Episode 562
As I said before, the Office of the Inspector General in charge of the Cheonhaseong is a very narrow organization. There is one director who is not even like a director, one deputy director under him, and one general employee.
There are only four people in total, including these three and me.
The description was insufficient, but the chief’s name is Raymond Beck.
The manager’s name is Alex Cross.
The names of ordinary employees are listed in the party register.
Among these, the man with the most unusual history is a member of the party.
As you can tell from the name, this man is from the Eastern Continent.
Of course, the Academy of the Milos Empire does not discriminate between people from the Eastern or Western Continent.
Admission is free and graduation is free.
But the party affiliation was not from the academy. And, as I emphasize again, this is the Eastern Continent.
Since the Western Continent’s Inspectorate has entered the Eastern Continent’s Cheonha Castle, it is inevitable that there will be a strong sense of incongruity.
So, they hired people from the Eastern Continent as employees, and it is said that when the Inspectorate was doing well, there were more than a dozen employees.
Now everyone has quit and only one person remains.
That’s the party affiliation.
The reason I’m talking about this person so much is because he was right in front of me.
And this person was talking with his big eyes blinking.
“The director said that the seats haven’t been cleaned up yet, and asked me to tell him that he would call me separately once the seats are cleaned up.”
I ended up laughing hysterically.
so.
“How long does it take to get sorted out?”
“It will take… ten years.”
It’s not like the kids are fighting or anything.
“Ten years?”
“Yes. He told me to organize it slowly over ten years. There’s so much to organize.”
I just crossed my arms.
“So, I have no place to work, no place to sit, is that it?”
“I guess… … that’s probably it?”
I looked at the smiling party leader for a moment and then turned my gaze to the side.
There was a man with a bald head there.
That man is Alex Cross, the head of the Inspector General’s Office.
He was a man with a very stubborn face, with thick eyebrows, a thick chin, and tightly closed lips forming a strange contrast.
I made eye contact with him.
“why?”
I looked at him asking that question and lightly adjusted my clothes.
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But he’s a senior and it’s our first time meeting. So it’s right to say hello. That’s how I learned it.
“Nice to meet you. I am Melon, the new inspector general who has been appointed to the Office of the Inspector General… … .”
“Okay, so you had an accident yesterday?”
As I said before, it’s right to greet someone when you first meet them. That’s what I learned from my father. It didn’t matter whether they accepted it or not.
I smiled softly at the manager’s words and said.
That’s what I was trying to say.
“Are you laughing?”
“… … .”
“Can’t this kid judge the situation? Are you laughing right now?”
He stood up from his seat. The manager was not very tall.
It’s about 170cm tall.
He came towards me and poked my chest hard with his finger.
“Because of what you did yesterday, your relationship with the patrolmen became ambiguous, and the chief was very upset. And what kind of meeting was that? It was a meeting of important people from the royal family in the Sacheon region. Why did you suddenly bring up the names of those guys who died a long time ago? Why is it our fault that those idiots are dead?”
There was something strange about it.
The people of high importance gathered in the royal family? Gwangso Wang, the head of the Gwangwon family, clearly said. They are all just loaches after all.
Actually, the information I researched is also like that.
I can’t expect much information from Gwangwonse or Wolnyeomun. That’s why the words that it’s important are just words to pressure me. To be honest, I’m offended by what the manager said just now.
But that wasn’t the reason I was hurt. There was one sentence that really bothered me. First, I looked down at the manager.
“The first thing you should say is not a greeting. You should get down on your knees and apologize right there… .”
“Those bastards who died a long time ago, and those worthless kids, is that what you’re saying?”
When I interrupted him, the manager’s eyes widened. How dare you interrupt me. This kid is crazy.
With that expression on his face, he seemed ready to swing his hand without any hesitation. He stretched out his left arm.
Ugh.
“… … Grab it?”
“It seems like you really have fun speaking.”
“what?”
“You dead bastards, and you worthless kids, are you really serious about that?”
The manager must have felt sorry for him too. No matter what happened in the past or how unpleasant it was, in the end, they were people who belonged in the same place.
