"Your Highness! Your Highness..."
"Are you okay? Your Highness Dean..."
The hazy voice coming from his ears called Areguso's scattered consciousness back to the real world from the distant twisted void. Looking at the familiar scene around him with the appearance of 'Dean', Areguso waved his hand and said : "I'm fine, keep talking."
In the temporary lord's mansion located in the Golden Spike Territory of the Kingdom of Belrama, several territorial officials who were having a meeting in the conference room looked at the second prince Dean with puzzled expressions. His Royal Highness seemed to be very tired these days. He rests in his room all the time, unless there are some important things coming from the royal capital, and the usual territorial chores are left to the officials below.
"It's Your Highness~ So regarding the Punk and Gredo families who were executed because of Silvado in the Golden Spike Territory, the properties left by the two families are currently being counted, and recently some people seem to have taken out some documents to try to Proven to be the heir to both families.”
"Then what?" Listening to this, 'Dean' was ready to close his eyes again.
The official who was reporting paused and then said in a calm tone: "Now as a special period, these properties should be temporarily detained. After verifying the identity of the other party, they will be returned according to Alu's regulations. However, according to the intelligence, members of the Punk and Greedo families have been detained. Silvado killed all of them and there were no survivors. I believe that the other party is probably a liar, so it is better to put this property into the territorial treasury. "
The official's meaning is very clear. Since there is no one in the Punk and Gradow families now, it is better to put these remaining unowned properties directly into the pockets of His Highness the Prince. As for the two families holding the so-called documents In all likelihood, the legal heirs appeared from nowhere, let alone whether they are really from the two families, and even if they are, so what? The members of the Punk family and the Glado family have been killed by the despicable Silvado. The so-called heirs of the two families are just a group of imposters. Even if the documents in their hands are genuine, they belong to the two families. It was quietly stolen when the family was wiped out, so there is no way to prove anything.
There are really as many trumped-up charges as there are charges, and there will never be any such situation.
"Let's do it this way. Consolidate this property and fill it into the finances during this period. I hope the territory's commerce will recover as soon as possible."
"Okay ~ Your Highness Dean."
The officials who originally wanted to make a good impression in front of His Royal Highness had to sit down with some disappointment. As the two major families that once divided the world in the Golden Spike Territory, the Punk and Greedo families left a huge legacy. However, 'Dean' still seems to be uninterested and has no intention of putting this wealth in his pocket. Is this prince really not interested in this wealth at all? Well~ No matter what the reason is, at least in this regard it is much better than that greedy idiot prince Silvado!
After the second prince Dean became the new lord of the Golden Spike Territory, the original territorial officials and citizens compared Dean and Silvado from time to time, and the conclusion drawn from the comparison between the two was that Silvado was worthy of the The title of Idiot now comes with a lot of new titles such as cultist, traitor, blasphemer, etc. Even though the Golden Spike Territory once ushered in a prosperous scene in the late period under the hands of Silvado , but people will also attribute these achievements to the name of the beautiful female devil Miss Sally instead of Silvado.
Although Prince Dean has not formally administered the government since he came to the territory, and is generally still dealing with the various messes left by Silvado, Dean, who already has a good reputation in the capital of the Kingdom of Belrama, is naturally considered to have transcendent authority. Silvado's talents, and Silvado was already notorious, and colluding with cultists to attract demons to attack the royal capital made him worse than shit in a cesspool. People naturally and naturally have preconceptions in comparison. If the person's evil appearance is unilateral, he will not have any good impression.
In fact, 'Dean' himself knows very well that Silvado has indeed never done anything good in his life, but now it is ironic that the person who was insulted and praised now is actually the same person.
"Your Highness, if you feel uncomfortable, would you like a doctor and a priest to come and take a look at you?" An official asked worriedly when he saw His Royal Highness looking tired.
"No, just keep talking, I'm listening."
How can a mortal doctor diagnose and treat demons in the former, and the latter is even more ridiculous, asking followers of the goddess to apply blessings and holy light to a demon
Seeing this, the officials had no choice but to continue to follow the instructions. Although a doctor had come to examine the prince before, the conclusion at that time was that his highness was too exhausted and mentally exhausted. It’s just that His Highness was really very hardworking when he first arrived in the Golden Spike Territory. After all, the idiot prince Silvado left too many messes for His Highness to deal with. However, now that things in the Territory have gradually gotten back on track, His Highness has begun to He looks tired day by day, and his look and attitude always seem to indicate that he is not interested in anything.
