"Traitor! Have you forgotten the kindness that Your Highness has done to you, and have you forgotten the oath you made? ”

In the narrow alley between the two buildings, a nightingale in a women's trench coat confronts a man in a worker's uniform. A newspaper blew at her feet, and the upward page was printed with a striking headline: "Dreadnought-class battleship launched, and the Raging Waves fleet once again left the world's navies behind." ”

The man spread his hands and said helplessly: "Of course we remember His Highness's kindness, and we are very remorseful for making this decision." But...... Miss Nightingale...... Thank you for your understanding. ”

How could the Nightingale possibly be considerate of these assassins?

She had brought the Assassins to Raging Waves to assassinate Meteor, who would have thought that these men, who had worked in the Potions Workshop for a while, would betray their sworn allegiance to Prince Alec.

"Why! Could it be that a potions factory gives you more and better than His Royal Highness gives you? ”

"This ......," the man said in a tone that did not strike the nightingale, "from the Potions Factory of the Burning Sun Group...... It's really more than His Royal Highness the Second Prince. Did you know that because of our quick learning and magic foundation, we have all turned into regular employees of the group?

Not only has the salary increased, but the group has also given us a lot of benefits. Did you know? We can retire at the age of 60 and get a large pension for old age. The group has assigned us dormitories, so that we can bring our families to live together, and our children can also go to schools run by the group, and after graduation, they can get a stable job in the group.

And we can also buy a house at a very cheap price, and this is the city of angry waves!

Nightingale, you used to be a young lady of an aristocratic family, and you used to be a ranger who was in danger of day and night, and you know what people like us want most to have a home.

Your Highness can't give us the future we want. ”

"Why can't I give you a future!" Nightingale said bitterly: "When His Highness ascends the throne and becomes the emperor of the empire, you are all nobles, and you will definitely have much more in the future than now!" ”

"Wake up, Nightingale!" The man couldn't help but shout: "Look at the city, look at these tall buildings that can block the sky, look at the cars on the streets, and ......"

The man picked up the newspaper from the ground and pointed to the magical image of the giant ship on it: "A 10,000-ton steel battleship!" Without the nod of the Governor of the Falling Star, how could His Highness ascend the throne? ”

"That's right! The meteorite is the biggest obstacle to His Highness's accession to the throne, and we have come to Angry Waves City for this purpose. Kill the Meteorite, and everything here will belong to His Highness. ”

"No!" Seeing that he couldn't convince the nightingale, the man slowly retreated: "In the past, we wanted to fight for wealth with our lives, but now we don't need to work hard to get everything we want."

Miss Nightingale, His Royal Highness the Second Prince can't give you the future you want, you won't become the princess, let alone the Empress of the Empire. Cut off the idea of assassinating the Governor of Meteor and you're sure to find a life you love in this city. ”

Nightingale pulled out a dagger from under his trench coat and stared at the retreating man with murderous intent: "Coward! I won't let you go. ”

"Miss Nightingale, we hope that your threat is only an angry threat." Several people wearing the same work clothes appeared at both ends of the alley, and the man continued to retreat vigilantly, and said: "For safety, we should have killed you, but His Royal Highness the Second Prince is very good to us, and you are also very good to us, and we all hope that this friendship can be preserved for a long time."

Please apologize to Your Highness on our behalf.

If you give up on assassinating the Governor of Meteorfall, you're always welcome to come and meet with us. ”

"Get out! Traitors! The nightingale knew that he was no match for these people, so he put away the dagger: "Don't think that I am as cowardly and afraid of death as you imagine, even if it is only me, I will clear the way for His Highness to ascend the throne!" ”

"Good luck...... the Assassins saluted the nightingale before turning and walking into the crowd outside the alley.

A thunderclap rang out from the sky, and the clear sky closed in an instant.

Heavy rain poured down on the nightingale.

She walked out of the alley like a walking corpse, into the street, walking aimlessly in the pouring rain.

She didn't expect things to turn out like this, and she confidently led a team of assassins from the Crescent Oasis to the City of Saint-Lun, and from the City of Saint-Lun to the City of Angry Waves.

As a result, he didn't even find the meteor anywhere, so he became a loner.

What am I going to do?

His Highness Alec......

