Return of the 10th Circle Archmage

“It’s a wizard.”

"Yes?"

I looked at Ari's bewildered expression and burst out laughing.

"just joke. What are you so surprised about?”

"However······."

“But, what?”

Ari flinched for a moment at my question, then asked carefully with a hesitant expression on her face.

“When the gangsters approached, what did they do to me? Like last time, and this time, why did I suddenly faint?”

“Are you curious about that?”

"···Yes!"

Ari exclaimed in a small but clear voice. I suddenly became such a cute Ari and stroked his cheek once.

Whoops.

“·················ogue.”

It was a very white, soft ball. Ari flinched for a moment, but he didn't refuse my hand. He stroked Ari's cheeks soft as cotton candy once, then opened his mouth.

“Actually, I know how to do some spotting. So whenever something dangerous happened, I knocked Ari out.”

“Blood?”

"Yes."

I said so, giggling around with the knowledge I had seen in martial arts. Actually, when Ari asked me about my identity, I thought about whether to admit it honestly.

However, for some reason I was hesitant to speak.

I didn't know why.

Are you afraid that she will become distant from her? Does she think she's weird?

Ari already had enough doubts about me, and I felt that she was thinking strangely.

However, I was also cautious about revealing my history frankly. I paused for a moment, wondering if they were close enough to reveal my everything to Ari. We've been really close like lovers, but it's literally just 'like'.

It wasn't a real lover.

She hadn't even formally proposed to her yet, and it was vague to say that she was a lover. Even if she's a lover, she can't say things like this. Even between marriages that promised her the rest of her life.

So I kept thinking.

In fact, isn't it a secret that she couldn't even tell her family?

I was skeptical about whether I should reveal the secret I had been keeping for so long because I was cruel to a woman.

‘Not yet. Not yet.'

If Ahri knew about the existence of my power, what would she think? You might be expecting something from a woman's tip, but you wouldn't know that I'm a great archmage.

But, what if you find out?

She didn't know if I could rely on my power to ask her to write for herself or her own father. Then I will easily upset the balance of this world.

I was reluctant to do that.

Like the Daedong Group, I would use magic for those who deserve to be punished, but I wanted to solve it according to the rules of this world. Even if the situation is complicated and you have to go back.

I didn't want to show off and brag about my abilities to people, or use it to harm others and take unfair advantage of it.I will live quietly as long as I just want to live, as long as my legitimate interests are not infringed.

Unless someone touches me.

“But what is the bleed?”

Ari looked at me with one eye and tilted his head. I paused as I stroked her cheek.

“Ari, haven’t you read martial arts novels?”

"Yes. I enjoyed the world literature masterpieces and the Harry Potter series.”

“·················ogue.”

Is it because she's a woman too?

It seemed a bit far from martial arts. But, isn't that more convenient for me?

“It’s a martial art that the best masters learn, but I also learned it from a Chinese colleague when I was on a boat. He was a master of the fortune tellers.”

“Wow, really?”

"Yes. I learned martial arts at the same time, so I know how to use my strength. That's the reason why people lightly subdue people. I use my strength to make it stronger than other people.”

"it's awesome······!"

Ari brought her hands together in front of her chest, and she interlocked and looked up at me with twinkling eyes. It was as if she was a pure sheep full of faith.

I got a little embarrassed and scratched her head, then grabbed her hand and pulled her away.

“I’ll go. If I stayed here any longer, I wouldn’t see anything.”

“Is that so? But what if the taxi driver fell over like that?”

Ari pointed her finger at the checkered knight that had fallen on her floor and wept. She didn't seem to understand the situation well because she had never seen the taxi driver properly before.

“Hey, taxi driver.”

I called the taxi driver half and half, half politely.

uh uh

“...Yes, Master!”

"master?"

Ari turned to me and gave me a questionable expression. After grimacing for a while, I commanded Parasite.

“Ugh... Come on, guest. I will see you home safely.”

"······Yes."

Ari glanced at me and the taxi driver with a bewildered expression, then got into her back seat.

I also got into the back seat next to Ari, and the taxi started with a boo-boo sound.

*

Arriving at the Ari jewelry shop, Ari and I got out of the taxi. Of course, I didn't pay a penny for the taxi fare.

Checkered bowed her head to Ari, apologized for the delay due to an unfortunate incident, and said she would not take a free taxi fare. When Ari tried to force a fifty thousand won bill, she panicked and kicked her out.

“Oh, you really are back.”

"Long time no see. Miss Choi, Mr. Lee.”

As soon as Ari and I got out of the taxi, we were greeted by Choi Jin-woo and James Park, who were standing at the entrance.

Jinwoo Choi hugged Ari, and James Park hugged me. Ari said it was disgusting and removed Choi Jin-woo, and it was the same with me. I don't have a hobby of cuddling with men, so I refused to hug James Park and shook hands.

“Did your work go well?”

Since we were torn apart because of the black market auction, James Park first asked about the secret auction.

“Thank you.”

Instead of me, Ari answered James Park's question with a broad smile.

When we were all inside, Ari locked the store door and hung a teddy bear-shaped temporary closure sign on the doorknob.

Even the employees who remained in the store left work through the back door, and they led us to the white room.

Tickle.

Ari personally made four cups of tea and placed them neatly in front of the table in the order of me, Jinwoo Choi, James Park, and herself.

I like green tea, so Ari specially bought Boseong green tea and made sweet and delicious green tea through a special recipe.

“I’ll drink well, Ari.”

"thank you."

“Thank you, sister.”

