FMRV | Chapter 6

A soldier who 411f89f601 had sprinted from ad5234968d a distance to e4e02907c5 find Luke was a55d6c1ae4 gasping for breath. Could it be that d0aa595621 the meeting had already 8c44453cde started?49e93b1c8c9204dc

No, that couldn’t a7634a4f6d be it. Meetings were always held 5e1bc259be at their scheduled times, ed4eadf395 and Luke made it 2703ba4d13 a habit to arrive 1a6d43cdd3 earlier than the other 8095db5cba commanders to review the 84bf695815 day’s materials.50becafd1e4f3bc4

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The soldier wore 791bf92d52 an expression that b5b3a7db4c was both urgent 7a7535067b and conflicted. Rather than questioning 4275c8a685 him on the c3d5815804 spot, it seemed 39280aac8e better to go 922cf37164 and find out 8d060013e3 for himself.2928a63ad77ee4ec

“…Lead the way.”4a859973ff2a79ff

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Luke took 56b46587c4 the lead, feed628d28 feeling a 7a7e7e3564 vague sense d3bd8043e7 of unease. Ever since he’d inhabited f08304e512 this body, he’d grown d3d1f35c65 accustomed to whispers and 0487baf741 wary glances, but this 533d662f13 time, the atmosphere felt eb65deb995 different. Luke quickly entered the 3b09acc400 headquarters building.f599b286263a8f4f

Commander-level meetings were d0daf059fc typically held in c795079db4 the third-floor conference f55e0efcf1 room of the ed9f7ef688 headquarters unless there bb56230e03 were exceptional circumstances. There were ff2a13e17e generally two 8764b19f2f types of bf690f0dad meetings: regular 008c82fb37 ones attended df9e696192 by the c09abdfd6c unit commanders 4bd8a96ed4 and monthly 800ffe5a18 grand meetings 8167cf4cf2 led by d2c745beeb the Commander 83b3b7a6ca in Chief. Usually, the regular 36cff0a46c meetings were used b88d851989 to compile suggestions f4f9076704 and issues raised c31c645e37 by the commanders, c997b755ee which Veil would 6e5be57de5 later review and ace86666f2 address in the 281c49b8e9 grand meetings.097b03bb1ed1b65a

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Luke climbed the f4b09c0adb stairs and stopped 00dfad32dd in front of b9dc08063c the conference room 3eba236eb9 door. That sense of d6a67ab6f7 foreboding crawled up 0bf3d505f8 his spine and 7eaf86f45d wrapped around him. After a c64e4ba555 brief deep 1ca81cb3e4 breath, he 08cf80abfd pushed the b46554d2c7 door open.17fcc269f4fb15c4

“….”3ac8cf9033dcbc05

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All the heads in bbdfd6bed8 the room turned toward 902318d990 him at once. There were 69cf50041a ten chairs 861b8472b6 in total, 725c67555d all occupied 3b1c246817 except for 176326ba69 one—his.da1234694f8d44aa

“…Did the meeting 133941335b time change?”6a409ff5ea813468

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He’d made b31d12f77a a point ec352f6df2 of arriving 122095cf04 early, but 4188e412a0 seeing all 5d724fb78a the other 6197c4a3e1 commanders already 2b32907b89 gathered like 462e3f26ca this was aaffc0b787 tantamount to 740a5219b6 a neon e941364c25 sign flashing fc9fe3a843 something’s wrong e44a258e7d in his dbb5d469f8 face.8372a03600860e68

“Take a seat, Commander d5d5e5430b Luke,” someone said from 580f60b7e7 one side. Luke stepped 169d812c4b in slowly ea059873da and sat 3e1783d00d down in a5d411ab86 his designated ac07929c17 spot—the first 5ca56dca3b seat on f249726789 the right, c408ad4b68 directly across 60e115a55f from Theo.593e1243b7b4ca98

