The immortal black snake just wants to live simply

The guards bowed slightly to Kasheena.

However, their weapons are already in their hands.

"We don't want to hurt you, even if this body is just an insignificant part of you."

"Your behavior is not convincing..."

Kasheena put down her notebook and quill.

She smiled playfully.

"Do you know what you are doing? You are conspiring against me."

"Yes, Duke of Cosiche."

One of the defenders still maintained a humble attitude.

"...You guys are really stubborn."

"All for Ursus, Duke. Only war can bring people back to the glorious past of the Emperor."

The inner guard said in a deep voice.

"Today's Ursus has fierce conflicts between the new aristocrats and the old aristocrats, fierce conflicts between the infected and the non-infected, and even some racists have reared their heads... I can't help but recall that under the leadership of the late emperor, Ursus was able to fight with the Hippogriff Fighting side by side, both infected and non-infected people can contribute to the empire..."

"What you mean by making a contribution is throwing knowledgeable infected people into mines to mine?"

"Duke, we don't have your power, and we can't pay attention to each infected person in detail... Letting them mine in the mine is the best solution considering all aspects."

"Haha, 'best'... you should know that this doesn't convince me."

Cracks began to appear in Kasheena's body.

"And if you can't convince me, then [Cosiche] will come and [recover] you who have rebelled on behalf of the emperor."

Kasheena's voice began to gradually become distorted, mixed with different voices.

Of course, Kasheena's body was fully prepared before setting off again, and it contained a lot of Kosiche's will.

"Your Majesty the Duke, we do not expect you to lend a helping hand, but we ask you to remain neutral... We assure you that this action will never affect your image in the hearts of the people of Ursus."

"Okay, you convinced me."

Kasheena suddenly returned to her original state, and sat down easily leaning on a collapsed stone pillar.

Of course, sitting like a lady.

"..."

see this scene.

The inner guards still maintained a prepared posture.

Of course they knew that the Duke was very concerned about his image, but in any case, what he just agreed to was too easy.

They didn't know what crooked ideas the Duke was planning, but the main task of the four of them was actually to contain this part of Kosich's body.

It would be best if this stalemate could be maintained.

……

Coscich was certainly not so easily persuaded.

But he suddenly realized that Chernobog was about to encounter a natural disaster.

'...'

'What a coincidence! '

'Isn't this an opportunity to increase your reputation and stabilize your character? '

'I can't waste my power on these fanatics... No, the power of this body is not enough. '

'I need to gather more [Black Snakes]. '

'Hmm~ By the way, let's get those journalists from the news media who are desperate for their lives to come over too. '

Chapter 87 Immortal Politics, a compulsory subject for every immortal ruler

"Your Majesty, Chernobog has lost contact with the Empire."

"..."

"According to some of the people who escaped, one of Koscich's bodies also appeared in Chernobog. I'm worried..."

"Don't worry, I have already contacted Duke Cosiche."

"Your Majesty, could it be..."

"Otherwise? Do you think the Duke of Cosiche will participate in the rebellion?"

"..."

"Speaker Witte, the relationship between the Ursus royal family and the Duke is closer than you think... Don't have this kind of doubt about the Duke of Cosiche anymore."

"Yes, Your Majesty. But the people of Chernobog..."

"...This is a necessary sacrifice, indispensable in order to break through the shackles of the late emperor."

The emperor looked at Speaker Witte's leaving figure and sighed helplessly.

Doesn't he care about his own people?

It's just that his abilities are limited.

After all, the influence of the late emperor was still too far-reaching.

In order to completely eradicate the influence of the late emperor and allow himself to truly control power, Koscich proposed a plan to him...

An offer he couldn't refuse.

……

The Duke of Cosiche has always occupied a strange position in the thousand-year politics of Ursus.

Many scholars even listed a strange subject called "Politics of Immortals" specifically for this purpose.

Although his title is Duke, anyone with a discerning eye knows that his power is more than just a Duke.

