32. Walks

Was this something I could call trust? Yu-eun scratched his head at the overwhelmingly intense words.

He committed all sorts of atrocities around the world, but it wasn’t like he was doing it with some deep thought or ideology in the first place. He was just honest with his desires and turning a blind eye to the suffering of others for his sake.

 

That’s why he’s weak against emotions that hit him directly.

 

Whether it’s the whispers of love from his women, their blind loyalty, or the unbelievable level of trust from the President before him. When faced with these things, the tiny bit of conscience he has twitches.

 

 

 

 

“Come to think of it, you said you were going to appoint Min Ye-rin-ssi as the Minister of Justice.”

“I did make that offer to Lady Yi. I haven’t received an answer yet, though. Has it been decided?”

“Well, I heard she refused.”

“Refused… That’s surprising. I thought she became a maid.”

 

 

To be exact, she became a maid ‘forcibly,’ but the President doesn’t care.

 

“Well, even as a maid, she still has some will of her own. She can at least ‘express her intention to refuse.'”

“Then what’s Yu-eun-ssi’s position? I think it’s a pretty good offer.”

“Position, shmosition… I don’t even know what the Minister of Justice does or how much power they have. I just know they’re at the top of the judicial system? And frankly, I doubt we even need something like that…”

 

Even if it’s not Min Ye-rin, if Yu-eun’s maid becomes the Minister of Justice, it would be much easier to cover up the various criminal acts committed in the Harem Palace. Even if it’s not covered up, they could just bring it to the surface and give it a ridiculous sentence reduction, making it an ‘already concluded matter’ anyway.

 

 

But the problem is whether it’s really necessary.

Yu-eun especially didn’t feel that need.

 

 

I’m already doing whatever I want, so why would I need something like that?

 

It seems more effective to just produce several congressmen from within the palace and make the laws themselves favorable.

 

 

Rather, the President’s side would benefit more from appointing his maid as the Minister of Justice.

It would be an absurd idea for someone with normal ideologies, but from the perspective of the President, who has somewhat skewed values, he needs someone to take care of the incidents and accidents related to the palace. That’s the only way to reduce the public’s antipathy even a little bit more.

The plan to use Han Sarang for a coup was born from this very thought, so appointing Min Ye-rin as the Minister of Justice is actually the scenario that the President himself wants the most.

 

 

“How about thinking about it this way?”

“?”

“It’s not something a president should say… but well, the situation calls for it. You said that pleasure is the most important value just now, right?”

“Yes.”

“That’s exactly it.”

“?”

“If you could do whatever you want with the current Minister of Justice, even in the minister’s office, wouldn’t that be a great pleasure in itself?”

“…Holy shit.”

 

Yu-eun was even impressed by the mind-blowing words.

More than anything, he couldn’t believe that someone who was even the President would say such a thing.

 

 

“Are you out of your mind?”

“Of course. How else could I lead this country properly without being crazy?”

“Wow.”

 

Yu-eun was dumbfounded, but he found himself drawn to it.

 

 

 

 

No, being able to do whatever I want with the current minister in the minister’s office! What the hell!

 

 

 

 

“Ahem… Since we’re on the topic, can I ask for a few more favors?”

“Go ahead.”

“I have some women who are police lieutenants. And one who’s a police superintendent.”

“You mean Eun So-ryeong-ssi and Shin Do-hee-ssi.”

“Yes. Since we’re producing a Minister of Justice, it would be nice to have connections in the police as well, so how about promoting them one step each?”

 

 

Appoint Eun So-ryeong as a police superintendent, that is, the chief of the Gangnam Police Station, and pick up Shin Do-hee as the head of the Provincial Police Agency.

 

 

“Come to think of it, you have a few people in each field. There’s Eun Yul-ryeong in the military… and Colonel Han Sarang is quite famous.”

“Ah! Yul-ryeong-jjang was there too, right.”

“Well, it’s not bad. Coincidentally, Eun So-ryeong-ssi is practically the world’s first police officer to arrest adventurers, so promoting her would be good for the external image.”

“That’s right.”

“While you’re at it, let’s take a look at the military personnel as well. After all, you’re going to create a Joint Military Command led by the palace soon, right?”

“…Huh?”

 

Yu-eun was momentarily stunned by the President’s words.

He’s saying something he’s never heard before.

 

 

“Ah, the exact name probably hasn’t been decided yet. It’s the plan to turn military officers into adventurers that I mentioned before. The palace will establish an institution similar to a military academy, and officers from all over the world will be dispatched there to cultivate the qualities of soldiers and at the same time be trained to have powerful abilities like adventurers. Through that, Yu-eun-ssi will receive the rank of general in the armed forces.”

