82 Episode 82: The Witch Doctor




 A fake sorcerer is someone who is not a sorcerer, but claims to be a sorcerer and demands money or goods.

 For example, let's say you have a sick child.
 A person who is not a sorcerer or a spellcaster would say, "Ding to hoi!" by saying he would give that child a cure. And the spell is cast.

 And eventually the disease is cured.

 The fake spellcaster is born.

 The rest comes out of their mouths and asks for a lot of money for treatment and prayers, and then they run away as soon as they realize that they've been tricked.

 However, this level is still cute.

 A bad fake sorcerer would apply a mysterious potion to an ordinary scrape or cut that could be healed if left alone and turn it into a tetanus.

 After all, this is a world where there are real sorcerers, so they are easily fooled.
 There are not so many sorcerers who can do a certain amount of magic, though a few sorcerers are commonplace.

 That's why real spellcasters are also deceived by some of them.
 There are even real sorcerers (of course, they are only a hair's breadth away from being amateurs) who study under fake sorcerers.

 Why don't you serve the Kingdom? If someone asks you, "I'm not interested in that kind of worldly things," you can answer, "I'm not interested in that kind of worldly things.
 "Master! Tell me about your soul ride! If you say, "Can I? The magic is not something to be shown off to others.

 In a word, he's a fraud.







 How do you like it? Stepfather.
 It's good, right? I think you should do it.

 I ask permission from your father-in-law under the former King Lossies who has decided to live in hiding.
 I'm the King of Lossies now, and I'm not in a position to have to ask this man for help, but he is a former king, even though he has retired.

 I can't ignore his wishes, after all.

 You don't need permission to do flood control work, but it's safer to ask for permission to add or change the law.

 This is a 'I won't disrespect the former king and the Rosais family' appeal.


 ' 'But still, Julia. I didn't know you were thinking about this. Why didn't you suggest it to me...''
 It's because your father's sick.

 It's Yulia's concern that she doesn't want to add extra work to a sick person.
 Or maybe she came up with the idea recently.

 Either way, making new laws is very difficult for your sick father-in-law because it's very laborious.
 I'm young in that respect.

 I can at least do a double-take.

 'So what's it about? Give me specifics.
 Yeah, I understand.

 I'll explain Julia's proposal to your father-in-law.

 First of all, we would make spellcasters licensed.
 In short, it would be like a medical license.

 Then, they will be divided into three levels. Advanced, intermediate and lower levels.

 The advanced level is to be able to handle advanced spells, including spirit loading.
 The intermediate level is for those who have the basic spellcasting skills, such as curses and binding techniques, and can apply them.
 Lower level students must be able to use the basic spellcasting techniques.

 Otherwise, they are not recognized as spellcasters.

 A gold plaque for advanced level, a silver plaque for intermediate level, and a copper plaque for lower level as a certificate.

 It shall be a crime to call oneself a sorcerer or a sorcerer without a license to practice sorcery.
 The cultivation of narcotics necessary for witchcraft is prohibited (except for marijuana).
 They must be cultivated by the state under strict supervision and sold only to those who have a license to practice witchcraft.

 Anyone who discovers or invents new drugs, medicines or witchcraft is required to report it to the state.
 The state will pay the reporter an appropriate amount of money.

 In this way, witchcraft would not be kept secret by a single witchdoctor.



 Then there is the system of the state spellcaster.
 Simply put, he is the state's spellcaster.

 To become the national spellcaster, you must be a spellcaster of intermediate level.
 Once you become a state spellcaster, you can get a monthly pension, buy drugs at a discount, and many other benefits.

 But in return, you have to respond to the call from the state as soon as it comes.

 There must be a certain number of spellcasters who have never served the state before.
 The law is designed to employ those spellcasters.



 Then there's the witchcraft institute.
 To put it simply, it is a state-run witchcraft institute.
 Research is paid for by the state, and its spellcasters are paid a high salary for their work.

 The spellcasters are free to conduct their research. But it is a prerequisite to follow the will of the state to some extent.


 Then there is the spellcaster training school.
 Until now, to become a spellcaster, you had to train under other spellcasters.
 But this is not enough to train many spellcasters, and the state does not have the numbers.

 So a state-run school is created.
 Once a year, girls over the age of eight will be gathered in the palace.
 Then they teach them witchcraft for a month to see if they are talented.

 Julia says that unless you're a very late bloomer, a month is all it takes to find out if you have talent or not.
 The rest of the time, I'll talk to the talented child himself and his parents to see if he can become a spellcaster.

 The government will cover the parents' moving expenses to some extent, and if the parents can't move, they can live in the dormitory.
 The tuition is naturally free.

 By the way, the person who teaches classes is the national witchdoctor. I'll pay you a salary.

 It costs, but if you think of it as an investment, it's a small price.
 To begin with, there aren't many talented spellcasters, so the number of students would be around a hundred at most, wouldn't it?



 Finally, the House of Magic.
 This is Tetra's hope.
 In short, it's an institution that studies magic. By the way, according to Tetra, you don't need to be a spellcaster to design a magic circle.
 I'm not sure what to say, but rather that it requires more talent, such as mathematics.

