How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 236 Prepare to enter the examination room

Three days passed by in a flash, and the Lion's Mane smoothly jumped out of the subspace to the Mandeville Point in the Baal system as scheduled, but this did not mean that the Imperial Guards and Fujimaru Ritsuka had compromised with each other. The low-end version of the landing ceremony can be started immediately on Baal Prime:

Before that, there are still a series of various communication tasks that have to be dealt with. To be more specific, it means contacting the control tower, planning the route, waiting for the docking connection, applying for the venue, performing clearance, etc., etc...

"If everything goes well, we will be able to land at the port in two or three days." Fujimaru Ritsuka was emotionally stable about this. "After all, Chaldea is considered a privileged class under the Star Torch Hall, and it does have a very practical attitude. The mission is to go to Baal. Based on this, it should be easy to create a fast lane and join the queue. "

Fujimaru Ritsuka does not particularly like these "privileges" on her body, because she does not feel that she is decisively different from the more "ordinary people" in the empire - but these privileges do exist because of the emperor's will. It exists objectively in her. She can pretend that nothing happened at ordinary times, but when it comes time to use it, she shouldn't be pretentious.

"...What?" Kaelia, who was lying next to the porthole of the Lion's Mane observation deck with a new small reliquary necklace hanging around her neck, turned around and asked in a daze.

The wooden reliquary protected by rune magic was made for the other party by Ritsuka Fujimaru (with the help of Sigismund). On the grounds that "it's a bit wasteful to use such a precious thing as a one-time summoning catalyst", she arbitrarily "picked" the stick that had been "cut off" from Corax at Parmenio's Psychic Council. Crowfeather was put inside and given to Kaelia as an amulet, regardless of the fact that this extensive use of "sacred objects" might be more sacrilegious in the eyes of the Imperial people.

Kaelia, who was just a commoner on Parmenio half a year ago and had no normal contact with imperial society since then, seemed unable to accept the term "privileged class". A complex emotion mixed with nervousness, excitement, fear and doubt was clearly revealed on her face, as if she didn't quite understand how long "two or three days" meant - even though it was at the edge of the storm. On the ship, everyone has already agreed on the adoption of the Terra Standard System for time units.

But perhaps, it was precisely because she was just a commoner not long ago that the efficiency behind this "two or three days" made her so stunned.

The entire body of the Lion's Mane shook slightly, and the roar of the plasma engine could not reach the observation deck on the upper deck, but everyone on the ship could still conclude that "they were working" through their body senses. Outside the transparent portholes, countless bright stars on the black sky are thus out of sight of the observers in the cabin - some of them are naturally blocked due to the change of the Lion's Mane's own angle, but more and brighter parts are Then he ran away from the edge of the porthole:

Most of those extremely eye-catching bright spots in the dark universe are not natural stars in the distance, but the light emitted by the propulsion devices of ships like them that are preparing to go to Baal for various reasons. To this day, Baal Samsung is not only the home planet of the Blood Angels Chapter, but also the administrative and military hub of the dark side of the empire. In Fujimaru Ritsuka's original expectation, the bustling airports in the galaxy were as expected, but even the bustling traffic near Mandeville Point was indeed beyond her expectations.

"I have to admit that it is a wise decision for you to ask the Imperial Guard to take over the next diplomatic work." Just from the tone of Judge Hastings, it is difficult to tell whether he is being shady about Fujimaru Ritsuka's abuse of power. Still expressing his lingering fear about the redundant and inefficient imperial administrative department, "Judging from the situation we have seen so far, even the most optimistic estimate, I think that under the premise of following the normal process, we want to see Barr The surface of the main star requires at least fifteen to eighteen months of waiting."

The implication: He is very dissatisfied with Fujimaru Ritsuka's "obvious obstruction" behavior in his "education plan" in the past six months.

"First of all, I don't think there is any 'readiness' in this kind of thing. When a big responsibility falls on everyone's head, it is a kind of 'rushing the duck'." Fujimaru Ritsuka replied, "Just talk about yourself, Hai Judge Stings, are you sure you are ready when you pick up your mentor's rosette?"

"I agreed with you when you said this half a year ago." Hastings turned to Fujimaru Ritsuka, "But now half a year has passed, even though she was originally a Grox beast raised for meat, after The training in the past six months should be starting to look good! That’s how it should be!”

Based on the context, Fujimaru Ritsuka decided to interpret this passage as the latter: "Then of course I have to join this team. Time is a luxury for me, and I don't have that much time to waste simply in the same place. Waiting."

That's it in a literal sense. A year was at least enough time for her to build the "lighthouse" part of the Chaldean Lighthouse. Under the premise that the entire building, or in other words, the theoretical construction period of the super-large temple-level compound magic workshop should be compressed within twenty years, she really didn't have that much time to waste.

Kaelia, who is still not used to the taste of privilege, or in other words, is too accustomed to "waiting" as a commoner, still looks a little guilty. However, before she opened her mouth and really said something, Judge Hastings discovered this first:

"Why are you so useless!" This scolding was obviously aimed at Kaelia, "It's been half a year, why haven't you abandoned that mediocre way of thinking? A qualified judge No servant - no matter what his position - should shrink from the 'privilege' of a superior!"

"It's only been half a year, but I think your requirements are too high." Fujimaru Ritsuka obviously understood and had no intention of changing, "Why are you more anxious than me in this regard?"

"Oh, I thought she would be the next mistress of Chaldea?" Hastings brought up this obvious fact and got angry. "I'm sorry, according to my humble opinion, I thought she Being ready earlier is a better strategy for everyone."

