My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World - My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World chapter 70

70 – Mold of the system (3)

After the meeting, I returned to Biryong-gwan, exhausted.

“Maximilian, are you okay?”

“Could you please give me a cup of tea?”

“Yes, please sit down and wait for a moment.”

I sipped Priscilla’s hot tea to cool her feverish head.

“That… “Have you been scolded a lot?”

Priscilla, unaware of the seriousness of the situation, asked strange questions.

Then, it felt like the tension that had been weighing on her heart eased a little.

“Drugs found in the system.”

“Drugs?!”

Priscilla raised her voice and quickly covered her mouth with both hands.

“Yes.”

What was discovered on the island was a drug with a similar composition to opium, which is extracted from a plant called Herta.

It is said that on Earth, this type of drug is also used as a painkiller.

But here, because of the priest’s sacred magic, the need for painkillers is reduced.

Therefore, the use of these opiate painkillers was strictly prohibited in the empire.

These highly addictive and dangerous drugs used to be used only to a limited extent only by the Ministry of Health.

The drug is being distributed in the system.

The situation seemed to be more serious than expected.

“Oh, what happened…?” ?”

“I heard that surprisingly, the reward was effective.”

At first, if there was anyone who looked suspicious, I reported it.

So there was a lot of confusion in the beginning.

New guidelines were issued to him.

“Those who unreasonably take someone’s property, those who have no hesitation in using violence, those who use unauthorized drugs, and those who do other things not permitted in the empire…. “The scope was limited like this.”

No matter how good a place it is to live, there are bound to be people who commit sins.

There were some cases where the method was so secret that the person involved did not notice, or could not report it for fear of retaliation.

However, the situation is such that rewards are given and even medals are given.

Once the situation was established, people who had the courage began to appear one by one.

“I heard that in such a situation, children also started to come forward.”

“Oh, children?”

“Okay. “In fact, they say they were more active than adults.”

For young children, it must have felt like a treasure hunt.

Children are like that from the beginning.

They enter other people’s homes without permission and play tag, and they gather together to build a shabby shack and call it a secret base.

As an extension of that prank, he must have been messing around with the system.

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“Could it be that the kids found those drugs? ?”

“They said so.”

That was the car.

The children who were noisily wandering around the island finally found a small warehouse.

It is said that it was a warehouse owned by a person who took advantage of loopholes in the law and committed disgusting acts.

The children found something strange that looked like flour inside, and carefully put it in their arms without being noticed by the adults and left the warehouse behind.

He then went to his parents and reported that he had found flour, and it seems that the adult who found him was scared and reported it.

“How did they get it in?”

“I’ll have to find out about that now.”

When I participated in the meeting, a confession had already been obtained from the owner of the warehouse through intense interrogation.

The owner of the warehouse said that the warehouse did not belong to him in the first place, but that it was a building he had received as collateral from a commoner who owed him money.

In fact, since there was a contract written in a rough manner, it is said that they are conducting a full-scale investigation into the distribution process based on that.

“I never thought that a drug like nothing else would be found in the system….”

“Is there any connection with the organization that appeared in The Garden of Thorns?”

“I guess I’ll assume it doesn’t exist. “I don’t know the details either.”

The villain in Chapter 2 tells a story as he dies.

Because the empire abandoned us, we also decided to abandon the empire.

I think it was roughly that feeling.

‘It’s frustrating.’

The Garden of Thorns does not mobilize the military power of the empire, which is the most powerful ally, perhaps in order to emphasize the activities of the target.

Chapter 1 is also resolved through the activities of the target and the female protagonist, Cynthia, and Chapter 2 is also easily resolved thanks to Kyle’s overwhelming force and the help of Ludwig, who joins along the way.

Due to this situation, the friendship between Kyle and Ludwig was highlighted in the text, and the description of the emotional exchange between the female protagonist and the target of the attack was mainstream.

In my past life, I held my tongue in response to that situation and pressed skip unless it was an important scene.

Thanks to this, I don’t know the details of who the villain is.

But one thing was certain: he was a resident of the islands.

The system is being implemented by issuing permits to travelers and allowing them to stay only for that period.

No matter how talented the villain was, it would have been impossible for him to form an organization while avoiding the guards as an outsider.

‘First, we track the distribution process of drugs.’

I hope the tracking is successful without any trouble.

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“Can I play like this?”

Priscilla looked at the streets of the island with a somewhat uncertain expression.

I shrugged my shoulders and sighed.

“So it happened.”

The commoner who handed over the warehouse had already left the system.

It’s already been over a year, so it’s hard to catch up.

How can we chase down commoners who do not even have ID cards in this wide system?

Thanks to this, the investigation was in trouble, and there was nothing I could do about it.

So, rather than killing time at Biryonggwan, an order was given to enjoy the harvest festival and keep an eye out for anyone suspicious.

“Still….”

“Don’t worry about it.”

