Chapter 739 Preparing for a breach?
[Eon's POV: ]
White gate turned out to be a very unique ability, not just because how it was a very good place to store things in a categorised manner, or because of its environment but instead because of the fact that Lucy can directly manage this place… yes.
'Since White Gate was one of my abilities and Lucy was as well, she could directly look over this special space and manage every single aspect of it on her own.'
She could change things in there as I wanted and she could even change how the place looked, give things to anyone present there, and since it was a pocket dimension with a different flow of time, she can do many things in there that even she did not know yet.
'She can practically play around with it as she wanted if I give her full authority over that place-, oh. Right, the authorities of the white gate.'
It was a special space so not just anyone could do anything they wanted in there even if they existed in there.
Even if they are living beings existing in that space, they stayed inside the structure in a frozen state until taken out by me or the one I permitted to.
'There were a bunch of different levels of authorities I can give to someone or something of my choice inside the structure, which was one hell of a useful thing.'
Just the fact that Lucy could look over this place at will made the White grate unfathomably more useful than it could have been on its own.
And since I could change how that place looked, we did not waste much time and started preparing that place as a manufacturing ground and a training ground for future uses.
'I took Doro, Liliate, and Hox out from the storage space or, from the structure where everything was stored very systematically in the drawer like things, and assigned them unique tasks that they had to follow with the best of their abilities.'
Doro was incharge of all the new construction that would happen there, Liliate would create an agriculture field and maintain it, while Hox would research the gate with Lucy.
My other artificial helpers with specific functions like K were put in charge of the tasks that suited them the most, and the authorities were divided between Lucy and others.
'Division of Labour would increase the productivity, and since they had complete creative freedom and shit ton of resources in that place, I was excited to see what they make of my dimensional space when I go back there in the future.'
It would be fun checking up on them from time to time, but I do not think I will be able to go back anytime before the winter auction ends.
And, thanks to those fucking [Black hand] bastards, I have multiple times more work to do.'
And since Rein will be going sometime around tomorrow as well, I will be doing all the work on my own.
"Haaa…"
"No slacking, baby. Keep going. Finish those set of papers, then this one, and then we can finally go check up on your dear friends."
"You are taking advantage of those poor children, you know? I don't like this, mom."
But since it's much more effective than some normal person doing it, I couldn't argue against her methods either.
What she was doing was much more effective cost wise, and efficiency wise as well.
'Anyone would want to have the best rising stars of the world as their personal workers so what she was doing, was certainly any person in her position would do, actually, people would pay fortune for cervices of people like Deleon, Miss Mia, or Quin.
Especially after the alchemy competition, the champion and the best alchemist of the year, along with her teammates had become rising stars of not just the field of alchemy but, also many other creative fields of this world.
'All of the people that were on her team now had offers from prominent figures. They all wanted them to come and work under them, some of them even wanted to take some of them in as their direct disciples and pass on their teachings to them.'
Miss Mia and Ball had gotten so many offers from so many places that they were overwhelmed beyond their own imagination.
'Both of them were now working extra hard on tasks that mom assigned to them in an attempt to get their minds off these things, which was ultimately helping mom even more.'
What she was paying for all the work she was making them was undoubtedly inadequate from the market standards, but even if they knew it like Med did, they would have still help her the same way.
'Even if they were geniuses of their fields, masters, and well known figures of the world, all of them were still students at the end of the day.'
They did not have any kind of direct relation with a prominent figure like mom, and they certainly did not have one of the wealthiest people of this world owning them anything.
Helping mom and getting the pay, as well as an opportunity to have an item of their choice in the annual auction that only important people with money could attend was invaluable for them.
'For the common people like Lizzy and Ball, it was an opportunity of a lifetime as well since they were getting a free pass to attend the annual auction, that too in the special balcony rooms.'
I wouldn't pass on this opportunity if I was in their position unless I was someone like Princess Luna, Bell, Titania, or prince Claudeus either.
But, the fact that even the three of them were actively working for mom right now showed just how much influence she had on the outside world and people outside of this family.
