When you get used to something, whether it's good or bad, you're overwhelmed by its sudden passing, and that's true even for José. Rong Ruo is not a good assistant in any sense, she is lazy and noisy, loves to play pranks, and often gets into trouble. Even so, José had become accustomed to her presence, and when his ears were no longer filled with the chattering voices, when he no longer had to bother cleaning the apartment every day, he felt a little strange.

This feeling is especially prominent after he is idle, after all the handover of Jiangcheng's affairs is completed, he is given a not too long mandatory leave, and all the agents who have had direct contact with Sneve during the mission are granted this mandatory leave, and they must go through the corresponding psychological evaluation to prove that their spirit has not been affected, and they are still capable of sticking to their posts. Although José passed the assessment easily, his mandatory leave was not canceled because of this, but only appropriately curtailed some time at his request.

As for the capital, the Council of the Three Kings gave him no new instructions, no news about the Holy and the Nightingales, and they seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. However, on the other hand, Dan Huisheng sent him a job to assess whether Garcia Emilio is qualified to be an agent, as the most rigorous department of the empire, Valhalla has no back door to go through, just like him and Rong Ruo, Dan Huisheng is the Great Elder of Valhalla, but they still need to prove themselves in the qualification exam with many candidates to obtain their agent cards.

However, nothing is absolute, Valhalla has no back door to go, but the way to become an agent is not limited to the annual qualification exam, in certain circumstances, those who have unique achievements in a certain aspect can also enter Valhalla's agent system through "special recruitment".

The process of "special recruitment" is not simple, and those who enjoy this privilege will enter a short internship period after entering the agent system, during which they will be assigned to a senior or higher level agent to be taught the knowledge and discipline required of a Valhalla agent, and at the end of the internship period, the agent in charge of them will evaluate them according to their performance during the internship to determine whether they are qualified for the job. This assessment must be rigorous, as the person making the assessment will be equally or even more responsible if the subject fails to perform Valhalla's mission after passing the assessment.

Despite being on a mandatory semi-suspended vacation, some of José's powers were not restricted, and in his usual discipline, he accessed everything he could find about García Emilio's resume within his purview. This woman can be regarded as a military family, with a good military education, although she has not served in the army for a long time, her psychological quality and individual ability are not comparable to those veterans of Pavic, and she has already shown these abilities when she was in Jiangcheng. With such an ability, it should not be a big problem to pass Valhalla's annual examination, but it seems a little reluctant to send a "special move" to it accordingly.

However, Jose will not dispute Dan's decision, and in order to make this assessment more accurate, he is thinking about how to conduct the assessment more appropriately, but his thoughts are finally interrupted by the doorbell. This is a strange thing, on the level of José's consciousness, he should not have any visitors, because he does not have any friends who will come to visit him, there are many people who want to trouble him, but this is the River of Elves, the base camp of Valhalla, no one will come here to make trouble.

He put down the documents in his hand, walked to the entrance, and opened the door to the apartment. Outside the door, there was a woman standing, dressed in a simple black dress, with a large black brimmed hat covering half of her face, exuding an aura of being unapproachable.

When the door was opened, she raised her head slightly, allowing José to recognize that it was the woman on the file. García Emilio did not hold back in the slightest inhibition, and after the door was opened, he bypassed José, who was still on the doorknob, and walked into the apartment, went straight to the sofa in the living room and sat down, and reached for the papers spread out on the table.

Before she could scrutinize the materials, José pulled them out of her hand and sorted them out along with the documents that were still on the table, stuffing them into a portfolio, "As the person being examined, you don't have enough access to these documents. Emilio didn't get angry about this, and naturally took off the hat on her head and put it aside, half-leaning on the sofa, looking at Jose, "Valhalla's work efficiency is really high, and I have turned all my old bottoms out so quickly." ”

Jose sealed the finished file bag and put it in the corner of the coffee table, "One of the basic duties of Valhalla is to register spellcasters in the empire, you are a war mage from the Angry Waves Legion, all information is clearly recorded, as long as you apply for it, you can access it immediately." ”

"Then you should know everything about me, I don't think Monroe should have a way to hide it from Valhalla's eyes. Emilio leaned back against the cushions of the couch and looked at José with a blank expression.