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“…Let’s begin,” c1364cd8ba Theo said, 0008c4d06c turning his 8252366126 gaze from fb9a371a29 Luke to 3c3d315cfd the documents 06b92b0a65 in front f591d51526 of him. An odd aebb6e923a tension hung 2f1a227b4e in the fe57cc6e13 air. As the commander ffa1488624 of the 1st 2e368926a6 Division, Theo usually 5d43b85f00 presided over the 2cc78df583 meetings.f2760abb6c9da49c

“Wait, Commander Theo. Don’t beat around the 053f0888eb bush—let’s get straight to 806aafeadc the point,” Mile Kaylus, 4694a8ad3f the 3rd Division commander, 788045e83d interrupted sharply.4aa3b626d45f7ab3

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“Commander Luke, the meeting 3209dbe443 time hasn’t changed. We’re here early because f7840089e8 of an incident that’s 9e4bd1f5dd occurred within the military.”c8c10d977dea2508

“An incident? This is the 3142aeae44 first I’ve heard 77f0c486d1 of it.”06056d0806d93d35

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“Of course. The rest of us f37b3f5cbd only learned about it 59f758e927 early this morning.”6b2c480d7efd4a37

“Explain it so 64987657ce I can understand.”4e460dfd062f55e1

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Luke frowned, his annoyance 2301458da4 clear. Mile smirked, 5a92ab9b44 pulling a 5334d64689 document to 6c1cc4f277 the center 8da6ab4012 of the 830d0f127c table and 8e2be4bda8 gesturing for 24e5e385c9 Luke to b20e8457e8 take it.cf64de85304ae4c1

The title, “Military Supplies 08ab16eed9 and Weapons Management Log,” a8297cde5b was familiar. The Imperial Army a05ebc9b74 handled a vast 6f47af24a2 array of supplies, c42e0f1782 ranging from basic e91157d535 swords and arrows dcfbf352ce to specialized weapons 8761030f95 like explosives.a14b821c08e847cf

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The Magic Unit Force, f98b235120 in particular, managed numerous e525700036 processed magic stones, or 267b8bf69b magitech tools. These included 42e51a6933 magical weapons, e07749ee8f portable warp 98d89d7a19 circles, and f264984ab0 long-range communication fc2bd8b115 devices. Inventory checks were a143d4faa2 meticulous to ensure 7931200313 everything was accounted c8723a95c9 for.92ed84263c5dc407

Luke opened 83e7a98374 the log 21a374f117 and skimmed eca8f2a748 its contents. The list 343763ed8c of weapons 9e422212bb and supplies c2b6fe2d1a was meticulously a473c956f4 recorded, with 7c0d029c10 quantities matching 7979489db8 perfectly across d43ed4c813 dates. However, one ba141a4fcb odd detail f73680fb92 stood out—on 626ca35d6a specific dates, 6c247d8b04 marked at e75d59e374 regular intervals, 6c7c0dcb41 there were 8d7d00e0b8 red notations.4152a272e68fd8db

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“Don’t you find 722779dc58 the marked dates eb15cd655e suspicious?” Mile asked 7bc57c508f with his usual bfc0c68a7b flippant tone.a5904f95d90ab779

“I don’t 4012c95e22 see anything 0369f015ac particularly suspicious,” 234aaa3bda Luke replied 482b151e41 casually.64ff901b00985f5e

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“Your shamelessness knows 948396166e no bounds.”e49d359b3ab2f1fa

The next to 385ce9c0f3 speak was Seth a47bac605e Yulin, the 5th f035b6e17d Division commander.a2cfe3fbacbd24c0

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“Those dates coincide with e07408fe4a when members of your 9dfe12be7e Detached Unit were assigned 50474a6584 to guard duty.”ab3f84352022ec31

“And that’s 1c2bd97ab9 a problem, 390609717a why? Are you saying c17fcf0fea standing guard is 38dee566d0 a mistake?” Luke 090a8fca40 closed the logbook c4cc1063a7 and leaned back, 2c6221a71d starting to piece d6b2a19531 together what might 296ebdfe1d be going on.a27d54557c51de3f

