After The Legend Prologue

Machine Translation with little editing. I don't know any Chinese. Please be prepared to read horrifying grammar and terrible sentence structure.

PROLOGUE

The brown-haired, blue-eyed young man walked out of the test room. Although he described himself as a mess— his shirt damaged and his face covered with scars— he was in a very relaxed and happy mood, he knew he had paused the test.

The room outside is almost empty. There is only an old set of tables and chairs in the center. Behind the table sits a dignified and serious lady. She is in her forties, with deep-neck high collar clothes, neat pan head, and a pair of silver gla.s.ses covering the reality in her eyes.

She looked up at the young man, "Mr. Aaron Cardo? Congratulations on your pa.s.sing the test. Now, you are a member of the NSA (National Security Agency) of East1伊斯特. Let me see your information again... "

She glanced at the doc.u.ment in her hand, paused, and looked again at the youth with soft eyes: "So you are the son of Lord Xiao? He is one of the founders of our security agency. Why didn't you tell us earlier? "

The face of the young man was a bit stiff "I don't think my father's ident.i.ty has much to do with the trial."

"Not really." The lady took back her eyes, went over the doc.u.ment again, typed several characters and signed again. 

But after taking out another doc.u.ment, she solemnly said to the youth, "I'll ask you again now, do you really know what the NSA is? You must know that once you join us your life is no longer under your control. "

"Yes, I'm sure." The youth replied quickly.

"Your father has a great influence on the political and military circles and owns the largest commercial bank in the country. Even if he's currently traveling around the Mainland, there will be plenty of people willing to help you secure a decent job."

"Your family name is Cardo. This is his wife's family name. It seems that you have been adopted as a foster son by their family. I think they will make arrangements for your future. If you don't want to accept it, I can let you do a civilian job in the Agency. " 

She stared at him. "You don't need to do dangerous work."

"Thank you for your kindness, madam." The young man grimaced.

"But that man never admitted me, and I don't need to rely on him. I know that the Cardo family and the Xiao family are very powerful, but I hope to live by my own efforts. The danger is not terrible, the scary thing is to be manipulated all your life."

The lady raised her eyebrows and nodded softly: "I see what you mean. But I hope you know that your achievements are excellent. According to the tradition, you will be sent to lurk outside the capital city. You may have to endure the life of Jizhe2佶倨 please comment if you know what Jizhe is for several years. Is that alright? "

The young man straightened up again: "yes."

"Very well." The lady handed over a doc.u.ment. 

"You're going to Chiton, near the Noga3诺嘉 border. It's a remote mountain city with an Armament Office. You will become a member of the local garrison knight to secretly monitor all the actions of the Armament Inst.i.tute."

"If there is any factor affecting the equipment production, whether it is people or things, eliminate it. "

"Yes." The young man took the doc.u.ment.

"Don't reveal your ident.i.ty and mission to anyone. Including to your wife and daughter."

"Yes."

"If you can, it's better to take them with you. Women and children can make it easier for you to integrate into the local area. But I heard that your wife is a n.o.blewoman, and your daughter is less than one year old. It's probably difficult to adapt to life there, right?"

"They will get used to it. I believe that the simple countryside is more suitable for my wife and children's life. It's not good for our family to stay here and let them be surrounded by jewels and n.o.ble vanity."

"I see what you mean. Mr. Aaron Cardo, as you are about to become a gra.s.s-roots intelligence officer at NSA, Let me ask you one last time, do you really want to join us?"

"Once you join, you are likely to perform dangerous and unethical tasks, including sneaking into other countries to collect intelligence, sow discord, frame up others, steal and even a.s.sa.s.sinate."

"A peaceful and n.o.ble life will never be with you, even your wife and daughter will be affected. Are you sure you want to join? "

"Yes." 

Once again, the young man nodded to confirm, but at that moment, he thought of his infant daughter. Is this life really good for the child?

He said in his heart: "Minna, I hope this is not a wrong decision for you!