The Foreigner on the Periphery

Cathy was a shopping fanatic. She enjoyed buying things through the arrogant route, whether she was happy, sad, or unusual, but these days, impulse purchases were frequent, especially because of her sadness and depression. It was because she felt so lazy in immigration work that she was worried about whether her employers were really considering her retirement. 

She kept complaining about not wanting to work, but once she got started, Minjun, who himself was close to a workaholic, told her: When he retired, the employment relationship between the two was likely to end as well. The link connecting the two would become weaker. 

Noticing such a possibility, Cathy, feeling discouraged, had been spending more money on shopping these days. In the process, she bought a bunch of things that seemed useless, as if to vent her anger. She bought a live alpaca while drunk the other day and was horrified to see the beast delivered to her door the next day. She was now in the mecca of shopping, Hong Kong. 

From there, Cathy got out of her car and walked after handing her bill to her taxi driver. She was full of enthusiasm for the first time in a long time. There were few things she enjoyed more than shopping with other people’s money. In short, things she wanted to buy in Hong Kong weren’t for herself. She had been wandering around Hong Kong for several days to buy something Minjun ordered.

She then walked down a narrow alley. As soon as she stepped away from Tsim Sha Tsui’s glitzy luxury avenue, her mood then changed drastically. She was approached by an Orc with a fake Rolex watch strapped to her wrist and a promotion in broken English. Of course, this wasn’t what she had to buy. She ignored it and moves on. The atmosphere changed once more as she passed the place where the housekeepers Baliens, who had to spend time outside the house on the weekends, sat on boxes and entered an alley with significantly reduced streetlights. 

The noise subsided and the gloomy aura deepened. The drunkards and beggars lying on the side of the road were no longer to be seen. It meant that such people have entered an intolerable distance. The street vendors’ eyes became more menacing, and the products they sold changed from bogus aphrodisiacs and impotence remedies of unknown ingredients to something more dangerous-looking, like white powder. Instead of opening the shelf, they quietly approached and took it out of their arms. 

Cathy ignored them too and moved on. She penetrated the alley close to the labyrinth. Her steps were unstoppable even in the streets that were tangled like a complicated spider’s web. 

“Hey, what are you looking for?” Someone stopped her just as she turned a corner in her stench-filled alley. From this point on, it meant that even if a person was disfigured and carried away as a body, the police could not pursue it. 

Cathy realized she was close to her destination. At the same time, she said in a cold voice. “Get out of the way, busy.” 

There were young people present with lust shining in their eyes. At a glance, they were just such kids. The powerful members of the organization that dominated this street did not carelessly touch someone like Cathy. It was one of two things for a woman to walk around such a dangerous place alone. A suicide attempter with nothing to lose, or a corner to believe in something. In either case, it was not a nutritious target. In other words, they were idiots who don’t even have the brain to distinguish that much. 

“I have a lot of time.” One of them said with a smirk. Then he took out a knife from his pocket and aimed it at her. He thought that this would be enough of a threat. 

Funny. They surrounded Cassie, blocking her escape. “Didn’t anyone teach you that you shouldn’t be walking around in places like this at this hour?” 

“If you are stupid, your body suffers. Or are you the type to enjoy this kind of hardship?” 

“Now, give everything you have…” They were all giggling and talking.

“Shall we slowly discuss what to do next?” 

Cathy could easily see drug addict traits in their faces. She decided not to waste any more time. What she just said wasn’t a lie. She was definitely really busy. 

“…!” Her lips opened and she mumbled something. No matter how stupid he was, there was no one who could not understand the meaning of the action. Minjun commented that her cache’s magic was insignificant, but that was only based on his standards. It wasn’t enough to catch her aliens, but she was able to take care of herself in a place like this. 

“Oh, wizard!” 

“Fuck! Step on it…!” 

At that moment… 

Roaring! “Ouch! I’m down!” 

As she learned from Minjun, she set fire to their eyes. ‘If a lot of guys are annoying, burn their eyes first. That’s straight up.’ 

Her employer’s teachings were always right. The thugs screamed and made a fuss at her, brandishing their knives at her. Then she lost her balance and fell, rolling and writhing on her floor. They didn’t know that what covered the eyeballs looked like real fire, but the temperature was absurdly low. 

Fear then messed with the senses. Leaving them alone, Cathy walked leisurely out of her alley. She was sure that those who were hiding everywhere watching her had clearly seen this scene. Perhaps because of that, when she finally reached her destination, there was no gatekeeper to stop her and ‘verify’ her. 

“You appeared quite tumultuous.” A middle-aged man greeted her in her dingy office. Cathy knew that her opponent was a middle manager of an organization that controlled the back alleys of Hong Kong. She had been wandering around meeting her counterparts for several days. 

“There is something I want to buy.” There were also items that could only be obtained by skimming from the bottom. In the dark shadow, where the dragons that ruled the political and business world didn’t pay attention. 

