Episode 586
Chapter 3
Harvey, the new quartermaster at the Central Quartermaster Office, had just heard some disconcerting noises in the mess hall.
It’s almost like, what should I say, nonsense.
When a person is appointed to a new position in an administrative agency, including the Office of the Inspector General, the Central Supply Office hears the news in one way or another.
Sometimes you hear the news before a decision is made, not just before you hear it.
The Central Inspection Office is the highest among the inspection offices across the country, and the Central Supply Office is the highest among all supply offices.
As the saying goes, “birds of a feather flock together,” the center is bound to be connected to the center.
Harvey is the new supply officer at the Central Supply Office.
What I just heard at the restaurant was about greetings.
Harvey was not a man who hid his identity and operated like Melon. He was the son of a prime minister.
So I immediately contacted ‘father’ through the communication port.
As soon as the face of his father, Aveiro, appeared before his eyes, Javi said.
[father!]
Aveiro asked, his head tilted as if he was tired.
[Why again? Did you have an accident?] [No, that’s not it. I just heard something about melon at a restaurant.] [Really?]
Harvey also knows that Melon has been causing all kinds of chaos in the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent.
He was such a monster, and after I found out his background, everything made sense, but I was worried that this might be a bit of a problem.
[Is what I heard true?]
Aveiro didn’t say anything.
He showed Harvey the piece of paper he was holding in his hand.
It was an ‘order’.
The content was like this.
[Immediately after receiving this letter, the Milos Empire Inspectorate’s Cheonhasung Branch will be changed to the Eastern Continent Special Inspectorate, and the area under surveillance will be expanded to the entire Eastern Continent. In addition, Inspector Melon will be appointed as the ‘Temporary Director’.
The term is 5 years, but this period can be changed. The crime rate on the continent must be reduced to a decimal point within the given period, and if this is not achieved, Inspector Melon will be ‘dismissed’.
Harvey was genuinely angry.
But in front of my father, Harvey said in a suppressed voice.
[Father, is this really true?]
Dismissal?
In military terms, it is equivalent to a dishonorable discharge. In the Empire of Milos, civil servants who are dismissed have their public records erased and receive only a tenth of their usual retirement pay.
What’s important is what comes next.
[Reducing the crime rate on the Eastern Continent to a decimal point? That’s impossible to begin with.] [Why do you think it’s impossible?] [There’s only one Inspectorate on the Eastern Continent. Daniel… no, Melon is going to be the temporary head of that one Inspectorate, but that means Melon is going to be in charge of the entire Eastern Continent by himself.]
Aveiro asked.
[What is the basis for that judgment?] [I looked into the personnel records. There was not a single inspector dispatched to the Eastern Continent. Not even a single general employee. Not even an investigator. Why on earth did you allow this… … .] [Son.]
Harvey shut his mouth at his father’s serious call.
Bona Manada.
As I said before, it was Aveiro who allowed this.
Whether it was the Central Inspectorate or whatever, it was Aveiro who approved it. That was important to Harvey.
Aveiro spoke to Harvey in a firm voice.
[The will of an individual cannot be put above the will of the nation.] [… … .] [I am the crown prince of the Milos Empire. Do not think of me as being the same as you or other ordinary people.] [And what if I break?] [I just hope it doesn’t break.] [Is the world easy? Where can you find a tree that doesn’t break?] [I am trying to confirm that.] [Even if you say you are mature, you are the same age as me. Why on earth are you doing this?]
Aveiro’s expression was serious throughout.
Aveiro said firmly.
[Because he’s the crown prince.] [… … .] [Meron brought this upon himself. The Central Inspectorate judged, or to be exact, ‘Duke Carl Sagan’ judged. He had no intention of carrying around the bomb called Melon. Clearly, if he had acted under the name Daniel Milos, things would have been different. But he didn’t. Melon made a choice.] [… … And what if he dies?] [That was also Melon’s choice. If the next emperor who will look after Melon, clean up all the shit Melon has left behind, and lead the Milos Empire in the future is a pathetic human being like that, then it’s better to die.]
Harvey felt goosebumps for a moment.
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[… … Are you serious?] [I am serious. It’s okay to cause trouble. But if the trouble I caused has to be cleaned up by others, I will do everything in my power to kill Melon.] [Father… … .] [And Harvey, there’s something I really wanted to tell you. If you’re going to meddle, do it after you’re qualified. Melon isn’t even paying attention to you, a mere new supply officer. Melon is going her own way, so what the hell are you doing?]
Harvey just kept his mouth shut.
[Does this father look like he is just playing around aimlessly in your eyes? He is my son, so he received the communication device from his son. But you keep talking about public affairs rather than private ones.] [… … .] [I hope this won’t happen anymore. If you have anything else to say, do it formally. Do you understand?] [… … Yes, father… … Prime Minister.]
The communication line was suddenly cut off.
Harvey sat down with a blank expression.
Something.
I felt a little ashamed of myself for constantly being compared to melon.
* * *
It was absurd. To be exact, it was ridiculous.
I looked over the order in my hand again.
[Immediately after receiving this letter, the Milos Empire Inspectorate’s Cheonhasung Branch will be changed to the Eastern Continent Special Inspectorate, and the area under surveillance will be expanded to the entire Eastern Continent. In addition, Inspector Melon will be appointed as the ‘Temporary Director’.
