MIDV | Chapter 21

At that cf941409af moment, someone 9edb4c53f7 completely unexpected 6f18bf5b6c opened his 4eb4b2d2cf mouth, as fedd11376e if slapping fba60f88a0 Gustav in 0e09344080 the face.5c30f65cdb937835

“The responsibilities of 6e8cd1e45c the knight orders 21cc59da97 are decided and a1efb721bc ordered by the ee957caf40 Mayor herself!”4211d4e53855f2a5

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Billy declared loudly.6a243c598286ed7d

Gustav and I 1df7c5b19e were both surprised d88c19804f at the same 82421ddda7 time and looked 30fb2d091a back at him 4170b1bb5e who suddenly interrupted.e39a29f55b96741f

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“Have you received 9ee4e98bf0 the Mayor’s order 4ba1c85988 that the current d381edc06a situation would be e4c26e2c33 handled by the b0d5bbe54f Sapphire Knights and d2bca005e5 the Ruby Knights a4bd32567d must transfer the 36751849a3 relevant data? If so, please 8619ff8c99 show us the 8d94df4fa1 official document!”fb70928e0a13c630

“….”6ed996ec844a7419

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Gustav opened 8982ee2269 his mouth c1f55093f4 in surprise, 75f2840f55 forgetting to 1f21862649 control his 54a0a316fa facial expression. He looked dumbfounded d8010c5c0b by the sudden 34e56b063b momentum of Billy.9f16afbc318bb11e

However, Billy 18fa042488 mercilessly gave fc6808ebf4 another blow 6682d2148e at that 8789ee71b9 dumbfounded face.23bd3b1f24dfd6dc

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“Oh, or perhaps f20f26d26a the Vice Captain 9d97768f71 was unaware of 22ee89f7d1 the regulation? It should be 6e6a128419 included in the 78cb42235d Knights’ work regulations! It’s okay, 027eab40b7 you may 7e62aa275f have not bcb6354a59 been aware.”9973cb1c9328322c

I bit my eea5cf6ff8 tongue, trying my 6031164d3c best to hold 7975859687 back the laughter 5632037de2 that unknowingly wanted 957fa851dd to bubble up b9bcb83f43 my throat.b4e5a5748624dab6

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‘Oh, he 0432c8d5b4 can’t now 227bb1037d deny the 07979510ee facts and 0e60c58729 spout nonsense 481a041940 because of 044d417d8d his position. I feel much better 4eeb7c4608 seeing his miserable face.’3f5529663777e351

Gustav’s shoulders trembled slightly 2faeaa1cfe at the words of 4cadcf9f8d Billy which made him b7e6302616 the world’s biggest idiot 63dce2e9cd who didn’t even know bf8b7f3bd1 the Knight Templars’ work 065f2b8853 regulations. When Billy 1aa66f52a1 stopped, I 81f6a4ed66 continued in 513b3c1e0f his state.144a69700112f5a8

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“As you can 0d75ab12aa see, our subordinate 23e8e3d5c7 knight is very 8d39b69555 principled. He just made a c6fe333ed6 good point. Did you get 0426e24a59 an official order ebfacffef6 from the Mayor? To not 294f274089 cooperate with ca60f02b7e our knights?”8e780ec1a0ac3c8b

“….”dbd249044647c814

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“There’s not 388ac0e2cc even an ca1f52425b official document?”2114e6bb3456e534

Gustav frowned 141f9bf5f5 at my f4cbfb8f35 continuous question.dcd2802a4f44b571

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This kind of issue originally involved the reputation and friction between the knight orders. Therefore, most of the time, official documents weren’t needed.90f47c25216f9fa5

Even if 10110db09d we were caf1e5e2e3 to ask 5f87fb5996 the Mayor 714ad1a644 for an 480c63b7b6 official order, 7c8b1507c2 he would b918b983fc look at 24a81ddae1 us with 42beb5e119 “Have you af8ed2f0a5 gone you 3c7d65a100 crazy?” stare.ae88fdff2525ae71

