Don't confiscate my citizenship

When the magic vehicle gradually slowed down and drove into the large mechanical courtyard, Lanqi knew that they had arrived at the Imperial Special Operations Department.

Lanqi passed many places along the way, and the scenery outside the car window was still receding.

"Professor Landry, this is your first time to the Imperial Special Operations Department. Please follow me later and don't walk away casually."

Red Falcon Nicholas reminded him rarely.

Otherwise, he couldn't guarantee any danger.

"Don't worry, Chief Nicholas, I'm not a road idiot, I won't lead the way on my own initiative."

Lanqi leaned back in his chair and chuckled, responding.

After saying that, he looked out the window again.

The towering spires cast a slender and oblique silhouette on the empty square, and the Kreiyan flag reflected the unshakable power of the empire. If you look up, you can see the towering figure of the Special Operations Department building standing tall under the clear blue sky.

Until the vehicle driven by the secret agent stopped in front of the long steps in front of the building.

The scene in front of Lanqi also stopped.

As if to confirm Lanqi's thoughts, the car door had been opened by the military guards of the Operations Department.

The solemnity unique to the secret service agency came over me.

The Special Operations Department of the Kreihe Empire is located in the heart of the capital, Blierda, not far from the magnificent palace, and only a few streets separate the two.

The current chief, Duke Dax Reynolds, is the emperor's most trusted confidant. He has made great military achievements and is known as the sharpest shadow blade of the empire.

"We're here."

Red Falcon Nicholas' words made Lanqi look out the window.

"Please follow me. Let me take you to visit the atrium of the Imperial Special Operations Department first, and then take you to meet Director Dax."

After getting off the car, Red Falcon Nicholas's military coat became straight again, and he adjusted the brim of his hat and said.

Lanqi nodded lightly, and Red Falcon Nicholas turned around to lead the way.

Lanqi followed Red Falcon Nicholas on the road of the Imperial Special Operations Department.

The entire building they walked up the steps was built of off-white granite, with inscriptions of "For the Glory of the Empire" engraved on all four sides. The ivy climbing on it was stained with warm golden color, and the tender yellow maple leaves occasionally brushed lightly against the heavy metal door several meters high.

Two stone lion sculptures with black bodies and piercing eyes stood at the door, silently warning everyone.

After entering the hall, most people from the Imperial Special Operations Department would simply salute Nicholas.

On the wall behind the hall, the black and gold flag of the Krei Empire was hung, and on both sides were portraits of successive emperors.

Occasionally, three or two agents wearing black windbreakers walked by quickly. There was no expression on their faces that looked like they were chiseled by knives and axes. Their military boots made a crisp sound on the marble floor, and soon disappeared at the end of the corridor where light and shadow intertwined.

"Why don't they pay attention to you?"

Lanqi whispered to Nicholas beside him.

Judging from the military rank, Nicholas is a major in the Empire, and those agents are all non-commissioned officers. Logically, Nicholas should be their superior.

"They are from the action team, and they are under the charge of Maguire, the captain of the action team."

Nicholas the Red Falcon said lightly, not paying much attention.

"..."

Lanqi nodded thoughtfully.

Nicholas is the head of the countermeasures department, and he does not seem to have a good relationship with Maguire, the captain of the action team, as can be seen from the attitude of his subordinates.

From the responsibilities he knows, it is easy for the countermeasures department and the action team to encounter situations where they grab credit or trip up each other, and it is normal for them to not deal with each other.

Following the guidance of Nicholas the Red Falcon, Lanqi entered the core area of ​​the Empire Special Operations Department.

"Lanqi... Lanqi, you are really amazing."

Although Talia is a demon princess who has seen a lot of the world, when she was brought into this low-key but majestic building by Lanqi, her heart still surged.

She once again verified a conjecture she had once had.

It is often not Lanqi who is looking for work and opportunities, but his talent and unconcealable style that can constantly attract work units to take a fancy to him, and even have to invite him.

Unknowingly, the boy from the border territory has grown into such an incredible man. When did time start to become so fast? She almost didn't notice it.

