episode_0287

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“Olivia-nim, thank you for your hard work.”

Headquarters of the 【Hero Association】.

Olivia, a hero belonging to 【AIUS】 and dispatched as a special auditor, turned her head at the voice calling her.

Having just finished a meeting with all the unit commanders a little while ago, Rahe, who came out with Olivia, was approaching her.

“Oh my, Commander Rahe. I didn’t expect you to greet me first.”

“…Is that so?”

“Well, it is. More than that, Commander Rahe, you’ve worked hard too. It’s fortunate that you’re in the same S City, so it didn’t take long to summon you to headquarters, right?”

“That’s right. But there are commanders coming from distant regions, so it seems like they’ve had a hard time in many ways.”

“Is that so? But what can I do? I’m the auditor, so I deemed it necessary.”

At Olivia’s arrogant answer, Rahe’s willow-like eyebrows twitched.

She knew that the other commanders had suffered in many ways because of her instructions.

Originally, the commanders of all units gather at this headquarters regularly once or twice a month to report and receive instructions.

Except for these regular meeting days, the commanders rarely have to come to headquarters, so even if there are commanders living in slightly more distant areas, the distance is not a big problem.

But this time, apart from the regular meeting, Olivia used the privileges of the auditor to summon the commanders of all units.

Moreover, the summons order was issued the afternoon of the day before, so the commanders who had plans must have been in trouble in many ways.

Considering the situation, some commanders usually attended via video call, but this time, even attending via video call was not allowed, and it was strictly controlled.

Naturally, there were many complaints among the commanders, but it was difficult to protest since the other party was an external person.

In the end, one way or another, everyone obediently gathered as instructed…

The meeting that followed ended in just about 15 minutes.

The commanders, who wondered what great content she would talk about, were deeply dismayed by the meeting content, which didn’t even have any substance.

Commander Rahe, who sensitively detected their dissatisfaction, took the lead and came to tentatively probe Olivia’s intentions…

Rahe was filled with annoyance at Olivia’s reaction, which came back in this way.

Trying not to show such emotions on her face as much as possible, Rahe continued.

“Olivia-nim, the 『Regular Meeting』 where all the commanders gather is next week. If you happen to have another reason to gather the commanders again, wouldn’t it be good to wait for that day?”

“Are you saying you’re going to limit my rights as an auditor?”

“That’s not it. I’m saying that ‘matters to be conveyed’ like today can be conveyed then. Or, I think it’s something that can be sufficiently conveyed through the commanders’ network.”

Matters to be conveyed.

That word was spot on.

Trivial things that didn’t have to be talked about face to face.

That was what Olivia talked about after gathering the commanders from all over the country today.

The greetings and matters to be conveyed, which didn’t even need to be mentioned, were not something that busy commanders should abandon their work and come to listen to.

Even the person who conveyed the content had a subtle atmosphere as if she was trying to get away with it in a perfunctory manner.

Even the commanders who are relatively mild-mannered could not help but complain about that attitude.

“I can’t say anything about Olivia-nim exercising her rights as an auditor. But, I would like to ask for a little consideration, just in case.”

“Because there is always a shortage of manpower in this country compared to Europe, where Olivia-nim is from.”

【AIUS】 has a lot of talented people to work as heroes.

After all, it is an organization that unites all the heroes of Europe into one.

In comparison, this country has an atmosphere of rejecting Awakened people in the first place, and there is a lot of work for heroes to do due to the aftermath of the 【Great Disaster】 that happened just a while ago.

The situation is different from Europe, which is enthusiastic about heroes and even has roads and planes dedicated to heroes.

Rahe conveys that she hopes they will understand that point a little.

If it were the Olivia that Rahe knows, she wouldn’t listen to this kind of story at all.

Because she is an arrogant, stubborn, and picky woman.

Rahe, who doesn’t usually speak ill of others, made that judgment after spending about a year with her, but with accurate insight.

Even if it’s a story from a few years ago, she doesn’t think that personality would have changed.

But even so, the reason why Rahe bothered to mention this story was for the sake of the other commanders.

To prevent a hasty commander from rashly arguing with Olivia, or for things to escalate.

Rahe, who is somewhat familiar with Olivia, is instead conveying that complaint in a roundabout way.

‘Anyway, I know she won’t listen.’

What will the other person’s reaction be?

Ignore? Snort? Or will she get angry, saying that she is ignoring her?

Rahe was prepared to be Olivia’s punching bag, but Olivia’s reaction was unexpected.

