Volume 8: The Clever Girl and the Imperial Tool Chapter 021 Rules and Regulations
The powerful force that suddenly appeared was so sacred, brilliant, and great, as if it could easily destroy the entire imperial capital, but it swept across everyone's body very gently.
Whether it was General Budd on the high platform of the festival, or Minister Ernest below, or Maine hiding in the crowd, or Leone hiding on the roof...
After being swept by this grand and sacred, brilliant and gentle force, everyone felt a sense of powerlessness in their hearts. That is the powerlessness of human beings in the face of gods.
That is a force that humans can never overcome.
The residents of the imperial capital originally thought that the goddess was just a trick of the emperor, but now, when they saw the goddess slowly walking out from the dazzling light, they clearly realized one thing .
It turns out that there really are gods in this world.
After Hephaestus descended, she restrained her sacred aura and slowly landed on the ceremony platform. She raised her hand slightly, and a white light appeared in front of her fingertips.
Then, this white light suddenly exploded, sweeping across the entire imperial capital at ten times the speed of sound.
This white light swept across every person in the imperial capital at lightning speed. Countless people felt their bodies swept by the white light and suddenly became refreshed.
The weak people became able to breathe more powerfully.
Sick people found that their diseases were cured without treatment.
People who have difficulty walking feel like they can walk very fast and seem several years younger.
For a moment, everyone in the imperial capital was bathed in God's grace, as if they had been reborn.
But in fact, this is just the simplest healing technique.
This healing technique was given to Hephaestus by Emiya, but when Hephaestus used divine power to promote the healing technique, the effect of the healing technique was maximized.
Emiya, disguised as a little emperor, stood on the high platform. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but sigh at the power of the gods.
Although he could use healing techniques to treat groups of people, he could only treat a few hundred or a thousand people at most before his magic power was exhausted. After all, he was not a magician who dominated the world with his magic power.
But Hephaestus can easily heal everyone in a city, which is undoubtedly an absolute gap.
It seems that I am still some distance away from becoming a god.
However, Emiya was not discouraged. After all, Hephaestus was a god who had lived for hundreds of millions of years, while he was not even a fraction of her.
After performing a healing spell, Hephaestus turned around, nodded to Emiya, and disappeared.
This was actually what Emiya requested.
After all, gods have to maintain their dignity. It would be too embarrassing if they fought like Hestia and Loki. The benefits of doing so are obvious. It will not steal the emperor's limelight, and it can also let people know the existence of gods, while also maintaining the majesty of gods.
After Hephaestus left the stage, Emiya stood on the podium and said loudly: "People of the Empire, the great goddess Hephaestus has arrived. She will help us restore the glory of a thousand years ago and make the empire great again."
The crowd began to stir and whispers spread.
Emiya pretended not to see it and continued, "Now, I will obey the oracle of Her Majesty Hephaestus. From now on, within three years, the empire will not collect taxes from any civilians. As long as you are in the empire, whether you are an official or a noble, you must obey this oracle."
"Any noble or official who violates this oracle will become an enemy of me, of me, of the empire, and even of Her Highness Hephaestus."
"Now, spread this message and inform the entire empire , the people of the empire."
After saying this, Emiya turned around and left. The reason why he did this today was, on the one hand, to use Hephaestus to scare the enemy, and on the other hand, to use the goddess to promote this order.
In this era, many nobles and officials outside the palace no longer took the emperor seriously.
But if it was an oracle from the goddess, Emiya believed that many people would hesitate. After all, Hephaestus's appearance today would inevitably spread throughout the imperial capital and even the empire.
After all, healing the entire imperial capital in an instant is not something that an imperial weapon can do.
After that, if Emiya recruited a few strong men and defeated the enemies of the empire, he should be able to save this ancient empire, or at least save the people living in the empire who were in dire straits.
In fact, Emiya also thought about following the route of the Revolutionary Army. Unfortunately, the members of the Revolutionary Army were too complicated. Even if he became the leader of the Revolutionary Army , he might not be able to have his word final.
Moreover, the current revolutionary army is relatively weak and cannot compare to this crumbling empire.
