All living beings in hell

Chapter 148 - Ibastame III

The lotus lantern at the door was lit up, and the office welcomed the one hundred and second guest.

A small red fox came in wagging its tail, with brown ears and paws, and a tuft of white fur on its chest like a napkin pinned to its collar.

"My lord, hello."

The fox spoke, and it was a boy's voice.He nimbly jumped onto the wooden chair and sat down dignifiedly.

"Hello, what should I call you?"

"Ibastame III."

"Okay," I wrote down his name on the paper, "Why are you looking for me today?"

"My lord, I don't want to inherit the throne."

"Huh? Tell me carefully."

"I am the eldest son of the Ibbatian royal family. Our Ibbatian family has ruled Kale Baba for 500 years! My father has worked hard for the royal family for half his life, and now he is seriously ill, coughing and having fever every day. The whole royal family is up and down. It's all messed up because of this, and I really don't know what to do!
If this goes on like this, I will definitely start getting involved in government affairs in the near future, and my father may retire after that, and I will be enthroned as king at that time...

I don't want it! "

As the little fox said, he shook his head frantically, his fur all over his body exploded, and his fur tail stood upright in the air.

"Why don't you want to be king?"

"My lord! I'm not the material to be a king, I know it very well!"

"Why do you think so?"

"The boys in our Ibastia family are all political elites, or they are geniuses. The newborn fox babies can run in two days, memorize the outline of the constitution in five days, sing in ten days, and dance in one month Play chess with sword!"

"This is amazing."

"But my lord! I'm a piece of shit! I don't know anything! I've memorized the outline of the constitution for three years, and it's still on the first page. I can't sing the five notes well, and I don't know anything about court affairs. I haven't seen it before. There are more incompetent boys from the Ibbatian family than me... The worst thing is, I am still the crown prince! Help!"

"Then if you don't want to be a king, why don't you take the initiative to abdicate after you ascend the throne?"

"It's not that I haven't thought about it! However, it is a very headache to give up Zen to a child of the Ibastian family.

Behind every child is a power struggle between the government and the opposition.No matter who you give it to, you will offend a large number of people.The worst ending is that I lose the throne again, and I can't retreat completely, and I will be assassinated in retaliation by the power struggle.Ahhh, I don't want to be assassinated! "

"That's really a bad situation." I began to sympathize with the little fox in front of me.

"My lord, what should I do, please give me a good plan!"

"I don't know what to do, it sounds like a very complicated situation. And I don't know anything about your Kalebaba Star and the entire royal family, so I don't know how to give a strategy."

"My lord, my lord, I can only talk to you about this matter now. Because you are a person outside the royal family, you can still listen to my whining. People in the royal family only think about how to fight for the throne. I It’s the duck on the chopping board waiting to be slaughtered obediently.”

"Then you can keep whining, and I can keep listening."

"Our Ibastame family started from business. Before that, the skunk Mendel family ruled Kalebaba Star. The Mendel family is a pragmatic agricultural master. They produced and stored a large amount of grain for Kalebaba Star, but because Weak in politics and business, defeated by my ancestors, supplanted the royal status."

"Go on, it's very interesting. The planet Kalebaba sounds like a place full of small animals?" My pen quickly recorded.

"Little animals? Are you talking about us?"

"Does your race have a unified name?"

"I'm a fox." Ibastame III pointed to himself, confused.

"Oh good, I know you are a fox. It's okay, you can continue."

"Before replacing the royal family, our family was just a merchant. But with the ingenuity of my great ancestors, we quickly unified the currency and measurement units on the planet. People used to buy things in the marketplace or barter, and now finally With unified standards, the economy quickly developed.

With economic development and abundant food, the Mendel family's control over politics is getting weaker and weaker, and the voice of the Ibastame family is getting louder and louder.This is how my ancestors took the place of the Mendel family and entered the palace.

My ancestor, the great Ibastame I, is legendary.He reigned for 130 years, which is an almost impossible life span for a fox.During this period, he repaired water conservancy projects for the planet, developed economy and technology, and repaired the army.In short, because of the existence of my ancestors, the planet Kale Baba has reached an unprecedented level of civilization! "

"Then the second is your father? Are you the third?"

"Yes, my father is also a wise man. Although he is not as drastic as my grandfather in infrastructure construction, his support and development in culture and art have greatly improved the overall understanding of the planet's civilization. It is said that my father was able to play the trumpet one month after he was born."

"That's really powerful."

The little fox's eyes dimmed in an instant: "But I don't know anything, I don't have any talents. I think the current planet is already very good, I don't know how to make it better. I don't know the people Will they love me, will I be a good monarch."

"Sometimes it doesn't need to be better, it is already difficult to maintain a good status quo."

The little fox nodded: "Yeah, I don't even know if I can maintain the status quo. What if such a good civilization is shattered in my hands... Ah! No matter how you think about it, this is a great responsibility Ah! Why me! Why am I the crown prince!"

I held my chin and continued to look at the little fox: "Why don't you try to be a monarch? If you can't, let's talk."

The little fox blinked: "How can you call it a try! What does it mean to try!"

"Since you have to do it, then do it. After the trouble comes out, think about how to solve it. Anyway, if you think about it, the risk of doing it is the same as not doing it. Being a monarch may also be assassinated. No As a monarch, there is a possibility of being assassinated. It seems that there is no other way."

"Ah! What a big head! What a big head!"

"If you are born to be a crown prince, accept this fate and think about what you want to do."

"I don't want to accept such a fate..."

"It's useless not to accept it, it's already happening."

The little fox was about to cry: "Then how can I be a good king?"

"Learn while doing it, you think, the worst and worst situation is that you will be usurped, assassinated or killed, and the planet will be destroyed."

"very scary!"

"This is a question that people with the highest authority have to consider. Since this is your destiny, then do it!"

"Fine...do it..."

"The worst situation has been analyzed for you, just try not to let the incident develop in the worst direction."

"try not to……"

"This kind of thing, you have to do it to know what happened. It's useless for me to say more now, you still have to do it yourself."

"Do it yourself..."

"Yes!" I raised my voice, "Maybe you have potentials and talents that you don't know about yourself, and it's not necessarily true!"

"Is that so..."

"Believe in yourself, come on!"

The little fox looked at me tearfully, sniffed twice: "I... I can do it!"

"Yes you can!"

"well……"

"Come on, hold your chest up and be confident, you are the future king!"

The little fox stood up with his front two legs separated, raised his chin slightly: "Like... like this?"

"Stay expressionless, don't let them guess what you're thinking."

The little fox put away his crying face, licked his fur, and changed his indifferent expression: "Is it like this?"

"The tail hangs down naturally, and it looks like it's thinking deeply."

Its tail relaxed from being clamped between its legs, and the tip of its tail waved in the air: "Is that so?"

"Okay, how are you feeling now?"

The jade bracelet turned into a mirror, standing in front of the little fox.The little fox looked at himself in the mirror and sighed.

"A bit, a bit like grandpa."

"Your grandfather must have had a lot of flustered moments, but as a king, even if you don't have a clue, you have to make people feel like you're thinking about it. You can do it!"

The little fox was still staring at his own reflection in the mirror, and nodded: "Okay, I can do it, I can do it."

"That's it, go out with confidence!"

The little fox seemed not very used to this posture, he walked awkwardly: "My lord, is this really all right?"

"Just practice a lot."

"Then...then I'll go back..."

"Good luck!"

With every step the fox raised its paws, bouncing towards the door like a colt in a military salute.

(End of this chapter)