"Master, why do you speak softly like a woman."

Lanqi responded in his heart immediately.

"You..."

Talia suddenly felt that this guy had never changed.

He deserved that no girl liked him.

"This is the right taste."

Lanqi instantly felt that the aroma of wine came up.

"Just taste it well... If you have the ability, smell it directly on me like last time..."

Now she can't get Lanqi, but she has remembered the grudge and said with gritted teeth.

Passing through the deep and tortuous corridor inside the building, the two came to a hidden transmission ladder.

Red Falcon Nicholas took out a crystal card from the inside of his coat and swiped it, pressing several seemingly random floor buttons in a complex rhythm.

"Wow, how many floors are we going to?"

Accompanied by a barely perceptible humming sound, the helicopter began to move upwards, and the speed was so fast that Lanqi suspected that they were heading towards the sky.

He remembered that this building was very tall.

The exterior of the Imperial Special Operations Department was covered with hundreds of forbidden barriers that had been reinforced from ancient times to the present.

Even an eighth-level person would find it difficult to force his way into the Imperial Special Operations Department's mechanism. Correspondingly, once you get in, don't even think about breaking out by force.

"Relax, Professor. This ascent may be a little uncomfortable, but you may come back more often in the future."

Perhaps sensing his nervousness, Nicholas reminded him in a slightly teasing tone.

"How I wish I could have a good job here instead of being brought in for investigation and interrogation by you, Chief Nikolai, every day."

Lan Qi spread his hands and shook his head helplessly.

"I didn't say I meant it."

Nikolay the Kestrel said with his hands behind his back, standing as usual and looking at the elevator entrance.

When the helicopter door opened again, Lanqi found himself in a spacious skyline hall, with circular floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking almost the entire central area of ​​the capital Brilda.

Standing on the top of this tall building, all the hustle and bustle is cut off, leaving only the sound of footsteps and breathing.

Nicholas the Kestrel took Lan Qi forward and walked several times along the corridor, finally arriving at an atrium that occupied most of the area on this floor.

At first glance, it can be estimated that the open space of thousands of square meters is surrounded by towering glass curtain walls. The silver-white circular light column of the dome becomes the focus of the atrium, extending from the ground to the ceiling, allowing light and air to flow freely through the circular openings.

The entire atrium is covered with carpets and has everything from desks to sofa seating areas. It should essentially be an office.

"Director Dax, I brought Mr. Landry."

Nicholas saluted forward.

Lan Qi looked forward and saw a slender and tall figure standing in the distance, staring out the window and lighting a cigarette.

The silvery white light outlines his silhouette, reflecting the panoramic view of the capital outside the window.

"Come, sit down."

The light mist curled around his fingertips and was quickly diluted by the air, and he slowly turned around.

He looks to be over 1.85 meters tall, in his late fifties, thin but muscular, with neatly combed black hair and a few wisps of gray on the temples.

His eyes are dark brown, almost black, and he looks unusually calm. He has high cheekbones, a square chin, and a neatly trimmed thin beard.

This is consistent with the information that Lan Qi saw before setting off from Posen Kingdom, Duke Dax Reynolds, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Creation Empire.

Even if you see him with your own eyes, it's hard to imagine that he is a spy chief.

"Duke Dax, thank you for the invitation."

Lan Qi did not lose his courtesy, and first bowed to Duke Dax exactly like Nicholas did.

"..."

Nicholas the Kestrel glanced sideways at Lan Qi and led him to the sofa again.

"Professor Landry, you don't have to be like Nicholas. He is my former disciple, so he often salutes like this when he sees me. You can relax a little."

Duke Dax let go of his cigarette and motioned for the two of them to sit down on the sofa by the window.

"Our department is not as hierarchical as the Imperial Army Command. Due to the special nature of our work, we often put efficiency first. Achieving the mission is the only goal. We serve the Empire regardless of our authority."

As he explained casually, he sat down on the couch opposite the two of them, crossing his hands on his knees.

The sofa is made of fine black genuine leather from the industry run by the Duke Reynolds family. It feels soft and comfortable while still being stable.