That's why Emiya chose the imperial route, eradicating the enemies while clearing out the parasites, and finally incorporating the revolutionary army. After the empire is on the right track, he will try out a constitutional monarchy.
By then, it is estimated that the empire can be extended for several hundred years.
Anyway, with the help of Hephaestus, Emiya can play like this without being afraid of failure.
On the way back to the palace in the carriage, Emiya could clearly hear the thief outside the carriage yelling wildly, "Long live the empire, long live the emperor, long live the goddess."
Then, this guy was beaten up. Many people were beating him while shouting, "You bastard, are you cursing Her Majesty the Goddess?"
If you think about it carefully, if Hephaestus can only live for ten thousand years, in a sense it is not much different from a curse.
Not long after, the group returned to the palace.
The minister followed behind Emiya, looking at the emperor's back, his eyes moving back and forth uncontrollably. He was now certain that the woman named Hephaestus was a real goddess.
Rather than some kind of imperial tool user.
Because he had an Anti-Imperial Gear on his head that could destroy Imperial Gear. When the goddess descended just now, he secretly used the Anti-Imperial Gear, but there was no reaction. In other words, the other party was not an Imperial Gear user.
Well, there is only one answer.
Hephaestus is a true god.
To take a step back, even if the other party is not a god, it must be an extremely terrifying monster, perhaps a dangerous species that has lived for who knows how many years, because that power is really too terrifying.
It was so terrifying that the other party could easily wipe him out if they wanted to. This made the minister feel boundless fear in his heart. If the other party really disliked him, then he would be dead.
But if I run away now... I'll be dead!
He knew exactly what the young emperor had done since he helped him ascend the throne. If he ran away now and lost his status as a minister, his former enemies would surely jump out one after another.
There is a high possibility that I will be torn into pieces by my enemies, so running away is not a good option.
Therefore, I must be cautious and think about what to do in the future.
After careful consideration, the minister finally came to the conclusion that if he wanted to survive, there was only one way, and that was to cling to the emperor's thigh.
As long as the little emperor is unwilling to kill herself, even the goddess should give him some face.
Fortunately, he was the one who supported the little emperor. If he could please the little emperor a little, the little emperor would not kill him, and he would be safe.
Therefore, his top priority now is to please the little emperor at all costs.
So after returning to the palace, the minister could not wait to say to Emiya: "Your Majesty, what you said just now moved me deeply. I think that Your Majesty should summon all the ministers, pass on your order just now, and formulate strict rules and regulations to prevent the villains from pretending to obey but secretly disobeying."
Emiya looked at the anxious ministers and laughed in his heart, but his face was very calm, "Minister, you are right. This is my negligence. I will go and gather all the ministers now."
The minister said: "I'll leave this matter to this old minister."
Emiya nodded.
Soon, all the civil and military officials of the empire gathered in the imperial palace. Wei Gong sat on the emperor's seat, with a fat minister standing beside him.
However, at this moment, Hephaestus appeared and kicked the minister on the buttocks. The minister flew out and fell to the ground with a thud, shaking the whole palace.
Hephaestus retracted her foot and said expressionlessly: "From now on, this position is mine."
The minister didn't even dare to fart. After getting up from the ground , he stepped aside with a wry smile.
The civil and military officials present were not fools. They had all heard the news of the goddess's arrival and had personally felt the powerful force.
Now seeing that a woman could kick the minister away in public, and the minister didn't even dare to protest, he immediately understood Hephaestus's identity.
For a moment, the officials of conscience became excited because this meant that the ministers could not influence the emperor's decision.
The officials of the minister's faction were all worried, wondering whether the minister would lose power.
Emiya said slowly: "I believe you have all heard that this is Her Highness the Goddess Hephaestus."
Both the officials from the conscience faction and the officials from the ministerial faction saluted Hephaestus.
No one wants to offend a powerful goddess.
Emiya continued, "Not long ago, I was unable to send an order. It was an oracle from Her Highness Hephaestus. I believe you have all heard about it."
Civil and military officials all nodded.
"Just now the minister told me that if we want to implement this order, we must have strict rules and regulations, otherwise the people below will pretend to obey but secretly disobey. I think this makes sense, so I summoned you all, hoping that you can strictly follow the oracle and implement this order."
