Damn it, this boss really has no normal skills.

how about it?

not so good!

Xiaguang and Liguang finally figured out that they were right in seeing through the trap set by Huguang and Xiguang, but they were careless and fell into the trap set by the invincible couple, the Sun King and his Queen.

All the disruption, all the quarrels, all the compromises, all the madness in public...actually, it's all because of this sentence!

And although we don't know whether they had planned all this in advance or it was a spur-of-the-moment idea, at least now, they have succeeded.

Because everyone present who didn't understand all obediently chose this answer which seemed easier and more respectable.

The high-end players who understood the situation supported the king's order without hesitation.

They all expressed their opinions.

Arc Light: "I will reallocate the remaining budget this year and try to squeeze out a little more military spending."

Xiguang: "Humph, the fate of God's Chosen One is still unknown, I feel guilty! I must let this anger out!"

Moonlight Duke was even simpler. The old man just clapped his hands and was done with it: "Good, good, good, good!"

After urging the princes to reach a preliminary consensus on sending troops to the west and regaining border defense, the queen also came to Heinz.

"Child, it's not shameful to have no achievements, but it's shameful to not have the courage to achieve them."

"Heinz, right? I can help you find a good and suitable position. As for the rest, it's up to you."

Although she had left the core power circle for many years, Queen Meryl was a living legend, so naturally she fooled the young man with just a few words.

This caused Heinz to respond repeatedly and attentively in front of Xiaguang's painful gaze, which was like a toothache.

"Okay, I will definitely work hard!"

As a result, this game ended with the complete failure of the "Xia Li Alliance". They originally wanted to make a fortune and almost won completely, but instead they lost their son and their soldiers, and were forced to become the vanguard of the kingdom's troops returning to the west.

It is precisely because of this that this celebration party for writing, which could be read as a dinner for the redistribution of the kingdom's interests, not only ended the great turmoil in Gyeonggi Province, but also became the beginning of another major event with even more far-reaching impact.

That afternoon, Sun King Anton VI urgently summoned Deep Forest's diplomatic ambassador Musitin to the palace, and strongly condemned the Deep Forest's behavior of adding insult to injury on Meteorite Peak last night in the Sun Castle.

Musitin immediately stated that all this was their personal behavior. The Shenlin officials were not aware of this action and had already begun investigating it, and would definitely give an explanation to the people of Huiguang.

At the same time, the supreme leader of the Deep Forest Kingdom, King Lionheart, immediately expressed his deep concern and sympathy for the tragedy in Glorious Capital, and expressed his willingness to provide a batch of international humanitarian relief supplies.

However, Anton VI still expressed strong dissatisfaction with the response of the Shenlin side. After having a candid and in-depth communication with Ambassador Musitin on the relations between the two countries and fully exchanging views between the two sides, the negotiations finally broke down due to insufficient coordination.

Therefore, Anton VI finally decided to unilaterally tear up the "Deep Forest Glow Peace Joint Declaration" signed by the two countries twenty years ago, and formally restore all legitimate rights of the Glow official level, including the national defense garrison in the western border of the kingdom.

But under the leadership of the first King Lionheart, the Deep Forest completely inherited the system of the Qin and Han dynasties, so the envoy was the face of a country.

Feeling that he was being treated lightly, Musitin slammed the table in anger.

"Your Majesty, you!"

Then he saw Hekmedia, whose armor still bore traces of swordplay, walk out from the shadows.

"Prince consort? If you don't want what happened last night to be spread everywhere, I advise you to say less!"

The Prince Consort suddenly felt like a young wife who had been caught with something wrong. He could only shrink back into his seat and whispered.

"……it is good."

As eyewitnesses, Knight Commander Hekmedia and Principal Tilia returned to the capital in the morning. One reported to the Holy Mountain and the other reported to the King. They disclosed that they had encountered at least three high-level fighters from the Deep Forest at the Meteorite Peak.

It can only be said that it is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive at the right time. If this news arrived before the queen appeared, after much discussion, it would have become the last straw that broke the camel's back for the king, making the Xiali Alliance the ultimate winner.

