Chapter 139 – Chapter 02: The Gold Half Is the Hero, the Half Is XXX
“Is it such a great information store that the commerce and industry says so?”
“If you look at the scale itself, it’s not that big. Instead, it is a company with merit in that it thoroughly protects the reliability of information and customer information.”
In addition, compared to other intelligence organizations that operated in the shadows, this was a store in the sun that was strict in selecting customers and strictly maintained safety lines.
“In fact, these guys must have applied as a company to the imperial government?”
And since it is a company that belongs to the bright side, it is very difficult to buy information on the dark side, and the difficult information was only the level of information guessed by the company through collecting a lot of information.
In other words, it is an organization that has to deal with the disadvantage of being completely dark about information on the dark side, instead of being thoroughly positive.
“Is such an intelligence organization in operation?”
Since ancient times, information organizations have had a structure in which shadowy information was more important and expensive than bright information.
This is because shadowy information that is thoroughly hidden will inevitably be more valuable than bright information that anyone can easily obtain.
However, when Yeonhwa expressed doubts about the story of an intelligence organization that runs mainly on Yangji, Eugene laughed and explained.
“It worked surprisingly well. First of all, since it is a Yangji company, there is no chance of being involved in crime, so there is almost no money going out there.”
If we are immediately drawn to the dark side, we will have to lobby here and there to create a way out.
However, it seems that money is not being spent on this information company because there is no need for it.
“Also, even if it is information from the sun, it is a time when the information network is just being formed. “There are a lot of people trying to buy the information they need.”
In a world where there is no internet or anything right now, if there is an organization that can replace the internet, there are plenty of people who will pay to use it.
The organization is safe and provides information more easily if you pay the appropriate amount? It was said that it was a business that would have enough customers.
“Seeing as the industry and industry evaluates it so much, it must be a pretty good company, right?”
“Yes, it is actually a company in which I have also invested to some extent.”
In fact, Eugene owned quite a few shareholders of this intelligence organization as an adventurer named Jeol Yu-jin.
Although he was not at the level of a major shareholder, should I say that he was a shareholder who would benefit from some convenience in this information organization?
“Then wouldn’t it be better for the sky to eat? “Didn’t you say that we needed an intelligence organization right away so we had to create one?”
In response to Eugene’s story, Yeonhwa expressed the opinion that it would be better to swallow up the existing information organization rather than create one.
“It’s not that I haven’t thought about it, but the intelligence organization I want is one that operates in the shadows rather than this bright intelligence organization.”
It was acknowledged that this type of information organization, or rather, a company that deals with information, was profitable, but what Eugene needed was not a profitable business, but an organization that would work in the shadows and collect the information he needed.
“And if you only look at the information on the bright side, these companies collect and provide information faster than the information organizations on the dark side.”
If you think about convenience, there is no reason to go out of your way to reorganize an information organization that is already working well.
“Yangji’s information is very useful as is, so it would be better to leave this company alone and use it as a customer.”
To compare it to the Earth, this company was the Internet, and the information organization Eugene needed felt closer to a spy agency. Both have different uses.
“In fact, it’s a suitable place to learn about the goings-on of the world in this way, right?”
The reason Eugene visited this company right away was not to obtain information about the dark side of the imperial family, the Demon King’s army, or Crescent’s terrorist plans.
After purchasing the enslaved warrior, how did the flow of the Orbital Continent change while he was confined with Yeonhwa in the Laina Forest?
I came here to find out the general flow. As a bonus, as a shareholder, I also wanted to receive the information I had separately requested from this information organization and the items I wanted to obtain.
“Then let’s go in.”
After finishing explaining what kind of place this place was, Eugene took Yeonhwa and Genos inside the bar to do some business.
It is said that after about 30 minutes, he and his companions came out with a box looking quite satisfied.
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“… “Did you say that?”
“Yes.”
Meanwhile, the female knight who had parted ways with Eugene found herself face to face with Grand Duke Zenon, who was waiting for Eugene at the mansion of the Duke Zenon family in the islands.
“… Should I go see you again and make a suggestion?”
And the female knight who met the Grand Duke like that immediately knelt down in front of the Grand Duke, who was sitting at his desk working, took a bow, and then told him the whole story that Eugene had asked him to tell.
The woman who lived here, who had told the whole story, asked her if she was bothered by the fact that she had not been able to bring Eugene as ordered by the Grand Duke.
“… “You said the Heavenly Demon was with you, right?”
“Yes.”
“If the leader is convinced, then that elf is really the Heavenly Demon I know. … “I don’t understand at all why the monster that has been living in the Laina Forest for over several decades is now with Strahl.”
Even though the duchess is listening to her report about her own child, the duchess continues her speech without much agitation, sorting out documents that should have been handled at her home.
“The important thing is that the person presumed to be the Heavenly Demon is protecting Stral. In that case, she would say that it would be impossible to bring Strahl back by force, no matter how much of the Archduke’s family might be mobilized.”
