Fernando City, Imperial Government Office,
Although Luke is the actual manager of the imperial capital, he is now just a civilian. After his title of finance minister was dismissed by Fernando XIII, there has been no official reinstatement. However, everyone is selective about this. ignored,
Luke sat in front of the table, concentrating on his official duties and defeating the attack of the orcs. The human empire had a lot to do, including providing pensions to the families of fallen soldiers, preparing clothing and food for the winter, rebuilding residences, and organizing manpower to deal with them again. The property taken over from some fleeing nobles and officials...
Government affairs are endless, but Luke's interest is extremely high. For a person like Luke who is addicted to power, handling official affairs is the greatest enjoyment. Every sentence of Luke's instructions may determine hundreds or even thousands of people. One's destiny, this pleasure of holding other people's destiny in one's own hands, cannot be replaced by anything else.
"Let me in... You damn guards, don't you know who I am?" There was a noisy voice outside the door, which made Luke, whose thoughts were interrupted, very angry. He was about to open his mouth and curse a few times. sentence, but suddenly remembered the owner of the angry voice,
"It's so fast." Luke said silently in his heart: "It's only been a few days since the defense of the imperial capital ended, and they actually took action."
"Bang." With a sound, the door of the room was knocked open, and a nobleman about 40 years old strode in, and the guards guarding outside Luke's room followed closely behind the nobleman. Walking in, the leader of them quickly said after seeing Luke: "I'm sorry, sir, we... He insisted on breaking in, we..."
"Go down." Luke waved his hand gently and let the delinquent guards go out. When there were two people left in the room, Luke's face was full of smiles and he stood up. He walked up to the noble in a few steps and said in a respectful tone: "Welcome back, my Birmingham."
That's right, this nobleman who is around 40 years old is Birmingham, who once hoped to inherit the throne of Fernando XIII. Fernando, in terms of royal blood, can be ranked among the top three in succession to the throne. Of course, that is Before these nobles fled the imperial capital,
"Hmph." Birmingham said displeasedly: "Luke, your men really... actually dare to stop me."
Luke was actually very angry because he ordered the guards to stop everyone. As a result, a Birmingham man with royal blood left them wondering what to do. Several strong guards actually let a The nobleman who was extremely weak and lingered in the house of married women broke in like this.
However, with Luke's scheming, his face was full of apologies, and he said loudly: "Oh, you have been wronged. Those guards are all new. How do I know you? I'll tell you later." Remove them, oh, by the way, you are."
Seeing that Luke had directly brought the topic to the point, Birmingham stopped beating around the bush. He went straight to a chair and sat down. Then he said to Luke: "I came back from Seawind City this time, mainly about Catherine. As we all know, this woman is just Cru, Fernando's wife. How can she become the queen of the empire? I have asked everyone for their opinions, and everyone thinks that she cannot continue to sit in that position. "
Luke secretly sneered in his heart. These worms ran faster than anyone else when faced with danger, but once the crisis was over, they immediately flew back like flies smelling rotten meat. It was really annoying, "That's true, but , my Lord Birmingham, who do you think should inherit this position?"
As soon as he heard Luke say the most important part, Birmingham's breathing suddenly became rapid. He couldn't sit still anymore and stood up suddenly. Birmingham kept rubbing his hands, and his forehead was even slightly sweating. , and his face was even more flushed: "This, this, I think... Oh, no, it's because everyone thinks this, should, that..."
Seeing that Birmingham was hesitant and unwilling to continue, Luke smiled meaningfully and said what Birmingham wanted to say but couldn't say: "I personally feel that this position is only reserved for our Lord Birmingham." You are qualified to inherit, one of you is too old, and the other is too young, isn't it?"
"Yes, yes." Birmingham said repeatedly: "That's the truth. You, Luke, still understand the truth. Ah, if I sit in that position, I will definitely make you the Chancellor of the Imperial Finance."
"Then I would like to thank you first." Luke nodded slightly, and then said in a low voice: "But the key now is that you must get the support of other people. How about this? You try to contact other people as much as possible. We will win their support, and then we will find an opportunity to bring this matter forward. When the time comes, haha... "
"That's right, that's right." Birmingham said repeatedly: "I'll go right now, I'll go right now."