Cathy, who had transformed so much that she couldn’t recognize her original face, put the shopping item she had been eagerly searching for the past few days in her mouth. Then, the man’s face changed strangely.

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Hearing this, Cathy cheered inwardly. ‘Finally!’ 

But then she asked without a mark on her face. “I was wondering who picked it up, was it your organization?” 

“The contractor who was hired to clear the ICC building was a member of my family.” 

From there, the man’s eyes changed. “We are also selling at the risk. I was able to take it out because the dragons are a piece of debris that doesn’t show much interest, but if they get caught, it’s a different story. If you don’t know, then you won’t know, but if you find out, fireballs will pour down from then on. Not figuratively, but literally; you know he might roast all the bastards involved.” 

The man was already laying his groundwork before mentioning the price of his goods. “So, what about the stuff?” 

At this, the man turned on his tablet computer and fiddled with it, then he held it out to her. There was a picture of what appeared to be fragmented concrete debris. Cathy paid attention to the red stain on the tip. “Are you sure?”

“Yes, I have already confirmed with magic. It is not human blood.” 

The man’s eyes lit up and he spoke in a low voice. “…It’s the dragon’s blood!” 

While clearing the ruins of the ICC building where Lord died, the dragons left the non-magical work to other races. The dragon didn’t have to put his hands on the chores, including cleaning the garbage. Before handing it over to them, he thoroughly took care of all the ‘legacies,’ including the body of the Lord, but among them, there were some that avoided the eyes of the dragons. It was like a very small bloodstain scattered on the debris. Even a single drop of dragon blood with vitality would have tremendous value, so he would have been obsessively taking care of it. 

However, bloodstains that had already dried up had no value as a magic catalyst. The dragons did not tenaciously manage such things. Minjun thought that there must be hyena-like beings digging into the gap in their stead. Cathy was confirming with her own eyes that the prediction was correct. “Hong Kong rich people are looking for this quite desperately. There is no amulet like this.” 

Since 1945, when the wall between reality and fantasy collapsed, the boundary between superstition had always been uncertain. Rich old people who wanted to emulate the dragon’s wisdom, strength, and longevity wanted to buy a stone with the ancient dragon’s blood, even if it cost them 10 million gold. Even if the wizards denied its usefulness, it was useless. People who didn’t believe in doctors or scientists couldn’t believe that it was a magician’s word. 

They always believed what they want to believe. Cathy was acting like she was hired by such rich people. “So, how much is it?” 

The man called for an unbelievable amount. Cathy stuck her tongue inside her. ‘These thieves are paying for several apartments with bloodstains like that that have no magical value.’ 

Why did Minjun want such a useless thing in the first place? That question was buried well in her head. Anyway, for now, she was just doing what she was told to do. 

“Great.” 

The deal was done. 

*** 

“Yes. Thankfully they both crawled onto their feet. Since you are already in the mansion, I will inform you of the results today. As soon as we finish this conversation, I will offer them a deal.”

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“No, I can’t follow that. One of them is a dragon, and he is also the son of the deceased who everyone’s eyes were on. And the other is the private property of the Commission. If you kill him, how will you deal with the aftermath? You have to be coaxed out with the nicest words possible. If it doesn’t work, move on to a more robust plan. However, it is impossible to harm them under any conditions!”

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“Do you still not believe me? How many more times do I have to say it? I am also an elder dragon and was present as a witness in the cataloging of Lord’s Legacy. But it was nowhere! Hundreds of dragons watched the process of collecting Lord’s body with lights on. And the place where he died, the spell to search for the remains was also cast by hundreds of dragons at the same time. The greedy heirs and guardians reconfirmed again and again that there would be a lost legacy. But, only that has evaporated like an illusion!” 

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“Already cross-validated. Rare also finished a detailed search. There’s only one place we haven’t checked yet.” 

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“That’s how it should be. he told me that day He said he would gift the artifact to his newborn child. And cast a spell on it in front of me. It’s a complex formula, but it doesn’t escape my senses. It was magic that responded to dragon blood. It is also of a particular lineage.” 

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“Endelion’s artifacts are permanently bound once imprinted on the user. I put a spell on it to avoid imprinting it on the wrong dragon before the child to hatch gets it. The mother, who didn’t like the item, might dispose of it in a different way. I tried my hand so that only that child could become the owner of the artifact.” 

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“Right. You can’t cast a spell that reacts to dragon blood that hasn’t even hatched yet, so I changed the conditions a bit. On the condition that only the ‘child’ who inherited his blood can respond to the spell and receive the permanent imprint of the artifact. The most important thing here… is the part that even includes a function to search for such a child around you. Do you understand me now?” 

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“Yes, so you have to get your hands on it at all costs.” 

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“Wait for it. You will hear good news today.”