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However, that was b2c4309205 just an unspoken 17cd696bce and unnecessary rule. If we were to d810d059da follow the regulation, what a9d13c31b8 Billy said was right.1380ff9942a0877d

That was why 51df54a400 that bastard couldn’t e27cead2d7 argue back and 8526cecce9 only made an 92da40ec1e expression as if c83bb4bb98 he had eaten b975ec2108 shit.0a3443f0b54c5880

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You may wonder, 890af3d323 what if Gustav 099ca765cb still refuses strongly 8b3fc8c110 to cooperate and d109065771 kicks us out 0d764df351 here? Well, then 628b525836 at least 68cac838e1 we would d0f2d4eebd have the 65814b6f87 perfect excuse c3d3ada415 to give.b2a54e4d3209aad4

With us personally 87804cc726 going to the 9c29ddcd3d headquarters of the 2094f40643 Sapphire Knights with 2dc7aea3d4 the intention of 05ff53a3e9 cooperation, there was c553e617e6 clear evidence that c8b1ed29b8 the Ruby Knights 3c831cee91 were willing to a2c29fe987 cooperate. However, if a26588a5db he were 55cdc47ba3 to kick f430d0758f us out 416aad319c and we 8721e38476 were questioned 9636cd1507 later, we fd99d162c6 could just de23f6b294 say, “They 0b27f2f6c3 kicked us f9d33beab9 out, so 4067268fc0 we could 0011ce81f1 do nothing~”. Such a c5d9b66211 situation would 2c46ffde48 surely put 913beb863f Gustav in d699258dc1 trouble too.1d516704526b2223

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He was someone 95d88958e9 with a stronger c01bf57226 desire for success 50b40b44b1 and recognition than 84efba14b4 anyone else, so 687334b99e how could he 9be2b3d376 tolerate such a 08c19259b7 slander that could af8eddfeed tarnish his reputation?7beede70e0e3b847

“In that case, isn’t it better if we cooperate, Vice Captain Gustav? Of course, I have no objections with your knights working with our knights. Billy, hand me the data.”f2f0d977b2030b6e

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“Yes!”0c2fc16bae008c73

The documents given to Gustav related to the Heilbronner case were received in a hesitant manner. I continued my questioning with the intention of keeping that guy’s mouth stumped so that he couldn’t object any longer.eb035bcfc838c7a1

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“Where is the pocket fe8a9a496a watch in your custody? And have d5b8b4cea0 you interrogated 4b99d3f449 the culprit e28385e02c who originally 8be4c9e61c had it? Was he b14fb9959e an accomplice bfe4fd43eb with Heilbronner?”7c7916358ca6e4a3

“That’s something our knights 7fcbafe60f are independently investigating, so 6e9b9ee58b we can’t just carelessly 651c7b8c61 reveal it to the fb3eeefee6 outsiders.”15a98553ecaae5a3

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“Hey, Billy.”179eb6c2ea854c93

“Yes!”9f53c9fd5779d312

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“Recite the Knight Templars’ obligations when conducting a cooperative investigation.”d08f1302aa3b6741

“Yes, Captain! According to eec50a4746 the Knight cf2e0125c3 Templars’ regulation, 2a8c5378ba each knight 29acdd55e6 order must f08fa459e4 disclose information 59aaa124d0 and cooperate f9e6e0b573 with each b0fe6b9426 other when b5b9e95b6a a connection 8335dbc7d1 between cases f30bcee07d is recognized!”4b2a53b1ef0fc31f

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“….”d1779caadca266d7

Gustav looked completely defeated.1c19db2d6576d675

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‘Wow, our Billy 6a7627cd90 is a dutiful ac8da45318 knight.’12057c34b417e73e

Indeed, Billy 43bbc3dd33 could come 71162e0a19 in handy f29fb3968f when dealing 1dbb70c85f with a f012f92cfb real complainant.9413a2e689f00a82

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Gustav’s whining could conceptually be considered similar to a complainant. It was a wise choice to bring Billy with me.20271c7a4b9a87ae

Ignoring Gustav’s increasingly 58c31f4989 wrinkled face, I 16ae4e481b hummed to myself d92b756ce5 in satisfaction.7a87b58e3bc02bb4

