Chapter 99: The Culture of Involution
“The Kingdom of Xiya’s first encounter with the Temple of the Heavenly God resulted in a major victory, and our magic cannons played a crucial role. Kailun is even more intelligent than I expected. After analyzing some intelligence, this person is worthy of our attention.”
In the grand hall of the Rose Kingdom, the Rose Queen looked down at the several people below after reading the latest intelligence scroll.
Compared to the still somewhat immature Princess Hilna, the Rose Queen was a completely ripe fruit. Her voluptuous and beautiful figure gave people a visual feedback of fullness but not excessive fullness.
A long red dress wrapped around her alluring body, and the golden rose pattern on her waist shimmered.
Standing here at this moment were the important nobles and ministers of the Rose Kingdom. They participated in most of the Rose Queen’s plans.
“Your Majesty, why don’t we take advantage of the emptiness of the Kingdom of Xiya’s defenses and launch a surprise attack on their rear, catching them off guard.”
The person who made the suggestion was Duke Pit, who was once a noble of the Kingdom of Xiya and later defected to the Rose Queen with his family and assets.
By relying on some less-than-honorable means and his abilities, he had made great achievements in a very short period of time and was exceptionally promoted to duke.
If Paul were here, he would recognize that this Duke Pit was the one who bullied his mother.
Due to Duke Pit’s power and status, Paul in his previous life once deceived himself and put the hatred for his mother behind him.
If someone mentioned something that harmed his interests, he would use his dead mother to describe how difficult his childhood was.
Just a few days ago, Duke Pit wanted to make some achievements behind the Rose Queen’s back to please her, so he sent two of his sixth-rank confidants to attack Kailun’s base camp, wanting to take hostages to threaten him.
But more than a day had passed since the operation, and he hadn’t received any feedback.
As expected, something unexpected must have happened.
He didn’t intend to tell the Rose Queen about this matter. It would be fine if it was successful, but if it wasn’t successful, it would be embarrassing to say it out loud.
The Rose Queen looked at Duke Pit: “No, we have signed a peace treaty for a period of one month. During this period, we cannot send troops to the Kingdom of Xiya. The most important thing is that we don’t have enough troops. Before we deal with the Kingdoms of Madden and Kaz, we can’t spare any more troops to attack the Kingdom of Xiya.”
Duke Pit didn’t intend to give up. He took a step closer and looked up at the Rose Queen ten meters away: “Your Majesty, you can let me gather the private soldiers in the hands of the nobles. If we unite, we should be able to gather 45,000 people. As for the treaty, you don’t have to worry. We can temporarily leave the Rose Kingdom and participate in the war as free people.”
Most of the nobles had sent troops to the war against the Kingdoms of Madden and Kaz, but the nobles were conservative after all. Even if they contributed, they would still retain a part of their strength for self-protection.
In Duke Pit’s view, the remaining part of the force was the part he could mobilize.
If he succeeded, he would not only gain support, but he could also use this opportunity to tie the nobles together and let himself step on them to a higher level.
In this way, he would have the ability to talk to the Rose Queen on an equal footing.
The Rose Queen on the throne narrowed her eyes. She seemed to have guessed Pit’s intentions. She didn’t hide her thoughts too much.
This was a game, a game of trust.
After thinking for a moment, the Rose Queen switched to her other arm to support her head: “I believe in your ability, but before I trust you, you have to tell me how you plan to take down Eternal Fortress. This is a nail on our neck. If we can’t take it down, we can’t attack. You’re not going to tell me to attack by force, are you? Duke Kuhl of the Kingdom of Xiya has sent heavy troops to defend it. Even 40,000 to 50,000 people may not be able to achieve any results.”
Duke Pit sighed: “It is certainly very difficult to attack by force. I have made other attempts before, but they all failed. If you are willing to trust me, I will try again.”
