The young manager widened his eyes in disbelief, his body is slightly trembling, this expression is way better than the spy who is carrying his unconscious friend, his jaw dropped widely as his eyes bulged out can not believe what he is witnessing.
The guest observed his surroundings, just a moment ago he was in a shabby shack at the slum when the Butler asked him to step into the ominous gate-like black hole, he encouraged himself inwardly as he chooses to believe in this strange Butler and get closer to the gate.
When his hand touched the black gate, his body was sucked entirely into it and now here he is standing with his shocked face after adjusting to the sudden bright sunlight.
"Beach?"
He mumbled as he watches the sea in front of him, but that is not the reason as to why he is trembling, it wasn't the beach, but everything besides that beach fact is what surprised him.
"The Northeast Beach in the Forest of Demise, but rest assured, my barrier protects us all"
The Butler added, there are more than a thousand people within the barrier, busily doing their own thing and seem to not care about their arrival, but outside of it, a ton of monsters are swarming around.
Clank!
Clank!
Clank!
The manager could see people are working on a huge black object shaped like a cigar, he has no idea of what is that strange massive thing before he heard the Butler chuckled and explains it to him.
"It's called submarine, to simply put, a magic ship that operated underwater"
This enormous thing is another invention that was hidden from the world, just like the manager's conjecture before, they are hiding something bigger than the pendant, and there's a high chance that it was not the only one.
His grin can't be suppressed by the thought of being part of this secret organization, this will be a perfect place for him to settle down and climb the highest ambition of his along with the soaring Tartarus, his future may have no bounds with them.
"I-impossible"
The spy barged in, he finally managed to overcome his surprise, this is big news, who would have thought that a very dangerous secret organization is roaming around the Empire freely while making such inventions.
"Seems like I've been overly generous today"
Levi said as he snapped his fingers, a small soundproof barrier covered the head of the spy, his voice won't be heard anymore and he can not hear anything from the outside of the small barrier either, even though it was unnecessary since everything he heard would be erased from his memory later, but Levi still does it anyway as the spy is being a nuisance.
The young manager can see the spy's frustrated face, he seems like screaming to the top of his lungs yet no one can hear it, then suddenly.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The loud sounds make him looked at the other side, several men line up and formed a row while holding the long stick-like black things, and Levi who acted as a tour guide for him tried to make everything clear for this future member of Tartarus.
"That stick-like black thing is called Magic Rifle, it's a long-distance weapon that shoots a compressed mana bullet with the range of speed varies from 2400 up to 4800 mph, in other words, it an unstoppable magic weapon"
"For now, this weapon can only be used by the awakeners who excel in mana control, but we are doing a research project to invent a similar weapon that can be used by non-awakeners as well"
This is the real reason for his 'escort' duty, to show, or precisely to promote how magnificent the Tartarus is, and to ensure the greedy manager obediently surrenders to his fate ahead, it's always been his Lord's way to lure people using their weakness and deepest desire, this time she used this young man's own greed to lure him in.
Everything his Lord did might sound like a bad thing from the other's point of view, but as someone who had been saved by her, he and the other elites members of Tartarus know, regardless of the reasons, the fact that she is their Saviour will never change.
Levi felt nostalgic as he recalled the past himself who was cowering alone at the slum on a cold night, hiding his envious feeling to a warm touch of a family, but not anymore as he is a part of an incredible family.
There was also the story of a stray assassin slave whose pride was shattered because her former's master forced her to keep doing dirty jobs killing innocents, when she chooses to give up on her meaningless life, she was given a new one, now she is standing with pride anywhere her Lord is.
Last is the story of a talented craftsman who was born as an illegitimate child of a noble, he sells his dignity as a man and satisfied the lust of others only to fund his dream and passion for magic craftsmanship, but today he becomes a Craftsman who has the most enormous resources, enough to fill his desire.
"Isn't it a dangerous invention?"
The manager asked with a face that seems wary about the future as the Butler grinned and asked back.
"But, to be the center of the storm, isn't it quite thrilling?"
Gulped.
The young manager somehow can imagine how much of this organization would affect the world as the largest and most advanced Arms-producing company, and seemingly they won't end with only this weaponry business.
