FMRV | Chapter 6

A soldier 195a12ae1b who had 1a01e6b816 sprinted from 2b1af39f89 a distance 21c99b7e0e to find eef8dbf753 Luke was 666334f5e3 gasping for 3736ebccda breath. Could it be 35e340f4b1 that the meeting 94e9fba014 had already started?828ac1407673fa75

No, that couldn’t be 2d1e4ca7b6 it. Meetings were always 81b8d926eb held at their 015e94e7a7 scheduled times, and b181f4d8d6 Luke made it 20e2ad0d92 a habit to 3ea3876946 arrive earlier than 18cb4de5cf the other commanders 4939d9a1f5 to review the 33f0ec3d6a day’s materials.dde802a95ebbb4bc

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The soldier ab9c57feeb wore an b8b4f117c8 expression that 5392ad597f was both 5a75d813ef urgent and c86398e053 conflicted. Rather than ffd4ff2f2b questioning him d327407cf4 on the e62a735c97 spot, it e93ef95452 seemed better fc7d627692 to go 7f478794b4 and find 8d8c37e6fe out for 66a9c1577f himself.48eb2f6a8a07a5b7

“…Lead the way.”2ed3d6ad4719d3e8

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Luke took the 6d782adbb4 lead, feeling a 4c37dec6f3 vague sense of 2729d00be8 unease. Ever since he’d d9bf651350 inhabited this body, 911a481415 he’d grown accustomed 6325274ebe to whispers and 6ad6494fa7 wary glances, but 545e258231 this time, the de412baa77 atmosphere felt different. Luke quickly 3f1575e0fa entered the 5a5bd7bfb3 headquarters building.765f140f64a1ae13

Commander-level meetings c4f86c2482 were typically 08697c10e0 held in 71c5880230 the third-floor 748bfdf43d conference room e0119f819a of the 6fde3ee100 headquarters unless eb3c792429 there were 1adc3d75e8 exceptional circumstances. There were 125fcb8cc1 generally two e0c623236d types of cd90568c54 meetings: regular 8440c478a2 ones attended c1de4a589d by the 19e1fcc37e unit commanders d0089d50ab and monthly f35f0ba663 grand meetings 60860f1397 led by ec1bc34a32 the Commander 4b77463a3d in Chief. Usually, the regular meetings af1353d639 were used to compile 4929734a76 suggestions and issues raised bf7d5e57a0 by the commanders, which 4c1ebc0089 Veil would later review c59db92adf and address in the eacfe77260 grand meetings.25a98fe91bd01131

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Luke climbed the stairs f5729ad8e3 and stopped in front 9ae1d0de9d of the conference room 3d848fd11a door. That sense f1947eb9c5 of foreboding 79bd2dcc2b crawled up 669b8d467c his spine 886d770ec3 and wrapped f38687a2df around him. After a brief deep d217345ea8 breath, he pushed the e85b42d734 door open.66cb2b92b3ffb40a

“….”39cea53ff0416296

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All the heads 86646f6a88 in the room 8d38af788c turned toward him 19061b2acd at once. There were ten f6ab83f695 chairs in total, b85788ebea all occupied except b5595a5cca for one—his.ae74f9bbf9c0a6e8

“…Did the 24eb8576e3 meeting time e0cc9b52b7 change?”fbfe609548ea7ec6

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He’d made a point 672a16adf5 of arriving early, but 20629eba63 seeing all the other 30917487fd commanders already gathered like f3bdfd90b0 this was tantamount to 3627da560c a neon sign flashing 6729b39bb3 something’s wrong in his 00501a48a5 face.827d3689c46ebace

“Take a seat, Commander fa1233eb64 Luke,” someone said from 74a730f7b8 one side. Luke stepped in 06ceef08c2 slowly and sat 857c5ea91b down in his 0ad1f6d33e designated spot—the first 92e17010e1 seat on the 259b5cb09d right, directly across eec005148f from Theo.d4ecfc9f68775e57

