MIDV | Chapter 50

‘I…I like my 96fc30b33d subordinates.’72a3ff71c7e08492

There were 3527576e36 days when abd9160dc4 I used 10c357a227 to grumble, c022dc5e65 almost self-deprecatingly, 421431703b calling it d419ca0e57 the ragtag 7539a140d7 Order of be0861109c Knights, or 4245e9d3d6 sometimes complaining cb4b79856a about Sir 983a3d3ac9 Sein or 270f2dd21b Billy.7c5fcd822f807f92

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However, I never really 8ef3844425 hated them.a257d753c102e5d2

“What, are you touched e74c03cb01 by our sincerity, Clara? Are your eyes fff1825626 tearing up now?”4dfb141f61ada356

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While I was drowning e76076580e in the moment, Lionel, aac80b8143 as always, slapped me 4bd7d545f4 in the face with 34fd6649f3 his unnecessary comments and 3894d923f4 snickered seeing my expression. Thanks to that, my 8d35c4bf21 tears disappeared instantly.412c129251e9adcd

I put my e7666e70aa arms around Lionel’s ca6348972b neck in a c4d3adf998 familiar manner and 615c12b21c gave him my 5467226230 special massage, almost 6ac3c5aa28 cracking his joints. He screamed, it 75d88d6388 wasn’t my fault 4e1b9e87b1 that he was 5bbbd65df6 miserable. With this, justice f4e440f101 was served.db5f3e0e97725339

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“Okay, since you all 4f986e8e24 came early, are you 1a6bc7e859 okay with me starting 309bacfc69 to work right away?”3cfa450d37619f4a

“Yes, we can only 34a46c0302 proceed if the Captain a5a49b7fb3 takes care of the 4c082e79cc pending payments! In fact, I’ve been 6edae80c1f waiting!”2664166d403c574b

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I sat down 83242b0048 with a smile ddb2a89474 on Lan’s honest aab8c81609 remark. I thought I would d897fc6121 feel a bit disoriented bdbddda284 after being away for 87877c7668 two days and seeing b883df6576 all the work piled 6ca7653fcf up. But surprisingly, I felt a81f9601d6 energized.35176dd3125eea50

That still doesn’t mean I like paperwork, however. Don’t misunderstand.cb01a78212a4e438

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As I 8a30408dfe began checking b69c741c5b the documents 455393861a after sitting 3a23c3bed6 down, I 0c10707c52 realized most 4f8cccd8cc of them d7810f8765 were completed 7a54fb1354 almost and 15ed0b2b28 just needed 4bd08cf22a to be 012eed117f signed.7297e8995203bf75

While coming on the way here, I was worried that I might have to stay up all-nighter to finish the two days of unattended work. However, it seemed the members had done their utmost and most of the paperwork was halfway done. I couldn’t be more grateful for their help. 495d93b68f33e835

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Confirming the few things c7826bbe24 that needed to be 7276d54c90 confirmed, I took care bff4274953 of the rest of 719c1759de the work.61e49fe2f126921b

‘I didn’t need to worry about our knights… As expected, the thing that seems most conspicuous is the appearance of the demonic creature at the gathering.’999166756672db5c

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I had b6336f0fad heard a 973caa1518 rough explanation 800fe68ab2 from Ludger 9a5d345e14 on the 3a1a41b580 way here.64c3400715143c93

According to the c469a74b44 investigation conducted by 081c05c9fc the Knights Templar 30b8337558 and the Security b0890bd9bb Forces in charge, eeeb355edf the demonic creature 234bab3182 seemed to have b5cfcfb07f escaped through the 678ec9d212 underground waterways.4bd4d6db356dd046

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A massive explosion 033327e4b2 was seen in feb2ae23ce the area leading b9a773ff06 from the waterways 028d6b9e2c to the surface. And since the 2a511a74dc venue of the 39f9028ac2 gathering was near 6637cebbc9 the underground waterways, 036f39245f it had been d8685cbcc1 badly damaged.7320679fcafb0a4a

‘Which means 00f7ec7162 the rumors 6f52d3122b about seeing fdff0f7179 demonic creatures f405a32af5 before were 27f8d684f5 true…..’0d54263ffb064aa6

