Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2602

"These runts have everything we could only dream about and some more yet they whine like I stole their lunch money!" Lith snarled.

"Back in my day? Brats? Runts?" Kamila laughed her ass off. "You talk like you are an old coot like Rudd whereas you graduated less than six years ago."

"Also, don't believe a word he says, Kami." Solus shared her hilarity and then some. "He used to complain about everything and if the old Lith had access to a Tablet, he would curse its inventor and scheme until he got his hands on physical books to keep cheating his way with Soluspedia."

"Damn right, I would. Cheating is fine as long as I'm the one doing it." Lith said with a straight face, making them laugh harder. "I hate fair fights."

They had been forced to leave Lutia for a while because of the massive influx of tourists since the opening of the public Warp Gate.

Even those who until a day ago had sworn to be terrified at the idea of a Divine Beast living among humans had booked their trip to visit the birthplace of the only (known) living Magus of the Kingdom with the hope of meeting him in person.

As for the regional capitals, Tablets had spread like wildfire down to the working middle class. It helped kids with their homework, the parents to always know where their children were and with who, and the city guards to catch criminals like they were fish in a barrel.

Anyone with a Tablet could call for help with a button and the mainframe would relay the call to the nearest officer along with the coordinates of the crime. Witnesses could take photos and videos that could be forwarded anonymously just like at the academies.

Most of the senior citizens in the poor neighborhoods with nothing to do all day and a chip on their shoulders were gold mines, reporting multiple crimes and minor infractions daily.

"We are going to call this the 'Respect your Elders' or 'Second Life' program." King Meron said. "Make up a plausible reason to give one Tablet for free to each senior citizen. We need to pass them as a personal reward like a tax refund.

"They must perceive the Tablet as something they earned, not charity, or many elders will refuse them out of pride. Also, we must make sure that they keep it instead of reselling it so force them to imprint the Tablet upon delivery in front of the clerk.

"We are saving a fortune in crime prevention."

The anonymous reports weren't anonymous at all. The Royals had administrator access to the mainframes and could trace the energy signature of every report to a specific amulet.

They used them to locate the pockets of crime and increase security in those areas, to issue protective details for the scared but still honest citizens, and to frame those who used the anonymous reports to frame their competition.

Even criminals liked and used Tablets, not knowing that every word they spoke was recorded and that the device allowed their position to be followed in real time with pinpoint accuracy.

Following criminals and collecting evidence of their crimes wasn't a problem anymore, the issue was to have them sentenced without revealing the source of that information.

The free Tablet and its public library helped poor families to learn and practice how to read, write, and count. Paper was expensive and most of them would never hold a single sheet their whole lives but now they had dozens of tomes at their fingertips.

Those who were smart enough could reveal their talent no matter their upbringing, amassing knowledge if they were talented scholars and learning magic if their mana cores allowed it. _{freeweɓnovēl.coɱ}