Heaven's Greatest Professor

Chapter 305: Low-key (2)

"Warden," Captain Jessica nodded. "Glad to see you in good form."

Gale cringed slightly hearing people call him Warden. It felt so normal, but now it made such a huge difference. Still, he wasn't quick to introduce himself with his real name—there was just too much to unload if they asked questions about it.

"I'm always in good form," he smiled, then turned to Jason. "I thought you'd return with the emergency gone, or have you enlisted yourself to deal with demonic creatures?"

Jason smiled warily. "You remember I mentioned I hadn't completed the compulsory military service?" Discover hidden stories at mvl

"They roped you in for it?"

"I decided to join," Jason said.

"Technically, you are yet to join," Jessica pinched in. "And I'll continue to advise against it. You should just aim for being a guild master if you do not want to take father's position."

"Why are you so against it?" her younger brother asked, making a face. "I feel like this is the type of thing you'd encourage me for. Say stuff like this will build character and all."

"If you want to build character, I can suggest ten better things for you to do," Jessica said, while Gale watched the back and forth between siblings.

"I have four months of compulsory duty left," Jason said. "I shouldn't cut corners if I don't want to live in our father's shadow. Isn't that right?"

Jason turned to him, leaving him no choice but to say something. "If you feel like this is something you need to do," Gale said, "because you're your own man, then be my guest. But if it's just about not enjoying the privilege your family paid for, I'd suggest thinking hard about it before deciding."

Jason frowned at his unexpected suggestion.

"You haven't completed your service for a reason," Gale continued. "It may be because it's hard work, or your family believes it's not the best use of your time. Whatever it is, you need to understand that enlisting in the military will only go one way."

"Which is?"

"You'll have to carry out whatever orders or commands your superior officers give you," Gale said, instantly seeing the shift in Jason's expression.

"It will be a tall order to fix that," Jessica added. "But I guess they already have help..."

"Still, it should take some time, right?" Gale asked.

"Definitely," Jessica agreed. "I think the process is easy, just that the sheer amount of essence it will require would be staggering. There will be a lot of back and forth between various powers and their allies until they finally pile their resources together to make it work."

"Shouldn't the empire have enough to take care of it on their own?" Jason asked.

"They should," his sister said.

"Then why do they need to beat around with other powers to make it work?"

Jessica was about to explain but paused to stare at her brother's exterior. "This should be easy for you to understand," she said. "Did you forget all the classes we had on politics?"

Jason groaned. "Unfortunately, I did not, even if I tried to."

"Then show me what you can come up with," Jessica challenged.

Jason scratched his head. "It's because the inheritance ground already garnered the interest of various powers?"

"And?"

"And the empire wants to cut their losses," Jason's eyes lit up. "After all, if they make the inheritance groundwork again, all the powers would try to gain something out of it, eventually. So why not keep them involved in the first place?"

"See? You're not dumb," Jessica grinned, patting her brother's shoulder. "You just don't use your head all the time."

Even Gale was impressed.

Jason snorted. "If that's a compliment, keep it to yourself."