The immortal black snake just wants to live simply

Of course, the Phedian beast was not naked, but was wearing a ducal uniform specially made by royal costume designers, and even the medal on the chest was redesigned in proportion.

The heir has no meaning to the Black Snake, which is also why when the Black Snake announced Tallulah, who had the blood of Victoria and the Yan Kingdom royal family in her body, as the heir, the nobles who knew Talludra's true identity, including the emperor himself, thought it was no big deal. of.

In their eyes, either Draco will only be able to see the face of the owner of the Duke's mansion changing until he dies of old age, while he only has the title of heir...

Or, after taking office, Duke Drake will be the Eternal Grand Duke of Ursus.

……

In short, Natalia actually knew how strange her attempt was in the eyes of normal Ursans.

The reason why her little thoughts have not been exposed to the black snake is because she is both weak and trustworthy in the eyes of the black snake.

In terms of status, Natalia is just the daughter of a small earl, and even if she obtains the title of baronet...

A baron cannot make any waves in the ruling class of Ursus. These small nobles can only rely on the big nobles.

The top Ursus nobles join forces to make Black Snake feel a little troublesome.

And Natalya is not outstanding in terms of strength... Even though she is already a very good warrior, she lacks experience and precipitation, let alone Tallulah's innate bloodline and physique.

Tallulah's flames can really burn the black snake.

……

Back in the dormitory, before they came back in the cold winter, Natalia opened the package with anxiety mixed with curiosity.

She thought it was probably her fault.

Although she had anticipated various consequences of deliberately leaving a diary for her father...perhaps support, after all, her father loved her very much; or neither support nor objection, thinking it was just a little girl's innocent fantasy.

But judging from the current situation, he is probably opposed to it, and it is very likely that the emperor will know about it.

After all, a mere baron was still a noble with a symbolic title and no territory. Even the daughter of an earl could not attract the emperor's attention.

She was able to become a baron so easily because the emperor needed to set a bright and positive example to alleviate the panic of the people, and because she was the daughter of an earl... and because she was sold to the Eternal Grand Duke.

After all, it was the Black Snake that stopped the natural disaster in Chernobog for a day, providing precious time for the people to distance themselves.

……

Natalia's hands trembled slightly as she opened the package.

What will be inside?

A stern secret letter?Or are you actually overthinking it?The emperor didn't know his dirty little thoughts?

Natalia opened the package in confusion.

Unexpectedly, it only contained a very ordinary-looking civilian communicator without any markings.

But Natalia knew that this was just a disguise.

Originally, she might have gone to discuss it with Kasheena, but ever since she had some dirty thoughts, she always felt an inexplicable guilty conscience when facing the black snake... and she always felt absurd when looking at Kasheena.

She turned on the communicator and looked at the only number in the address book. After much hesitation, she finally chose to dial it.

The call was quickly connected.

Natalia made a lot of mental preparations, but the voice on the other side of the phone was beyond her expectations.

It was a deep, strong middle-aged voice.

As a child of an Ursus noble who often watches TV news to learn about national affairs and develop her keen political sense, Natalia naturally knows the source of the voice...

The current emperor of Ursus - Fyodor Vladimirovich.

"Young man from the Rostov family. Your father, Count Rostov, should have taught you the aristocratic law of Ursus, so do you know..."

"What crime did you commit?"

Natalia, who heard the emperor's question, was not afraid.

On the contrary, her body could not help but tremble with excitement at this moment.

Not only because the time she spent with Duke Cosiche in the past made her familiar with the pressure of superiors... After all, Duke Cosiche himself was a great nobleman under Ursus alone.

Even though Kosich was very tolerant and gentle to Natalia, he did not deliberately avoid Natalia, who was still young at the time, when meeting other nobles.

This experience enabled Natalya to withstand the pressure of her role as emperor.

Moreover, Natalia was keenly aware that the other party's tone was not the tone of asking for an apology...

So she answered respectfully:

"Dear Your Majesty, I have always kept in mind every law of the empire. Whether it is the ancient order jointly concluded by the father of Ursus and the Eternal Grand Duke, or your latest decree on the infected, I am familiar with it. Heart."

"...So, I don't know what I did to cause you such a big misunderstanding?"

After listening to Natalia's rhetorical question, what came from the other side of the phone was not an angry voice, but a burst of cheerful and heroic laughter.

"Haha... indeed."

"What are you guilty of?"

……

'Although I had imagined that my father would take the initiative to report my thoughts, after all, whether it was out of excessive concern for me or loyalty to the empire... in his eyes, my thoughts were undoubtedly like a moth flying into a flame, which was difficult to understand. the behavior of. '

'The bug jumped into the fire, is it seeking a stronger self?That's too ridiculous. '

'It was just dazzled by the flames, just like everyone wants to stop at a great and majestic view. '

'But... I'm not really a moth. '

'I will not be like Sister Tallulah, who throws herself into the flames at all costs and without any preparation. '

'...'

'Haha...but maybe I'm just as stupid as Sister Tallulah. '

'After all, what I long for is just to completely occupy a moment in your vast life. '

Complete and complete, a moment that belongs only to Natalia.

Chapter 4: Early exposure: Tallulah is the one who cares about you!

'Well, she's just the perfect person for the plan! '

The emperor was very satisfied with Natalia's performance.

He is neither humble nor arrogant, but he knows etiquette, and judging from the information sent back from Chernobog, his personal abilities are also very good.

Although a little naive, this naivety is part of the emperor's plan.

Still a pretty important part.

The emperor knew about black snakes.

Rather, understanding the Duke is basically a required course for every Ursus emperor before he ascends the throne.