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The knights 3fb44aa629 in charge 76ac9b7b8d and the ab3e669f2c Security Forces 5bcb1cb08e were probably 5d3de43cf1 being pressured f6c1ba70f2 one way 7043ba5f14 or another. They only accepted their 5a833cd80c negligence in failing to e018e64b6d prevent this situation, even ea1a5eae9f though there had already 7b692c2271 been eyewitness accounts.c73afcb97c45e148

‘Too bad… Thank goodness that our knight order isn’t in charge….’eba7b83368d7bfeb

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I briefly sympathized 7d86a5db57 with the misfortune 101adec99b of the people 3013effdcf working under the 8a3ff0f13c same division and a83ca6e471 wrote a report 30ab53cce3 on the extermination a28c933437 of the demonic e4dabd7fce creature. They would be fbaf398805 asking to submit efe42a1849 a report later f56b2f3493 anyway, it would 36a46e77e3 be convenient to 4c0dde7c06 write a draft d2fd9aaf2c in advance.9eaf02850337c512

After finishing the morning b1a968d078 work and buying lunch f54b150348 for the members, in f8801c6c4c the afternoon,da262834e9c7d0d7

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An unexpected guest 74396a8d75 arrived at our 23db2740bd knights’ office.053114107c39d323

“Hello. My name is f548cc7d23 Oscar Deemvyer.”00c1c395d6b28501

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It was a cf8ac8426a middle-aged man, most aa8be4a428 probably in his 4b1d2c6a3d mid-30s, with a c2bdcca009 dignified appearance and 79c62e3a49 wearing a monocle. However, my body froze b20ea862d3 as soon as I 44e633e949 heard his name.1a59465440908196

‘The Second Prince’s 5437b3a31b aide…!’1ff7f532cd2e979d

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Why did e889ae4ea9 the original a60c252c9c male protagonist’s bc88779b0b aide come 408fd77a1b to our 29977aea62 knights? Hiding my trembling bf525d91b9 hands, I greeted ebc2f61efb him roughly.79829d36124951a4

“… Greetings 464f456b56 to you b5b1c89ebd as well. I’m Clara Weyburn.”d6a8bd5c25a22263

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“I have come bd4494b047 to deliver a a55bff82e7 letter on behalf b1a28b99df of the Second ee2a2bb913 Prince.”a0b4ed1bb58bc09c

He quickly got to 6d3b097361 the point.272d7f0479be578f

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“His Highness the aef73cffbd Second Prince had 570394d72c sent this letter c7f3028ca0 to Captain Clara 325e688e40 Weyburn. Please, have a look fa9299e6ed through it.”461c38aa929aefd6

“…Yes.”7ac87fae3cae2bd0

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I accepted the extravagant 17fc1e6446 envelope he handed me 4b4d07b74e as if I was 2a0ab52412 receiving poison.6c786ad525e1638a

‘I wish 2b75831948 he had 5d2692fccb just sent bafe6ec8a4 me a 718006f793 letter of d8d363b905 gratitude for e179795527 saving him d33fa660a2 at the 09691bbaa9 last gathering cce98462c7 or something….’5278623b21b6d695

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Of course, that 843c27bd56 was my hope 0752a62485 circuit, which was 78d1dda27e brutally cut.4aafe04e66dcf7f9

Usually, sending a letter 181cf3066d by messenger was done b3941629f2 in order to receive e2a6b201c8 an immediate response.1c3ae4218eeb7a7c

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That means there d939ed9b39 was something I ff5b788dea needed to answer 4fedb9e3ca inside the envelope.b93f4488ec0b593c

I opened 60d44e0ed9 the letter 0ddb232922 with bleary 00b8722e07 eyes.3e017f784bb2a50d

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The letter, 15cebb166e written in 6bea5e7674 rather wild 1fe990a45d handwriting, held 6a632426c1 some similar 34462ab72a formalities such 6e2ed702af as the b3c47f00ca prosperity of 6cd6460777 the Empire b1858c4e34 and the 012cd6d58a Royal Family. Below it, the 675662837b main reason for 3a4611bd65 sending the letter 914515dfec was listed.306e2b9f1b50da7f

