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"........."

W raised his head silently, and under the dark circles that were comparable to those of Tresis, his distinctive golden eyes looked deeply at Inès.

She said nothing, but it seemed like she said everything.

Ines was shocked. No, you really saw a ghost?

It was the first time she saw W with such an expression. She didn't even have the mood to argue with herself. What did this kid go through last night?

Inès was still hesitating whether to ask a few more questions and show concern for her old comrade, when Hedley walked out of Ernst's office and sighed with a frown on his face.

Seeing this, Inès immediately asked:

"Hedley, what happened? You are like this too, and W, she doesn't look right either. When Ernst asked us questions just now, she didn't answer, and now she doesn't even want to argue with me. Is she sick?"

Hedley: “.......”

He looked at Inès and opened his mouth to say something, but the corner of his eye caught W's pleading gaze. His heart softened, and he closed his mouth and let out a long sigh.

Damn, tell me what you did?

Breaking into the Prime Minister's residence late at night just to play truth or dare with Ernst?

Those who know you would think that you are so eager to make progress that you want to take the promotion tool to soar to the sky. Those who don’t know you would think that you are planning something bad to Ernst!

In Kjerag, when he was plotting against Ernst, Hedley didn't even ask W if he could do it. Even if you really went in, wouldn't you consider the consequences?

Hedley was a little confused at first. Hadn't he and Ernst already agreed that Ines and W would come for an interview and review the next day? Why did Ernst summon him to come with Ines and W so early in the morning? And after they finished the interview, he was called in?

As a result, he walked over with a nervous heart, but when he heard what happened last night, he was no longer nervous at all.

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Fortunately, W didn't make too much noise, and Ernst didn't provide the newly settled Red Wine Newspaper with such a topical title as "Why did the Sarkaz rush into the Prime Minister's residence in the middle of the night?" Otherwise, Hedley wouldn't have to worry about whether he could pass the interview. Even if Ernst didn't blame him, considering the government structure of Kjerag, his career would probably end here. It's better to resign early and open a shop with Ines.

Hedley's long sigh contained too many emotions, and his silence also concealed too much information.

So, Inès was confused.

As the saying goes, among three people, there must be one Liberi. At this moment, Inès felt like she was a Liberi.

Who am I, where am I, what happened?

Why do you all seem to be in sync? Why don't I know anything? When did you Sarkaz become like Sarkota and have empathy?

Inès frowned and couldn't help asking:

"Hedley, W, what are you talking about?"

"Don't ask, don't ask." Hedley shook his head, waved his hands, pointed in the direction of W, and refused again and again.

As for W, her pale face now had a hint of blush, as if she was drunk, and even her eyes became blurred.

Not wanting to continue publicly executing W, Hedley looked at Inès and changed the subject:

"What did Prime Minister Ernst just ask you?"

Inès looked at W strangely and recalled:

"Nothing, just a welcome to us. He said he felt our enthusiasm for Kjerag."

From the beginning, Inès felt that there was something strange about this interview, and Ernst's attitude was one of them.

As soon as she and W walked into the office, the first time she saw Ernst, W turned her head away like a woman, covered her mouth guiltily, and dared not say a word.

Ernst asked them to introduce themselves. Ines was quite fluent. She described her background, showed her achievements as a mercenary, and also described her "successful cooperation experience" with Rhodes Island based on the "test answers" provided by Hedley.

Rhodes Island is now the third largest company in Kjerag after Rhine Life and Kalan Trade. Although strictly speaking Rhodes Island does not belong to Kjerag, and does not even have a fixed "branch" in Kjerag, their cooperation with Kjerag and their reputation among the people are still very good.

Having work experience or successful cooperation experience with stakeholders of the company you are applying for is also a big plus in the interview.

As expected, Ernst was very satisfied with the answer sheet. After asking a few simple questions and asking Ines if she was interested in being a government official, and getting the answer "No, forget it. I would rather open a small shop than be a civil servant. Freedom suits me better.", he announced:

"You, pass!"

But when it comes to W, things start to get a little weird.

