Lisette blushed, turned around, poked her finger at the palace wall, and asked the maid who came running softly, "Carmerit, is my wedding dress ordered?" ”

"It's alright, Mistress Lissa. Your custom-made elongated and reinforced wedding gown has been made and has now been delivered to your bedroom. ”

"Really? Then I'll give it a try! Lisat sped out at breakneck speed.

The maid glanced at the wall, where there were a dozen small holes poked by her fingers. Carmerit couldn't help but swallow her saliva, these palace walls were built by the ancestors of the demon clan back then, forcing the captured 'Koding' craftsmen, each one meter, will arrange for the demon general to stab the wall with all his strength to test, if it pierces half an inch, it will kill the entire craftsman's family.

These palace walls have not been damaged for two thousand years, and they can't even be scratched, but today, there are so many 'scars', which is still unconsciously done by her young lady, if she blows with all her might...

The capital of the United Duchy of Girifus--- Barron, at 100 Shire Street, is located in the palace of the head of the national administration, the 'Brass Han'. Peppen is reading the Moon Weekly. A piece of news on the third page caught his attention, and after reading it carefully, he pressed the big red button on the table.

After a while, a middle-aged man with honest blonde hair walked in, he was an assistant to the Prime Minister's office--- Seifer Brown. Canses.

"Prime Minister, what do you need?" He was polite.

"Seefer, go, call Abijer, quick." Edith commanded.

"Yes, Prime Minister." Seifer was ordered to leave.

A short time later, a short and medium-sized man with curly white hair walked in, a man in his sixties who was a year younger than the Prime Minister, and said elegantly: "Are you looking for me?" Your Excellency the Prime Minister. ”

"Sit down, Abijel." The Prime Minister motioned for him to sit at his table.

"Your will, Your Excellency." Abijer. Blake sat down at the Prime Minister's table, "Have you come to me for the afternoon meeting?" ”

"No, it's not a meeting, please." Edith picked up the newspaper, pointed to the third page with his finger and said, "Abijel, have you read this week's Moon Weekly?" ”

"No, you know, I only read the Banker's Express."

"Okay, look at this." The Prime Minister handed the newspaper to the Chief of the General Affairs Division of the Cabinet in front of him.

Abijel looked at it for a while, and he knew a little bit what the other party meant.

"Prime Minister, did you invite me over this time for the sake of the Grande Kingdom's victory over the Demon Lord? Oh, this is indeed a cause for celebration that humanity has once again triumphed over evil. After saying that, he smiled and returned the newspaper to the prime minister.

"Abijel, what the hell is going on? Two months ago, their ambassador asked me for help, but for two whole months, I did not receive any countermeasures, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs kept saying that they were studying and discussing, and there was nothing else, and I only learned today that the war was over! Edith was a little agitated and held up the newspaper: "By Moon Weekly!" ”

"Well, yes, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, two months ago, we did receive their requests for help, but at that time everything was not clear, so the course of action of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is: all actions must be carried out after they find out."

"Well, it's a good thing, but what about later? Why is there no news at all? ”

"Later, it was natural to arrange for the ten places of the monarch to investigate, but the number of demon kings exceeded our expectations, and they captured the cities of Dorpot and Simaika. Our monarch has lost the best landing port, and at the same time, unlike usual, they have not dispatched a fleet, so the Ministry of Foreign Affairs means that the other side may be planning some kind of conspiracy, in order to prevent our monarch's fleet from being in danger, we can only wait and see for the time being, and then mobilize the fleet when everything is clear. ”

"Well, it sounds reasonable, after all, we are an island country, and neither Lu Jun nor Sea Jun can do without the fleet. However, the Cabinet did not receive any notice of the dispatch of troops for two months, and I did not receive any information about the situation of the war. That's a bit of a stretch, Abijer! ”

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you must know that everything in the world does not develop according to our mortal wishes, and most of the time, we are just slaves to fate. Take this matter as an example, after we found out that the other party did not use the fleet, an unfortunate news came, the Axe Pass fell, the Iron Guard Monarch was destroyed, and the brave team was all sacrificed. By this time, there was nothing we could do. ”

"So, you just just kept this matter under wraps, until now? I didn't even know about such an important situation! Does the Cabinet also know nothing about this? Edith's voice widened.

"No, the Foreign Office has been dealing with this for a long time, and you see, the matter was resolved perfectly, and we didn't even have to send a single soldier, which proves that our strategy is perfectly effective." Abigel laughed.

