Chapter 728: Lanqi's Promotion

A class period passes in a flash.

Outside the classroom, on the mirror-clear black and white checkered marble corridor, golden particles floated slowly in the air.

As a deep bell rang through the central buildings of St. Clement's Monastery, it marked the end of Lanqi's class for the day.

Even so, no students left the classroom, and some eager students gathered around the podium and asked him questions.

It was not until a long time later that the students who had doubts began to understand the problem and stopped surrounding him. He quietly closed his lecture notes, carefully placed the heavy ancient book on the sandalwood podium, gave a friendly and sincere smile to the students below, said goodbye, and strode out of the classroom.

It was almost noon and the Eliot Building was already bustling with people.

Groups of students were holding heavy book-shaped magic devices, chatting and laughing as they shuttled through the corridors. Their laughter echoed in the empty corridors, and there was a faint aroma wafting from the restaurant on the lower floor of Elliot Building.

Lanqi walked alone in the corridor next to classroom 4-43, the echo of his footsteps being swallowed up by the stone walls.

"The students at St. Clement's Abbey really have some unique ideas. Some of them really stumped me."

The sharp questions raised by the students in class just now were still lingering in his mind, and those viewpoints were worthy of his careful consideration. Sometimes Lanqi had to discuss with Talia in his mind before giving an answer.

Fortunately, Talia’s 800-year-old knowledge base is not to be underestimated, really...

So beautiful and so powerful.

Lanqi's thoughts had just been halfway through when he felt his heart being grabbed by an invisible hand, so he sighed.

"Professor Landry! Wait a moment!"

Suddenly, a burst of hurried footsteps and a young man's clear shouting came from behind, interrupting Lanqi's thoughts in the corridor.

Lanqi suddenly stopped and looked back, pausing the confrontation with the spirit behind him and turning his attention back to the students of St. Clement's Monastery.

Several anxious students, not caring about their image, quickly caught up with him, their eyes sparkling with desire for knowledge and admiration for him.

The leading student spoke breathlessly, his excitement barely concealed in his voice.

"Professor, the new energy theory you explained in class today is truly amazing, especially your idea of ​​using the principle of living magic oscillation and resonance to improve energy conversion efficiency. It is simply a genius inspiration! But I still have some doubts about this. I wonder if you can take a look at whether our idea is feasible."

As he spoke, he took out pages filled with notes and his own deduced formulas.

"That's right, Professor Landry."

Another blond-haired, blue-eyed young man followed up, "I think it can not only be developed in the direction of new energy, but also in the direction of humanitarian torture. In the future, the labor reform of criminals can be directly changed to a one-click sweep, and there is no need to worry about them being lazy. It is compulsory, efficient, and pure, and it can also reduce the workload of prison guards and the difficulty of supervision."

The students excitedly talked to each other, vying to draw inferences from Lanqi's experience, their eyes full of desire and enthusiasm for knowledge.

"Why are they like this?"

Talia asked doubtfully in Ranchi's mind.

She suddenly recalled that Lanqi only spent half of the class time teaching magic engineering, and the remaining half was spent teaching ethics, religion, and philosophy.

The more some students in the classroom listened, the more things became wrong with them.

Only a small number of students with high resistance remained unmoved.

The students chasing after me are obviously the ones with the biggest changes.

"That's a good idea. Let me take a look."

Seeing this, Lanqi smiled kindly. He did not answer Talia first, but was about to answer the students' questions one by one.

He suddenly raised his eyes and saw a familiar figure standing at the corner of the corridor——

It was Nicholas, also known as the "Red Falcon", the head of the Domestic Countermeasures Section of the Imperial Special Operations Department.

He was still wearing a neat black military uniform.

The military medal on his chest sparkled in the sunlight. With his hands behind his back, he stood as straight as a pine tree.

Seeing Lanqi appear, the Red Kestrel Nicholas nodded slightly.

It seemed like the wait for Professor Landry had been long.

The students followed Lanqi's gaze and saw Nicholas' stern face and the uniform of the Imperial Special Operations Department. They were immediately silent and said no more.

Lanqi also greeted the officer and looked at the students beside him apologetically.

"I'm very sorry, Alexander, Benjamin, Christopher, Gregory... I have something urgent to deal with as soon as possible. The questions you raised are indeed insightful. I will be in the office tomorrow afternoon to answer your questions. I am in Office 812 on the 8th floor of the Spert Building in the Abbey every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. We can discuss this in detail then, okay?"

His tone was sincere yet polite, and he called out each student's name accurately.

"You go ahead and do your work. See you tomorrow."

