Saint?Just a bad woman

Santa Karina nodded, hoping that she would not be left in the cold when she entered.

This heavy door with beautiful carvings could not completely block the sound coming from inside.

"Squeak-"

The maid opened the door for Santa Karina, and she walked in directly.

At this time, everyone's attention obviously shifted to Santa Karina.

They seemed to have received notice from the little emperor long ago and knew the identity of the latecomers. Inside, there were a group of courtiers and nobles with real power on the two rows of long tables.

There were various emotions in the eyes of those people, and their eyes looked like they were looking at objects, which made Santa Karina very uncomfortable.

Different from the respect shown by the maids and female guards in the palace, these nobles had no intention of respecting Santa Carolina. Their eyes were very arrogant, as if they felt that there was no need for an antique from more than 500 years ago to come to the main hall to discuss politics.

Power and interests are a very limited big cake. If the cake has been divided and new people want to participate and take a piece of the cake, it will inevitably harm the interests of the vested parties.

They are high-ranking figures and would not thank the Holy Maiden of Patriotism for once again protecting this country.Maybe they would be grateful at the time, but when the person being thanked touches their interests, the gratitude will quickly deteriorate or even disappear.

After all, the current Lorian Empire... is really a country that is corrupt to the core.

17. Punish the borers

"Your Majesty the Saint, don't be restrained, come and sit next to me."

Brenda waved to Santa Karina, with a polite smile on her face, and seemed to be helping her out.

"Wait a minute, Your Majesty, this is against the rules."

The person who spoke was the Minister of Finance and Taxation, a man as fat as a fat pig.

"I'm just greeting Your Majesty the Saint. What's wrong with the rules?"

Brenda looked embarrassed and seemed a little unhappy.

"Our Lorian Empire believes in the Religion of Order, not the Eternal Religion. Your Majesty, the position next to you will represent your attitude. Please think twice before you act."

The man continued to block.

"Although this holy lady did save our capital, she is only one person. It is our ministers and nobles who really contribute money and effort."

In the Lorian Empire, ministers held palace positions and served the emperor directly, while nobles were enfeoffed by the emperor and exercised local governance.

But seeing the little emperor's appearance, Santa Karina seemed to understand something.The ministers and nobles colluded, and the three factions in the empire, the royalist faction, the neutral faction, and the aristocratic faction, currently the aristocratic faction has the upper hand.

Including the country's important minister of finance and taxation, who is also a member of the aristocracy.

"Okay... I understand, Sir Francis. I'm sorry, Your Majesty the Saint, please choose an empty seat and take a seat."

Brenda cannot do without the support of these national moths and can only temporarily compromise.

The Ernest family has many sisters, and as long as the aristocratic faction is willing, it doesn't matter whether the emperor is Brenda.

"Don't apologize to me, because I don't want to attend such a boring meeting."

Santa Karina knew that she was being used at gunpoint, and Brenda was plotting against her, hoping to draw the Patriotic Saint into her own camp and give the noble faction a signal not to act rashly.

"Your Excellency Saint, are you about to leave?"

The man who spoke was so proud that he didn't even want to give Santa Karina the last step.

He dared not give face to the emperor and the saint because almost four-fifths of the people in the main hall were aristocrats, and the remaining one-fifth had a complicated composition and were not completely loyal to the little emperor.

"That's what I thought just now, but now, fat pig, if you dare to look at me with your disgusting eyes again, I will dig it out for you in the main hall immediately."

St. Karina is different from the little emperor. She doesn't care at all what will happen to the Lorian Empire that has betrayed the Eternal God Religion, the Eternal Goddess, and the Eternal Saint.

It's not her style to have to swallow her anger while being stepped on by such a person to show off her power.

"Goo!"

Seemingly frightened by Santa Karina's eyes, the man almost fell down with his fat belly.

His retreating steps were very frivolous, and it looked like his body had been drained by wine, sex, and beauty.

But on second thought, he calmed down and felt that this was his own territory and there was no need to be afraid of Santa Karina.Having been domineering for a long time, he simply couldn't bear the bad temper of being embarrassed in front of so many people.

"What are you talking about! You are just a legacy of the times from 500 years ago. It is polite to call you Your Majesty the Holy Lady, but not only are you not satisfied, you even dare to insult a prominent minister of the empire as a fat pig!"

He was so angry that his whole body was shaking.

"Are you disobeying me?"