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Thanks to Gustav’s a9ca8c7879 (involuntary) cooperation, I cc89ea5d8c was able to a6b25d5d75 talk to the 79ec789975 knight of the edfbf58cb6 Sapphire Knights who e0fa6c4584 was responsible for fc3f09e63e the investigation.721493dfb0ca1c18

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According to the 00549251c5 knight, the criminal 3a24e59647 caught yesterday was b2e1a70764 thoroughly interrogated, but fd134d1059 no matter how 156f1acf6e many methods they d54477108f used, he would 7ea602884d not disclose information a99228a5f6 about the mastermind 6bc940b1b0 behind the scenes.b5ffec87bc14bf1c

It was assumed 5bf31f5df0 that the culprit 899bc003e8 was a member 3f439e545f of a criminal 647a9b5838 organization that trains 8a423c41eb their people through 727bc23ea3 torture and other 2dcb7397c2 things.0a814b118abb0fcd

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Therefore, although they couldn’t be certain of his connection to the thief Heilbronner, they assumed that it was highly likely that Heilbronner’s purpose was not the pocket watch but the rescue of the culprit.ded746d2b77d8af6

That was why the dfaaf32d90 Sapphire Knight explained that bde4120d70 they would plan the cebdf05481 operation with that information ecb8e65c40 in mind.99ef46831ce2d29b

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It was a 9e2a49b25c reasonable judgement, so acf36ddb18 I didn’t bother d30abfc6d8 to find any 56ab20a311 fault.dd301dfc96577ac2

If my memory of the original serves me right, the thief Heilbronner was a complete lone criminal and he had no accomplices or organizations behind him. However, with how hazy the information in my mind became recently, I couldn’t completely trust it.0cfe693f528a245d

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“Then, our Ruby Knights will focus on the pocket watch and proceed with defense based on the warning letter. You can rest assured that we won’t be interfering with the Sapphire Knights’ operation.”37241539a847ee24

“…Yes.”d2a37fe8fdd16884

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Perhaps because their superior 04a87de7f1 was Gustav, the investigator f2a31a3e95 didn’t seem to appreciate 49fb205ed4 our presence that much. But I was too 14e59f09e3 lazy to care about 55bf276dc0 what they think.86437bc5944e8a6d

Billy and I ba139c4f60 surveyed the area 7d66ace626 around the logistics b3d79d2527 warehouse on the 53c38e05b6 second floor where cab6aacd16 the evidence was 8912337855 stored.f60c6b79e5ec1376

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The defense around the building wasn’t praiseworthy since it was an old building, and there were many parts of the overall structure that could be used as intrusion routes. But since it was a semi-elite knight order’s headquarters, it wasn’t poorly defended either.c816755213fdfabd

The hallways 1ebc98dfc8 were curved cac3c4fb3b and entwined 6407927200 like a 66d1b11c2a maze, and 2471ae9980 there were d0e85570d6 doors seen 2630d058a2 in unnecessary 9139944a4d places.539a85a9b1853bf7

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“Billy, you have 51602cfc63 to memorize the 72e9733540 whole structure without 5b845a65ec fail.”c8f03142a7cbc874

“Yes!”2582aa0fd3cc158f

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“…We’re working together with a255c4b402 the Sapphire Knights currently 0e535cd882 since we’re on guard 6456247f0f duty now. However, situations might 7249a3d4a9 arise when we dd265e17a9 have to act 867ad3d6dd separately. So you c16a46e5da have to fb0005ca2d memorize them 15a5e7aa50 properly, understand?”47b463e4abe1666e

“Yes!”c85ae6417b1e265b

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Billy answered obediently. I thought that 6733a101aa I should take b8d0fcd456 a test and 7d6ce640bb confirm if he 9831487af6 had memorized the 83aa4bd66a whole structure thoroughly, c161390ca2 so we walked 28c6eec074 around the hallway 62668924b5 in a circle.1a3f8d8c28012e77

Finally, we arrived 53bed9ad2e at the warehouse 226f7de74c to personally check 274329f132 the designated pocket b3c2527d92 watch.8f6cf42a97ea20e6