The students nodded immediately, feeling as if their hearts were filled with something. They thought that Professor Landry, whom they had just met for two days, would not have any impression of them, but they did not expect that he was so familiar with them and paid attention to them. They could even feel the unique sincerity and importance in his eyes.

"See you tomorrow."

As Lanqi spoke, he turned around, took big strides, and walked straight towards the Red Kestrel Nicholas.

"Professor Landry, sorry to bother you. Would it be convenient for you to come with me to the headquarters of the Imperial Special Operations Department? I need to confirm with you about what we discussed earlier."

Nicholas saw the professor approaching, his tone was as low as always, and no emotion could be heard in it.

"Okay, I have finished all my classes for today, so I can go with you now."

Lanqi looked calm, with a smile on his lips, and nodded readily, "Sorry to have kept you waiting, Chief Nicholas."

He thanked Nicholas.

"My original job today was to investigate and record classroom 4-21, so it's just a coincidence."

Nicholas the Kestrel was a little surprised to see that Professor Landry had no objection to the invitation, but he did not show it.

He gestured "please".

"The Special Operations Division car is parked not far from the Elliott Building."

Nicholas walked briskly, and Lanqi walked side by side with him through the magnificent and deep corridors of Eliot Building.

The students watched the two people walk away, whispering to each other, and the doubts in their hearts were gradually replaced by curiosity.

What is the connection between the mysterious Professor Landry and the Imperial Special Operations Agency?

Countless speculations swirled in the students' minds, and they even couldn't help but ask Landry's sister Elsa, but she just clenched her sleeves around her chest and shook her head.

The other side.

"It seems that you are very popular among students."

Nicholas the Kestrel seemed to be even more familiar with the environment of Elliot Building than Mr. Landry. He was half a step ahead of the professor, as if he was leading the professor.

He had just noticed the students chasing out from classroom 4-43, but when those students saw him, the officer Nicholas the Red Falcon, they chose to retreat.

"After all, I really like interacting with students."

Lanqi lowered his eyes and smiled slightly.

"Do you have a special gift for emotional communication? You can quickly establish good relationships with people around you?"

Nikolai the Kestrel looked at the man again and asked him.

“Perhaps this is not a gift, but a kind of knowledge - the study of ‘what should be’ in people or society. Even if you don’t have it, it won’t affect your current life. But one day, when you encounter a major obstacle in your life, if you know ‘what should be done’, you may have the clue to overcome the obstacle.”

Lanqi looked out the window into the distance and replied.

"Your sister seemed to be looking for you just now, why are you so cold to her?"

Red Kestrel Nicholas nodded, and instead of continuing the topic with Lanqi, he spoke.

His voice was half joking, but also contained an obvious test.

Just now, when I looked in the direction of the door of classroom 4-43, I could tell at a glance that there was a girl among the students who looked very similar to Landry.

Nicholas had investigated Landry in advance and knew all of Landry's household registration information.

Elsa Wasthington is Landry Wasthington's biological sister, who has been dependent on each other since childhood. She grew up with Landry in a small town on the border of Niksasende in the northwest of the Kremen Empire. She was sent to the capital, Brillda, a few years ago. The siblings have not seen each other for a long time and should even miss each other.

She seemed to have wanted to talk to her brother, Professor Landry, but when she saw that her brother was being targeted by the Imperial Special Operations Department, she no longer planned to get close to him, as if she knew that getting close might cause trouble for her brother. After meeting her brother's eyes, she nodded and turned away.

"Time is like a wild donkey. It never stops when it starts running. In the blink of an eye, my sister has grown up."

Lanqi seemed to be recalling the past and sighed,

"I can come back anytime to handle family matters, but I can't delay the Empire's official business for even a moment. I think besides Section Chief Nikolai, there are people in the Special Operations Department waiting for me."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

He looked at Nikolai. Otherwise, they could just find a place nearby to talk. There was no need for Nikolai to wait outside the classroom so punctually to take him to the headquarters of the Imperial Special Operations Department.

"certainly."

Nicholas the Kestrel did not deny Lanqi's statement.

Indeed, he was responsible for bringing Professor Landry back.

"Elsa is a sensible and pitiful child. I haven't had much contact with her in the past few years. If Section Chief Nicholas has any doubts about me, feel free to talk to me. Please don't disturb her, okay?"

Lanqi spoke in a rare straightforward manner.

"……no problem."

Nikolai the Kestrel chuckled with relief and nodded.

It didn't take long for the two of them to walk down the maze-like Eliot Building and onto the street next to the square.