"That would be amaz- ugh"
He stops his word when his eyes discovered a disgusting scene not far from the training snipers, there is a row of cages contain several types of monsters, but that's not the case of his sudden unpleasant face as monsters hunting is normal.
His gaze was landed in the largest cage which was filled with the mating goblins, just like a brothel for goblins, they are mating here and there nonstop.
"Ah, it was the goblins raised by my Lord"
Levi explained with a straight face seemingly unaffected by the gross sight, well, his common sense is long gone.
"WHAT?!"
The manager unconsciously raised his voice, any normal people would do the same watching that kind of thing, what kind of eccentric person would want to raise goblins to see them mate? but he suddenly realized that was impolite to the Butler.
"Ah. I'm sorry. It was disrespectful of me to shout"
"Everyone has the same reaction at first"
The young man observed the surrounding, there are a lot of workers but strangely enough, no one except him is making a fuss about the mating goblins, he turned his head to look at the spy behind him whose face looks extremely awful looking at the same thing.
'Phew, seems like it wasn't me who is not normal here'
He thought inwardly, it wasn't him, but this whole place and the people here are not ordinary to stay calm in front of these mating goblins, he was lost in his train of thoughts before the voice of the Butler brought him back.
"Did you hear about the mass-produced plan for Fortuna's Pendant?"
"Ah, yes. It's the hottest topic in the capital, especially among the mercha-, don't tell me, these goblins are producing the raw materials?"
The young manager was about to answer the question of the Butler while thinking about the relation between the pendant and these mating goblins, he suddenly noticed the raw materials for the pendant which is the green mana stone, the stone that can only be required by defeating the lowest rank of monsters, including goblin race.
"Correct, my Lord observed the rate of reproduction of each lowest rank monsters, apparently goblin has the highest rate and quantity of reproduction every year at their mating season, they have the most rapid growth even with the shortest lifespan compared to the other monsters"
"But as far as I know, this isn't supposed to be their mating season"
"Well, that..."
Levi suspiciously averts the manager's eyes seemingly hesitant to answer, but he needs to do it.
"My Lord experimented with goblins and create a drug that works like an Aphrodisiac for them, selecting the healthy male goblins which have good seeds and throws it into a cage full of female goblins, she applied a rolling system that the mating process will continue endlessly"
Hearing it, the young manager once again trembling, he knows that the leader of such a great organization won't be anyone ordinary, but this is far beyond abnormal, is she even human? he wants to confirm one thing, but not sure how to ask it.
"May, may I asked what happened to the b-baby goblins?"
"They were raised and feed healthily to replace the unproductive goblins, and it was obvious as what happened to those unproductive ones in the hand of my Lord, they ended up as the raw materials"
"Phew..."
For some reason, the young manager heaved a sigh of relief, his disgusted face earlier turned into a sympathetic one, even these monsters looked so pitiful somehow.
It was wrong for him to feel guilty about the goblins since this race is widely known as the nastiest monsters that kidnap and rape humans in their mating season, they are like pests that need to be exterminated, but...
To think these most despised creatures to be pathetic enough to gain sympathy, it shows how terrifying the Lord of this Butler is.
"But, hhmm... Isn't it..."
The young manager racks his head to find the perfect word to describe it, he wants to stay polite, but this system is cruel and nasty, even though this is the most effective way to gain mana stones for the pendants, still, this is felt so wrong.
"Inhuman, that is the word we used to describe this system"
Levi added as the manager nodded his head vigorously agree with the statement, this is indeed inhuman even for a heartless man like him, dealing with money for half of his life makes him sees everything based on its objective value, his heart is growing colder as the time passed, yet seemingly he wasn't as cold as the Lord of this place who treat the life of these monsters like her personal stockbreeding for the raw materials.
Seeing his reaction, Levi recalled that time when the newly arrived members of the Tartarus commented on this system as well, they were not as far as going against it, but only feel inconvenient to see what shouldn't be seen, and it's natural as they are thinking like the norm in society.
That time his Lord only asked one thing that enough to shut all of the newcomers.
"Inhuman? would you think the same if your beloved is the victim of these monsters?"
Since then, no one dares to question the Lord's action anymore, the norm in society was created based on the majority's way of thinking, but what about the minority that consists of the victims whose life ruined by these monsters? How about their families who had no one to blame?
