Extra four: Rita and Claire
The bright sunlight poured into the spacious room through the windowsill, and the blonde girl leaned back in her chair, obviously a very capable image, but her appearance gave people a very lazy feeling.
"Your Majesty, this time it's news from the city of Coridinluo, please take a look."
"Coritin Los Angeles? I remember that it was not the royal city of the Duchy of Prussianly? Rita took the report from Udora's hand, but the other party was a little speechless about Rita's statement: "The royal city of the Duchy of Prusunli was just a statement in the past, and now it should only be the city of Coridinlo. ”
"That's right." Rita shook her head and smiled helplessly, but she didn't deny what Eudora said.
"Hmm...... This ......" basically read the content at a glance, and then the corners of Rita's mouth hooked up a mocking arc, "I thought that the previous method would make them understand the current affairs, but sure enough, my methods are too gentle?" ”
"It hasn't been long since the territory of the Three Kingdoms was pacified, and it's normal for people to be impetuous." I've heard about the situation over there, but because it's not her jurisdiction, I didn't know much about it, but I didn't expect it to be exploited.
"Hmph, greed is not enough to swallow elephants, it's just a group of lost dogs." Rita snorted coldly, and then threw the things in her hand directly on the table, obviously looking angry.
"Your Majesty, do you want to do it? Do you need me to set up staff? Eudora asked tentatively, after getting along for so long, she has a deep temperament for Rita, don't look at the usual lazy and casual, even a very generous person, but if you really want to touch her bottom line, it is basically no different from being sentenced to death, even if the relationship between the two looks "very good" to outsiders.
It's like there was a rich businessman before, it can be said that when Rita built a school, he contributed all kinds of money and efforts, and Rita was also very gentle when she spoke to this rich businessman, perhaps because of the arrogance that fueled it, the rich businessman directly did the thing of robbing the people's daughter, and even clashed with the soldiers who carried out the arrest, arson and beat people, causing the death of several soldiers.
In the end, Rita knew about this matter, and almost didn't kill her popularity, and then without saying a word, she ran to the rich merchant's house and arrested the person before that day, and finally stripped clothes, marched, and burned at the stake, a series of actions not only won a lot of praise, but also made those who had small actions dare not move.
"I'll just take care of this."
"But......" Eudora frowned, she knew what the person in front of her wanted to do as soon as she heard it, but she was directly interrupted by Rita before she could finish her words.
"Needless to say, I know what I'm doing." Rita knocked on the table, her gaze a little deep, "You know what? I can't stay here forever, at least a year, at most three years, and I'll leave when the whole Duchy of Evel is on track, and now it's just a matter of getting used to it. ”
"I see." Rita's words made Eudora silent for a moment, and then nodded slowly, of course, this does not mean that she agrees with Rita's decision, just because she is familiar with the other party's temper, the kind of insistence that will not be easily changed once a decision is made, even if she says it, it is useless, so instead of letting the relationship between the two crack, it is better to follow each other from the beginning.
"But Your Majesty has thought about it, the heir ......"
"You don't have to worry about this, the children in the orphanage are not ready-made, I think Claire is good." Rita's tone was like she was talking about what she was eating today, but even if it was casual, Eudora couldn't find any words to refute it.
"Claire's girl is indeed good, calm in heart, organized and measured, although there are still some deficiencies, but it is only due to lack of experience, if you cultivate it well, even if it is not as good as Your Majesty, you can govern the whole Evel."
Eudora's words are not echoing and flattery, after all, if you really want to say it, Rounding Claire can also be counted as her student, although there is not much contact, but the other party is much stronger than most people in terms of knowledge and way of thinking, especially in terms of etiquette, it can be said that she completely crushes the lord in front of her, of course, it is naturally impossible for her to say such words.
"Since you think so too, then the matter is so happily decided, and you bring someone in the evening, and I will announce it tomorrow."
"I see."
Eudora left the room after responding, although she was in a hurry, but she didn't think that her queen couldn't solve it, not to mention the current people in power in the Duchy of Evel, except for a very small number of people, most of them can be said to be Rita's brainless fans, if this is not successful, it will be funny.
Just as Eudora had guessed, Rita announced the decision to make Licclair the heir early the next morning, and there was no objection to it.
