The next day, Shalltear woke up from the bed.
"Ugh... that idiot Luminus..."
Shalltear looked at the sleeping Luminus on the bed, gritting her teeth.
Last night, Shalltear discovered something.
Luminus's technique was simply as bad as it could get.
Except for the beginning, which had some structure, everything afterward was a complete mess.
There was no other way, so in the end, she had to take matters into her own hands as the knowledgeable teacher.
Making the cold and glamorous queen Luminus directly beg for mercy with "Ying ying ying~" sounds, Shalltear suddenly felt a sense of bewilderment.
Could this girl be doing this for the first time?
But why would she seek her out?
Well~ forget it, it doesn't really matter anyway.
Just like that, Shalltear settled down comfortably within the Nocturnal Palace and taught Luminus many wondrous pieces of knowledge.
...
On the other side, within the territory of the Farmus Kingdom.
In the new capital, inside the royal palace of Farmus.
The old king sat tremblingly on the royal throne, with thirty black demons and Youm and others standing on his left and right like guards.
The surviving nobles from various territories were summoned into the palace; at this moment, this group of people looked at the black figure beside the king and were struck dumb with fear, all remaining silent.
And that black figure walked forward slowly, "His Majesty the King, we may begin."
"Ah! Oh, okay, okay."
The old king swallowed his saliva, tremblingly reached out his hand toward the scepter beside him, and then the guards opened the doors to the audience hall.
Immediately, a large group of reporters flooded in from outside the door.
"Is it true that it was His Majesty the King who authorized the invasion that led to the destruction of the capital?"
"May I ask, His Majesty the King, are you preparing to announce the ascension of a new king?"
"I heard you have already determined the heir; which noble is it?"
"Regarding the Monster Country invading your country, how do you plan to handle it?"
The reporters frantically questioned the king, while the king paled and dodged the reporters' pursuit.
The soldiers intercepted these reporters.
"Quiet!"
Diablo's voice echoed throughout the entire audience hall, and everyone instantly quieted down.
Following that, the reporters were brought to the side to observe.
From outside the main door, a few men wearing Fox God Holy Church masks were brought in.
They muttered to themselves, "It has nothing to do with me, I don't know anything."
"I only joined because I heard I would get money and wealth if I did."
"I am not from the Rebel Army, and I don't know anything about any monsters; I am a law-abiding citizen!"
They all had mournful faces, terrified that they would be executed.
"Shut up! Whoever dares to say one more word will be dragged out and beheaded!"
Diablo let out a roar, instantly scaring everyone into silence.
"Now, begin the judgment ceremony!"
After speaking, he retreated behind the king, signaling for Edmar to begin his performance.
Edmar followed the previously rehearsed lines and said to the reporters below.
"I am the sinner of this country; in order to covet wealth, I used the excuse of the Rebel Army and the Fox God Holy Church to launch a unilateral invasion against the Monster Country."
"And caused unavoidable casualties and destruction to the Monster Country."
"And the reason my former capital was destroyed was also due to internal turmoil, having nothing to do with the Monster Country."
"I am King Edmar Farmus; I am guilty!"
"With the help of the hero Youm, I resolved the Rebel Army within the country; for the future of the kingdom, the hero Youm, who saved the people from misery, is the most suitable person to be the new king."
After finishing, the reporters in the audience hall immediately began to discuss in hushed tones.
"Your Majesty, blink if you are being threatened."
"Big news! This matter has actually taken a 180-degree turn."
"Shocking, the Monster Country is actually the victim!"
Facing the reporters' shock, the nobles from various places who were observing the ceremony had complex and changing expressions.
Many wanted to speak up in opposition, but were silenced by a glare from Diablo.
A new king taking office, and an outsider with no blood relation to the royal family, would inevitably make these nobles lose their power.
They might even face a major reshuffle, falling from nobles to commoners directly.
But their leverage was held by Diablo, so they could only lower their heads obediently.
Falling to commoner status was better than being executed as rebels.
Youm and Diablo's party's plan to seize the Farmus Kingdom was progressing exceptionally smoothly, thanks to the Fox God Cult members who killed all the ministers of the original capital, otherwise, these regional nobles would not have been so easily subjugated.
Subsequently, Edmar stated the causes and consequences of this incident one by one.
Finally, he also explained that the monsters of the Jura Tempest Federation were harmless and loved peace.
Regarding this war, the Monster Country chose to forgive the rude behavior of the Farmus Kingdom, as long as they paid the compensation in gold coins according to the treaty.
The tax increases from some time ago allowed the kingdom to scrape together quite a bit of gold; it was estimated to be 300 star gold coins, which was three hundred thousand gold coins.
Sure enough, a lean camel is bigger than a horse; the Farmus Kingdom had been fleeced multiple times and still had so much wealth, truly worthy of being a major power with a population of forty million.
After reading the surrender treaty, Edmar officially announced Youm as the new king and placed the crown symbolizing the throne onto Youm's head.
The formal coronation ceremony would be held after three months, once the kingdom had stabilized.
"Click! Click!"
Countless flashes went off as reporters surrounded Youm to photograph this scene.
These shots would be used to make news headlines.
(Cameras are products that flowed out from the Eastern Empire.)
Seeing that the matter had come to a successful conclusion, Diablo reported this to Rimuru via telepathic communication.
Not only that, Lecim, this archbishop of the Western Holy Church, following Diablo's orders, took the news that the Monster Country was the victim, as well as the news of the Storm Dragon's resurrection, and headed to the Western Holy Church.
According to Diablo's thoughts.
As long as the true situation was spread to the ears of the Western Nations and the Holy Church, and then Lord Rimuru claimed to be a Demon Lord, and the news that the Evil Dragon Veldora was resurrected and pacified was spread.
They would have deterrence, and they would have no reason to continue attacking the Monster Country.
In this way, the crisis would naturally be resolved, and afterward, they only needed to deal with the Demon Lord Clayman in peace.
Diablo's thinking was not wrong, and it was arranged flawlessly and perfectly.
Unfortunately, he was only on the first floor; the development of the situation did not go as he imagined, and it even became worse.
The culprit behind this incident, Draco, was at this time leisurely blowing the sea breeze and sunbathing on the artificial beach of the White Ice Palace, enjoying the freshly squeezed orange juice brought by little Raine.
Cute Ranga.
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