Secretary of the Devil's Castle

After clearing out all the food on the large table, Fatalia came to the study again, while Favna stood aside and waited as usual. For a while, there were only the sounds of flipping books and pens across papers in the study, but this time At that time, Fatalia was a little restless.

Looking at another typo on the note, Fatalia took a breath and erased it.

She felt that her body was inexplicably hot. Although Favna was standing aside without making a sound, she still subconsciously cast her eyes on Favna, and at the same time, various imaginations that should not have appeared flashed in her mind.

Although it is still tolerable, it is far from the original.

what's the situation?

Fatalia subconsciously covered her forehead, thinking about which link went wrong, and after a while, she asked, "Favna, will the succubus' desire gradually increase during menstrual period?"

Favna still had that inorganic appearance, "Master, generally speaking, the desire of a succubus will gradually increase during each menstrual period, but there will not be too obvious changes during a single menstrual period?"

Desire will rise every time you have a menstrual period?

Fatalia was taken aback for a moment, and then subconsciously bit her thumb. Although she didn't know when she developed this habit, she didn't need to think about such side details. Right now she still doesn't know why she feels Now that the desire has increased, and I also know that the menstrual period will probably become more and more sad.

At this moment, Fatalia frowned, and then covered her stomach. She didn't look very hungry after eating, but almost everyone could hear the sound of her stomach drumming when she just woke up, and she just woke up. The desire at that time was obviously not as high as it is now-could it be because of the warm thoughts... cough cough.

There is really such a possibility. After all, survival is the most important thing for an individual. When the stomach is empty and the eyes are dizzy from hunger, who has the time to think about other things besides filling the stomach?Maybe some sages can do it, but Fatalia can't. She is just an ordinary person, not to mention a big sin of gluttony.

Having figured this out, Fatalia's eyes lit up, and she crossed her fingers to form a pergola in front of her.

She seems to have found a good way to get through her menstrual period safely.

(emmmm, the quality may be a bit poor, it may be due to the headache, the state is a bit affected, I will adjust it back soon.)

Chapter 52 Under the Great Prison (4k)

Just as Fatalia was trying to keep herself hungry to get through her menstrual period, Ender on the other side had already arrived at her destination.

When he left the Demon King's Castle, he didn't take a carriage, but walked on his own feet, just like an ordinary person.

Passing by the aristocratic district, he saw the unbridled extravagance. Even though these aristocrats have not forgotten the glory of the past, they are no different from the aristocrats on the frontier in terms of enjoyment and waste. Appropriate waste of style, continue to walk down the city.

Passing by the residential area, he saw the busy market. As commoners, they don't have enough time to enjoy their free time like the nobles. Even though the Demon King City is the capital of the Cairns Empire, these ordinary people still have to spend most of their energy. Putting it into work to maintain food and clothing, they must be living better than the civilians in other cities. After all, here is the Demon King City, and Ender still looks on the tired faces of these civilians in order to ensure their lives, and continues to move towards the city. Go down.

Ender came to the large prison under the Demon King City, and after greeting the guards on duty, he came to a darker space than the ground.

It is as complicated as an ant nest, with corridors extending in all directions connecting different rooms. Prisoners occasionally appear in the room, without exception, with empty eyes. They are engaged in various jobs, such as smelting, construction, sewing ...All of them are production-type jobs, and the things produced by them will be exported to various places.

Squeak!

The wooden door behind him was opened, Ende looked back, and happened to see a jailer dragging a skinny prisoner who had passed out. The prisoner's body had reached its limit. The last bit of residual heat.

Ender watched coldly as the jailer disappeared around the corner of the corridor, and then continued to walk down.

The inside of the prison is also divided into several floors, Ender's destination is the bottom floor.

The space here is even darker, and the runes used for lighting also emit a dim gleam as if the magic power is insufficient, but this is just an illusion. The magic power of the runes is even more abundant than the ones on the ground. The reason why it looks so dim is completely It is because the prisoners held here are different from ordinary people.

There is no jailer here, because the jailer may become a springboard for the prisoners to escape. The only thing that is trustworthy is the powerful magic restriction here. These restrictions are set by Ender himself, in order to imprison those who cannot be killed or are temporarily difficult to deal with. Prisoners.

