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Chapter 6 Episode 41 – Manipulation

Gadel, who was serving a life sentence in a special prison, escaped from prison. And Gordon and the knights were sent in to deal with him.

They destroyed each other after a fierce battle, and not a single one survived.

This was the conclusion reached by the Bureau of Investigation regarding Gordan’s death.

Naturally, voices came from all over to clarify the truth.

Because Gordan was the one who captured Gadel, who was infamous as a massacre in the past. It did not make common sense for Gordon, who had an overwhelming skill gap and numerical superiority, to co-defeat Gardell.

At that time, Defense Bureau Director Robben exposed the facts that the Defense Bureau had been hiding. These are Gordon’s personality assessment results and his drug treatment records.

Gordon was taking medication to treat antisocial personality disorder, and was in poor health at the time due to the side effects of the medication. However, since he had already captured Gadel alive, he let down his guard and eventually died along with Gadel.

In particular, when it was revealed that Gadell’s prison escape was thanks to a strengthening drug leaked by the former director of the National Defense Bureau, the National Defense Bureau was literally turned upside down.

Due to this incident, the position of Robben, who had been working hard to eradicate corruption in the Defense Bureau, was strengthened considerably, and the remaining factions of the former Defense Bureau chief were uprooted.

Additionally, controversy has grown among the public about whether it is right to accept a person with personality problems as an article.

Naturally, discussions about ways to keep knights in check began to come up among lawmakers, and this developed into a power struggle between politicians from knightly families and politicians from non-chivalric families.

As a result, the immoral acts of knights that were not known to the public were revealed one by one, and public opinion tilted toward keeping knights in check.

All of this was a scenario created by the Prime Minister and Zeke to hide Gordon’s death.

It is true that Gardell escaped from prison using enhancement drugs, and it is also true that Gordon was brought in to catch him. But Gordon handled Gardell easily. I just postponed the mission success report for a while to give myself time to move freely.

The results of Gordon’s personality assessment are also true. However, he was not taking medication and had never received treatment. All treatment records were fabricated.

The person who benefited most from these manipulations was the prime minister. He is neither a soldier nor a knight. After the war, the empire’s soldiers and knights were so strong that it was almost a miracle that he rose to the position of prime minister.

However, through this incident, they succeeded in passing the bill they had been preparing, weakening their position, and even gaining public support.

Zeke thought he had passed on an annoying headache to the prime minister, but he had actually received an untimely birthday present from the prime minister.

“We couldn’t delve into it because it was thoroughly fabricated, but most of the information about Gordon’s death that is known to the public is false. And there are only a few people in the empire who can operate on this scale.”

Raphael conducted his own investigation into Gordon’s death. But all I could find out was that things known as truth were in fact lies, and anything more than that was impossible.

” In order to weaken the position of the overly strong knight, Gordan was purged. ”

If something has been manipulated and there are those who have benefited from that manipulation. There is a high probability that they manipulated it. Raphael started from this simple proposition and deduced the truth of the incident.

“And the person who purged him was the director of the Pixie Management Bureau. It’s a man named Siegfried.”

The inference turned out to be quite accurate.

“……I was immersed in my work at the Board of Audit and Inspection, but then I got sick of suspicion. ”

“It is the result of reasonable inference. Before his death, Gordon looked up data from the Pixie Management Bureau. And I even visited the management office. It couldn’t be simple curiosity, given Gordon’s personality. More than anything… . There is a pixie named ‘Ariel’ in the management bureau. I also read about her when I audited the bureau before.”

“Are you saying that Ariel is Gordon’s lover?”

“Well. What I do know is that they both come from the same hometown. I don’t know what their relationship is, but it’s clear that the purpose of Gordon’s visit to the Bureau was her.”

The report on Pixie is confidential information that is not publicly disclosed. However, it is not at a level that the Board of Audit and Inspection cannot inquire. Therefore, Raphael knew that there was a connection between Ariel and Gordan.

“In addition, the management director has been in a relationship with Rupiah for quite a long time. Mars, aren’t you quite close to Lufia? If so, you must have often heard about her lover.”

“……I need to order more alcohol. Beer is not enough.”

Mars called an employee with a complicated expression.

Rupiah is kind to everyone. But few are truly close to her. It was a fact that everyone in the knights knew that she built a thick wall around herself and did not open her heart.

However, there was someone she readily opened her heart to: Mars and his wife, Lohen.

Lufia always shows a perfect side to others, but in front of Mars and Rohen, she shows a quite relaxed side. Sometimes they complain that there is a lot of work to do, and sometimes they complain. In particular, his relationship with Rohen, who is of the same sex, is so special that it can be said that they are best friends.

Anyway, in this Mars period, how much Lufia loves her boyfriend. Furthermore, I know very well how obsessed you are.

Also, if her boyfriend asks her to do anything, Rupiah will do anything.

Mars filled his empty beer glass with high-alcohol whiskey brought by an employee. By the time the whiskey bottle was almost empty, the glass was full, and Mars poured the entire drink down his throat.

“Hehe… .”

Mars is not smart. Complex issues in the political world are not things he can handle. However, that did not mean he was thoughtless, so the story he had picked up at the council and the worries he had secretly had while looking at Lufia were all tangled together in his head and came up with an uneasy thought.

Knights are strong. Among them, express knights are even stronger. During the era of war, that power led to the revival of the empire. But in times of peace, that power is just a huge factor of anxiety.

In particular, Lufia is unprecedentedly strong and may be able to take on the entire knighthood alone.

The power to make numbers meaningless. How will the weak accept that power? Should they just pray that that power will only be directed to their enemies?

Or do they think that they should be shackled and controlled?

“Management Director, there are more than one suspicious thing about that man. Despite his origins of unknown origin and his striking appearance, no one remembers him. I couldn’t even find my family, let alone my friends from back home. This would be explained by the fact that he was born and raised in a foreign country, but that makes him look very civilized. The level of education was also quite high.”

“His actions are equally suspicious. He caught a level 1 wanted criminal out of nowhere and handed him over to the Bureau of Investigation, and after receiving special treatment and becoming an investigator, he accumulated an unbelievable track record in a short period of time. Then, they created an unknown organization called the Pixie Management Bureau to manage women who would have been imprisoned in special prisons or executed.”

“In this series of processes, he never wasted a single moment of time. As if following a set path. Do you think this makes sense?”

“……So. What do you want to say?”

Mars, who was listening to Raphael’s long speech, held his head. If he had heard this far, even Mars could have guessed what Raphael was going to say.

“I believe he is an agent secretly created by the government for the purpose of controlling knights or individuals with equivalent powers.”

Mars sensed that he had become embroiled in something very troublesome.

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It was late in the evening when I returned to the management office.

“Ugh. I’m tired.”

This event is really tiring because I have to go around a lot.

I left it up to Banshee to find out Ginner’s stronghold, so it would probably take about 2-3 days. I don’t know what kind of power they have, but I don’t think there will be anyone as strong as a special knight, so I can take my time.

‘By the way, they said they were researching Jeonghwaseok, right? Then there must be a lot of helpful facilities and research materials.’

The entire facility cannot be brought in as a whole. So it would be more efficient to take Olivia to Ginner’s lab. Olivia will help you choose what to keep and what to throw away.

‘Now that I think about it, I heard you completed the test subject recently.’

I headed to Olivia’s laboratory to find out what kind of guy was made and what the status of the cure was.