The Trap
Number Nine Floating City's Mage Tower, on the second floor, Propulsion Department.
At this time, Propulsion Department is no longer as idle as usual, no longer just checking the floating inscription of Floating City every one or two weeks to ensure that it will not fall.
Most of the time in the past, the mages here would come here to drink a few glasses of fine special wine, stay here all day, and then do nothing, and finally return to Mage Tower's dormitory to rest.
In the past, their department was like this: they had heavy responsibilities, and no one dared to mess with those inscriptions; for them, to survive the five years of boredom, they only needed to occasionally ensure that the system would not be paralyzed.
Wait until five years later, when they can get a large sum of money and resume to move towards a new life.
But after Iris came over and conveyed School's order, this place was no longer a place for leisure.
Even for some unspeakable reasons, they resisted mentioning Iris's name from the beginning under the guidance of Master Owen.
I just didn't expect that Iris would actually bring a mage who knew Magic Inscription, which made Owen very confused.
Why can Iris bring in a mage who knows Magic Inscription in a top-secret mission? Wouldn't this violate the confidentiality clause?
Only a mage with Alchemy School can accept top-secret missions, so a mage who knows Magic Inscription cannot come in through the introduction of Iris.
Because Magic Inscription is exclusive to Construct School, other mages of School cannot join the top-secret operation.
Even the daily activities of their department are already a secret within School, so those things have not been exposed.
The mage who knew Magic Inscription put a lot of pressure on Owen. Although he could falsify on the checklist, the performance of Magic Inscription is what it is.
If the other party discovers any flaw during the subsequent trial run, he will not be able to even run on Floating City, so in order to ensure safety, he has to take some insurance measures.
"Leader, can I ask about another leader?"
After just completing the preliminary maintenance work, Owen came to Iris with a slightly concealed inspection list.
After Iris heard Owen's request, his whole face turned cold and he said to Owen:
"Mage, do your job well. This is School's top-secret mission. I have no reason to tell you the specific situation of the people involved."
And Owen boldly said:
"Leader, according to the rules, I remember that top secret missions cannot allow mages other than Alchemy School to enter, but that leader knows how to Magic Inscription."
"This is against the rules. If the leader doesn't give me a reasonable explanation, I will submit the situation here to the Alchemy School Council and ask them to monitor whether the confidentiality clause is complied with."
Iris looked at Owen very calmly and just explained one sentence.
"Due to the special situation of the Propulsion Department, a technician who knows Magic Inscription is needed here... You can submit a report to the council. I think they will find out whether the use of personnel is compliant."
"But by the time they complete this top-secret inquiry process, it will probably be two months later."
Owen subconsciously took a step back. Seeing that Iris's expression did not change at all, he knew that threatening Iris would not work.
It seems that Iris is trying to protect the mage who knows Magic Inscription.
And now, even Owen is not sure whether it is because the mission is special and the mage who knows Magic Inscription is specially approved, or whether it is because Iris violated the rules and allowed the other party to come in.
But no matter what, as long as Iris doesn't give in, then he can't even think about squeezing out the mage who knows Magic Inscription in this way.
This was a top-secret mission after all. How could he transfer personnel at will just because of his words? It was almost two months after the procedures were completed.
"Okay, leader, I'm just asking. After all, this top-secret mission is related to the safety of our Floating City."
"Just do your job well. If there's nothing wrong with our mission, it's best not to ask, otherwise don't blame me for taking action."
Finally, when Owen left, Iris issued a warning to him.
These mages have not cooperated with him before, preferring to waste time and not do any inspections. This kind of confrontation alone is enough for Iris to become suspicious of these Propulsion Department mages.
This cannot be explained by the department's work inertia or the department's work rules. If this job was not too important and her top-secret mission did not allow for a large-scale investigation first, she would have dealt with these people long ago.
This is a real disobedience to orders, which is a serious crime in this special department. After the matter is over, this alone is enough to keep the entire department's mages for several years.
But these mages would rather do this than follow her orders. This is almost the only possibility.
The punishment for disobeying orders was the lesser of two evils compared to the punishment for what they were hiding being discovered.
That's why Iris definitely wants to protect Fran, because with Fran here, she has a hand at least, otherwise she, a mage who doesn't understand Magic Inscription at all, would be blind here.
