Chapter 462 Brother Xinyu, Gain Eternal Life
Lee Yestije.
The royal city of Rolande, located in the deepest part of the royal capital, is connected by more than twenty giant circular towers at equal intervals, and the Francia Palace is located among them.
These huge round towers were mainly used as residences and training grounds for soldiers, while the Francia Palace was the residence and office of the royal family.
There is a room in the palace that emphasizes functionality over gorgeous decoration. It is where nobles and important ministers hold court meetings.
At this moment, the kingdom’s warrior captain, Gazef Stronoff, and the kingdom’s master, King Rampussa III, were listening to the chatter of the nobles.
Most of the words are flattery and power struggles, but this is inevitable. With the current power struggle in the kingdom, it is basically divided into two major factions.
On one side were the pro-king party, and on the other side were the great noble party, which included more than half of the six great noble families in the kingdom.
Although the king had not died yet, his hair had turned white and his body was thin, so he could not be described as healthy even if we complimented him.
The current king has been on the throne for thirty-nine years and is now sixty years old. It is time for him to give up the throne to his successor, but the problem is that there is no suitable successor.
It's not that there are no princes to inherit. Although there are two princes, they are far from being outstanding. If they give up the throne now, they will definitely become puppets of the kingdom's nobles.
Now that the current king is very old and his successor has not yet been decided, it is a good time for a power struggle.
"Tsk, a dirty power struggle."
Listening to the open and covert fights among the nobles, Xia Yu, who was sitting in one of the luxurious seats, sighed lightly and looked unhappy.
He just sat there, but strangely no one noticed him, or rather, no one paid attention to him.
Psychological invisibility, a little bit of psychic ability.
You can use your psychological blind spots to hide in the dark, putting yourself in a "blind spot of consciousness", thus achieving a quasi-invisibility effect where the other party cannot see or sense you even though you are right in front of them.
It’s just like the stone hat in Doraemon. Once you put it on, you can eliminate your presence and no one can notice you no matter what you do.
Xia Yu, who had already arrived in the royal capital, played for a while before stepping into the royal city of Lorenti.
He originally wanted to go directly to find Princess Lana, but on the way he suddenly saw Warrior Captain Gazef, and couldn't help but follow him to take a look.
Then he entered the meeting, and listened to every word of the nobles.
"Although I've long known that the rulers of other worlds are bad, I didn't expect them to be this bad. Tsk."
Even though the empire and the kingdom were still at war, these nobles only thought about their own power, and some even sold out their country for personal gain.
He could have direct and hard-core conversations, so he could see what was going on in the minds of the nobles present.
"Alas, compared to this, I actually feel that the massacre started by Lao Gu is nothing."
Through hard-core heart-to-heart talks with everyone present, Xia Yu finally felt the cruelty of this world. The people in this world do not demand quality of life, they just hope to survive.
When he first traveled through time, he only thought about surviving and didn't think about these things. Later, he discovered that there was no limit to the growth of strength. After becoming an adventurer, he no longer thought about the ordinary residents of this world.
After all, when you are poor you can only take care of yourself, and only when you are rich can you help the world.
Now that he had completely seen the ugliness of the kingdom, Xia Yu suddenly realized that this world was a worse place than the other.
Bone King may be evil, but isn’t the ruler of another world evil?
As long as a war breaks out, the country's ruler will have to speak and the people will go to the battlefield and become a number of casualties on the battlefield.
In the middle of the original work, Ainz Ooal Gown used goats to slaughter tens of thousands of soldiers, most of whom were militiamen.
It wasn't just Bone King who killed people, it was also the kingdom that wanted them to die.
In this world where everyone is a villain, the sudden appearance of a great villain with absolute power and absolute dominance after the founding of the country does not seem to be a bad thing.
After all, things are bad enough as they are, how much worse can they get?
Moreover, in the later part of the novel, Bone King's Sorcerous Kingdom can even be considered happy and prosperous compared to other countries, and it even has schools to teach children.
If you think about it carefully, in this different world, among all the rulers, Ainz Ooal Gown is actually a good ruler.
"Hiss... I suddenly feel that the old bones are still good. Maybe... we don't need to scatter his ashes?"