But when they arrived, the meeting had already been adjourned, so it only highlighted the Sun King and his wife's extraordinary calmness and their ability to anticipate the enemy, as they had actually thought of the most appropriate response in advance.

While the Glorious Nobles were busy mobilizing their troops and trying to complete the defense arrangements for the western border before the summer harvest, Ji Ming and Blois finally returned to the Vatican.

The reason why they came back so late was that Ji Ming, as the team leader, stayed in the rest stop for a while to act as a medical staff, and Blois also cast healing magic to save the lives of several knights.

He distributed medicines, performed surgeries, and made sure nothing went wrong in Ji Ming's class. He was busy until the evening, when he was replaced by medical staff sent from the royal capital.

As a result, as soon as I landed, I heard from the receptionist at the residence that several royal orders had been issued from the Sun Castle. The king had actually decided to tear up the "Peace Agreement" and restore all military rights over the western border of the kingdom.

And it's not just talk, the scattered dukes have already started to act. Even the southernmost Duke Jueqiao has responded to the call and decided to send tens of thousands of men to join in the fun.

"Brilliant."

Without even guessing, Ji Ming knew that a lot of things must have happened in the castle today, and it must have been a fierce struggle.

That night, after Duke Xiguang and Hekmedia visited him successively, he discovered that the truth of the matter was even more terrible than he had imagined.

If it weren't for the tacit understanding among the nobles in the royal capital, who united with the Sun King at the critical moment, and the Queen who came out to make the final decision, those two local tyrants with ulterior motives might have succeeded.

By that time, there will be civil strife in Huiguang, Shenlin will take the opportunity to send troops, the Wolf King's Court will take the opportunity to move north, and the Beimos Khanate will take the opportunity to move south. In addition, the Lingxi profiteers will resell arms everywhere and escalate the intensity of the war. Ji Ming dare not imagine how exciting this world war will be.

Therefore, although his face was not shown, Blois, who was sitting in the next room "listening" the entire time, also had a frown on his face.

"It's only been five hundred years since the chaos on the main continent and it's about to get into chaos again? This is too fast."

Ji Ming thought that it was already considered slow. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China, there were fourteen emperors in just fifty-three years. Their heads were about to fall off, which was a real blow!

But the old lady had no idea what the boy was thinking. Instead, she took two steps and then turned around suddenly.

"By the way, these two dukes are so bold that they dare to set their sights on Eleanor!"

Ji Ming was still in the state of discussing world affairs, so he began to analyze subconsciously.

"Yes, after all, doing this can help us get the Iron Legion's claim. If it weren't for the Peace Agreement, I guess all the noble boys who wanted to propose to Eleanor would have lined up all the way from the Sun Castle to the Giant Gate Pass, all thinking..."

Unexpectedly, Blois asked.

"how about you."

"me……"

Ji Ming instantly realized what the old lady meant and typed out a [Selective Answer] card.

"I am an alchemist and a member of the church. The royal power and religious power of our Glorious Kingdom are clearly separated, so I am not interested in these things and I don't intend to break this iron rule."

"Come on, stop playing dumb!"

Blois moved a chair and sat opposite him. Ji Ming, feeling that he was going to be tortured, had to sit up straight again.

"Well, as a young man with a bright future and eager to change his fate through hard work, I have decided to devote all my energy to unlimited careers, so I will not consider development in this area for the time being. I hope you as an elder can understand."

This was an almost perfect answer, but Blois seemed to have guessed that he would say that and asked instead.

"I don't think I've asked you yet, Ji Ming, how old are you this year?"

Speed ​​of light.

"I'm eighteen."

"..."

"Okay, twenty-eight."

"You're already twenty-eight?"

"People over there don't look old, and I'm a doctor, so I take better care of myself, so..."

In return, the old lady started to sing again.

"You're already 28, Ji Ming, huh!?"

"Did you know that when the Sun King was 28 years old, his children could already make olive oil? But he was only 20 years old, had just arrived at his fiefdom, and he married Queen Meryl!"

what?

Twenty years old?

Meryl, you are a shameless bad aunt who attacked a little boy. As a younger time traveler, I feel ashamed of you!