"Speaking of Alchemy School, what kind of stupid rule is this? All key personnel cannot be other School's mages. Faced with this kind of technical work of other School, I can't carry out it at all..."
Iris didn't realize the stupidity of this regulation before, but now she is very impressed by it.
"Fortunately, the identity I gave to Fran is the identity of Alchemy School. I think the instructor must have memorized the identity of 'Lai', and then talk to Fran, and the matter will be solved."
What should we ventilate? Of course, just let Fran not be allowed to say that she knows Magic Inscription when she faces the investigation.
According to the record of 'Lai''s identity, she is a member of the Alchemy School mage from Northern Lands Society. She was authorized to do the top-secret mission because of the instruction of Iris's mentor, Roderick, who wanted 'Lai' to have more exposure to the work of Alchemy School.
This is impeccable in terms of procedure. According to the data, 'Lai' does not understand Magic Inscription. How can a mage of Alchemy School understand Magic Inscription?
Now Propulsion Department's mages and Iris all know that 'Lai' actually knows Magic Inscription.
But in terms of procedures, a Alchemy School mage cannot know Magic Inscription. Those Investigator must be verified when faced with such a situation.
However, it is very difficult to verify because there is only one side of the story from Master Propulsion Department. It can be believed that these Masters are colluding to frame the case.
As a leader, she strongly supported Fran, leaving Investigator to ask what Fran said.
And as long as Fran denies it, coupled with the information on Profile, this matter can almost only be regarded as a frame-up by the mage Propulsion Department.
Who wants to see a Alchemy School mage know how to Magic Inscription?
Investigator doesn't want to do this, because it will cause a lot of trouble; Alchemy School doesn't want to, because they can't stand the scandal that a mage of this School actually learned Magic Inscription;
Even Construct School doesn't want to. If the matter is really revealed, doesn't this mean that Construct School's knowledge protection is not in place? What if someone else says at this time that Construct School also leaked the protective barrier and the operating password of Floating City...
Therefore, even if Owen leads to an investigation, it will not interfere with the current affairs.
It is precisely because the procedure is legal that Iris has nothing to fear.
On the other side, after Owen and Iris finished talking, he returned to the group of mages who had taken a short break.
Some mages immediately looked at Owen and received a look of concern from him. Of course, they were not concerned about Owen's safety, but were concerned about the outcome of this matter.
Owen shook his head at these people, then ordered a group of mages to come over and led them into Restroom.
After entering Restroom, he unfolded Soundproof Barrier and blocked the door.
His eyes swept across the mages in front of him, and his expression was so stern that the mages present could not help but feel their hearts rise.
"We can't let that mage who knows Magic Inscription continue to check. If she really finds out something, we will all jump from Floating City to the ground and fall to death."
Owen pondered for a moment, and then said a plan. This plan is very simple, it is just a simple frame-up.
"We have completed the wiring layout and usage debugging of the basic inscription, and the next step is to test various functions."
"In the next few days, we will start to test the function of the damper device. The mage will definitely not know whether the damper device is important in the entire Floating City system."
From a practical point of view, this is a less important device, just to reduce air resistance when Floating City is running, and to use Wind Element to accelerate the movement speed of Floating City.
Without this device, Floating City can still fly, but the flying speed will be slower.
"Tomorrow you will find an opportunity to add an overheated energy-gathering circuit to the inscription group of the damper device and cut off several important links..."
"As soon as it is opened, the damper device will burn out in a few minutes..."
"Then when we tested the damper device, we kept discouraging them from starting the damper device, saying that this part of the device needs to be connected in parallel with other devices to start safely..."
"Or it means that this device must never be started because there is no command from above..."
"In this way, if she becomes suspicious and tests the devices herself, she may accidentally activate the overheated energy-gathering circuit..."
Owen's method is very simple, it is a simple trap. He is betting that Fran will do it according to his method. As long as the damper device is damaged, he will have reason to blame Fran.
"What if she sees through our trick? She might also discover our trap from the beginning and then accuse us of making random changes..."
"That's not possible. How many decades have we been in this department? Is she familiar with the inscriptions here?"
"Didn't that Henry, who was nominated by Magic Barrier Award, fall into half of the trap and be coerced by us into signing the contract?"