Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

After all, as a king, he has the right to propose some bills, but because he has no voting rights, the bills he proposes are basically impossible to pass.

But this time, he campaigned before proposing the bill and directly promoted many welfare programs with great fanfare.

This is tantamount to putting the parliamentarians directly on the spot.

This proposal is beneficial to almost ninety-nine percent of the people in the Kingdom of York. If you dare to oppose this proposal, it will probably be difficult to get votes in the future.

But at the same time, the new welfare bill will have no benefits other than wasting national resources and increasing the country's fiscal burden.

Many people simply don't understand why Ron, the King, did this.

"He's not crazy." Charles shook his head and took a quick look at the future trends.

"He's probably preparing some countermeasures, ready to endure humiliation and implement some plan. The high welfare bill is just a move to declare to those guys that he hasn't lost yet, or to gain some power for himself."

"After all, the Welfare Bill incident has shown others that if he is not given any power, he can still do things in the name of the king that will make everyone uncomfortable."

"Unfortunately..."

Charles had no interest in his plan, so he didn't watch much about his future, but he did see his ending.

If there is no accident - for example, Mernade or Sif gets involved, then he will fail, be abandoned by his friends and relatives, and even be sentenced to death.

Being too careless is not a good thing. Sometimes you have to be timid when you need to be. Being a puppet or a mascot is a good thing for him to some extent.

"What a pity?" Peroz asked curiously.

The relationship between the Krolov family and the York family was quite good. Although the reasons for the initial signing of the contract were very complicated, the cooperation between the two sides had developed quite harmoniously over the past thousand years.

"Lack of power in the extraordinary world always leads to tragedy, and I don't think a young guy in his early twenties can be more scheming than those old guys who are hundreds of years old."

"I can understand Ron's madness. It's similar to my father's." Theresa smacked her lips. "My father always dreamed of the prosperity of the Severus family. He would never accept the family's decline in his hands."

"Ron's probably the same. He doesn't want to be nailed to the York family's pillar of shame." For whatever reason, the Bill of Rights was enacted during his reign, and the power of the King of York was also reduced to the extreme under his rule. "You're confused. In the extraordinary world, you're still thinking about vying for power in this situation..."

Human confusing behavior.

Whether it is the York family or the Severus family, in Charles' opinion, the best choice is to lie low.

As long as Victor St. York was there, as long as Doug Severus was there, even if it was only temporarily they were trapped in the Kingdom of York, even if their rights were taken away by others.

But as long as they were still high-level transcendents, it wouldn't be difficult to regain power. Ciel couldn't understand why they were so foolish to argue with them at this time.

While reminding Theresa again in a subtle way to persuade her father, Charles concentrated on driving.

At this time, the newly built welfare institutions distributing Nalkin pounds could be seen everywhere on Moroston Street. Charles did not pay too much attention to them, and did not even keep his eyes on them for a second.

Therefore, he did not see that the emotions that emerged in the eyes of the people who were queuing up to receive money after they received a considerable amount of financial relief were not excitement, happiness, or joy, but greed, the greed to get more money.

The "greed" in Charles was eliminated by Lady Doom, and even because of her, Charles' efficiency in absorbing and containing the star representing the curse of greed was continuously improved.

But that doesn't mean the curse of greed will disappear.

After all, in this world, there are too many people who can accommodate or even accept the curse of greed.

For many people, even though they know clearly that greed is a curse.

But as long as it can bring them satisfaction, as long as it can satisfy their desires, they will continue to do so even if they are consumed by greed.

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Chapter 281 Chapter 161 The European Emperor's Lifespan is Extremely Short

They didn't talk for long in Shire about Ron, the new king of the Kingdom of York.

After all, no one sitting here was interested in him. The reason why they talked about other things was just that Charles felt that using him was the most appropriate way to divert the previous topic.

When Charles drove to the steam train station, they encountered a new situation.

A time suddenly appeared on Theresa's map.

17: 52.

"What is this...?" Morin asked curiously.

"If I remember correctly, there is a train to Egede at this time?"

Aigedo is the next place they are going to on the map, and if I am not mistaken, the way to get there should be a steam train.

According to the time they are at now, there should be faster trains to go there. The sudden appearance of time is probably to prevent them from doing so.

"This map... If I had known it was afternoon, I should have set off later." Charles said with a pout.

"What do we do now? Sit here and wait? Or go somewhere else and rest?"

"Hmm... Let's stay in the car. After all, if Theresa strays from the route, the ceremony might be disrupted and we might have to start over."

After hearing what Peroz said, Theresa, who was about to say something, couldn't help but look sad.

She also wanted to take this opportunity to go to a coffee shop outside with Charles to have some dessert and afternoon tea.

Perhaps sensing Theresa's resentment, the map changed again.

Time still hung in front of several people, but there were some minor deviations in the route.

For example, a small dotted line appears where they stopped the car.

There is a 2 marked on the dotted line, and the connected location is a newly opened cafe.

"Could this also be part of the ceremony? Two people going to a cafe?" This was the first time Peroz encountered such a ridiculous and bizarre ceremony.

During the expedition, he didn't forget to feed his teammates dog food...

She seriously doubted whether her previous judgment was wrong - perhaps this map was not as dangerous as she had imagined.

Also...could this treasure be something Theresa compiled for her honeymoon with Ciel...

"Again...I didn't say I was going with Rocks."

"Let's go, Peroz, let's go together." Teresa said shyly.

But why did you keep giving me a look when you said this?

You want me to refuse?

Think beautiful!

