The Outer God Needs Warmth-Chapter 206: Lost Dream (1)

Two weeks have passed since we returned to daily life.

Let's go over what happened one by one.

From the day after we returned, Polaris and I resumed attending the Royal Academy. However, Victoria couldn’t do that.

Because as soon as her tension eased, she collapsed and couldn’t get up for three days. According to the doctor, it was similar to someone who had been overworked with harsh labor.

She had been using her superpower, which normally makes one hungry, all day. She had even stayed awake for more than half of the day, so it wasn’t surprising she passed out.

After receiving an IV drip for three days, she finally managed to get up.

After Victoria got out of bed, she was investigated by the royal family, just like those captured in Vern City.

Surprisingly, they said that Victoria killing Duke Gaston was not a crime.

But when the royal family glossed over that part, it seemed like they were trying to erase the massacre she committed in Nant Village, even though it was clearly a crime.

The reason is unclear.

Over five thousand people were caught in Victoria’s violence and died. It’s strange.

Maybe they think such a person in the royal family’s grasp is someone they want to nurture.

Anyway.

After Victoria was investigated by the royal family, without any particular detention or punishment, she returned to the Royal Academy. It was a story of safe release.

And this wasn’t only true for Victoria.

Everyone was investigated.

Everyone who was there when the royal air fleet arrived in the capital. They didn’t resist or flee, and they were quietly captured.

After arriving in the capital, everyone was thrown into prison and investigated in different locations.

Most of them were released from prison alive.

They were the ones who had thought about committing treason. If it were the royal family, it would be natural for everyone to die, right?

The Gaston family also distorted the king’s orders to carry out their own plans.

In a kingdom, it wouldn’t be strange to charge them both with treason and execute them. But surprisingly, there was no punishment for them.

No, the main culprits were either imprisoned or buried in huge debt. As for the Gaston family, much of their assets were confiscated by the royal family.

But that was all.

No one was executed.

It wasn’t just those people who were investigated. Polaris, who also went to Vern City, was investigated. Of course, she wasn’t sent to prison but was treated properly as a noblewoman and was investigated.

That’s what happened during the week after we returned to the capital.

However, no one came to investigate me. Even now, two weeks later, nothing has happened.

Why?

I thought I had witnessed some important events. Why am I treated separately?

After some time, I wondered if they wanted to verify what I would say after confirming what had happened.

The superhumans I created showed enormous abilities, and since I had rapidly increased their numbers, it wouldn’t be surprising if I was under suspicion, right?

So I guessed they were planning to investigate me.

Two weeks in, there’s been no contact.

It’s strange.

So, after returning to Vern City, I spent my days again at the place where I lived.

That was the end of my involvement with Vern City.

Now, back to daily life.

Other than the remedial classes set for me, Polaris, and Victoria, the Royal Academy was quiet.

It wasn’t because the academy students were indifferent.

It was buried by something bigger.

The royal family actively spread the news about the events in Vern City, and once it was break time at the academy, the entire school was abuzz with it.

What the royal family announced was that the three companies had mocked the royal family.

The three companies the royal family was targeting were Pride Industry, Rocket Mobil Company, and Gun & Loop Company.

Not just those °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° companies, but all their subsidiaries as well.

They even formed a separate team to investigate and fully inspect all the winding mechanisms within the national agencies.

The royal family used state-run broadcasts to announce the findings every day and showed the footage they had taken, including the devastated scene of Vern City.

What’s interesting is that while the state-run broadcasts kept talking about it, the major media outlets stayed quiet.

There are TV channels, but not all of them are run by the government. The state-run broadcast and small stations have been talking about it every day, but the larger channels haven’t aired any special programs about it.

So, what happens?

The announcement came about four days after I returned to the capital, and it wasn’t until a week later that the media outlets started fighting amongst themselves.

The major media outlets briefly talked about it right after the announcement, but then stayed silent, while the smaller outlets aggressively tore into it.

