The immortal black snake just wants to live simply

'It seems that the plan must be long-term. '

……

Somewhere in the Yan Kingdom, a blue rat-like creature quietly returned to Xi's residence.

"Cosiche, stop insulting my paintings with your bad taste."

With a casual wave of her hand, Xi fixed the sneaky blue rat on the ground with the ink that transformed it.

"I admit that you are better than me at painting, but you cannot insult my aesthetic taste... How did you discover me?"

"I know every one of my paintings thoroughly...even if there is a clever worm sketching on the basis of my paintings, I still know them all."

"Uh... don't be angry. I just came here to ask, do you want to visit my territory? I recently held a grand festival."

"You are still troubled by those mundane affairs..."

"You can't say that, everyone has their own ambitions... The main thing is that I want you to see and experience the [work] I have spent nearly a thousand years creating, a work that may be able to solve your insomnia problem~"

"……when?"

"Come on, please save this work that I defiled first, and it will take you to my territory... Remember not to let the group of perverted stalkers from Si Suitai discover it."

"You don't need to teach me, I know how to do it."

Chapter 51 The iron-clad Duke and the flowing emperor

In a bar in Longmen, a man wrapped in a black robe handed a letter in his hand to a strange penguin wearing sunglasses and several gold chains around his neck.

"Invite me to His ceremony? What's there to see in this boring guy's boring territory?"

The penguin named Emperor accepted the letter without ceremony.

"Tell Cosiche to prepare the most luxurious residence for me, and I will take my employees on a free trip to Him, and all the bills will be put on His head."

"of course."

Snake Scale responded awkwardly.

The other party was a friend of Lord Cosiche. Before leaving, Cosiche specifically told him to follow the other's temperament, as long as he could invite him over.

"Then I'll retire first."

Snakescale left the bar.

'If He continues to show off His single twisted aesthetic to me, I'm going to have a wild party on His property! '

……

There is a happy scene everywhere in the Duchy of Cosiche.

【Everywhere】

Construction workers are busy building the site

Merchants are purchasing large quantities of goods from outside in preparation for the upcoming festival.

Business owners have recently increased the remuneration of their employees so that everyone can enjoy the festival in the coming time.

Even the infected people in the Duchy of Cosich felt that the other party's attitude was much softer when they were inspected by the patrol police.

During the festival, all business and service industry workers are required to take turns.

This plan was proposed by the [Happiness and Security Committee] to ensure that all citizens can enjoy the Duke of Cosiche Festival.

Even if there is a small group of people who are against it... no, there is no opposition at all.

there has never been.

So the plan was passed quickly.

Investigators from the Happiness and Security Committee will make sure no one breaks the rules during the holiday season.

First of all, not to mention the majority of citizens who are extremely supportive of this. Even if a very small number of citizens criticize this, no one dares to risk being arrested by investigators who are crazy about performance to pursue a small profit.

Although every investigator has strict and even harsh standards for arresting targets.

But the punishment measures are decided by themselves.

If you are an investigator with a relatively gentle personality, you may be fined a small amount of money and imprisoned for a few days as a warning.

But if you are an investigator with a more fiery personality, you may still suffer physical pain.

After all, as an investigator, you only need to maintain the "purity" of your own soul.

……

"Your Majesty, this is an invitation from the Duke of Cosiche, inviting you to attend his ceremony."

One of the house guards respectfully handed a letter to the current emperor of Ursus.

The emperor threw the letter aside without even looking at it.

"Don't go."

"His Majesty……"

"I say no!"

The emperor glanced at the inner guard at the foot of the steps.

"Tell the Duke of Cosiche that I am busy with official duties and cannot go to celebrate..."

"But Your Majesty, the Duke of Cosiche is the cornerstone of the empire. If you don't go, the outside world will think that you and the Duke of Cosiche are not in harmony, which may be detrimental to the stability of the empire..."

"Are you teaching me what to do?"

"Don't dare."

"...What you said does make sense. Let's give some of the treasures in my royal treasury to Cosiche as a congratulatory gift."

"As ordered."

The emperor looked at the departing figure of the inner guard, feeling very complicated in his heart.

It is said that the inner guard represents the emperor's will, but how can a person be defined so simply?

Today's internal defense components are complex.