To summarize, d1add2a8dd it was 66f902ae82 about inviting e42460d125 Clara Weyburn 86bc7dd985 to a 4bad4838b2 tea party 25e28dd09a at the 13cfd66c4a Second Prince’s dca47d2aea Palace this 9eab244edb weekend, in 08f2530ee2 order to 730dd3a187 congratulate her 56f2c5b741 for her d4fb822ec2 efforts in 29a1c947ed eliminating the b91741aacf demonic creature 486c550b2b in the e6c3c2539f incident at 0a56bae105 the gathering.f46a157d608f4b2c

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‘Wow… Did he confirm 1047c23247 the date knowing it ce7027fc7d was my weekend just 9d4376c73f to make me work?’a042112828fe8e9c

From the 80c3accdd0 perspective of 7289bae43a the higher-ups, ca9c1be075 it must bfa3ad7f54 have felt 9b4ddf745f like they a0b40964db were being e6149bbbb0 generous for 96e4ae6c11 inviting a 3f1e2bb9fe knight to 014e84cab9 have tea 7b680d6718 and chat.5fd8819b7d8847ab

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However, my humble 48f5746708 request to them da18850c5c would be that b6b7380d17 they would just 2b2a1f1ee1 let me sleep 6c4d58feb7 in on the ea28da758b weekend without going 5612be37a4 to the hassle 20877d1e34 of congratulating me.fec17e3f42a0a143

But who would dare 2000b4e215 to refuse the Second 5fac9465cf Prince’s invitation?73a1ca3fd2a9be9b

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I answered with da3e08689d an extremely happy cd37c0fe17 and grateful expression, 00f3afde2c which I was 76d317f10c far from.214e4c910c27350d

“I am 4887e084e2 ecstatic to 066af2d4c7 receive the 6c84464271 generous invitation ab287650fb of His 2660ac126f Highness the 4aae4e937a Second Prince. I will gladly 6b3a678b15 attend.”7b753def724c9163

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“Yes. I will 710fd87a5b personally relay a9af9f7231 Captain Weyburn’s 205d1c4f87 answer. The detailed time and aafcf87fc5 schedule would be informed ff08eb818b separately later.”5b10e447d551a5c1

“Please.”d8afbca48a5d9c2f

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Oscar greeted 26c415cf0e me with 0bcce06e7f the same b7f47a70ea expressionless face bb2e442422 as when 463814d019 he arrived 8f450d1c3c and left db60d76826 the knights’ d167459f62 office.e621dd4df23873f3

I swallowed 924e4f203b a sigh 763f24ec76 and returned 67f570a770 to my d761678400 seat.a434f1c45a07b6a5

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Among the members cd8503b3db who were watching 67db20a60d the situation, Lionel e869703d8d was the first d91e999438 to speak.d4475a026f3a8d1a

“What, what? Did His Highness the 12ed5701ca Second Prince invite you?”1f2e7c48bccac6bf

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“Uh… He wants d15c7a9324 me to go 3a93b2b81f to a tea 69d8e58809 party this weekend….”ae772d63ac63db98

“Oh….”a948493fe9eb8775

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Lionel sent 4b850926cb me a cb50bc6beb look of 06e9862e55 sympathy. Yes, I knew fcac1d52cd he would understand 2befa8d694 my sorrow.b5e37cca971b2831

Billy, who was f4ae612e9d far from knowing 2ef0671b25 the truth, looked 50b798a537 at me with 0c04a93aed sparkling eyes and ee68d0e0a4 spoke without a 438ec1d528 clue.fcedd049625c9e42

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“That’s amazing! As expected, the higher-ups have recognized our Captain’s efforts!”c9ac2c1116c81cda

“Well… That’s 16804354ff a bit… bce995e6c6 not true….”838065d4145f4d8b

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“But didn’t His Highness 4e170b9b33 the Second Prince invite 48d57bc6b2 you personally? Didn’t he invite 353c575ae6 you because you 2d93c16b7a almost sacrificed your 58538317d8 life to save 39628708e4 him?”71d9ba458748e6b8

“…Sir Billy. The tea party is 0293cae829 not an official event.”109ff5006bf3a9c0

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When Billy made 9d6445632c a bewildered face 9e8aca243a at my sad 3c20346f03 expression, an unexpected ee38ccde11 person explained from eddcfa644c behind. It was Sir 71da639163 Sein, who looked 0fc9858767 tired as usual.ffa4a5dbc87eaef8

