Secretary of the Devil's Castle

"It's far away, it's far away...that's it."

He muttered to himself, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and the fog in his mind seemed to be cleared a little, "Then, Your Highness, do you have any solutions to solve these hidden dangers?"

Fatalia shook her head again, "As I said just now, I don't know much about this country, and I'm actually not very good at legal matters. At most, I have a general direction in my mind, and I don't There is a clear plan for specific implementation, so I have no solution for the time being."

"Then if Her Royal Highness has an assistant who is proficient in the law and knows the current situation of the empire, would it be much better?"

"In that case, the progress will indeed be greatly accelerated, and the loopholes in the law may be filled soon-wait a minute, what do you mean?"

Gothe touched his chest with his right hand again, and bowed to Fatalia.

"If Her Royal Highness can really point out the direction, then I, Gord Worf, swear on the name of the Worf family to offer my loyalty to you!"

There seemed to be a bright light in the endless fog in front of his eyes.

(Today's Chapter 1)

(Gold was written as Ende several times)

Chapter 40 Exploration

"You want to pledge your allegiance to me...?"

Fatalia's eyes widened suddenly, and she couldn't keep up with the rhythm. Do you demons like to talk endlessly without surprising you?

Wait a minute, this person seems to be an ancient orc.

"If you can really find your way, yes, Your Royal Highness."

Gothe corrected a sentence, and then continued: "My father once participated in the revision of the laws of the empire. I was responsible for taking care of him when he was sick in bed. At that time, he kept telling me to find a way to change the demon king. Your Majesty's idea is to let His Majesty the Demon King know that the Cairns Empire is very dangerous, but I can't do it. I am not close to His Majesty the Demon King, nor do I have the ability to convince him to change his strategy. But Your Royal Highness, you Not the same, you are the adopted daughter of His Majesty the Demon King and the heir to the empire, and at such an age you can have such insights into the current legal system of the Empire, maybe you can really change the mind of His Majesty the Demon King, and you can change this ship that is about to sink. big ship."

"This……"

"You don't need to make promises now, Your Royal Highness, frankly speaking, I don't fully trust you yet, even if you have opinions beyond this age, because I have seen many people who were amazing when they were young but later turned An example of mediocrity, so Your Highness, please try to make me trust you, if you do, my strength and wisdom will serve you!"

There seemed to be a fire in Gothe's eyes. The flame of hope almost hurt Fatalia, but after hearing his words, Fatalia felt a little relieved. She exhaled and replied: " If you really swear allegiance to me directly, then I will worry about your plans... Do you want me to prove something? No one has asked me to prove anything since I became a princess. Okay, okay, according to the current progress... Well, the day after tomorrow, the banquet is over, when you come to me, I will tell my father, we can... talk about it in detail."

"The day after tomorrow?"

Gothe's eyes flickered for a moment, because the time was indeed beyond his expectation, a little too fast, but he still said: "Okay, I understand, Your Royal Highness, then I won't bother you too much, otherwise... Some people may have other reactions."

Hearing this, Fatalia followed Gothe's eyes and looked at Sivis Anderson, who was chatting and laughing with others on the other side. The ancient orc of the lion tribe glanced over from time to time with dangerous eyes, so she nodded , "Well, that's it, in fact, even if you don't leave, someone will come to you right away—look."

Familiar chokehold, familiar voice, Tana grabbed Gothe's neck with a bright smile, "Oh, why is it another ancient orc? Your proud instinct didn't tell you not to approach it casually." Her Royal Highness?"

"Hmm, cough, cough! Wait, Lord Tana, wait! I have no malicious intentions!"

Gothe's face suddenly turned blue—God knows how Fatalia could tell Gothe's face was blue from his black-haired dog's head, but Tana didn't care about Gothe's excuse, she just stuck Gothe You dragged your neck back, "Tsk tsk tsk! Shut up! You can decide whether you are malicious or not? Come on, let's chat in a different place and talk carefully about your faux pas in front of Her Royal Highness just now. ,OK?"

"Ahem! Lady Tana, please stop!"

Watching the figures of Gothe and Tana gradually going away, Fatalia took a sip of the black tea on the table.

Mmm, it smells so good.

Compared with the invitation of the day after tomorrow, it is more important for Gothe to find a way to escape from Tana.

Thinking about it, Fatalia also put down her teacup and continued to flip through the book.

Although she is not sure about this Gothe's ability, but since he is so confident, he probably has two brushes, at least not as useless as other nobles who eat nothing. man's child?If what he said was true, then perhaps he could be of help, and a great help at that.

Let's ask His Majesty the Demon King after the banquet is over.

Click!

Fatalya bit into pieces a biscuit that Vavna handed to her mouth.

At this time, a shadow enveloped her, "Fatalia, how do you see?"

Ender suddenly appeared in front of Fatalia, startling her, "Your Majesty the Demon King? Why are you so elusive?"

"Really? I don't think so."

Ende touched his chin and replied, "Actually, I was listening to it before, um, when you were chatting with that Gothe."

