You are very strong, but my painting style is better than yours!

Chapter 158: The Emperor is Iori Aizen!

"Okay, we have successfully crossed over."

Sera was in a trance for a moment, but came to herself after hearing Iori's words. She felt inexplicably uneasy and looked around quickly. The familiar warm touch on her hand calmed her down.

"Are you scared?" Iori looked at her and asked curiously.

"…Isn't it usually scary?"

Sera rolled her eyes at him and said, "This is what world line jumping is all about. Before this, I've only heard of the Second Magician having this ability...ah, should Chaldea be one of them too?

There are many things in my original world that I don’t understand, let alone coming to another place.

Civilization, culture, race...even the laws of physics, everything that one is familiar with may be overturned. Magicians and ordinary people alike will feel uneasy, right?"

Iori nodded. It seemed that he was unusual in that he was not afraid at all but full of anticipation.

"But you can rest assured. Although the energy systems are different... or in your words, the 'base' is different, the basic laws of physics are still similar, and the intelligent race that rules this world is still humans.

In addition, the power level here is generally weak, and there are only a few extraordinary individuals comparable to the Servant level. Even without my protection, there are not many who can threaten your existence.

If it wasn’t easy to control, I wouldn’t have run this place as my base.”

"Then I feel relieved...where is this?"

Sera looked up and found that she was surrounded by magnificent and grand buildings and was in front of a hall.

"This place feels like a palace. We should leave quickly. It will be terrible if we are discovered by the guards."

"Ok?"

Iori blinked and was about to say something when a team of fully-equipped guards walked out from the corner in the distance.

Sera frowned slightly, but found that Iori took out a mask from somewhere and put it on his face, and he didn't mean to dodge. Just when she was puzzled, the team of soldiers found this place and were all shocked when they saw the familiar mask.

The team leader was a cautious person, and although he instinctively wanted to kneel down, he couldn't help but hesitate when he saw Iori's attire and the strange silver-haired woman.

"What's the matter?"

Iori said calmly, "Do you want to disturb me and my friends here?"

"His Majesty!"

The captain knelt down immediately, cold sweat pouring down his face.

Not only did he discover the strange sword at Iori's waist, but also because of the calm voice and the faint kingly pressure that emanated from it, he was sure that this was His Majesty the Holy King, the ruler of the empire!

"I have met His Majesty!"

"I have met His Majesty!"

The soldiers bowed one after another, feeling awed and curious as to why His Majesty was here.

"Your Majesty...why are there no attendants around to serve you?"

"It's okay. I just wanted to go out with my friends on a whim. I didn't tell anyone else, so I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."

"Don't dare!"

The captain said boldly: "Your Majesty, for your safety, please allow us to suspend our patrol mission and switch to on-site protection."

"Ah."

Iori nodded slightly as if he didn't object, and the captain felt relieved at once. He turned around and arranged for his men to disperse to various places to act as sentinels, and try not to appear in the sight of Iori and Sera.

After these people left, the silver-haired girl looked at Iori with her big eyes: "...Your Majesty?"

"Hey, didn't I tell you?"

Iori pointed at himself: "I am the emperor of this world."

"..."

Sera took a long breath and felt her body tremble slightly.

"This kind of thing... should have been made clear at the beginning!"

……

I really don't understand what's so surprising. Although the title of "emperor" is intimidating, Iori doesn't think it's that great.

After all, he is just the emperor of "Aka Kill". Due to the limitations of the world view, the area of ​​the country and the population he rules are just that.

But Sera's feelings are understandable. After all, Iori appeared in the Holy Grail War as "Susanoo". Even if she explained to Sera that he was not the Susanoo in the myth, the android girl subconsciously thought that he was a hero with similar attributes to Susanoo.

I didn't expect it to be restored to this extent, even Susanoo's identity as the "king" is exactly the same.

To be honest, during Sera's daily interactions with him, she didn't feel any domineering aura from him at all...

"Do you still mind? I already said I'm sorry."

Iori led Sera to a hall and smiled softly, "Although he is the emperor, he only took it by force. My own background is relatively ordinary. I don't care about the difference in status. Just continue to get along with me as usual."

"Even if you say so... there are many kings among the Servants, but they are all dead spirits of the past after all, and you are the living emperor."

Sera glanced at him secretly: "You should be from an Eastern civilization. According to your customs... you have quite a few concubines, right?"

"Well, having many children and grandchildren is one of the emperor's duties... but I'm not very qualified in this regard."

