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Chapter 10
Chapter 10
A study where soft lighting shimmered faintly.
“Hmm, hmhmm.”
Liquor bottles displayed along one side added to the atmosphere.
Perhaps, to someone with a deep appreciation, it was a room steeped in nostalgia for the past—so much so that one could immediately discern the study owner’s tastes.
E ñ ümá
Seated at the center, on an antique sofa, the middle-aged man cut the end of his cigar with a practiced hand, then poured whiskey into a glass.
〔P-please, spare me!〕
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And at that very moment, from beyond the large Gothic-style speakers mounted along one wall, a heartrending scream rang out.
〔T-this is Rermal. The Rermal Planetary Defense Force! Space— no. C-creatures have invaded! Support! Requesting support!〕
〔Gyaaaaaaaaaaah!〕
The screams that burst through the speakers filled the entire room.
Е̃n̊ ũ m̂а̂
Even if it were merely staged, it would have been enough to send chills down one’s spine—yet the middle-aged man remained completely unperturbed, even humming to himself as he lit his cigar.
“Fuu.”
Beneath his neatly groomed white beard, thick smoke slipped past his lips, brushing against the yellow light before scattering as if it might crumble away.
That calm demeanor was downright eerie, yet the middle-aged man, as though unconcerned with the gazes of others, simply rotated the glass in his hand and savored the screams and wails of the battlefield.
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Yes, as though it were nothing more than pleasant classical music.
Creeeak-.
E n ú m а
But that was only for a moment.
The firmly shut door opened, and a female secretary entered. Approaching the middle-aged man, she adjusted the glasses that had slipped slightly down her nose and spoke.
“A variable has occurred.”
“Haha, in a dull life, variables are a pleasure. So, what is it?”
Despite the seriousness in her voice, the middle-aged man showed no concern as he asked back.
Perhaps because of that.
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The female secretary, her expression somewhat calmer, delivered her report.
“Jin Crow. He has been mentioning the recent incident on Aurum Planet to the cadets of the Central Special Service Academy during his lectures. Shouldn’t we find out what he is thinking?”
“Jin Crow?”
The middle-aged man bit down lightly on the end of the cigar clenched between his lips.
At a glance, one might have thought his mood had soured.
However, she had served him for quite a long time, and immediately recognized it as a habit he displayed when deep in thought, so she maintained her silence.
W eb̀n̈о́v е l̂ Е ǹ um̀ а́
〔I-it’s over. It’s all over— baang!〕
Of course, even during that time, the speakers continued to broadcast the desperate screams of soldiers, yet neither the middle-aged man nor the female secretary paid them any mind.
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And so, how long did that peculiar silence last?
“I see. So that’s how it is.”
“Pardon?”
At his murmured words, whose meaning she could not grasp, she asked back. The middle-aged man replied with a faint smile at the corner of his lips.
Е̄ nu̇ ṁ ā
“Do you still not understand? That this is the answer he sent.”
“……Then?”
“So, even if he’s been bent, his core hasn’t gone anywhere, has it.”
At some point, the faint smile had changed into enjoyment tinged with admiration.
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But unlike the middle-aged man, the female secretary standing beside him spoke carefully, her expression having grown even more serious.
“Instructor Jin Crow is dangerous. If he were to set his mind on something else…….”
Ѐń ǔ m á
Her words were a clear warning.
However, unlike her, who was always wrestling with documents, to the middle-aged man it was nothing more than a meaningless concern.
Sssip, huu-.
He exhaled acrid smoke between short breaths.
“Karin.”
“Yes.”
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“No matter what he does, let’s leave him be for the time being.”
“……Yes.”
It was an overbearing order with no explanation whatsoever.
But in that moment, the only choice permitted to her was to nod her head.
Naturally so.
There was no way the middle-aged man before her could make an incorrect judgment.
Е̊n u ḿа
That conviction was not mere trust—it was closer to fanaticism.
〔G-God. P-please, have mercy…….〕
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Of course, even amid that brief exchange, the requiem woven from the soldiers’ screams continued to resound with unending indifference.
Ideale’s reply came faster than expected.
Late at night, on a night when his mind was too full of thoughts for sleep, his watch vibrated.
[The park behind the dormitory. - Ideale]
Eṅ.ůḿă . іd̄
Jin Crow rose from his bed and slightly lifted the blinds.
‘If it’s the park behind.’
It was a park created for the welfare of the instructors, but since everyone was so busy, it was sparsely populated—making it suitable in many ways for secret meetings.
Calling him there implied quite a lot.
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Swoosh.
He put on the outerwear he had tossed over a chair and headed outside. Passing through the corridor and descending the stairs, a corporal standing guard asked in an extremely businesslike voice.
Ёñ ŭ m̆ а̌
“To the training grounds?”
“Yes.”
“Confirmed. Loyalty.”
Since he had been conducting dawn training consistently for several days, there was no particular suspicion.
As he headed toward the park behind the dormitory, his watch vibrated once more.
[To the inner maze garden. - Ideale]
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She truly was a cautious woman.
Jin Crow let out a small, involuntary chuckle and headed for the rendezvous point she had designated.
When he arrived at the maze garden, Ideale, who had arrived ahead of him, stood there silently watching him.
“Jin Crow.”
“Have you made your decision?”
As expected, the instructors who usually accompanied her were not present.
Ē n.u.mа .і̄ d̂
He found himself curious.
Was she aware of it?
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No matter how much they claimed to follow her of their own volition, to an outsider, that too would look like a small faction.
‘There’s no way she wouldn’t know.’
Whether by instinct or calculation, judging by how she subtly pushed them away, it seemed she was not entirely unaware.
Chik, sss-.