W's self-introduction was very formal. It's not that it was bad. Although she stuttered a little and didn't dare to look Ernst directly in the eye, it seemed that she had to think for two minutes before saying a sentence. She also had to repeatedly utter syllables to confirm whether the words she wanted to say were the ones she wanted to say, but her self-introduction was still very conventional.

Inès thought she couldn't find any faults. She thought that even if Hedley came, he wouldn't be able to find any faults.

The only question is - is this a self-introduction that W can make?

Inès was ready to hear W say, "W, the legendary Sarkaz mercenary, would you like to hear my self-introduction? That's all I have to say. If you want to hear more, you'll be bombed!"

Or, to take it to the extreme, watch her whip out a detonator, show off her manicure, and spell out a W in the sky with the explosion.

In other words, Inès is ready to pin down W's shadow and stop her from doing some "dangerous actions".

What did W say in the end?

"I... I'm a Sarkaz mercenary, W, hello. I can speak many languages, but I can't read. I'm good at blasting... Please give me your guidance."

Ines almost popped her eyes out. If Ernst hadn't been there, she would have walked up to touch W's forehead to see if the child had gone out to hang out last night and ended up having a fever.

I'm so stupid that I'm burning.

What's even more bizarre is the situation on Ernst's side.

Inès can roughly judge a person's mood by observing their shadow, and Ernst's mood at the time...

Inès had to admit that she didn't understand.

And this time, she couldn't understand it, but it was the only thing she could understand during this period of time.

Ernst looked at W and said something confusing:

"Don't do this next time."

W actually shrugged his head and nodded:

"it is good."

"I understand that you value this opportunity, but if everyone tries to use the backdoor like you, wouldn't it be a mess?"

Procedures were still very important. Even when recruiting Latatos, Ernst could have hired her directly through the boss, and no one would have objected to this. But Ernst still insisted on going through the procedures and asked Holkhaya to give Latatos a test paper to test her understanding of Kjerag's current business environment and her plans for future development.

Latatos gave the answer of "focusing on tourism and service industries, supplemented by light handicrafts and high value-added industries", and Ernst was very satisfied.

In addition to Latatos, Enthiotis was the same. He did not join Ernst's system, and Ernst did not recruit him into his system. From a macro perspective, Ernst needed a private capital that was large enough and loyal enough to Kjerag to inject sufficient vitality into Kjerag's economy.

From a personal perspective, all eggs should not be put in one basket. As Kjerag's business leader, Enthiotis's joining will certainly help Ernst, but his independence will bring greater benefits to Kjerag.

Apart from anything else, it is just the simplest truth that there are some things that are inconvenient for the Ernst Kjerag government to do or express, but Kalan Trade can do them without any worries.

For example, Enthiotis mentioned that the Business Federation had settled in Kjerag. Ernst could provide policy support to Kjerag enterprises and give them preferential treatment in the general environment, but the government could not personally compete with enterprises, and Kalan Trade was the reasonable and legal white glove.

As an investment attraction person, Ernst cannot simply say, "Our Kjerag government does not welcome employees to use the terminals produced by Casimir." Because this is an official statement of the government, it involves discrimination, which is not conducive to creating a "fair and just" business environment, let alone attracting investment.

But Kalan Trading can directly require within the company: "All Kalan Trading employees must use the terminals produced by our own Kjerag." Because this is a private rule within a private enterprise, no one can control it.

At this time, Ernst could use the reasonable and legal "procedure of open bidding and accurate bidding" to win the bid for the "terminal produced by Kalan Trading" as the mobile phone terminal exclusively for Kjerag government employees, purchase one for each employee, and provide a large government order for the terminal manufacturer and its upstream and downstream manufacturers, thereby promoting consumption and revitalizing the economy.

In this way, they go around in circles within the program and legalize something that is originally illegal, leaving no one able to say anything.

This is the purpose of the "procedure" mechanism.

W was obviously a bit radical. Ernst was not sure if this was the temper of the Sarkaz, but the fact that W broke into his house in the middle of the night to apply for a job in person still gave him a little Sarkaz shock.

To put it simply, she made such a big fuss just for such a small matter?