Iori spread his hands, "I just ascended the throne, everything is a mess, I haven't had time yet."

"Not in time yet?" Sera's eyelids jumped. "What do you mean? Are you going to live a life of luxury and debauchery once the world is at peace?"

"It sounds good, shouldn't I choose it now?"

"Well……"

"Haha! If you're not happy, you can still sign up. The competition isn't that fierce right now~"

Iori waved his hand, and the lights in the hall came on. A brilliant golden light shone over, immediately attracting Sera's attention.

"This, this is!"

Sera looked forward and saw that on the towering and magnificent platform, the place where the throne should have been was replaced by a broken golden sphere, and there was an angel-like statue of a woman covered with wings inside.

Because of its incompleteness, the sphere looked like a waning moon. When viewed from the front, it looked like... like a throne with a celestial body as its prototype!

"The Holy Grail... was placed in a place like this?" Sera was surprised after coming to her senses. "Shouldn't it be placed on the leyline?"

“Unfortunately, although this world has extraordinary powers, they are basically manifested in the form of ‘life force’ and ‘spiritual force’.

The natural world can produce some powerful magical beasts, so it can be proved that there is a 'big source' here... It's just too scattered, and the dragon veins are difficult to find. They are often in the habitats of super magical beasts."

Iori walked up and said, "How could the imperial capital be built on the lair of a super monster? Therefore, I cannot find the dragon vein in my palace."

"That's troublesome. Without enough magic power, the Holy Grail is just a simple container."

"Indeed, but..."

Iori Youyou said: "After being transformed by Medea, the Holy Grail has the ability to absorb energy from the outer world. It is like a celestial body emitting endless gravity. It can be used as the core to create a powerful dragon vein in the imperial capital!"

"This kind of thing... is too difficult!" Sera said in surprise, "Do you know how complicated the flow of the earth veins is? If you want to succeed, you have to calculate every change every minute and every second. With human computing power..."

"That's why I asked for the supercomputer from Chaldea!"

Iori sat on the golden throne and reached out to take a laurel crown - this was the control device of the supercomputer.

"With sufficient mana, it can do things beyond your imagination, and my various research will also benefit from it."

Human energy is limited, even if Iori has an infinite lifespan... However, the difference between humans and animals is that humans can utilize forces outside of themselves.

With the quantum computer provided by Chaldea, whether it is the development of imperial tools, the improvement of the Kidō, or even the Hougyoku... it will be greatly reduced in difficulty for Iori.

If you provide your own ideas and thoughts and let the computer and the Holy Grail do the calculations, wouldn't the speed of scientific research increase exponentially?

"Don't worry, everything is as planned."

He leaned calmly against the cold and hard metal, supporting his cheek with one hand and looking down at everything in the hall.

"I can spend a hundred years, two hundred years, or even longer, to control all the leylines of this world with the Throne and the Crown!

By then, endless magic power will flow under my feet and extend to every corner of the empire!"

Chapter 159: The Holy King’s Favor Will Not Be Repaid in Three Lives

The new empire can be said to be a cabinet system. Government affairs submitted from all over the country are collected and processed by civil servants in the imperial capital, and then reported step by step. Most of them can be resolved within each department, and only major events of sufficient importance will be reported to the core management - that is, the cabinet, so that the bigwigs can make a decision after consultation.

As the "Emperor", who is the pinnacle of the empire's power, he would sit in on the cabinet meetings twice a week as a arbitrator, but he rarely intervened in general affairs, leaving them to professionals to handle.

(Many times, it was Chelsi who was in disguise and sat in on the class on behalf of Iori)

But whenever he expressed his opinions, they were his final words, with absolute authority, and no one ever dared to oppose them.

Iori was actually not very satisfied with this. Although the emperor's authority was important, it would be too much if everyone was so afraid that they dared not oppose it.

No one is omniscient and never makes mistakes. Even though Iori has an entire "World History" as a reference book for governing the country, what is written in the book are general trends and strategies for governing the country, which are from a God's perspective... In the actual implementation process, there are too many unexpected details and it is impossible to follow suit.

Of course, with his authority and military force, even if some of the policies are not popular with the local people, they can definitely be implemented.

However, Iori does not want to be a tyrannical tyrant. His rule is for his own achievement, but there is no need to use innocent people as experimental subjects.

As a monarch, one should have both the courage to implement his own will and the tolerance to accept advice. The two are not contradictory and need to be carefully grasped.