The Rose Queen didn’t ask about Duke Pit’s attempts. She glanced at everyone and said, “Let’s put aside the matter of the Kingdom of Xiya for now. Now we have to talk about another matter. Because of the one million gold coins given by some kind people, we have more sufficient funds to make purchases. I plan to hand over this fund to you. According to your performance, you will receive different rewards.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Duke Pit patted his chest, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly, “Your Majesty, you can leave this task to me alone. Please believe me, even if it is one million gold coins, I can achieve the effect of 1.3 million gold coins. If I can’t, I will pay for the shortfall out of my own pocket.”
“???”
The other ministers all looked at Duke Pit in astonishment. This was clearly a blatant act of bribery.
Instead of working hard to complete the task, it was better to just throw money at it.
The Rose Queen patted the armrest of the throne and said, “Good! I admire Duke Pit’s consciousness. If everyone can learn from Duke Pit, our Rose Kingdom will surely become stronger.”
“We understand.”
The others could only respond with dark faces.
Involution was a bad culture. They hated people like Duke Pit who liked to engage in involution.
……
“What kind of business task do you think Kailun will arrange for us?”
On the way back to the royal city under escort, Viscount Laurist couldn’t help but ask his wife.
“How would I know? Isn’t the Rose Kingdom still at war with our kingdom? Do you think Kailun wants to use a knife to kill someone with?” Mrs. Laurist asked in a low voice.
Viscount Laurist: “Knock on wood, knock on wood, don’t say such unlucky words. Since Winnie didn’t stop it, it means there is no danger. It’s just that I don’t understand why he would use us, and what does our country have that the Rose Kingdom urgently needs?”
Mrs. Laurist said with a worried look, “I don’t understand, I just want to know if our daughter is doing well.”
“Don’t overthink it. If our daughter was really not doing well, why would Kailun give me the title of earl?”
He looked back at the receding mobile palace: “Maybe it’s a good choice to let her follow Kailun, at least it’s better than that so-called Paul. Didn’t you hear before? That Paul is very promiscuous in private. He is a famous male favorite under the Second Prince and is deeply loved by the archbishop of the Temple of the Heavenly God. Tsk tsk tsk, just thinking that our daughter once liked such a person makes my scalp tingle.”
Mrs. Laurist: “Is the Paul you’re talking about the young man we saw last night who was being held by the archbishop in blue?”
Viscount Laurist: “Yes!”
“Hearing you say that, I seem to be able to accept it.”
…….
[You rudely demanded Chrissy’s holy water, defiling the spring that produces it. The Saint Chrissy’s favorability towards you increased by 10, total favorability -65]
Before lunch, Kailun deliberately exhausted himself physically, which would allow him to enjoy the food more.
In order to prevent Chrissy from doing anything stupid, Kailun would tie her up and cover her with a quilt every time after they were done.
After all, the little princesses often used his bathroom, and it was not good for them to see some things.
“By the way, can you ask your people to do me a favor during this time?” During lunch, Kailun kindly picked up a chicken leg for Isabella.
The latter suspected that the chicken leg was poisoned, so she carefully examined it before taking a small bite: “Tell me what you need our help with first, our Loya Ball charges are always very reasonable.”
“Help me build momentum, create the illusion of a shortage of magic crystals in the short term.” Kailun said as he picked up another chicken leg for Afra.
After thinking about it, he also picked up one for Little Princess Vivian.
Looking at his empty plate, Kailun, who hadn’t eaten a chicken leg yet, snatched the chicken leg from Princess Hilna’s bowl, which she had only taken a bite of.
Hilna: “…”
She wanted to be angry, but she had forgotten what it was like to be angry.
She was used to it, so be it.
Isabella looked at Kailun seriously: “Magic crystals, doesn’t every country have reserves of this? You want to hype this up?”
When talking about business, she didn’t look like a child at all. Looking at her seductive eyes, there was even a different feeling.
