The Empress' Scandalous Paramour (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 67

I didn’t just teach Meriem art. Nor did I let him devote himself solely to the sword.

I brought Meriem into my office and trained his eye for documents, and now he’s become quite helpful to me.

His ability to grasp situations instantly was proof of that.

“Surely… there must be some comparative data, right? Haha!”

Paiwel let out a hollow laugh, his face ashen.

He was already swamped with work, and the thought of being saddled with something this complicated, tedious, and pointless made him resentful.

“As you know, the eastern territories are rife with collusion. Even if investigators were sent from the capital, they likely couldn’t uncover anything substantial—unless knights accompanied them, of course.”

“There’s no way they’d send our precious knights just to accompany some mere investigators… Right? Sigh.”

Paiwel, looking dejected, pulled out a fresh sheet of paper and began drafting the document for dispatching investigators.

Meriem, who had been standing behind me carefully reading the paperwork to the last line, leaned forward and braced himself on the desk. He came so close that I flinched, my fingers trembling slightly.

“Look here, Leo. This territory received the exact same budget, yet hasn’t constructed a single new building in the past five years—but they did request construction materials.”

“That’s problematic. Paiwel, include an architect among the investigators—specifically the one who built the Astaroth Knights’ barracks before.”

After all, what use was an investigator if they couldn’t even recognize construction materials?

A building might look impressive on the surface but still be shoddy work built with stolen supplies.

“Meriem, didn’t you say that recently, the western region of Nix has had the highest monster emergence rate?”

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