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

Chapter 329: Interpersonal relationships are a balance formed by the mutual control of the participants

"I still think you're being too hasty in this matter," Debit pointed out again. "I admit that Storm's Edge's high level of automation allows Chaldea to operate normally with only about ten staff members, but your standard of 'summoning individual Heroic Spirits only when absolutely necessary' is still a bit too strict."

"Strictly speaking, this is also a 'reasonable' excuse for why I didn't perform a complete summoning. You can think that I am a little guilty in all aspects." Fujimaru Ritsuka said, "After all, I don't really want to be hit by someone who walks out of the summoning circle and say, 'You are too good at making trouble for yourself.'"

Debbie looked visibly confused: "This is clearly a good deed, how can it be considered 'causing trouble'?"

"Of course you would think so, but you have to know that even among the heroes engraved in human history, not everyone will naturally pursue kindness. There may be people who will have thoughts like: 'This is not our history, why are we fighting so hard?'" Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed.

"...That's right." Debit thought for a while and came to the conclusion: "After all, the standard for being recorded as a realm record does not include the superiority or inferiority of personality."

"It's not really that difficult for me." Fujimaru Chaldea Succubus Ritsuka made this statement based on experience, "But I really don't like being lectured to again and again..."

"So it's just an emotional hurdle," Debbie said harshly. "It's about time we got over it."

"Wait a minute." Hill, who had reappeared inside the Storm's Edge, interrupted the conversation openly. "What do you mean by 'this isn't really that difficult'? How can we make people on the same side unify their thoughts and ideas? This is going to be a problem anyway, right?"

"That's right. It's not that difficult. Basically, after scolding me, everyone will choose to help me in the end." Fujimaru Ritsuka felt that this was inexplicable. "Why don't you ask Odysseus?"

"I still think this is ridiculous. Even if she can't return to her own world, she doesn't need to go to this extent just to survive, or to go further and gain honor, status and money. Even for the sake of justice, as an 'outsider' in essence, she is more careful about her life, which is morally impeccable." Odysseus' voice sounded beside Hill, causing the latter to reflexively take a step to the side. "But the Master gave me a very convincing reason for the question of 'why did she work so hard', so I decided to help."

Unlike Sigurd, who lost his self-consciousness after lending power to Akuldona, and unlike Georgos (Saint George), who gave up the relevant control rights after agreeing to use the spirit base as the incarnation of the emperor in a sense, Odysseus's existence in Hill is more similar to Jeanne Alter to Sevata. Therefore, it is natural that in the interior of Storm Edge, which has been transformed into another world by various magic, he can leave Hill and appear alone, just like Jeanne Alter.

By the way, Odysseus himself explained his insistence on retaining consciousness by saying that as a military strategist hero known for his wisdom, he must be able to make suggestions at any time to achieve the best value for money. At present, Hill has decided to reserve his opinion on this.

The Ultramarines stared at Odysseus who suddenly appeared with a little surprise for a while, then turned to look at Fujimaru Ritsuka who was obviously feeling guilty. In the end, his curiosity prevailed in the aspect that he was more likely to understand: "What's the reason?"

"If this is a reason that can be easily said, I wouldn't just tell it to Odysseus." There was a hint of threat in Fujimaru Ritsuka's tone, "I told him because he would definitely understand and wouldn't laugh at me!"

"I can also promise not to laugh at you!"

"But I don't believe you can understand! You are only good at writing official documents!"

"To be fair, I think he could understand if he found the right way to explain it," Odysseus commented. "But I think it would be best if you two stepped back and didn't get entangled in this. This is a very personal matter."

"What? How private?" Hill sounded unconvinced.

Odysseus replied calmly: "It is the same kind of private relationship that Penelope and Telemachus have with me."

The next second, Hill immediately gave up asking questions and raised his hands in surrender. Obviously, he had been annoyed by Odysseus's topics about his wife and son.

After simply dismissing the inappropriate curiosity of the Ultramarines, Odysseus brought the topic back to the starting point: "But Master, I think Debit's point is also correct. Chaldea's advantage lies in the fact that the spirit portraits record talents with various specialties. If we continue to control the number of summons like this, although it will be easier to manage, it is obviously impossible to play this advantage."

"That's the truth..." Fujimaru Ritsuka was still hesitant, but the initiator of the topic suddenly decided to let it go for some reason:
"It's up to you. I want to borrow your equipment to do a formal physical examination." Debbie said this and strode away along the corridor. This startled Fujimaru Ritsuka, who reflexively asked, "Wait, do you know where the infirmary is?" and quickly followed him. Hill hesitated for a moment, but decided to stay where he was for the time being.

"Is everything alright?" He asked Odysseus with a worried look on his face. "You were interrupted halfway through your conversation. Aren't you going to stop it?"

"Too much talk to young people of this age will only make them rebellious," Odysseus replied. "Besides, Fujimaru Ritsuka is not a very stubborn person. Just remind her of the interests involved, and she will figure it out after a while."

"What do you mean by 'young person of this age'..." Hill muttered to Odysseus, "Do you realize that, taking into account the time spent in the simulation in the illusion, she must be at least over a hundred years old?" Before Hill finished speaking, Odysseus glared at him fiercely and said, "I advise you not to mention this again in the future - just for the sake of the entire universe, you must be especially careful not to mention it in front of the person concerned."
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"What you said may be true." Joscelius reluctantly agreed with Lanmarok's statement, "But how do you think these things that sound illogical and unconvincing should be written into the report?"

