The trials on the island of Cape Land come to an end, and Koster, Lolita, and Feida finally return to Kyoto City. Lolita once again entered a state of indulging in the study of magic, and rarely went out when she returned to the small building where she was temporarily staying. Shops is also preparing to continue his studies at the Royal Academy of San Jose.

Feida has been a little confused lately and doesn't know what she can do. Kester proposed to invite a martial arts master to help Feida hone her martial arts, but unexpectedly, the few martial arts masters who were finally invited were not Feida's opponents, and in a fit of anger, Feida broke off his thoughts, just wandering around the market every day, and sometimes went to the big library to accompany Grandpa Kuta.

The royal family of San Jose is the Lane family, and the current "human emperor", called Benin Lane, is a big fat man with a bloated body. This emperor, the ability to govern the country is so-so, the most talked about by the mainlanders is that he is a very, very lascivious emperor, it is said that the Red Fort is full of his illegitimate children. According to the news from a certain royal attendant, there are about 99 illegitimate children in the Red Keep, all of whom are of all races.

The good deeds on the mainland summed up the royal families and nobles of various countries, and called three extremely lascivious nobles with the "three perverts", they were the "human emperor" Benin Lyman, Prince Ferdinand, the crown prince of Desic, and a grand duke of a certain country in the Shang Alliance.

San Jose Empire, Kyoto City, Chamber of the Main Fort of the Red Fort.

Benin Lehmann, who was sitting at the table, looked at the pile of official documents on the table, completely devoid of energy. He gently knocked on the copper bell on the table, and after a crisp copper bell jingling, a palace eunuch stepped forward, "Your Majesty, do you have any orders?"

Benin snorted, "Let the court magician come, I'm a little distracted." ”

The court eunuch bowed and retreated, and soon, a middle-aged court mage dressed in a gold-rimmed white robe came to the emperor's side, holding a strangely shaped magic lamp in his hand.

Unlike ordinary magic lamps, this lamp is somewhat similar in shape, but instead of a magic crystal for glowing, it is replaced by a columnar metal tube that glows blue and seems to be made of precious silver.

The mage walked in front of Benin, put down the magic lamp, and with a burst of incantations, the silver tube began to glow slowly, and a strange blue light slowly released, and with the mage's gesture guidance, the blue light connected to the back of Benin's head.

Benin let out a burst of satisfaction, slowly fell asleep, and a strange smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth. The middle-aged mage focused on casting spells without any mood changes.

Outside the council chamber, San Jose's chief minister, minister of affairs, foreign secretary, and several other middle-aged people in their fifties gathered together to deal with the affairs of the empire.

"Is the Emperor enjoying it again? I saw that Master Moning had just gone in. "It was an old man with a freckled face and a bronzed robe, who was San Jose's Minister of Affairs, Berish.

"Yes, it's the second time today. His Majesty the Emperor is becoming more and more obsessed with the 'spiritual lamp'. "This is another old man in a red robe, he is slightly younger and more energetic, and he wears the golden book coin coat of arms of the empire on his chest, this is the foreign secretary of the empire, Langton, he has the royal blood of San Jose, so he can wear the royal coat of arms.

The old man in black who sat at the top was the oldest and serious, he did not speak, and buried his head in carefully looking at the documents on the table. On the black robe, there is a golden hand-shaped badge. He was the Emperor's Hand of San Jose, Chief Chancellor, Dirk.

These people, as well as the chancellor of the exchequer and the secretary of war who were not present, formed the royal cabinet of San Jose. Unlike the traditional emperor style of Emperor Desik, the emperor of San Jose may have been descended from a scholarly lineage and preferred to share power. The emperor himself, in addition to making decisions on major events, usually entrusts affairs to the emperor.

The Hand of the Emperor himself would invite the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of the Army and Navy to form a cabinet meeting to discuss national policies and military strategies. So the San Jose Cabinet is the highest authority in San Jose. In addition to this, the Grand Magister of Merlin, as the leader of the court magicians, also has a seat at the cabinet meeting.

"Desic has been really restless lately, and last year he blackmailed the merchant alliance, and now he is making some unexplained small moves on the other side of the border, and Count Mosik (Note 2) has been inspecting the front line for a while, and I don't know what the situation is. "It's still Baelish who speaks.

