The First Magic World War

Although the Fars Empire allows women to work, the traditional forces are quite strong, and unless the husband's family is really of average means and needs the wife's salary, they will ask the woman to quit her job.

Of course, if the woman's family is quite powerful, women will also have more freedom.

Charles had long known that his partner, the Patrol Army Superintendent, was a lady.

Her name was Gertie Mavis.

Seven years ago, she graduated from the University of Georgia. Her maiden name was Ofi, and she married a high-ranking official of the empire. She is now a First-Class Sergeant Major at the thirty-seventh rank.

Madam Mavis has two military identities, one as the Patrol Army Superintendent of the Lucavaro District, the other as a guard of the Inner Court, and she can draw two salaries.

Therefore, it's entirely justified that she does not come to work at the Patrolling Army.

In seven years, Madam Mavis had risen from a First-Class Sergeant to a First-Class Sergeant Major and had formal military status. Moreover, she could serve simultaneously as the Patrol Army Superintendent and as a guard of the Inner Court; her career progress was much smoother than Charles's.

Charles was just hanging by a thread, and his promotion didn't follow the regular procedure.

From inside the carriage came a voice with a hint of cheerfulness, "It's me! Mister Mecklen, I also have a position in the court. This time I'm here in the capacity of a guard of the Inner Court to temporarily relay a verbal command from His Highness, the Crown Prince."

Charles was startled and thought, "How does the Crown Prince know me?"

He bowed his head slightly and performed the imperial courtesy, saying, "I am all ears for His Highness the Crown Prince's command."

Madam Mavis stepped down from the carriage; she was a tall woman with a certain sharp and noble air that ordinary women did not possess. With dignified features and a unique charm, though slightly older, she was still an exceptional beauty.

Since his arrival, the only woman Charles had seen who had a similar aura to Madam Mavis was his senior classmate, Menilman.

The lady said, "You've shown courageous and diligent service in protecting the Duke Ferdinand Couple, and for this, you are specially awarded the position of a fourth-grade Clerk Chief at the thirty-fourth rank!"

"Additionally, a reward of five Aegeus is granted to the Lucavaro District Patrolling Army!"

"The documents from the Central Government Office will be delivered here tomorrow, and the cash reward will follow shortly."

Charles was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Madam."

Madam Mavis gave a faint smile and said, "His Highness, the Crown Prince, is quite fond of your attention to detail. Although the Duke is dead, his body still requires respect."

Charles was taken aback; Madam Mavis's words disclosed an important piece of information: "The Crown Prince was at the scene."

He had yet to figure out what this meant.

Madam Mavis did not engage in any more unnecessary talk and returned to her carriage.

The carriage immediately drove away from Sparrowhawk Street No. 1.

Dobin moved closer to Charles and said in a low voice, "Have you ever heard the rumors about the lady?"

Charles shrugged his shoulders, indicating he had never heard anything.

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Dobin immediately perked up and whispered, "After I took office, I made a point of asking some old friends about the lady. Almost everyone in the palace says she is the Crown Prince's secret lover."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Charles recalled Madam Mavis's charm and thought to himself, "The Crown Prince has quite decent taste."

Dobin went on and on, recounting all the gossip he had gathered to Charles, including a rumor that His Highness had taken Madam Mavis out of the Imperial Palace in the middle of the night., Their carriage raced through Strasbourg in the dead of night., It was said that all the attending guards had heard sounds they shouldn't have...

Although Charles wasn't sure about the authenticity of these rumors, he couldn't help but think with amusement that "The Crown Prince sure knows how to have fun," which was a bit of a sacrilege to the heir of the Fars Empire.

Before long, someone indeed sent over a small amount of cash, all in Sheng Ding coins, with no paper bills.

In front of everyone, Charles opened the money bag and distributed rewards according to merit, first to Dobin and the ten members of the Patrolling Army who had followed to check the situation, and then he gave a sum to all the on-duty Patrolling Army soldiers.

Having been a math teacher in his previous life, he certainly understood the principle of dividing chestnuts among monkeys.

After distributing the money, he still had more than half left.Charles feigned a gesture, smacked his forehead, and said with a laugh, "I didn't expect to have some left over., Let's distribute another round."

After three rounds of distribution had finally dealt away ninety percent of the reward, a few hundred Sheng Dings were left.Charles didn't hesitate to say, "With this leftover money, there's no fair way to distribute it to everyone anymore., Instead, why don't we buy some barley beer and continue to drink merrily?"

Charles's suggestion was met with cheers and adoration from everyone, whether they were former adventurers or the old members of the Patrolling Army brought by Dobin; no one dislikes a generous superior.

Though Charles often shirked work, he had been growing in stature and authority in the eyes of his subordinates.

Handing the money over to Dobin, Charles didn't intend to continue drinking barley beer with the group of Patrolling Army soldiers., He called over a soldier and instructed him to go to Elysian Pastoral Street No. 58, to inform Madam Nancy to bring the carriage over, and to prepare on the carriage some fruit wine, barley beer, food, water, blankets, a change of clothes, and so on, and to board the three Agile Cats kittens at the Cat and Clover Cafe, ready to set off for Machu Picchu.

When Charles returned to his office to wait for Madam Nancy to bring over the carriage, Homonsa, with her light brown short hair, walked in.

Seeing her, Charles smiled and asked, "What's the matter?"

Homonsa had joined the Giant Axe Adventure Group in the past, avoiding one crisis after another., She had also got along well with the five members of the adventure group., Although Hannah died in Machu Picchu, the rest of the team had received his favorable treatment.

Homonsa took out a handgun from her bosom and placed it on Charles's desk, saying, "I picked this up at the explosion site."

The gun had an unusual design, similar to a type of revolver called the Chiappa Rhino on Earth., It was silver all over, with sharp edges on the body and numerous strange runes inscribed on the barrel., The handle was covered with some kind of animal skin, thick and very tactile.

With just a touch, Charles knew this was an Extraordinary Weapon and, thinking about the events of the day and where Homonsa had "picked up" the handgun, he felt a headache coming on.

This Extraordinary Handgun was almost certainly the weapon used by the assassin who killed Archduke Ferdinand.

Homonsa spoke softly, "I know it can't be safely turned into cash, and I dare not use it myself., Can you help me convert it to money?"

"I really need the money to be promoted to Knight."

Homonsa had already formed a seed of power, but forming a power seed didn't mean she could metamorphose into a Knight with Fighting Spirit.

Charles also had a seed of power, which he had obtained at the Behemoth National College by practicing the Lamia Breathing Technique.

The Lamia Breathing Technique, also known as the Siren Breathing Technique, once mastered to a deep extent, could replace sleep and allow the cultivator to master water attributes.

However, to this day, Charles had not awakened his seed of power!

Half of the reason was that his aptitude was not suitable for the path of a Knight, and the other half, he could only attribute to elusive luck.

Homonsa looked nervous as she spoke, knowing that what she was doing was taboo and dangerous.