FMRV | Chapter 6

A soldier who had 1803e8f5db sprinted from a distance 13f417ad30 to find Luke was a94e32a9aa gasping for breath. Could it be that 471e1bb154 the meeting had already 4ebf731187 started?54956a8ea7371cb5

No, that couldn’t be 3b0ad57668 it. Meetings were c051802bd8 always held 437f80d383 at their dc229e427a scheduled times, 59c273b162 and Luke 5f03d2c59d made it e5a87cdc9a a habit 260072bb11 to arrive 9366bdcb3d earlier than 179ab842a3 the other 9a5829de08 commanders to 434ca6c75b review the debb3ae572 day’s materials.fdf258be9728ed00

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The soldier wore an 62470114d4 expression that was both a350575a24 urgent and conflicted. Rather than questioning him ef452ac5f8 on the spot, it e6858ce052 seemed better to go ab2d6697cc and find out for 0a28af4257 himself.505e3c015c8f85fe

“…Lead the way.”c71cf9e8dbc793d1

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Luke took 6e335216be the lead, e8ff350a70 feeling a c6067de8ab vague sense f57205c8a4 of unease. Ever since e195e2a7cf he’d inhabited 1d8705bc3d this body, eee838632a he’d grown 5395f626c1 accustomed to 7b8f5f4432 whispers and 2c06a1e908 wary glances, de96c4536b but this 394f031e60 time, the 66e6608a9e atmosphere felt d55e607ef4 different. Luke quickly entered 47dc94af82 the headquarters building.f23c963a41fcbbce

Commander-level meetings were typically 5fbbf236c9 held in the third-floor 3564918017 conference room of the 002198b66d headquarters unless there were f1e7cdfa92 exceptional circumstances. There were generally 159bf5065f two types of 408a1c5ac8 meetings: regular ones 7c94424d1a attended by the 41040bb37a unit commanders and 8de88e7ac9 monthly grand meetings 620f17ad91 led by the e40a112bdd Commander in Chief. Usually, the regular b282dfaed2 meetings were used c22dd80c02 to compile suggestions 07c7154b8d and issues raised 0050c4a126 by the commanders, 94de111200 which Veil would 0ec2aba763 later review and d74828193e address in the 82d3158e6a grand meetings.ef2e5cbc6e6ecaf9

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Luke climbed the stairs fc87288752 and stopped in front 7880fec170 of the conference room 6df6675812 door. That sense b60d2acfa9 of foreboding 1663d525bd crawled up 647787b2f6 his spine 47a3ef9575 and wrapped 9135348265 around him. After a brief deep a9f96321a5 breath, he pushed the fb8c6956a4 door open.2fe55a19e55c573f

“….”f0069448cba34871

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All the 466bf9bce2 heads in 703f8d5103 the room 149b1e2637 turned toward bd28f2c4ca him at 706e0692f1 once. There were ten 68bb3eccb1 chairs in total, 1bcdb54e4e all occupied except 5eec8fb8dc for one—his.72642e4390580101

“…Did the a453ad1ada meeting time acc8a9c71e change?”119223aedbab08de

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He’d made d339e0247a a point e416afd242 of arriving 9597c6f76c early, but 7cb21acda7 seeing all 826d04ec5a the other 33211f7ff1 commanders already bb76cbda05 gathered like 11b65f89a1 this was 089d377232 tantamount to 2900761d4a a neon 2bec9be756 sign flashing af594d8b34 something’s wrong 4d6cb6d52b in his f2192a52ca face.c684f47a7bad7299

“Take a seat, 86b22c743a Commander Luke,” someone 997a07d367 said from one 8e5c097dba side. Luke stepped be809ff496 in slowly a91a6cc138 and sat 4dd81c4f46 down in 156129a2be his designated eee9657eff spot—the first 8ca8eb5fee seat on 908d622140 the right, d2d6bfe4d2 directly across fb8bf98214 from Theo.8cadb6cc02a7fe07