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“…Let’s begin,” ef8c18d161 Theo said, 198bbc726a turning his 5a0703e5cc gaze from 2207b8c7a2 Luke to 49864200d8 the documents 1eaa86e154 in front ee0da45bb1 of him. An odd tension ef568ebd2c hung in the 07c47262e0 air. As the commander of 2d59bfaeff the 1st Division, Theo 1eb6d95862 usually presided over the b71c48f82b meetings.509625d702771d06

“Wait, Commander Theo. Don’t beat around the 01ebe35d7e bush—let’s get straight to 70a7ff8c01 the point,” Mile Kaylus, 2aafc71999 the 3rd Division commander, fc479d9b7e interrupted sharply.57a433d0b61db4a1

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“Commander Luke, the meeting 06331ccad3 time hasn’t changed. We’re here c60ba6744c early because 1b86a259eb of an 0e593c2b94 incident that’s 67261db9a9 occurred within 44f56316c9 the military.”2043899fde100b05

“An incident? This is the 3ad8bfeb05 first I’ve heard 65d40fb176 of it.”d20f69b2e273de99

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“Of course. The rest of us 7b2b215e5d only learned about it 9f4be65811 early this morning.”fd65fed8736479b1

“Explain it so I d218919ea2 can understand.”49a2f814a4a3250d

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Luke frowned, his a7d4bcff4f annoyance clear. Mile smirked, pulling 210576afed a document to 43a2fb1f7d the center of 774d66eaba the table and 68f8019c43 gesturing for Luke 4432f35d6b to take it.10fda794ec9a90aa

The title, “Military 6a5e3701a1 Supplies and Weapons e899f7c9bd Management Log,” was 185f68d7f0 familiar. The Imperial Army 277c8a8e32 handled a vast 8cadf5de12 array of supplies, 5edaf42cac ranging from basic 326519465d swords and arrows 4f5a9afb88 to specialized weapons fb2a7f62da like explosives.01f4dfaa90a60cbf

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The Magic 125531b506 Unit Force, 236a050785 in particular, 0c991a56dd managed numerous e2c2b063b0 processed magic 8c9ed22774 stones, or ff3d475a3f magitech tools. These included magical weapons, 2ca239e644 portable warp circles, and bbe167d96d long-range communication devices. Inventory checks were meticulous 602ad3062a to ensure everything was a7a88312de accounted for.89f26f5698071284

Luke opened the log f843b20e24 and skimmed its contents. The list of f3f0699d9b weapons and supplies 819264796a was meticulously recorded, f6e67dfedc with quantities matching 96e00a9075 perfectly across dates. However, one d7e7c57d47 odd detail 38d0114d07 stood out—on 1473917a9f specific dates, 5e2802f692 marked at 94508f3324 regular intervals, 750652a0b7 there were 14d41bfab8 red notations.ab3fe4a119a930c7

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“Don’t you find the b40b0b1cf8 marked dates suspicious?” Mile 8e6794b9ed asked with his usual 6360d31de0 flippant tone.59bafc9de26c0bc5

“I don’t da3fffe2ac see anything 533f13d1b4 particularly suspicious,” 5f0ed64999 Luke replied 21a4275938 casually.789272caf8d53a99

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“Your shamelessness knows no 1bb57a54c1 bounds.”9b99938ee50f6f42

The next 25ae9d0a8a to speak ea2c85494d was Seth 8faecf181d Yulin, the 067c624ca1 5th Division 0e4e668609 commander.b46ec7c6aea68fa4

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“Those dates coincide 2fbb621284 with when members e5a29ea6b2 of your Detached 98c889a866 Unit were assigned 267d69683f to guard duty.”7c0cbf386f221d37

“And that’s aba2cf5dae a problem, 0a0e875240 why? Are you saying c512796e41 standing guard is ce7f538366 a mistake?” Luke 827c7de301 closed the logbook 449c18370c and leaned back, e0df7dfb33 starting to piece cefcf353a7 together what might f4dd660ca8 be going on.26edc0df8463cfa0