Еn u m̂ а̊
As he entertained those thoughts and put a black cigarette between his lips, Ideale’s eyebrows twitched slightly.
But only for a moment. Realizing that this was clearly a meeting after work and that she had no grounds to scold him, she immediately got to the point.
“First, I’ll ask. Is all of this the will of the faction behind you?”
“Is that important?”
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“It is important. If that’s the case, then I’ll leave this place.”
He was not the type to spout empty threats.
Е́nu m̆а . íd
Because Jin Crow knew that, he conveyed his intent to her as plainly as possible.
“I’m sure Rosen isn’t unaware. However, if this incident has irritated them, then I, too, will pay the price.”
“That means…….”
“Yes, this matter is entirely my own unilateral decision.”
An answer did not come immediately.
Instead, Ideale’s distinctive white pupils stared straight at him as if reading the truth itself.
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But the silence did not last long. Soon, a voice tinged with doubt slipped past her lips.
“……Why?”
Her question, spoken with a furrowed brow, was not difficult to understand.
The large-scale invasion by Creatures targeting Aurum Planet would later be remembered as a symbolic declaration of war, to the point of being called the ‘Aurum Shock’, but to Ideale at present, his actions were nothing but risk.
Humans usually show a negative attitude toward things they cannot understand.
Could there be some other intention?
Е ñ_um̀ ӓ
And Ideale was no exception.
“Is the reason important?”
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“What?”
But as things stood now, he could not satisfy all of her doubts.
If he made a misstep, he could shatter the delicate balance precariously maintained between suspicion and distrust.
Because of that, what he chose was to give her no time to think.
Е ṅ ům̂.а.іd
“What I proposed to you wasn’t an agreement and cooperation where we bare both our positions and inner thoughts, but a purely transactional deal.”
At the same time, he removed the black cigarette that had nearly burned down to the end from his mouth, stubbed it out in a portable ashtray, and took out a micro hard drive from inside his coat.
“Even if it can’t bring down the Kukenhauzen family, it’s information that will at least leave a scratch.”
He spoke as if it were nothing, but being able to leave even a ‘scratch’ on entrenched corruption like the Kukenhauzen family, which possessed countless interests and power, was by no means easy.
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Swaaah…….
A timely gust of wind swirled between the man and woman before disappearing.
Е n̆ ǔ m а . і.d̆
Ideale’s lips twitched as if she were holding something back several times, and then she finally spat it out.
“……Right. That was all it ever was.”
The emotion contained in her voice was not simple, but endlessly murky, making it impossible to discern her true feelings.
One thing, however, was certain: she had decided to accept this deal.
“There will be an instructors’ meeting in three days to deliberate on the newly established lecture. Will it suffice if you support me then?”
“There’s nothing more I can do for you anyway, is there?”
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“……Yes. That’s true.”
Only after Ideale’s self-mocking voice brushed past his ears did he realize that he had unconsciously used a sarcastic tone.
However, knowing full well that now was not the time to worry about such trivial conduct, he put the micro hard drive back into his coat and spoke.
“Then I’ll be going.”
“…….”
Ideale turned around immediately at the clean conclusion and disappeared beyond the maze garden.
Е n̈ǔ mă . іd
There was no reason to deliberately leave through the same entrance and invite gossip, so it was only natural.
‘So now, all that’s left is Rosen’s choice.’
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As she herself had said, Ideale, who had broken away from her family half by choice and half by force, could offer only a handful of support.
But would Rosen, which in the story fought bloody battles for leadership against other factions, really let such a good opportunity pass by?
Beep-.
Just then, his watch alarm sounded.
Е̂nům̂ а̀ . іḋ
[Proceed.]
“The first gamble went smoothly.”
Seeing the message with the sender ID restricted, he could not help but smile with a mix of relief and satisfaction.
But this was only the beginning.
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Letting his guard down would be fatal.
With that thought, he put another cigarette between his lips and retraced his steps.
Е̄n u mа. іd
If he dragged things out a bit before returning, they would probably just think, ‘Did training end a little early?’
“……Jackpot.”
But it was right then.
As he turned his gaze toward a familiar yet chilling voice brushing past his ear, a tuft of red hair sticking out from behind a park tree caught his eye.
Tuk-.
Realizing the owner of that hair instantly, Jin Crow could not help but mutter as he dropped the cigarette from his mouth.
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“Obia?”
“Y-yes?”
At his low murmur, she poked her head out as if she had been waiting for it.
Her appearance was quite lively, but looking at her flushed expression and trembling red pupils, there was no choice but to imagine something ominous.
“……You heard everything?”
Did she bring a hip flask?
W е̌b̀ ǹ о̇ v ė ĺ Ё n u m а̌
No, before that, she wasn’t carrying a sword.
He couldn’t cause a commotion.
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But if she had heard about the deal with Ideale…….
“Th-that is……. I didn’t hear everything, but I’ll keep it a secret!”
Jin Crow’s eyes sank low.
At the same time, cold sweat poured down his back like madness.
E ňu ṁа̄ . іd̃
The opponent was bad, the situation was bad, and everything was the worst possible scenario.
Swoosh-.
And because of that, at the very moment he was about to pull out his hip flask as a last resort.
“At this late hour of the night, a clandestine meeting between a strict superior and a taciturn subordinate, who are rumored to be on bad terms……! Kyaaaaaaah!”
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Obia muttered that with an extremely flushed expression and then quickly dashed into the forest.
As a result, Jin Crow could only mutter softly with a thoroughly blank expression.
W ê b̀ n o v̆èĺ Е n_ǔ mӓ
“……What kind of bullshit is that.”
Somehow, it seemed things had gotten tangled in an entirely different direction.
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