Episode 569
The exact name of the Inspectorate established on the Eastern Continent is ‘Milos Empire Inspectorate, Heavenly Castle Branch’.
A man was reading documents related to the Cheonhasung branch.
[Name: Raymond Beck] [Age: 48] [Region: Red Master] [The second son of the Raymond Count family, who fell from grace 50 years ago due to the rebellion of the Teslan Kingdom. Although he was later proven innocent, he lost all support and lived as a ronin, wandering the country. He used his power to help the powerless… … He was offered the position of Count of the former Cradle Kingdom, but he declined… … After the establishment of the Milos Empire, he was one of the 148 talented people selected by His Majesty the current Emperor from all over the country… … He was one of the first inspectors and refused to be awarded the title… … He volunteered for the Eastern Continent Inspectorate and has been serving there ever since… … As the head of the Inspectorate’s Heavenly Branch, he does everything he has to do in his position without greed and does not cause any major problems… … .] [To summarize, he is a man who harbors an indecipherable ‘belief’, and if he is on the ally, he will be very competent, but if he is on the enemy, he will be very tiring.]
The man, Jack Milos, the emperor of the Milos Empire, put aside the document he was reading. There was a woman reading the document with him.
She was ‘sitting’ on Jack’s shoulders, which is not something a normal woman with her size could possibly do.
Her body was in a doll-like state.
It was a collaboration between Valentine, who would always throw a tantrum, saying she wanted to be like a doll whenever she went outside, and Jack, who would accept that.
Valentine said in a small voice.
“I had faith… … . Interesting. Is this how the Taoist judged this man?”
“It may seem a little strange, but Valentine, he is a man of conviction.”
The problem is that belief.
“The problem is that I’m locked up.”
“Trapped? Do you think that a belief that is trapped can be a proper belief?”
“Of course not. There are more important things than that.”
“What is that?”
“That guy is Daniel’s boss.”
Valentine, who did not know the details, was momentarily speechless.
“… … Didn’t you say that you would go and learn a lot?”
“I did.”
“Why did you send Daniel to a place like this, where he has been influenced by such a man and has learned strange things?”
Jack smiled faintly.
“There was nowhere else to send it.”
“… … .”
“And he’s our son. To be honest, he meets weird people and doesn’t that make him learn a lot?”
That wasn’t a wrong statement.
But Valentine was worried.
Jack smiles softly.
“Aren’t you worrying too much?”
“How can the heart of a parent who is afraid that his son will go astray be considered a minor worry?”
“That kid is our kid. There’s no way they’ll go astray. Even if they do.”
“Even if it exists?”
“I can make it seem like nothing happened.”
It was a trustworthy word, and Valentine was stubborn, but so was Jack.
In most cases, Jack would give in, but not in this case.
“And, I’ve been feeling this way for a while now, but I think we need to clean up the Eastern Continent, the Taoist Temple, and the Inspectorate.”
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“Cleansing… … . I don’t know about anything else, but didn’t you say you wouldn’t care about the Eastern Continent?”
I did.
Clearly, Jack expressed his intention to respect the freedom of the Eastern Continent as much as possible, no matter what it did, and he never imposed any major sanctions on the Eastern Continent.
The problem is.
“I can’t ignore subversive behavior. After all, I am the emperor.”
Jack just crossed his legs. Valentine asked Jack.
“But, you’re cleaning the pipes once?”
“Uh. The key figures are fine, but some of the kids under them are a bit strange.”
Valentine doesn’t get deeply involved in running the country. There’s only one thing Valentine gets involved in.
It is the operation of the Milos Academy.
Everything else is taken care of by Jack and Aveiro.
That’s why Valentine didn’t know much about the conduit. He didn’t even think about finding out. He trusted Jack and didn’t want to infringe on Jack’s authority.
Where is there an emperor who is not respected even at home?
So, this was the first time I heard about the Taoist temple. That’s why.
“Some of them are strange?”
I had no choice but to ask this question.
Jack didn’t explain in detail. He just answered really simply.
“It seemed like he was taking bribes.”
“Money… … . It’s the simplest and most obvious thing.”