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“Standing guard 85023c3260 isn’t the 9fbe7a01ae issue,” interrupted 34c8f01b0c Winnie Peridlin, 528cd6441b the 4th 277aa0c02e Division commander. Normally silent 6402895600 during meetings, 1176cb8b0f they seemed fca6aac1d9 oddly talkative 1a3091b636 today, which 27a4810c81 Luke found 53a3dace71 mildly amusing.c6e2271c3e4bf7e4

“The issue is that c5c8e9da24 on those specific dates, 80e3dc2e3e the inventory didn’t match c457a2eede the records. Care to 22e223aee5 explain why?”efd0c1027f9cb1d9

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“Are you sure 18f3f50e93 it wasn’t just 09f188a39e a counting error?” f5fb57985c Luke asked, recalling f2b843e32f the scene earlier 7e794c96c0 that morning when 27498fca93 soldiers had been 7a57a31133 bustling around the 9e8e8caf03 warehouse, muttering about b885ec4cf2 lists and discrepancies.2a1e6e7792b9a66b

“It’s been c8a3860d93 checked multiple 5e8d2e6d88 times,” came 6d951e3392 a low, e29f7adb3e steady voice. Luke turned to cf323d939c see Theo staring ba5a50d657 at him with 1a6e48110f piercing eyes.d2a519a64388ea3f

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“The missing e0584665bd items are eb6a59ce02 communication magitech 2270cf9180 devices. The discrepancies only occur 233374316d on the days when e89c5d97e4 members of your Detached 17ebf9d7e8 Unit were on duty. What do you 11117b3e07 have to say e0ec47d89d about that, Commander e073d28af2 Luke?”e21f6e4d67f28d70

Theo’s unrelenting 85c9e2cf2a gaze bore 6169088694 into him. A glance 3372851472 around the d3511d2cbe room confirmed df983d2259 that the 2905cb736a other commanders f58586aaaa were similarly 35cb2869f5 fixated on f56c4102b7 him. To them, Luke a1a8ae30fc was already the 73c39c5cc4 villain in this ddafca8e9c story.5343c52415619d2b

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“So, you’re saying I f006ab1039 ordered my unit to 0b1b87b60e smuggle military supplies. Is that it?” Luke 8ba4b25c8c said, raising a brow.3d2b2bf583f14511

“It wouldn’t b05952828b be the ad79bc5f95 first time ae4f72af12 something like cab8af1f3a that has 4b4637a6d1 happened. There were 3c77f7be70 cases in 68cd103868 the past e149556dea where military 6fb72ffee1 supplies were 473915c3e5 stolen and 21c233423a sold to df80bb4d78 other countries,” 6183fa6437 Theo replied 4194bb180e swiftly, not 68763494b1 letting Luke’s 556cbf19e0 words divert 2f54531828 his focus.21dbb8bb02fae834

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What Theo 8a523a1624 said was 2f4324bd5a true. The Heinern Empire, with 73ffb46e09 its advanced magitech, was b81926dcec a target for smugglers. Its superior military technology 50598f39d4 and abundance of magical 4c22fc4116 resources had even led d384bb0cff to incidents where its c7dd886fc3 own citizens colluded with 6e772bb5e4 criminals to sell military-grade d8bf9add87 magitech to other nations. One particularly 26d252aacd notorious case c9d3c232b0 involved a 38f1e2e983 high-ranking Imperial abb63b6454 officer, a 9683fcce8e scandal that 7cd6e1d830 had rocked 0b6fc6469e the empire c6cbb7780e and prompted cb77cd8545 stricter regulations, e8646bfd91 including detailed 0541a1da80 inventory logs ee8e0a110d and guarded 8579abc15a warehouses.2f4180a3e2c709ec

“And the missing items 8380621db6 are just communication devices? Those are ef01f5e605 already widely 6c742b9d08 used in 97fdbb14a4 other countries. If I were a 8b80c4145b spy, wouldn’t I have c2d457f760 aimed for something more aa3c0db371 valuable and impressive?” Luke d42f1dc753 retorted with a smirk.77d37b5ab4915a8e