At this moment an umbrella shielded her from the rain, and the nightingale turned her head to see a beautiful woman looking at her with a smile.

Nightingale asked alertly, "Who are you?" ”

The woman was dressed in a very ordinary office dress and a bowler lady's hat, like a passerby helping a person in the rain.

The woman took out a work card and showed it to Nightingale: "Second-level agent of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau's Angry Waves City General Bureau...... Ed Dailie. Miss Nightingale, our Chief Inspector Thomas invites you to go to the General Office for coffee. ”

The CIA!

Nightingale realizes that her identity has been exposed, and she wants to pull out her dagger to break through, but she immediately senses that the atmosphere is not right.

During a thunderstorm, pedestrians should find a place to shelter from the rain, but there are more than a dozen people standing scattered around them. They wore clothes from different professions, and there were even hawkers who stayed open during the rainstorm. And they didn't have umbrellas, let the rain wash away, like cheetahs ready to go, just waiting for an order to pounce on their prey.

"Agent Eddalie ......" Resistance is meaningless and it is impossible to break through, Nightingale gave up resistance, raised her head and said in a noble lady posture: "Did those traitors accuse me?" ”

Addelee held an umbrella for the nightingale, ignoring the rain on her shoulders: "No, they are trustworthy friends to you. In fact, as soon as you entered the city of Angry Waves, the General Administration noticed you.

We are glad that your friends will finally give up on assassinating our governor, but you ...... You should think carefully about what your friends say. ”

Nightingale didn't expect to be exposed early: "What are you going to do with me?" ”

"It's not something I can decide. You are the lover of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and you have not put your thoughts into action, perhaps the Inspector General will arrange for you to meet with the Governor, and our Governor will decide your fate. ”

"Very well, I want to meet him too."

Eddarlie beckoned, and a black car came out of the rain and stopped beside the two of them.

Addeli opened the door and invited the nightingale to sit in, just as a dragon roared through the sky.

Everyone couldn't help but look up.

I saw dragons flying over the city in the face of thunderstorms and showers, and they chirped loudly, as if to proclaim the power of dragons to this huge city.

Immediately afterward, portals flashed on the buildings high above the city, and the battle mages of Oulu Academy appeared. Dozens of armed airships scrambled into the air in response to a possible attack.

However, the dragons did not stop, they flew over the city with their roars, and soon disappeared in the rainstorm in the direction of the Imperial City of Saint.

Eddarlie, who was protecting the nightingale with her body, breathed a sigh of relief, she looked at the direction in which the dragon disappeared and said, "After the golden people and angels visited the imperial capital, a group of angels suddenly came to the imperial capital and set up a holy church, and now even the dragon has come, I really don't know what the future world will become?" ”

The nightingale was also shocked and couldn't calm down for a long time under the dragon's might: "What happened? ”

"It's not something we need to think about. Miss Nightingale, get in the car. ”

Nightingale withdrew her gaze and looked down into the car.

The Governor's Mansion of the City of the Rising Waves.

Coconut stood behind the glass window, the tide of the storm outside crashing against the reef on the shore again and again. She had been in the City of Angry Waves for three days, and she still couldn't believe what she had seen.

I actually came to the City of Angry Waves!

Mr. Luke turned out to be the meteorite who owns the city!

And a dragon has just flown out of the storm.

"No, sir...... Your Excellency the Governor. Did it really be a dragon that just flew over? ”

Frightened by the dragon, Coconut rushes to Luke's desk, the first time she's seen a dragon and heard it roar.

Luke instructed the documents, these days are not in the city of Angry Waves, there are too many things to squeeze. I have been busy with work since I returned from the Tedgar Hills, and after three days there was still no sign of any reduction in work.

Expansion of Angry Waves, Coordination of Coastal Economic Belt, Northern War, Launching of New Ships, Science and Technology R&D......

Even though the city hall shared most of the workload, there was still a lot that went to Luke.

Even the dragon's crossing didn't stop Luke for long.

"Count the time, they should have arrived. It's just that I didn't expect them to choose to enter the territory of the empire from Angry Waves City, this should be regarded as Xuanwei...... The more closed the ancient civilization became, the more it felt great. ”

"Your Excellency, did you know the dragon was coming? Will they attack us? ”

Coconut listened carefully, afraid that a dragon's breath would suddenly fall down.

