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After that, the meeting continued for several days.

As new personnel arrived, some changes had to be made to the supply system, and it was natural that the treatment of the wounded and killed, which was increasing by the minute, also came up for discussion.

Of course, this did not mean that Victor’s intention to expand the front to the east was ignored. The captains of each battalion welcomed Victor with open arms when he said that he would organize an engineer battalion himself and carry out the mission rather than block the waves.

And that night.

The commander of the expeditionary force, General Igor, came to visit Viktor.

“Do you smoke?”

“I tried it once, but it didn’t work out well. If you want to smoke, do whatever you want.”

When Viktor gave permission, Igor put a thin cigarette in his mouth and lit it.

“As expected, you didn’t intend to stay in the rear.”

“Isn’t that possible? Since I don’t know my father’s intentions, I have no choice but to do the best I can.”

“But I never thought that the job would be laying tracks on frozen ground.”

Igor took a deep breath and exhaled thick smoke.

“With a small number of people, less than 100 people.”

“This decision was made after careful consideration for several days, so don’t worry too much. And although 100 people are a small number of people, if all of them can handle the mind law and history, isn’t that a small number of people?”

“That’s why I’m worried.”

Igor sighed and dropped his shoulders.

Viktor was now trying to teach criminals a variety of visions, including the law of justice. I don’t know what the wind was blowing, but he, who had sworn loyalty to the royal family his whole life, wanted to stop Viktor right away.

“I heard that it was a battalion made up entirely of criminals. Aren’t there some violent criminals among them and high treason criminals trying to shake the foundation of this country?”

“I concluded that we can control it sufficiently here. The most talented can barely emit sword energy.”

“…Those who have learned the Mind Method, no matter how dull they may be, will one day be able to unleash sword energy.”

“I understand your concerns. But…”

Victor took a deep breath and then raised his head.

“Lord Malleus and I also think that this is a trial given by His Majesty.”

“Your Majesty…”

“Didn’t you see it too? How I was treated in the conference room.”

At many meetings over the past few days, Viktor felt uncomfortable being treated like a child, no matter how small.

‘I’d be happy if they just treated me like a kid.’

The moment the name of the emperor, who was only watching government affairs in Lien without even showing his face, was mentioned, the atmosphere in the conference room was instantly set, and it ignited a fire in Victor’s heart.

‘I think it’s a waste of money for the crown prince.’

The emperor kicked the second one with his own hand, and the first one kicked the crown prince with his own foot.

Although not everyone said it out loud, it was quite unpleasant to see that Viktor was clearly seen as a child who just happened to be lucky.

Therefore, in order to obtain an achievement that would solidify her position, Siron ordered in advance what stance to take.

-It would be better to consistently insist that you want to prove that you are worthy of being crowned prince. The next emperor wants to solidify his position, so what can you do? Anyone who knows how to see the bigger picture wouldn’t be against it, right?

Viktor agreed with Siron’s opinion and spoke to Igor in more refined terms.

“If you or someone else intervenes here, won’t the purity of the achievements I will build deteriorate?”

“…You have no intention of biting.”

” Make sure that someone is not playing around with the supply vehicle. No matter how vicious a criminal is, he or she will starve to death or freeze to death.”

“I understand.”

Igor lowered his head and clenched his fists.

This expedition was a kind of demonstration stage.

The emperor’s test is whether he can make up for the power vacuum caused by Hugo Frien’s absence with existing combat power, and whether the crown prince has the talent to rule the empire in the future.

Igor, who was absolutely loyal to the empire, could not oppose the two issues even indirectly, let alone directly. That’s not all. Igor felt the most serious will in Viktor’s eyes after meeting him for a moment.

It looks different from when I saw it at the imperial palace a few years ago.

Does a place really make a person? It was impossible to see where the weak figure had gone, and the will to move forward was clearly conveyed to Igor.

*

Meanwhile, the parade ground of the temporary garrison.

Criminals who had been transformed into trainees were standing in a line.

[Wow, the smell of toe.]

“You go left.

[Wow, the smell of a sewer!]

“Okay, you go left too.”

[…This person is pretty good. She has a big scar on her face and looks bad, but I think it would be good to describe her as a clean rag.]

“Right.”

Siron divided the people into two according to Latera’s discrimination. People who can be rehabilitated if they try hard, and trash who are born evil by nature and cannot be rehabilitated.

“Hmm, okay.”

Siron looked around at the trainees shivering from the cold and smiled with satisfaction. Although he divided the people into two, Siron had no intention of discriminating against them.

However, I wanted to familiarize myself with the bad guys in advance. Among those brought in, there were political prisoners, and there were also people who were unfairly sentenced for irreparable mistakes.

‘Is it roughly 2:1? There’s twice as much trash.’

Siron turned his gaze away from the trainees and looked at Malleus.

“You can start now.”

“Are you really… okay?”

“Don’t the scriptures say that everyone can be saved by the Lord without discrimination? All you have to do is pray and sweat every morning.”