It seems that in addition to the cabinet, we still need a "censorate"... Should the intelligence agency be separated from the military system? Set up a Jinyiwei? Is the power of the Ministry of Finance too great? Should we set up a supervision mechanism?

...You can't think too much about it, otherwise the empire's administrative system will look like a makeshift team!

Anyway, there is still a long way to go. It’s not even the second year yet, so I’ll slowly fill it in…

Iori did not dwell too much on the issue of responsibilities and powers. There were some things that did not require him, the emperor, to be personally involved in. When someone presented him with the "Eight Strategies on the Ship" or the "Nine Chapters of Laws", it was enough for him to review them.

Why not just issue a "talent-seeking order" or build a golden platform!

——Putting all this aside for now, Iori attended today’s cabinet meeting in person, which was rare. He personally introduced and appointed an official to the cabinet at the meeting.

The reason why it was so grand was that he was not appointed to a position in the outer court, but in the inner court.

[Saint King's Royal Advisor: Sera von Einzbern]

Although they had never heard of this name, all the cabinet ministers believed that she came from a prominent family. They were impressed by her elegant beauty and her cold and pure temperament.

If it were a peaceful time, bringing a person of unknown origin and no qualifications into the cabinet would definitely cause controversy. However, not long after the establishment of the new empire, many people who had previously been operating in the dark stepped onto the political stage, and some people who had lost power made a comeback... Everyone has become accustomed to it.

What's more, the scope of authority of this "advisor" is: to manage and maintain the throne and crown, to be able to move freely in the palace, to convey opinions to the cabinet on behalf of the Holy King, and to live in the palace on a daily basis so that he can discuss the philosophy of life with His Majesty the Emperor at any time.

——No matter how you look at it, this person is the most trusted among the trusted, and the most trusted among the trusted. The appointment of such a person has no say in the outer court!

Just like when Iori promoted Will from a low-ranking officer to the chief of the palace guards, no one objected, because the position was too sensitive and basically all those in power would not allow others to interfere.

When it came to Sera, the ministers exchanged opinions with each other. They did not doubt Sera's professional level - that was actually not important, but they were puzzled as to why the Holy King appointed her as an advisor instead of directly bringing her into the harem...

What? A pure master-servant relationship? No romantic feelings involved?

We are not fools, stop joking!

The way these two people get along with each other, the tone of their conversation...it doesn't look innocent at all!

In any case, we should respect her as the princess from now on - the ministers thought silently.

After the meeting, Iori called over the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Science and Technology, who were also the former Prime Minister of the Empire and Mr. Fashion.

The two were specially assigned to different reception rooms. Iori went to see the Minister of Finance first. They were all smart people, so without much greeting, Iori went straight to the point and asked the former Prime Minister of the Empire:

"How's that kid doing? Is he healthy?"

The Minister of Finance remained calm, with his head slightly lowered and not daring to look directly at the emperor, but his muscles under his clothes were tense, revealing his nervousness - this did not escape Iori's observation, but he smiled slightly and did not point it out.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty... My grandson is currently in good health and spirits, just like a normal child of his age. Moreover, I always remember my duty and confirm that he has not thought about the past."

The Minister of Finance said seriously: "Military force, financial resources, power... Now that his death has been confirmed, he no longer even has a 'name'. He will never pose a threat to Your Majesty, no... He will never pose a threat to the great cause of the empire. Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

Iori listened to him patiently and couldn't help but sneer: "You must be afraid of me, right?"

"how could be!"

The Minister of Finance choked up and said, "It was your Majesty who re-employed the old minister who had been unemployed at home and gave him such an important mission to manage the national finances. This kindness is like a rebirth, and I will never be able to repay it in three lifetimes!"

"Fukua... I chose you to join the cabinet simply because I need someone who is very familiar with state affairs and mature and steady. After all, the cabinet can't be full of novices... and you are the best candidate.

You were dismissed for opposing the former minister Ernest, so you naturally support the new empire - or have reasons to support the new empire, which can dispel other people's doubts.

If you are elected, it will not only silence the revolutionary army, but also appease the powerful forces of the old empire... As for what you think, I don't really care."

The Minister of Finance was stunned on the spot. He actually understood this principle, but he didn't expect Iori to say it so bluntly.

He entered the cabinet as a representative of the old powerful, and his experience as a former prime minister gave him extremely rich experience in how the core of the country operates. He could act as a lubricant for the handover between the old and new empires and reduce unnecessary turmoil.

He also knew very well that no matter what he thought, he must remain loyal to His Majesty the Holy King in his actions!