The villain queen eavesdropped on my inner thoughts and won't let me lie down?

Roger still walked out of the Grand Library.

The hunter's patience was running out.

Josta couldn't believe it; could a useless younger brother really be reading in the Grand Library for a whole day?

Immediately, he became more certain that this was the target the goddess was looking for.

Without such a spirit of diligent study, how could this Roger come up with a plan more vicious than the Eternal Night Empress, right?

The small restaurant owner looked at the guest with a troubled expression, hesitant to speak.

It had been long past dinner time; he would normally have closed up shop already.

But this guest who had been waiting here was radiating a terrifying aura, and it was getting more and more terrifying, so he really didn't dare to go up and chase him away.

"Humph!"

Josta slammed a bag of gold coins on the table, "You can go home now."

The small restaurant owner picked up the bag and weighed it in his hand, dumbfounded.

These gold coins were enough to buy five of his shops.

Immediately, he realized something and turned to run.

This person spent so much money just to wait in his shop, his intentions must be huge...

He had to run quickly to avoid being splashed with blood!

"I won't lose to a good-for-nothing, especially since this night will be extremely lively... Hehe, let's see how long you can endure!"

Josta poured himself another drink, suppressing the irritation in his eyes.

He had already decided that he would compete with that Roger in patience today!

He couldn't possibly lose in a battle of wits and courage!

After all, he was the champion of the holding-breath competition!

Chapter 38: Is Lord Dio Very Excellent?

While Josta was waiting outside the Grand Library.

Maple Spirit Moon Shadow Palace.

Madam Mosconi supervised the maids as they prepared dinner for the Eternal Night Empress.

During dinner, the Eternal Night Empress curiously asked her head maid:

"Madam, what do you think of Dio?"

Madam Mosconi bowed and replied, "A very excellent young man, his talent is unparalleled in the world, and his personality is also quite interesting."

Eternal Night Empress: ???

"I'm asking about Dio Brando," the Eternal Night Empress emphasized again, afraid that she hadn't phrased the question correctly.

Unexpectedly, Madam Mosconi's answer was also very firm: "Your Majesty, I am also talking about Lord Dio Brando."

This made the Eternal Night Empress very puzzled.

She understood Madam Mosconi's personality; she hated people who were lazy and shirked their responsibilities the most.

With Dio's daily desire to lie flat and use every means to do so, how could he gain Madam Mosconi's approval?

Could it be that the boy disdained the Empress but had a soft spot for her head maid, showering her with attention?

The Empress knew that some nobles had unique tastes, preferring married women, charming widows, and the like.

The most famous of these was a canal transport official from another race named A Man.

Therefore, these enthusiasts were also jokingly called canal thieves.

The onset of canal thief disease does not discriminate by age.

Madam Mosconi was a famous beauty when she was young, and she can still be considered charming...

Could it be that Roger he...

Thinking of this, the Empress suddenly felt that her grilled wyvern leg was no longer fragrant!

Her voice involuntarily carried a hint of coldness: "Madam Mosconi, tell me in detail everything Dio did this afternoon, without any concealment!"

"Yes!"

Madam Mosconi hurriedly knelt down; she could tell that the Empress was unhappy.

She thought it was also possible that Lord Dio was too straightforward and his words and actions had offended the Empress.

Therefore, the Empress didn't want to hear her praise him?

Alas, they are both excellent young people; it is indeed difficult for strong individuals to get along when they meet.

Because of Dio's speech and those delicious snacks, in Madam Mosconi's eyes, he was an excellent young man only slightly inferior to the Eternal Night Empress.

But the Madam was worried about the relationship between the two, and she didn't dare to show it on her face at this moment.

She honestly recounted everything from Lord Dio's request to change the itinerary to his final change of mind to attend the military celebration banquet.

Madam Mosconi had an excellent memory, and although her eloquence was average, she still presented the image of an extremely lazy, procrastinating, and selfish scoundrel.

"Madam, you call this interesting?"

The Eternal Night Empress's expression was strange.

This was Roger's normal behavior; he almost completely stepped on Madam Mosconi's usual landmines.

As a result, today she actually gave that Dio a super high evaluation?

In the Eternal Night Empress's heart, Madam Mosconi was naturally more than just a head maid.

After her mother passed away, she was the elder who accompanied her for the longest time and was also the most selfless.

Although the Madam didn't have high talent, the Eternal Night Empress admired her for her actions and behavior.

Therefore, her opinion of a person also carried a lot of weight in the Empress's heart.