Even though it had nothing to do with me, the manager Alex in front of me had been here on the Eastern Continent for ten years.
According to records, I have seen at least twenty of these people in ten years.
Of the seven accidental deaths, three occurred while Alex was the manager. Does he have no sense of camaraderie?
What on earth do these people think responsibility means?
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My father emphasized responsibility, and the Academy also emphasized responsibility.
Among those who learn in this way, the outstanding ones become inspectors and administrators.
“… … I spoke too much.”
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Although I said this late, I think I have a rough idea of what they thought of their predecessors.
This stinks.
Should I say it was a terrible stench?
At the same time, the question deepens. The question is not why they died.
What on earth was the Milos Empire doing while all this was happening? According to the sources, there were several investigation teams dispatched, but they all returned without any results.
That’s annoying.
How can there be no income?
Does that make sense?
The collusion is already obvious, but there is no gain? You can always get involved. That is certain. But you did not get involved.
Even though it is a place of exile, it is an organization under the Empire of Milos. In the end, only one case can come to mind when dealing with things this way.
‘It’s covered.’
It’s just covered.
Of course, the assumption that it was to draw a bigger picture came to mind, but it is unlikely. If it is a big picture that is being drawn at the expense of Academy talent, the bastards who draw that picture should be caught and torn to pieces.
What kind of kid is this?
And I had a gut feeling.
I feel like I’m stepping into something really big right now.
That was when.
“Please stop fighting. Hehe.”
It was a party award.
As he said that with a smile, Manager Alex sighed and returned to his seat. Should we say that the roles were reversed?
Now, the chief of the inspection office is responding to the words of a common employee called the party leader. Then, the party leader looks at me.
“Mr. New Inspector, stop it. Why are you doing this to a family? No one is watching, but if someone were to see us without our knowledge, wouldn’t it be a little uncomfortable?”
It felt strange from the moment I first came in.
To be exact, from the moment I saw this man, I felt strange.
According to my feeling, this man was at least a master of the art of painting.
In other words, he is an intermediate master.
A person who is at the level of a mid-level master is currently working as a regular employee. Strictly speaking, he is stronger than patrolman Jung Woo-young.
And the general staff is playing around with the chief of the Inspectorate. Even at a glance, it was clear that the chief was very uncomfortable with the guy in front of him.
What the heck is going on?
When I look at the smiling Dangjeoksang, I get confused as to whether I am now a commoner in Cheonhasung or an inspector in the Office of the Inspector General.
I can’t stand being curious. I asked the party leader.
“I have a question for you. Can I ask it?”
First, I spoke naturally. The party leader was still smiling.
“Ask me anything.”
Hehe, that laugh is a little annoying.
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And personally, I was offended by the party affiliation. I trust my instincts. The situation and the tone.
Everything is questionable.
Then, let’s just try everything that comes to mind. I asked the party leader.
“Who do regular employees receive orders from?”
“… …Orders, huh?”
“Is the Western Continent language still difficult for you? If you don’t understand something, I can say it again.”
“If it’s an order, it’s from the chief. I take orders from the chief.”
I ended up laughing. It was a laugh that was absolutely not lacking compared to the unpleasant laughter of the party affiliation.
He reached out and touched the party leader’s shoulder.
“How long have you been working here?”
“It’s been about eight years.”
“Eight years, that’s a long time. But this is a little disappointing. He still doesn’t know who he’s taking orders from.”
“… … .”
“Let me make this clear. You are a regular employee. In Western Continent terms, you are like a part-time worker. And the one who hired you is the director, but the only ones who can give you orders are the inspectors from the Inspectorate. In other words.”
“in other words?”
“You have to follow my orders too.”
“… … Is that… … so that’s how it is?”
He continued speaking, still smiling.
“Didn’t you sign an employment contract when you entered the Inspectorate?”
“… … I wrote.”
“You must have signed a special employment contract with the Inspectorate, so do you remember the contents of Article 5?”
“… … .”