Money is honor. The world changes and changes again. The importance of money is only growing.
“So what are you going to do? Clean it up? Yourself?”
Jack chuckled at those words.
“It would be easier if I did it myself. But since I am in the position of the emperor, it is not easy to step forward.”
If it had been true to his original personality, he would have stepped forward. But the situation was ambiguous.
If someone of the same rank as the emperor steps forward and takes action, what will the people below him think?
It may make you doubt your abilities and give the impression that the Emperor is distrustful.
It would be a good idea to visit each and every one of them and encourage them, but is it really necessary to do that?
We had to build a system where everything could be resolved without Jack having to step in.
There are countless talented people. Jack was always giving them a chance.
They are capable people who handle things competently, but they also make mistakes such as looking only at the big picture and missing the small things. This man who appears in the material you just read was one of those cases.
Valentine, who was next to Jack, asked.
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“Did you say your name was Raymond Beck?”
Jack nodded.
“You couldn’t have seen it simply because it was Daniel’s superior, but it seems like you found out something related to that man.”
This time Jack nodded again.
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“I think Daniel could handle it, but I’m thinking about it.”
“What are you worried about?”
“Should we send Thanos or not?”
Thanos, the leader of the Dojo, is also called the embodiment of effort.
He was now a man who was almost perfect, whether it was studying or using a sword, there was nothing he couldn’t do.
He has already ascended to the position of Transcendental Master and is properly carrying out his role as the second head of the newly reorganized Taoist temple.
However, since Thanos’s scope of activity was the Western Continent, it could be a problem that he could not properly catch what was happening on the Eastern Continent, but it did not matter.
“We have to trust Daniel first.”
Jack and Valentine know Daniel. They are confident that he will not be tainted by anything.
If they get caught, it’s not Daniel’s fault, it’s Jack and Valentine’s fault. They’re ready to shoulder that responsibility.
I should go see Daniel sometime soon.
Jack, who was thinking like that, slowly raised his head.
Creak, the door opens.
A woman appeared there.
She was so beautiful that she looked just like Valentine, the most beautiful woman in the Milos Empire.
I wanted to see something like this.
In my previous life, my older sister died before she could grow this big.
Jack smiles as he looks at her, who has become much more mature than before.
Now is not the time to see Daniel. Now is the time to meet the people around you whom you haven’t seen for a while.
“Long time no see, sis.”
Elizabeth laughed at Jack’s laughter.
* * *
While Jack was enjoying his reunion with his sister, there was a man who was experiencing ‘joy’ in a completely different way.
That man was Melon, the son of Jack and Valentine.
Melon was really enjoyable after a long time.
I tilted my head back.
A small sword made of mana passed in front of his nose. At the same time, Melon stomped on the ground and took a half step backwards.
The sword that had passed by splits and passes in front of Melon once again.
Melon.
He just swung his foot.
Kwaaang-!
With a loud noise, shards of mana exploded in all directions. Beck blocked them. The giant shield that had appeared around him boasted a considerable level of mana density.
It wasn’t the end. Melon quickly pulled away and kicked the seat far behind.
There was a reason why it had to be that way, because the shield Beck had just created was rippling just like a slime.
It was amazing.
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Melon, who had stepped back far away, opened his mouth.
“It seems like you’re pretty good at handling mana.”
“… … I don’t want to be evaluated by you, a fresh graduate from the academy.”
Melon ignored him and continued speaking.
“I heard that the Raymond Counts of the long-ago fallen Teslan Kingdom mainly used techniques to manipulate mana like water. I looked into why they fell, and it was because they didn’t donate their ‘mana cultivation method’ to the kingdom.”
Beck was annoyed.
“So what do you want me to do? It was a long time ago. Why are you talking about such things now…?”
“Why is that so?”
“… … What?”
“One of the 148 talented people that His Majesty the Emperor personally selected while traveling across the continent, one of the first inspectors that His Majesty the Emperor personally trained at the ‘Milos Academy’, and many of the talents that fall into the category of the first since the founding of the Milos Empire are currently leading the Milos Empire.”
It’s true.
