Ciudad Fernando, Imperial Government Office.

Although Luke was the de facto administrator of the imperial capital, he was now only a commoner, and his title of Chancellor of the Exchequer had not been reinstated since he was relieved by Fernando XIII, but everyone selectively ignored this.

Luke sat down at the table, concentrating on his business. After defeating the attack of the orcs, the human emperor had to do a lot of things, such as providing pensions to the families of the fallen soldiers, preparing clothing and food for the winter, rebuilding residences, and organizing people to redispose of the industries taken over from the fugitive nobles and officials......

Government affairs are endless, but Luke's interest is extremely high, for a person like Luke who is obsessed with power, handling official business is the greatest enjoyment, Luke's words may decide the fate of hundreds of people, this pleasure of taking the fate of others into his own hands, is impossible to replace by anything else.

"Let me in...... Don't you damn guards, don't you know who I am?" a loud voice came from outside the door, which made Luke, whose thoughts were interrupted, very angry, and he was about to open his mouth to curse a few words, but suddenly remembered the owner of the angry voice.

"It's so fast!" Luke said silently in his heart, "It's only been a few days since the end of the defense of the imperial capital, and they actually have action. ”

"Bang!" The door of the room was slammed open, and a nobleman about 40 years old strode in, and the guards guarding outside Luke's room also walked in after the nobleman, and the one led by them quickly said when he saw Luke: "I'm sorry, sir." We...... He insisted on breaking in, and we ......."

"Let's go down!" Luke waved his hand lightly, and lightly let the derelict guards out. When there were two people left in the room, Luke had a smile on his face, and he stood up and walked a few steps to the nobleman, and said in a respectful tone, "Welcome back, my Birmingham." ”

That's right, this nobleman in his 40s is Birmingham-Fernando, who once had hopes of inheriting the throne of Fernando XIII, and in terms of royal blood, he can rank among the top three in terms of inheritance to the throne, of course, before these nobles fled the imperial capital.

"Hmph!" said Birmingham displeased, "Luke, your men are really ...... Even I dare to stop it!"

Luke was actually very angry in his heart, because he gave orders to the guards to stop everyone, and as a result, a Birmingham with royal blood did not know what to do, and a few strong guards actually let a nobleman who was too weak to look in the bed of a married woman broke in.

However, with Luke's scheming, his face was full of apologies, and he said loudly: "Alas, you have been wronged. Those guards are all new, how do you know you? I'll get rid of them later. Oh, by the way, what are you?"

Birmingham saw that Luke had directly pulled the topic to the point, and he didn't go around in circles, he went straight to a chair and sat down, and then said to Luke, "I'm coming back from Seabreeze City this time, mainly about that Catherine. It is well known that this woman is but the wife of Crewe Fernando, how can she be the queen of the Empire? I have consulted everyone, and they all agree that she cannot continue to sit in that position. ”

Luke secretly sneered in his heart, these moths run faster than anyone else when they are in danger, but as soon as the crisis is resolved, they immediately fly back like flies smelling stinky meat, which is really annoying. "That's just as well. But, my Lord Birmingham, who do you think should inherit this position?"

As soon as he heard Luke say the most critical place, Birmingham's breathing suddenly became short, he couldn't sit still anymore, and stood up suddenly. Birmingham's hands kept rubbing, his forehead was even slightly sweaty, and his face was flushed: "This, this, I think...... Oh no, it's that people think, this, should, that ......"

Seeing that Birmingham was hesitant and unwilling to continue, Luke smiled meaningfully and said what Birmingham wanted to say but couldn't say: "Personally, I think that only our Lord Birmingham is qualified to inherit this position." You, one of those two is too old, and the other is too young, aren't you?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Birmingham said repeatedly, "That's the truth, or you Luke understands the righteousness." Ah, if I had taken that position, I would have made you the Imperial Chancellor. ”

"Then I'll thank you in advance. Luke nodded slightly, then whispered, "But now the key is that you have to get the support of others." Why don't you contact other people as much as you can, try to get their support as much as possible, and then we'll find an opportunity to bring this matter up, and then, hehe......"

"That's right, that's right. Birmingham said in a loud voice: "I'll go, I'll go!"