Fragrant coffee and snacks specially provided by the royal family were already prepared on the coffee table. It was obvious that personnel from other operations offices had made special arrangements for this meeting.

Nicholas the Kestrel sat up straight with a solemn expression. Although he was an observer, Landry was the person he brought after all, and anything could be related to him.

The director personally ordered Professor Landry to come, obviously because he attached great importance to his research results.

In addition to the headquarters, the Imperial Special Operations Office has set up field stations in various provinces and cities, which are divided into several levels according to the area or importance of the area. Landry's hometown, the border of Nyxasend in the northwest of the Kraiju Empire, is divided into several levels. A relatively low three-sequence station.

The division of labor at the headquarters is clear. Division Chief Dax is in charge of the station chiefs of all field stations. He is also the station chief of the capital Brilda. It is the only zero-sequence station and directly commands the best imperial agents at the headquarters.

The four major departments under his command are the Intelligence Department, the Countermeasures Department, the Action Team, and the Research Institute. Nikolai, the Domestic Countermeasures Section 1, is mainly responsible for the first on-site investigation. Under normal circumstances, Nikolai, the section chief, will not take the initiative to fight.

Head-on conflicts and arrests are more likely to be taken by Captain Maguire of the action team.

While the Intelligence Department is more focused on logistics, the Research Institute is the most secretive department of logistics.

After Professor Landry joined, although he was nominally an honorary consultant of the institute, he actually spent most of his time with their Countermeasures Section. Nicholas took on the task of connecting with Professor Landry and monitoring him.

Ranch seemed more relaxed, as if he was following Dax's request and no longer acted restrained.

"The empire is really full of talents now. You are younger than I thought. When Nicholas told me that the professor who proposed the principle of magic fission at St. Creation's Monastery was the same Rand who met on the magic rail train that day. I was also surprised when Sir Lee Wassington came out.”

Duke Dax's black stone-like eyes looked directly at Lan Qi and said.

"When the empire changes, people who love the empire tend to attract each other, and they will gradually become connected in the history books. History has always been like this, so I think this is not necessarily a coincidence, but inevitable."

Lan Qi looked back with a calm expression.

"What a young talent. Compared with your talent, your ideological awareness is more mature. Don't worry, since I use you, I won't always be suspicious of you. The fact that you can pass the test of Nicholas is enough to explain the problem. Well, even if I have to investigate your background, it’s not something I should worry about. I will leave it entirely to Nikolai.”

Dax seemed to see Lan Qi's thoughts and looked at his protégé Nicholas calmly.

He told the truth with a hint of joking.

He only cares about results.

Even if it is fake, if it can deceive Nikolai's eagle eyes and continue to deceive, it is equivalent to being true, and what Dax wants is to get things done.

"Since you are here, Landry, it means that you are willing to accept the invitation as the honorary advisor of our Imperial Special Operations Division."

Dax asked as he looked at Ranch again.

"Of course, I have to thank you for your invitation and your kindness."

Ranch agreed.

"Hahaha."

Duke Dax laughed when he heard this,

"To be honest, Professor Landry, if I hadn't realized your strength, I would have felt that talking to you was more like a politician than a magic engineer. Of course, this is not a derogatory sense, but I really feel that it is easy to deal with you. ”

He could figure it out after just a few words of conversation. This professor spoke in a rather gentle manner, and had long lost the youthfulness that should have been expected at this age. He was not the vast majority of magical engineers with perverse tempers or who thought they were arrogant. He seemed to be relatively Academic success means understanding that "even if you have achieved success, you must know how to care about other people's emotions."

"Thank you, Mr. Dex. One person cannot achieve anything. Since I want to maximize my effectiveness for the empire, I have already figured out that I will always care about others. No matter what the cause, we need a leader, a leader." A visionary leader.”

Lan Qi simply made no secret of his ambition and said to Duke Dax.

Nicholas the kestrel on the side couldn't help but glance at him.

