After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Hecate answered without much thought:

"If you don't mind, let me continue to follow you."

In the past, Hecate's impression of Aize could be summed up in one word: ruthless.

He had a 100% victory rate in battles against demons, and single-handedly suppressed the church and the nobility, and even used some means to subdue the ruthless Great Witch.

But the conversation just now gave her some new understanding of Aize.

Naturally, additional interest was generated.

Of course Aize didn't mind, so he nodded.

"Let's go."

With Hecate and Alicia, who stuck to him by default, Aize walked out of the study.

Then, he walked along the empty corridor again towards Regent Arthur's office.

Arrive, knock, enter.

As the de facto royal butler, Arthur is so proficient in aristocratic etiquette that it has even become muscle memory.

So at least on the surface, he appears kind to everyone.

But except Aize.

The moment the two looked at each other, the smile that was about to burst out was forcibly suppressed by the Regent sitting behind the desk.

He put on a gloating expression:

"Hey, isn't this Lord Aize? How come you have time to come to my place? Have you finished reading the little information I sent last night?"

A little bit.

Refers to the literal mountain of paper piled up in the study, almost as tall as a person.

Because of Aize's engagement with Heidi, Arthur was extremely disgusted with Aize, a commoner of a foreign race who might pollute the royal bloodline, to the point of being hostile to the person rather than the matter.

So even in this critical situation, even though Aize and Heidi's engagement has actually been annulled, he is still doing his best to stir up trouble and make things worse.

The Adventurer's Guild's disgusting methods were probably due to his advice.

Having said that, as if it wasn't enough, Arthur glanced at the two people behind Aize.

The moment his eyes passed over Hecate—or to be more precise, the horns hidden in Hecate's hair—he revealed an expression of undisguised disgust.

Then he sneered:

"Heh, a former God's Chosen Hero, the former fiancé of the princess, actually walking around with a filthy half-blood. How can this be allowed?"

He emphasized the two words "before" as if he was afraid that Aize couldn't hear him.

Hecate, who was directly insulted, was no longer surprised by this and did not take it too seriously.

But after all, I couldn't cause trouble to Aize, so I leaned over and whispered in his ear:

"I'm going out first."

Then, I planned to leave and wait for him outside.

As soon as she turned around, Aize grabbed her wrist and shook his head, indicating that she should stay.

This situation made Arthur even more disdainful.

"Tsk, birds of a feather flock together. Lord Aize, you'd better remember that the previous act of opening the palace to the common people was already an insult to the royal family of the Kingdom of Arte. Now bringing a half-blood so close to the throne room is so disrespectful. I..."

"That's exactly what I wanted to say."

Aize interrupted the other person expressionlessly, then sat down carelessly in the seat opposite him.

"I just took a look around, and the refugee situation is worse than expected. All remaining areas of the palace, except for the throne room, the royal mausoleum, and the area surrounding the study, are now open to the public."

In one sentence, the Regent's blood pressure soared to 180.

Arthur froze in an instant, his face turning red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he went straight towards rage.

After a brief pause, Aize added expressionlessly:

"Oh, and remember to reserve an area specifically for half-blood orphans."

Chapter 74 Let Him Climb

Regarding the issue of the surviving residents of the royal capital, Aize made some simple temporary arrangements on the afternoon of his arrival and did not ask about it again.

After all, the fundamental problem is the blood plague and blood slaves.

If this crisis is not resolved, it will be meaningless even if every resident lives like a vacation.

But now that the investigation into the incident has come to an end, Aize can spare some time to deal with these minor issues.

Of course, compared with the investigation into the blood plague, this matter is not as important and uncompromising.

Therefore, at the beginning, Aize came to Arthur with the intention of negotiating.

But it turns out that expecting this guy to have a good talk with you and discuss something is a complete luxury.

Not to mention, this guy came up and started scolding Hecate without asking any questions.

Then there is no need for Aize to be polite. He will do whatever it takes to make your blood pressure high.

As a matter of course, Arthur went straight into a rage.

"Aize, respect your status! I didn't bother with what happened before for the sake of Her Highness the Princess, but you actually dared to push your luck!"

As he said this, the Regent slammed the table in front of him and stood up with a "whoosh".

His eyes were wide open, staring at Aize as if he wanted to kill him, and the whites of his eyes were even bloodshot due to excessive excitement.

It looks kind of scary.

"Your Highness is kindhearted and willing to provide food to those civilians outside so they won't starve to death. You're willing to give them a safe place to stay. That's already a great favor! What else do you want?"

