeze.
“To repeat myself, I have a question to ask.”
Without paying any attention to the crews’ stares, Ian, once again, approached the coarse seaman and spoke. The big rough man, who treated Ian as an annoying fly, began to sweat profusely.
“I, I was rude, not recognizing a sorcerer……”
“It was appropriate to not recognize it, so I’ll let it pass.”
“Thank you! Thank you very much!”
“What is your name?”
“Mc, please call me McFadden!”
The name of the coarse seaman was McFadden, and Ian brushed the wide shoulders of McFadden off as he spoke.
“Mr. McFadden. Do you know of the Knocking Island by any chance?”
“What? Knock, Knock, Knocking Island?”
“It would be appreciated if you would mark it on this map.”
Ian opened a map of the western sea of the principality as he spoke. If it was just marked on the map, he would find a way to get there.
“That, that is……”
However, there was some hesitation in McFadden’s response. It didn’t appear that he didn’t know about the Knocking Island. Was there some sort of problem at the Island?
“Is something wrong?”
“That is…… That island……”
“It’s OK, so please do speak.”
“That… Children……”
“Children?”
“According to the story, which we tell our children to sleep……”
That’s how McFadden continued his explanation.
It was told incoherently, but the main point was that.
The Knocking Island does not exist.
It was only a legend, being told from the times of the Pilten Empire.
“Anything is fine, only if you would please tell me the story.”
“……To tell you as it has been passed down in a story, that Knocking Island is no ordinary island.”
“Not an ordinary island?”
“Mo, moving island……”
McFadden, who had momentarily stopped talking in embarrassment, even began to speak about behind the story.
“That, gigantic island would move on its own, and in the old days, many master craftsmen that lived on the island would come to the mainland and build houses for the poor, build palace walls, knit clothes, and even made farming equipment. It was also told that it couldn’t be easily located as it freely floats around the vast ocean… Cough!”
McFadden even let out a pretentious cough.
What would have been the reaction if it was a non-sorcerer, an ordinary person that had asked ‘how to go to the Knocking Island?’ By now, they would burst out in laughter and become a subject of joke with the crews. That’s how ridiculous the question would have been.
“Did you just say master craftsmen?”
“What? Ah, Yes. How, however……”
However, to Ian, it was not a ridiculous question or story. He said it was the island of master craftsmen. Doesn’t the gist of the story exactly match with that of what Ian was looking for?
‘The island definitely exists.’
Ian was sure.
I just needed to locate it.
‘An island that floats around the vast ocean.’
A difficult challenge was just been added.
‘That’s a headache.’
Ian first caused the ocean’s condition to return to normal. Then he stared far out beyond the horizon for a while.
The trace about craftsmen has been just uncovered without much difficulty. From the strange child, Craven, to the Knocking Island. Most likely, it will be floating around the vast desolate ocean, so how can this self moving island be located?
‘Wait.’
It was when Ian’s thoughts began to deepen.
