Celestial Mage

Chapter 352 The Black Hole Created by the Duke (23)

morning.

The inner house of Thunder Castle, the Duke's private dining room.

When the attendant led Rosen to the door of the restaurant, he stopped immediately.

"Count, Madam told you to go in and talk alone."

Alone?
As soon as Rosen's heart moved, he felt that the Duchess was planning to say something inappropriate to him.

In other words, he is estimated to be scolded head-on.

However, no matter how fierce the words are, in extreme cases, he may also be slapped a few times.

But it will definitely not tear the face.

Otherwise, it is not an interview alone.

Taking a deep breath, he thought to himself: "Hold on! Hold on! Don't show your timidity in front of your mother-in-law!"

When he calmed down, he secretly observed the restaurant in front of him.

Looking in from the door, you can see the terrazzo floor, which is covered with a dark blue carpet with a strange material.

Looking forward, there is a glass screen more than five meters high. The inside of the screen is filled with clear flowing water and immersed in a colorful coral hill. Small tropical fish with bright colors are leisurely shuttling among the corals. A very unique and magnificent underwater scenery.

Taking a look, Rosen knew that this large fish tank, which far surpassed the average technological level of this era, definitely cost a lot of money, and it was most likely another masterpiece used by the Duke to show off his financial resources.

Behind the screen is a bright and spacious restaurant. The restaurant is very quiet, and the decoration is naturally very luxurious, but there is a somewhat depressing low air pressure.

Rosen took a deep breath and walked along the carpet. After bypassing the screen, he saw an exquisite emerald dining table. Sitting at the head of the table was a beautiful woman in a dark red waist-length dress.

Although it was winter, the inner house was as warm as spring, and the clothes on the Duchess were thin, fully showing her good figure.

With a plump and graceful figure and a graceful and luxurious face, it is completely impossible to tell that she is already the mother of several children.

Although she only wore a few simple pieces of ruby ​​jewelry on her body, it did not detract from the Duchess' noble status at all.

Because the Duchess is not a son of God, she does not have long dark golden hair and eyes.

In fact, she has long, thick, wine-red hair and a pair of sea-blue eyes.

But at this moment, there was a hint of storm in those blue eyes.

"Sit down, Count Philander."

She pointed to the seat opposite the long table and extended an invitation, but her tone was indifferent, like the last calm before the storm broke out.

Rosen took a deep breath, walked over to sit down, and looked at the breakfast in front of him. It was very delicate and full of aroma, but he naturally didn't dare to eat it at this time.

After he sat down, the voice of the Duchess sounded: "Come to a barrier of silence."

Rosen complied immediately.

After the barrier was formed, the Duchess sneered.

"Count, you may not know that I am not only the wife of Francis, but also the daughter of the Langley family. The current patriarch of the Langley family is my uncle!"

Hearing this, Rosen's heart clicked again.

"Tsk~ I didn't get the key information clearly, now I'm in big trouble."

For a moment, various thoughts turned in Rosen's mind, and soon he found a breakthrough point.

Although the Duchess is the daughter of the Langley family, she is definitely not a direct descendant, but a side branch, and her status in the family must not be high, so that no one pays attention to her status.

In this case, in the duchess' mind, the duke's interests must be far greater than the mother's.

Because the mother family is far from giving her the glory of the duchess.

After thinking about this, Rosen spoke.

"But you are more Carrie's mother."

The Duchess nodded: "It is precisely because of this that you can still sit opposite me, otherwise you will have to flee back to the New Moon Territory overnight, and you will never even think about coming to the East Territory in this life!"

She didn't wait for Rosen to answer, and continued: "Your assertion made me feel very annoyed, and it completely disrupted my plan to fill the financial deficit of Raging Waves City!"

Her voice became heavier and she scolded angrily.

"You have no idea how big a financial hole my husband has created. Now, I'll tell you how deep it is!"

"1000 million~~ a full 1000 million crowns!"

"It took me half a month to find out this. There must be many more that I haven't found out. If this hole is not filled, the Duke of Storm's dignity will be wiped out!"

"The dignity is lost, the crown will be completely dimmed, and our family will become a joke in the land of all gold!"

Although Rosen was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by this number.

"Ma'am, why are there so many?"

The Duchess sighed softly, her face full of helplessness: "Yeah~ why are there so many? I want to ask this question too."

"I know he spends a lot of money, but I thought there was always a limit, so I didn't care too much."

"The outbreak of this crisis has completely pulled me out of family matters. I sent someone to check the accounts carefully, and found that the government of Raging Waves City has become a rat's nest!"

Rosen understood: "There is huge corruption in the Ministry of Government Affairs?"

Don't be afraid of huge greed, if you slaughter it, you will become fat.