Within the kingdom's aristocracy, there were provisions that restricted direct persecution of commoners.

But in essence, civilians and subjects, like the territories, are still the private property of the nobles.

Therefore, when faced with disasters, some nobles were not willing to spend much effort on disaster relief.

After all, people can just die and be reborn.

Disaster relief, on the other hand, would cause the nobles to lose their precious property.

So, from the perspective of comparing the worst, there is really nothing wrong with what Arthur said.

But Aize obviously didn't accept it.

If he could accept it, he wouldn't be so contemptuous of the so-called nobles in this world.

So, I geared up and prepared to have a good and thorough exchange of ideas with this guy.

Then--

"Boom boom boom——"

Before he could open his mouth, there was another knock on the door.

Heidi, the princess who had been missing for a whole day, pushed the door open and walked into the office.

"Your Highness the Queen!"

When he saw his master, the anger on Arthur's face disappeared a lot, and he even switched to a standard smile mode in an instant.

The speed of face changing is amazing.

Heidi was a little surprised that Aize was there.

His expression twitched for a moment, and his body even subconsciously turned about 5 degrees toward the door, as if he wanted to escape.

After all, although he was determined to really help Aize, it was normal to feel a little panicked when he encountered such a head-on collision without being fully prepared mentally.

But only for a moment.

After taking two seconds to resolute herself, Heidi successfully eliminated her panic.

asked:

"I thought I heard a quarrel. What happened?"

"I--"

"Princess, this civilian from another world is causing chaos! He wants to hand over the entire palace!"

Arthur spoke first, and his outstretched hand had already touched the tip of Aize's nose.

"And this bastard even brought a filthy half-blood into the palace! So close to the throne room! This is an insult to the Arte family and the kingdom!"

As he spoke, he straightened up and slapped his chest hard, as if he was giving a speech:

"In the final analysis, this guy should be kicked out! The affairs of the capital are internal affairs of the kingdom. Why do we need this guy who is not even a hero to meddle in our affairs? You don't even need to call him in. We can handle it ourselves!"

What Arthur said was a bit outrageous.

There is no need to question this guy's loyalty, but his inexplicable persistence in this regard would make even Heidi, who was in her previous period of madness, feel that he is too extreme.

Let alone now.

That was why Heidi did not discuss with Aize when she set out from the capital to find him. Instead, she just gave Elena a few instructions and took action directly.

I'm just afraid that he will strongly object.

But no matter what, this attitude towards Aize who came to help is really too much.

Not to mention the issue of Hekate.

Heidi glanced at Aize, then looked at the half-blood succubus standing next to Aize.

Then he walked to the table, stared at Arthur, and said in an extremely serious tone:

"Apologize."

"……what did you say?"

Arthur's eyes almost popped out of his head, and he looked like he couldn't believe what he heard.

"In the name of Heidi Arte, the first princess of the Arte Kingdom, I order the regent of the Arte Kingdom, Arthur Arte, to apologize to Mr. Aize and Miss Hecate!"

Heidi's tone was even stronger than before, she even mentioned the family name directly and used an imperative tone.

For her, this was a sign of extreme anger.

Yes, Heidi is very angry.

Just when I had made up my mind to do something to help Aize, this guy messed up everything and almost caused a big mess. How could I not be angry?

And besides Azer, there is also the issue of Hekate.

Heidi didn't have much affection for half-bloods either, but Hecate was different.

Not to mention that she is working for Aize now, so she is herself.

Just considering her previous behavior of encouraging herself in Tafia, Heidi should at least treat her as a guest of the family.

How can we tolerate Arthur going crazy here?

Such an order made Arthur completely stunned.

His skin turned pale, and everything from his lips to his arms was shaking constantly, as if he would faint at any moment.

However, orders are hard to disobey.

After struggling for nearly a minute, he finally turned slowly towards Aize and Hecate.

He held onto the table with both hands to prevent himself from falling, then slowly lowered his head.

"Lord Aize, Miss Hecate, for... for what I just said, I... I am deeply sorry..."

His voice was trembling, and there was no sincerity in his tone at all.

But Heidi was too lazy to bother with him now.

"From now on, I will personally handle all matters related to this incident. You, go back and reflect on your actions! Do not act without orders! I will deal with you later!"

"...Yes, I understand."

Even the names of the princess and the Arte family were brought up. If we refuse, it will bring shame to both of them.