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Tengu City, AST garrison base...
In one of the more lavishly furnished rooms within the AST base, Westcott studied a document in his hand. The longer he read, the broader the smile on his face became, as though the document contained wonderful news.
Only Ellen, standing behind Westcott with a folder in her arms, knew that the document he was reading was far from good news. Calling it the worst possible news would not have been an exaggeration.
Thus, as she watched Westcott's smile deepen, Ellen's expression grew increasingly displeased.
"Aren't you going to do something, Isaac..." Ellen frowned deeply, her voice unusually full of complaint.
"Those idiots on the board are clearly planning to climb over your head, yet you still look so happy..."
"Well, no matter what it is, if it's interesting, I'm happy..." Westcott waved a hand indifferently and tossed the document onto the desk.
"Back when DEM had just been founded, they were all nothing but worms who followed behind me and said flattering things. Now they know how to use the destruction of a branch office and the unauthorized deployment of Wizards and Manifestation Devices to make trouble for me. Isn't that much more interesting than when they could only wag their tongues?..."
"Isaac!" Ellen could not help raising her voice.
"Do you understand the situation you're in? At this rate, those people on the board might use this incident as an excuse to demand your dismissal!"
Westcott was DEM's executive director, holding the highest position within DEM!
Although DEM also had a board of directors and other directors, DEM had originally been founded single-handedly by Westcott, so his standing was naturally the highest.
Unfortunately, when