The Duchess shook her head and smiled wryly: "There is no big greed, it's all medium and small greed."

"From top to bottom in Raging Waves City, there are more than 6000 government officials, each of whom sucks an average of 4000 crowns of blood per year, and it has become a rule. If you are not corrupt, you will not be a government official."

Rosen shook his head and sighed: "It's all rotten, and it's rotten."

Not afraid of huge corruption alone, but afraid of this kind of corruption of all members, because this has become a huge, delusional interest group.

If the Duke had a resolute and decisive character, he would naturally be able to uproot him and bring in a new wave of blood, but he didn't think Delancis was capable of this.

Therefore, the current Raging Waves City is a bottomless pit, and no amount of money can be poured down to fill it up.

The Duchess sighed.

"Yeah, it sucks."

"My husband likes to do big things, some big things are ridiculous, but some are still positive."

"It's a pity that he has the mind to do things, but he doesn't have the ability to manage them, so he gave his subordinates a lot of opportunities to take advantage of loopholes."

Speaking of which, the Duchess looked at Rosen.

"In any case, 1000 million crowns are owed, and in the name of the duke."

"We owe not only the ordinary people of Raging Waves City, but also the city lords and merchants of other cities. There are too many to count."

She stared at Rosen: "I'll ask you, can you handle such a deficit?!"

Rosen shook his head slowly: "I can't handle it."

If he tried his best to change his body to make money, and the Duke cooperated, he could certainly catch it, but if he did so, he would be mired in a power struggle.

The desire to pursue the extraordinary may be delayed.

So, he will never pick up.

The Duchess was not surprised by this answer.

She is an exceptionally intelligent woman, but she is not as easy to deceive as the Duke. Rosen believes as much as she makes.

After her husband talked to her last night, she knew that Rosen was bragging, and whether there was even one tenth of the real situation was a question.

And this is also normal, how can a barony with only 10,000+ people in its territory be able to meet the deficit of the Duke's House?
"Yes, you can't handle it. There are not many families in this world who can handle it, and it happens that my family counts as half of them."

"I'm just an offshoot daughter of the Langley family. I thought I would be ordinary in this life, but Derancis chose me, honored me, and always respected and loved me. I'm grateful for his kindness in my life."

"No matter what, I will ensure that the honor of the Duke will not be lost!"

"So, I can only put down my face and ask them for help, and they agreed. And marrying Heya Jiali to my nephew Yuragan is also a natural price."

"But you ruined it all!"

The Duchess's eyes were blazing with anger.

"Count, for the sake of my daughter's happiness and the glory of the Duke of Storms, I will not reveal this matter."

"But since you forcibly married my daughter, you have to take the responsibility of maintaining the honor of the Duke for my daughter!"

Rosen shook his head without hesitation: "I can't do it."

"what?!"

The Duchess was shocked: "Are you going to be irresponsible?!"

Rosen shook his head again: "I will do my best to ensure Carrie's happiness, but I am not capable of saving the Duke's mess. It's useless if you force me."

The Duchess was silent, but the storm contained in the blue eyes became more and more violent.

After a long time, she asked in a frightening tone: "It was Jiali who took the initiative to find you, right?"

"Correct."

"Women who take the initiative to come to the door are not worthy of attention, right?"

Rosen shook his head: "It's still the same, I cherish Jiali and will do my best to ensure her happiness, but I can't save the Duke's matter."

"You said it well, but it really pissed me off!"

Before the words were finished, the Duchess stood up from the seat, walked quickly to Rosen, and raised her hand to slap Rosen in the face.

Halfway there, he was caught by Rosen.

The Duchess froze for a moment, her strength exploded, and she was about to break free.

She was actually a high-level peak warrior, and her explosive physical strength was very strong.

It's a pity that Rosen's great power technique gave him strength no less than that of a level 2 great warrior.

As soon as the two sides confronted each other, the Duchess was completely defeated!
She refused to accept it, her left hand was restrained, and her right hand continued to slap her.

Rosen raised his right hand, grabbed her right wrist again, and held it firmly.

After struggling a few times without breaking free from her wrist, the Duchess gave up wisely and just glared at Rosen viciously.

"release!"

Lawson lets go as promised, but is always on guard against being attacked by the opponent.

Fortunately, the Duchess regained control of her anger after failing to take a single blow, and walked slowly back to her seat.

Seeing her calm down, Rosen continued the previous topic.

"Madame, I believe that the Duke and you must still have a way to raise money to pay off the debt."

"Let the bank issue bonds, absorb savings at high interest rates, or even order government officials to pay back their illegal gains, all are fine. There is no need to sacrifice Carrie's happiness."

The Duchess looked slightly relieved, but there was a trace of helplessness.

"Things are not that simple. Behind this incident are the major families of the city lords. They are taking the opportunity to weaken the Duke's control over the major families."