“Well, I’ll show leniency.”

“……?”

Rahe was so surprised at Olivia’s too mild answer, which didn’t suit her at all.

“What is it? Didn’t Commander Rahe say not to bother the busy commanders?”

“Ugh, that’s not what I meant….”

“No, it’s okay. I’m not that selfish person without thoughts either. This time, it was to see the commanders’ faces in person. I felt like I had to check with my own eyes whether the data I received as an auditor and each commander were the same people as those data.”

Olivia conveyed her intentions concisely, but still.

It wasn’t entirely convincing, but Rahe could at least nod at Olivia’s explanation, which seemed to understand the inconvenience of the other commanders.

“Is that the end of the story? Then I’ll be on my way. The next time we meet… Well, shall we make it the 『Commander’s Meeting』 next week as you said.”

Olivia finished the story like that, and turned her body away from Rahe without any special greeting and walked away.

While leaving like that, she glanced back at Rahe for the last time.

“Commander Rahe, do you happen to have a boyfriend?”

“……Yes?”

Rahe was momentarily flustered by Olivia’s unexpected question.

But she quickly turned her face back and shook her head.

“If you mean dating, I don’t. I’ve never had one.”

“…That’s a shame. Commander Rahe is a woman of relatively high quality. In this country, which rejects Awakened people, it seems difficult to find a partner even for someone like you. It can’t be helped.”

Olivia says calmly.

Rahe is just bewildered because she doesn’t know the true meaning or her intentions.

Olivia continues, not caring about Rahe.

“The audit schedule I originally planned was two weeks. But looking at it, it seems like the schedule will be a bit longer…. We will be seeing each other for a little longer, so please take care of me while I’m in this country, Commander Rahe.”

With those words as the last, Olivia finally leaves for real this time.

***

—It wasn’t very effective.

Olivia, who came out of the Hero Association’s headquarters, was feeling disappointed as she moved to the hotel in a sedan driven by her exclusive driver.

The meeting of the commanders that was held today.

In fact, this meeting was not to see the commanders’ faces in person as she said, nor was it to be mean to them.

Rahe was not the other commanders who came a long way and suffered, or that they had busy schedules, those things were not even Olivia’s concern in the first place.

‘It’s been two days since I used magic. It’s time for the effect to show up enough.’

‘But even so, the changed reality is… At best, it’s less than 10%.’

Olivia’s magic, 【Real Story】.

A fraud-level magic that can make the content you write directly with your own hands a reality.

However, as mentioned before, this ability is not a complete cheat, and there are many cases where the magic does not apply depending on the situation and environment.

She is trying to modify a too large-scale event compared to the magical power she used for the magic.

Or, she is trying to cause too absurd changes.

Also, similarly, she is trying to change the story of a person with strong magical power.

Perhaps because of such restrictions, only a very small part of the content Olivia wrote in the first place has been ‘realized’.

If more than 50% of the content written in the first place had been realized, she would have been able to expose all of Rahe’s corruption at this commander’s meeting and immediately ruin her.

‘Well, it can’t be helped because it’s the first time.’

‘I’ll do more groundwork, repeat it, and modify my scenario realistically… That’s how I’ll slowly increase the area of reality that is being eroded by my magic.’

‘I’ve always done it that way. So it’s okay.’

‘There are no mistakes, no failures, my plan will definitely succeed.’

Olivia repeated to herself, and took out the tablet she always used from her bag.

Then, she looked at the scenario she had written again, and reviewed the parts that needed to be corrected.

‘But, it’s strange.’

‘Even so, I thought 20%… at least 15% would be possible.’

It is difficult to calculate with exact figures, but in any case, the proportion of ‘realization’ is lower than Olivia had planned.

『Rahe is having a sexual relationship with a member of a villain organization and is colluding with them.』

『Also, Rahe is selling her subordinates to the colluding villain as cheap sex slaves.』

This is the general outline of the scenario that Olivia created, and she added a lot of flesh to it to create a ‘scenario’ that spans several pages.

At this point, at least some rumors should have spread within the association or among the commanders, or if she was lucky, there should have been photos or circumstances suspected of contacting the villain.

Even if Rahe herself didn’t meet them directly.

Photos or videos that shouldn’t have existed in the first place, or someone’s testimony, must have been created.

That is Olivia’s ability.

That’s Olivia’s magic.

But none of that has been realized.

‘…Why on earth? My plan is perfect, but I need to review it a little more.’

Olivia looked down at the tablet PC in the smoothly moving sedan and fell into deep thought….