To put it more broadly, she is disrupting a set of necessary procedures.

Although Ernst did not intend to pursue the matter for Hedley's sake, he still had to warn W to remember his mistakes!

He didn't want to sleep at home in the future, wake up and lift the quilt to find a dozen people crowded in who wanted to use the back door to quickly pass the Kjerag government copy!

Ernst was not sure whether W had listened to him, but judging from her timid look, she should have listened to him, right?

As for this riddle, Ernst understood what was said, W understood what Ernst wanted to say, Hedley could probably guess Ernst's intention, and only Inès looked confused.

I am a Caprini disguised as a Sarkaz with authentic Liberian blood!

"Anyway, I'm totally confused."

Inès sighed deeply and looked at Hedley with resentment, who was unwilling to explain to her what happened.

Hedley smiled bitterly, looked at W, and suddenly asked:

"Speaking of which, W, now that you've passed the interview, what are you going to do? Or do you still plan to leave Kjerag?"

W's eyes finally brightened up, he looked at Hedley and shook his head firmly:

"No, I'm not leaving."

Those words, those shameful words, even now when W thinks of them, he wants to strangle himself.

When she met Ernst and before she said those words, she really intended to leave.

But now, after meeting Ernst and saying those words, if she still leaves, wouldn’t all her words be in vain?

W knew very well that although those words were shameful, they were indeed the truth.

He didn't want Hedley and Inès to be deceived, nor did he want himself to be disappointed. It was all sincere.

Even words like "pledge of allegiance" are serious.

Of course, the premise is that Ernst really deserves the praises given to him.

If W had been in absolute denial about the existence of someone so similar to Theresa in the world before sneaking into Ernst's house, now she began to doubt it.

Because Ernst didn't do anything to her.

Last night, Ascalon was guarding outside the house, and there was also that strange and terrifying woman of unknown race in the mansion. Facing this sudden intruder who might accidentally discover some of his "secrets", Ernst could completely make her "disappear".

Whether it was Askalon or the mysterious woman, W had no doubt that they could easily do such a thing without leaving any trace.

But Ernst didn't. Not only did he let her rest in that room for one night, but he also received her as usual the next day, let her have breakfast in the mansion, and then let her attend the interview.

She didn't even vent her anger on Hedley and Inès.

W asked himself if he could do such a kind act.

She could conspiratorially believe that Ernst's move was a bold attempt to win people's hearts after he was sure that she could not pose a threat to him.

But what if, what if Ernst is not?

Rather than exposing a mask, deep down in W's heart, he actually wants to see a real white moonlight.

Theresa was the first ray of white moonlight. Now that she has gone out, theoretically, there will never be another person like Theresa in the world.

But Tyra was a coincidence.

Terra has two moons.

Kal'tsit said that Ernst is not Theresa, Theresa is the light, and Ernst is the door.

But W couldn't tell so many things apart, and neither could most Sarkaz. Those troublesome metaphors, those definitions of "good people" and "hope", were so complicated that they would burn one's brain cells dry. Only a monster like Kal'tsit could classify them and organize them clearly.

There is only one criterion for judging W, which is simple and direct:

Whoever is good to them is a good person.

So, W said seriously:

"I applied for a job as an escort."

"The security personnel at the Prime Minister's residence were too lax. They even dozed off at the door in the middle of the night. They were not competent at all. I applied for the position."

Inès blinked in surprise:

"Dozing off in the middle of the night? How did you know?"

W grinned:

"Why do you care how I know? I just know. Not everyone is like you, secretly maintaining their horns in the middle of the night."

Inès was startled and glared at W with a blush.

What can she do? She is Caprini, not Sarkaz. Polishing her horns is already very harmful to them. If she doesn't pay attention to the condition of her horns, they will get damaged or even fall off!

That's ugly! For Caprini, it's as ugly as the Mediterranean and alopecia areata!

Inès still cares a lot about her image.

Hedley patted Inès's shoulder to comfort her, then nodded to W with a somewhat relieved expression;

"Then do what you want to do. Security is also a serious job. We all support you."