Raymond Beck is not a person who formally completed and passed the training course at Milos Academy. He was trained and graduated from Teslan Academy when it existed, but strictly speaking, the two academies are different.
When Raymond Beck first saw Melon, he used the term ‘Academy Junior’. The reason he used that term was because he had been formally trained by Emperor Jack Milos at the Milos Academy.
The 148 people I mentioned earlier have been with Emperor Jack Milos for a month. That’s why I used the word junior. The valuable experience they gained was more valuable than anything else.
No Academy figure since has had a similar experience, Melon continued.
“These 148 people have advanced to the positions of the Consul General, the Central Inspectorate, the Central Administration, the Central Supply Office, the Army and Navy Staff, and even generals. They are indispensable talents to the Milos Empire. But what about you?”
“… … .”
“While serving as the head of the Eastern Continent Inspectorate’s Cheonhasung branch, you transferred your subordinates, pretended to be their deaths to forcibly free them from their shackles, and even killed a few of them. It might be a bit inappropriate to say this as a rookie inspector, but a five-year term is a given. There are so many people who can’t do it, and you refuse to do it because it’s an accident? If you didn’t want to do it, you could have just submitted a blank sheet of paper when you took the exam at the academy. You receive benefits such as scholarships, separate training from the best magicians and best swordsmen who are the real powers of the empire.”
At that moment, Beck snapped his fingers. Melon, who lightly avoided the flying mass of energy by tilting her head back, continued speaking.
“You want to receive all the benefits, but you don’t want to take on the obligations that come with them. You even cooperate with those guys and kill some of them. What on earth is the reason you live like that?”
Beck, who was about to kick the seat, flinched. His brows were distorted like a vicious slaughter, as if a sore spot had been touched.
“What did you just say? Something like that?”
“Yes. Why did you live like that?”
“What do you know that makes you babble?”
“I don’t care what your intentions are. No matter how much you rationalize your actions, which are obviously disrespectful to anyone, it’s clear that your actions were wrong. What more do you need?”
“… … Similar.”
Melon shook her arm quietly.
Beck continues speaking to Melon.
“You speak like the emperor.”
similar?
“Is that so?”
“Yes. The Emperor said something similar to what you said to me. Do you know what I said to him then?”
“What did you say?”
“I don’t want to be respected by everyone, I want to do what I think.”
Melon chuckled. She could guess what her father would have said in response to that.
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“If you’re going to do that, see it through to the end. You need to be strong to see it through. If you don’t have the strength, be cunning. Plan it out and see it through without anyone finding out. If you can’t do that, don’t even start. Start by risking your life.”
Beck’s eyes widened at those words.
He really hadn’t been this flustered, at least not since he met Melon.
It was surprising.
It was exactly as I said.
The emperor at that time clearly said something like that.
“You… … You… … What the… … ?”
Melon said nothing more.
It raised my spirits.
Red energy spreads out in all directions.
Melon kicked the spot. Melon stretched out like a ray of light. Beck quickly drew up his mana.
Even among the Red Masters, all of his mana stretches out in front. The red mana begins to bend like water. Melon extends his fist.
Melon’s fist touches Beck’s mana.
After that, something amazing happened.
Tsk tsk tsk-!
Beck’s mana was torn from the air. The red mana was torn like a piece of paper. No words came out.
In the first place, it wasn’t a situation where we could talk.
Melon’s fist hits Beck in the face.
Oh my gosh!!
Beck’s face hits the floor with a loud crash.
In an instant, his mind became confused. He was lying on the floor, his body twitching, and nothing more could be done.
Through the fading vision, Melon is seen crouching down.
“We will gradually find out what kind of belief it is. We will soon know who cooperated.”
“You… … You… … .”
“If it’s something that’s too difficult to reveal, why don’t you come and write a number? Let’s catch him and have a three-way meeting.”
Melon smiles brightly.
With high probability.
“If you keep trying, you’ll find the answer.”
Those were the last words. Beck just passed out.
The weather on the eastern continent is different from that on the western continent.
Melon raised her head and looked at the sky.
Now, it’s summer.