Hearing her praise Roger so much, the Empress was actually a little...

Sour.

In the past, the only excellent young person in your eyes was me!

Today there is another Roger?

Roger is not worthy of being compared to me!

Madam Mosconi said with a serious expression, "Looking at the Empire, there are diligent and ambitious people everywhere, but people like Lord Dio who are indifferent and authentic are very rare, so this can certainly be considered interesting."

She wasn't in a hurry to play matchmaker.

The Eternal Night Empress was raised by her own hand, and her personality was proud to the point of being tsundere; she knew it very well.

This matter had to be slowly paved and opportunities created before there could be even one in ten thousand hope.

So she didn't continue to dwell on this topic, but instead mentioned:

"I found that Lord Dio's knowledge is indeed profound. In a public speech at the North Camp, he used Your Majesty's words and deeds to inspire the soldiers, and his analysis was very insightful."

"Oh? How did he analyze me?"

The Eternal Night Empress immediately became curious.

"He evaluated you as a king who transcends the times, almost completely abandoning personal enjoyment, thinking only of the common people of the world, spreading the glory of the Empire and liberating them from their difficult and impoverished lives..."

Madam Mosconi relayed to the Empress many of the words in Roger's speech that praised the Restoration Army's actions and the Empress.

Many of these golden sentences were flattery phrases that had never appeared in the Empire before.

After all, the people of the Empire were quite straightforward in personality, and praising the Empress's greatness was also a direct description.

How powerful! How beautiful! How dazzling!

Things like that.

Like Roger, using academic terms to blow the Eternal Night Empress in a well-founded way, made her face blush.

That guy scolds me to my face, but actually says good things about me behind my back?

How can he be so two-faced?

And it's simply nonsense!

Abandoning personal enjoyment... is because researching magic is really super fun!

Spreading the glory of the Empire... is because I need more soldiers to fight!

But she still nodded: "My actions in life do not need to be explained to others? It's hateful that Lord Dio saw through it. Hide the Restoration Army-related parts of this speech, and publish and promote the rest in the 'Long Live the Empress' newspaper."

Madam Mosconi secretly calculated.

If Lord Dio's speech removes the Restoration Army-related parts...

Wouldn't it all be praise for the Eternal Night Empress?

That's too sappy, isn't it?

The Madam looked at the Empress, who had regained her appetite and was eating heartily, and couldn't help but reveal a mysterious smile on her face.

Look, the relationship between these two has eased a lot, hasn't it?

Women need to be coaxed.

The Empress certainly needs to be coaxed too.

Lord Dio disdains to do these small things, so I, this old bone, will do it for him!

But the Empress was eating happily when her expression suddenly changed slightly.

Her figure blurred for a moment, and she had already appeared in the sky above the palace, her golden hair flying without wind.

She looked down at the entire city and coldly shouted, "God of Nature, how dare you?"

Terrifying magic patterns appeared around her, and the Eternal Night Empress shone like stars, instantly entering a state of battle.

...

...

Earlier, when night had just fallen.

For ordinary people, both candles and magic crystal lamps were expensive luxuries.

Therefore, the act of procreation that did not require lighting was one of the few nightlife choices in this era.

But in the upper-class districts, commercial districts, and entertainment districts where nobles and wealthy merchants gathered, the City of Mysteries at this time already had neon lights and was as bright as day.

Parties that did not end, elegant operas, and various secretly conducted transactions linked together the interests of the Empire's upper class.

Established jointly by the Amti family and several other merchant houses, the "Supreme Mystery" auction house, with its scale, ranks as the largest in the Imperial Capital.

Underground.

A luxuriously decorated special auction hall protected by countless layers of magic arrays.

All five hundred boxes were full.

But interestingly, the gorgeously dressed guests inside the boxes were all wearing masks.

Anonymous auction, the entry qualification deposit is one million gold coins.

This may be the entire fortune of an old marquis.

But for those Imperial nobles with deep foundations or who had made a fortune in the war, this auction was also worth the price.

The most beautiful slaves, the most powerful weapons and equipment, and the most precious works of art have appeared here.

Several low-level artifacts or strange treasures from other planes have flowed out here.

And tonight, the last item that stirred up the frenzy of buyers in the audience was a young man.

His appearance was beautiful, his figure slender and tall, and he had two flower bud-like protrusions on his head.

Wearing a gorgeous little dress, his beauty was no less than that of any girl.

In those blue eyes, burning with raging anger and fear, there was also contempt and pride towards those human races below.