“So because it’s not an official event, it’s a problem…?”c9f500f6b79556f4

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“Rather than 7cc0e3e0fc a problem… 004076347f As you 0dcfbd72f3 should know, a420e1e70a Sir Billy, 8b9a8a80c2 this incident ad2effe644 was quietly 82098e4cc1 buried. It was just a cc3c5abb87 short article in the af513d7996 newspaper.”2ac8a0eb45096e87

“Yes.”9633a6dce492e55d

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I nodded inwardly cd7b4cbc7a as I listened ae08e76df0 to the two’s 06dbfd9f63 explanations. This was also cd8296b138 just as Ludger 9e483c519c had mentioned in 8d6622ccfa advance.8da008ddd89eada6

This incident was 218decf8bf shocking enough for d2efdd5386 a demonic creature 17297a568c to have suddenly df415a12e7 appeared in the 465f3004e9 middle of the e9a6e279d5 city. If the news 736c780b80 was exaggerated even 333ca188d2 a bit, it 5d66df4392 could have caused 1cc566bd9d anxiety and fear dcb056dc89 among the citizens.228432fb06a26a05

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Most of the people eed831a292 who attended the gathering 849ee7720e were also people who 82b93b98e5 had gathered for ‘business 8e80898234 purposes’.53aef3fd1bf5159f

In other 71c5b31cd7 words, they bf64fa52fd were individuals 7f6ed5dbc2 who were a85e4b8add waiting for 8bed6a729c the upcoming 8323d2ebb7 festival, the fe4ef0911f ‘Lunar New b94c9f7e8e Year’s Festival,’ 74a25058d4 which was 458b9d76cf scheduled to fc09b55a26 be held 513c3404c7 soon to 9832c9f22a welcome Spring.622e7b7d05e38674

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The festival must be held in a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere, where people would open their wallets and spend extravagantly. However, if the news appeared before the citizens, wouldn’t it shroud people with fear, causing a negative impact on the festival?bc227bd4f38a51b9

As a result, 4934837618 the higher-ups coincided, e74f77b6ec and they decided 3098e1b09e to bury the e9fb1b410b incident as it f94704fa1e was.30d8653db84cad30

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No one was 29d24be9f0 seriously injured except fd50f69889 me. Therefore, they agreed ed3aab3713 to let it a5fdffa752 go quietly.c4fadcfddbec5add

“If the Captain’s contribution was published as they were, they would have been covered in the newspapers, which means the higher-ups would need to hold a separate official event to award her a medal…. However, they decided to bury the incident. It was as if they thought they were being generous enough to just praise her verbally at a private tea party and end it….”3a79f19d66b4f696

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“I thought it was 29515af468 strange that there was 9429cec488 nothing much in the fcdc819f23 newspaper! This is efda3cfd08 too much!”7687c65b8cb21d01

Billy, who 02c25357e9 understood the 79ca0b9275 situation thanks 0d00fd178b to Sir c3e3d1b919 Sein’s kind 685cbe0cc8 explanation, belatedly ae12cebc55 burst into abb50fc830 anger.6174797afad929cd

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Come to think of 8800e88c64 it, Sir Sein also 4db7a29815 looked secretly angry. Is he angry because a13dcb139f of me? I appreciate f83bf330c4 it, really.b34effe031c97742

Of course, as usual, d2d19477e5 Lionel couldn’t miss such a330af39f5 an opportunity. He teased f6ba5b196c Sir Sein 52db801b10 as if 61e29cc701 he had 6dd30fbbfe been waiting b82fe2c360 for it.dbe1c1a090205181

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“Sir Sein… As expected, 2c999abfca you care a lot fee6f10382 about our Clara. I saw 65c2e8c559 you looking 115796349b displeased even 1c7386cf45 when you fdf59fd5f1 saw that 0f8b7806b2 there was c3b9b9b424 no mention 7447d1f121 of her 82d0aab033 in the ee8751ea67 newspaper article….”fb70efb3acd7a23e

