I Became The Academy's Narrow-Eyes

66 – Token of Friendship (1)

“So, what are you going to do with that necklace?”

Ceylon answered Miz’s question without hesitation.

“yes? How do you do it? That’s-”

Ceylon reached out to Aedrin.

Then, ‘Hee!’ Adrin backed away in panic.

“…?”

Ceylon lifted the necklace and looked at it carefully.

Did Aidrin’s extermination effect be added?

“Why is that, Miss Aedrin?”

“Why, why is that? fool. Why are you?!”

“yes?”

“yes? Not! I thought it was a Tier 2 artifact, but didn’t you think anything of it?”

“ah.”

It was only then that Ceylon realized why Aidrin was acting like that.

Cudang Tang Tang Necklace An appraisal frenzy revealed that this necklace is a Tier 2 artifact.

It was nothing to Ceylon, who knew that it was a hero level from the beginning, but it was not to the other three who did not know.

“hmm… ”

To be honest, Ceylon still didn’t quite reach the value of this necklace.

And I didn’t want to know for sure. If the value of what you already knew at the time you decided to gift it to Aidrin increased, it would only make it more difficult to gift it.

“I have no idea.”

“yes!?”

“I think it’s a good thing to be able to present better things to Miss Aedrin.”

So, this was Ceylon, who was determined to earn a lot of points from Miss Aedrin.

He smiled as brightly as he could.

“uh? fool… ”

Aidrin is moved by him.

Seeing the two of them, Miz muttered with a cold face.

“What are they doing?”

Then, as Ceylon’s hand approaches to give the necklace, Aidrin backs away in shock again.

“If anyone sees Miss Aidrin, they’ll think I’m trying to surprise Miss Aidrin with a toy.”

“But… Ceylon, no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think I can get that.”

“Somehow, this is a familiar flow. What conclusions have we reached before?”

“uh… ”

Aidrin took the pouch from her bosom and placed it in her hand.

She boasted that she would not receive Ceylon’s artifact for free with a bag of gold coins only for herself, but that she would purchase it for a fair amount.

“oh. Buying a level 2 artifact. What wealth is this, after all, Teln? Are there any jewels in it?”

“That’s a gold coin… ”

“Oh, by any chance Mountain Bank magic gold coins?”

“That, it’s just a gold coin… ”

“Oh, maybe-”

“stop.”

“sorry.”

“There is no choice with this… ”

At this time, Aidrin, who repulsed Miz, who had been teasing her wildly, looked at her pocket and muttered timidly.

Confidently, the bag of gold coins disappeared without a trace.

It was still full of gold coins, but the pocket looked very shabby because the confidence was drained.

Even Aidrin’s shoulder holding it felt smaller.

Then Miz raised her hand.

“Question”

“Ah, yes. Student Ms. Please tell me.”

“Didn’t you say you were giving it to Aidrin as a token of friendship?”

“Isn’t it?”

“But why are tokens of friendship bought and sold for money?”

“that is-“

I was worried about how Ceylon should solve this complicated situation and deliver it.

“if…!”

Even before the thought was over, Miz expressed shock as if she had approached the great truth.

“Is this normal? Friendship is bought with money…!? Even-“

She looked back and forth between the pouch on Aidrin’s hand and the necklace on Ceylon’s hand.

“Very expensive…!”

Kugoong!

Miz made a sound with his mouth and fell to the floor.

“Of course, an amount that Bauer couldn’t even afford.

A thick shadow seemed to spread around Miz.

“Miss Adrin, what should I do with this? It seems that Ms. Miz has fallen into an illusion because of us. It’s also an incredibly deep and dark illusion.”

“Eh…!? Is it because of me!? Uh, what should I do then…!?”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to get this necklace for free?”

“Grade 2 artifact!?!”

Adrin getting further and further away.

“To buy that expensive token of friendship…”

Because of the necklace, one person digs into the floor, and the other continues to move away.

