Chapter 926: The More He Spoke, the More Afraid He Became

Because she had obtained quite a few formulas for magical items from the Imperial Treasury.

Lan Qingyou was now bursting with inspiration.

Jokes aside.

There were so many formulas inside, and they were all very ancient existences.

To say she couldn't find inspiration from them would be impossible.

Especially those rare and interesting magical items collected during the 'Kingdom Era'.

Or rather, a mechanical eye that could tell time and also appraise items.

Or the combination of preserved Magic Beast muscles and a wooden prosthetic limb.

It showed that compared to the present, the people in the past were far more innovative.

Therefore, the things they made were all bizarre, yet upon closer thought, they were surprisingly reasonable.

These were the most inspiring things for Lan Qingyou.

So, after returning to Maple Leaf Territory, Lan Qingyou holed up in the alchemy workshop she built with her own hands.

And while Lan Qingyou was doing research and studying day and night.

Maple Leaf Territory also ushered in its second major development because of Lan Qingyou obtaining a noble title.

Because she was now officially a marquis.

The old Emperor's side had assigned a complete set of management personnel to Maple Leaf Territory.

In addition to Lakeside Town, two more small towns and over a dozen villages were opened up.

After all, the scope of Maple Leaf Territory was not small.

After Lan Qingyou 'shone brilliantly', those nobles were more willing to build connections with her.

So quite a few commoners and slaves were sent over.

Originally, the commoners sent from the territories of other nobles had not all arrived yet.

Now that so many more were added.

A single Lakeside Town definitely wouldn't be able to hold them.

Thus.

Under the old Emperor's decree, Lakeside Town was upgraded from a town to a city.

Fortunately, those civil engineering magicians from before had not left.

Even those formation masters who had come admiringly to check out the magic array hadn't left either.

So Lan Qingyou didn't have to worry about the expansion at all.

Although it looked as if the power over the fiefdom had been monopolized by the technical officials sent by the old Emperor.

That was not the case in reality.

As long as Lan Qingyou remained a marquis, those dispatched technical officials would forever just be employees.

Because even if someone wanted to pull any tricks.

The other nobles wouldn't just sit back and watch.

After all, many nobles adopted this practice.

Matters within the territory were handed over to technical officials, while they were only responsible for the annual tax review, livelihood construction, and military training.

If the territory was not managed well, they would just directly swap in someone else to manage it.

There was nothing to discuss.

The nobility was a collective, a unified entity.

Once it was discovered that a technical official dared to usurp a noble's power, they would collectively launch an attack.

So even if Lan Qingyou didn't manage things, there wouldn't be any problems.

Moreover, she believed no one would dare play tricks in front of someone possessing 'unknown magic'.

Because doing so would really blow one's mind wide open.

On the other side.

In a seaside town in the southeastern part of the Empire.

A group of people had gathered in a certain seaside castle with solemn expressions.

"You all know about what happened in the Imperial Capital a few days ago, right?"

"Of course we know."

"The eagle Magic Beast has already sent back the news. I heard the entire western section of the Imperial Capital was burned down by a fire. The key point is that the person who set the fire was not only unpunished but also received the title of marquis."

The person who spoke wore a monocle.

With a face like a sharp-mouthed monkey's cheeks, he didn't look like a good person at all.

"Is this explanation of yours meant for storytelling?"

"Exactly, is that what I'm asking?"

"Sorry, I only care about that aspect."

Monocle shrugged.

Was there anything bigger than a marquis suddenly appearing among them?

Even if the Imperial Capital was burned down, it had little to do with remote nobles like them.

Anyway, they just needed to hand over a sum of money to the old Emperor during the reconstruction.

But a noble title was different.

And it was even a marquis right off the bat.

One had to know that their ancestors had struggled for generations, and they were still just earls.

As a result, she reached the sky in a single bound.

Achieving a height that over a dozen generations of their families couldn't climb up to.

However...

"However, I heard that this time's marquis is that Double Title Holder who was the center of a huge uproar some time ago. If it's someone with that kind of status, it's not entirely unacceptable."

"That's not what I'm talking about."

The initiator of the topic shook his head.

"The massive fire is indeed a massive fire, but there's some inside information within it that you guys don't know."

"Oh? What is it, let's hear it."

Upon hearing that there seemed to be something fun in this, everyone's solemn faces, which were originally tense, instantly became radiant.

After all, for nobles like them, the things they needed to do every day were just eat and sleep, sleep and eat.

Plain, monotonous, and boring.

So any slight inside information was enough to hook them.

"Everyone knows about the old Emperor's illegitimate son, right?"

"Yes."

"This time, a new type of Magic Beast appeared in the Imperial Capital. It's said that that guy created it, and he even used that kind of magic array that can summon gods."

"You mean the one invented by this newly promoted marquis and Albert?"

"Yes. My family's letter mentioned this matter. Originally, I didn't take it seriously either. But after that lowly illegitimate son caused all these things this time, I suddenly feel that that thing really does seem to have some merit."

"It's a pity. If only I had that magic array, maybe I could summon a Sea God. Then my fleet wouldn't have to fear waves and the like anymore."

"Hehe, you all think about the good side, but what I want to tell you is that the so-called new type of Magic Beast is actually Perry himself."

"Hmm?"

"Are you joking with us?"

Everyone present was stunned by this sentence.

After roughly two seconds of awkward silence, roars of laughter erupted.

"Hahahaha, no... where did you get this news from, it's so wild?"

"Exactly. At most he's a sir, what else can he possibly do?"

"Even if he has the old Emperor's favor, this guy has nothing else besides his status, right?"

The crowd's roaring laughter made the person who broke the news a bit unhappy.

Nobles didn't care about anything else.

But when it came to face, they had to fight to see who was superior.

"It's true. You guys might not believe it if I say it out loud, but after that guy summoned some sort of large-scale Magic Beast, he actually used a secret art to fuse with the Magic Beast."

"Not only was he able to completely control the summoned new large-scale Magic Beast for his own use."

"He also nearly destroyed the entire Imperial Capital."

"It's said that the very first thing that guy wanted to do after gaining power was to kill off everyone who had mocked him before."

"Among them, Viscount Bell and Earl Moncton were both murdered one after another."

"But fortunately, Lord Lan Qingyou killed him. Otherwise, after killing the people in the Imperial Capital, this guy might have gone all over the Empire looking for enemies to kill."

As he spoke towards the end.

The more this person spoke, the more afraid he became.

But it also made the people who were laughing loudly just now become serious again.