But Ji Ming couldn't say these words out loud, so he could only slap himself on the forehead in despair.

"My God!"

Ever since his parents divorced and moved back home, he thought he would never encounter such a situation in his life. At work, he would laugh every day at those stupid colleagues who were being pressured to get married by their families.

Come on, I just called out "Mom" a little bit, is there any magic in this word, so dedicated? How come you are almost in the desperate marriage mode?

I can only beg for mercy quickly.

"Teacher, please let me go. Why do you have to dwell on this? Aren't you... at least several hundred or a thousand years old? I haven't seen you... right?"

Unexpectedly, instead of getting anxious, Blois showed an expression that said, "Ha, I knew you would say this," and then said something.

"That's normal. Didn't I just skip all that and have a child directly? Why do I need the previous steps?"

"Hey, you admitted it yourself before, it can't be ignored, right?"

"Uh uh, it counts...it counts."

Ji Ming was stunned, thinking that this statement made a lot of sense. He was as pure as a piece of yellow paper, and was destined to become a great fire magician in this life. It was really hard to refute...

Wait!

Ji Ming put on a sincere look.

“Actually, I have children too.”

"Tsk, just lie to me, what's the point of lying?"

"I'm not lying to you, I really do!"

Ji Ming activated the teleportation array and brought Bulova to a space on the battleship in the underground city.

"I don't believe you... Shit, where's the water?"

At some point, this half-water, half-earth eco-house turned into a desert-themed building full of sand, with only a small source of water bubbling in the far corner.

After hearing Ji Ming's words, the gravel at his feet surged and a pink lizard dug out from it.

The first thing he said was a shocking sentence with a hint of an accent.

"Dad! I've evolved, Dad! I'm a reptile now!"

That's right, this is an artificial life that has completed two evolutions, from a fish (fathead fish) to an amphibian (frog), and then evolved into a reptile (lizard).

"...Well, you see, at least it calls me daddy, right?"

But for Blois, compared with the earth-shattering "Dad", the breath coming from this lizard was obviously more surprising.

She even used her spear (?) to seriously cast the [Detection Technique] over, and carefully read the information she sensed, then asked in disbelief.

"Ji Ming, when did you have...artificial life?"

Ji Ming was honest: "It was given to me by his mother."

???

"Who the hell is it?"

"It's a...man with a big head...named Edgar...a crazy alchemist..."

Instead of asking a stupid question like "How the hell did you give birth to a lizard with a man?", Blois continued.

"Did you create it with him?"

"No, he created her by accident in order to create a wife... a friend... anyway, in order to have a companion."

"What a genius madman... Where is he now?"

"Dead."

Ji Ming briefly recounted to the old lady how he obtained the pink lizard, but it was definitely an abridged version, with a large portion of the pioneer part modified.

"Ah this."

It was difficult for Bulova to judge how Ji Ming, the murderer of his mother, could have the nerve to be someone else's father, and the other party was really calling him that.

I can only sigh.

"It's really amazing. The most discussed question in the history of the alchemy world and even the magic world was actually answered by a low-level alchemist. It makes many scholars ashamed."

As evolution proceeds, the IQ of artificial life seems to be further improving. At least it will no longer be an emotionless machine that calls out to its daddy as before.

Seeing that Dad and the pointy-eared guy seemed to have finished their conversation, he asked.

"Dad! Who is this weird pointy ear, Dad?"

“It’s my teacher.”

"Teacher? I've read in a book that it's someone who teaches people things, right, Dad?"

"Yes, the old lady taught me martial arts and helped me with many things, so she is my teacher."

"Then Dad, can you ask her to teach me too? I also have some things I don't understand and need someone to teach me!"

"what?"

Ji Ming didn't expect that a stay-at-home guy who stayed in the house reading books every day would have academic questions and need to ask someone for advice, but he still said it.

"You don't have to rush to ask others. I am your guardian. If you have any questions, you can ask me first."

"Okay, Dad. I feel relieved when you say that! Then my question is, how do I limit the firepower when I sneeze, Dad?"

"How to limit the firepower when sneezing..."

Oops, this question touched upon my blind spot in knowledge!