They don't want me to work harder

You can’t let it go!

It’s a simulation anyway, so how could the XP card not be accepted?

[You also confessed your identity to Alice. The encounter between a different kind of prince and a different kind of princess made the other party deeply feel the wonder of fate, and they have more admiration, sympathy and appreciation for you, and their favorability +1]

[In the following years, as a copywriter, you produced many excellent works and became the most outstanding playwright in Fandan]

[Alice has always used the pseudonym Nina to support you behind the scenes. She is both your good fan and your good boss]

[…But she doesn’t know that you only want to do something wrong, eat fans, and blow your boss’s mouth]

[You copied and revised a lot of Shelly and Byron's poems and gave them to Alice. Alice's favorability towards you +1]

[You invite Alice to participate in the script creation and add more love elements into it, Alice's favorability towards you +1]

[You cook yourself and make Alice’s first plate of dumplings in another world. Alice’s favorability towards you +1]

【…】

Richard discovered that unlike Elsa who only loved treasures, Alice really loved life and art. She had many sensitive points and was easy to please.

Seeing that it was almost done, Richard decided to call it a day.

But at this moment...

[Towards the end of the year, a group of Imperial Guards broke into the theater]

Chapter 18 Art is an explosion!

[It turns out that on this day, Alice’s uncle, Prince Van Dan, launched a palace coup]

[He colluded with the Guards to poison his seriously ill brother, killed all his brothers, nephews, and also captured Alice, intending to send her to a monastery for life under house arrest]

[Alice wants to stay away from politics, but politics never stays away from anyone]

[Faced with her uncle’s order, the princess had no power to resist and was forcibly taken away by the guards]

[Overnight, the theater troupe’s sky collapsed]

Faced with the sudden change, Richard was stunned for a few seconds and soon made up his mind.

The strategy is about to be completed, do you still have to choose what to do next?

Of course it’s to save people!

However, it is still too difficult for him, a prince of a small country who has lost his magic power, to intervene in a coup of a big country.

This matter must be considered in the long term and cannot be rushed.

[Although Alice is under house arrest, the troupe has not been disbanded. Many Vandan nobles appreciate you and are willing to become your new investors]

[Many of these people are members of the new emperor's party. They hope to show their elegance through favors to you]

[You realize that if you agree to these people's requests, it will be a betrayal of Alice]

[Many people in the troupe were grateful for Alice's kindness, refused to bow their heads, quit their jobs and returned to their hometown]

[But you finally agreed]

[For a time, although you were more prosperous on the surface, secretly you were ridiculed by many people for your betrayal and bad personal ethics]

[You have no regrets...you know very well that in order to finally rescue Alice, you need an identity of sufficient weight]

Richard sighed and carried out the plan firmly.

[With the help of your new patron, you have become a well-deserved top playwright. Even the new Emperor Fandan who usurped the throne often comes to see your plays and praises them full of praise]

[You did not indulge in such honors, but secretly accumulated wealth and connections]

[You are keenly aware that the new emperor is not a wise man. He loves success and is unkind. Many people inside and outside the palace are dissatisfied with him.]

[And the entire Fandan is also at the crossroads of the times]

[The servants of God count the tithes in the church built of the people's fat and the people's anointing. The elegantly dressed nobles indulge in extravagant and decadent parties. However, the disabled soldiers from the foreign wars in the past few years are living on the streets together with the peasants who have lost their land. begging side by side]

[With several natural disasters, prices have skyrocketed. People on the streets are complaining: What else is cheap in this world?Only pain is cheap, only pain is worthless! 】

[Experiences in past lives will make you understand that underneath this country is a volcano waiting to erupt]

[So you call yourself the Hunchback of Notre Dame. After combining and localizing the knowledge from your past life with your experience in this life, you secretly write a series of not-so-gentle books.]

["The Fourteenth Day Talk", "Theory of Civilized Contract", "On Divinity, Humanity and Rationality", "Bomb Making Tutorial", "Bomb Making Tutorial V2.0", "Bomb Making Tutorial Powerful Edition", "Bomb Making Tutorial: The Art of Cocktails"...]

