Chapter 236: Career Experience Learning 6
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 236: Career Experience Learning 6
“So, you’re claiming Inspector Mayer… I mean, that lady… touched your butt? Is that it?”
“She didn't just touch my butt! She felt up my thighs and touched my giant cock, too!”
I was currently being interrogated by a police sister. Fortunately, since they followed the protocol of separating the victim from the perpetrator, I was able to avoid the misfortune of being questioned in the same room as that nasty pervert lady.
“But you know, don’t you think you might be mistaken…?”
“Huh?”
“It seems like she was just patting you because you’re cute, like a younger brother or a son, and happened to touch you by mistake. Besides, you hurt someone. A police officer, no less. This is mostly your fault, Yong-hwan, don’t you think?”
The situation was turning bizarre.
“I know the police sister whose wrist you injured very well, and she’s not that kind of person. She’s received a model officer commendation from the Chief and is famous for arresting several violent criminals. Why would a lady like that sexually harass you, Yong-hwan? It must be a misunderstanding.”
This crazy civil servant was defending the perpetrator right in front of the victim. Looking closely, she wasn't even writing a report; she was just talking to me with her hands resting on the keyboard, maintaining a serious expression.
It felt like she was trying to play me.
“Is that so…?”
“Yes! It’s a misunderstanding! You’re the one who needs to apologize. Inspector Mayer was just trying to help because you looked like you were having a hard time. What did she do to deserve being injured?”
It felt like she was gaslighting me. Just the two of us in the interrogation room. A cramped, suffocating space. With the lights on, she had subtly angled the desk lamp toward me. Appealing to my sense of guilt with a grave expression while constantly insisting it all started from a misunderstanding—it was truly malicious.
“Is… is it my fault?”
“Yes! You messed up big time! You came for career experience learning and ended up injuring a police sister. What do you think everyone will say about you? The other kids might even face disadvantages because of you.”
I didn't even know the kids in this neighborhood, so I didn't really care whether they suffered or not. However, I pretended to be frightened.
“If you apologize to the police sister and write a letter of apology, I’ll forgive you. Since you worked hard at cleaning and it all stemmed from a misunderstanding.”
The act of apologizing itself would be an admission of guilt. The moment I wrote that letter of apology, there would be no turning back. To think she’d be this petty toward a mere child.
Moreover, she didn't seem to know who I was. She might not know about my relationships with Hindel, Alicia, or various other bitches, but it was a bit serious that she didn't know I was the son of Ame Cal Degrain and the grandson of the worst war criminal, Rune Cal Degrain.
“Ugh… hng… can I… talk to my mom…? I’m sowwy….”
Faking tears was all too easy for a genius actor like me.
“I’ll explain it to her for you. Give me your mom’s number.”
Her intention was transparent: she wanted to get her side of the story in first so that anything I said afterward would sound like an excuse.
I could have given her Mom’s number, but since she was away for some classified mission or whatever, I gave her Tiria’s number instead.
The police sister dialed immediately.
—Who is this?
Tiria’s voice came through.
“Is this Yong-hwan’s mother? This is the Reimville Police Station. I’m calling because your son has committed a crime against a police officer.”
—Excuse me?
Tiria’s bewildered voice echoed. I curled my body as if terrified. Seeing the officer’s devious smirk, I decided that both this lady and the Inspector who harassed me needed to be dealt with permanently today.
“Well, it seems Yong-hwan got very exhausted during his career experience activities. Seeing that, our Inspector Mayer bought him a drink, and since he seemed to be struggling, she helped massage his muscles. We saw it happen.”
There were only the two of us there at the time, yet seeing me trembling and crying, the lies were flowing vividly from her mouth.
—What?
Tiria asked back, sounding like she didn't understand the situation. It must have felt like a bolt from the blue for her.
“But then he suddenly grabbed Inspector Mayer’s wrist and twisted it, then started screaming that he was being sexually harassed. How did you raise your child for him to attack someone who was trying to help? Hmm? Even if he’s a child, attacking the police can lead to aggravated legal punishment…”
—Hey.
The police sister was running her mouth eloquently when Tiria cut her off.
“Excuse me? What did you just say? Did you just call me ‘Hey’? I was trying to settle this by giving your son a good talking-to and just taking a letter of apology, but I guess that’s not going to happen now.”
—What’s your affiliation?
“What did you just say?”
—I asked what unit you’re with.
“I’m with the Reimville Police, but what of it?”
I was actually more flustered by the police sister’s audacity to act so tough without even knowing who she was talking to.
Well, she probably assumed I was just the child of some ordinary office worker participating in the career program, so she felt she could be aggressive.
—I don’t have the number for the chief of such a small-time station. What did you say your name was?
“Ma’am, your son has committed a crime. Why are you being so arrogant?”
—Your name.
“You don’t seem to grasp the situation. Are you threatening me? Threatening a police officer is also a crime, and this call is being recorded.”
A deep sigh erupted from the other end of the phone.
—Fine, I’ll come there myself. If you lay a single finger on the boy or spout any more nonsense, I’ll pull out every single one of your teeth. Just stay right there.
