[The Day of Sacred Love will officially start on the first weekend of next month, and the government has decided to announce this news to the public at the end of this month, and the venue will be in London, and the priests of the Temple of Light will not reveal the identity of the saint as always. 】

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[The Holy Cult Army broke through Gorge 314 on the Antarctic continent last week and occupied an absolutely safe area of 220,000 square meters at the summit of Mount Chidel, and is expected to establish a new base in the next three months]

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[The further manipulation of demons by the Academy of Life Sciences is still in the experimental stage, this research has spanned 20 years, and the amount spent has exceeded 70 billion common currencies after conversion, but the budget is still gradually expanding, and seven consortiums in the Mecollier administrative region have decided to withdraw from investment within this year. 】

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None of the above messages are qualified for the inhabitants of this town, but they are played word by word, from one of the oldest cassette recorders, without even a special sound.

After all, in a small town like this, even if someone hears this information, they don't understand it, and even if they do, they don't believe it, even if they believe it...... Nothing can be done either.

People who have reached the twilight of their lives have long since left this era, and the only reason why they are still alive is that their children are not willing to let them die for the time being.

The old man sat at the table, listening quietly to these messages, looking out the window, perhaps thinking, or simply slipping the number, and after a while, the radio was busy with a rustling sound, indicating that the whole record had been played.

The old fisherman came back to his senses, looked at the young postman who was still standing at the door in the most upright military posture, and not only smiled: "Still a little nervous?" ”

The postman immediately straightened his head and said, "Report to the general, a little!" ”

How can you not be nervous in the face of an imperial monument.

The old man understood the mentality of young people, so he could only shake his head, and then pointed to the other side of the table: "Sit down, I've been delivering letters in the town for four years, and I can see me almost every day, what's there to be nervous about, and besides, don't call me a general, I always feel like I'm still on the battlefield and haven't retired." ”

Checkmate......

After the gates of hell were opened, there were bound to be many generals in the empire, but there was always one person whose title of general was more dazzling than everyone else.

However, this general is old, he does not want to be called a general anymore, and the moment he retires from his uniform, he sincerely hopes that the world can truly regard him as an ordinary citizen of the empire, and even more so, just call him by his own name.

However...... His name also carries too much glory.

Even when everyone pronounces the name 'Dante', they will always unconsciously add the word 'adult' to the end, otherwise they will always feel that they do not respect him enough.

The postman in front of him tried his best to make himself look more comfortable, but sitting in front of Master Dante, he still couldn't control the slightest bend of his back, but fortunately, his control of tone and demeanor was quite qualified, so he could smile and say with a seemingly natural smile:

"I love the laid-back feel of this town...... After all these years, do you still think of the battlefield? ”

"Hehe, you and I both know that this leisure is just an illusion." The old man made a cup of tea, pushed it to the other party, and then poured another cup for himself:

"Although everything seems to be good, all the residents here have been carefully selected and emigrated, and the government has really put some thought into finding people from all over the world who don't know what I look like;

There are also those shops on the street, the service staff in the restaurant, at first glance, the actors who came to serve me, even if their acting skills are good, but the fake is fake, and I can't see it.

I'm old, I don't move, I don't run around, but it's been years since I've had a real stranger in this town...... For the Empire and the Holy See, I am only a living myth after all, a cover and sold to the whole world. ”

The old man said distractedly, but the soldier of the Holy Cult Army who had been a postman for many years on the other side of the table was so panicked that his heart was about to jump out, and he kept speculating whether these remarks implied that Lord Dante was dissatisfied with the arrangements of the Holy See, and whether he was already unhappy with the complaints of the imperial government.

"Alright, alright." The old man probably saw that the young man's heart was about to set off a storm, and pressed down his palm with a smile: "Old man, just talk a few words, you don't need to report it."

By the way, this time the Holy Journal newspaper still did not publish any information about the Emperor? ”

"Nope." The postman didn't even dare to think about it, and immediately pressed all his thoughts to the bottom of his heart, and replied very dignifiedly.

The old man looked at the constant ripples in the teacup, but he couldn't escape the water in the cup, and sighed:

"Hey, the emperor's power is still too big after all, and the inheritance of the same bloodline must be like a ring."

Then I took a sip:

"At the end of the year, the [Transposition Ceremony] will be held again, who is being pushed out this time?"

The Transposition Ceremony is a 'change of throne' rule that has been established since the Filty royal family unified the empire, and it is very simple.

That's ...... The next successor must come up with a political strategy, or a military plan, or a promising program of reforms that surpasses the current emperor's pursuit, in short, you must change the empire for the better in order to inherit the throne, or else you will retain all the rights of the current emperor until the person who can replace him appears.

Despite how crude and ridiculous this method of replacement may seem on the surface, it contains great wisdom, because the first emperors had already understood the essence of power, which was ...... Power will drive people crazy, and that can never change.

Therefore, he simply did not suppress the greed and yearning for power of human beings, but wanted to use it!

Don't you want to have power, aren't you willing to be crazy about power, then you can make the empire better, use all your madness on it, and as long as you can do it, the throne will be generously given to you!

The entire empire, the three independent subordinate institutions, all the houses, the elders, all the power organs of the empire, all have the right to judge the successor.

Regardless of the amount of deceit and bloodshed during this period, in short, the empire has really been developing in a better and better direction over the centuries.

However, this rule also has a certain drawback, which is ...... If you meet an amazing and brilliant emperor, so that for decades, no one can surpass him, then this throne will not sit for decades.

And the current emperor, Augustine the Great, seems to be such a being...... He was so perfect that at every transposition ceremony, he was able to come up with a copy, even several good bills that were enough to crush the successor.

It's been 60 years.

I don't know who will want to challenge the strongest emperor in modern history this time......

"It's a guy named Franklin." The postman in front of him replied respectfully: "It is a cousin of the Felty family, almost 50 years old, I heard that it has been promoting the re-development of electricity as a new energy source, and has a high academic background, but the reputation of the people does not seem to be high." ”