The so-called magic crystals were a kind of special processed minerals that were widely used. They could not only provide the magic power needed by mages for their daily meditation, but also provide energy for weapons like magic cannons.
When inscribing large magic circles, they were also an essential source of energy.
Although magic crystals were important, they were also very common. Every mage had reserves, and they were considered strategic resources for a kingdom.
Kailun nodded: “That’s right, that’s exactly what I’m thinking.”
Isabella: “Are you sure?”
She put down the chicken leg. In her opinion, although the consumption of magic crystals was huge, it was difficult to hype them up.
“In the past, it was indeed difficult to raise the price of magic crystals, but it is different now. The nearby Rose Kingdom, Madden Kingdom, and Kaz Kingdom are all at war, and their daily consumption of magic crystals is astronomical. If this war continues, they will soon be in the embarrassing situation of insufficient reserves. As for purchasing magic crystals from outside, they need to go through the trade route of the Kingdom of Malaga. After all, these three kingdoms do not have large mines, and their magic crystals all rely on imports. As for who controls the trade route of the Kingdom of Malaga, isn’t it me?”
After finishing the chicken leg in his bowl, Kailun snatched half of Winnie’s chicken leg.
Compared to Princess Hilna, Winnie was much more generous. After her chicken leg was snatched away, she quickly searched for new food on the table.
After experiencing extreme hunger, Winnie now had a tendency to become a foodie.
Question: How to bleed the surrounding kingdoms without bloodshed?
Answer: Through trade influence.
The original Kingdom of Xiya was not strong in trade. First, the Kingdom of Xiya had no special products, and second, the high taxes and extremely low work efficiency.
As for business, there were complicated operations involved. Kailun was only responsible for the macro-control, and the specific details were left to Philip and Ella.
Ella, as the president of the new chamber of commerce, was in charge of the overall situation, while Philip was responsible for the implementation, mainly dealing with trade between countries. The two had different areas of work and did not have any contact.
“You haven’t even taken down the Kingdom of Malaga yet, and you’re already thinking about what’s next? Have you never thought that you might fail?”
Isabella unconsciously raised her voice.
During the time she had known Kailun, not only did she realize what kind of pervert he was, but she also realized how amazing his strategy was.
In her perception, Kailun was not so much crazy as he was mentally ill.
“I’m not a god, of course there’s a possibility of failure. But whether I fail or not, if I don’t even think about it, if I don’t even try, then that’s the biggest failure. Besides, do you think I don’t have a backup plan? A cunning rabbit has three burrows, everything has more than one possibility.”
Kailun’s face was indifferent, he poured a glass of milk for Carol and asked her to drink one more glass.
He liked to scheme, and he also liked to be straightforward. The two were not contradictory.
“I can agree to help you, but what about the reward?” Isabella wisely changed the subject.
Kailun: “One to five percent of the total profit, depending on the effect. The estimated total profit is one million to four million gold coins, depending on how many kingdoms are affected.”
“I agree, I will contact Jennice later and ask her to take someone to do it.”
Isabella agreed directly. Don’t think that the profit was small, this was the total profit without deducting the cost.
Just spreading some ambiguous news could earn tens of thousands of gold coins, this kind of harvest was like picking up money for free.
For the Loya Ball, which had a complex intelligence network, it was many times easier to do this than Kailun.
Moreover, doing such a thing would not affect the accuracy of their intelligence. After all, what did the casual words of the lower class have to do with their upper class?
After briefly talking about hyping up the magic crystals, the table fell silent again.
Kailun switched his target of bullying from Saint Chrissy to Princess Hilna, and once again launched an attack on Hilna from under the table.
“Ugh!” Shirley suddenly looked up at Kailun with resentment.
It wasn’t Hilna who reacted strangely, but Shirley the knight.
Only then did Kailun realize that his angle was a little off, and the person he was bullying had changed from Hilna to Shirley.
This was a bit of a bummer, after all, Shirley was wearing light knight armor, and he couldn’t kick anything.
