Vijay quickly packed up all the necessities and set off from the Simhasana Bhavana. Before he left, he asked Ganesh to redirect all the important documents back to the Shaurya Royal Palace while putting on hold all the other non-critical matters until he came back. Ganesh was taken aback. He did not know why His Majesty suddenly ordered such a thing. 'Did something happen?' he wondered, especially after knowing that His Excellency Roshan had just met with His Majesty. 'Maybe something happened overseas,' Ganesh concluded, but since he did not like to pry into the confidential details, as it was the last thing a person in his position should do—he kept his mouth shut, followed His Majesty's order wholeheartedly, and dutifully took over the responsibility while he swore to get the job done to the best of his abilities.
few kilometres away
Kavya was doing casual walks in the veranda of the Shaurya Royal Palace. She was at her heaviest in her life, in fact, she was even heavier than she was pregnant with Agni in her belly. At first, the physicians and the doctors were very worried about Kavya's ability to undergo labour, and they wanted to persuade his majesty, the emperor, to allow them to perform a Caesarean operation, which was a highly experimental procedure that had only succeeded two times out of the 20 times it had been done. Vijay, in fact, actually seriously considered agreeing to the physicians' request, but after using his ability to feel the life force in Kavya's belly, he could tell that it was twins and both the twins were in a healthy condition and were actually in an optimal position for natural labour without the umbilical cord being entangled.
So, he denied the physicians' suggestion.
"Clank!", Vijay hurriedly rushed into the study room and closed the door.
When Kavya saw Vijay in such a hurry and going into the study room, her eyebrows were raised, and her face took on a thoughtful look.
'Did something go on in the empire?', she thought to herself. She remembered the last time Vijay was this serious and decided to shut himself in the study room—it was whenever he wanted to design something groundbreaking, and all the groundbreaking events came during special circumstances, so she couldn't help but wonder.
Just then, Katappa, who had been promoted to both the commander-in-chief of the royal guards and the captain of the Asura Special Forces, came to the Shaurya Royal Palace after noticing the royal carriage of his majesty coming back while he was in the private training grounds of the royal family.
Katappa was looking left and right, searching for his majesty, and in the end, his eyes fell on Kavya and the several personal nurses and doctors beside her.
Katappa immediately came forward and knelt down, "Your majesty, I have come looking for an audience with his majesty. Would you please point me in the direction?"
Kavya looked at her husband's royal guard and replied, "He's in the study room, but I don't suggest you bother him. He's doing something very important. If it is not too urgent, you can come back after a few days."
"Ah!," Kattappa was taken aback, but he still nodded his head. He was a little disappointed because he wanted to discuss with His Majesty the defensive and offensive tactics he had come up with, as well as the personal arrangement he wanted to make. But since His Majesty was busy, there was nothing he could do about it—he could not forcefully disturb His Majesty's work, especially after Her Majesty explicitly mentioned not to, could he?
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I am very grateful. In that case, I will come back in a few days," Kattappa was about to stand up and leave, but unexpectedly, he was stopped by Kavya.
"Kattappa, has anything major happened within or outside the Bharatiya Empire?" she asked, her brows furrowed.
Kattappa was stunned. Looking at Her Majesty's face, he hesitated—not because he couldn't reveal the information to her, but because they were not the only people in the vicinity. So, Kattappa hinted with his eyes as he looked at the medical professionals around them. Kavya, being very perceptive, immediately realized Kattappa's implication, so she bluntly asked all the medical professionals around her to leave them alone for a while.
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Kattappa let out a sigh of relief and spoke out, "Your Majesty, I do not know the exact situation, but from the news I have been able to gather from the Royal Intelligence Bureau, the Europeans have been successful in replicating the rifle of the Bharatiya Empire. Apart from this, I have no other major news."
Kavya's eyes widened because she knew how advanced the weaponry of the Bharatiya Empire was. She then took a quick glance at the study room and revealed a thoughtful look on her face. 'No wonder Vijay is in such a serious mood,' she thought to herself in her heart.
"Thank you for your information, Kattappa. You can leave now. I'll have someone notify you as soon as His Majesty leaves his seclusion."
Kattappa did a Namaskar and a 45-degree bow. "Thank you, Your Majesty. I am grateful," he said, saying that he left the palace and went back to the training grounds to whip up some more punishment for the new recruits he had gotten from the Special Forces of the Bharatiya Empire. Enjoy more content from Freewebnovel
The Royal Intelligence Bureau and Asura Special Forces are the private military and intelligence forces of the Devaraya family. They were supposed to be the tools used by emperors from one generation to another, but Vijay felt like no one likes to use such double-edged swords that are not absolutely under their control. So, he made a small change in the imperial committee and allowed his successors to establish their own secret military force and intelligence force and privatized the two that he had built himself.
Being forces that Vijay personally created, they have already seeped into all three intelligence departments of the Bharatiya Empire—be it the Bharatiya internal, external, or Sainic Pragyas. It has even fit into the newly created prototype of the police intelligence network, which Arjun is yet to bring to Vijay's attention, giving him further control over what is going on in the empire. The power of intelligence Vijay possesses is currently unmatched, and considering that the intelligence network is slowly spreading across the world, he might just be the most informed monarch in the world. In fact, even the directors of the three intelligence departments—Selvan, Roshan, and Adithya—do not know about the existence of these spies, who wear many masks, being double or even triple agents, with their only single purpose, objective, goal, mission, intention, and target is to obey the orders of the patriarch of the Devaraya family, who is currently His Majesty, the Emperor Rajya Pati Vijay Devaraya.
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Within the study room
Just when Vijay was about to start designing new weapons, he suddenly realized something. "Damn it! Why did I forget? Due to the royal family having 100 percent control over the Dynasty Group, a military manufacturing conglomerate—only one of three in the empire—I no longer have the right to get involved with military technology development or research."
'Tsk!'
He clicked his tongue in annoyance. At first, he made this rule so that a cabal wouldn't be formed in the military of the Bharatiya Empire, which is day by day developing better and better, more like the military giants of America in his past life. But he never would have expected the rule he put forward would one day come back to bite him.
"What to do, what to do," he kept tapping the newly developed artisanal ballpoint pen, with the ball in the pen being manufactured by the highest precision, specially modified 5th generation grinding machine.
The easiest workaround for the obstacle he faced is to change the law of the empire, which he could definitely do with his power, and he already knew a lot of people were waiting for this rule to be thrown into the trash can so that they could obtain more benefits—not to mention Vijay wouldn't even have to make much effort in changing it alone, as the person of interest would give him maximum support. But that is exactly why Vijay cannot do it—he cannot allow manufacturers to also monopolize innovation and leave no way out for newcomers.
"Wait, why do I need to completely design the weapons? Can't I just put forward the most specific specification and the exact purpose along with a rough technical drawing? Hey! It solves the problem if i only show what the weapons should look like but not how they should work, Doesn't it."
Thinking about this, his eyes lit up, and his tapping abruptly stopped. Vijay became excited because, in this way, he does not have to do everything by himself, Not only saving a lot of brain cells, but also exercises the innovative capabilities of the Bharatiya scientists to the greatest extent.
P.S. I forgot my laptop at the farm, forgive me today for the ruff edit, and spelling mistakes