Fatalia was taken aback when she heard the words, and then sighed helplessly, "It's not good to eavesdrop on what others are saying, Your Majesty the Demon King."

"Who made my ears sharp?"

Ender didn't look embarrassed at all, he moved his face closer to Fatalia, "Then Fatalia, don't you call me king now?"

After thinking about it for a while, Fatalia immediately understood that it was Ende who had just heard the few words that popped out of her mouth when she was chatting with Gothe, so she turned her face to the side and said: "There is no one else here now. Listen...forget it."

"is it?"

Ender nodded, and then sat in front of Fatalia, "Well, I won't force you, Fatalia. Frankly speaking, I really want to hear you call me king father, but since you don't want to, Forget it. But compared to this, I just heard the discussion between you and Gothe. What he said is true, he is indeed a capable person, but Fatalia, is what you said true? "

"You mean... the legal system of the Empire?"

Fatalia turned her head to look into Ender's eyes, and the latter also looked directly at Fatalia, "That's right, about the legal system of the empire...and the remedies you can think of."

On the other hand, Gothe also managed to escape from Tana's clutches.

Fortunately, although Tana has a bad temper, she is not the kind of ignorant person, so she won't really do anything to Gothe. After all, the Demon King City finally held a banquet, and suddenly lost the face of a nobleman You can't get through it, can you?

Gothe tidied up his clothes and returned to those second-generation border nobles. A lion bigger than him walked towards him.

Sivis squeezed out a smile that was more threatening than friendly, "Long time no see, Marquis Walker, it seems that you talked a lot with Her Royal Highness, which is really enviable, after all, I haven't had time to say something What was thrown away. What did you talk about?"

Gothe didn't show much emotion, but just said in a neutral manner: "I'm disappointed, Grand Duke Anderson, I'm just more interested in what books Her Royal Highness is reading, and I didn't talk about anything that the Grand Duke would be interested in. After all Her Royal Highness... is just a child."

(Chapter 2)

Chapter 41 Corrected Direction

There was a long silence between Fatalia and Ender.

In the end, it was Fatalia who sighed, put aside the Imperial Law Code in her arms, and then took the cake in Favna's hand, cut it into several pieces with a knife, and then used a fork to fork one of them and put it on the cake. After entering the mouth, he said: "Since you have listened to the conversation between me and the Marquis Walker, you should know that I have no way to start now."

Ender shrugged and said, "But you already have a direction, don't you? I don't believe you dare to promise that Gao De will come to see you the day after tomorrow when you are still at a loss."

"really."

Fatalia gritted her fork and squeezed out a sentence between her teeth, "But before that, tell me the laws of the empire...why is it like this?"

Ender leaned forward slightly, which showed that he was taking the topic seriously, "Which aspect are you referring to?"

"all."

Fatalia spat out her fork and pointed to the Imperial Code aside, "Why is it so strict? Why is there such an obvious bias? Why is it almost blank in civil terms? Why... tsk, there are too many."

Ender looked at Fatalia, and he found that the little girl who rarely showed any expression in the past was frowning tightly at this moment. She seemed to be really worrying about this matter instead of completing the task like before. Mechanically doing what it should do.

Ah, this is a good sign, a good sign.

With a sigh in his heart, Ender replied: "This is probably because... I am a little urgent. If we want to establish a powerful empire as soon as possible, I think that instead of completely imitating the laws of the mainland, we should revise them according to the current situation of the Demon Island." New laws, after all, our races are different, and there are demons on the island.”

"Why the devil..."

Before Fatalia finished speaking, she was interrupted by Ender again, "Demons are more irritable, more irritable, more cruel, more bloodthirsty, and more ignorant of rules than ordinary races. The instinct deep in the blood of all demons is the most primitive sin. We follow our desires more easily and are more likely to be manipulated by instinct, so we are more likely to violate the secular laws.

"Why do the mainland believe that demons are inherently evil and that we are the source of all evil, while the demons on the island are still complacent? Because that's what the demons really think. We think that we should not be restrained. We should follow the secular laws, we should not be governed, we are evil itself. Therefore, ordinary laws... are hard to enforce.

"That's why I plan to use severe punishment.

"I will bind all demons with absolute harsh laws. I will make them fear breaking the law. I will make them abide by my laws and contribute to my empire and my dreams. If they don't intend to obey me The law, then go to hell, don't get in the way, don't drag me down."

Fatalia felt a dull pain in her temple.

She probably understood what Ender was thinking, it was very simple, as he said, he was a devil, so he used the devil's thinking when amending the law, the devil's thinking has always been straightforward, and this kind of Straightforward ideas also carry out the laws of the empire.

It's like simply using violence to control violence, either abide by the law or die.

So it seems that those laws that do not involve the death penalty really refer to the laws on the mainland... Otherwise, according to Ender's thinking, all violations of the law should be punished by death.

It's no wonder that Demon King City is so stable, because the fear of breaking the law has been engraved in everyone's heart.