“… Yes.”
Even if it did not possess one of the Ozone members like the Luft family, the Grand Duke Zenon was a family with overwhelming power, proving that it was not the only grand ducal family in the empire for nothing.
The knight commander in front of me right now was a top-level expert who, if given the opportunity, would not be surprised to reach the rank of master at any time, and there were several other strongmen like this who belonged to the archduke family.
In addition, the knights belonging to the Archduke family, led by several strong people, including the female knight, the leader of the knights, are an overwhelmingly armed group composed entirely of those who have reached the level of superhumans.
However, despite this, the current Grand Duke Iris Zenon recognized the fact that even if all of them were mobilized, they would not be able to overcome the wall called the Heavenly Demon that was recorded in the history of the empire.
“Chief, did it seem to you that the child was with the elf who was presumed to be the Heavenly Demon of his own free will?”
“… At least it didn’t feel like I was being forced.”
“Yes, it doesn’t mean he was imprisoned or anything.”
And after confirming that his son might have been captured by such an out-of-this-world monster, Grand Duke Zeno put down the documents he was handling on the desk and continued his speech.
“… Leader. What does the leader think of Stral now?”
“… “If you asked me if I was doing well, it seemed like I was doing well.”
“Anything else?”
“… Are you asking whether, as you said, he seemed to be a completely different person from the one we knew?”
In response to the female knight’s question, which carefully inquired about the meaning behind the Archduke’s question, the Archduke calmly nodded in the affirmative.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s the director’s subjective judgment. “Let the leader speak honestly about what he felt after facing the current Stral.”
“… All right.”
The female knight slightly bowed her head at those words, which were no different from the Archduke’s command, and then began to express what she felt after encountering Strahl at the Adventurer’s Guild.
“… “First of all, the first thing I felt when I met you was astonishment.”
“Is it because the Heavenly Demon was accompanying the warrior who is now a slave?”
“There is that, but more than that, Master’s well-trained body… And I was astonished by the master’s spirit.”
“Hmm…”
In response to the woman’s explanation, Stral looked momentarily pondered, perhaps realizing what she was trying to say, and then opened her mouth.
“According to the information provided by the Academy, there was also a story that Stral had reached the highest user level. Even I, who pride myself on knowing the child well, thought it was an exaggeration because it was hard to believe…”
“It was rather a reduced level. It’s hard to say exactly what level it was because I was controlling my momentum so exquisitely that I couldn’t be sure…”
The female knight said that Eugene’s momentum, which she vaguely felt, was at least at the highest user level as mentioned at the Academy.
“… What does minimum mean?”
“… In some cases, she may have crossed the expert barrier.”
“The leader’s level must be at the highest level of expert. And yet she couldn’t figure out whether she had reached Expert or not?”
“That’s why I couldn’t help but be even more shocked.”
And then, the female knight, Eugene, had a friendly conversation with the Heavenly Demon.
She actually acted naturally as if she didn’t know herself at all.
The final conclusion was made by explaining that the minor habits of Stral Zenon that the female knight knew about could not be found at all.
“At first, I thought you were using tricks to return to the Grand Duchy.”
“… That’s quite possible. “Stral, that child is my child, but no matter how I look at it, it’s hard to say that he is a child with a kind heart.”
Even though Strahl was like that, because he was Iris’s child, he could not give up and was able to discipline and care for him with love.
However, even if that is the case, it is something that cannot be covered.
In that sense, the Grand Duke did not reprimand the female knight who was said to have suspected his child. Even if it were the Archduke himself, he had the same suspicions.
“But now, after meeting you in person, having a conversation with my current boss, and receiving your words, I honestly find it hard to believe that you are playing a trick.”
“In other words, does the leader also think that the current Stral and the past Stral are completely separate personalities?”
The female knight responded to the Archduke’s extremely serious question by politely bowing her head.
Seeing the female knight like that, Iris Zenon could not help but let out a deep sigh that she had been holding in.
“… That means, as the child who now claims to be Jeol Yu-jin said, the son I knew was as good as dead.”
“I think it would be an exaggeration to think that way. Even if you are currently acting as a completely different person, aren’t you still the master after all?”
The Archduke only shook his head in response to the knight’s further words, fearing that his lord would fall into sorrow over the loss of his child.
“You don’t know that. “The child I knew was not bold enough to become the husband of a monster that only appears in history, the Heavenly Demon.”
And above all, Iris couldn’t possibly think that even if he was her own child, he would be so special that he would be chosen by the Heavenly Demon.
“In other words, the Strahl I knew was not a child worthy of being associated with that Heavenly Demon. “Nevertheless, I can’t believe it, but when I see Cheonma going around talking about being her husband, it’s hard to think that he’s the same kid I used to know.”
Iris’s voice sounded somewhat sad, unlike her blunt tone so far.