The Chief Chancellor, Dirk, did not continue on the topic, but turned his head and asked, "The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been ill lately, so take the time to visit him." Now the empire has a lot of financial affairs, and it can't be separated from him. ”

"The Chancellor of the Exchequer is too old, and the Medic has no better way, so let's wait for Merlin to come back next time and let him take a look." ”

The Chief Minister replied, "Yes." Merlin said a few days ago that he was going to the Cape to organize the trial of a new batch of court magicians, but he hasn't come back yet. ”

"I guess there are some other things that haven't been done. As you know, magicians are strange people, especially Merlin. ”

"yes. The Chief Minister sighed, in recent years, mages have become more and more important, and His Majesty the Emperor has reached the point where he can't do without Master Mo Ning. "I have to admit that their gadgets are very magical, and I now use magic lamps given by court magicians in my house. However, I always felt that the hand of their court magician was too long. ”

The Chief Minister's sentiments are not unreasonable. As a court magician who is a research-oriented organization, he should have been obsessed with magical research all year round, and he should have locked himself in a remote place like the Great Library of San Jose or Cape Island. However, since Master Merlin became the Grand Magus, with his actions to please the Human Emperor Benin, not only did he succeed in entering the cabinet, but also the court magician. It has become an out-and-out political force in San Jose.

"Let's talk about the present!", interjected Langton, the foreign secretary.

"Ambassador De Sik, I hope to complete the normalization of maritime trade with us, and take advantage of the non-ice period of the Long Sea to trade in large quantities of furs, herbs and grain from our country, which are special products of northern Xinjiang. ”

"Hmph, Desik's Heart. ”

Ignoring the reactions of others, the Foreign Secretary continued, "Diplomatically speaking, the demand for food trade does not go beyond the boundaries between countries. Moreover, Desik's reason is that in recent years, there have been large snowstorms in the north of Desik and the grain harvest has failed, which can only be said to be a valid reason.

The Chief Minister closed the document in his hand, "Ignore this matter for now, and let the Chancellor of the Exchequer and them grind over the amount of acquisition." ”

The deliberations of the Cabinet of Ministers lasted for a long time. The San Jose Empire, as the richest country on the continent, has a lot of daily affairs, thanks to the efficiency of the cabinet system and the resourcefulness of the chief minister, the San Jose Empire is running very well, with rich products and a strong economy, not to mention the flourishing scientific and technological and cultural undertakings, it is not an exaggeration to say that the San Jose Empire is the first power on the mainland.

Now the problem lies with the emperor himself.

The Emperor of Benin was extremely lascivious, and as a young man lived a life of extravagance, and since he did not interfere too much in the work of the Imperial Cabinet, several ministers of the Cabinet did not complain too much at that time.

However, when he got older, the Beninese emperor's health was not as good as before, and his obsession with women was dragged down by his involuntary body, and the Beninese emperor often fell into a state of mental madness. At that time, the emperor of Benin often made some inexplicable policies, and sometimes directly sent nobles who had verbally offended him to the border to face the Desiks.

Fortunately, one day, the Grand Magister of Merlin brought an elaborate magic tool to the Emperor of Benin, and at the same time introduced the high-ranking magician Mo Ning. This magical tool, which is said to calm the mind and calm the mind, is very good for the body of the Emperor of Benin. After trying it a few times, the Emperor of Benin was really in good spirits.

It's a pity that paper can't keep the fire, and after a long time, the Benin Emperor, who was excited for a short time, showed more of a lack of energy and restlessness, and the use of that magical magic tool became more and more frequent, so that Master Mo Ning simply lived in the main castle of the Red Fort later.

The chief minister secretly inquired with the court eunuchs beside the emperor, and only then did he realize that the magic tool was actually a very powerful spiritual magic tool that could create lifelike illusions. Combined with the daily performance of the Emperor of Benin, the chief minister immediately understood what the illusion created by that magical tool was.

Master Merlin's explanation of this made the chief minister very helpless, and he still remembers the words of the Grand Magister Merlin that day: "Isn't it okay to let the emperor indulge in what he likes, and not disturb the affairs of the court because he is in a bad mood, while keeping his body and mind happy?"

The Chief Chancellor had to admit that he had been persuaded by the Grand Magister Merlin. The means are indeed a little unbearable, but for the increasingly crazy emperor, this is not a solution, at least, the emperor who is at peace is still a good emperor.

So, as it is today, the Emperor of Benin indulged in his little secrets, and the Chief Minister with the members of the Cabinet had a headache for state affairs in the council chamber, which was the norm in the San Jose Empire.

Note 1: An ethnic minority who lives on some islands in the long sea all year round and makes a living from pearl diving. They are different from ordinary continentals, they are more petite, and their skin is very delicate, and their skin is brownish-black.

Note 2: Count Mosick, Imperial War Minister of San Jose.