"I will go straight to the point, the government would like to take in possession of the ship, of course, The Avar Kingdom will give you contribution for it, we will also consider this as a way of repayment for the Avaran Kingdom," Inspector Cherry said as she faced Machina who was sitting in the opposite of her.
"Contribution and repayment huh? doesn't that sound honorable" Machina nodded seemingly of understanding what she meant, this made Inspector Cherry sighed in relief, "Yes, this is a great honor for a student like you"
Avaran Kingdom system was fairly simple, though, it was only on the surface but it was the same as scholarship or loan in Machina's past life, the 'help' everyone received has to be 'repaid' with money or either something from the possession of the said person.
This rule was implemented by the nobles who didn't want to help for free, as for the contribution, it was a rule made by the 1st king of the Avaran Kingdom to continue the prosperity of the Avaran Kingdom, he was a good king, unfortunately, the people under him were not, especially his descendants.
But suddenly, Machina lifted his head and looked at Inspector Cherry coldly "but it only lasted for a moment and did not get noticed by Inspector Cherry, "Excuse me but what do I have to repay? and contribution? why do I have to contribute? that doesn't sound like something I'm obliged to do"
"What do you mean!? please don't act dumb, you have to repay the Avaran Kingdom for its years of help given to you, and as a citizen of the Avaran Kingdom everyone is obliged to contribute to the kingdom for greater prosperity, this will also make the people look up to you as a person with great contribution to the Avaran Kingdom!!" Inspector Cherry felt very angry from Machina's act dumb attitude.
"Oh, it's like that I see, I see, that is good propaganda" Machina nodded again, then he looked at Inspector Cherry in the eye, "The things you said sounded so good to be true, but yeah, let me ask you a few things"
"I will answer it if I have knowledge about it"
Inspector Cherry was confused at first but still nodded, what she said really does sound to be true but she will convince Machina and finish her mission here once and for all, Machina then smiled amicably"Don't worry about it, my questions are fairly simple"
"Okay"
"First, what you said repaying the Avaran Kingdom the help they gave me, yes, we all know we have to repay help that was given to us even without saying it, but you see Inspector Cherry, look at your surrounds and where are we? do you really think someone that was helped by the Avaran Kingdom will live in a place like Junk City? what do you think?" Machina spread his arms and let Inspector Cherry be aware of what she meant by a person 'helped' by the Avaran Kingdom.
"I-" inspector wanted to give a good reply but no words came out, yes, if Machina had the help of the Avaran Kingdom, will he live in a place like Junk City? no matter how you think about it, no person would be willing to live in a place like this.
"Since you have nothing to say, I will continue" Machina smiled seeing Inspector Cherry not being able to rebuke him, these 'Dogs of the nobles' were really stupid.
"Secondly, as I said earlier, I am not obliged to contribute to the Avaran Kingdom, because, I never had the reason to, just think about it or if you 'studied' you will know that even though Avaran Kindom was only a few kilometers away from the Junk City, it was never really part of their territory, and I live here, do you know what that means Inspector Cherry?" Machina asked in a seducing voice.
Inspector Cherry continued to worsen as she heard Machina's words, every word he said was either the truth and also insulting, Junk City was 25 miles/40km away from the Avaran Kingdom, this place was really just a landfill of the Avaran Kingdom, they dared to do it because no one owned this place.
And that also meant Machina is not a citizen of the Avaran Kingdom, but an outsider with nothing to do with the Avaran Kingdom, 'We are finished, there is no way for us to take the ship with us, that stupid noble kid will sh*t on us, taking by force also doesn't work, is a stupid move that will wipe us out! goddamn it! how about using authority?
Inspector Cherry glanced at Machina then looked away immediately, 'Much dumber, he is from the Red Mech Academy which has a greater backing than the Avaran Kingdom, messing with them is no different from digging your own grave.
'Wait, Red Mech Academy! that's it!' Inspector Cherry's eyes shone then she looked at Machina with gleaming eyes.
"How about you entering the Red Mech Academy? it's a prestigious Academy that only the children of nobles can enter?" Inspector Chery asked with a smile, and she was right, the moment she said that a hint of panic appeared in Machina's face though, it was only for a moment, it was enough for Inspector Cherry.
"Now tell me! if the Avaran Kingdom didn't help you? how could you enter the Red Academy? is it backdoor? or it was the Avaran Kingdom that helped you?" Inspector Cherry became excited, getting into Red Mech Academy via backdoor is a great crime that was punishable by death, Machina couldn't possibly enter that way since no one was willing to do so.
The only thing possible was getting the help of the Avaran Kingdom, Machina has no way got away with this! seeing the look of horror on Machina's face, Inspector Cherry's smile also got wider. a little more push and she will finally be able to get the ship and have her promotion!
Machina seemed to struggle for a few bit before finally speaking, "I didn't think you were this stupid and retarded Inspector Cherry"