Now, newspapers talking about the events in Vern City are selling like crazy.

After the royal family’s first announcement, for a week.

People are buying papers in droves to find out what conspiracy there was, what happened, and why it hadn’t been reported elsewhere. Every issue is flying off the shelves.

Some media even created special editions and magazines just to sell it.

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At the same time, the companies associated with the three corporations fell into serious crisis.

Nobles involved in the industry are currently under investigation by other nobles appointed by the royal family. And they specifically selected families with bad relations.

Do you understand what I mean?

Yeah. That’s right.

They’re openly dismantling those families. At first, the nobles, trying to be cautious around the royal family, quietly tore into them, but once the royal family closed its eyes, they went wild.

It became a bloodbath.

The entire country was thrown into chaos. But it wasn’t a bad kind of chaos. It was the pain of digging out an infected wound.

Right now, the people of this country are focused on one thing.

It’s not the events in Vern City.

It’s the fact that the companies tried to manipulate the country, and that’s why it’s so noisy.

From the perspective of some of the Harvesters, other countries have already begun investigating the companies as well.

It was fatal, after all. They had considered the king to be under the companies.

In other words, it’s like this.

In a faded memory world, the OS company installed a function inside that allowed it to see and control things at will.

Even the security program company was in on it.

It even extended its influence to military-grade weapons.

The worst case scenario has already unfolded.

The machines in the forest staged a rebellion. This could have happened throughout the kingdom.

The country has started to thoroughly regulate the companies.

Honestly, when I found out that the companies had taken control of the major media and all the machines, I thought that after the announcement, the companies would only lose a little profit, and that would be it.

They’re a global enterprise, so I thought even if a single country complained, they’d be able to bury it.

But it wasn’t like that.

One week after I returned. That’s when, last week, the royal family announced that there was a backdoor that allowed them to control all the devices, and that they had known about the fundamental problems with the power devices and the accidents that were going to happen.

They even revealed that they had bribed Duke Gaston, the owner of the land in Vern City, to cover it up.

By the time that came out, at least the entire capital was filled with that story.

The small issue of the three of us missing from the Royal Academy was so minor it disappeared.

Ah.

By the way, there was no mention of us in the announcement.

The official announcement went as follows:

There was an incident with a malfunctioning winding mechanism in Vern City, and after that, the protesters tried to demand the truth.

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And the three companies tried to cover it up by bribing Duke Gaston, and the protesters clashed with the military.

The kingdom’s army, which noticed it, sent an air fleet and stopped them, the royal family said.

Then they declared they wouldn’t hold the citizens who were tricked accountable and pledged to do their best to reveal the truth.

Of course, they also released interviews with the citizens who had been there.

It’s really funny.

To summarize, the companies had planned to rebel against the royal family, but the royal family found out ahead of time and caught them.

Right now, they’re obsessed with finding the culprit.

But I know.

The society that uses winding mechanisms is about to face massive changes.

And many talents who are about to enter the gaps are waiting.

Harvesters who received my memories in the Brightshin slums.

Harvesters who used my memories in Vern City.

Those who received the memories of Daegon and the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign will join.

It’s full of dramatic technology, and the world will change.

A new revolution will happen.

Now, I just need to quietly watch it unfold.

So, the big problem is solved.

The small problem is still here.

At lunchtime, after the morning classes.

Now, Victoria is next to me. She still has a face full of anxiety.

"You still haven’t heard from your parents, right?"

"Yeah..."

It’s not that there’s no phone call, but it can only be used inside the city. Long-distance calls are tightly controlled by the state, and unless it’s military or broadcast-related, it’s difficult.

It’s not a security issue, it’s a technical one.

"When they set up a barricade to stop the protesters in Vern City, they drove out all the citizens who lived there. Once things settle down, I’ll hear from them."

"What if they’ve passed away...?"

The Victoria who cursed "die by drowning" is nowhere to be found. Only a whiny child remains now.

I console Victoria.

What really happened to the two of them?