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“The Ark Administration is arrogant!”

The wealthy of the Ruincrest layer generally think that way.

If it stopped at just thinking, no one would say anything, but the people of this layer practically live and breathe it.

These excellent and wealthy individuals mainly think like this:

The Ark is too vast, and there are too many who contribute nothing to order and peace.

Therefore, it must be reduced.

Why is it necessary to maintain this vast Ark, including the lower class, the lower layer, and even ordinary citizens?

This thought, which began with their displeasure at their taxes and wealth going to those below and the lower class, had somehow transformed into the central ideology of the layer itself.

Isn’t the wealth of a few tycoons in the Ruincrest layer far greater than the combined wealth of ten ordinary citizen residential areas?

By what right do the citizens of the lower layer and middle layer live here?

Of course, most of the wealthy and high-ranking individuals in the Ruincrest layer also owe their current wealth and power to the merits of their ancestors, but when they are steeped in family traditions and the atmosphere of the layer that teaches them they are special from birth, they tend to rationalize everything with themselves at the center.

We maintain peace and order with money and power, so by what right did those below even enter the Ark?

And above all, is it right to manage such a vast land and layer in the name of maintaining overarching peace and order?

The Ark is too big.

It can be a little smaller.

Shouldn’t we prioritize treating only those who are destined, those who are chosen, those who lead all people with money and power and contribute to the peace of the Ark?

Up to this point, it can be treated as a kind of elitist ideology that those with wealth might think.

But this kind of thinking has persisted for hundreds of years, far beyond the dawn and early days of the Ark.

So, what would become of Ruincrest’s ‘mainstream ideology’?

“Even before the Ark was built, we established proper justice and rightful order on this land. We are the true owners of the Ark.”

“Those arrogant wretches calling themselves the Administration don’t even come down to this land, claiming they’ll pour their resources into those who don’t need it.”

“It is we who have corrected the collapsing peace and order of the Ark.”

“It is also we who built the primordial Ark and saved humanity from the calamity.”

“The Ark was rebuilt with our wealth, and the Ark created an army with the talent and disciples we cultivated, and dealt with the calamity.”

“We are the center here. The center and leaders of the surviving humanity, and the rightful and lawful owners.”

“We have the right to choose who resides here.”

It was only natural that it would transform into a subversive and rebellious ideology.

Of course, they don’t show it outwardly like that.

As befitting the upper class, as befitting nobles, as can be seen in the Victorian-style cityscape, they maintain their appearance and dignity to some extent, outwardly writing at least 3,000 characters of aristocratic jargon filled with flowery language on old-fashioned stationery, dreaming of the greatness of Ruincrest and the revolutionary change in which we should occupy and rule the Ark.

Of course, from the perspective of the Ark Central Administration, it was an absurd situation, but they had no intention of making the Ruincrest layer understand how miserable the cause for peace and order that an administrator experiences in this rotten hell on earth is, with all the blood and pain.

Well, in reality, the Ark had accepted too many unnecessary people.

The Ruincrest layer thought like this:

The Ark is too big.

It is too large, and excessive resources, management, and manpower are being invested. If we assume that only the wealthy layers that can develop the Ark are left and the rest of the layers are completely cleared out, humanity will be able to achieve remarkable progress.

The rich are not wrong.

Currently, over 90 percent of the Ark is just ordinary people’s residential areas, places where people live like people.

In other words, if the resources spent on protecting those commoners and maintaining order and peace were recovered and concentrated on the upper layers, the Ark’s technology and development speed would certainly increase.

However, as the last ark and refuge for humanity, the motto of the Central Administration was to embrace all of humanity within the Ark, excluding the lower layer and the illegal residents of the Abyss, so the mainstream ideology of Ruincrest, which goes against this, can be regarded as nothing short of treason.

Anyway, thus, the Ruincrest layer was dreaming of treason.

From their perspective, they had been discontentedly watching for over a hundred years as their own resources and those that should be used for them were constantly being invested in unnecessary people.

And at the center of it was the Arbentaine Family, a family of merit.

In a noble and elegant mansion resembling a medieval fantasy noble’s residence, a neat middle-aged gentleman was handling a large amount of work.

It was Perdain Arbentaine, the de facto owner of the Ruincrest layer and the head of the Arbentaine Family.

Even in a short moment, numerous holographic documents and paper documents repeatedly appeared and disappeared before him, and around him, secretaries with a rigid atmosphere were all engaged in their work.

“Sir, the supplies sent by the Sendai Military Company have been safely recovered.”

To achieve the family’s long-cherished desire, Perdain Arbentaine was working hard day and night.