Everyone realized how narrow their mind is, they need to change their way of thinking to be worthy of being a member of the organization, now they feel nothing but admiration towards the Lord.
Swoosh...
A document appears from Levi's ancient ring as he handed it to the stunned manager and asked him to read it.
"This..."
"I am terribly sorry"
The young man bows as he grips the document tightly, he doesn't care about other things besides money, let alone other people's misery as he had enough of his own, but this document shows the data of the kidnapping cases caused by goblins in the nearby villages decreased up to 90% thanks to the immoral Lord, despite all prejudice against this mating system, she saved a lot of people through it.
"Aah, there is no need for you to feel guilty, it was unintentional good deeds"
"Pardon?"
"Everyone has their own standards of good and evil, but the Lord's actions always remain in the borderline between black and white"
Like the two sides of the same coin, depending on one's point of view regarding this mating system, his Lord can either be a savior or an immoral person, it pointless to judge her every action because it always as vague as this one, but there's one thing for sure...
Levi leans to this bewildered guest and whispers.
"The Lord is a huge egocentric"
The manager nodded as he finally understood the owner of this organization doesn't care about the prejudice against her whatsoever, all she cares about is what benefits her the most, greedy yet wasn't foolish, every single action of hers was carefully calculated.
He was lost in his train of thoughts, every single piece of information about the Lord of this place needs to be memorized before he met her in person, even a little mistake can not be tolerated by him this time, it's a crucial time of his future career-
Neigh...
Swoosh...
The sound of a whining horse that passed in front of them dissolved all his thoughts about his future.
"Hahahahaha"
"Ugh"
Along with the neighed horse, sinister laughter and painful groans can be heard clearly, he couldn't help but take a glimpse of the crazy bastards that just passed through the way in front of him.
His jaw dropped as he witnessed that laughing madman, a young blondie boy is riding a horse while laughing mischievously, it was a familiar face, even without the usual gentle mask everyone in this Empire knows whose face is that.
"It can't be..."
But the most shocking fact is that horse runs while pulling a person with a rope, that tattered person seems to have no choice but to run for his life even with his wounded body, the manager doesn't know that the future ruler of this empire has this kind of hobby.
"Hhmm?"
The manager furrowed his eyebrows while mumbling as he recalled the news of the missing Grand counselor, for some reason the one who is being pulled by the horse reminds him of that arrogant noble, like his face, or his face, and his face.
"No way!"
He doesn't want to believe it, but those two are definitely 2 important figures in the empire.
"Tch, that Prince is surely having a good time"
He heard the envious voice of the Butler who stands next to him, now he is sure the thing that he believes as code names earlier is nothing but the truth, he took a deep breath to overcome this craziness, reassuring himself that this crazy basta, no, the Prince has nothing to do with him, but suddenly...
Flop!
The spy behind him loses his grip on his unconscious comrade that now laying on the ground, he neither can hear nor be heard because of the small barrier placed by the Butler surrounded his head, but that transparent barrier only restrained his ears and voice, not his eyes, even without hearing a thing he could see everything, he was too shock to maintain his hands when he recognized the ones who are playing with the pulling horse.
Flop!
Couldn't calm down his chaotic heart, the spy loses his consciousness laying on the ground right next to his friend, seemingly get a light heart attack.
Sighed...
Levi sighed as he has no choice but to ask the other passing workers to carry these spies to the medication barrack to be treated.
"Let's go, never mind that lunatic Prince"
He said while pulling the dumbfounded manager's hand heading to where the silver-haired maiden is waiting, everyone who met them in the way bowed in respect but unfortunately, the manager was too shock to pay attention to such excessive courtesy to him.
Knock! Knock!
"My Lord, I bring the guest"
"Come in"
Behind the door, the so-called guest could hear the very same girl's voice, he needs to calm down but his heartbeat becomes more chaotic than before thanks to a certain crazy Prince.
As the Butler opened the door for him, for the first time in his life, he witnessed someone as radiant as the first snow in winter with the beauty of the blooming spring.
"Welcome"
To be continued...
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Author's Corner:
Hello everyone
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I've always wanted to ask this question for my beloved readers but forget, like literally every single time, now I finally got the chance to ask it hehe
What would you do if you got transmigrated into this world as Liliana Goldway, at this time, when she mostly ruined everything?
Author: I'll surrender to the devil.
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