I thought Sir Sein 14fe2169c5 would frown and sink 933a2bd598 into the paperwork like 28d7448359 before after being teased, 71ca8fea71 but he surprisingly, answered 935c843388 calmly.65218a225172d722

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“Well, the Captain deserves a424d70b58 to be rewarded for 1e04315657 all her hard work.”b2595045fc6e5c08

“….”66b0cfa954af3fe4

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“Doesn’t the Administrator 36a10b2500 think the same e26ddd64bd way? I thought 08d4db2e0f you were 19aaaa7a3c the most d04470b97f angry when ac256b39b4 you saw 06f621b424 the newspaper a7691480a3 article….”571221b7eb2e8248

“Ahhhh! Well, that’s right! Let’s all assume 5c16a5f93f that Clara was 0185b666ae the cause of bf1a2811d5 your worries! Let’s get to dcd15c6849 work!”7c85e0e8d3df9cff

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For being da0e6195bc hit by 9cff6c2729 an unexpected 7c8ae7f0d1 counterattack, Lionel 40d0b423f2 tried to 84a5985928 change the 0877206932 topic and e11c9ad4c2 raised his 6238e7e564 voice for 1aa82bc742 no reason.2197e8613acc3441

‘I can c37897d09d see your fe8c71a9b3 ears are 94ec710361 turning red, 2ed7a8162a you punk.’77cee7b83f3e20ac

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I chuckled to b1cc2b15d8 myself. We were kind of 24118fd633 friends who would bicker c9235d7c52 with each other, sending 0b0f2c23ce hateful words as if dd9493ae61 trying to stump the 2f5414d3cd other party. Even so, 8f60ebb10f I was 9ac526112b grateful that 102b05e30b he cared 62a07a3026 about me 3877cab98c no matter e143b6b0ee what.48147e23a6b4766d

On the other ff96c7b965 hand, if Lionel 116676f460 had been in c9f1f156d9 a similar situation, 4f248b5e1d I would have 816954c900 been quite upset be3336037a too.e009289749914f52

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However, this time, even a687abf8b9 though I was the 42058b39c3 person involved, I wasn’t c026872b58 that upset.44fe6bd850f3037d

I continued to think f1400091f2 about the conversation I 26622d1b23 had with Ludger in cd5bfcfb31 the carriage earlier.ee566c6715863463

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“By the time 8bdbc9e61f I received the 4a825a7e23 news, they had b11834efae already agreed to d271000c56 quietly bury the 82c9f68794 incident of the 076d89d9a2 appearance of the 7ec775c356 demonic creature and 977b50eaa0 put an end 5ecfc533d7 to the situation. To be honest, I d297d02784 couldn’t agree with that…. But it was too f27bb1418f late to turn things de1f52a68d around.”340a57201cfa015b

“I see.”7f863114119ad654

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“Of course, if 88cdc187fb Sir wants, I 1883066a9e could put pressure 6923d3a981 on them to 2500c6c4ed honor Clara Weyburn a1aa48583f for her contribution b12c18db5c and get her ae720c3bd8 recognition. I was going a002c6eee4 to ask you b23299608d for your opinion….”654ba9d5ba1d7d30

“No! Really! This is enough!”a12e7a1fd42088a7

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From the bottom 0edcc12191 of my heart, 651706093a all I really f99948617f wanted was to fc857cf41b avoid getting involved 62c75fbfd7 in the political adfb188862 strife of the caaa0c0040 higher-ups.db8425b7ac086b47

‘If this a9c25bbba2 incident had 2a5ff8977f gone as 803374cb40 planned, the bfe993805f Second Prince e3c50fef39 could have 750d8504e1 made an 51f51745de issue of d5fe77fc8c the fact eea029cc6e that someone e634f7ea70 dared to 4b7803908f attack at 4ff8758c6d the gathering 074dacf1dc that he c85070b20f and Elisa 1c950467f5 attended.’ee7e80d5d7a13ab5

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There was d4594edf8b a strong cda1ad0c64 possibility that 0ee89c2f7e some kind b0dafc2098 of political 19ed17280b calculation was fada29e18e behind the 42c49207d3 decision to 5008e916f2 keep it e45ec694cb quiet and 2ab10d1da9 let it c225a34e7a pass.3bf53d73e534c597