"My family was involved, even played a big part in it."

Rosen said: "As long as Jiali is gone, she won't be able to make up her mind."

The Duchess was surprised: "Why is Carrie not here?"

Rosen began to whisper the solution he thought of.

"Direct an accident, an assassination, or a spell accident, or anything else, to make Carrie temporarily a thing of the past. And I will quietly take her to the Flying Fish Islands."

"When my archipelago develops enough strength to support the Duke, I will 'resurrect' Carrie."

"As for you, you can use this assassination to overhaul the government affairs system of Raging Waves City from beginning to end in the name of finding the murderer!"

The Duchess looked pensive: "Go on."

Rosen continued.

"The princess was assassinated, the murderer is at large, and countless political officials are inextricably linked to the mysterious murderer."

"So the Duke was furious and vowed to avenge the girl! Then he ransacked the house, whoever was rich, and confiscated all their property!"

"If you copy thousands of companies, you will definitely get back tens of millions of crowns."

"Perhaps the officialdom in Rage City will collapse, and perhaps countless people will come to the Duke to intercede, but all of them can be fought back in the name of revenge for the woman."

"Even if the hole can't be filled in the end, more than half of it can be filled."

To accomplish this, the duke could not do it, but looking at the duchess, he felt that she should have the ability and the will.

The Duchess really fell into deep thought, and after a long time, she asked back, "Should I say no?"

"If you don't support it, I'll give up the Flying Fish Islands and take Carrie back to the north."

"This matter will naturally shake the land of gold. There will definitely be countless people who will blame me, but the matter is a foregone conclusion. With my current reputation and talent, I am afraid that few people will really come to me because of the princess who lost her virginity. trouble."

"If someone really doesn't want to open his eyes, he must trouble me. I will take Jiali to the middle ground and concentrate on building a flying artifact that can slay dragons for the God Emperor. Will the God Emperor not support me?"

"But in this way, no matter what happens in the east, it will have nothing to do with me."

The Duchess heard the anger again, and threw the crystal cup in her hand on the ground forcefully.

With a sound of 'pong', the cup was smashed to pieces!

"You are powerful, but you are only one person. Are you not afraid that I will call someone to kill you now?"

"I'm not afraid."

"Because if you really want to kill me, you won't summon me alone, and you won't talk to me so much."

"You just want to force me to take over this financial black hole."

"Let me also tell you that if I think about it, I do have the ability to solve problems, but I don't think this is the best way."

The Duchess didn't understand.

"Why? Isn't the status of a duke and son-in-law not honorable enough? Do you still want to be a duke?"

"I'm not like the Duke."

"I am a mage. For me, the crown of power is just an embellishment, and magic is my foundation. And the high-level realm is far from the end of my heart, madam!"

He is still too weak now, and his strength is too weak. To be involved in such a bottomless quagmire at this moment is to waste his life!
It is a safe and time-saving way to wait for him to have absolute power and crush him with a thunderous force.

The Duchess was shocked, and said nothing, just staring at Rosen.

Rosen looked at him without blinking.

The azure blue eyes and dark blue eyes collided and clashed constantly.

It seemed terrifying, but Rosen knew that this was the end of the storm.

As long as you hold on to this wave, the mother-in-law will pass.

After a long time, the Duchess took the initiative to look away, sighed deeply, and raised her hand to support her forehead.

There was a deep tiredness on her face.

"Then do as you say, treat Carrie well, and don't let her suffer. Otherwise, I have countless ways to make you pay the price."

"I will."

"Then you can take her away directly. I will take care of the follow-up matters."

"it is good."

Rosen was starving, looked at the delicious seafood porridge on the table, picked it up without hesitation, and drank it all with a few sips.

The Duchess frowned at him.

"Are you still in the mood for breakfast? I really doubt your feelings for my daughter!"

"Madam, you will have the strength to work when you are full, and it's not too late."

The Duchess was slightly taken aback, and a faint smile appeared on her indifferent face.

"Heh~~~ Now, I kind of believe that you can make things happen."

After eating and drinking, Rosen wiped his mouth with a white tablecloth, took a step back, and saluted the Duchess respectfully.

"As beautiful as the bright moon, as wise as the sea Duchess, I will never let you down."

"I will focus on developing the Flying Fish Islands and strive to strengthen my own strength. When one day, when you really need me, I will definitely appear and firmly maintain the glory of the Duke of Storms."

The Duchess froze for a moment, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks. Since she became a Duchess at the age of 16, it was the first time someone praised her so bluntly.

When she came back to her senses, she found that Rosen had already left.

Suddenly shaking his head and laughing: "It really has a sweet mouth, no wonder it can stun that silly girl Jiali."

(End of this chapter)