Ender pushed open one of the doors and walked in. For a moment, it was as if countless people were crying in his ears. All kinds of incomplete and hideous faces appeared in front of Ender's eyes. They were cursing loudly and condemning angrily. , A vicious curse, the demon king in front of him, more pale limbs surrounded by black mist, grabbed Ender from various corners, as if to tear him into pieces.

Facing all this, Ender was still extremely calm, his scarlet eyes didn't even flicker, he just said lightly: "Stop playing, you know it's meaningless to me, it's just a waste of time."

There seemed to be a sneer in the darkness, "Hey hey hey! We know, of course we know it's a waste of time, but anyway, we have nothing else to do here, so what about wasting your time? Anyway, come here Just use us, you lock us in this dark place, and use us as a useful tool when you think of it. What? Our tool is going to make it difficult for you to use it so smoothly?"

Ender didn't speak, a dark magic circle appeared under his feet, and then he heard a scream from that voice, the voice's face and limbs receded together, and the ubiquitous darkness completely subsided. At this moment, this The prisoner's true face was revealed.

His huge body was several times taller than Ender's. The gray-blue tattered cloth robe exposed boundless darkness, and in the darkness formed a roughly humanoid figure with a tentacled lower body. His torso contained countless hideous and painful faces. Emerging, those faces were constantly crying and begging, but no one could respond to them, and where the face should be, there were only a pair of red eyes and a bloody mouth, other than that, it was difficult to recognize It doesn't have the face that a normal person should have at all, and his arm is equally horrifying when you look closely. It is made up of countless black incomplete limbs, which are just barely piled into the shape of an arm. I feel fear in my heart.

This huge black monster is tightly bound here by the same black iron chains. Those chains are engraved with dense runes. As long as this monster tries to escape, they will instantly detonate everyone in this room. magic, and sounded the alarm to inform the warden that there was an accident.

This monster was once called the Poor because of their number.

More than 100 years ago, Ender defeated him in a fierce battle and then imprisoned him here. Considering that the demons are extremely difficult to kill and have certain characteristics, Ender did not choose to get rid of him directly.

"Hey, hey, haha! It hurts, you won, you can do whatever you want to us, anyway, it's asking questions again?! Ask, ask! We won't answer anyway! Want to know What you have to dig out from the depths of our souls!"

The group of demons shouted again, but Ender was used to it, so he took out Fatalia's note from his pocket, and said to the group of demons: "The question I want to ask today...may make you feel extremely Surprised, but I believe you can still give me a satisfactory answer."

Ender opened the notebook and asked the group of demons: "If the punishment part of a country's law is divided into three categories..."

He expressed Fatalia's thoughts, and then patiently listened to the noise in the numerous demon souls in front of him, in order to get the answer.

The group of demons is composed of the souls of many dead people. How he was born cannot be judged, but his situation is easy to understand. This is a special life controlled by a master personality, and there are many consciousnesses inside. These consciousnesses are probably group The number of souls absorbed by demons in the past is unknown, but there are kings, knights, nobles, scholars, blacksmiths, humans, elves, demons, dwarves...etc. People of all classes and races, and the number is extremely large.

These consciousnesses cannot interfere with the master personality of the group of demons, and the master personality of the group of demons cannot prevent these consciousnesses from endlessly discussing in his body. Questions raised by others will be turned over and over again in the numerous consciousnesses of the group of demons. It can even be performed in various environments. Although it can only simulate a short-term situation, it is enough for Ende.

He can ask questions, and then the consciousness in the group of demons will start discussing and practicing by itself, and then Ender only needs to bypass the consciousness of the group of demons and directly confirm the final result.

It may be a little different from reality, but it is still a good way to screen.

Still, he and they need a little help.

Ender took out another exquisite pocket watch from his pocket. The whole body was pure white with golden patterns. It was a bit delicate, but not cumbersome. It looked simple and elegant.

Frankly speaking, from the appearance of this pocket watch, it may appear more often in the hands of a noble lady or temple personnel, like an ornament that shows status and holiness, rather than a prop with actual functions, let alone appearing in a In the hands of a demon king.