Xia Yu lowered his head and thought, and suddenly came to the conclusion that among all the evils, the Bone King, whose good and evil value is extremely evil, is actually more humane than all the rulers here.
It’s simply…
Putting aside his prejudice against Bone King, Xia Yu suddenly remembered many details from the original work.
For example, when faced with the two-legged sheep farm mentioned by Demiurge, Ainz thought it was a monster unique to the other world and did not think of it as being related to humans.
If Demiurge had clearly stated that he was a human, Ainz might not have agreed to this proposal. After all, he was once a human and had no evil interests such as cruelty and killing.
"It would be great if Lao Gu could turn back into a human, and the good and evil values of those NPCs could be reset at the same time."
Xia Yu sighed and shook his head. In this way, he and Nazarick would no longer need to be hostile.
"Let's negotiate first, maybe it will work."
He believed that Bone King would not refuse to turn back into a human, and as for changing the good and evil values of the NPC, that was even less of a problem.
Lao Gu himself even changed Albedo's settings, turning her from a bitch into an innocent girl, and made Albedo deeply in love with him.
This is just a change in the good and evil values, and even the settings are not reset. This small change is hardly considered a change.
But it's easier said than done. It's still unknown whether there is such a prop. If it really doesn't work, he can only bear with it and find a way to give mental hints to all the NPCs with negative good and evil values.
Rather than killing him outright, he believed that Bone King would not refuse this proposal.
As Mr. Lu Xun said, people like to compromise by nature. If you want to open a window in a house, they will not allow it, but if you advocate tearing down the roof, then they will compromise and be willing to open the window.
Time passed slowly, and before long, this meeting filled with power struggles and flattery ended.
Xia Yu, who was listening and thinking at the same time, stood up from his chair and walked out of the room.
It's time for him to do his own things, such as looking for the little princess.
However, he had just walked out of the meeting room and had not gone far when he ran into the other party in the aisle. Of course, the other party also could not notice him at this moment.
Lana Tierre Chardonnay Lael Vensef, the third princess, inherited her dazzling mother's beauty and was widely known as "Gold".
One of the reasons for her nickname is her long, smooth, golden hair that falls down her back, and her deep blue eyes that are like sapphires and look forward with a soft color.
The white dress with a sense of design deepens her pure impression, and the gold necklace hanging around her neck highlights her nobility.
Following behind the princess was a man who was between a teenager and a young man. He was not particularly handsome in his white armor, but one could sense his determination at a glance.
The young man had two rough eyebrows above his curved, scleral eyes. His face had a fixed expression of steel-like will and was tanned dark from the sun.
Perhaps for reasons such as convenience of movement and to avoid being pulled during battle, his golden hair was cut into a neat short style.
The young man's name is Clem. He is Lana's personal bodyguard. He is a poor boy that Lana picked up when she left the castle.
Because of saving his life and other reasons, Clem became Lana's bodyguard, and at the same time he also loves Princess Lana in his heart.
Of course, what he didn't know was that Lana also liked him, and even liked him in a twisted way.
However, although this master and servant love each other, they can only suppress their love deep in their hearts due to their status and other reasons.
Until Lana personally pushed the kingdom into destruction in order to be with Climb forever.
Looking at the master and servant walking towards him, Xia Yu stepped aside and watched them leave.
I have to say that the Golden Princess’ acting skills are really amazing.
If he had not read the original novel beforehand, he would have thought that Lana was a young princess who was ignorant of the world when he first saw her.
With that posture and that look, no one would believe that the other person was a scheming person.
Seeing Princess Lana leave, Xia Yu thought about it and decided to go to her room and wait for her to come back. He had plenty of time anyway.
Time is like a dove, it passes quickly with just a coo.
With the sound of the door opening slightly, Princess Lana and her guard Clem returned to the room.
“Ah, Father is actually very tired too, isn’t he, Climb?”
The first thing Lana did when she returned to the room was to sit down on the chair with a slightly tired expression, then turned to Climb and said.
Hearing this, Climb’s expression stiffened. He was just a guard and could not discuss the king in private, but this was his master, Lana, asking him, so he could not ignore it.