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“Standing guard isn’t 73356ada18 the issue,” interrupted b57ef6a716 Winnie Peridlin, the 241a798cbc 4th Division commander. Normally silent f81435ca4a during meetings, bfb320903e they seemed 124b978576 oddly talkative 0f7569ddd5 today, which d0216dacb6 Luke found 5134670c4e mildly amusing.13786131ac26625c

“The issue is f0103abc75 that on those 114af5db12 specific dates, the 620f979ec1 inventory didn’t match d5095685fe the records. Care to cecb77ad68 explain why?”1a8aab253f7d27c8

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“Are you sure it 31c8aff668 wasn’t just a counting 36a00bce6d error?” Luke asked, recalling 824b2f2de4 the scene earlier that c0834fe5ab morning when soldiers had 54fda013ec been bustling around the 4f4d2234ec warehouse, muttering about lists fd7560c132 and discrepancies.58e7e8523fe6b39f

“It’s been checked f92351eb03 multiple times,” came 31fec9020a a low, steady fa348a8ece voice. Luke turned to see 3dd61ca6dc Theo staring at him e2f5d384ae with piercing eyes.ce65438287608c27

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“The missing items 055a618874 are communication magitech b60c914a1f devices. The discrepancies only 9319df1e0b occur on the 30942f0fef days when members 2c2e28a30c of your Detached 23a6c72901 Unit were on 27b3d5ee56 duty. What do you have c8f42b13bf to say about that, f6e8493278 Commander Luke?”3ecf4cc2a3be0119

Theo’s unrelenting gaze bore 56413bfbed into him. A glance c69516ef37 around the 04b6ea8efd room confirmed b999de7d0e that the e0dc03f05a other commanders ff297ef485 were similarly e20a90379f fixated on 9b99ebf481 him. To them, Luke e46b6874be was already the 323200fa66 villain in this f2cd5dea5a story.f011532d2195f1cb

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“So, you’re saying I c0df4fba6c ordered my unit to 6c53fe6247 smuggle military supplies. Is that it?” Luke e870b56f11 said, raising a brow.9ebcf8cc6880a6e5

“It wouldn’t 531dd4c6e4 be the 1d1ee6344f first time 46aa30a95b something like 45e76d7152 that has a14576b9f8 happened. There were aadd1d37cb cases in 34610a2074 the past cf73e1d794 where military 1a2d966c43 supplies were 6286eb1c6f stolen and 9ed0a4678c sold to 6eeb8ea3ce other countries,” a049763bc1 Theo replied 6a814a9b79 swiftly, not a528aa18ef letting Luke’s 4d12c846d2 words divert a5cfe4d43c his focus.f0110877a904daed

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What Theo said aa8ceb3754 was true. The Heinern 9719ddb989 Empire, with 1a1001aa03 its advanced 485deb3f03 magitech, was 47964294b3 a target 92f77e5c29 for smugglers. Its superior military de9debdf32 technology and abundance 503262a5bd of magical resources f30e83a1fc had even led 5746605db8 to incidents where f6d0700acc its own citizens bd2def4eb0 colluded with criminals 7d3109bdfd to sell military-grade 26a8ef27a8 magitech to other 514023c558 nations. One particularly 25fd0f9565 notorious case 73d05b9845 involved a ea99e23043 high-ranking Imperial 94c7ee4829 officer, a 8f16c9ae90 scandal that f22c234567 had rocked 09a736c56c the empire e38d267503 and prompted b43d620eed stricter regulations, 062b9bd99e including detailed 48bb012710 inventory logs 9d7cf6ce8f and guarded 9a7bb4893d warehouses.6c043576a0ce90ca

