Free Web NovelChapter 533: Chapter 534: Want to Work in the Prison?_1
At night, Aiden returned to his apartment after a long absence.
"You don’t need to maintain the appearance of a dog here; change back to your original form," Aiden said to the "stray dog" that followed him in.
"It’s okay, if people see my original body wandering around, it might cause trouble for you. I’m more accustomed to this form anyway," the stray dog spoke.
The negotiation with Tony at the witch gathering was currently stalled due to an internal disagreement between Qiqimora and Abigail. After consulting Tony himself, the outcome was that Qiqimora would continue to negotiate with Abigail, while Tony would temporarily go with Aiden to the autonomous state.
Professor Dodge had been placed on the Empire’s secret police wanted list, and Aiden guessed that Tony Dodge probably wouldn’t be spared either. To prevent any unforeseen complications, he had considered letting Tony parasitize him to leave Gistas or using the witch gathering’s connections for smuggling, but Tony came up with the idea of attaching to an animal.
"I estimate there will be a result soon. In any case, as long as you are willing to offer the Hand of Oblivion, even Abigail herself would agree without hesitation. She can help you modify your body to be more like an ordinary person, though I suppose some demonic traits will remain," Aiden said while boiling water, "Once you have a normal body, what are your plans for the future?"
"Mr. Galod, you intend to kill Mr. Blood, don’t you?" Tony asked in return.
"Yes," Aiden nodded without much thought.
In the past, he had always seen Mr. Blood as a hypothetical enemy for self-preservation, but now, he had developed a personal grievance with the man and was fully aware of the danger he posed.
If he wanted to survive in this world, his only option was to kill Mr. Blood.
"I can help," Tony said.
"Did you inherit divinity from your father, as well as the divine words?" Aiden asked.
"Yes."
"When?"
"When I said goodbye to Dad," Tony answered.
It seemed that at his father’s burial, Tony Dodge had already made a rough plan for the future.
"If that’s the case, you indeed could be of help, and our goals are aligned," Aiden nodded, "But before that, you need to sort out your living situation, right? And your identity, you’re considered dead in the Empire. Even with the ability to possess a demon, you can’t live as a pet dog forever."
"About that... my father actually left me some options," Tony said quietly.
"Oh?"
"He had an account set up under someone else’s name, with some money in it. He also arranged a fake identity for me, same first name, but the last name changed to Katch... The nationality is still the Empire, but the place of birth was changed to a pioneer area in the Northern Continent."
"I see," Aiden understood some of the tricks, the fake identity was probably arranged through the underworld dealing in smuggling, and setting the place of birth to the Northern Continent would make it hard to trace in this information-scarce world, "Where are the identity documents?"
"In a bank locker in Sunset City, they’ve hardly been used."
"Just in case, it’s better to have them sent here. If you trust me, I can have someone fetch them," Aiden said, "They can get them without you having to be there."
The royal secret police would probably only need to exercise their power a little under the guise of an investigation to easily obtain these identity documents. frёeωebɳovel.com
With these documents, Tony could live independently once his body was healed. Professor Dodge might not have foreseen his own death, but he certainly planned ahead for his son.
"Mr. Galod, there’s another favor I’d like to ask of you," Tony spoke up.
"A place to stay? Until you’re back to normal, you can borrow a spot here. But after that, I’d still prefer you find your own place," Aiden said.
"That was my plan too... What I meant to ask was, if I could get a normal body, could you introduce me to a job?"
"A job?" Aiden paused, "Didn’t you say your father left you some money?"
"It’s not the kind of fortune that can last a lifetime, and I don’t want to live on dwindling resources forever." Tony spoke calmly, "I’m already nineteen."
"I suspect you have no work experience, but what about your education?"
"No formal education, but my dad would teach me whenever he had the time. I’ve studied high school-level courses, I know two languages, and I’ve read ’Introduction to Black Magic’ and ’Demonology,’ though I don’t know how to use black magic myself..."
"That’s quite impressive," Aiden said, a bit surprised.
If he truly had that level of knowledge, a little bit of training would already be enough to handle the bookkeeping and clerical work in a general store or a small factory.
"Um, Mr. Gistas, what do you do for a living?"
"I’m a local prison guard," Aiden replied.
"Huh?"
"That’s right, a police officer who manages prisons. Didn’t you hear those two witches call me a warden?"
"I thought that was just a title. So you’re not a bounty hunter or in the army?" Tony said, surprised.
"I really am a prison guard. The reason I end up doing these things in Gistas is personal," Aiden explained.
"Is that so..." Tony pondered. He found it hard to imagine a prison guard actually traveling abroad to take down a major empire’s military base and then casually returning home as if nothing happened.
Aiden looked at Tony for a while, thought about it, and suddenly suggested, "How about trying out working in the prison?"
"Can someone with my identity work as a prison guard?" Tony’s eyes widened in shock.
"Of course not, but not all jobs in a prison are for certified prison guards. There are also many contract workers and temporary hires recruited from outside," Aiden explained, "You can get the job as long as you pass an assessment."
In the Rose Iron Prison, support personnel like the kitchen staff are generally contract hires open to the public. Even the prison guards are only partly actual police personnel, which is similar to the public institutions Aiden saw in his previous world.
The "temporary workers" that public institutions always claim to have problems with are essentially what this refers to.
"I see..." Tony was a bit nervous, "Will I come into contact with criminals?"
"Most positions don’t require it, and even if they do, you don’t have to worry. When inmates aren’t in their cells, they’re usually being watched by prison guards," Aiden explained.
"In that case, I can give it a try," Tony said, as if he had made up his mind. freewebnσvel.cøm
"But first, you have to heal, and then you have to pass the assessment," Aiden said seriously.
Tony inherited Professor Dodge’s divine speech, and that alone was enough to make him more dangerous than the vast majority of inmates in the Rose Iron Prison.
Although in terms of character, Aiden felt it unlikely that the other would turn to a wicked path. He thought it was better to keep a slight watch over the young man.