The establishment of the Ursus Parliament and the weakening of the monarchy could not shake the eternal Duke of Ursus in the slightest.

There were many who believed that the Duke of Coscice could have been crowned Emperor of Ursus at any time if he had so wished.

Rather, there has always been a small group of Ursans who supported the idea.

But Cosiche never did.

Even in history, there was an emperor who was dissatisfied with the Duke of Cosiche's monopoly of power and attempted to weaken the power of the Duke of Cosiche.

The Duke of Cosiche did not react much and instead returned power to the emperor.

As for the emperor's subsequent attempt to intervene in the Dukedom of Cosiche and further weaken the Duke of Cosiche, he was foiled by an inexplicable palace coup...

No matter how you think about it, it’s just a coincidence (laughs).

All in all, the political position of the Duke of Coscice in Ursus had been in a curious position.

When the emperor objected, the Duke of Cosiche gradually let go of his rights, retracted his territory, and started a stand-alone business model.

The emperor and the parliament worked for a while, and wanted to consult Cosiche, an immortal with outstanding vision, on some policies, and once again asked the Duke of Cosiche to help rule.

Kosich began to slowly spread his influence outwards.

But with the change of power, the new emperor and nobles felt that Cosiche had too much power. However, because of the lessons learned from the past, they could only tactfully invite Cosiche back.

Kosiche was not angry and returned to his own territory to start a stand-alone operation mode.

Of course, the selling fee must also be taken away.

Over time, this formed several unwritten rules of Ursus politics.

[When the emperor has just ascended the throne and his power is unstable, Cosiche can temporarily exercise the emperor's rights]

[You can fight with the Duke of Cosiche, but you cannot attack his territory]

[Under normal circumstances, Cosiche will not interfere with Ursus's changes... provided that it does not affect his territory]

[The Duke of Cosiche only accepts orders from the people of Ursus. If he wants to gain his support, he must win over the people as much as possible]

As for what Coscich himself thinks of these rules...

'After all, Cosiche, who has limitations and reverse scales, can bring them a sense of security. '

……

"Doctor, you're awake."

"……Who are you?"

"PhD?!"

……

"Look, there are a bunch of kids here!"

"...Leave these children alone! Our main purpose now is to exact revenge on those superior bureaucrats and nobles!"

"……Right."

The thugs glanced at the frightened child and left.

Not all thugs are so crazy that they don't even spare children.

Groups cannot be viewed from a single, one-sided perspective.

People are so complicated.

But these thugs who still have conscience will not think that precisely because they did not take action against the child, they saved a life.

"Hehe~ What a pity."

"The toy ran away~"

"Don't forget our fundamental goal. Just ignore these secondary NPCs."

After the thugs left, the children's originally frightened expressions suddenly became playful and crazy.

These children have killed many thugs who blocked the road.

And many of those thugs are themselves infected people who have been persecuted and are weak. They rely on the panic of ordinary citizens to hunt down and kill ordinary citizens in one go.

But these personalities don't have those feelings.

They are not afraid of pain and do not hesitate.

They rely on the combat awareness temporarily given to them by Kasheena, and then use tools to kill thugs who have low combat awareness and have not received professional training.

This is certainly not something a real child would do, but they are not real children.

They are just temporary personalities created by Kasheena relying on the characteristics of children such as [Innocence], [Ignorance], and [Innocence], as well as some of their own memories.

They now control the children's bodies.

They only retained [innocence]

None of the acquired views of good and evil and life.

Maybe, just like a beast that can use tools?

……

"..."

The four inner guards and Kasheena sitting on the ruins still maintained this strange balance.

Kasheena is thinking about how to get out with the minimum consumption.

The task of the inner guards is to contain the body of Duke Cosiche.

They know that as long as they get the emergency activation code that can control Chernobog, half of their goal has been achieved.

But they were also unwilling to come into direct conflict with the Duke of Cosiche.

It sounds ridiculous, but they truly believe that they are contributing to Ursus.

And when the war comes, the power of this duke will be indispensable to Ursus.