Jaques was dumbfounded.
[What... She took one glance and solved it! And with such peculiar method!
Her problem solving skills are quite formidable. The only problem is her righteous attitude. If only I can buy her... It will be very profitable for us if we could reel her in. It would make our administration a lot easier if she became our figurehead...]
Jaques composed his emotions.
"Excellent. Excellent. Most beautifully done."
His face showed a smile.
"You surely have enlightened me. To use such unorthodox methods..."
Eve smiled.
Jaques said "With your intellect and reputation, it is very unfortunate that you are not being useful for the state... I offer you... 5,000 lan per month for being the state administrator for Zroccaster."
This was the most open bribe in the history of bribes!
To offer a bribe that too in front of the King controlled intelligence branch head. Jaques sure had guts!
Eve actually had expected him to ask her to work for him, even to the extent of bribing her. But never in her wildest dreams did she think that he would do it in front of Kyle!
Who was Kyle? The goddamn Intelligence agent! This was like declaring to the king that he had more control than him!
This was a well thought out ploy. To turn Kyle against her and clearly see if she was buyable or not.
Eve composed herself. She had already thought out about this particular offer.
She replied "But I want 10,000 lan instead. And first three months advanced cash."
Kyle was angered "Miss Eve, please reconsider. This job..."
Jaques interrupted him with a smile. "Excellent choice Eve. I will have my secretary give you 30,000 lan. And... you can start working from tomorrow."
Eve shook his hands. "Thank you very much, sir... boss. "
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This was the third day as her newly appointed job, she underwent the regular magicium concentration check before entering.
She removed her amulet and put it in a tray. She could retrieve it when leaving.
Everyone tried to please her by 'gifting' her with 'commission'.
She was not so easily bought.
So she... took it... Ahem...
This was to get into the good books of the officials.
Her mission here was to collect evidence about the frauds and corruption of the La Rouge household.
She acted alone but had strength to back up her rash ideas.
She was well acquainted with Zroccaster's local police and Blackout Phantom Force.
To say that she had nothing to fear was still an overstatement.
She went into her special cabin and sat at her desk.
Then she looked at the records and turned grim.
[So the money granted by the king to make the roads from the fishing village to the market were taken by a member of the La Rouge family.
And here it shows his expenditure on buying shares for Pure Cow Milk.
No I think this is his 'buffer' through which he masks his spending on illegal stuff, maybe even drugs.]
She filed the sheets into a copier.
An advanced magical machine which used magicium particles to print a copy on paper.
Then she put it inside her dress.
She left two hours later.
Unbeknownst to her, a young man had seen all that on a surveillance camera... with his dick in his hand.