“You seem to be very clueless. Let me briefly explain the contents of Article 5. ‘乙’ is under the command and supervision of ‘甲’ and must comply with the restrictions of ‘甲’. Here, ‘乙’ refers to the new employee in terms of party affiliation, and ‘甲’ refers to the Cheonha Seong Inspection Office. And according to the Inspection Office Special Act, one inspector is recognized as an independent agency and the Inspection Office itself. Judging from your expression, I guess you finally remember.”
It was simple.
All ‘ordinary employees’ selected by the Inspector General’s Office receive orders from all inspectors within the Inspector General’s Office.
This is stipulated by law, and you must agree to this in order to become an employee. The treatment is good and the salary is high.
There are even cases where regular employees receive more money than newly appointed inspectors.
He looked at the frozen face of the party leader and spoke briefly.
“Give me five minutes. Go clean up.”
“… … The director told me not to do it.”
“That’s different from what you said earlier. Didn’t you say you’d do it slowly over the course of 10 years?”
“… … .”
“You look even more ignorant than you are. Why on earth did the chief elect someone like you?”
Manager Alex dropped the pen in his hand with his eyes wide open.
Slowly, the party leader’s smile faded. His eyes glowed fiercely. I ignored him.
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“You keep making me talk. Clean up my work place. That’s your job.”
“… … I think you’re a little rude.”
Laughter erupts.
“You have no manners. Where do you think you are?”
“… … .”
“This is the Office of the Inspector General under the rule of the Empire of Milos. Don’t be presumptuous and go do your job.”
The party leader stared at me blankly. He didn’t avoid me.
I stared blankly at the party leader. I put strength into the hand I placed on his shoulder.
Kwaaak.
The eyes of the party leader are twitching.
Then, in my head, I heard the voice of the party leader.
[Don’t do something you’ll regret.]
Transmission is the magic of the Western Continent. It is a technique of sending a message to an opponent by putting an intention into mana, and it allows you to convey a message to an opponent without speaking. Of course, I can do it too.
The same message was sent to the party leader.
[Here’s what I’m going to say. Do I look like the same person as those little punks living here?] [… … .] [I’ll say it for the last time. Don’t climb.] [… … If you climb?]
He didn’t even reply with a magic message or say anything.
Said with his eyes.
I’m going to kill you.
Without a moment’s hesitation, I will rip your throat out right here on this spot.
Then, interest began to appear in the party leader’s eyes.
Then he smiles softly.
“I’ll clean it up. I’ll finish it as quickly as possible, so please wait.”
It was clear that my intentions were properly accepted by the party.
You might have thought that I was a newbie who knew nothing and had just graduated from the academy, so I didn’t understand the situation and was just relying on my position and making a fuss.
I had no intention of clarifying or explaining.
The party leader left the room and I walked over to the seated manager, Alex Cross.
He looked down at him and asked.
“I think you smoke, are you?”
The investigation into Alex has already been completed.
He answers my questions.
“……right.”
“Come out. Let’s have a cigarette.”
Of course, I am a non-smoker.
Alex seemed to think about something, then nodded.
So we came out and I looked around with my mana.
“No one can hear the conversation I have with you in here. Not only the party leader who is cleaning up there, but also the mayor who is planning something in the mayor’s office. Do you understand?”
“… … .”
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“It’s been exactly 10 years and 183 days since the chief took office here at Cheonhasung. During that time, three new inspectors have died and there have been 40 transfers. If you include the general staff, it’s over a hundred. Please, don’t tell me you don’t know anything. And the only remaining staff member is a mid-level master.”
“… … .”
“Have you found any weaknesses?”
At those words, Alex Cross shook his head.
Then he lit a cigarette and blew it out. I watched him sigh, which seemed to be filled with sorrow and joy, and asked him a question.
“What on earth is going on in this Inspector General’s Office?”
It was a crucial question. To my question.
Alex Cross spoke with a serious expression, a completely different expression from the one he had been glaring at me about earlier.
“It’s not too late. Just report your move and go somewhere else.”