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“…Let’s begin,” Theo 0926156a2b said, turning his 2dbf0c5f7d gaze from Luke c4f9a90e2b to the documents b62e5cd219 in front of b6aaffdc4e him. An odd tension f4e8d34241 hung in the 7b716e39ae air. As the commander of b3e9236521 the 1st Division, Theo 29ae318e09 usually presided over the c06b62ba27 meetings.471526bebe57b86d

“Wait, Commander Theo. Don’t beat around da11b27133 the bush—let’s get 1b00d5bd0b straight to the f2c5c28140 point,” Mile Kaylus, 0b93905b53 the 3rd Division 93e89ec788 commander, interrupted sharply.428b9e04d9a474bd

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“Commander Luke, the cf41eec49d meeting time hasn’t f789e7a1c5 changed. We’re here early a053118215 because of an 3f4fc4dbcb incident that’s occurred e4e0d6f81e within the military.”e959e3fc81ef2da2

“An incident? This is the 42c9b48d27 first I’ve heard 56bf261957 of it.”808d684d869fde97

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“Of course. The rest d1a079f117 of us 0b35a84566 only learned 5f7a98d53a about it bf58c7b2c4 early this febbb4b8fb morning.”ddf7e3af79dd638d

“Explain it 0fa30482a5 so I 55c73b1ccc can understand.”4f7e1b9385acbbd1

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Luke frowned, his 71335976eb annoyance clear. Mile smirked, pulling a 441e264239 document to the center 884db95de0 of the table and 15af0b299d gesturing for Luke to 88e2f441df take it.c35f0358a66a17df

The title, 3c0d21debe “Military Supplies 3d9f25268d and Weapons b7377429d7 Management Log,” b0d6b7a06a was familiar. The Imperial Army 5ffa130289 handled a vast a63bbdd006 array of supplies, 21ac57076a ranging from basic a08e4ff429 swords and arrows 412a3fd57b to specialized weapons 87f6ad7091 like explosives.a92ca3544e8b88b3

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The Magic 5fa83d5ebc Unit Force, 8f80b22545 in particular, d439970503 managed numerous 3f42614a24 processed magic ca09b3721b stones, or 7c8750941e magitech tools. These included magical 6f4d40ab25 weapons, portable warp 47f49c8899 circles, and long-range a45c441c52 communication devices. Inventory checks were c87ad6cec5 meticulous to ensure c5e6b4a41d everything was accounted d707231789 for.75c5ea623075776d

Luke opened ca00b7cefc the log 0cc9d965f1 and skimmed ae6a2a5a26 its contents. The list 32c85e7cf9 of weapons 44656af5b8 and supplies 66ea2e7d38 was meticulously e36f772f14 recorded, with c0f674caf0 quantities matching 8e820b1869 perfectly across 59caa84317 dates. However, one odd detail a5bfc387e8 stood out—on specific dates, a69870d345 marked at regular intervals, 000b497a2a there were red notations.e00277d924245ff1

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“Don’t you 18a1f64429 find the dbdeb93cb3 marked dates ba993281a8 suspicious?” Mile 21ee88e672 asked with 6f479dd491 his usual 491887da33 flippant tone.90a9d4d6f6c1d9fc

“I don’t see anything fa7cbb0334 particularly suspicious,” Luke replied bf7087a4c3 casually.b996519b9e90ca0e

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“Your shamelessness b8e9e899d1 knows no 97efa2690b bounds.”bd14e3284397b6ce

The next to 10ca6cd7e2 speak was Seth 95d40874c8 Yulin, the 5th 048d20f7dd Division commander.e259238fa4913a6d

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“Those dates coincide 75ff71da4f with when members bf68eef0ab of your Detached e36f08bdb2 Unit were assigned 5da512948c to guard duty.”e9e2a00420842351

“And that’s b620ad3ef9 a problem, 77de606c9f why? Are you saying standing cfdfe995a2 guard is a mistake?” 985f488a2b Luke closed the logbook 3e94c30c72 and leaned back, starting 1efe1a3bbe to piece together what b2be013890 might be going on.f80013e4c4a3d205