“What a mess…!”

Still, Ceylon seemed to be enjoying something.

There was a dark-eyed, narrow-eyed man who found this situation amusing, in which many people were at a loss for what to do because of his necklace.

“Sir Adrin?”

At that time, Drin said to Aedrin.

“Eh? Yes?”

When Drin suddenly called for himself, Aidrin, who was already in a panic, fell into a panic even more and barely answered.

“Then, you don’t want to buy a token of friendship?”

“Yes? No, that… I want to buy it… but that’s… I don’t have the money… I guess…”

Buy tokens of friendship.

Drin’s tone of question was strange, but Aidrin answered and looked at it as if being pushed away by Drin’s spirit.

“Is that so.”

Dean nodded in satisfaction as to which part of the gibberish answer he liked.

Her gaze this time turned to Miz, who was sinking to the floor.

“Then Ms. Ms. Ms., would you like to purchase that token of friendship?”

“The desire to buy is like a chimney… Bauer is not rich enough to buy friendship… Ah, what a poetic tragedy…”

“Is that so? That’s really unfortunate.”

At Miz’s answer, Drin put on an expression that didn’t feel sorry at all, but even looked happy.

Drin, who had such an expression, gazed at Ceylon for the last time.

“Ceylon, then it can’t be helped.”

“Hmm? Can’t help it, what do you mean?”

“A token of friendship issued by you.”

“publish?”

Big hum.

Drin cleared his throat once, as if embarrassed, and then continued.

“I will buy it.”

“hahahaha.”

Ceylon let out a laugh.

He said that he must have made a huge mistake with the amount we gave him.

But I’m determined not to make any corrections.

“to!?”

Even with Miss Aidrin’s shock, the situation felt quite amusing.

Ceylon laughed and asked Drin.

“By the way, Miss. Do you know what it means to buy and sell tokens of friendship and say you want to buy them?”

First of all, I don’t know.

Ceylon put up with that and waited for Drin’s answer.

“All, of course-“

No matter how he interpreted Ceylon’s sloppy appearance, he immediately loses confidence and avoids his gaze even when he tries to respond to Drin’s coming.

“Actually, I don’t know. It’s embarrassing, but I’m not very familiar with buying and selling tokens of friendship… This is the first time I’m buying friendship tokens.”

‘Anyway, that would be it. If you’re used to buying and selling tokens of friendship, that’s a problem.’

Ceylon wanted to correct Drin’s misunderstanding right away, but endured it with superhuman patience.

Because it was quite fun to see Drin now in an illusion.

“But, I think I understood to a certain extent after seeing all of you talking. A token of friendship…isn’t it literally proof of friendship? The person who issued the token of friendship and the person who purchased it It’s a proof of true friendship. I think it’s a fun culture.”

Drin was recalling what Yenna had said the other day.

‘When you enter the academy, you will come into contact with many young people of the same age as the lady. And, you will come into contact with various cultures that are popular among them. When you come into contact with that culture, you have an objective point of view and discernment…’

Drin considered this token of friendship to be one of the popular cultures among young people his age.

‘To buy and sell tokens symbolizing friendship with money…’

Drin, who first encountered the culture of tokens of friendship, was quite confused.

however.

Drin was aware that he was a person who was quite out of line with normal standards.

The reason he doesn’t understand this culture of being a token of friendship is because he’s never had an equal relationship with his peers.

So, he thought it was because he lacked understanding of the mentality of his peers.

That’s why Drin pledged to approach this culture of tokens of friendship with the most accepting attitude.

I decided to try to interpret it on my own.

‘It’s a level 2 artifact as a token of friendship…’

Since it’s a token of friendship, you won’t be able to gift anything.

As much as that person values friendship, he will present a valuable item.

But, does that person value friendship so much that he presents you with something very valuable?

In that case, you would feel the burden, just like that Miss Aedrin over there.

‘So it’s not a gift, it’s buying and selling.’

in other words.