"Write a report that is 'illogical and unconvincing'." Lan Malok spoke from his own experience, "Anything involving Fujimaru Ritsuka is likely to end up like this. I have written many similar battle reports."

Yes. Battle report. Lan Malok had already dealt with the inexplicable battlefield support such as "origin strikes from the sky" on paper three times. During the second time, he had learned to use his power armor to open the video recording at any time, using the video data as evidence. This caution allowed him to successfully deal with various inquiries about the authenticity of the report - these inquiries mainly came from his original body.

"I understand. Of course I can write this, because Lord Mephiston can verify the authenticity of this nonsense." Joscelius said irritably, "But what about the state religion?"

After confirming that Archbishop Trolipo essentially died under the Emperor's wrath, this matter essentially had nothing to do with the Blood Angels. According to normal procedures, they should have reported the entire process of the incident and the results of the investigation, and passed it to the State Church along with the notice, and finally handed over the personnel involved and the relevant remains, allowing them to solve any internal problems behind closed doors - but will things go smoothly like this?
Heselius thought not. He was the kind of space marine who was more concerned with how to kill the enemy and less concerned with the politics of the empire, so he couldn't say anything specific about this matter. But even so, Heselius still instinctively felt that this matter was unlikely to end so smoothly.

After all, the Archbishop came with a mission. His mission was not successfully completed before his death, which means that the State Church will definitely send the next successor. Since the two sides must continue to contact, no one can guarantee whether this "accident" will leave any hidden dangers in the future exchanges and cooperation: Trolipo died because of his own mistakes, but it is also a fact that he died on Baal Prime, a world directly managed by the Blood Angels.

Even if Heselius did not think that this incident would eventually lead to the relationship between the Blood Angels and the Ecclesiarchy developing into the relationship between the Space Wolves and the Inquisition, he felt that it was unlikely that this incident would not bring any trouble.

Faced with this question, Lanmarok fell silent. Obviously, he had no good solution - even if the duties of the "Fire Wing Grand Master" required him to have a certain degree of political literacy (to be able to plan a coup when necessary), his long-term practical experience in the military department that exercised direct violence still prevented him from thinking like a real politician.

Specifically, on his schedule, the option "kill everyone" always appears at the top of the list of inappropriate options.

"Otherwise, you can go back and ask your Chapter Master first." Lanmalok tried to deduce the matter in a more optimistic direction. "No matter what, as long as the report is co-signed by the two founding chapters, the Blood Angels and the Dark Angels, the Ecclesiarchy should at least give it some face, right?"

He paused, then added reluctantly, "I will also report the incident to Fujimaru Ritsuka. The power granted to her by the Sky Eagle Scepter is a bit ambiguous in terms of religion, but... I hope that the reprimand issued through the title of 'Imperial Saint' can have some effect on the state religion."

"Our usual practice is to go directly to the archbishop's hometown. There is indeed Chaos evil in his body, and there must be a cult organization in the world where he sits." Joscelius said unhappily, "As long as we dig out those heretics, the state religion will have nothing to say. But you are right, even if it is a routine military deployment, I have to ask Lord Dante for instructions."

"If that's the case, I wish you all the best." Lan Malok's tone was filled with a hint of envy. "We have to be responsible for Fujimaru Ritsuka's security. At least I myself should not be able to leave."

In the next ten minutes, they briefly discussed how to arrange the follow-up matters - such as how to preserve the corpses in front of them before the arrival of the State Church, how to deal with the other attendants who came with the Archbishop, etc. After all, Baal Prime was still the territory of the Blood Angels, so in the past ten minutes, after the above-mentioned series of preservation, control and detention tasks were negotiated, it was confirmed that they would be gradually transferred from Chaldea (Dark Angels) to the local war group.

This brings us back to a question that Joselius had to ask: "What's going on with that so-called ascetic monk who suddenly appeared? Haven't you dealt with him yet?"

"Oh, that." Lanmarok's tone was a little happy that he could get rid of this hot potato soon. "He is just a dog of an inquisitor on the track. Someone will come to take him away in a while."
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"I have sent for my agent. My messenger will bear the Page Rose Knot," said Maran to Hastings.

When it comes to verifying things related to Chaos, Captain Stern clearly believes in the spirit of "do it now rather than tomorrow". After almost confirming that Hastings was brought to the Fortitude and Power, he led some of his battle brothers to start certain rituals, trying to reproduce some of the "nonsense" he had heard before. These rituals obviously take a lot of time, so Marlan and Hastings, who passed the full set of inspections, can only do nothing under the supervision of other Grey Knights.

But there was nothing to be envied about this enforced "doing nothing". At least Hastings had no tea.

"I will inform the relevant personnel of this matter." Even though there was no tea to drink, Hastings still said this in a businesslike manner. "By the way, I would like to make a suggestion: If you are really curious about the matter you intend to investigate, you can ask Fujimaru Ritsuka directly during a future meeting. If there is no special situation, she will answer you the whole matter as it is."

The phrase "unless there are special circumstances" should be just a disclaimer that civil servants often habitually say - at least that's what Hastings thought when he said it.

He didn't realize that a few days later, he would have to be thankful that he had not yet lost the basic quality of a government employee who subconsciously shirks responsibility.

(End of this chapter)