"Huhuhu. Don't be like that baby~. You should focus on your own work instead of worrying about your dear friends.
I ain't forcing anyone so don't be mad at me, alright~?
Come here~. Give your lonely mama a hug~."
She was too different when she was with us, especially when she was with me.
She's nothing like the ruthless golden demoness or anything like a stoic, cold person as the media and society believed her to be.
'She's one of the most affectionate and warm people I know… which just shows how people change depending on the one describing them.'
But it's still uncomfortable to be hugged by her when there's a stack of paper before me.
"Hmmm~."
She rubbed her face against mine, went back to her chair and continued looking at me with her chin on her interlocked fingers.
"Haaa… anyway, what is this mom?"
"Ah, that would be the funds I usually have prepared in case there is a sudden emergency with the crowds.
The healers we have sometimes can't handle the kind of injuries the nobles suffer due to some 'unfortunate' accident."
"Hmmm… well, we won't need these funds anymore so I will be moving them to the extra remaining funds."
"Yup. I was going to do it this time anyway.
The healers and 'doctors' we have trained with the training methods you had developed are now several times better than even the national healers.
They can now practically reattach a severed head if needed so the 'unfortunate' accidents aren't going to be a problem anymore."
The accidents she was talking about obviously meant something else, but we don't have to think about that.
Those were rare cases and we don't usually have to take help of the 'accidents' for some normal troublemaking nobles.
These were special measures meant only for special circumstances. And since we have special means to deal with these special situations now, those extra funds weren't needed anymore.
"Hmmm. Nice. I'm done."
"Goooooood~! Let's go see what your darling friends are up to~."
[Black hand], as we know right now, was a very rare kind of collaboration where some of the most notorious criminals of the world were coming together for a certain common goal.
Something I personally believe is all part of some grand conspiracy…
'Some goddamn bastard spread rumours of a 'holy relic' and an 'ancient artifact' appearing in this time's auction together. And if that wasn't enough, the rumours among the underground community were so solid, even I would have believed them if I didn't know better.'
We know for a fact whoever spread these rumours was no simple person but the rumours themselves were unimportant now.
These rumours attracted the attention of a certain, world renowned thief that was also called <Black angel>, a grandmaster when it came to stealing some of the most important relics of this world, and allegedly, one of the greatest artifact collectors of this world.
There were all kinds of rumours about him and factual stories of how he had single handedly penetrated some of the most secure facilities of this world.
He was one of the living legends of current day society. And, he was coming for Hiranni this time.
'And, what made this fact several times more terrifying, was how he knew his own limitations and had 'secretly' gathered criminals of his own level from all around the world.'
They weren't many in numbers according to our sources, but if we were talking about breaching the defences of Hiranni and reaching the storage area of the auction items on the second underground level, the known forces they had were more than enough to make it happen.
'And they undoubtedly knew that we knew about them so, they weren't going to just sit back and make a plan that we can predict.'
They weren't dumb enough to do something like that.
'They were going to be prepared for all kinds of things we would prepare for them.'
Their strategies will revolve around what they face after they infiltrate the auction house, what kind of defensive systems are in place, what kinds of security we have, and what they have to do to get things out of the storage, and ultimately out of the gates of Hiranni.
'They are smart people, and strong as well.'
And they are going to breach, certainly.
Stopping this breach though, is entirely in our hands…
'I have to do it. Especially because of the upcoming grand conference.'
Mom gave me the task to handle the whole auction process on a whim but, now that it had turned out to be something so… complex, I had no choice but to apply myself.
[[ Master! Master~! Taika is back~! ]]
[[ "Hmm? They're back?" ]]
"What's up, Eon? Why did you stop, all of a sudden."
"Ah, I think I will have to check up on Rein and Quin upstairs. You go ahead. We will join you shortly."
"Well, if you say so. Come down quietly though~. We will be waiting for you~!"
"Of course, mom."
Dad was back from whatever dungeon he was exploring and he took longer than we had expected so, there was a possibility some things had gone off the rails. But he was back, finally.
So, it should be better to let her go ahead and watch how dad surprises her… right?
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