He had no choice but to change his position. This time, he did touch a leg wearing silk stockings, but it was a short leg.
Little Princess Vivian: “…”
She secretly clamped Kailun’s feet with her legs to prevent him from misbehaving. Why couldn’t this person sit still when he came to eat?
Perhaps because she was used to it, Vivian’s favorability did not decrease because of Kailun’s outrageous behavior.
The new possibility was locked, Kailun had no choice but to quiet down.
It was all because he was too busy these days and didn’t have time to play with Vivian. The whip and candles he had envisioned were not used at all.
He had said that he would repay the humiliation of being under her skirt in his previous life, but he changed his target before he even finished half of his revenge.
However, it would have the same effect if he dealt with the older sister first and then the younger sister. Neither of them could escape.
Feeling Kailun’s increasingly dangerous gaze, Vivian buried her head even lower. Isabella, who was beside her, couldn’t help but laugh out loud when she saw this.
She didn’t know why, but seeing Vivian deflated made her happy.
But before she could be happy for two seconds, she met Carol’s cold gaze, so she lowered her head in fear.
In just one minute, the food chain of Kailun’s family was clearly displayed.
Kailun ate everything, Afra was above it all, Carol took the initiative, Isabella and Vivian followed closely behind.
Shirley… forget it, let’s exclude her from the food category for the time being.
The other three little knights, Eve and the others, were the dessert after the meal.
Then there were Princess Hilna, Saint Chrissy, and Winnie. Although there were differences between the three, they were not obvious. If Winnie’s treatment had not been improved a little, she would be the one at the bottom.
Since Princess Hilna and the others were so bad, let’s bully Winnie!
“What did I do wrong again?” Sensing Kailun’s gaze, Winnie, who had become well-behaved, almost burst into tears.
……
The daily life seemed to slip away quietly in the process of studying attributes and clocking in with the Saint. Because she could sleep in a soft bed, Winnie’s favorability increased linearly under the influence of mental pollution.
As the influence intensified, she not only became more obedient, but also became more concerned about Kailun and would think for him.
Perhaps this change was too sudden, so much so that Kailun hesitated for a while whether he should continue to bully her.
If it was about repaying the debt, he had already made Winnie despair once, which could be considered a success.
But her well-behaved appearance was so easy to bully, which made people very conflicted.
Once conflicted, Kailun would take the initiative to shift his attention, target the Saint, and squeeze her value to the fullest, emptying her holy water.
With Kailun’s efforts, the Saint’s favorability increased rapidly.
Compared to other people, the Saint’s favorability was more morbid.
She was constantly moving in the direction of a plush ball, and the more she ran, the faster she became. From the initial disgust and hatred to the later secret joy, this process only took one night.
The next day, Kailun once again urged the kings of Madden and Kaz to pay the gold coins, but received their evasive excuses.
So Kailun temporarily stopped the exercise with the Rose Kingdom, intending to put more pressure on them. This time, Kailun said that they didn’t have to pay in gold coins, they could pay in magic crystals and magic scrolls of equal value.
The only difference was that the transportation route this time was changed to a more remote one.
Kailun promised them that if they could successfully deliver these, he would tell them a key point that could change the situation of the war.
Then he contacted Ella, Phils, and the others, informing them of what they should do next.
Speaking of which, there didn’t seem to be any vases in his house. Even those dancers who could dance enchantingly could help Anna handle intelligence, which could be considered a great help.
Phils was known as Princess Hilna’s little think tank in her previous life. She was very smart herself, but she was led astray by Princess Hilna.
As for Ella, there was no need to mention her. The chamber of commerce was Kailun’s next focus, and handing over the chamber of commerce to Ella was his recognition of her ability.
The future queen of commerce, this name was quite resounding.
As for Princess Hilna, she was not needed for the time being. She could be used as a teacher for Phils later to help her deal with internal affairs.