"Lanqi, why did you let him know that Elsa was your weakness?"

Talia asked in Ranchi's mind, confused.

She felt that Nicholas still suspected Lanci all the time, and Lanci's answer to Nicholas just now was very dangerous.

"In fact, if I didn't care about Elsa, Nicholas would be suspicious. Besides, it's good to expose a flaw to him. Not only can it convince him that I care about my sister, but it can also make him feel that I am easier to control and that I am a person with weaknesses and a family. Often, real spies are alone and have no worries."

Lanci responded to Talia.

"You are quite clever."

Talia thought about it for a while and agreed with Lanqi.

This guy is really skilled at being a spy. He doesn't blush or get nervous when encountering problems. He can jump out of all traps and find the optimal solution in an instant. He is simply a natural lurker.

After a short while, the black magic vehicle parked on the other side of the square road quickly moved to the road after seeing Red Kestrel Nicola and Professor Landry.

"Hello, sir."

The secret service personnel in formal attire saluted Nicholas through the window.

Nicholas put one hand behind his back and opened the back door for Lanci with the other hand. He watched him get into the car and then sat on the other side of the back seat.

Until the secret agent in the driver's seat quietly started the engine.

With a slight hum, the vehicle drove away from the Eliot Building of St. Clement's Abbey and headed towards the central area of ​​the capital, Blildha.

The Imperial Special Operations Department was established more than a hundred years ago. It was originally organized to deal with the threat of demon spies during the Holy War. It played an important role in the Holy War, and later gradually transformed into conducting intelligence activities against neighboring countries and the Kingdom United Parliament Alliance.

Its mission is to secretly collect secrets inside and outside the empire to protect the national security interests of the Kremer Empire. The threats it focuses on include terrorism, organized crime, regional conflicts, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, etc. It has at least three thousand well-trained agents, and has several regional special service stations and professional departments. It is independent of the Imperial Military Staff and Command led by the First Military God Hecintus, but they also cooperate with each other.

The current Director of the Imperial Special Operations Department, Duke Dax Reynolds, is one of the most mysterious figures in the Empire. His official position as Foreign Minister and Director was kept secret for more than twenty years until a few years ago.

The headquarters where Nicholas the Kestrel is taking Ranch is located at Hallworth Cross in the center of Blildha, hence the nickname "Hallworth Cross Claw".

Since arriving in the capital, Lanqi had never been to such a central place.

"Who are we going to meet later?"

Lanqi asked Nicholas beside him.

In the back seat, Lanci leaned back in the soft leather seat, awaiting the journey to the Imperial Special Operations Headquarters.

The fragrance of flowers, the wind and the midday sun wafting in from the window filled the car, adding a bit of laziness to Landry's handsome face. He seemed a little tired when he got on the car after just finishing get out of class.

Nicholas the Red Kestrel still sat upright like a chess player.

"The highest commander of our Imperial Special Operations Department, Director Dax."

Nikolai the Kestrel glanced at Lanqi and replied.

He found that the professor was not nervous at all when being around him, and he didn't know whether it was due to his psychological quality or if he was born that way.

After saying that, he looked at the Empire State Building passing by outside the car window.

"Did Duke Dax ask Section Chief Nicholas to take me to the Imperial Special Operations Department?"

Lanqi was slightly surprised and smiled.

"Yes, the position of Honorary Advisor of the Special Operations Department is not something I can decide."

Nicholas the Kestrel nodded.

"That's really flattering."

Lanqi agreed to Nicholas.

“…”

Talia was starting to feel a little worried now.

The research results that Lanqi left in the Monastery of Saint Cremorne have obviously attracted the attention of many high-ranking officials in the empire, and Dax is one of the big figures among them.

For a true imperial lackey, this is undoubtedly an opportunity to display talents, demonstrate value, and gain power, but for an Allied spy, this will be a dangerous place, any flaws in his body will be magnified unlimitedly, and he may not even know when he will die.

The new environment that Lanqi is about to encounter seems to be perfect, but in fact it is full of countless pitfalls, which make her heart beat uneasy all the time.

"Tata, just be a good cook and don't worry about anything else. Leave the work to me."

Lanqi chatted with her in his heart,

"I will definitely let you live a good life in the empire, so don't worry."

He added.

"Then you do your best..."

Talia didn't mind Lanqi calling her cook, because she was cooking for Lanqi every day and Lanqi remembered her kindness.

Hearing that Lanqi was so passionate about his career and had a sense of responsibility, she felt that it would be nice to live with this guy. If his name was not Lanqi, he would really be an ideal partner.

(End of this chapter)