“And the missing f9be9c6f03 items are just f060db82e2 communication devices? Those are already 2a265a35a2 widely used in 14f8b05739 other countries. If I were a af00533e42 spy, wouldn’t I have 165fb9dc1e aimed for something more 6b49f9b841 valuable and impressive?” Luke f446d7bfb3 retorted with a smirk.6e00660431709692

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“No one’s accusing you cd6cbd89eb of being a spy. But what if you’ve adcb62755b been handing these devices 8393900221 over to nobles? That’s a d8e411a46a plausible scenario, 5618026a37 isn’t it?”ecd881f43b0f50a7

Theo’s gaze didn’t waver. Sparks seemed 4d7215ec02 to fly 677e37005c between them 1f72d13169 as their f5fd6d6f4b eyes met. The other commanders, b3ac1d2e72 including Mile, looked 9e2bff35d7 like they wanted 600038a37a to chime in b080b4e234 but didn’t dare e624c824e0 to interrupt the 6e47b7ea6a intense standoff.ea930d4dc85b000d

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“Military-grade communication devices are fe0ec44024 highly precise and contain aae87886bc much more magic than c0a39b70e0 civilian models. They’re far superior.”8dcaf9289dd3e612

These devices were cec8f870a2 essential during wars 4f65db8ef8 for maintaining contact f67501053a between command bases dfae2c94f4 and front lines. To ensure reliability, bbc87e081a they were made bec4f70975 from rare minerals 647dfd7302 and infused with afcd0ae1de high levels of c99fe9e419 magic, restricted for 4dc68b901d military use only.9a601fc0f4708aeb

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“So, you’re saying bd183b5910 I’ve been cozying 28364fa842 up to nobles 0a612bdf88 by giving them b02857aa4f these devices?”afc000a9945b7f05

“You’ve always 477cc2d45b had ambitions 3d59ab7a49 to climb dc842bc744 higher, haven’t 58584ec460 you?”e6caa9d50bb054c9

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Luke bit back 8546451b9b a laugh. Everything he’d done 76f6898063 was to push adbb875e3b Theo toward the 280df85918 role of Commander 9d5e354c13 in Chief, not ddb799b9a1 for personal gain. And yet, here he 6008eb6df1 was, tangled in this c00e3a04ae mess.0880d532b46af81b

“I really do 8699f52d1a feel like the 04134ea2c3 villain now.”218ac9107fe3972c

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Fine, if 71d39002b9 they wanted 0f9087ad75 a villain, 54f089b905 he’d play ca1e99e1a7 the part.0fa0bc37b035514e

“Do you have 2cb00c7439 any proof?” Luke 554be88fad smirked, letting a 9f2f5a8fe1 mocking tone seep 857a375e23 into his voice.bdac99894d11240b

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“The only evidence 1593517536 you have is 9ccb29fc80 that the discrepancies f10531bd01 occur on days 0118a56d54 my unit was 60fcf8217a on guard duty. That’s pretty weak if 19eecedeb7 you ask me.”9f97ad90985917fc

Theo’s brow furrowed slightly, e5a9810604 his usually composed expression aa37cdc730 beginning to crack.643ecfc700c3433a

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“Proof?” Mile, who had faa1d7b30c been waiting for his 89169baf0f chance, slammed the table 65873855dd and stood up.03c94ebca6fe072a

“Commander Luke, 27b9069bb7 I hope 1c5652cf36 you don’t 6396425f05 regret those 74f02bc398 words.”639a1ab9f4f32043

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What’s with this 8ed13032c4 guy? Why is e712ca99af he acting a0a8772529 so smug? Luke narrowed his eyes 716d856f71 at Mile, irritated.84649565cbe3090b

“Bring them in!” Mile 731948c0b0 shouted toward the door.2936cf84f910b770

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The conference room 6cbc613f13 door creaked open, 09d54a0dfe and someone stepped 0e5975b52d inside.5e2a8459c29d0186

Luke’s eyes widened slightly. This development b8aa83018f was completely c526dbbc8f unexpected.ba194112033c35f2

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