 For now, Tetra is the only member of the organization.
 Whether or not it will increase is a mystery. It's a new field, so I don't know how to train it.

 Well, the spellcaster training school will be teaching math as well, so some people will be interested in magic.
 That depends on Tetra's recruitment efforts.


 Also, I don't know what it is, but they're going to divide it into different fields. 
 I'm not sure what it is, but they're going to divide it into five fields: conjuring (specializing in curses), medicinal (specializing in medicine), sacred (specializing in anti-curses), spiritual (specializing in soul-related matters) and magic (specializing in witchcraft).

 It's like dividing the study into language, math, science and social studies.
 To be honest, I don't really understand the difference.

 I'm going to leave this part up to Yulia and Tetra.

 Incidentally, according to this division theory, Seo-yeon is good at necromancy, Lulu is good at witchcraft, and Tetra is good at witchcraft.
 I've been told that Yulia is good at all the fields except sorcery, but she's especially good at potion and holy art.



 ''You do a lot of things,''
 'We're not going to do everything all at once. We're going to start with the licensing system, the state spellcasters and the spellcasting institute.

 I guess it will be two months at the earliest before we can put it into action in earnest.

 'And how do you want to crack down on fake sorcerers?
 We'll use a standing army. As soon as we get the call, we'll send them out to capture him.

 By the way, one gold coin for the finder.
 Everyone will report it.


 "Do you intend to apply this law to the lands of the great families?
 I will. The countermeasures against false spellcasters are necessary for the great families, right?

 There shouldn't be that much complaining.
 The state spellcaster system is going to be a bit frustrating, but if you don't want the state to take it, you can just offer more conditions than that.

 That part will remain the same as before.

 However, I intend to do the school only in the area directly under my control.
 I expect a backlash against the quirks.

 ''The miso of this law is that the state will manage all spellcasters' information centrally. Isn't that right?
 Yes, sir.

 Information is so important.
 I'm thinking of starting with the centralization of information and personnel for now.

 Well, this level of legislation should be enough to get us through the House of Lords. I'll put in a good word for you. Good luck with that.
 Nice to meet you.



 At a meeting of the Australian Council held a week later, it was decided that all the laws would be passed successfully.



 Two months after the law came into effect.

 ''Sorcerer-sama, you must take your sorcerer's medicine every day. I've been giving you the Sorcerer-sama's medicine every day, but it hasn't been able to cure you.''
 A woman asks an old woman.
 The woman has a sick child.

 Isn't that too much to ask? It won't work that fast.
 The woman looks suspicious at the old woman's question.

 'It's been two months already. When will it take effect?'
 What is it? Are you doubting me?
 The old woman says forcefully, and the woman shakes her head.
 The old woman is the only sorceress around this village.

 She said, "Don't worry, you will be fine. You will be well soon. Then I'll go back home.
 The old woman said that and walked away.



 Ha, you're an idiot. That's just rolled up wheat dumplings. It's not a medicine. There is no cure for it.
 The old woman laughs with her belly.

 She is using the same kind of trick to get a lot of wheat, salt and liquor from the villages around here.
 There are many skilled sorcerers around the palace, though. This is the countryside.

 There are no sorcerers who have the power to find out that the old woman is a false sorceress.
 The surrounding villages have no choice but to rely on the old woman.

 And there are surprisingly few who have seen witchcraft in the flesh.
 There aren't enough sorcerers to meet the country's needs.


 'I'm sorry!
 Someone knocked on the front door.
 An old woman opened the door and a young woman stood there. A number of soldiers were waiting behind her.

 'My name is Lulu, the state spellcaster. You are under suspicion of fraud. Please present your witchcraft license.
 The old woman frowned.
 'I don't know anything about a witchcraft license.

 'Yes?' It's,
 'Huh? Maybe you haven't heard? There's a recent law that says all sorcerers must have a license to practice witchcraft without one.
 I don't know. I don't know.

 In fact, the old woman had never heard of such a law.
 The number of bureaucrats in King Rosais' country was still so small that many villages would be left out.

 ''I'm sorry about this. It's an oversight on our part. Then let's check it out now. It won't take long.''

 Lulu smiles and presses the old woman to perform a spell.
 The old woman is puzzled because she can't do witchcraft as far as it goes. This is because the old woman can't do witchcraft as far as she is concerned.

 'Look, spellcasters are easy to...'
 'I don't care what you say. Just make it quick.

 Lulu says and pushes her way into the house. Soldiers are also forcing their way into the house in a row.

 Hey, what are you doing with your hands?
 No, sorry. The medicine in this jar? I mean, wheat dumplings are the same thing you're selling as medicine, right?

 Lulu approaches with a smile.
 An old woman backs away.

 'By the way, a false sorcerer is a confiscation of property to the Whipping Ten. What's more, if you don't confess, the Whipping Ten will replace the Whipping Ten with the Twenty.

 The old woman simply confessed.



 It should be noted that the child who had been tricked by the old woman into staying sick forever was cured in two weeks thanks to the medicine prescribed by Lulu.