"No, no, no, how can this be the credit of the Ministry of Expansion? We didn't contribute at all~! Albert said seriously: "I don't care what the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs think, we are allies with the Kingdom of Grande, and there are offensive and defensive alliances, and at such a critical moment, our Duchy actually stood by and watched?" From the time we asked for help to the end of the war, we did nothing for two whole months, and when the news came out, the reputation of the country would be seriously damaged, and the people's evaluation of us would also be seriously reduced! ”

"It doesn't matter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a document stating that in order to support the Kingdom of Grande and jointly fight against the Demon King Maharaja, we have signed a contract for affordable grain worth 20,000 gold tals."

"But, Abijer, the war is over, and the Demon King has retreated."

"It's retreating, but they're definitely coming back, aren't they?"

Edith was quite dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing he could do, finally this time the kingdom was carried over, and there was no irreparable disaster, and this contract could be regarded as a kind of compensation for the principality.

After thinking about it, the prime minister found another suspicious point: "Abijer, the autumn harvest has not yet arrived." Where do we get so much food? I remember that there was also a famine on South Ilsun, didn't I? ”

"It was only a small grain failure, mainly due to the bad weather this year, which had a very small impact. You can rest assured, Your Excellency. ”

"So, where does the food come from?" Edith asked.

"South Ilsun, Your Excellency." "What !!"

"Please listen to me, Your Excellency." Abijal stopped the Prime Minister's next question and smiled: "As I said earlier, there is no famine on South Ilsun, and even a few villages are not well supplied, which is not a big deal, and the local government can easily arrange it." Therefore, the transfer of some food has no effect on the whole island or even the whole principality. ”

"20,000 quintals of grain is not a small amount! Abijer, I've heard that there have been food riots there! Edith wondered.

"Well, Your Excellency, where did you hear that? There was a riot there? "Moon Weekly."

"You can't listen to the nonsense of the newspaper editors... "Your Excellency, you have also been a newspaper editor, and you should know that some newspaper reporters like to exaggerate, describing a rainstorm as a flash flood and a farm fire as an unextinguishable wildfire. Therefore, any relevant intelligence on the ground, you should go through us, these honest and reliable cabinet ministers. ”

Edith said helplessly: "But you never take the initiative to tell me the situation, only tell me what I can't believe." ”

"I'm pretty sure that the afternoon meeting will bring it up, and you'll know the real thing."

"Well, I hope so."

"Hello, dear Abijer. Blake, Director of the General Affairs Department of the Principality's Cabinet, you are a rare guest, and I don't know what advice I have here. "Ife. Knight, head of the General Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, looked at the cabinet chief who hurried in amazement.

"Yifei, don't say more polite words." Abijal sat in a chair in the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He sighed heavily: "We're in trouble!" ”

"What's the trouble? Is it about the Prime Minister? He won't listen to you? Ife asked, confused.

"It's true that the prime minister is causing trouble, but it's not because he doesn't listen to me, in fact, I managed to stabilize him just now and didn't let the situation continue to expand."

"Isn't that all right, is there something else?"

"Absolutely! And it's the situation brought by your Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the last two months, your performance has been really poor. Abigel glared angrily.

"What the hell is going on, please? What happened in these two months? ”

"O Kingdom of Grande, Ife! You have concealed the truth, but you have not closed it, even if yesterday, you handed in a report and explained the matter clearly, he will not attack me today! ”

"How so, who told him!?" "Moon Weekly."

"God of Light!" Yi Fei covered his face, and then he asked again: "Chief Director, you can't blame us for this, you know the actual situation in the country very well, please do nothing about this matter!" What's the use of reporting such an embarrassing thing to him? We can't change the outcome! ”

"Yifei, Yifei, do you think the prime minister will care about what the process and outcome of this matter will be?" Abijer said angrily: "What the Prime Minister cares about is that your Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set aside the cabinet, especially him!" His authority has been challenged, even if you have not actually done so. After all, this is a state-to-state affair that best reflects his position as the supreme leader of the principality, and you, the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have completely excluded him in order to avoid the risk of a helpless and unknowable future, which is a big mistake you have made. ”

"Well, my department and I will reflect on this. So, can you tell us how you managed to stabilize him? I'm afraid he'll be looking at it in the afternoon. ”

"That's why I, a busy man, came here to meet you."