Me, James Park, and Jinwoo Choi had a cup of coffee and chatted after a long time. James Park established a Korean corporation under his own name.

Then, he borrowed his funds from a matop company that he opened overseas, and decided to set up and operate a j investment company in Korea.

And he decided to invest in startups with potential for both business and business, looking to the future and investing with a long-term perspective.

Since he was originally known for investing in stocks, he liked that he was able to invest in the company itself rather than the stock market this time with a larger amount of money. It seems that he has become a real ‘investor’ rather than an ‘ant investor’ who only pursues money.

I set the maximum so that James Park could flexibly use about 700 billion of my 1.7 trillion won.

If it is 700 billion won, not only Korea but also promising start-ups around the world will be able to invest.

The rest of the first set is set aside for my emergency fund. About the amount, not only James Park and Jinwoo Choi, but also Ari did not know.

Ari didn't even know that I got compensation from the black market for killing ISIS. So, at the same time, 1 trillion won was hidden.

'Is this the feeling of keeping an emergency fund secretly from your wife?'

I glanced at Ari, and her and her eyes met.

She looked at me with her meaningful smile, and her eyes shed. It's like she's scratching her naive husband with her eyes. not bad.

“Jinwoo, start looking for a good building tomorrow. The bullets are strong, so look for a building in Cheongdam-dong, which is closest to the Ari Jewelry Shop.”

“How many floors do you want to rent?”

I answered Choi Jin-woo's words with an absurd tone.

“What is the count? are we there? Are you going to rent out someone else’s building?”

“Then why don’t we buy the whole building? It's a building, not a mall, right?"

"okay. building. There is such a thing as Ladde Tower.”

“Brother, that’s hundreds of billions of dollars. Anyway, the four of us will use the office, so we'll just go simple. If you suddenly spend a lot of money, the National Tax Service may audit you.”

“That’s right.”

I took a step back at the sound of the IRS. If the IRS asks where my funds come from, I'm in a lot of trouble.

“Hold on for a while, Master. I'm going to raise the investment money hard and raise money with j investment corporation. Then you won’t be suspicious of buying the building.”

James Park used to call me 'Mr. Lee' or 'Mr. Choi Jun-hyuk', but from now on, he called me 'Master'.

It was as if they were clearly nailing me as their employer.

"all right. Then, Jinwoo, you should find an office with a reasonable size. Buy the building later when the time is right.”

“That’s right, bro. Anyway, I'm really glad the auction went well. You're a 700-billion-dollar young chaebol! How cool is that?”

“What’s cool?”

“I was well aware that my sister had nine tails when she asked for a man like this, but... ah!”Ahri, who was sitting next to Jinwoo Choi, pinched her brother's thick waist and twisted it.

“Sister, why are you suddenly like this? Crazy?"

“You are crazy. Aren't you embarrassed when you say such strange things in front of Junhyuk?"

“What did I not say? I'm just facts... Oh, stop it! It's my fault."

In the attack of Ari's anger, Choi Jin-woo, who had no flesh left on his waist, raised both hands and feet and declared surrender. James Park and I burst into laughter as we watched the cute quarrel between siblings.

After all, every family and siblings are like that. Taking care of each other was something that was only possible in novels.

*

I returned home after briefly discussing the future with the employees of the newly launched Matop Company.

Arina and other staff said they would pick me up, but I refused lightly. Others could not afford to earn a car for the rest of their lives, and I gave each employee one as a bonus.

For Ari, the Lamborghini Guysis owned by Hollywood star Ricky Minaj.

Jinwoo Choi bought him the Porsche he always wanted, and James Park bought a full-option Rolls-Royce Phantom worth 740 million won, telling him not to be discouraged when he met other business partners.

Of course I didn't buy it with my own money. I bought them all with other people's money. But my money is my money, and other people's money is also my money.

Because those guys were no longer ‘males’.

Cheetah Godfather and the newly incorporated Daedong Group.

There were a lot of water owners who would give me money. So, without any hesitation, I was able to run supercars with the corporate cards of both companies and give them to my employees.

Maybe it's because it's money stolen from bad guys, and it was full of flavor when I lost it. The sound of a corporate card being recognized could not be so pleasant. So I paid with ease.

While purchasing their supercar, they also ordered a foreign car for their father and mother. My father always wanted a Rolls Royce Phantom, and my mother was an Audi a8. Each was a dream car at the highest price.

It hasn't arrived yet, but you'll be surprised when it arrives.

bang.

As I closed the door and entered, there was one welcoming me.

"brother!"

“Did you not go to school today?”

“There is no class today. Brother, where did you go now? You haven't been home for over a week?"

With her ax eyes closed, Hye-eun clasped her arms and looked intently at me up and down. I stared at Hye-eun like that.

“If a man is working, he may be away for a few days. What am I?”

"haha. What's your brother doing? You're a middle school graduate, what do you pretend to be working for? Did you come running Nogadara? Looking at her outfit, it doesn't look like that."

“Okay. I'm tired, so get out of there."

“Aww!”

As I shoved Hye-eun slightly into the living room, Hye-eun whined and slapped her.

"brother! It's been a while since I've seen you, aren't you happy?"

“It gets boring.”

"brother! Don't do that, listen to me."

“What do you mean?”

She answered, roughly throwing her socks into the corner of the room, without looking back. Then, she said that Hye-eun-i hugged me, and she whined even more desperately.

“Oppa, I want to broadcast.”

"what?"

I looked down at Hye-eun with an absurd expression.

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