At dusk, Rien arrives at the student council room, where he comes to pick up Miriam's student handbook.

No matter what time of day she came, Tova's desk was always full of papers, some of which she was supposed to work on, and some of which the instructor had lazily stuffed for her. Of course, the number of documents now is much less than in the previous two months, and it seems that she has listened to Li En's persuasion and appropriately delegated power.

"President, treat you." Lane carried two paper bags and leaned against the table.

"Wow, it's my favorite apple pie, thank you, Lane." Tova twitched her little nose cutely.

"Hurry up and eat it, it won't taste good when it's cold."

"Hehe, you invite me to eat apple pie, I invite you to tea, we say okay."

"yes, we said yes." Rien smiled softly.

Anyone would feel distressed to see Tova working hard, and Lane was no exception. Therefore, whenever he comes to the student union room, he will find various reasons to bring condolences to Tova. Over time, Tova was embarrassed, and later overheard Lane saying that she made good lemon tea, so she agreed with Lane that one person would bring food and one person would make tea.

will only force herself, but she is unwilling to owe others anything, even if others really don't mind, even if she has suffered a lot because of this, she is also willing. This is Tova Herschel, the student president who has been unanimously recognized by all the teachers and students of the school. It is in this way that she was able to gather the scattered students in the civil war and launch a battle to retake the school.

"Here, this is Miriam's student handbook." Like a squirrel, after nibbling on the apple pie, Tova handed the things to Riene, "Chloe-san already has a student handbook, so it's no problem to help him add the ARCUS page." ”

Tolz's student handbook is such a handy thing, integrating student ID, grade points, assignment notes, and sticky notes in one, one copy in hand, no other needs. Compared with the ID card, student ID, library card, meal card, laboratory door card, etc., in the previous life, this kind of universal feeling is simply a heaven and a place.

Ahem, it's far away, please forgive an adult who is crazy and tortured by all kinds of documents. Getting back to the point, Li En accepted the student handbook, and then knocked on the side and said, "I remember that our school doesn't accept transfer students?" Why did Miriam come in? ”

"Generally speaking, yes, yes, but it's not absolutely that transfer students are not accepted." "It's just because the transfer test is much more difficult than the entrance exam and the vetting is more stringent that we have almost no transfer students." Miriam's situation is a bit peculiar, though. ”

"How special?" Rien knows that she is asking the right person, and Tova's position in the school is unique, and there are very few things she doesn't know about in the school.

"She was recommended by the Military Intelligence Bureau for admission, and the "Tactical Hub" used in the actual skill test is also the same, because there is a guarantee from His Majesty the Emperor, so the academy cannot refuse."

"It turned out to be a guarantee from His Majesty the Emperor?" Lane's heart sank.

"Well, although it was the Prime Minister who set up the Intelligence Bureau and the Railway Gendarmerie, at that time, His Majesty also gave an assurance, which can be called exceptional. So, if you recommend it from there, we seem to reject it too. ”

"That's right," Rien narrowed his eyes, his fingers tapping on the armrest of the couch. I thought it was my own father who covered the sky with one hand and acted arbitrarily, but I didn't expect Yukent III to secretly push it, and it seems that the connection between the emperor and the prime minister is much closer than imagined. Taking this incident as an opportunity, a series of relevant information quickly flashed through Lien's mind.

Twelve years ago, when the Hamel tragedy occurred and the Hundred Days War broke out, he was abandoned by Osborne in the land of wind and snow in the Isint Mountains, and was picked up and adopted by Baron Schwarzer, who had just returned from hunting. (If Li Ye is frozen to death, the fun will be great.) ）

Eleven years ago, the Empire signed a peace treaty with Liber, and soon after, Osborne became the Prime Minister of the Empire, and was made an earl, shocking the world, knowing that during the Hundred Days War, he was only in the middle of the army.

In the following decade, Osborne, with the support of the emperor, used "peaceful" means to expand abroad, turning the surrounding small states into autonomous states directly under the imperial government; Internally, he made drastic reforms to improve the efficiency of government operations, and at the same time, his tentacles gradually spread to various places. Gradually, he had a title - the iron-blooded prime minister.

Taking advantage of the annexation of the autonomous prefectures and the benefits of government reforms, the iron-blooded prime minister unleashed a series of combo punches.

First, we need to renovate armaments. The defeat in the Hundred Days War was a slap in the face to the imperial army that claimed to be the best in the world, and the whole army was holding back its anger, and Osborne's new decision suddenly scratched the itch of the generals. Taking this as an opportunity, Osborne began to influence the army.

Second, the construction of a railway network throughout the country. This decision can be said to be beneficial for all generations. For the people, it is convenient to travel; In business and in the military, greatly reduce the cost of transportation. When the rail network was completed, Osborne's prestige at home was unshakable.