But Ender didn't care, he pinched the watch chain, the pocket watch was hanging in his hand, dangling from side to side, the hands were beating constantly, and the afterimage of the patterns on the dial would stay longer in people's eyes.

"Real world stripping."

Tick, tick, tick.

The sound of the clock moving seemed to grow louder, occupying an absolute sense of presence at this moment, multiple golden mystical magic circles emerged on the pocket watch, running slowly, nested layer by layer, and then the gray and white colors revolved around the pocket watch. The entire room was covered in an instant, and then there was a strange sound as if something had collapsed, and the pocket watch finally returned to calm.

The space and time here are also temporarily cut off from the real world.

"Specify o time to accelerate."

Tick!

A golden magic circle appeared on the pocket watch, and the time of the group of demons began to speed up, and the time of several months was compressed into an instant. From the perspective of others, the figures of the group of demons seemed to be released in an instant. This action, including cursing, yelling, trying to get out of trouble, etc., unfortunately, has no effect, and the countless souls in the group of demons have also come to the result.

The group of demons could only stare at Ender's slowly approaching figure, the hatred in their eyes was almost overflowing.

"Frankly speaking, if you hadn't swallowed so many souls, then you would have died long ago, and you wouldn't have to suffer here. Perhaps this is also a kind of retribution—but for you, death or loss of freedom , there shouldn’t be much difference between the two.”

A huge magic circle appeared under the group of demons, and the noise of those unwilling souls in his body became louder and louder, it could be said that there was a turmoil of people, and the final result of their debate has come out.

"Won't it have much impact in the short term...?"

Touching his chin, Ender thought for a while, and then asked the second question: "Are nobles... necessary for a country?"

After the initial silence, these souls argued for a longer time, and their noisy voices almost overflowed the bodies of the group of demons, and Ender had already expected this situation, after all, it was different from the torture method with traces, The idea put forward by Fatalia is completely unheard of in this world. The ruling system that Fatalia calls the monarchy enfeoffment system implemented by various countries has always been considered a perfect system. , the nobles who were born noble almost forgot how their ancestors held that bit of wealth in their hands, but now Fatalia has proposed a brand new system, which she calls centralized power.

It can be said that Fatalia's idea almost subverts the order of the entire world, and there are many, many similar ideas in this notebook...

After reaching the affirmative conclusion, Ender sighed lightly, turned to the next page of the note, and was about to ask another question. He still had many things to verify, but he didn't know if the pocket watch would hold up.

Tick, tick.

The white pocket watch is still running, and the golden magic circle is floating on its surface, continuously outputting powerful time magic.

"What are the consequences of popularizing knowledge to everyone..."

……

"If the ruler is not an aristocrat, but a capable commoner..."

……

"About assembly line operations and industrial production..."

Ender asked a lot of questions, each of which was of a shocking level, and the consciousness in the group of demons did not stop for a moment. At some point, even the main consciousness of the group of demons was attracted by these questions, quietly Watch Ender's cycle of questioning and then thinking.

Until the end, Ender only got one-tenth of the answers to the knowledge in the entire notebook, and the pocket watch showed signs of failing.

With a soft breath, Ender ended the operation of the pocket watch, and this piece of time and space was reconnected with the world. The white pocket watch trembled, and a large number of golden magic circles unfolded, smoothing the chaos of time and space.

"Let's stop here today. I will probably come to you later. There are still many questions I haven't asked."

Ender took back his pocket watch and notebook and turned to leave. When he opened the door and was about to go out, the group of demons called out, "Ende, where did you get all this knowledge?"

After thinking for a moment, Ende turned his head slightly and replied, "My daughter brought it to me."

"Daughter...? Hehehe, it's interesting, it's so interesting. Although I don't know who your daughter is, the knowledge she brings to you will definitely cause chaos! It's enough to overthrow your entire empire!"

The group of demons laughed wildly, almost out of breath—if he really retained the function of panting, "Ender Cairns! You said that it was retribution for me to be imprisoned here, and I devoured so much The retribution of many souls, but what about you? Demon King Ender Cairns! When you established your empire, how many people's blood were on your hands? Millions? Tens of millions? That is far more than the number of souls in my body?! I can feel, I can smell the disgusting smell of blood on your body! You are a real demon, if you want to talk about retribution, I am really really very curious about what kind of retribution you will get! It must have made me What an ecstatic ending! Hehehehahahahahaha——!"