It goes without saying that it was for treason.

Rebelling against the Ark Central Administration is not something that can be prepared in a day or two.

Ernest Rail, a mega corp, knew that with just manufacturing a few dolls, the chances of success in the rebellion were close to zero.

As such, the Central Administration’s execution capabilities and Overseer power were unbelievably high, and Ernest Rail planned to declare rebellion when they had manufactured at least 500,000 combat dolls for rebellion.

Of course, before that could happen, the snowball that Alice rolled was rolled and rolled until it was discovered by the Central Administration, and they were all sentenced to death.

“What about the Central Overseer side?”

“There’s no particular movement. We’re getting by adequately by deceiving them with food and luxury goods imports. In the first place, the Ruincrest layer is the layer of the wealthy. Since proper customs inspections are not carried out for trade and tariffs, the process of importing military supplies is quite simple.”

“Be careful. The Central Overseer’s handling of matters is insidious to the point of being nauseatingly tenacious. Don’t rest assured until each supply is placed in the warehouses of the layer’s tycoons. Those who neglect their vigilance will not be overlooked.”

“Yes, I will keep that in mind.”

Thus, the Ruincrest layer’s rebellion, led by the Arbentaine Family, used several measures to avoid being discovered as absurdly as Ernest Rail.

At the center of it is Ruincrest Academy.

Ruincrest Academy is originally a place to cultivate high-level talent, including Overseers.

However, this may be different in other layers, but the tycoons of Ruincrest, including the Arbentaines, possessed enormous wealth, power, and connections, so filling the Academy with their own people was not a difficult task.

Disguised as donations for the Academy, scholarship programs, and talent development programs, Ruincrest Academy gradually began to belong to the tycoons.

As a result, the Academy’s talents are instilled with Ruincrest’s rebellious ideology… from the perspective of the tycoons, including the Arbentaine Family, ‘the correct ideology that must return to rightful order’ is instilled in the disciples through the Academy.

Although it is a free Academy, it conducts education in a form that closely resembles thorough group brainwashing. After some time, the Ruincrest layer will be able to embark on a rebellion through the Academy’s ultra-high-level manpower.

“The Academy’s regular education course is going smoothly. We have also changed the Ruincrest layer adaptation ability assessment, which was originally only included in the graduation exam, to be conducted every academic year.”

“Make sure it can be implemented in all of the Academy students’ midterm and final exams by the end of this year. Make sure to allocate at least 30 percent of the evaluation to the ability assessment.”

“Yes. I will inform Chairman Grouper.”

Furthermore, the rebellion they dream of is not a simple show of force or a revolutionary change.

They are pursuing a drastic change in the major social rules and economic structure that make up the Ark, and they plan to have graduates who have been educated in ‘correct ideology’ at the Academy infiltrate the Central Administration and the Overseer system to help the rebellion.

To this end, the nobles and tycoons of Ruincrest are paying great attention to and investing in the Academy.

Ruincrest Academy, originally a training center for high-level talent for the Ark, has now completely lost its meaning and has become a brainwashing education site.

The possibility of success itself was quite high due to the secrecy, planning, and long-term expansion of the clandestine rebellion.

“What about the Overseers who have infiltrated the layer?”

“Only a few resident Overseers remain, but they have decided to join us.”

“Overseers?”

“It is an open secret that Overseers, who are only at the 4th or 5th grade, receive kickbacks from criminal organizations or companies due to insufficient activity funds.”

“The Central Administration has gone too far. Anyway, be careful. The moment you are even followed, a firestorm will fall on the layer.”

“Yes. Don’t worry.”

Thus, the Arbentaine Family’s rebellion is going smoothly today.

They are instilling ideological education in the Academy.

They are importing various military supplies under the guise of luxury goods.

All Overseers and enforcers living within the layer have already been identified and are either being monitored or have expressed their intention to participate in the Arbentaine Family’s cause.

In this state for 20 years.

No, even if only about 10 years pass, the ideology of Ruincrest will gradually begin to spread through the Academy graduates who have advanced into the political world and the Central Administration.

’10 years. If only 10 years pass… then our rebellion will begin.’

Attempting a secret rebellion through ideological education, rather than just a military rebellion like the mega corp, certainly had a higher chance of success than other rebellions.

-Bang!

“S-Sir! Something terrible has happened!”

At that moment, a secretary who burst into the Arbentaine Family’s office caused Perdain to frown at him expressionlessly, displeased that his work had been interrupted.

“Don’t make a fuss. Has the Administration found out about our location? Have the military supplies and smuggled goods been confiscated?”

