Chapter 26 - Alibi

Hmmm... Three mini bosses, I'm sure what Matias meant was mini bosses.

According to the logic of a game, a dangerous monster guarding a gate or mysterious places must be a mini boss that triggers the appearance of a big boss.

But there are three monsters, if the rumors are true does that mean when the three monsters are defeated the big boss will appear?

This is interesting.

Kyle put his hand to cover his lips, from behind the hand which was covered in a small smile, now starting to get wider. No one would notice that he was smiling for something.

I know that, then defeating one of the mini bosses won't trigger a big boss, right? Classic plot in casual games.

Good, good.. The higher the danger level of the monster, the more experience I get later will definitely be a lot. Irina and Lily, the two of them can definitely beat one of them if they work together.

The advantage is multiple where I don't have to worry about the appearance of too dangerous monsters while strengthening myself and my allies by defeating weaker monsters. This is the opportunity I have.

I'm not lying, Irina is definitely very strong, at least much stronger than ordinary knights and even potential heroes. Then how can a mere mini boss defeat Irina? I can't predict such a possibility because if mini bosses alone can defeat a character who can fight against the future heroes of mankind, then where is the balance in this world?

Kyle stopped smiling then moved his hand, his expression was back to the way it was before, it was the expression of a young boy who had a lot of business dealings.

"Next problem, I don't have access to it without using inside help. If I continue to use my direct connection, I might get into trouble."

"I see, I understand. It's reasonable to assume that a lot of people would be curious as to why someone like you could be allowed to take the knight class exam."

"Yeah, that's what I meant. There would be a lot of talk about me if I managed to pass the knight class exam while I was from business class. I wouldn't be surprised if everything was exaggerated by the church faction who didn't like me. "

Matias crossed his arms and stroked his chin, his hair falling slightly as he nodded.

"Fumu… Those commoners mostly don't see the truth about themselves, that's pretty obvious."

Come on, stop you making me feel like a bad person. Oh no, I'm a bad person, at least this character named Kyle is a bad person.

"For the sake of your reputation, you will fight the dangers that lie ahead of you. As expected of an elite in society, it's no wonder why my family always asks me to be close to you."

"Even if it wasn't ruled by the family, I'm sure the two of us would get along well," Kyle said with a low nod.

I tried to smile kindly to emphasize my position on Matias that I was his ally.

The Matias family was actually close to the government, or rather one of the families that had an important role in the Republic.

Although I clearly know that education in the Republic is of poor quality, but something surprises me that they are able to think of the basic concept of a state-owned business that is close to modern concepts, a business of goods and services and a contract-based system of inflammation.

I can guess, the central government created their own business to try to compete with the business faction, but the people who take care of their business are actually loyalists of the business faction including the Matias family. It's definitely advantageous to talk about connections and potential alliances, and what's worse, when the government faction finds out about this fact, they look down on the executive who manages state-owned businesses out of sheer suspicion, isn't that stupid?

Obviously, these executives will try to approach the business faction to try to save themselves from behind the political shield.

I can't believe it, the government faction likes to make enemies with their own hands.

Behind the scenes, the business faction has the power to suppress little things that sound like personal whims without actually looking like a political move. For example, speeding up business licensing, leasing state land, buying court proceeds and the like, or should I call it an act of corruption.

Leaving the dungeon access issue to Matias didn't seem like a bad decision. With someone like him, at least I have a shield to blame if something bad were to happen.

Before I could finish thinking about it, Matias tried to come up with an idea.

"What if we put together some kind of alibi?"

For a moment Kyle glanced at the person beside Matias.

"hm… What do you mean about the person beside you right now? "

For some reason, I seem to see Matias shrugging his shoulders. Could it be that he was actually surprised by my answer? Before I started to feel suspicious, Matias confirmed something.

"Yes, this person is from the knight class. So that way, we can come up with some kind of excuse that he purposely asked you to help him during the dungeon exam because he doesn't have a team. I'm sure that's a pretty plausible reason. "

Ah, so that's it. This way he could think of some kind of idea. He even beat up a student from the knight class to be able to help me, I might appreciate it a bit for preparing for this kind of thing before our meeting, but that's about it.

Regardless of what method Matias uses, I can only close my eyes.

Instantly Kyle looked at Matias with cynical eyes.

"If I'm not mistaken, your name is Zen right?" Kyle asked.

The man nodded.

"Yeah, I'm Zen from the knight class. "

"Now answer me, how much money did Matias give you to cover your ears? "

Zen then shook his head.

"So you didn't get paid? "

Zen answered him with a low nod.

"Fuuu— I see," Kyle said before continuing in a slightly high-pitched voice "Matias, for the sake of our honor as society's elites, paying employees commensurately must be done before their sweat dries up."

No, I can be sure Matias didn't think so. The student named Zen must have been beaten and forced like a mafia victim who tried to resist the crime, but in the end he gave up because of the persecution he received.

That's a pretty harsh way, but that's probably what happened to this poor guy named Zen.

"Sure, I'll prepare it," Matias replied curtly.