His piercing laughter made the whole room vibrate, and the ferocious face exposed in the endless darkness on his chest also laughed wildly. His hands composed of countless limbs disintegrated into countless arms pointing at Ender, and Ender was fell silent.

But just a few seconds later, Ender turned and left the room.

"Maybe, but that's not a reason to hold me back."

Chapter 53 One Year (4k)

Ender didn't stay in the big prison for too long. Whenever the pocket watch was overused and needed to be repaired, he would go back to the ground to meet his ministers, and tell them the answers he got from asking the group of demons, and then proceed to the second stage. Second discussion.

And when the discussion was over, they took the restored pocket watch and entered the big prison again for a new round of questions, and so on.

In this way, the speed of Ender's selection of Fatalia's ideas will be greatly improved, and the efficiency of formulating corresponding strategies based on her ideas will also be greatly improved.

In just over a month, Ende answered all the questions from the group of demons, but most of the remaining questions have not been discussed with the ministers. After all, unlike the group of demons who can speed up time at will, these courtiers of Ende can't do anything about it. Time acceleration can only be discussed step by step.

Fortunately, 300 years have passed, and Ende's prestige is still there. These ministers have no objection to Ende's idea, but are arguing about how to implement it. When they have thoroughly discussed it, it will probably take another few months.

When Ender and his ministers were discussing in full swing, Fatalia was not idle. After relying on her survival instinct to safely pass her menstrual period, she devoted herself to studying again. Except for the etiquette class, other The course is still going on as usual, but this time she chooses to study more comprehensively. After all, for the sake of a possible political career in the future, she will not let herself have any weaknesses.

Whether it's magic or martial arts, or history and etiquette, she has to be the most perfect.

Naturally, the progress of Fatalia's strength began to slow down. After all, there were too many things she wanted to learn, but on the other hand, as Fatalia learned more and more knowledge, her foundation also It is constantly widening and thickening, so that several teachers agree that the child has learned too much knowledge that is not needed.

Fatalia didn't care about this, she was fascinated by the deconstruction of magic as always, and Ender also gave great support to Fatalia's proposal of analyzing magic runes, and specially dialed a A large sum of money was given to the academy to allow them to set up a department dedicated to this, and Fatalia's name was hung in it. At the same time, the first-class medal proposed by Hogan was also awarded to Fatalia, but They didn't make any public announcements. Except for a small number of people in the academic academy, no one knew that the youngest first-class knight had changed.

Fatalia herself doesn't care about these reputations, and Ender also deliberately controlled the spread of news. After all, Fatalia is too young. You must know that Mu Xiuyu Lin Feng will destroy her. At this age, let her Getting too much attention is not a good thing.

On the other hand, Ender asked Tan En to serve as Fatalia's guard. Although it was suspected of being overqualified, Tan En himself was very happy about this matter. He also asked Ender to grant him a shield. According to what he said , because: "In the past, I was only responsible for charging forward, but now I need to become a city wall. In this case, only the sword is not enough. I need to provide more comprehensive protection for Her Royal Highness."

In this regard, Ender readily agreed, so in addition to a giant sword like a door panel, the tall and mighty headless horseman also had a thicker tower shield on his back. At the same time, his fighting style also changed. Great changes have been made, and he is much more conservative than usual. Although there will still be habitual charges occasionally, most of the time he will still choose to hold his shield and stand in front of Fatalia.

That generous back gave people a considerable sense of security.

As for Ender's promise to give Fatalia a position with real power, he has already figured out what to give to Fatalia. Unlike ordinary clerks, Fatalia, as the clerk of Demon King City, will be responsible for all clerical work in the empire and lead all civil officials. 【*%

Regarding Ender's decision, Fatalia remained silent for a long time, but finally chose to accept it, and at the same time worked harder to study in various aspects. After all, she is far from mature enough to take up the position of clerk.