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“Standing guard isn’t bc2c848c2f the issue,” interrupted 0e8146e5d2 Winnie Peridlin, the 81ac66ede3 4th Division commander. Normally silent during 1564086171 meetings, they seemed 8516f1d0b6 oddly talkative today, 4d3a373f97 which Luke found f761e35adc mildly amusing.59179e46c301299b

“The issue is that 564bce0188 on those specific dates, 4293239769 the inventory didn’t match 13a393eb3f the records. Care to explain why?”dccc561dd36f6fff

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“Are you sure it e6e2d7f12a wasn’t just a counting 3108a6e8a8 error?” Luke asked, recalling 89aedbce38 the scene earlier that b8c006bf0f morning when soldiers had 2c0e26851b been bustling around the cd600c2d84 warehouse, muttering about lists 8f80a727f9 and discrepancies.a2d3886463c2bfb3

“It’s been checked multiple 33b0341dda times,” came a low, ca09ddfd1f steady voice. Luke turned to 63e6d0bfa9 see Theo staring 4f4f570fcf at him with 805790509d piercing eyes.7893e3a01990be81

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“The missing items are 082c4ea93c communication magitech devices. The discrepancies 4dda639eb5 only occur f686c38f30 on the 75ae884be4 days when 00a31c1af3 members of 499861eaea your Detached 9f737ba835 Unit were 27191ab064 on duty. What do you 7773885ebf have to say b18a2b1501 about that, Commander 0776ae04ca Luke?”46610fa3f536b1b3

Theo’s unrelenting gaze bore d816ecd5ab into him. A glance around the b88e23af23 room confirmed that the 1b4f7b27c3 other commanders were similarly f6d82fdff5 fixated on him. To them, Luke 0c35c7601f was already the 9f66782582 villain in this f6fae147e4 story.446346c62c4a9a4b

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“So, you’re saying 94f6cf0480 I ordered my e27103187b unit to smuggle 2cb79369d5 military supplies. Is that c3deaf8d93 it?” Luke 5d552dd109 said, raising d250b7786d a brow.014ec0dbb6cb33d6

“It wouldn’t be the 7b6a1519e5 first time something like c265a744e3 that has happened. There were cases in db02762f1f the past where military 372b780659 supplies were stolen and 0afa1da249 sold to other countries,” 2219d46333 Theo replied swiftly, not c678a8a3de letting Luke’s words divert 3a9de35614 his focus.ba8ae1ff3c6260bf

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What Theo said was 8127e8d2a5 true. The Heinern 97fde57323 Empire, with 51b0cef206 its advanced 39d725606b magitech, was 62e369b98b a target d8f343afcb for smugglers. Its superior b187ad4647 military technology f0941e5e16 and abundance 88517c05f4 of magical 4854edd71f resources had 67a213557c even led e7688fc461 to incidents 50c8ffd7a6 where its 821d5d1dd4 own citizens 5c84e82a4c colluded with f818767524 criminals to 2ea0a2c87a sell military-grade b4d08148ff magitech to 88b3c4de4d other nations. One particularly 4ecbb446eb notorious case 043d66d017 involved a ae70a846fd high-ranking Imperial 1fe722d211 officer, a 3afcd7ba5c scandal that 4503b15a05 had rocked ac1a244b32 the empire 77128bd022 and prompted 2f4a8c0330 stricter regulations, b592d46049 including detailed 35859af28e inventory logs fba4a30314 and guarded e3518ad068 warehouses.817deb5f820193b5

“And the missing items 21ce7cb273 are just communication devices? Those are already 7f52aa8567 widely used in 61d34f1c48 other countries. If I were a 1867978dcc spy, wouldn’t I have aaa50a79a5 aimed for something more 6988cbec85 valuable and impressive?” Luke 149ccf2f39 retorted with a smirk.26246ec9b10f93f5