Facing Teresa's look, Peroz pretended not to understand and nodded happily, "Okay~ I just happened to feel a little bored sitting in the car."

Theresa couldn't help but look at the other person angrily, while Peroz smiled back.

"I think we should let Sir and Ms. Severus go together." Maureen spoke.

Theresa couldn't help but give him a grateful look.

"You need to ask Theresa what she thinks about this~" Peroz did not take advantage of the situation and continued to tease Theresa.

Judging from Theresa's behavior in front of her, although she really wanted to say that she wanted to be with Charles at this time, how could she have the nerve to say it out loud.

After all, if I say it today, I will be teased all the way.

Just when Theresa was about to give up having afternoon tea with Charles angrily, Charles spoke.

"As much as I want you to talk to Theresa, it's obviously not possible."

"Oh~~~" Peroz stretched out his tone.

"Look at the map again. There are two small dots next to the two people on the dotted line."

"One blue, one red, obviously representing two different sexes." Charles said with a smile.

Peroz smacked his lips. "The author of this map is quite interesting. It's not enough that the ritual involves traveling via different vehicles, but now it includes afternoon tea as a date."

"Don't you know how to consider the feelings of your fellow travelers? You are drinking tea happily, but we have to wait here..." Peroz made a whimpering sound, which made Charles and Theresa couldn't help laughing.

"You and Maureen can also have afternoon tea in the cafe. You are not prohibited from entering there."

"Forget it. It's already hard to watch you two show affection here. If I chase you inside to watch... I'd better be nice to myself."

"In that case...then I'll trouble you with our train tickets~" Charles asked seriously.

Peroz's face darkened, and he couldn't help but wave his hand to hit him. Charles dodged cunningly, then quickly got out of the car and helped Theresa open the door like a gentleman on the other side.

For a moment, only Morin and Peroz were left in the vehicle.

Looking at the figure outside the car window, Mo Lin felt a little regretful, "It would be great if I was the one accompanying Mr.

His words made Peroz, who was standing beside him, look a little subtle, and then he moved his position quietly.

"If you wanted to stay with Rocks for a while longer, you shouldn't have interrupted me just now."

"That would lower your opinion of me," Morin said with a smile.

"How much do you know about him?" Perhaps out of boredom or for some other reason, Peroz turned the topic to Charles.

"I don't dare discuss this topic." Morin narrowed his eyes and looked at Peroz. "But...if it were you, sir, I probably wouldn't forbid me from saying anything."

Morin was a little envious of this.

During their time together, he could sense that Charles's attitude towards some people was different from that towards others, and Peroz could barely be counted among them.

If he felt the same way in Charles' heart, he would definitely be able to find a lot of fun that he couldn't get now.

At the same time, he also had some resentment in his heart - if only he were a girl.

After all, the special people in Ciel's heart seem to be women...

"You think I'm special to him?" Peroz said self-deprecatingly, but he didn't dwell on it. "Since you think you can tell me something, can you tell me about Rocks?"

"Of course, it's my honor." Morin said politely.

On the other side, Charles and Theresa walked into the cafe hand in hand.

Just after they pushed open the door, a sound like a balloon exploding suddenly rang out, and then several firework tubes burst out with colorful ribbons that fell on their heads.

"Customers please don't panic, this is a new activity in our store."

"Every afternoon, we randomly select a few guests and give them small gifts and free spending credits."

The attendant in a maid outfit said with a smile on her face.

Charles was not very interested in this activity, but Theresa next to him was very happy. After receiving the small gift, she happily ordered some signature desserts.

Influenced by her, Charles' mood also became cheerful.

Afterwards, the two enjoyed a nice afternoon tea, and at about 5:30, they reluctantly walked out of the cafe.

"If you stay inside a little longer, we can consider taking the bus at this time tomorrow." Looking at the two people talking and laughing, Peroz said unhappily.

In fact, she was not as angry as she looked, and she also gained a lot of information during the chat with Morin.

Overall, her understanding of Ciel is more comprehensive, but of course, she may have gone further astray.

After all, neither Morin nor she could be sure whether the information they knew about Charles was true or false.

"That's a good choice," Charles said as he held out his hand.

Peroz handed the ticket to him and said, "Because it's a short trip, the steam train doesn't sell compartments, so I bought an ordinary seat."

"But don't worry too much. We're pretty lucky. I asked the conductor, and there are plenty of vacancies for this train to Aigudo. The journey probably won't be too uncomfortable."

"In fact, I personally hope that there are more people in the carriage. After all, if you do that, I guess you won't be in the mood to continue showing off your affection in front of us."

In response to her complaint, Theresa smiled reservedly, "If you don't want to see us being affectionate, why don't you find someone you like sooner? Then you can show off in front of us."

Peroz gave her a cold look and then strode towards the station.

This time, just as she said, their luck was good—even to the point of being a little weird.

Strangely, there were only less than ten people in the carriage that should have been packed with people.

The second-class seats give the feeling of a premier box.

This felt a little unreal to Peroz.

"Isn't this your ability?" she asked involuntarily.

Ciel shook his head.

If there were too many people in the second seat of the vehicle, he would probably intervene, but this time he looked at the information about the vehicle and the number of people in their seats before intervening and gave up doing so.

Most of the time, the passengers on most steam trains are very bloated, but today due to many reasons, this train is unusually empty. This is not Charles' ability nor anyone else's ability.

It was just an unexpected coincidence, a small piece of luck for Charles and the others, just like what happened in the coffee shop before.

"Look!" While Charles and Peroz were chatting, Theresa, who was sitting by the window, shouted excitedly to them.