Is it because the eldest prince Victor seized the throne
In the Kingdom of Belrama, due to a series of evil deeds committed by Silvado, during a period when the reputation of the royal family was severely hit, the old king who was rescued from the control of the devil had been forced to abdicate. Originally, Di His Highness An's voice for ascending to the throne was the highest. Even the messengers of the Holy See and the Goddess were very optimistic about Dean. However, in the end, His Highness the Second Prince chose to take the initiative after receiving the assurance from His Highness the Eldest Prince because he did not want the royal family to be further divided. Retreating, this result is somewhat unexpected and shocking.
And what His Highness Dean, who voluntarily gave up the throne, was appointed as the lord of the Golden Spike Territory, and received the guarantee from the eldest prince to allow the Golden Spike Territory to have a high degree of autonomy. This important land that was once fought over by the two princes ended up being It fell into Dean's hands, but ironically His Highness lost his throne as a result.
Dean closed his eyes again and leaned back on the chair as if falling into a deep sleep again, Dean! To be precise, Areguso, the killing master in the void, is very aware of his situation. Tiredness is inevitable. After all, while putting his main consciousness into the main material plane, he has to control his body in the twisted void from thousands of miles away. This kind of dual-line manipulation of the main body at such a long distance and separated by the laws of the interface is indeed a very laborious matter. Once, when the succubus queen Sallyen projected the clone into the main material plane, she deliberately put the main body into a deep sleep to weaken it. consumption, but he had to take care of both the void and the main material plane, and he couldn't do what Sallyen did.
As for the properties left by the Punk and Gredo families, for Areguso, these things are valuable in the eyes of mortals, but they are worthless in his own eyes. Mortals use money as a certificate to obtain materials, and use money to To measure a person's social status, but in the world of extraordinary people, money is just a derivative, and power is the most fundamental thing. Just like in times of turmoil, bandits without money can rely on the swords in their hands. Take away everything from those who are rich. Those who have wealth but no power are just fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of others, while those who have no money but power can use the power in their hands to take away everything from the other party - even life!
As the second prince of Belrama Kingdom, Dean may need money to build his army and support his cronies, but as the master of killing, Areguso said that his army and cronies are based on strength, fear, The slaves who were afraid of power got something more precious than wealth that they had extravagantly given from the very beginning—that is, their lives!
A mortal king needs to check and balance his ministers to avoid a situation of personal dominance, but this is not necessary for the demon master of the abyss, because his own power is enough to crush everything, so that all his subordinates cannot even think of resistance. come out.
This is called absolute! And this is the greatest standard in this world!
From the very beginning, Areguso had no interest in playing intrigue games with mortals. Just like a giant dragon would not be interested in the wealth in an ant nest, it was impossible for a giant dragon to lower its body and negotiate with ants. Anyway, for itself, In other words, mortals can tell the existence that they have erased with just a look. Since an ant nest can be kicked away with one kick, there will be that fool who will run to talk slowly with superficial ants.
All he needs is time, and it will take some time to complete the final transformation!
And when that time comes, no matter how great the power or wealth or beauty is, I can seize it all with my own hands, and I can do it effortlessly. At that time, not only the mortal world, but also the few fools in the abyss who are still kept in the dark will understand that everything they are fighting for now has no meaning.
Listening to the officials regarding the distribution of property within the territory, Areguso couldn't help but sneer secretly. It is better for the ants to play their own games. The games he wants to play must at least have an equal opponent. interesting. It's just that now I have to continue to use Dean's identity to cover up. Some things can be left to these ants to deal with, but when the ants go too far in their self-righteousness, then they need to be beaten, otherwise they will show too much. Concessions would also make outsiders suspicious of 'Dean'.
Of course, there is no need to lower yourself to a group of ants and have a heart-to-heart talk with them. What you like is to kill them violently, which saves effort and more importantly, saves time.
"Take care of this bug today. Don't do anything too outrageous. Let it go a little more normally."
"Yes! Your Highness Dean."
After the meeting, in the deserted dormitory, 'Dean' handed a list to the girl in the shadows. After taking the list, the other party nodded silently and then slowly dropped it as if it had merged with the darkness.
Areguso, who was wearing Dean's appearance, lay on the bed and rested for a while. At this time, a maid knocked on the door. Areguso couldn't help but frowned. He had originally ordered not to see anyone. But when the maid revealed that a visitor was coming, even the master who maintained his status as a prince on the surface had to get up to meet the visitor.
Cardinal Iseno Wriston of the Holy See! (~^~)