"Sister Rita, can I really do it?" In Claire's room, the girl looked at the person in front of her, looking uneasy.
"What do you think?" Rita asked rhetorically, since last night to now, although Claire's performance was very good when she was in the main hall, and her down-to-earth and generous appearance made people unable to pick up any shortcomings, but the confusion and lack of confidence behind this person kept enveloping her.
This is also thanks to someone's enlightenment, otherwise if it were like yesterday when she first heard about this decision, Rita felt that today's matter would not be so easy to pass.
"I ...... I want to try. ”
"Not try, Claire." Rita put away her smile and faced the girl in front of her with a serious face, if she was a little soft-hearted at first, but after noticing the hesitation on the other party's face, Rita officially changed her strategy.
"If you want to sit in this position with a fluke mentality, it is not only you who is dangerous, but also your partners and family members around you will be affected by you, and even more seriously, and even lose your life."
"Claire, I don't ask you to make up your mind now, after all, there is still some time before that day, you can think more about what you should do in the future, or what you want to do, but no matter what your decision is, you must remember that all your decisions, every decree you make are related to the survival and happiness of thousands of people."
"Think about it, what you've seen, do you want that to happen to the Duchy of Evel under your rule as well? Crime breeds, thieves run rampant, human trafficking ...... There are many other ...... besides these."
"I think you should know what the reason I chose you is, it's not the so-called understanding of etiquette, let alone the so-called knowing how to govern the country, after all, even if the talent is limited, these can be learned as long as you work hard, but only the heart can't."
"Heart?" Claire subconsciously lowered her head and stroked her right hand to her heart, her voice with obvious puzzlement.
"Heart, or in layman's terms, how far you can go for the people."
"I ......" Rita's words were like a light from the darkness, directly pointing out the direction to Claire, but before she could say her answer, the voice of the person in front of her came to her ears again and again.
"But I'm not telling you this to do what I think, after all...... Even I didn't do it myself......"
"How so!?" Claire's eyes widened, obviously frightened by Rita's words, "How could Sister Rita not do it, although I don't know much about how to govern the country, but the outside world's evaluation of my sister is still clear." ”
In the Duchy of Evel, not counting the territories of the Three Kingdoms that had just been pacified, it was Otto, who was destroyed by Rita first, and those people could be said to be Rita's solid supporters.
Since ancient times, no matter in which dynasty or in which time and space, the truth has remained the same, and if you can make the people at the bottom well-fed and clothed, and have a place to redress your grievances when you are hurt, you are a qualified ruler.
And Rita did exactly that, and even continued to develop on it, looking at other countries, even the most powerful empires, in terms of wealth and medical care, they could not be said to be comparable to Evel.
In addition, there are those systems on the surface, at least as far as Claire knows, the person in front of him can be said to be very disgusted with human trafficking, and all kinds of attacks and arrests are unheard of in the entire Islamic continent.
But even if she offended a lot of people because of this, Rita didn't have any intention of giving up, although it wasn't the whole territory, Claire dared to say that there was no such thing as banditry and evil in most places.
And it is precisely because of this that Claire feels hesitant and dazed, she does not think that she can do this, and even fears that the entire Duchy of Evel will be destroyed in her own hands.
"Nothing is impossible in this world, everyone has their own strengths, I am like this, and so are you. Don't worry you can't do it, you think I care about the people of the Duchy of Evel? ”
"Hard, isn't it?" Claire wavered in the face of Rita's direct gaze, but this vacillation was only momentarily forgotten by her, and at the same time, she was even a little annoyed that she had such thoughts.
"Naturally, I don't care, because I've been a selfish person from beginning to end." Rita ignored Claire's disillusioned look, and just continued to herself, "Taking Evel from the Empire was only forced, and even if it took a lot of effort to develop later, it was only because I had someone I wanted to protect. ”
"Isn't it hard to believe?" Rita smiled, and Claire raised her head to look at her, as if she had made up her mind: "But even so, Claire will always believe in her sister, since my sister asked me to inherit Ewell, then what can I do?" ”
"Really? If that's the case...... Then you get ready. ”
After seeing Claire's decision, Rita left Elivir alone the next day, this time under the watchful eyes of everyone, of course, but whether she will return in the future is only for her to know......