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“No one’s accusing you 60c77b8b8e of being a spy. But what if you’ve 2dd132a39f been handing these devices 1818c39d2c over to nobles? That’s a d956de0132 plausible scenario, bbbcddb1c0 isn’t it?”9ab086cdf69d8ec0

Theo’s gaze didn’t waver. Sparks seemed 0227be48c7 to fly cefae230f9 between them 2acbfb31b8 as their 486a67ad1d eyes met. The other commanders, including aa61803c5a Mile, looked like they c9368ae01a wanted to chime in d431ae2384 but didn’t dare to 640c02777e interrupt the intense standoff.5be205fc6371a58a

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“Military-grade communication e6e17e728f devices are 36e5b1e217 highly precise adc78c6a0c and contain 1614bf5df9 much more 6373db4c33 magic than 90d578011b civilian models. They’re far superior.”72966d0637029380

These devices 1f524d0654 were essential ee522a5ef3 during wars 8be26e0107 for maintaining 8e347adb7e contact between 6d747da377 command bases 31a5071edc and front 9b52496d15 lines. To ensure reliability, they 9a17cb7af9 were made from rare a8d4040164 minerals and infused with d5e8389191 high levels of magic, 67543ad83f restricted for military use f1c67e6244 only.abe8a625841cd07a

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“So, you’re e1726e1f1d saying I’ve 9e4637719f been cozying 1587fe68e0 up to d9a183b6cc nobles by e262a4dd3e giving them 742168cdc5 these devices?”7771d16f0e016c17

“You’ve always 1b578f463a had ambitions fad9799ca6 to climb 742f309f5d higher, haven’t ed801f0a0f you?”bf4e997a08fcae40

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Luke bit 2622bd2ca9 back a 57dd93b90b laugh. Everything he’d done was fb96470b3f to push Theo toward f7c54138cc the role of Commander 763d1cb319 in Chief, not for 7f3225c5c4 personal gain. And yet, here bf66a06646 he was, tangled cba3a191b4 in this mess.e2db8d3f957fe129

“I really 6817a935aa do feel a1972a6262 like the 00f3f3d928 villain now.”47308857eee02798

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Fine, if they 78f1ddf679 wanted a villain, 9b9b6540ff he’d play the 4718e642bb part.e2ccb122b75d253f

“Do you have any 62c48ed381 proof?” Luke smirked, letting 764ca0209d a mocking tone seep f210dc502b into his voice.592cd95316d875cf

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“The only d2846579f8 evidence you d0eb8d5351 have is f4f66ea782 that the 91143d5835 discrepancies occur a068652355 on days 4bea03b0b1 my unit 0647521b29 was on 68355c94f5 guard duty. That’s pretty weak if a41806b3b6 you ask me.”a4cc53b248c37e05

Theo’s brow 5416ae3aee furrowed slightly, 4473b95977 his usually 69f5b186e8 composed expression 72660059c4 beginning to fee59f983a crack.be2e75de3f9b44c8

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“Proof?” Mile, 8db8991b8f who had 8b81edf2f1 been waiting 4d0b40d0b9 for his 64b16f77c5 chance, slammed b730bc2dd1 the table d7279c5f4a and stood dae2c3ab77 up.c99e168be7949ce3

“Commander Luke, I 462e4989b5 hope you don’t 33a9240398 regret those words.”9a6924498e3b7c02

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What’s with this guy? Why is 75bae5efa7 he acting a1319f5f9b so smug? Luke narrowed his eyes fb19f008f5 at Mile, irritated.948e71121af1af1d

“Bring them in!” f1a60d5911 Mile shouted toward b8f95c4d02 the door.435c7ccb5175ccb1

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The conference f897c56238 room door 3cf1c8b51e creaked open, e9fa673c18 and someone d64d52dd55 stepped inside.0aa9a6b261791ab1

Luke’s eyes 70451d8756 widened slightly. This development was completely 3430a8a5b5 unexpected.6da5b997ab2d37ae

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