“Ah….”

 

 

I remember now.

I definitely said something like that.

 

It was one of the negotiation points I presented to the President and the ministers who rushed over after I beat up the feminists and occupied a prosecutor’s office by force.

 

 

To promote Yu-eun to honorary military general

 

 

That’s where the story began.

 

 

At the time, Yu-eun had no idea about this, but Im Seo-hyun arbitrarily pushed it forward, and the President eventually conditionally accepted.

They agreed to streamline the armed forces and cooperate on weapons development, and weapons development cooperation is currently underway.

 

 

Of course, Yu-eun, who has no interest in the political situation of the palace, has forgotten everything.

 

 

“Didn’t you hold a press conference as soon as you arrived and say that you would solve the problems caused by dungeons in countries around the world? I saw that as a declaration of intent to launch this institution.”

 

It’s definitely one of the justifications Im Seo-hyun set up.

Create a pan-national military organization, receive the rank of military general in countries around the world, train and send out officers, and at the same time solve the problems caused by the dungeonization of countries around the worldㅡ,

 

 

It’s a truly grandiose justification.

 

 

“I… did I?”

“The women’s conscription system will be passed soon. That will increase the number of female officers in the long run. Being able to train those female officers is a good thing for Yu-eun-ssi, isn’t it?”

“Ah! That’s right! I said I was going to do women’s conscription!”

 

 

The content that was announced to the entire nation just before Barkana appeared.

Only then did Yu-eun properly remember and shuddered.

 

 

Ahh.

 

What a crazy person this is.

He used the crisis in the neighboring country (Japan) to get approval for nuclear weapons, forcibly stationed troops in Tokyo while ignoring global criticism and sanctions, and eventually got permission for the armed forces to be stationed there using the dungeon defense war. Later, he embraced the worst group in the world, the Harem Palace, and streamlined the officers while detonating the bomb called women’s conscription.

 

 

He’s literally walking a tightrope, making the most of the global crisis and the situation in neighboring countries. If anything goes wrong, he’ll be declared war on immediately.

 

 

In fact, Korea is still under global sanctions, so what more is there to say?

 

 

“It’s a task that must be done to maintain 900,000 active-duty soldiers. I’m just doing it.”

“Wow….”

 

 

Yu-eun, genuinely impressed, applauded without realizing it.

He’s trying to implement women’s conscription in this country. It’s strange that he’s not being impeached.

 

 

‘This person… is betting everything he has!!’

 

 

Everything from start to finish, all the steps he has taken so far have been possible because he has abandoned himself.

 

 

His words that he can do anything as long as he can achieve the revival of the nation are not empty words.

 

 

“Since you’re going that far, I should help you a little. I happen to have debts in Korea. Actually, I’m a patriot, you know.”

 

 

 

 

+++

 

 

 

 

 

 

After meeting with the President, several things were sorted out.

 

First, I decided to accept the President’s wishes and approve Min Ye-rin’s appointment as the Minister of Justice. In addition, the women who are affiliated with national institutions and are Yu-eun’s maids, namely Eun So-ryeong, Eun Yul-ryeong, and Shin Do-hee, will be promoted one step each.

 

 

However, in the case of Eun Yul-ryeong, she is only in a relationship as a sex partner, not as a maid, so the promotion will be processed after a more solid relationship is established.

 

In addition, we decided to slightly add the national armed forces streamlining plan to the normalization project that Yu-eun is promoting this time, establish a ‘pan-national military institution’ as mentioned before, and have Korea and the Korean people join first, receiving the honorary rank of lieutenant general.

 

 

If you ask why it’s lieutenant general and not general, I’ll tell you what Yu-eun said: ‘General also includes the meaning of a low-ranking position like the head of a knight order or the head of a guard, so it looks cheap.’

 

 

 

Anyway, we decided to set a date later to establish the institution and award the honorary generalship together. We also spent time talking about what to do with China, what to do with North Korea, and whether to bring Isonia into the political arena.

 

 

 

“Juin-nim, Agnes has arrived at Incheon International Airport.”

“She’s finally here.”

Thanks to narrowly escaping Barkana’s bombing, Incheon International Airport was still in operation, and this was a stroke of luck for Incheon.

Incheon, which suffered nearly 400,000 casualties and countless economic damages, was on the verge of collapse, but it was barely holding on thanks to Incheon International Airport and Songdo surviving.

 

 

“Tell her to come to my room.”

“Yes.”