If the Central Administration had noticed something, they could resolve it by cutting off a few subcontractors and brokers.

Even if that wasn’t the case, they wouldn’t be able to link the rebellion to the Arbentaine Family.

Perdain was confident to some extent because he was preparing through a thorough plan and concealment plan.

“N, No, it’s not that!”

“Then what’s the problem? There shouldn’t be any problems right now?”

However, the content that came out of the secretary’s mouth was something Perdain had never expected.

“…Young Master, Young Master has passed away!”

“What?”

At those words, Perdain’s eyes widened.

The head of the family’s face contorted at the news that had erupted from a completely unexpected situation from the Central Administration.

“Haa, that guy… why?”

As befitting a family leading a rebellion, the relationship between Perdain, the head of the family, and his son, Dehite, was naturally far from that of an ordinary father and son.

Perdain had only lived for the family’s long-cherished desire and rebellion, and naturally, he had not given his son, Dehite, much affection.

However, conversely, he had certainly raised his son Dehite as the next head of the family.

He hadn’t given him affection, and his personality itself was a scoundrel that he didn’t like, but he had given him the family’s vision elixir, various secret arts, and various high-level enhancement procedures. Even if something happened to him, he had raised Dehite to the point where he could take over as the head of the family and work with the family’s elders and cooperative nobles.

“T, They say he had a Duel Trial. He was defeated by his opponent… it seems.”

“Haa.”

Of course, Dehite also had a history of killing several Academy students and classmates while engaging in Duel Trials and scoundrel-like behavior.

Perdain didn’t particularly scold or reprimand Dehite for his scoundrel-like nature and actions.

He had heard that Dehite had laid hands on or killed a few women, but that wasn’t a particularly important matter. Basically, Perdain didn’t get involved unless it was something that tarnished the family’s reputation or exposed the rebellion.

‘That guy is my son. Regardless of his temperament, his suitability for enhancement procedures and the family’s vision are steadily increasing. There is no student in Ruincrest Academy who can beat him…’

“Who was the opponent in the Duel Trial?”

“It’s a new transfer student…”

“A transfer student? Are you saying a student?”

“Yes.”

As Perdain manipulated the hologram floating in the air, the Academy student’s personal information was displayed.

Perdain was one of the investors who donated the most money to Ruincrest Academy. It wasn’t difficult to look into a student’s personal information.

“Here it is. A transfer student who came today…”

And Perdain was able to find Alice’s student ID.

“Huh, this kid?”

“Young Master showed kindness to that… that student named Alice, but she wickedly dared to conduct a Duel Trial against Young Master, so…”

“Speak properly. If it’s the Dehite I know, he probably got infatuated with a woman’s face and tried to rape her or something, and his head got blown off.”

“……”

What an unsightly death.

Perdain frowned as he recalled his son who had died pathetically.

Although it was a busy time, a member of the family’s lineage had died in a Duel Trial.

As a father.

As the head of the Arbentaine Family, he had to meet the student named Alice.

Revenge?

No.

If he were to take revenge, Perdain, the head of the family, wouldn’t need to step in directly.

He only needed to order the assassination through contractors or secretaries.

“If she killed my son… that means she’s a decent skilled person.”

“Sir, are you thinking of taking in the student named Alice?”

“She doesn’t have any family or relatives. I’m thinking of filling Dehite’s vacancy with her if she’s not bad after seeing her in person.”

“But that student killed Young Master… and above all, she has a First-Class Overseer named Oriana as her guardian.”

“That’s right. Even if we put aside the backlash from the family, if she has an Overseer as her guardian…”

Perdain leisurely raised the corners of his lips despite the secretary’s concerns.

“If she had sensed the rebellion or was sent to spy on us, she would have completely erased the fact that she had an Overseer as her guardian and made her personal information completely clean in the first place.”

“But…”

“And what kind of foolish infiltrator would kill my son Dehite in a Duel Trial? Isn’t that openly advertising that they want to be suspected by me? What a great infiltration skill.”

Perdain looked at Alice’s picture displayed on the hologram.

She’s a pretty child.

With her appearance alone, she has a face that could enter the adopted daughter of a decent noble.

That scoundrel Dehite must have been fascinated by that appearance and tried to rape her or make her his lover by force, and then got into a Duel Trial.

“Yes, through a fair deal… it might be okay to have her replace Dehite.”

In the first place, Perdain wanted a daughter more than a son.

He wouldn’t give her affection anyway, but if possible, it would be much better to have someone more beautiful to look at.

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“Yes, you. Won’t you become my daughter?”

“What is it this time… fuck.”

Alice thought that the confession culture of the Ark was truly trash.