"Crack."

But soon, the spitting fat pig could no longer speak.

Santa Karina sneered and kicked the Minister of Finance and Taxation's disgusting body with a high heel. He was like an inflated ball, flying hard and falling heavily to the ground.

That's right, in front of all the ministers and nobles, Santa Karina directly beat the important minister of the empire that the fat pig said.

"Boom."

Tables and chairs were overturned, and even one of the beams in the main hall was broken, causing a loud shaking sound in the room.

The fat pig's cheek muscles were twisted due to pain, and he was crying and screaming. Not only did he have countless broken bones in his body, but his forehead also bled a lot because he was hit. He looked quite miserable.

But among the hundred or so people present, not a single nobleman or minister dared to help him.

It is true that the Saint of the Patriotic State was a historical figure 500 years ago, but everyone here knows the glorious history of the Lorian Empire and what kind of strong person the Saint of the Patriotic State is. They know how to help her now. The next person screaming in a pool of blood will definitely be himself.

She slowly looked around and silently lowered her head, trying to pretend that she couldn't see the people who were lowering their sense of presence. A trace of disappointment flashed in Santa Karina's eyes. The high-ranking guys who were raised by the people with so much hard work are such trash. .

"This dead fat pig said that I was an antique from 500 years ago and was of no use to the country. So I want to ask, when the capital of Partington was attacked by the demons, who protected the country?"

"It's you... Your Majesty the Saint."

At first no one dared to speak, but after a moment of silence, a member of the noble faction spoke.

There was deep fear in his eyes, and it could be seen that he was very afraid of the Saint of Patriotism, worried that Saint Karina would kill them in a rage and wash the entire main hall with blood.

After all, this ruthless lord had slaughtered tens of thousands of demons and hundreds of thousands of demons just one day ago, but there were more than 100 people in the main hall. I was really afraid that this murderer was not enough.

And in history, the blood shed in the hands of the Saint of Patriotism is even more numerous.

"Very good, then how should I punish this fat pig next? Do you have any objections?"

"..."

There was a deathly silence in the main hall.

Everyone looked at each other, but in the end they still hesitated and bowed and replied, "No objection."

"Hey, fat pig, you said you are the Minister of Finance and Taxation of the Lorian Empire, right? I happen to be short of money and land. Give me all the money and real estate you have, and I will forgive your crime of disrespect. ,how?"

If this kind of borer disturbed his good mood, this fat pig was really to blame for his death.

Santa Karina's pointed high-heeled shoes stepped on the opponent's body, and she wiped the impossible blood on her body with some dissatisfaction.

"Impossible!...All of it! You want my lifeblood! I will give you part of it at most..."

The fat pig was extremely excited when he heard what Santa Carolina said.For people like him, nothing is more important than money.

No country, no people, no justice, no family, love and friendship can compare to money.

"Part of it? I said, I want all of it... It seems that you still don't understand your situation, so I'll let you understand immediately."

Santa Karina stepped on the back of his hand with the heel of her shoe, and then - exerted force.

"Gueeeeeeeeeeee!"

His hand was instantly useless, the bones piercing the flesh and blood, and being exposed on the skin of the hand.

He screamed in pain, and the sound he made was as funny as a pig's squealing.

Really noisy.

18. An empire plagued by internal and external troubles

"Wait! Your Majesty the Holy Lady, please do not continue to torture Sir Francis. As an apology, on behalf of the noble faction, I will find one of your sacred objects for you."

This time it was the Foreign Secretary who took the lead.

His attitude was very humble and impeccable, much more pleasing to Santa Carolina than the fat pig just now.

And she really needs the holy thing.Like the holy sword, those holy objects are part of the saint. Only by finding all the holy objects can her strength be restored.

After encountering thieves from the underground temple, all the sacred objects had long since disappeared.Really looking for it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"You want to exchange a holy object for the life of this fat pig? How can there be such a good thing in the world in exchange for something that is mine?"

Santa Karina sneered.

In fact, in addition to finding all the holy objects, there is a second way for her to advance, which is to convert the power of the holy medicine into magic medicine, and transform from the saint of the country into the witch of the country.

It can be said that the more turbulent this country and this continent becomes, the faster she can advance, just like riding a rocket.

"No, no, no, of course, I will also give you a compensation, which is a thousand gold coins plus a property in Partington, the kind with a manor."