The term is 5 years, but this period can be changed. The crime rate on the continent must be reduced to a decimal point within the given period, and if this is not achieved, Inspector Melon will be ‘dismissed’.
Apparently, a new commissioner is coming. That means there will be more staff and other inspectors coming.
I thought so, but I didn’t know it would turn out this way.
The position of interim director is a formality.
What happened next was important.
Special Inspectorate for the Eastern Continent.
And the idea of reducing the crime rate on the continent to below a decimal point within five years was pretty much bullshit.
It is meaningless to say that if you try hard, it is possible, or if you mobilize people and spend money, you can somehow achieve it.
This is absolutely impossible.
The Eastern Continent is large in size. It even has a large population.
In each region, the martial arts forces claim to be kings and are in charge of public security. If they were to lower the crime rate below a decimal point, would that mean completely eliminating all the pickpocketing, robbery, and murder that occur in all these regions? Does that make sense?
This was simple.
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It means that you will not accept me as an inspector.
The new inspector general must serve a mandatory term of five years.
And most people extend their contracts after five years. Extending their contracts here means maintaining the position without quitting in the middle.
The inspector general holds the power of the state. Those who step down from this position are those who would rather become the head of the snake than the tail of the snake. As evidence of this, most of those who resign are the children of local leaders.
This letter was just that, simple.
-Be stuck in the Eastern Continent for about 5 years and then quietly be dismissed.
It was so out of the blue that I thought it was crazy.
This meant a very firm will to leave the world of the inspector general.
It is clear that the prime minister was the one who made the final decision on all these greetings.
In some ways, he could be considered a great father, but that wasn’t important.
I never hoped to be looked after in the first place.
Who made things like this?
It’s simple.
He is the head of the Central Inspection Service.
Making a region a special district and appointing an inspector general as a temporary chief is not something that an ordinary person with the power to appoint personnel can do. Only the head of the Central Inspectorate can do it.
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The current head of the Central Inspectorate is Count Jordi Dyson of the Dyson Counts family. And I have no connection with Jordi Dyson.
But let’s think about it a little differently.
The man who can move Geordie Dyson in the Central Inspectorate, and the man who can be called the real power in the Central Inspectorate.
Carl Sagan, with whom I spoke via telecommunications some time ago.
He is clearly the real power behind the Central Inspection Office.
It is highly likely that he took the lead.
I wonder if he didn’t like our previous conversation. His eyebrows furrow.
Furthermore, this decision also meant that the Eastern Continent would be completely let go.
It was absurd.
I just thought about it that far.
Starting today, I am the acting director of the Eastern Continent Special Inspectorate.
Although he is wearing a very large hat for a new inspector, it is actually made of paper.
It makes me laugh.
As of now, it is dismissal after 5 years, but it is said that this can change.
This means that he could be dismissed early depending on the will of the Central Inspection Office.
no way.
‘Do you think you’ve put a leash around my neck with this?’
Things were going interestingly.
I don’t know if the head of the Central Inspection Office did this or if someone else instigated it.
He burned the letter he was holding in his hand.
I guess so.
It seems like we have a new enemy.
* * *
Valentine asked.
“I’m worried that he might go astray.”
Jack, who was watching the sunset together at Cheon Gong Seong, smiled gently.
“Trust me. He’s our son.”
Valentine always thought Jack had a strange smile. It was a smile that not only put the viewer at ease, but also seemed to instill in them a great sense of faith, a strange magic.
If it had been a normal Valentine’s Day, I would have just let it be. I would have just believed it. But not this time.
“I feel uneasy because it seems like they are forcing me to make a choice. If this continues, Daniel will be fired. The only way to avoid that is to reveal himself as Daniel Milos. But.”
“The son we know will never reveal his identity.”
“Then you will be fired. Why did you allow this?”
It was obvious why he had permitted it.
“I feel like the position of inspector is like a chain to him.”
“… … .”
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“And let’s make this clear. Instead of forcing a choice on him, we give him a choice.”
Jack knows what Daniel is thinking.
That’s why I respect it.
I allowed it because I respected it.
“There is definitely a way to avoid dismissal. But it is a matter of the guy’s will.”
Jack paused for a moment, then reached out and hugged Valentine.
Jack continued, turning his head and looking down at Valentine.
“I gave him a choice: either to be a flower in a greenhouse, or to be a giant tree on a snowy mountain. I can understand whichever choice he makes. What do you think?”
“… … What can I do? You have to understand.”
Before they got married, Valentine always won over Jack.
Whether it’s words, actions, or anything else.
But not anymore.
Valentine can’t beat Jack anymore.
Because my love has grown so much.
Valentine wasn’t the type of person who hated himself, but he was a little like that now.
He just raised his hand and pushed Jack’s face away.
“Why? Are you angry?”
“No way.”
“You seem angry.”
It would be a lie to say that it didn’t happen.
Valentine wasn’t the type of person to hide his feelings, he told Jack.
“I didn’t interfere with how you ran the government. I only interfered with how the Academy was run. Do you think what I’m saying is wrong?”
“That’s not wrong.”
“I didn’t ask what you were doing. But this time it’s different. It’s our children’s problem before the country’s.”
“… … .”
“Why should I hear about my son’s affairs from someone else’s mouth and not yours?”