Kaelia reflexively flinched under Hastings's reprimand. Fortunately, Fujimaru Ritsuka came to the rescue shortly afterwards: "I think you are a bit too picky, Judge Hastings. It has been relatively peaceful for only half a year. The paramilitary management life is unlikely to completely eliminate the methodology formed by a person's first sixteen years of life experience. You have to give her some time to change her thinking."

The argument that the other party chose to refute was a bit tricky, and the incident mentioned really made it difficult for Judge Hastings to refute, and he was speechless for a moment. This old incident that was suddenly unearthed caused the inquisitor to overthink. In the next moment, he couldn't help but start to guess why the other party mentioned it and how many details he knew about it. And then, based on his understanding of Fujimaru Ritsuka's character in the past six months, he realized that the above ideas were all a battle of wits and courage with the air.

Because Fujimaru Ritsuka obviously didn't care about this issue that she just mentioned casually. Although her focus sounded a bit subtle, it was obviously still in Hastings's previous sentence: "Secondly, as Chaldea, I The 'current mistress' has no plans to abdicate so early."

This was a relatively euphemistic way of saying it. Inquisitor Hastings should have taken the opportunity to deflect the topic and prevent the landmines hidden under the euphemism from being brought to light. He did intend to do this, but unfortunately, it happened very unfortunately - first of all, his thinking was slowed down because he had not yet separated from the part of his previous battle of wits and courage with the air; secondly, it was unfortunate. Yes, the Astartes who always liked to find trouble with him happened to appear on the observation deck at this moment.

"I seem to hear someone cursing our eldest lady to die early." Savita's figure, which looked huge due to the power armor, appeared silently. It's hard to say that he didn't include it in his words that clearly pointed out the carriage and horse. A bit of a vicious personal vendetta. Immediately afterwards, he turned to Fujimaru Ritsuka, and the eagerness in his tone almost overflowed: "How about it? Do you need me to beat him up?" "Thank you, if I have this need, I will do it myself." Fujimaru Ritsuka sternly rejected the other party, and then asked, "Savitarion, why did you come to see me?"

"Can't I come if nothing happens? Miss, you are so heartless."

Although Sevatar complained like this, he honestly handed out a large roll of parchment in his hand - if they were left alone, the servo skulls friendly and supported by Macragge's Glory would default to this kind of parchment. The inefficient form formed various records - and after confirming that Fujimaru Ritsuka took it well, he completely let go and explained: "This was jointly drawn up by the Forbidden Army Warden Vasilian and the Fire Wing Grand Master Lan Malok. Honor list, these people will board the Emperor Dream with us."

Judge Hastings made a very dissatisfied nasal sound on the side. Sevita turned her head away because of this: "What, do you have any objections?"

Kaelia, who saw something bad happen again, began to quietly move her position, preparing to find a place to hide.

"I said that I would personally confirm this list." Before the two gentlemen next to him began to fight again, Fujimaru Ritsuka first spoke to eliminate the source of the fight. "Of course I will confirm the specific positions, responsibilities and related reviews of these people." Handed over to the Custodes and the Dark Angels, but I also have to know who I will see on board the Emperor's Dream, and who to give orders to if something unexpected happens."

No matter what question the judge originally wanted to use to attack, his unspoken sentences were choked back by these words for a while. Before he could successfully regroup, Savita's voice rang out again:

"My dear Mr. Inquisitor, do you have nothing else to do except finding faults around the eldest lady and the children?"

Hastings, who was choked again and again, was momentarily angry. He wanted to say something and stab him back, but in the blink of an eye, Savita was already discussing with Fujimaru Ritsuka the issue of "when to release Somni so that he can deploy the Emperor's Dream." His restraint made it difficult for him to interrupt in such a serious matter, so he had no choice but to angrily glance at Kaelia who was about to hide in the shadow of the Sevita power armor, and said, "I'll go and see." Let’s see what these boats around here are like” and left from the observation deck.

After waiting for a while, Savita asked uneasily: "Do you need me to follow him quietly? I suspect that he is not only going to confirm what kind of force the nearby ships belong to, but also to screen which forces nearby he can use."

Everyone here understands what the screening is for, and there is no need to say it clearly. Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was turning over the scroll, shrugged indifferently, still unconcerned: "No matter where he is, this is his job, let him go. But if after half a year, he still wants to assassinate me It is something that can be accomplished by just raising some armed forces, which means that his professional ability is only at this level. At that time, I will allow you to fire freely, and then send a letter to the Imperial Regent to get a new one."

Sevita let out a sinister laugh: "I suddenly began to look forward to that day."

"I don't think he will give you that chance. Judge Hastings still has the basic ability to judge the situation." Fujimaru Ritsuka said.

Then, she suddenly remembered something again, and looked up from the scroll: "Speak of it, Kaelia—Kaelia?"

"What?" Savita expressed confusion at Fujimaru Ritsuka's questioning tone.

"Kelia is missing. Did you notice when she left?" Fujimaru Ritsuka's tone was very confused.

Sevatar was also confused, because the auspicious device built into his helmet told him clearly that Kaelia was hiding in the blind spot behind him. This incident was not traceable. Although the little girl wanted to move as unobtrusively as possible, on the spacious and unobstructed viewing platform, her every move could not escape the attention of other people present. Human eyes only look at whether others want to point this out.

"Isn't she right here?" Savita turned around with this confusion and looked at the shadow behind her.

"What? I'm here." Kaelia's voice came out from that position in time, but Sevita took a step back towards the porthole as if he had been frightened:

At that moment, no matter whether it was Fujimaru Ritsuka's naked eye observation or Sevita's visual image from his helmet - the position where Kaelia "should be" was empty. But the auspicious device built into the power armor still diligently gave out "normal" indications, clearly indicating to Sevita that Kaelia was indeed there.

The memory evoked by this scene made the First Captain of the Night Lords almost curse on the spot.

(End of this chapter)