He knew that Professor Landry's frankness would make people more willing to believe Landry than hiding his thoughts at this moment, but Landry's last two sentences made Nicholas unsure of what Landry was referring to. "Leader", is he the leader of the scientific research team, or is he even higher?

But no matter what, this guy's imperial beliefs don't seem to be staged.

"Well, maybe there really is such an opportunity. After all, all opportunities in the world are gifts reserved for those who are capable and talented."

When Duke Dax heard this, he smiled meaningfully, as if he had thought of something coincidental.

"How do you say this?"

Lan Qi asked with concern, without hiding his desire.

Even if it sounds like a long shot.

He will not miss any opportunity to advance in the empire.

It's all for love and peace.

"First of all, Landry, you are currently serving as an honorary consultant in our Special Operations Division, and you do not have any fixed duties. I will not let some official duties delay your research. You usually only need to cooperate with Nikolai and will The content of your research at St. Creation Monastery will be synchronized with the Operations Department and help us keep it confidential."

Duke Dax temporarily changed the more important topic of today's meeting with Landry and said.

"Yes, no problem."

Lan Qi nodded as if understanding, and stretched out his hand to Nicholas the Kestrel.

"Chief Nicholas, please take care of me next."

"We are really destined."

Kestrel Nicholas shook hands with Lan Qi with a half-smile.

Both of them knew that it was just polite at this time.

Lanci believed that Dax would definitely explain his duties as an honorary consultant to him.

Lan Qi probably guessed it before coming.

His daily teaching and research at St. Creation Monastery may become the focus of the current imperial magic engineering and military scientists, and many investigations are related to the Imperial Special Operations Division. Their special agents have the function of connecting the previous and the following. If every Nicholas of the Second Sect collected Landry's unexpected and inter-era theoretical doctrines, which could not be directly connected at the first time and would cause a lot of trouble.

By making Landry one of their own in the Empire's Special Operations Division, the next work will be much more efficient. At the same time, if the Empire's cutting-edge academic principles are leaked at St. Creation's Monastery, the process must be traced and the faculty members suspected of espionage must be investigated. Students, it will be much easier with the cooperation of Professor Landry.

The only thing Lanqi was not sure about was how the job that Duke Dax mentioned like changing the subject had anything to do with "possible promotion opportunities."

"I heard from Nick Sarsend's webmaster that Professor Landry was already a talented person when he was at the university on the northwest frontier, and he also had a fiancée that he was in love with. I wonder if you will come to the capital of Brilda and hold multiple positions at the same time. What are the major events in your life?”

Duke Dax suddenly asked again, leaning half closer, as if he was asking about Landry's personal affairs.

"..."

Lan Qi fell into silence.

His expression was completely tense, but he was already asking questions in his mind.

Why does Landry still have a fiancée? ?

Thalia had more question marks than him.

She discovered that Duke Dax was telling the truth.

Although Landry's parents are dead and his only relative is his sister, this guy actually has a fiancée?

"It doesn't affect it, it doesn't affect it at all."

After a moment, Lan Qi shook his head.

"Professor Landry is in a rare panic?"

Hearing this, Nicholas the Kestrel, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interjected, seeming to be quite interested.

"..."

Lanqi seemed to be choked in the throat, stopped talking, and lowered his eyes.

"Lanqi, are you okay?"

Talia felt that Lanqi's acting might be far-fetched, which would make Dax and Nicholas suspicious.

She is now trying to help Lanqi read Dax's mind.

"It will be more natural to act this way. Landry himself obviously concealed something about his fiancée, so he didn't hear Secretary Naira and Principal Violet mention it at St. Cremona Monastery. If I still look calm at this moment, it might be a bit wrong."

Lanqi's mind is still very calm, and he seems to be concentrating on thinking about how to deal with it next.

"... You are quite experienced. If you look closely, your expression of whether you are tense or not is quite vivid. Where did you learn it from?"

To Talia's surprise, she couldn't help but feel that Lanqi was still reliable, but she was also curious about why his acting range was so wide.

People's experience has its limits. He can't have encountered and experienced every situation personally.

"Loren."

Lanqi remembered that every time Dean Loren heard the word "fiancée", he would have this expression.

