Victor looked at his old friend Luke for many years with a lonely face, and his heart was not very comfortable, he comforted Luke and said: "Since Your Majesty has made up your mind to change, then wait for him to go. ”

"But ......"

"As long as the Royal Knights of Orlando are invincible, what does it matter? ”

"You?"

"Yes, Luke, you should know what I'm capable of. To say a word of immodesty, even if there are 100,000 rebels besieging Fernando City at this moment, I can ...... them" Speaking of this, Victor clenched his outstretched palms firmly.

Luke looked at Victor, whose serious face showed that he was not joking, and Luke said, "Haven't you always disliked nobles?"

Victor said unabashedly: "Yes, because I was born in a commoner, I was ostracized by those noble children, so I hate those guys very much in my heart." But you must also know that there may be too much injustice in this empire, but without the protection of this country, those who can barely survive will live even more miserable, and may even lose their lives! I don't want to repeat that catastrophe hundreds of years ago. ”

"yes," Luke nodded, "and I think the same as you do." ”

Victor abruptly changed the subject and said, "Okay, let's not talk about that. Luke, I need your help this time. ”

Luke asked strangely, "Old man, why are you so polite?"

Victor said: "Today in the Royal Arena, the 'Void Protection' that Bailey used was using the power of spatial chaos, which was definitely not something he could do with his current strength. ”

Luke nodded and said, "I don't know anything about magic, but maybe what kind of magic item did Bailey use?"

Victor nodded lightly and said, "You've got to the point, Luke." 'Void Protection' and 'Time and Space Gate' are also with the power of spatial chaos, although 'Void Protection' is only level 7 magic, and 'Time and Space Gate' is level 9 magic, which can store the 'Void Protection' magic in that staff called 'Thor's Fury', and it usually does not affect Bailey's normal use at all, this ability cannot be underestimated, maybe his real strength is not below me. ”

"Which ...... of Senate do you mean?"

"That's right, that 'Time and Space Gate' scroll in Senat is likely to be the same person who made the 'Void Protection' today. ”

"Are you sure? Victor. ”

"No, I'm not sure. Victor's words greatly surprised Luke: "But there are not many people on this continent who can have this kind of strength, can we? Besides, Luke, can we let such a powerful magician wander out of our field of vision?"

"I see, Victor. Luke nodded.

――――――――――*――――――――――――*―――――――――――― while Luke and Victor were talking together, the Imperial Chancellor Chad Reeves and his wife, Mary Shellas, were discussing something in their own secret room.

Chad slammed the precious crystal wine glass in his hand to the ground, and hundreds of gold coins were instantly wiped out.

Looking at the wine glass on the ground, Chad felt a little better, he raised his head, and said to his wife: "Your Majesty is very majestic today, not only criticizing me, but also replacing many subordinates. Hmph, you want to take my power before your wings grow hard?"

Shellise said disdainfully: "Just Fernando XIII? He is only supported by the Royal Knights, if it is on his own, I am afraid that his orders will not be transmitted to the palace at all." ”

Chad nodded and said, "Although the imperial capital is vast, there are not many cities that are actually under the actual control of the empire. Except for the imperial capital of Fernando, only the two ports of Sunrise City and Seabreeze City are relatively large, and the others are some insignificant small cities. ”

"Now Your Majesty is taking advantage of the issue to replace me and Luke's subordinates, which is really very stupid. My subordinates are also forgotten, after all, they are mainly responsible for the affairs of the imperial capital, even if the novice is not familiar with it, it is only a delay, but Luke's subordinates are all experienced tax officials. I would like to know how much we can collect from this year's taxes. I'm afraid that Luke guy can't sleep right now, right?"

Shellais said unhappily: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why do you still call it that? He is just lucky, he is the only son of Fernando XII, and he alone has no qualifications to be on this throne!"

Chad shook his head and said, "You don't understand, I don't pay more attention to it in normal times, in case I accidentally say that when I face Your Majesty, it will be troublesome." Oh, by the way, those chambers of commerce under your name now, have been reined in recently, those not very glorious businesses, put them aside for the time being, I estimate that Your Majesty will take action soon. ”

"Yes, okay. It's just a pity, now is a good opportunity to make money. ”

"Don't worry, dear," said Chad "there will be a chance." Also, if you have the opportunity, you put most of your energy into the procurement of weapons, food, etc., and these things need to be done in a more secretive way. If I'm not mistaken, we'll make a lot of money!"

Speaking of this, Chad put his hand on the stove that was burning vigorously in the secret room, and said with ulterior motives: "Look, this winter is really cold, I think the north must be even colder, right?"

"You mean?"

"You say, if a large herd of cattle and sheep freezes to death in the cold winter, what will those who ride on horseback do?"

"I see, but what's the use of weapons?"

"This is simpler, my dear," Chad said with a smile, "Since this year's tax revenue cannot be collected, tomorrow the Empire's already bad finances will definitely have problems, the big one." Maybe there's a second Senate, a third Senate, ......"

"You're still nimble," said Shellais, in a complimenting tone, "and you've done the greatest business of my life." ”

Chad suddenly smiled and said to Shellas, "Actually, I have something bigger, haven't you seen it?"

"You fellow," Shelley said with a smirk, "a brain full of bad things." ”

The shadows of the two men on the wall slowly overlapped and began to shake violently, and the most primitive sound between men and women echoed in the secret room.