Seeing the appearance of the coconut fruit, Luke couldn't help but smile and said, "I think you should be the one who should not be afraid of dragons here, your ancestors fought against them in order to defend the Tedgar Hills?" ”

"Really?" When Coconut Fruit heard that his ancestors were so powerful, he instantly became interested: "Tell me, how did the Martial God fight the dragons?" ”

At this time, Karina walked in with a stack of papers.

"Your Excellency the Governor...... The Governor's Palace has entered a state of first-level alert, the city has entered a second-level alert, and the Oulu Academy has sent a battle mage at the first time, and we are closely monitoring the movements of the dragon.

At present, the dragon has left from the northwest of the city, and the target should be the imperial capital. ”

"I see." Luke briefly flipped through the documents that Karina had put down, and then said, "Working with the Tedgar Hill Terran merchants, you put the Secret Intelligence Agency on the highest priority mission sequence.

Is the charity project plan ready? ”

"It's done...... Kalina pulled out a folder and put it in front of Luke, "The charity under the Reform Society will undertake all the construction projects related to the Tedgar Hills, as long as the Holy Mountain side issues a pass, the expedition team and the census team can set off at any time."

Priority will be given to hospitals, schools, roads and power grids, and water conservancy and agriculture will be gradually added in the future...... There is also assistance for the disabled and orphans. ”

Luke looked at the plan made by Karina.

Angry Waves City already has a charity system, and after guiding it, it is not difficult to help build the Tedgar Hills and bring some private goods.

Luke didn't have a big opinion on the plan as a whole, but put forward higher requirements for the hospital, increasing the scale and investment of the hospital. The Tedgar Hills are a natural repository of species research due to their wide variety of races, so the purpose of this charitable investment cannot be limited to the "Valkyrie Bloodline".

Cast a wide net, and maybe there will be an accident or a gain.

After Luke finished his opinion, he asked Karina to redo the plan.

"Sir......" Storm Cato has been in a very low mood since he knew Luke's identity, and this time he rarely took the initiative to speak to Luke: "You are an enemy of the Tedgar Hills, why do you spend so much money to invest in your enemy."

Your money will not allow the barbarians to betray the Celtic dukes. ”

Luke patiently explained Stormcato's doubts, "I have never regarded the Tedgar Hills as my enemies, whether you are a Terran, a barbarian, or any other race, you are all citizens of the Empire.

These investments do not need to be grateful, as it is the duty of the Empire to its citizens. ”

Storm Cato apparently disagrees with Luke's statement: "We are subjects of the Duke of Celtic, at least all barbarians have this understanding. ”

Luke knew that if he couldn't change the mind of Storm Cato, he couldn't change the mind of the barbarians, then there was no way to talk about Raiding the Tedgar Hills.

"Do you know why the Duke of Celtic issued factory restrictions before?"

"Because factories and machines will make us lose our jobs, and without jobs we will starve."

"It's as if you're not hungry now." Luke couldn't help laughing, "You've been in Angry Waves for three days, and how many people in my city are starving?" ”

This......

Storm Cato couldn't answer.

There are many people in Angry Waves City, dozens or hundreds of times that of the Holy Mountain. With so many people living in one city, each family lives better than most of the nobles of the Holy Mountain.

"I, I don't understand ......"

"You don't understand, this is the Duke of Celtic's favorite subject. Yes, factories and machinery are taking away a lot of jobs, but they are also creating more jobs.

Far from being poorer because of the factories and machines, people are getting richer. Art, learning, magic, and science are no longer the monopoly of the upper classes, and the ideological enlightenment of the people at the bottom will make the old methods of rule more and more useless.

The barbarians must have sworn allegiance to the Duke of Celts, and regarded dying in battle for the Duke of Celts as a family and tribal honor. But have you ever thought that the Duke of Celts is worthy of your loyalty?

How many of the beating hearts on the altar of the Abyss Temple were barbarians? Without the permission of the Duke of Celtic, could the Temple of the Abyss kill so many people silently?

Do you know that even the Emperor would not dare to do such a thing, he knew that his people would not allow him to do such a thing. But the Duke of Celtic dared, for you are all confined to a small circle, and you know nothing but loyalty, and nothing but loyalty! ”

(End of chapter)