The system has stricter security than any other city.

There is no way that drugs could be easily distributed in such a place.

Nevertheless, drugs were released, and skepticism continued as to how they were distributed.

Everyone had serious expressions, but nothing in particular came to mind.

However, by order of the emperor, they had to express their opinions on anything, and everyone presented their opinions one by one with swarthy expressions.

At first, it was claimed that drugs were thrown into a parabola outside the castle at night.

It was such an absurd claim that everyone looked at the official who made the opinion with a reproachful gaze.

But when his father ordered him to continue, the officials also began to offer outrageous opinions one by one.

Someone claimed that birds were tamed and used as carriers.

Some argued that it would be easier to feed it to horses and transport it.

If such an assumption was possible, some argued that it would be better to buy the guards.

Then, some people asked why everyone only insisted on the ground level, and argued that they could invade by using the underground waterways of the system that others could not see.

As the meeting continued like that, everyone’s expressions began to distort little by little.

Everyone thought it was ridiculous at first.

But after thinking about it carefully, I thought the claims were quite plausible.

‘If we were to compare this world to the other side, it could be said to be between the Middle Ages and modern times.’

Even in the world of Earth, where science is much more intuitive than magic, drugs are distributed very easily.

Would it be difficult to distribute drugs in this world, which is far short of that?

Even though the security system is more stringent than other cities, you can distribute drugs as much as you want if you put your mind to it.

The city was a city with more loopholes than we thought.

“I guess the idea is to think of new ideas while walking down the street.”

The reward system was useful.

It was not possible to confirm by what route the drugs were distributed, but it will be of great help in detecting such suspicious movements in the future.

“The nobles were also thinking of ways to utilize commoners.”

“It’s a bit of a subtle expression.”

Priscilla shook her head with an awkward expression.

“Whoa…” So are those kids?”

“Yes, these are the children who received the biggest reward this time.”

Among the children who cheered after receiving the reward, there was one who looked somewhat familiar.

“That kid….”

“Yes, that’s the kid I saw at the orphanage.”

I think that child was among the children who were having a barbecue at the daycare center.

Ira….

‘Scouts?’

Indeed.

With this, even children with a wide range of activities can use it.

“Did you come up with a good idea?”

“Yeah, that’s a great idea.”

Drugs originating from Herta have a simple manufacturing process, so anyone can mass-produce them if they put their mind to it.

So finding the root will be a very difficult task.

It is impossible to stop manufacturing.

Then all you have to do is change the system so that it cannot be distributed.

“I think I should consult with Dior.”

“Are you going to the daycare?”

“Yes.”

He usually hangs out with the children at the orphanage.

He will suggest a more realistic plan than me.

It would be better to at least seek counseling first.

After deciding that, we bought some snacks that the children would like and headed to the orphanage.

“This is a medal~!”

At the orphanage, a child who arrived before us was showing off his medal around him.

Dior was applauding as he looked at the child with joy.

We approached Dior and pretended to know him.

“I heard the rumor, brother.”

Dior could not attend this meeting, but he seems to have heard the story from an official from his mother’s family.

“Was it because of that problem that you came here?”

Dior asked the question carefully, looking sideways at the children running with snacks in their hands.

It was similar, but subtly different.

But there’s no need to explain that to Dior.

“Yes.”

Dior nodded his head with a slightly complicated expression.

“I need your help, Dior.”

“Are you talking about my help?”

“Yes, only you can do this.”

There is no one in the system who can express opinions from the perspective of the common people like Dior.

I think this is difficult even for Martin, who seems to have all the knowledge in the world.

Now, only Dior, who hangs out with children half as a hobby, can realistically suggest a scouting system.

‘With this, we will be able to secure surveillance personnel.’

“I think the conversation will be long. “I’ll take you inside, brother.”

Following Dior’s guidance, we headed to a room in the inner corner of the orphanage.

It is said that this is a space set aside by the orphanage director, who knows Dior’s identity, out of consideration for him.

I brought up the story about scouting to Dior.

Dior showed great interest in it, and pointed out the problems with my proposal in a more enthusiastic voice than usual.

It was a moment when I thought I had found the right expert.

“It’s a good system, brother. But it is not the most fundamental solution.”

“That’s what wizards and Sanitation Ministry personnel should focus on from now on.”

Wizards create magic that detects drugs.

And officials from the Ministry of Health make drugs that react with drugs.

“Wouldn’t it be difficult to expect that to be effective? It’s already been discovered. Transporters will no longer carry goods. “It’s like closing the curtains after the sun goes down, brother.”

“The drug is a product not consumed by nobles or wealthy merchants, so it is inevitably consumed by commoners. There were quite a lot of items that didn’t cost much money. That means money is not the goal. “It means there is some intention.”

I set up a net and wait.

If you keep doing that, there will come a day when you catch something.

Even if you are not caught, drugs will never be distributed into the system again.

That is enough for now.