José began to recall the contents of the material, García Monroe, the woman's father, who had been the captain of the Imperial Navy's battleship Blade, who was awarded the Order of Akabane of the First Class during the Battle of the River Valley, and should have been promoted to rear admiral, but he refused, leaving the army to serve as the captain of a ferry ship in the Little Star Sea, and was killed in an attack by the Behemoth last month.

Before he was discharged from the army, he had covered up some records for Emilio, but his influence did not extend to Valhalla, which still recorded the incident, Garcia Emilio and her Inhuman child.

"If you mean your daughter's business, it has nothing to do with this evaluation, and it doesn't affect my evaluation of you. José replied that giving birth to a hybrid child with a human would indeed attract a lot of criticism, but for him, it was completely inconsequential.

"Mr. Heya, you're a weirdo. The corners of Emilio's mouth rose slightly, "Or rather, it's more appropriate for me to call you boss now." ”

José frowned, it was the first time someone had called him "boss", and he was a little unaccustomed. Emilio didn't care about the change in his expression and continued, "So boss, how will my salary be settled?"

Although he was not used to the other party's address to himself, Jose still answered her question, "The agent's salary is settled on a weekly basis, and it will be paid directly to the account that Valhalla has opened for you in the Imperial Bank, because I am on compulsory leave, so your passbook has not been sent to me, and it should still be with the Human Resources Department." ”

Emilio seemed to be satisfied, and then moved on to the next question, "What about pension and insurance?" ”

"Pensions are paid weekly at 80% of the agent's salary, and as for insurance, there are regular medical check-ups by doctors, and all expenses incurred in the event of injuries in the line of duty are covered by Valhalla. Jose thought for a moment and continued, "If you are more interested in Valhalla's welfare system, you can go to the publicity department of the Great Sanctuary and get a brochure, which should be more detailed than I explained. ”

"I've got the manual, and it says that each agent has one month of paid leave per year, but I read it, my job should be to replace the little red-haired girl as your assistant, so my vacation should need to be arranged through you. So boss, how do you arrange the holidays?"

Jose admits that this question really came to him, and since he became a special agent, he has only taken two vacations, one to go to Jiangcheng to find Twilight's daughter, and the other is this mandatory vacation. As for how to arrange the holiday, Rong Ruo hadn't asked him this question when he was his assistant before, so he never thought about it.

His silence made Emilio get her own answer, "It seems that there is no vacation, so boss, can you increase some allowances appropriately?"

Jose felt that the topic had been pulled a little far away by the other party, and if it continued like this, Emilio would probably ask more questions that he couldn't answer, "Regarding the holiday arrangement, I will give you an answer after the assessment period is over, and during the internship period, most of the agent benefits will not take effect." ”

"I know, interns are paid in half. Emilio replied, "Valhalla is no exception. ”

Before José could say anything more, she continued: "In that case, boss, what was our first job?"

José stared at her new "assistant", the diligence of this new assistant made him a little uncomfortable for him who was used to Rong Ruo's laziness, but diligence was a good thing, he got up, went back to his room, and found his investigation notes on "Time Zero" some time ago.

Although he was confined to compulsory leave, the "Time Zero" case was not transferred to anyone else, so no one came to him to ask for these investigation notes. José handed his notes to Emilio, "This is the case I'm investigating, take a look, and I'll evaluate your suitability to be an agent based on your performance in this case." ”

Most of the notes are shorthand left to save time, just to ensure that José can sort out the case as much as possible, but he doesn't plan to explain it to Emilio in detail, after all, reasoning skills are also the basic qualities that an agent should have.

Emilio flipped through his notebook without asking for help, she flipped through it several times, lingering on two of the pages for a longer period of time, and then placing the spread notebook on the table. José thought she had enough information and was about to put her notebook away, when she saw Emilio put her finger on a word on the page, a place name to be exact, "Here, the place you're looking for should be here." ”

It was one of the first places in the record where Time Zero appeared, a city called Bourbon, and José stopped to retrieve his notebook and asked, "Why?"

"The analysis of the composition of 'Time Zero' says that a high proportion of levicin has been found, and the most convenient way to extract levicin is the pollen of the levi flower, which is rarely cultivated artificially, but there is a large number of wild distribution in the Misty Forest, and only Bourbon is near the Misty Forest among your place names. ”

José looked at the place name pressed under his slender finger and made his first assessment of his new assistant: hardworking, careful, with a certain ability to reason logically, and very concerned about material conditions.