Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 876 - 449: Strife of Divine Abominations, Mutation of the Colossal Serpent’s Remains

The stars are at peace.Okay, that might be a bit of an exaggeration.

But thanks to Louis, the countries on the continent have enjoyed these past years of rare, not-so-tense lives.

However, within the Ense Empire, our His Highness the Prince was quite troubled.

About what to do to stop these crazy subordinates.

"Your Highness, the person in charge of the Lokeshi Guild has sent over a pair of Red Dragon ramming horns, to wish the Red Moon Princess happiness and safety."

"Throw them in the warehouse."

"Your Highness, the person in charge of the Dragon Empire says the Red Moon Princess has dragon blood, so he specially sent a dragon soul-gem, which can nourish a dragon’s soul."

"Throw it in the warehouse."

"Your Highness, the person in charge of the Sinia City-State sent 20 Dragon Blood stallions, saying the Red Moon Princess can rotate them for riding."

"Hold up, where on earth is this Sinia?"

"Some small city-state on the far side of the Fallen Star Sea."

"...And they still managed to get gifts delivered?"

"Maybe the person in charge has certain...concerns, Your Highness."

Lord Rom smiled without saying a word.

There has never been any shortage of little stories among the common folk.

For example, some noble lord proclaims himself kindhearted, and everyone nods along in agreement.

One day, while that noble lord was touring his lands, he did a round and discovered a certain slave who, upon seeing him, neither knelt nor performed a vassal’s salute, acting like he hadn’t seen him at all. The lord then started to ponder whether this slave had some kind of backing.

Short comment: You don’t remember who did kneel to you, but you remember with perfect clarity who didn’t.

Now you finally understand why the protagonist in those "trash protagonist" novels is always being targeted.

Seriously, when you’re used to being high and mighty, if there’s one person who didn’t treat you with the same reverence as everyone else, that impression hits way too deep.

Of course, Lord Rom had been by Louis’ side for many years, and he knew His Highness Louis was nowhere near as arrogant as those nobles.

Of course.

That doesn’t stop the people around him from having extra thoughts.

Because, "what if."

In truth, Lord Rom knew that little story from the commoners’ circles was real.

He even knew what happened afterward.

The noble lord mulled it over for a long time and came to a conclusion.

"Maybe I should give him a punch."

And then that slave was beaten to death.

When something could very well involve matters of life and death, no amount of caution from the people below is ever too much.

Louis also understood what Lord Rom was worried about; he chuckled and said:

"Forget it, let’s not send these gifts back. No need to make him overthink it, just throw them..."

"Your Highness, you can’t keep horses in a warehouse."

"Then we’ll open up a special pasture on the Mayer Floating Island, find someone to manage it properly. Limuru, go set up the grassland."

"Limu-limu-li~"

...

Lord Rom looked at his guild master’s thoroughly distressed expression and couldn’t help laughing and crying at the same time.

The group below him were really way too fawning.

Not a shred of the backbone one expects from the elites of the Mayer Commerce Association.

How are we supposed to grow bigger, stronger, and reach new heights with this pack of worms?

So he said:

"Your Highness, after discussing it with Lord Limuru, we feel the Mayer Floating Island is still too vast, with large empty areas that are completely unused.

How about we do some optimization and remodeling before we officially set up the city’s functions?"

Louis’ curiosity was piqued.

"Oh? What kind of remodeling?"

"In the four directions east, south, west, and north of Mayer City, there is still some distance to the outer ring of the city.

This area was originally planned to be used as green belts.

Lord Limuru suggested that we turn these extra sections into a combined green space and recreational urban park, as a way of celebrating for Her Highness the Princess."

See?

That’s what you call a high-end and elegant way of currying favor with the guild master.

Sending this kind of stuff is nowhere near as useful as putting more effort into things the princess can actually make use of.

In the future, when His Highness takes his daughter to play in the city park, he’ll think of his loyal chief administrator, who, together with Lord Limuru, made contributions to the construction of Mayer City.

Isn’t that far more useful than some bullshit Red Dragon ramming horns?

Louis let out a soft laugh and said:

"Rom, I’m very pleased with this idea."

"Lord Limuru has already prepared the materials. As long as you give the order, the city park will be completely finished before sunrise tomorrow."

"Good."

Limuru also came bouncing up to stand in front of Louis, rubbing its head against his thigh, wearing a face that clearly said, "Did I just earn some credit?"

Louis, rare for him, ruffled its head and said:

"Limuru, nicely done."

Of course, it’s not like he didn’t know that there was no way this kind of idea came from Limuru.

Lord Rom had really racked his brains over this.

But...

He was indeed very satisfied with this suggestion.

Mayer City would serve as the headquarters of the Mayer Commerce Association in the future, hovering in the sky for a long time.

In a place like that, even if we later transfer in elites from all sides, it’ll probably still be lacking in popularity for quite a while.

So why not first build a top-tier city park, something that doesn’t exist anywhere else on the continent?

Once the park is finished, they can invite high-level figures from Mayer Commerce Association branches all over the world, as well as some personnel who will need to take up residence in the Floating City.

For one, it’s to celebrate the founding of Mayer Commerce Association’s headquarters.

For another, it’s to let everyone bring their families and children to really enjoy themselves in Mayer City.

Thinking of this, he specifically emphasized to Lord Rom:

"Rom, remember the following matters clearly."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"First, compile a list of those qualified to attend the inauguration banquet of Mayer Headquarters. This can include high-level figures of all major powers we’re on good terms with, senior executives of the association who meet the criteria, some talents who have made outstanding contributions to the association, and their children as well."

"Yes."

"Second, we only invite people to the banquet after the city park is fully completed. You can emphasize to them that all invitees, over the next week, may freely enjoy all of Mayer City, and the city park will also be open to them free of charge."