She couldn't help but want to rub the painful temples with her hands, but Favna seemed to have noticed it in advance, and had already stepped forward and gently pressed Fatalia's temples with her soft fingertips, which made her feel relaxed. Quite a lot.

Well, now that the people who make the law have already understood the idea, it will be much more convenient to persuade and modify it next.

Fatalia began to think, about the situation of Demon Island, about the race of demons, about the current situation of Demon King City, about the magic of this world, about various races...and, different The lifespan of the race.

She felt that even the well-known lawyers who had participated in the revision of the law in the previous life would be stunned when they saw this scene. After all, the life expectancy of different races could make people lose all their hair.

Please listen to the question, the dream weaving butterfly with a lifespan of only 30 years and the Balrog with a lifespan of thousands of years, does ten years' imprisonment have the same concept for the two?

Now Fatalia is facing such a desperate situation. Even the huge differences in the life forms of different races will cause the laws of the previous life to be completely unacceptable in this world, so I won’t repeat them here.

From this point of view, there are still many merits in the law enforced by Ende.

Strong laws allow demons with chaotic nature to restrain themselves with fear, and a large number of death sentences have also achieved equal treatment of different races to a certain extent—anyway, death is equal to all races, even the undead. On the day of eternity, even the death penalty has an advantage that it does not need to consume too much manpower and resources to deliberately build some prisons that may put some guys in for tens of hundreds of years.

Just chop it up once and for all—of course, the same goes for the destruction of consciousness.

Fatalia couldn't help but slap her on the forehead, because the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the current laws of the Keynesian Empire were a little bit reasonable.

Ender was also silently watching Fatalia thinking, he didn't disturb Fatalia, he was waiting, or looking forward to Fatalia's answer.

Finally, Fatalia breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Ender again, "Perhaps... there is really a way."

Although the current laws of the Cairns Empire are harsh, they are also reasonable. At the very least, it has really maintained the empire for 300 years, regardless of the role played by Ende.

And depending on Ender's meaning... He probably won't let the laws of the empire become too loose, or the laws that are too loose are not suitable for the current empire.

Then what needs to be done should be the completion of the entire legal system of the empire, the revision of the standards for violating the law and the corresponding trial methods, and perhaps even the entire administrative system.

What Fatalia needs to do is not to loosen the law, but to make the legal system tighter.

The current legal system is like a wall with many holes, so what Fatalia has to do is to turn it into a net!

Chapter 42 Spy

After deciding how to do it, Fatalia only felt refreshed in her heart, but this method is not perfect at the moment, and she needs to continue to study the current legal system of the empire before she can give a complete answer.

Ender saw that Fatalia's eyes lit up as if she had figured out something, and then she said: "Father, I can't answer you now, but the day after tomorrow, I think I should be ready, wait until then I will say all my thoughts at once."

"is it?"

Ender subconsciously leaned back, "Then I'll look forward to it."

"Then can I leave early? I want to check something in the study."

"Well, of course you can, please go ahead."

Fatalia nodded, then called Favna to get up and leave, "Then... I will take my leave first."

Seeing the back of Fatalia leaving the banquet hall, Ender scratched his chin with his fingertips, "At this time, you actually called Father King... Did you not notice?"

……

"Favna, help me go to the kitchen and get some sweets, more lemon pudding."

"Yes, Master."

Favna raised her skirt and bowed, then turned and exited the study, while Fatalia tapped lightly on the bookshelf next to her, "Are there any famous legal books on the mainland? ... Oh, yes, thank you. "

Just relying on memory to restore the legal system of the previous life and then modify it into a form suitable for the Keynesian Empire is simply not a human thing, and she did not study law in university.So some legal reference books on the mainland can effectively fill up her vague memory.

Holding a stack of books in her arms, Fatalia sat on Ender's seat, then opened a notebook and began to write and draw. She gradually summed up the characteristics of the Keynesian legal system and some commonalities of the mainland law , plus the impression given to her by the legal system in her previous life...

Criminal, civil, administrative, and economic, the four categories are divided into different sub-categories. Fatalia does not know how to amend specific laws, but she understands the general direction, and she can also give suggestions for amendments. As for the remaining The... Leave it to Ender and the Marquis Walker.

For a moment, there was only the rustling sound of the pen tip across the paper in the study.

Originally, Fatalia planned to stay up all night, but just after the banquet was over, she was ordered by Sewen to be carried by Favna and thrown onto the bed forcibly, and ordered to sleep.

On the second day, Fatalia stayed in the study for the whole day, and even the three meals were brought to the study by Favna. There were painted papers and open books, and there were many balls of paper that were torn off and thrown away on the ground. Fatalia was buried in the grave with a serious face while pushing the pair of red-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose. Continue to write and draw in the pile of paper.

Thanks to the pair of glasses that Ender gave her, otherwise Fatalia alone would have read and sorted them several times slower.

Fatalia has been obsessed with sorting out the legal system and related opinions, and Fatalia even feels that her endless hunger has been relieved a lot.

Buckle up!

The sudden knock on the door did not attract Fatalia's attention, and she only spoke when the people outside did not hear the movement in the room.