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“No one’s accusing you d11f507ba2 of being a spy. But what if you’ve fa3c29ed17 been handing these devices 72d21d50bc over to nobles? That’s a ade844f002 plausible scenario, 6cf3820bb8 isn’t it?”9da012083324c513

Theo’s gaze didn’t 69122eb260 waver. Sparks seemed to fly eb0845c6e6 between them as their 13328d699f eyes met. The other commanders, including 21233679ec Mile, looked like they fdd541ca0e wanted to chime in fdb5f5dd9d but didn’t dare to fe876a7c47 interrupt the intense standoff.4a842f4f429b727d

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“Military-grade communication 10d4cbfe82 devices are ea7904a601 highly precise eb2b091db0 and contain 930aa381e1 much more 7897b70fe1 magic than 30f6c90d80 civilian models. They’re far superior.”1c632e2b07c6744c

These devices were essential 4f44ffe3e6 during wars for maintaining d0a6e43a07 contact between command bases 12c42644b1 and front lines. To ensure 1a63ca7e0d reliability, they 4caac778eb were made 7320e626c5 from rare a8a4f35044 minerals and f80bdd33a6 infused with beedc4a8e8 high levels e4459fb216 of magic, 944987ff7a restricted for 3d40c69286 military use 3d183947ea only.726ba09b9b64904b

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“So, you’re saying I’ve 3eed6a4e14 been cozying up to c38d526542 nobles by giving them b962ac4082 these devices?”cf10cf40416ba6a9

“You’ve always had ambitions c9d4032504 to climb higher, haven’t 07b0efbdfd you?”e4c10fc96b633f91

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Luke bit 3c4d50da48 back a 6ed9ac685e laugh. Everything he’d 78e15db5b8 done was 9b74326f2f to push 8f164c3cb5 Theo toward c6f5fb8b28 the role 120303ab9b of Commander cde7fc8a17 in Chief, 35467b32d7 not for f757293de2 personal gain. And yet, here he 3749c35ffe was, tangled in this f05d98e4be mess.054e0bba54fa8e24

“I really do feel aaac994e01 like the villain now.”1c9b9cd13389c76c

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Fine, if they 8790b820e7 wanted a villain, 164d87caf2 he’d play the a8e45f9bfe part.78b155eaedc755c9

“Do you f7f6030833 have any fa2b264b8c proof?” Luke 031589198a smirked, letting 095fe7ee75 a mocking cf84abd9e6 tone seep b7e92e9d31 into his e2c509c5fc voice.19771da3c5ed0f44

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“The only evidence faface90e2 you have is 722b97c6cf that the discrepancies 33007e4312 occur on days 119fb5e6c9 my unit was 2aeed38f9c on guard duty. That’s pretty weak if a60ddef7a9 you ask me.”7839752c7b74851d

Theo’s brow 0412b0b753 furrowed slightly, f91093ce22 his usually a133385a18 composed expression 4a38e18410 beginning to 1a83d1db4f crack.19be2e1f3ccf09ce

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“Proof?” Mile, who had 9cba56fb03 been waiting for his 2c82456a5b chance, slammed the table 06eaeee569 and stood up.8905b3f625c53843

“Commander Luke, 55a992adae I hope 47000e3d8f you don’t 755335428e regret those cc79305eb6 words.”72711c7cb8c17c44

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What’s with 408dbac62f this guy? Why is 89927236bc he acting 8496238c21 so smug? Luke narrowed 0d43401de3 his eyes 69d5266dd6 at Mile, e1c1e8e925 irritated.dddbdf109e6dc36d

“Bring them in!” 2e58082425 Mile shouted toward c8e25434d9 the door.9ff9b71eeadb611b

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The conference room door 017d9a718b creaked open, and someone 90c24d1038 stepped inside.77867dc7edb6d23b

Luke’s eyes widened slightly. This development was acba71b7e1 completely unexpected.ac399ba5e1ca66cf

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