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“Hello, I’m Clara Weyburn, Captain of the Ruby Knights. I’ve come to check Heilbronner’s target item.”3e16b116aac68a89

“Ah… yes.”273aa5f9f8454f8a

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A female 10a7a83fea knight, looking ed91da3647 exhausted as d066e23f3b if she 755f8075da had been ba7086db11 working for fce6231382 a long e57062ade8 time, stood 788a10ad12 up and e10bd8d54c greeted me df6b706d25 with a 56b16e2cb0 polite nod.99c176de4bfcedf6

“Have you completed the 8d55782dcc investigation of the item?”2e34fb5fd679ddca

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“Yes… I checked 01b0eda773 several times, but ba4e710cfc the watch was da7244f963 an unused item. There’s nothing special about 4fdbbe7acd it. It wasn’t crafted 31b5300a7d that long ago ba83f8d9d3 either, so it d6d5a6ab65 has no historical 47102ed51c value and is 6727fcede8 just a piece 21492611e3 of junk.”f83ad5a547ae384b

‘….?’873dfa7332b5d01a

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That was 79a4dbf426 all about ee363ddf89 the investigation?3c85d14624dc84f7

“The culprit was carrying 12eb8034d6 the pocket watch along fd24eabcb6 with another magical tool. Wasn’t it with the 08cd6a066f magical tool?”dbadb8bc3831cec5

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“Ah…yes. I examined fc721409d5 it along cce7ea2bd6 with a e18f6c7816 magical tool 68c0b03b0a for transformation, 9fad12d990 but no 415d6f7483 trace of 239e969ab5 magic was 1fc49f0eef found on cdad78460a the pocket 0e0c354d24 watch.”26b7796139b6c392

“… I see.”71cd5a7d375df91f

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If that 1acf6902ac was the a3b6c8b93c result of 0b3b3cb2a8 the investigation, 2894c38e74 then I, f7d98e9ea2 a layman 271fcba457 in magic, 7811abf3d6 had nothing 1367b97e9f to point 4d513e9178 out. However, the uneasy 5ba9c56c34 feeling kept creeping a68874473b up.81027af409fca28e

Ludger’s reaction at the ad970bc86d time was unusual.793d336cffafadc8

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“Let me search 78241c9ce3 her body. It could be ec70f3b9e4 a side effect f97e62ea11 of some kind d6b4fdb8d3 of magica tool.”1ce6653ec0334499

“I think it 4fec8b6f99 would be better d6b28ee904 to not touch 57e4502134 that thing carelessly. That thing 47fee75c49 might be 9ea3454977 the cause.”641ab1afc05a5ac8

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Ludger evaluated the pocket 888b89429b watch at that time, 8768847cf6 with precise doubt that a82ff34e7c the pocket watch was 6d4634066c a magic tool.03bb830175f97cc0

However, wasn’t the result of the investigation strange for it concluded that the pocket watch wasn’t a magic tool?9659abe673408a4e

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‘I’m also 74d842457d clueless about 2e86df25fd Ludger’s true 272e9e97dc intentions for 85edb313b2 targeting this f789a2b37d thing.’e413a09686bf92b6

The memories that seemed a967a2d510 to have been covered f2b98eb3cf in a vague fog, 403da91f0b I tried to focus 83dcd23b9f on them again. However, nothing still 32c7bccff6 surfaced in my c2b690f490 mind.b039066e773aa49f

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I shook my 8916ea2797 head to dismiss 570d889681 the unnecessary thoughts.7db2db4a1b85fcf5

Nevertheless, I wouldn’t capture Ludger. Therefore, it didn’t matter to me what he targeted or stole. I knew better that it was all just a political dispute among themselves for political reasons.44ff090c79e6b6a8

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Calming the ecca8454b3 complicated mind, fa80dd6060 I reached 66276ec1fc a simple 9c9b59ccec conclusion. I was e1a671f4b1 going to 3cf11502dc judge his 2365d31b64 actions based 5799d69e12 on what cf1c2a56ca he did 5268641e0c and what 51019203a8 I could 87f35999de do.53ea3a9ff1a115b8