After a pause, Climb nodded and said hesitantly, “Your Majesty, this is all for the kingdom.”
Seeing Climb's stiff expression, Lana smiled. The sunlight shone through the window onto Lana's face, making her smile even brighter.
Climb was stunned by this scene, but he quickly suppressed all his emotions and calmed down his expression again.
He knew very well that his humble background made him unworthy of the princess of the kingdom, so he could only suppress all thoughts. As long as he could be a guard to protect Princess Lana, he would be satisfied.
Seeing the change in Climb's expression, Lana's smile remained unchanged, but her eyes, which had originally changed slightly, returned to their original calm state, as if they had no emotion at all.
“Climb, I’m a little tired. Can you let me rest for a while?”
The room was silent for a moment, and then Lana suddenly smiled at Clem. Hearing this, Clem straightened up.
"Okay, then I'll guard Lady Lana outside the door."
After saying this, Climb bowed, opened the door, and walked out.
When the room was empty, Lana's smiling face dropped to a creepy expressionless one.
“Climb…”
As she muttered the name, the corners of Lana's mouth curled up abnormally, a twisted smile like the one of the long-dead funny sister.
"Good acting, I give you a thumbs up."
Suddenly, another strange man's voice was heard in the room where Lana was alone.
The moment she heard the voice, Lana's pupils shrank, but she quickly restrained the change in expression.
Seeing that no one showed up, Lana stood up gently and bowed politely towards the source of the sound in the air.
"Welcome, Your Excellency. I am the third princess of the Kingdom of Li-Yestije, Lana Tierre Xiaerdun Leir Fansef. You can call me Lana."
Seeing that Lana was not at all panicked, but immediately stood up and saluted, Xia Yu sighed a little, thinking that this kind of composure was not something that ordinary people could have.
If nothing else, the picture is quite pleasing to the eye.
"My name is Xia Yu, my last name is Xia and my first name is Yu. I don't have a name as complicated as yours."
As he was speaking, Xia Yu also showed up. He was sitting on a chair beside him.
In the empires and kingdoms of this world, commoners have two names, nobles have three, and if you include the title it becomes four, while the royal family plus the title has five.
The name represents the social class. Even the Blood Emperor from the neighboring empire would be ridiculed for not looking like a royal because he only has four characters in his name.
"Indeed, I also think the royal family's names are a bit complicated."
Lana nodded in agreement and returned to her seat. She took out two sets of tea sets and poured the black tea into the teacups.
The tea was poured from a magic prop thermos, and the black tea poured out was steaming, as if it had just been brewed.
This thermos can keep the temperature and quality of the drink inside unchanged for one hour. It is one of Lana's favorite props. She often uses it, especially when entertaining important guests.
Before returning to the room, she had already made new tea for him.
"Tea, please, sir."
Lana placed the teacup in front of Xia Yu. The reddish tea rippled in the sunlight, and a faint fragrance spread along with the hot air.
"To be honest, I don't really like these black teas. Alas, wild boars really can't eat fine bran."
After making a self-deprecating remark, Xia Yu still picked up the teacup and drank the tea in one gulp. Lana did not ask what he meant by that remark.
Putting down the teacup, Xia Yu looked at Lana again.
Although it is essentially a monster, its disguised appearance is real gold.
Another source of Lana's "Golden" title is her actions. She not only established epoch-making institutions, but also proposed new bills.
Those proposals are almost all relief measures planned for the common people at the bottom of society. They are not in the form of charity, but rather a policy of assistance to give those who are willing to help themselves the opportunity to become self-reliant.
These policies not only improved the status of civilians, but also increased their loyalty to the royal family and strengthened the productivity of the kingdom.
However, due to the obstruction of nobles who were unwilling to strengthen the status of common people, almost all established institutions collapsed.
Therefore, Lana, who possesses intelligence and talent far beyond that of ordinary people, can only be a restricted princess for various reasons.
"Excuse me, what do you need me to do?"
Seeing Xia Yu staring at her as if thinking, Lana could only ask.
"I just came here to tell you something."
Xia Yu, who had come back to his senses, chuckled and said, "Brother Xinyu, you will have eternal life."