In the past, black snakes were not that polluting, and the depth of an empire was unimaginable to ordinary people.

The black snake can corrode the country, but there is no guarantee that it can invade the minds of the royal family and nobles... Unless they make a particularly big omission, the evil god will have an opportunity.

The country is very bloated, but excellent resources are often in the hands of a few people.

……

The current emperor, Fyodor Vladimirovich, intends to implement a plan against the Eternal Grand Duke.

This plan does not mean that the current emperor intends to be detrimental to the Black Snake, although there are some narrow-minded people among the previous emperors who are tired of having a living ancestor step on their heads and want to take the eternal open sword.

But Fyodor and his father, the late emperor who made Ursus famous throughout the land, were not like this.

The late emperor was afraid of the Black Snake, but the ambitious monarch would never deny that the Eternal Grand Duke was indispensable for the realization of Ursus's hegemony.

The current Emperor of Ursus, Feodor, does not have as big ambitions as his father.

He did not want to drag this land into war again.

But now, he is no longer the young emperor who had just ascended the throne and naively thought that the laws he promulgated would really be passed unimpeded in the land called Ursus.

He once attempted to improve the situation of the infected in Ursus, but this allowed the old nobles, who were already dissatisfied with the cessation of the war, to launch a major rebellion.

If the Eternal Grand Duke of Ursus had not stood firmly on the side of the royal family, and the inner guards had used thunderous means to clear out all the nobles involved in the rebellion, otherwise Feodor's authority as emperor would have been weakened in the eyes of the people of Ursus.

But even so, Fyodor grew up a lot during that period.

At that time, he was very grateful to Black Snake for helping him stabilize the situation in the empire.

But when he discovered that the greatest resistance to his reforms and the greatest courage of the old nobles who dared to remonstrate with soldiers was the Eternal Grand Duke who had always stated that he was on the side of the royal family, but did nothing except declare support, he suddenly understood Why would my father be afraid of the black snake and yet trust him at the same time?

The Eternal Grand Duke of Ursus, following the will of Ursus.

In other words...

Whoever has a greater chance of winning, the Eternal Duke of Ursus is the most useful card in his hand.

Although he executed all the rebel nobles, he did temporarily shelve the reform of the law on infected persons.

At that time, he had not yet gained the trust of the Ursus people and the army.

Most of the civilians in Ursus discriminated against these patients who would bring death and plague, and the noble mines also needed these unprotected miners.

The still immature emperor could not make drastic reforms, otherwise his decrees would be misinterpreted as antagonizing the nobility, the army, and the wider common people.

Infected people have never been the mainstream of this land. In the eyes of various countries, they are just a few restless factors that suffer from serious diseases and require more energy to deal with.

……

The successive emperors of Ursus have actually basically given up on truly gaining the loyalty of the Eternal Grand Duke...even including the former emperor who gave Ursus the golden age.

In the end, the ambitious monarch did not expect the Eternal Duke to do his best. He only regarded the Eternal Duke as a precious but sharp knife, using it to pierce the heart of Gaul and break through the Pegasus' defense line.

But Fyodor was different.

He does not, nor does he intend to regard the Eternal Grand Duke as a sword, nor does he regard it as some special mechanism unique to Ursus, or a tool that only knows how to use it but does not know the principle.

He would not worship and admire the Black Snake like some mediocre emperors, and really regarded the Black Snake as the sun of Ursus.

The greatness of the Ursus Empire has never relied on the support of one or two so-called immortals.

It is not the black snake that makes Ursus, but the people of Ursus that make powerful Ursus.

The emperor, nobles, commoners, military, and even the persecuted infected are all members of the Ursus people and part of the Ursus civilization.

And the immortal black snake, the god of Ursus, the Duke of Cosiche...

He should also be a member of the Ursus people!

Fyodor believed so firmly.

And whether it is the loss of human nature, or the eternal Duke who transcends human nature, it is not what Ursus wants to see.

Of course, trying to tie up the Eternal Grand Duke with the ignorant love of a young girl... This plan is very absurd and funny no matter how you look at it.

Perhaps when the intelligence agencies of various countries learn of this news, they will probably think that there is something wrong with the current emperor of Ursus, or they will simply regard this information as rubbish to disrupt the public and throw it aside.

But Fyodor was serious.

Even though he doesn't think this arrogant new noble daughter can succeed, Natalia is still an integral part of Fyodor's plan.

The Eternal Grand Duke of the Empire stretched out too many hands, too long, too dense, too deep... And Fyodor knew that the Black Snake didn't like to be figured out.

Even trying to figure out the black snake itself with mortal thinking is absurd.

How to observe a being who has multiple identities and lives simultaneously?

How to understand an undead monster that can actually devour people's hearts and take up residence in their minds?

Fyodor didn't know, he didn't even know if his method would work.

When all theories and experiences fail, and even the military force that the Ursus Empire is proud of cannot be easily used...

The emperor could only use some very funny ways to determine the humanity of the black snake.

He has no experience to draw from for the path he wants to take... Ursus is not a religious country like Kjerag that combines politics and religion and values ​​Yeragond above all else; nor is it like Great Yan who insists on the difference between humans and animals. The imperial court must enshrine the gods.

Ursus and Black Snake promote each other and achieve each other's achievements.

So Fyodor decided to give this daydreaming aristocratic girl some 'private' help... Even if the black snake really notices it by then, he can still get away with it.

I, Emperor Ursus, care about the Eternal Grand Duke. Seeing that you have been lonely for so many years, why do I want to find you a wife?

Am I doing something bad secretly?I didn't forcefully grant the marriage, I just provided some minor help... I, Fyodor, didn't do anything that would harm the relationship between the king and his subjects!