“Keuhum. I understand, I understand.”

‘…I never thought I’d live to teach criminals how to be fair.’

Although he agreed with Siron’s suggestion to divide the team in two, Malleus was unable to form an appropriate consensus on Siron’s method. Instead of referring to them as instructors or priests, they call them by strange words like fairy. If you don’t have the qualifications, you feel dissatisfied with the fact that they are teaching you for free the mental laws that you can’t learn even if you pay a fortune.

However, the feeling of resistance in carrying out the work is only Malleus’ personal impression. He is a person who knows how to kill his ego on an expedition.

Malleus sighed and walked away with the left group.

“Attention everyone.”

Siron, who saw that, spoke to the group on the right.

“I skipped my introduction because I thought you heard it on the train. From now on, I will teach you the Dokdo method.”

Siron took out a stick with a scale and a compass and handed them out to about twenty people. Some of the trainees wondered what kind of tool this was, while others seemed to already know how to use it.

“Now, this is a compass. You can know the north, south, east and west. This is a ruler. You can measure the distance on the map by dividing it by a certain number.”

The theory was explained step by step, starting from the very basics. Dokdo law is difficult to learn, not only for those who know how to read and write, but also for those who have completed a higher education course.

However, the level of education of the trainees varies greatly.

Teaching the advanced skills of reading maps through triangulation to someone who could barely do simple addition and who could not read was arduous.

However, in order to consolidate the frozen ground and lay a track there with a limited number of personnel, simple engineering knowledge such as the Dokdo method and triangulation was necessary.

Siron planned to pass on knowledge every other day to those who would be called the Engineer Battalion in the future.

“…This is what we will learn and practice today. Anyone who has questions, please feel free to ask.”

After opening his mouth for a moment, Siron looked around at the people who were holding their heads and groaning. And there happened to be someone in the corner raising his hand.

“I… fairy.”

“What?”

“Can we learn Mana Mind Method?”

“Of course. I will teach you not the cheap mind techniques that are available on the street, but advanced mind techniques that will allow you to unleash powerful energy without difficulty if you practice consistently.”

“Ohhh-”

As Siron spoke confidently, the trainees began to become more energetic. Rather than the Dokdo Act, which is unclear as to whether they will use it if they survive. I was more interested in how to protect my body and show off my strength right away.

‘It’s an advanced trial law.’

At first, the trainees were wary of Siron, who even introduced himself as a fairy, treating him as a mentally ill person who had beaten a man to death with his bare hands. Now, most people have begun to let down their guard as he gives them as many carrots as they can just follow his orders.

However, there were, of course, those who crossed the line just because they were a little nice. No matter how good their roots are, they are unable to give up the habit of eating from the gutter.

Siron thought so as he watched the woman get up from her seat without even ordering it.

“Fairy. I have something to ask you personally.”

“…what is the name.”

“My name is Natalia.”

Natalia, with dark blonde hair and an ugly scar on her face, bowed politely at first glance.

“I have a mental method that I have already learned. I also know how to read a map.”

“So. Are you saying you want to skip training?”

“…Of course not.”

Natalia calmly ignored Siron’s sharp retort.

“It’s because I want to personally meet with the fairy.”

[be careful. I have bad feelings for this hero.]

“Do it here. We do not have the talent to look after the circumstances of each trainee.”

Siron followed Latera’s advice and glared at Natalia.

He has the will to raise his hand and kill me if the situation arises. Whether it was a lie to say that she had mastered the mind method, she clearly read the will that Siron exuded.

“Hurry up and say it.”

“…”

“Isn’t meal time being delayed because of you?”

“…No.”

“Go back to your seat.”

Natalia bowed her head to Siron and tried to return to her place.

“Wait.”

Then, Siron turned around and called her out.

‘Tell me if this woman is lying.’

Siron, who asked Latera for a favor, began to approach Natalia.

“Have we seen this before somewhere?”

“…I don’t know.”

[You are shamelessly lying.]

“What is the crime?”

“I committed murder.”

[This is true.]

“Who.”

When Siron asked harshly, Natalia hesitated but answered clearly.

“I’m not sure… I think he was wearing nice clothes…”

“Is it assassination?”

“…I don’t know. Just by accident.”

[For your information, this woman has accumulated a lot of penalty points. It’s true that I killed people, but I killed too many people to accidentally kill people.]

“You have a unique accent.”

“…”

Siron slowly approached Natalia’s ear.

“I’m deliberately pretending not to be like that, but… my accent is similar to the guy who confronted me a while ago.”

The guy whose head exploded on the train.

Chen.

Natalia thought of her colleague who had already died.

Siron removed his face and tried to organize information about the woman. It’s hard to say for sure because of the dull blonde hair, but he’s probably right.

Those who are called untouchables but consider themselves the legitimate successors to Kylie…

After thinking about it for a while, I realized that this woman’s crime was not murder, but terrorism for political purposes.

“If I can afford it, I will provide some time for a personal interview.”