"whispering sound……"

Santa Karina smacked her lips and reluctantly agreed to the result.

Taking the heel of her shoe away from the Minister of Finance and Taxation, she sat directly next to the little emperor.

This time, no voice in the main hall dared to stop her for the second time.Saint Karina gained temporary power through unblocking the sealing stone. Only the young emperor knew about this. Others thought that the strength of the Saint of Patriotism was the same as that of more than 500 years ago, and they did not dare to disobey her.

"what……"

The Minister of Finance and Taxation, who had survived the disaster, crawled back into the crowd with fearful hands and feet.It seems that only by being around the noble faction of the same camp can he regain a sense of security.

If you were among the crowd, when Santa Karina agreed to the request of the noble faction, even if she was still angry in her heart, she would not be able to go back on her word.It is difficult for a person to become a hero, but it is easy to change the direction of fame overnight.

Santa Karina did not continue to embarrass him, just as a normal person would not spend the whole day chasing a dirty rat that accidentally touched him.

Everyone here breathed a sigh of relief. After all, with the Holy Maiden's skill, this hall would be instantly reduced to ashes.

Brenda's clenched hands gradually loosened, and her palms were covered in cold sweat.

Now that the Lorian Empire is crumbling, it is absolutely impossible for her to survive alone. She does not dare to easily offend the nobles, nor does she dare to offend the saint in order to protect the nobles.

It feels really uncomfortable to be caught between two forces and become a victim of their struggle.

During the dinner, the Minister of Military Affairs took the initiative to step forward and continue to report the current situation to Brenda.His attitude was more than a little better than before.

Apart from the emperor, the people who were most concerned about the war situation were only a few nobles and ministers who were concerned with their own interests.

Brenda removed items from half the table to lay out the map.She has seen this picture countless times, and knows every country and place name by heart.

There are several fortresses that need to be heavily guarded, but now there are almost no one in the country to use them.

Although Santa Karina can repel a wave of monsters once, it does not mean that it can be done every time. Part of the country and fortress has been lost, and it is not easy to regain it.

Back then, Lorian's territory spanned three continents, but now only less than one-tenth of its original size remains... And even for these remaining lands, the little emperor has almost no jurisdiction, and they are all local lords. autonomy.

Her scope of power... is probably only the small capital city of Partington.

"Sir Bridges, what do you think of the next battle?"

She looked at the middle-aged man next to her who had gray hair on her temples and was over fifty years old.

He holds in his hands all the troops that the capital can currently mobilize, and is from the Dreiser family that has been loyal to the empire since the early days of the founding of the country.The Dreiser family is the last card of the empire, and it played a vital role in the resistance war against the demonic invasion. In previous wars, it has saved the royal family from crisis after crisis, and its strength is self-evident.

Yesterday's battle greatly weakened the vitality of the Dreiser family's army. Bridges frowned from the moment he took the table, expressing his dissatisfaction with the light atmosphere of the banquet.

Although proper relaxation is necessary, these people show that the crisis of the empire has nothing to do with them. The demons have already invaded the city, but the ministers and nobles are still singing every night, turning a deaf ear to the cries from outside.

If it continues, it’s hard to say whether the Lorian Empire can survive this year.

"First of all, there are a large number of demon troops in the north, which may move south to harass our country at any time. The Tolan Empire in the west has conflicts with our country from time to time, and may take advantage of the situation and ask Lorian to cede territory on the border."

Then, he pointed at the map and continued to add explanations.

"Several islands in the south have formed the Praia Ocean Federation Theocracy in recent years. They believe in the God of the Deep Sea, which is contrary to the teachings of the Church of the God of Order. They have been hostile to each other since ancient times and need to be paid more attention to. Finally, there is the Saint in the east. In Marta waters, we have received many cases of undersea people attacking fishermen in recent days, as well as many sightings of suspicious characters."

"I will let Her Majesty the Holy Lady investigate these matters in person. Sir Bridges does not need to worry too much."

After hearing this, Bridges' frown slightly relaxed, and he personally poured wine for the little emperor and Santa Kalina.

"Your Majesty the Holy Lady is worthy of being a hero of the empire. Even after sleeping for 500 years, she can immediately grasp the current situation and save the country in critical moments. If you need any help, just say a word. The Dreiser family will never push back. Like Just like those fat-brained rubbish."

"You have a heart."

The two wine glasses clinked together, making a crisp "clang" sound.