Little Princess… Forget it, let this little devil do whatever she wanted, it wasn’t like there was one more person eating at home.
Carol was naturally the guarantee of future combat power, the biggest potential stock, and the most intimate little maid.
If he hadn’t eaten her yet, Kailun would normally bring her along to let her continue to do things like changing his clothes and scrubbing his back.
As for Winnie and the Saint, the former was a pet, and the latter was a plush ball, which, if used well, could be a strategic weapon to threaten the Temple of the Heavenly God.
Time came to noon on the third day, Kailun, who had just finished clocking in, had pushed the Saint’s favorability to 70.
Although it might not seem very high, the intimacy she showed was much higher than Anna’s.
As soon as she finished harvesting, she lay on Kailun’s body naked and licked his neck intimately, like a kitten currying favor with its owner.
Perhaps this was the disadvantage of instilling mental pollution in the same way for a long time. The Saint was not only completely defiled, but also really became a plush ball.
In front of outsiders, the once proud and holy Saint still existed.
But when she returned home and faced Kailun, she couldn’t help but lie on the ground and wag her tail, begging for mercy, and consciously turned her back to Kailun, raising her perky buttocks.
She was thoroughly broken, and it would take some time for her to return to a normal state.
“Stop licking, it’s all saliva, I’ll have to take a bath later.” Kailun ran his hand through her golden hair and patted her smooth back.
“No, you turned me into this, you have to be responsible~”
Something like love flashed in her eyes.
Her mind was filled with desire, she wanted to be entangled with Kailun forever.
She liked extreme pleasure, she wanted to climb the transparent peak, she wanted to lean back and sing freely, she wanted to be grabbed by the hair and played with wantonly.
Of course, the only person she recognized was Kailun, not even Afra.
“If the people of the Temple of the Heavenly God knew that their Saint was actually such a lustful existence, they would probably go crazy, right?”
Looking at the soft and warm beauty in his arms, Kailun couldn’t help but smile.
Her face looked so holy, but the love in her eyes was completely overflowing, just like the milk flowing from between her legs to the sheets.
“They can’t see me like this, I’ll only show you, do you like it?”
Chrissy with only 70 favorability gave Kailun the illusion that her favorability exceeded 100. It was strange, like a morbid love. He didn’t know what she would be like when it reached 100.
This sounded a wake-up call for Kailun. Rough behavior could only solve the problem temporarily. If he wanted to solve it permanently, the best way was to take it step by step, just like Winnie.
As of now, Winnie’s favorability had reached -20.
“Of course I like it, how could anyone not like such a tempting plush ball? When you see the Holy Son later, you can perform well, remember to be more intimate, okay?” Kailun replied honestly.
Although Chrissy’s current state was very strange, her temptation was real.
Even though he had made many attempts in the past two days, he was still interested in Chrissy’s body.
Especially her pair of unparalleled long legs, Kailun wasted a lot of mental pollution on them, otherwise Chrissy’s favorability would be even higher.
“Get up, we have arrived at the capital of Malaga, the fifty magic cannons are ready to fire on their capital.”
Estimating the time, Kailun patted her shoulder again.
“It’s okay, didn’t you say that today’s decisive battle is at night? There’s nothing good to see in the current exercise. Instead of firing at them, why don’t you fire at me?”
Chrissy’s eyes were like silk, and there was a deep longing in them.
Kailun glanced at her legs: “But you’re already full.”
“It doesn’t matter, I’m willing to accommodate anything that belongs to you, and you can change targets, can’t you?”
Chrissy pointed to her mouth and crawled down towards Kailun’s lower body.
……
“Boom!”
Outside the capital, fifty magic cannons fired in unison, and magic cannonballs worth hundreds of millions of copper coins (that is, tens of thousands of gold coins) landed on the gate of the capital.
The magic shield of the capital of the Kingdom of Malaga shook for a while, and with a rumbling sound, it finally swallowed all the artillery fire.
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