Some of the internal guards were loyal to the late emperor. They believed that he was too immature now and tried to shape themselves into an emperor like the late emperor.

Some internal guards are loyal to the Ursus Empire itself and want to restore the glory of the Ursus Empire in their own way.

Some internal guards believed in the Duke of Cosiche. They believed that the Duke was iron-clad and the emperor was flowing water.There may be some faint emperors among the emperors, but the Duke of Cosiche, who has been with Ursus since its founding, must be the patron saint of the empire.

This part is actually the most harmless to a certain extent.

As long as Kosiche is allowed to huddle in his own territory and not attack him, these inner guards will not make any small moves.

Only a small number of internal guards whom he personally promoted were loyal to him.

There are also some inside defenders who are taking a wait-and-see approach.

It is basically impossible to remove those internal guards who are not loyal enough.

He had only just ascended the throne, so his foundation was unstable and he was not that strong.

And the inner guard is indispensable for Ursus.

As long as they think that they are not qualified enough to be emperor, they will still be loyal to the empire in their own way.

The "emperor's" internal guards, I don't know when, have deteriorated.

……

The Duke of Cosiche was clearing the papers.

He must be fully prepared for the upcoming festival.

Therefore, the amount of files to be processed was very large, and he had to wake up some of the bodies staying in the mansion.

The inner guard looked numbly at the scene in front of him.

A thin, red-haired Sakaz man in a suit, bow tie, and top hat was reviewing financial reports;

A white-haired Liberian woman is writing a promotional document for the festival;

A Kuranta man with blond hair and an uncontrollable smile was dealing with the list submitted by the Happiness and Security Committee;

Duke Fidia, on the other hand, was thinking about which invitations to give to [old friends].

'The Blood Demon Lord?Forget it, the connection between that guy and Kazdaele is too deep. I just want to connect with the old guys and build a relationship, not to stimulate the emperor's fragile nerves. '

'evening?This otaku would actually agree?I didn't have high hopes... was it because I told her it could solve her insomnia problem? '

'Jeragond?As expected. '

'The penguin?It doesn't matter if he comes, I just want to teach those insects some lessons, or he can turn the situation into chaos. '

'Forget the rest of them. After all, I don't want my festival to turn into a joke. These three people have already spent enough time and energy. I also have to free up my hands to plan for those war madmen in the next two years...'

……

Just in the distance, a white-haired Sakaz woman was heading towards the Duchy of Kosiche.

During the celebration, the Duchy of Cosiche is fully open, which gives a bunch of guys an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Some of them want to repay a favor, some want revenge, and some just want to find an answer.

'Satan, or rather the Duke of Cosiche, what on earth were you bastard thinking when His Highness was assassinated? '

White-haired Sakaz murmured.

Chapter 52 A conscientious businessman saves the war orphan Misty

'very hungry. '

The unknown little Sakaz girl fell to the ground.

Her clothes were ragged, her face was pale, and she had not eaten for many days.

During the War of the Two Kings of Kazdare, there were countless unknown children like her.

She could only use the knife she picked up to protect herself and get food.

But who cares about a skinny child?

She could only survive by stealing and acting as an informant for those mercenaries.

Recently, the camp where she lived was destroyed by a sudden war.

She could only leave and go to another relatively safe place.

But on the way, she was overwhelmed.

"Whose child is this~"

Before closing her eyes, the girl heard a strange voice.

……

When she opened her eyes again, the little girl saw herself next to the fire, with two figures opposite her.

One of them was wearing clothing that was difficult for a little girl to understand, and had a flashy... helmet on his head?

The other one was wrapped in a black robe, holding a sword in his hand and wearing a mask on his face.

The red-haired Sakaz man in strange clothing smiled gently at the little girl, and then handed her a box of cans with his white-gloved hand.

The little girl immediately took the can and wolfed it down.

To the little girl, it doesn't matter what bad intentions the other person pretends to have.

She just doesn't want to die.

"What tricks are you trying to pull, Satan?"

asked the Pardoner, holding a sword in his hand.

"Unknown Miss Pardoner, I just see this little girl as pitiful and want to save her. Why do you think so bad of me? Are you, the Pardoner organization, under the guise of healing Sakaz? Is his true face so cold-blooded and ruthless?"

The red-haired Sakaz man, also known as Satan, replied.

"..."