Of course, Ender did not intend to allow Fatalia to take office now, but he did not stipulate when Fatalia should officially become a clerk. Ender chose to let Fatalia decide for herself. When her ability is enough, she will be the official clerk of Demon King City.

And when Ender figured out all the problems in the notes that Fatalia gave him, half a year had passed, and Ender finally officially started reforming.

However, any reform cannot be achieved overnight, and rashly taking too many steps will easily split the fork. Fatalia suggested that Ende’s reform should be done slowly. Don’t suddenly overturn the table, but gradually wear down the power of the old ruling forces. Like boiling a frog in warm water.

After all, Ender is not very clear, but Fatalia still knows a little bit about some history. There are not many reforms that end well. It went so far that even the head was taken away for collection.

The most important law has been revised a little bit, and other aspects have not fallen behind, and the analysis of magic has not stopped. Fatalia's history teacher Hogan has also been appointed to write teaching materials that can be used for a large number of promotions, and Hogan has just When I heard the news, I was so excited that my eyes almost came down.

In addition, the more subdivided arms and professional soldiers, the mass production of magic props, the construction of experimental factories... and so on, all kinds of things that are almost beyond this era appear little by little, and it only takes half a year. , Fatalia was shocked by the changes in the empire.

After all, this is a world with magic, and it has been accumulated for tens of thousands of years. It is only because the existence of extraordinary people has solidified class and thinking, not because of insufficient productivity. The power accumulated by the empire is also extremely terrifying. Utilize those wasted power and point out a way, and the entire Keynesian empire will run at a terrifying speed on the rails like a train with full fuel.

Of course, the resistance of the old nobles still exists, but it is a pity that as long as not all the old nobles are united, otherwise the power of the Demon King City will be overwhelming, and those first generation border nobles and nobles of the Demon King City still remember the Demon Lord Ender Keynes They are very powerful, and they trust Ende very much, and they are not in the same camp as the second generation of border nobles.

Therefore, although the second-generation frontier nobles among the old nobles have been trying to get in the way, whether it is promoting education, opening factories, or other things, they dare not oppose it on the surface. After all, they also cherish their lives, and they The smarter parts in the middle have begun to learn to use their power to get a share of the new order.

The Cairns Empire is slowly changing, and she will eventually become a somewhat weird centralized monarchy empire - Fatalia once thought about whether a more advanced system could be implemented, but she finally gave up, the right one is the best Yes, if you take too many strides, you will get tired and do the splits easily.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed since Fatalia handed the notes to Ender.

Ender appears less and less time. With the implementation of the new policy, he has to travel frequently to various occasions. There are many things that he needs to see in person, and his free time is getting less and less. Of course, the Demon King The city is also less popular.

And Fatalia herself began to appear in the social circle under Ender's instruction. She began to attend parties held by other nobles in order to accumulate fame and observe the recent movements of these nobles.

Although Fatalia does not appear often, and her main energy is still on her studies, the rumors of this imperial princess have spread on various occasions, and the most talked about is her adopted daughter This identity - of course, no one dared to use this identity to attack Fatalia, after all, Ender was very protective of his little princess.

In addition to the identity of the adopted daughter, Fatalia's iceberg face that has remained unchanged for thousands of years and the same inorganic expression of her own maid are also often discussed, and Fatalia's mature and rich eyes that are far beyond her age are also popular. Her knowledge and her good appetite have also surprised many people. Of course, her high-level succubus blood is indispensable. In fact, many nobles are already thinking about whether they can introduce their children to Fatalia After all, if it succeeds, it will be a step up to the sky.

As a result, the group of nobles who were still urging Ende to marry immediately turned their eyes to Fatalia. After all, it was obvious that Ende adopted such an adopted daughter. He just told other people that he didn't want to think about it. Bad thing, don't bother him with the reason to urge the marriage.

Naturally, the group of nobles began to bother Fatalia, and Ender said that if someone could really make Fatalia like him or her, then having a son-in-law would not be impossible.

The group of nobles were overjoyed, but they didn't know how difficult Fatalia was to attack.

Sitting on a luxurious black carriage, the outside of the carriage is painted with a bright red cross star and the coat of arms of the devil, which shows the noble status of the person sitting in the carriage, that is the existence standing at the apex of the entire empire.