“What? Hey, did you just threaten me? You couldn't even raise your kid right and turned him into a criminal, yet you have the nerve to be so—”
Click.
The call was cut off.
“What a crazy bitch… who does she think I am…!”
I started to get curious about this police sister’s rank. I knew she was higher than the one who harassed me, but seeing her challenge someone she didn't even know suggested she had quite the temper.
“Write the letter of apology, now! That’s the only way I’ll forgive you! Otherwise, you’re going to jail!”
Perhaps as a precaution, she brought over paper and a pen and shoved them in front of me.
“I don’t want to.”
“You won’t? If you don’t, your mom will be punished too. Attacking the police is a felony. Do you want to go to jail with your mom? If you go to jail, you won’t even be able to stay with her. Scary older boys and ladies will bully you and your mom, you know?”
I could see she was getting desperate. A normal kid would have been terrified by a police officer suddenly shouting and getting angry and would have written the letter.
“I don’t want to, though?”
“You don’t? Fine, don’t write it then. Don’t write it. You and your mom can go to jail together. You’ll go there and never come out for the rest of your lives.”
I had been sexually harassed so often that I didn't think much of it and was planning to let it slide with a moderate punishment, but this was truly malicious.
I watched silently as she snatched the paper and pen back.
“I’m taking them! This is really your last chance, you hear? You and your mom are going to jail. You won’t see her for the rest of your life. You’re going to be a criminal!”
I looked at the police auntie who had wiped away her fake concern and was now threatening me with a blank face. She looked frantic.
The police auntie slammed the door and left. Since it would obviously take some time for Tiria to arrive, I grew curious about what other tricks she would try in the meantime.
After a few minutes, another police sister entered. No, it was the lady who had been leading the boys.
“Yong-hwan, is it true that you attacked Inspector Mayer?”
“No, that person sexually harassed me, so I acted in self-defense.”
“But everyone says they saw it, and that you just attacked her out of nowhere…”
It seemed a strange rumor had already spread throughout the station. Or perhaps they had given false information to this police sister, whom I had at least met briefly. Or maybe they were all in on it.
“I was sexually harassed, and I fought back accordingly. I did nothing wrong.”
“No, but still… Inspector Mayer is the daughter of a famous corporation…. You probably won’t understand even if I tell you… sigh… what should I do…..”
It certainly wasn't a massive corporation run by a Ducal family, and if they couldn't even buy a noble title, it was likely just a decent mid-sized company.
“For now, Superintendent Sollier said that if you write a letter of apology, she and Inspector Mayer will show leniency. Why don’t you just write it? Since they said you only need to write that you’re sorry, it seems like they’re trying to let you off easy…”
She had spoken with such confidence that I thought she was someone important, but no. Not that a Superintendent isn't significant, but seeing how she treated me with such insolence and threats, I was a bit surprised because I thought her rank would be similar to my mom’s.
It seemed this Superintendent was taking a lot of pocket money from the Inspector’s family and acting as their backer. Still, to come personally to threaten a child—she was certainly a well-trained dog.
“I’m not writing it.”
I stood my ground. No matter how I thought about it, this was a problem that could be settled at my mom’s level—wait, not "sow," my mom. If Mom were here, she could have handled it.
Calling Tiria was my way of escalating things further, and if Tiria couldn't handle it, I had Hindel, that transparent dragon—no, the Commie Dragon—on my side.
“Ugh…. Ju-just a moment!”
The police sister left, and the one called Superintendent came back in.
“Are you really not going to write it? I’m trying to look out for you because you’re like a son to me. If you don’t write this, things will get really bad.”
Unlike before, she was trying to coax me in a very soft manner.
“If I’m like a son to you, are you going to sexually harass me too?”
“Wh-what?!”
The Superintendent raised her voice, seemingly shocked by my direct remark. My mom used to eat me up just fine, though. Well, since I was the one who "ate" her, maybe saying it like that is weird.
“Did you just… sexually harass me, your big sister?”
“It’s not harassment, I’m just asking. Auntie.”
“Like mother, like son. I’ve had enough. You’re going to jail. Yes, you and your mother are both beyond saving, just social trash that needs to be—”
Just as the Superintendent auntie was about to lose her temper at me, the door swung open violently.
BAM!
“Who is it?! I said don’t come in…!”
“Tiria!”
Tiria looked at me.
“So, what’s going on?”
“Is it you? How did you raise this child for him to—!”
The Superintendent auntie lunged forward aggressively and grabbed Tiria by the collar.
“Let go of me. Now, tell me. What happened, Yong-hwan? And where did Rhea go?”
“She went on a date with a suspect!”
Tiria’s face contorted.
“And you, let go of this. I’ve arrived without a full grasp of the situation, so I’ll decide whether to beat you or not after I look into it.”
“You? ‘You’? You clearly don’t know what’s happening—”
Tiria raised her hand expressionlessly.
And then, she swung it lightly.
CRACK!
With a sonic boom that defied the idea of a mere slap to the cheek, the Superintendent was sent flying straight into the wall.