"Wait!" Luke stopped Birmingham, who was about to walk out in a hurry, and whispered in his ear, "Be careful to keep it secret, otherwise it will be troublesome for others to know." ”

Birmingham patted Luke on the shoulder, nodded in satisfaction, and walked out with his hands behind his back.

Luke looked at Birmingham's back, a hint of pity appeared on his face, and this expression immediately turned to anger. After a while, four strong men walked in with their heads held high, these people were different from the guards who were guarding Luke's door before, these people were adopted by Luke since he was a child, they were loyal to Luke, and the guards outside the door just now were specially promoted by Luke, after all, Luke is now the de facto ruler of the imperial capital, and it will be easier to win people's hearts by properly promoting some outsiders.

It's just that what Luke didn't expect was that the people he vigorously promoted were actually timid after seeing Birmingham, which had royal blood, and let the other party break in. This is where Luke is most angry, those people are responsible for food, clothing and housing, but once there is something but he refuses to contribute, if Luke's subordinates are like this, then Luke simply rolls up the bed and goes home, his own guards can't control it, what kind of national affairs do they deal with?

In view of this, Luke deliberately transferred his henchmen, he had to deal with those who refused to really contribute to himself, and if he did not set a bloody example for those who came after him in this matter, then many things would be difficult to do. Luke looked at these four of his henchmen and said pointedly: "I have always been intimate, as long as I have the ability, I will vigorously promote them." Of course, if the person I promoted is not loyal enough, then he will not go far. ”

The four strong men stood upright, unheard of Luke's words. Luke knew that in fact, these four people had heard his words, but they had been trained rigorously since they were children, and whenever their master didn't let them speak, they were dumb.

"The few guards who guarded my door just now, their abilities are still good, and now the work of rebuilding the imperial capital requires a large number of people, let them go where the most dangerous are, don't look at them differently because they have followed me. ”

The person standing on the far left of these four people had a yellow bar on his neckline more than the other three, most of them were the first of these people, and this person only nodded slightly after listening to Luke's words, but did not speak.

Luke said again: "This person, he is still the most intimate person he has been used to since childhood, from now on, my safety will be handed over to you, everyone take turns, don't work too hard." ”

Hearing the encouraging tone in Luke's words, the four of them were still expressionless, only the leader nodded slightly.

Luke waved his hand and let his men out. When he was the only one left in the room, Luke suddenly said in a voice that only he could hear, "Or, how many accidents should I make?"

Fernando City, Luke's official residence.

Ryan waved his hand vigorously and said unhappily: "I'm just an ordinary magic apprentice, I don't understand these things you said, and I don't want to understand them!"

Hubble Fernando, the seven-year-old who had the same right to the throne as Birmingham, sat on the ground and played with a beautiful warship made of gold, and next to the heir to the throne, a man in his 30s was tired of saying, "Aha, you are so modest. Who doesn't know that in the defense of Thor's Fortress and the Imperial Capital, except for the Victor ** Division, it is your military merit that is the first. ”

Ryan said with a displeased face, "That's just what I'm supposed to do, and it has nothing to do with politics." ”

"How can it be said that it has nothing to do with this? In my view of Camp Fernando, with such great deeds as yours is enough to be appointed Marshal of the Reich. If our Hubble could sit in that position, I'd recommend you to him, you see?"

Ryan wanted a fireball spell to destroy the nonsense guy in front of him, but he still held back, after all, this man in his 30s also has royal blood, Ryan is not afraid of causing trouble, but he doesn't want to cause trouble for Faras and Luke.

"I'll talk about this later, I'm going to practice. Ryan stood up and was about to leave, but the camp reached out to stop Ryan and said loudly, "Aha, I almost forgot, our lovely Hubble has mentioned you more than once, and he wants to learn magic from you." Now that you have time, why don't you point him out?"

Ryan looked at the little guy who was not yet 7 years old sitting on the ground, seeing that his snot was about to run to his chest, and he didn't know how to wipe it, an urge to kill surged from the bottom of his heart, Ryan couldn't bear it anymore, he said word by word: "I have a habit, if someone doesn't let me practice magic when it's time to practice, then I will use that person as a target." ”

After saying that, Ryan flipped his hand, and a fireball appeared in his hand.