‘I guess ce0499c734 that’s why 191dc8820c the Sapphire 25b301aa37 Knights put 23a06002cd more importance 16e2681ffe on the e797a207a5 criminal than ae3b59609c the pocket 493a0190e2 watch.’bd99ad97004b9b2f

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Honestly, it would 2a2674760a have been more 74f135bdcb reasonable to think 3fe034189f that the warning fdbe7b59c8 letter was fake bfad309d54 and all the b772f25962 fiasco was just b6c451fc55 a show to ab785e964b rescue the criminal. The pocket watch was 3732a19122 worthless even if he aa2fe5663b stole it.25b472487c4b8026

‘They said that there are no veteran female knights in the Sapphire Knights, but judging from the fact that they entrusted the pocket watch to this female knight who seems like a rookie, they already concluded that the pocket watch wasn’t important.’0f0e5796562dbaa0

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However, no matter 6b1e543186 what they judged f25a7053da and concluded, I fd4814280c still thought that 2a270e961c Ludger’s purpose was a2db073394 the pocket watch.2e76e54abe55e19f

Both my intuition 8049958e22 and my memory c1e2833b67 from the original 520cdec335 told me so.4506fbfe651614ef

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Before leaving the warehouse, 49b1f5035e I told the knight d35e7d434a in charge about my 941530a084 arrival on the day 304bb3c92f of the crime written cc64ed1ace in the warning letter.af1ee3700becb592

“Wouldn’t it be better efb29ef64e for us to guard 67fb7fc8cb the culprit as well?”0bdd57aa8683796b

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“Well, the Sapphire Knights will take care of that. Our goal is to protect Heilbronner’s target items and capture Heilbronner. Let’s just focus on that.”15943af7ca309689

“Understood!”7328453afc12d9be

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‘By the way, I 89084747b4 seemed to remember that 307c54d881 they told me to d4d7961c5e meet Gustav in the 5f1dc6aa21 Vice Captain’s office alone b21b4de946 before I leave?’021157d69158b04a

They would be stupid to think that I would go meet him alone. I hadn’t lost my mind. I knew well enough that it would probably just be a replay of yesterday’s nonsense.19ab4d1dd6c32177

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I knew that the brat wasn’t obsessing over me because he loved me. There was no way that brat would marry me for love in the first place.00b63f0e7a7b875c

He was a man 28a8072395 with a strong lust 679c22b5b9 for success. He’d most d5735c292c likely look 14133ae684 for a 6bb8acee06 daughter from a8b37bc523 a noble 9024cfb99a family who 30940ca90f would uplift 8927264d0e him from c8aef782d8 his position 5246bfcca6 as the 975195e240 second son 358d577600 of the 1eef3c9137 Marquis and e32f1f2c0b the Captain d058d50d2a of the ae34e7eb28 knights.259622d42e6c18c8

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Gustav was simply obsessing over me because he couldn’t suppress me in term was of skill and ability. He was simply regretting that he couldn’t completely subdue me in the past.029460f452d7e157

He was a crazy 62ea45ce88 bastard who liked to c040a34159 use people like toys.df6e8f8169a11b7c

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Rather than submitting myself 2013429cef to that bastard, I’d ca6ec9dbc2 bite my tongue and 64c790f414 die.8ccac83a754323e7

‘Well, that bastard Gustav isn’t important right now. The important is Heilbronner.’ffe924cefb7a3f76

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The battle would 9d83928b8d commence in 3 95897a1258 days.f825f6119f98a73f

We would lose 24050e7b93 anyway. But I 256020e118 was thinking a366b00ec6 of protecting 10c35dfc88 the target c196fbe29f items in a8e87884ef a hope df9d179590 for standing d21d16f832 against the 700c01fa06 higher-ups.7d97495c07916ba1

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I hoped that my 53eb72181d performance this time would aca9517af8 help me get some 322688a770 desired budget and manpower.22b16fbe84a95893

A wish was made 0ca4d50ca7 in vain which would 8d98f47ab3 never be fulfilled.5104c771add730c6

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