[As soon as these books were published, they were confiscated and banned by the Fandan authorities, but you still used your secret funds and connections to gradually spread them at the bottom]

[Facts have proved that even in a world where gods and magic really exist, some ideas can still be deeply rooted in people's hearts]

[As social conflicts intensify, you have secretly won over a group of people who are dissatisfied with the current king by relying on your skills and vision developed through your ups and downs in life]

[During this period, you learned that your father was seriously ill, so you secretly returned to Connaught once. Before returning, as you expected, the imperial army moved south]

[...Connaught is undoubtedly destroyed, and no one can stop it now.You did not let your sorrow overwhelm you, but cheered up and helped those who did not want to surrender to the empire escape from the country]

[For those who want to settle down, you help them settle down. For the rest who still want to do things, you will organize them into a mercenary army of a hundred people]

[Finally, it’s the Hundred Flowers Festival again, and Emperor Fandan announced that he will come to watch your new drama]

[You realize that this might be your best chance]

[But the prairie fire is not yet mature. If it is launched at this time, no matter whether it is successful or not, you yourself will not escape death]

Richard had already expected this result.

The resources he can control in this simulation are much less than when he was a street lamp pendant in the first simulation. Even if he takes advantage of the current situation of Fandan's fierce fire cooking oil, he cannot achieve success overnight in just a few years.

But so what?

It's just a simulation, if you die, you will die!

Richard regarded life and death as nothing, and took action decisively.

[You secretly contacted all the trustworthy helpers, and paid a large amount of compensation to dismiss the ordinary people in the troupe, and replaced them with enlightened cronies]

[On the night of the Hundred Flowers Festival, you brought a brand new troupe to welcome the emperor’s arrival]

[The play you prepared for him was "Hamlet", and you played the leading role yourself]

[At the end of the first two acts, the emperor senses something is wrong and thinks you are mocking him.But you don’t care and keep performing]

[Finally, the emperor could not bear it any longer and asked the imperial guards to come on stage and capture all the actors]

["To survive or not to perish, that is no longer a question."]

[You sang a modified line, and then raised the prop sword in your hand to the princes and nobles in the audience - or in other words, it was the magic sword you bought at a high price and disguised as a prop]

[Black and red light bathed the entire theater, and you attacked the emperor.Your companions also drew their weapons and launched a fearless charge]

【However……】

[The emperor's guards blocked your attack]

[Outside the theater, countless guardsmen received the news and rushed to protect the emperor. Layers of armor surrounded a wall, making it difficult for you to fly]

[It seems that you are destined to die here]

[But, take your attack as a signal...]

[The oppressed citizens, the patriots who pursue fairness, the gangsters who are greedy for unearned profits, the ambitious people who want to be on top, and the mercenaries who are just looking for money have all started taking action in the city]

[Because the guards were attracted by the theater, their actions went particularly smoothly, and the whole city suddenly became a mess]

[And the most elite and secretive mercenary army, under the cover of chaos, went straight to the monastery where Alice was imprisoned...]

[Under the moonlight, countless fireworks exploded in the night sky]

[After seeing the familiar pattern, you know that your companion has succeeded and Alice is safe]

[Presumably your suicide note has been delivered to the other party, right? 】

【That's good】

[Next, it’s time for you to move towards the end of this reincarnation]

[In the new era, someone also needs to sacrifice]

[In the face of the scolding emperor and the layers of forbidden troops surrounding him, you lit up a cigarette as if no one else was watching, and then shamelessly flicked the cigarette butt into the hole under your feet...]

[Underground, there are tons of explosives that you have buried in advance]

At this moment, Richard thought silently:

Art is explosion!

【boom! 】

[With the explosion that soared into the sky, half of your body flew into the sky. It was only by relying on the power of the magic sword that you could maintain your consciousness for the last few seconds]

[In mid-air, you see the emperor of Fandan covered in blood, fainting under a protective shield. Although he was seriously injured, he was not dead]

[At the same time, you find a giant dragon coming quickly from the northern sky, making a deafening roar that is mixed with sadness and anger]

[You are very confused and don’t know where this dragon comes from, but you have no more energy to think about it]

[With the regret of not seeing Alice for the last time, you breathed your last breath and died at midnight on the Flower Festival]

[Simulation ends]

Much like the first time, Richard opened his eyes and then collapsed on the bed.

Simulation is really tiring, as tiring as playing Little Butter for ten hours with a high fever of 39 degrees Celsius.

And the final scene was a bit too confusing... Why are there dragons?Is it the trump card of the Fandan royal family?

I hope Alice can get through this...

Richard sighed. Although he wanted to check the rewards and think about exploring the fantasy world and Hamilton, he really didn't have the energy...

He closed his eyes again, intending to take a nap.

And just a dozen kilometers away from his dormitory, in a palace in Idaril.

The foreigners who temporarily live here are experiencing the same dream.

Time goes back to half an hour before the current world.

[You were thrown into the Bastille Abbey by your uncle]