Buying and selling tokens of friendship, rather than just exchanging them, is a kind of consideration to lighten each other’s burden.

‘Wonderful culture…’

Thus, Drin’s absurd misunderstanding has been completed.

She became very interested in the necklace in Ceylon’s hand, a token of friendship.

“That necklace is a token of friendship that Ceylon has prepared for Sir Aedrin. Right?”

“That’s right…?”

“So Lord Aidrin paid a fair price and tried to buy the token of friendship, but after appraising it, the token of friendship had a value that was beyond the expectations of the two of you. So neither of you could sell the token of friendship. It puts me in an embarrassing situation where I can’t even buy it. Do I understand it correctly?”

“Uh… For now, it seems like that.”

“Isn’t that right? I understand you right?”

I understood the culture of my peers!

With an expression full of that pride, Drin continued his words.

“So, I’ll make a suggestion. I’ll buy that token of friendship. Miss Adrin, you’re buying the token of friendship Ceylon-gun prepared for me. No way, all the tokens of friendship Ceylon-gun prepared are coincidences.” It can’t be a bad level 2 artifact, can it?”

“uh…”

At that time, Ceylon, who was listening to Drin’s words, shed words in bewilderment.

“Hmm? Is there something wrong?”

“That’s what-“

there is.

Ceylon felt there was something wrong with Drin’s proposal.

Aside from the token of friendship, the meaning contained in the words, and the misinterpretation of the current situation, there are many problems.

And if you have to pick the most serious problem among them, Drin.

It was part of the basic premise she put forward.

Drin assumed that Ceylon would have prepared a token of his friendship as well.

because?

It was because he had forgotten the words he said to himself, ‘the first precious bond I made after coming to Arien’.

However, Ceylon did not prepare a token to honor their friendship.

How did you get a heroic artifact?

When he thought about the owner of the heroic artifact that had no meaning to him, he came to the conclusion that Aidrin was the right person, so he was just going to give it as a gift.

The token of friendship was just a justification that was put together so that Aidrin could easily receive it on the spot.

So, Ceylon decided to correct Drin’s misunderstanding.

“Miss, you seem to have misunderstood something. Buying and selling tokens of friendship we are talking about is not a common thing, but a special case. You don’t have to pay money to buy or sell.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Yes. That’s right. Also, since Miss Aedrin feels burdened with this gift, it’s difficult to give it to the sheep who gave it, and to give it to Miss Aidrin as well as the gift I prepared to give to the sheep who gave it-“

Ceylon scratched the back of his head and spoke casually.

“This is the only present I’ve prepared…”

So, I think it would be difficult to present to both of them right now.

That was what Ceylon meant.

But to Drin, the words were conveyed quite differently.

Drin said with a face as if the back of his head had been hit with a hammer.

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“Is that so? Gee, it seems I’ve misunderstood.”

hahahaha.

Drin laughed awkwardly.

Even so, that expression was hardened with a very complicated state of mind.

Ceylon-kun has prepared a very nice present for Sir Aedrin.

And I didn’t prepare my gift.

What does that mean?

Drin, who rarely has an equal human relationship with his peers, thought over and over again to understand the meaning of the action.

The more he did, the darker the shadow cast over her face.

Soon, she said with a more bitter expression as she tried to look like nothing was wrong.

“Come to think of it, there’s really no reason for me to be here. Everyone, I apologize for interrupting you. I’m done.”

Drin, who bowed politely and left, walked calmly at first, but eventually ran as if running away.

Aidrin and Miz still didn’t know what was going on.

However, the empathy ability of the two women who looked at the back of the wounded woman was demonstrated.

I glared at Ceylon fiercely at them.

“It’s the worst, stupid.”

“Women’s Destroyer.”

“yes!?”

Ceylon, who was still flustered because he couldn’t keep up with the situation, made a dumbfounded noise at the harsh criticism of the two.