Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 474 You Dare to Reject Me

The Emperor of the Empire extended an invitation to Richard: "I want you to be the chief military wizard."

Richard shook his head and refused, "Your Majesty, my ability and qualifications are not enough for this task."

“Saving the emperor of the empire, isn’t this achievement enough? Moreover, you are the disciple of the former chief and have a distinguished background.” The new emperor did not expect to be rejected by his minister so quickly, and his right hand involuntarily rested on his left arm again.

Richard really wanted to tell the great Emperor that nothing he said meant anything in the eyes of other spellcasters.

After experiencing the night riot in the imperial capital, the biggest beneficiary, William II, began to distrust the existing imperial factions: he had serious doubts about the grassroots of the imperial army and had been disgusted with the civil servants since his youth. As for the politicians from various states and regions, the emperor wanted to quietly say to the people who set fire to the Imperial Parliament building that they did a good job.

So who does he trust? With the performance of Richard and Libus, and the influence of his good friend Helmut, he now relies more on the once lost great nobles. The emperor's first audience summoned the younger generation of other prominent nobles, earnestly asking them to follow the example of Richard and Helmut, shoulder the responsibilities of the new era, and realize the great revival of the imperial nobility.

However, now the role model directly rejected his reuse. The somewhat unhappy young emperor said: "Okay, youngest son of the Dalberg family, what kind of reward do you want from me? How about being the witness for you and Miss Libus?"

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood. We only have friendship now." Richard answered decisively, causing Libby's mouth to open wide. He was unaware and continued, "The country is not at peace yet, and I am not going to consider personal matters."

"Then forget it." William suddenly felt bored: "Colonel Richard, since you are so loyal to your country, you should return to the front as soon as possible. I heard that you are still in the recuperation period. Judging from your performance last night, you should have recovered almost completely."

After the emperor signaled, the attendant took out two almost identical medals, one to be returned to Hench and the other to Richard, as well as a brand new military uniform. Judging from his rank, he was a major general.

However, William II held back on the new uniforms: "It was originally prepared to match the Chief Mage, but you refused."

"Yes, I was promoted to colonel not long ago, and it is difficult to convince others if I am promoted too quickly."

Seeing that Richard was indifferent, the emperor cursed them as "diehards" in his heart and released the two men from the palace.

Inside the carriage, the blindfolded girl was curious as to why Richard had rejected almost all of the emperor’s awards.

"Compared to most generals, I am not qualified to receive the rank of general at the moment, and there are no more troops for me to lead. Rashly accepting an empty title will only lead to more criticism." As for the position of chief, it is simply an iron chair on fire. If he is not a great wizard, he will never be able to sit on it. Those troublesome military mages will definitely cause more and bigger troubles.

As for the reward, Richard would not worry. Based on his experience, the emperor would definitely give his family some kind of reward instead of his own promotion reward.

"And that is." He hesitated for a while, and finally chose to confess his thoughts to the girl, but he used [Communication Technique]: "Your Majesty's inclination is to reuse the old nobles again, hoping to check and balance the civil service group led by the former prime minister, the imperial army led by the small nobles, and the local forces.

"But can this solve the empire's problems? Can this dispel the resentment of the grassroots officers, ordinary soldiers and even the people? The future represented by those rebellious armies is certainly bad, but the current situation and the emperor and the former prime minister's attempts to patch up and maintain the status quo may not necessarily be better."

"You are too pessimistic, Richard." Libus leaned back. "As long as the Empire can still win wars and the people can still eat bread, there is no reason for it to turn the tables like the Kingdom."

"Maybe you're right. Is it a prophecy?"

"No, now I only have eyes for you. It's true, in this state I can only see your fate."

"What is it?" "Let's not talk about it. Anyway, you and I only have a superficial friendship." The girl turned her head away unhappily.

There were suddenly many uninvited guests at the Dalberg family's manor. They either presented gifts on behalf of a family or the lady came in person to express her condolences.

What kind of condolences? Richard's parents were confused at first.

From the visitor's few words, the mother almost fainted. She thought Richard had just skipped the dance last night out of spite and gone out to have fun, but she didn't expect such a big fuss to happen.

Bad news, a large-scale riot broke out in the imperial capital last night, it was started by the imperial soldiers, Colonel Richard was involved;
The good news is that both Colonels Richard played a key role in quelling the unrest and are the backbone of the empire. The young master turned the tide and made great contributions in protecting the emperor.

The bad news is that Richard was labeled a princeling without knowing when;

Good news, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has ascended the throne ahead of schedule! Now it is His Majesty William II.

Richard's father almost wanted to draw his knife and chop to death the guest who was talking and breathing heavily. The good news for his mother was that the girls who came to the dance last night were more enthusiastic and kept asking when Master Richard would return;
The bad news is that the wild girl, the daughter of the "barbarian chief", is missing. The servants said that she rode away on horseback to chase the young master last night.

When the two of them came out of the luxurious carriage sent by the emperor, and she saw her son supporting Libby, the old mother could only accept this reality. Then she saw that the girl who was most suspected to be her daughter-in-law was wearing a hunting suit, which highlighted her personal talents that were not shown in the loose Bohemian clothes last night.

Just when the mother was about to convince herself, Richard announced that they were just friends and that as a soldier he would return to the front immediately.

Mrs. Dahlberg fainted a second time, and smelling salts didn't help.

Rorschach thought it was just another ordinary summer morning and planned to start the day with a glass of concentrated iced energy potion. At this time, the secretary had already thoughtfully prepared the morning paper.

"Why is the Empire's newspaper on top today? Pfft—"

"What's wrong?" It was the first time Caroline saw Rorschach use the skill "Water Spray" on the newspaper, and the effect was remarkable.

"Ahem. Nothing much. Your students have made great progress."

Caroline rolled her eyes. "How can you boast like that?" She thought for a moment and said, "You were in the Empire State newspaper?"

"It's not me, it's Richard. Take a look yourself." Rorschach handed over the wet newspaper and was severely rejected. Caroline picked up the second newspaper delivered by the Imperial Capital Guild and also widened her eyes.

Rorschach was thinking: Didn't I accidentally restore Richard to factory settings? How did he become Zhao Zilong of the Imperial Capital? Rorschach thought about it and there was only one reason: it was definitely because his "Magic Cloud" was too powerful. Look, old guys, now is the era of "Scientific Ninja Tools"!

"The Imperial Parliament building was burned down. The new emperor delivered an important speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction. He called for accelerating the reform of the electoral system and carrying forward the fine traditions of the imperial aristocracy. He planned to follow the example of Istani and set up an Imperial Court above the Imperial Parliament, so that the traditional aristocracy could serve as the ballast stone of the empire under the new situation."

"The new emperor is a young man. If he really wants to speed up, then we have to catch up too." Rorschach only wanted to say to the Byrne royal family: This may be a bit rough, so please be patient.

(End of this chapter)