Later, Osborne set up an intelligence bureau to monitor the country and abroad, and a rapid reaction force, the railway gendarmerie, a fast-armed prime minister who finally bared his fangs at the aristocracy, completely forgetting that he was a count himself. Naturally, this move was strongly countered by the vested interests - the aristocratic faction, but at this time Osborne was in a big situation, and although the aristocratic faction was powerful, there was nothing they could do about him. In this way, the imperial political arena became a situation of two-peaked confrontation between the reformists with the iron-blooded prime minister as the core and the aristocratic faction with the four famous families as the core, and it has continued to this day.

Having said so much, it's all about the iron-blooded prime minister, so what about the emperor who vigorously promoted the prime minister? What has he done over the years?

Li En took the opportunity to sort out the emperor's information according to the timeline, and it was only then that he discovered that the degree to which Yukent III, who had lived in seclusion in recent years, had faded out was actually proportional to the expansion of Osborne's power!

The prime minister has not yet ascended the throne, and His Majesty the Emperor has made great efforts. The prime minister ascended to the throne, and the emperor gradually delegated power. Wait until the reformers and the aristocracy stand side by side, and the emperor will rule with his bow - I'll take it, this is the Taoist philosophy, okay? You, an emperor of another world, actually play this set.

In other words, the current situation is deliberately created by Yukent III, and he is the real mastermind behind it. As for the fact that after the civil war, Osborne was really the only one and covered the sky with one hand, whether it was still expected by the emperor, or whether the emperor got away with it, it is unknown.

Ryne prefers the former, and from the analysis of the available information and the clues in the game, Yukent III has always given the impression of "I know everything, but I don't say anything". He seemed to know the existence of the Rider God, the identity of Rien, the secrets of the Black Land, and even the association. Thinking of the fact that all the men of the royal family have to go to Tolz to study, Osborne graduated from Tolz, Te'o graduated from Tolz, Osborne sent Rien to Shu Huaze's family to raise, Te'o sent Elyse to Elphine and a series of things, these three old men have no connection, and they have not engaged in any earth-shattering conspiracy, ladies and gentlemen, do you believe it? Lane didn't believe it anyway.

Thinking about it this way, is it possible that the aristocratic faction and the association colluded and then rebelled as part of their calculations? Olibart's series of actions also have their covert help? Is there any guidance from the seemingly independent choices of Li En and others? You can't blame Li for thinking too much, it's really that the behavior of these three old men is too suspicious.

Suspicion 1: The movements of the royal family guarding the Vander family. Of the huge Fandel family, only the two uncles and nephews, Sykes and Mura, were active in the civil war, both of whom were supporters of Ogua, but what about the others? Where is the Grandmaster of the Fandel family? The swordsmith of light was able to protect Ogua from the most turbulent western part of the empire, so couldn't Fandel protect the emperor from escaping the imperial capital? There was no news of this clan until the end of the civil strife, wasn't it the emperor's instructions?

Suspicion two, Te'o's silence. Who is Special Olympics? A good friend of Yukent III, I think back then, Yukent often came to Yumir to play, and he didn't do anything in the civil war with such a close relationship! Yes, he hid Elfin, who was later seriously injured. But that was after Rien woke up after a month of sleep, and it was not surprising that he had been staying in Yomir for a month and doing nothing? With Lane's understanding of Te'O, it is impossible for him to leave his friend under house arrest, at least he will make some moves, even if it is a drop in the bucket. But he didn't, there was only one answer, and he was instructed by Yukent III.

Suspicion three, where the prime minister's confidence to resist the association lies, with one of the thirteen workshops, the black workshop, Li En does not believe it. Osborne has been dealing with the "Society" for ten years, and he should know the strength of the "Society" better than anyone else, even more than the host of the imperial part of the "Phantom Flame Project", Vita herself has not joined the "Society" for ten years. It is true that the Black Workshop is very powerful, the manufacture of the "Gospel", and the awesome puppet technology, but this is nothing in front of the White God Machine who has obtained the "Ring of Radiance" and the power of the Void God, even if the Prime Minister is really related to the goblin, the Prime Minister himself is also mixed, which is not enough!

The only one who can resist the arcane treasure is the arcana, and there are two arcane treasures sleeping in the dark earth, and the most closely related to it is none other than the primeval bloodline - the Arnoor bloodline! Maybe it's not that the prime minister has confidence, but the emperor himself has confidence!

Therefore, this kind of arrangement is the most troublesome plan for more than ten years, and at this moment, Li En even has plans to have a showdown with the three old men, anyway, he is also an indispensable part of the plan, so that there will be no bones left to be eaten.

Do you want a showdown?

"Lane, Lane!" The shaking of his shoulders and the sound in his ears interrupted his thoughts, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Tova's puffed face, "The tea is going to be cold." ”

"Sorry, I was distracted." Lane rubbed Tova's hair.

"yes, hey, drink it quickly, no, Li En, boys can't touch girls' heads casually, this is"

Yes, if there is a showdown, of course I have no problem, but I'm afraid that the people around me will become pawns. I can't do that for their sake.

"Li En, are you listening?"

"Huh."

"Rien-san!"