"..."

Talia was speechless.

The office was silent for a while.

Lanqi looked at Dax for help, and the latter smiled meaningfully.

"Professor Landry is high-spirited but also quite romantic. I heard that there are many women in Nicksassend in the northwest border. So it seems that you have more than one fiancée?"

Dax finally asked the question he was interested in.

"For me, the only important thing right now is work. You don't need to worry about me being distracted by women. Some rumors will change if they are spread a few times. If I have to say it, the only woman I have to take care of now is my sister."

This made Lanqi relieved and answered.

It seems that he was right. The fiancée that Duke Dax said was not necessarily the kind of fiancée that Landry really had an engagement with, but many women with whom Landry had scandals in his hometown in the northwest border.

Lanqi knew that this rumor must not be allowed to develop. The number of fiancées would only become more and more, and more and more outrageous!

"..."

Dax sighed after hearing this, as if he felt that Landry didn't understand what he meant.

"Your research has caused a lot of reaction from the top of the empire. There are some things that are temporarily uncertain that I can't tell you. What I can reveal is that you have a good chance to join this plan, but you are not irreplaceable. The empire's review of you in the next period of time is particularly important. Do you understand?"

Director Dax turned his head and whispered in Lanqi's ear.

"So that's it..."

Lanqi's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had suddenly realized it.

"I understand, thank you, Director."

He thanked him immediately.

And Duke Dax also took a sip of coffee with satisfaction. It's easy to deal with smart people.

The atmosphere in the top-floor office of the Empire Special Operations Department became harmonious again. Dax's meeting with Landry today was basically completed, and the rest was nothing more than some small talk to get closer.

"What do you mean, Lanqi."

Talia didn't understand what Lanqi understood at all.

She could only be sure that what Duke Dax said just now was true, and he didn't mean to deceive Lanqi, so it should be harmless.

"The plan Duke Dax mentioned is likely related to the research of magic fission, and the Empire has obviously noticed its value."

Lanqi patiently explained to Talia in his heart,

"If this plan is launched, the Empire will prefer participants with families. Once the plan starts, it is likely that all researchers and families will be gathered in one place, both for protection and hostages."

So Director Dax told him openly and secretly that even if he didn't have a family, he should try to take his fiancée as soon as possible and make her his family.

Although Lanqi had a headache, this opportunity was obviously not to be missed.

If he denied the existence of his fiancée, Red Falcon Nicola's suspicion of him would increase again, and in the worst case, he might even hurt himself and the enemy, and personally go to the border of Nick Sassende to investigate Landry's interpersonal relationships.

Correspondingly, if he had a smart partner, he could not only help him increase the trust of the Empire Special Operations Department and get a better political review, but also get a ticket to the Empire's next key plan.

"Then where are you going to find your fiancée?"

Talia understood the reason, but she felt very uncomfortable when she heard that Lanqi was looking for a fiancée.

"I can only seek help from the Allies or Person. At worst, I can find the mysterious organization where Landry originally belonged to and see if they can help me get a female spy with a registered residence in the border of Nixassend to help me, or if they can lend me this identity and let you play it."

Lanqi and Talia communicated their thoughts.

Anyway, it's a good thing that Landry has a lot of romantic debts. As long as the woman in his hometown can be his fiancée, it's acceptable as long as the information is checked in advance.

The advantage of Talia is that she is absolutely trustworthy. There is no need to check the lines. The two know each other well and can perfectly play his fiancée. The disadvantage is that the power consumption is too high. Lanqi summoning her every day will greatly increase the load.

And as a spirit behind the scenes, once Talia has the physical identity of the Krei Empire, sometimes she suddenly returns to Lanqi and disappears, which may be suspicious and needs to be more secretive.

"Well, if possible, the best case scenario is to have the Allies send a reliable female spy to act as your fake fiancée."

Thalia was relieved and said to Ranchi.

She didn't understand why she said the last few words with an emphasis.

Anyway, it was a fake show. After entering the house, everyone lived in their own places. She would not feel uncomfortable because she knew that the fake was fake.