"Wait." Luke stopped Birmingham, who was about to walk out in a hurry, and whispered in his ear: "Please keep it secret, otherwise it will be troublesome if others know."
Birmingham patted Luke's shoulder vigorously, nodded with satisfaction, and walked out confidently with his hands behind his back.
Luke looked at Birmingham's back, with a trace of regret on his face. This expression immediately turned into anger. A moment later, four strong men walked in with their heads held high. These people were the same as those who had been guarding outside Luke's door. The guards are different. These people have been adopted by Luke since he was a child. They are loyal to Luke. The guards outside the door just now were specially promoted by Luke. After all, Luke is now the actual person in power in the imperial capital. It is appropriate. Promoting some outsiders will make it easier to win people's hearts.
What Luke didn't expect was that after seeing Birmingham, who had royal blood, the people he promoted were so timid that they let the other party break in. This was what made Luke the most angry. Luke is responsible for the food, clothing and housing of those people, but if something happens and he refuses to help, if all Luke's men are like this, then Luke might as well just pack up and go home, his own The guards can't control themselves, so why should they deal with national affairs
In view of this, Luke specially mobilized his confidants. He wanted to deal with those who were unwilling to truly contribute to him. If he did not set a bloody example for those who came after him, many things would be in trouble. It was difficult to handle. Luke looked at these four of his confidants and said pointedly: "I never care about people who are close to each other. As long as they are capable, I will vigorously promote them. Of course, if the people I promote are not loyal enough, Then he can’t go very far.”
The four strong men stood upright like that, ignoring Luke's words. However, Luke knew that these four people had actually heard his words. It was just that they had undergone strict training since they were young. No matter when the master did not Let them speak and they are mute,
"The few guards who were guarding my door just now are quite capable. Now the work of rebuilding the imperial capital requires a large number of manpower. Let them go wherever the danger is most. Don't treat them differently just because they have been with me. .”
The person standing on the far left of these four people had an extra yellow stripe on his collar than the other three. He was probably the leader among these people. After hearing Luke's words, this person just nodded slightly but did not speak.
Luke added: "This man is still the most considerate I have been used to since I was a child. From now on, my safety will be left to you. Everyone takes turns. Don't work too hard."
Hearing the encouraging tone in Luke's words, the four people remained expressionless. Only the leader nodded slightly again.
Luke waved his hand and let his men go out. When he was the only one left in the room, Luke suddenly said in a voice that only he could hear: "Or, we should create a few accidents."
Fernando City, Luke's Residence,
Ryan waved his hand vigorously and said unhappily: "I am just an ordinary magic apprentice. I don't understand the things you are talking about, and I don't want to understand."
Hubble, Fernando, the 7-year-old child who also has the right to inherit the throne like Birmingham, is sitting on the ground, playing with an exquisite warship made of gold with great interest, and next to the heir to the throne, a man aged around The man in his 30s took the trouble to say: "Ah, you are so humble. Who doesn't know that in the battle to defend the Thunder God Fortress and the Imperial Capital, apart from the great wizard Victor, you were the first in military merit."
Ryan said with an unhappy face: "That's just what I should do, and it has nothing to do with those politics."
"Ah ha, how can we say this has nothing to do with it? According to Camp, Fernando, with your great achievements, you are enough to hold the post of Marshal of the Empire. If our Hubble can sit in that position, I will definitely recommend you to him, you see.”
Ryan wished he could use a fireball to destroy the nonsense guy in front of him, but he still held back. After all, this man in his 30s also had royal blood. Ryan was not afraid of getting into trouble, but he didn't want to give Farasi and Lu Can cause trouble,
"We'll talk about this later. I'm going to practice." Ryan stood up and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, Camp stretched out his hand to stop Ryan and said loudly: "Aha, I almost forgot, our lovely Hubble I have mentioned you more than once, and he wants to learn magic from you. Now that I have time, why don't you give him some guidance."
Ryan looked at the little guy who was not yet 7 years old sitting on the ground. Seeing that his nose was almost flowing to his chest, and he didn't know how to wipe it, an urge to kill emerged from the bottom of his heart. Ryan really Unable to bear it anymore, he said word by word: "I have a habit. If someone doesn't let me practice magic when it's time, then I will use that person as a target."
After saying that, Ryan flipped his hand, and a ball of fire appeared in his hand.