[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-the-king-of-technology":3,"chapter-i-m-the-king-of-technology-i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-225":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I'm the King Of Technology",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},971929,1270,"Chapter 225 Santas Repor","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-225",225,"\u003Cp>--The Capital, The Empire of Carona--\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santa stood at the hallway powerlessly, as he looked at his fire breathing wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All his feelings of excitement had been thoroughly washed away by her cold aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t help but smile bitterly, as he continuously perspirated under her intense glare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So why are you so late again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lie to me, and you’re dead!\" Said the stunning beauty before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santa looked at his future father-in-law, Carmelo...and grand father-in-law, Adrian.... who were currently standing besides Penelope, and hinted for them to help him out a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to his dismay..... the shameless duo kept looking upwards as if deep in thought while pretending not to his his gestures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Brat!!... are you trying to get us into trouble?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Since she’s your future wife, isn’t it only right for you to deal with her?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’__’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ermm, Wifey can we talk about it inside?\" He said helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure... but only if you can make it to my study in one piece.\" Penelope said, while drawing her sword from her sheath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Shing!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait! Wait! Wait!.... let’s talk about it alright?\" Santa said, as he tried to calm his fire breathing fiancee who was now running towards him at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His subordinate immediately handed a sword to him as if this was a normal occurrence.... and quickly patted his back, as if saying: ’Good Luck Bro’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the welcome party he had received after aiding Carona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not what he had in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Cling!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wasn’t late intentionally you know!\" He said, while pressing closer to her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Cling!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I came late because of a mission!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Cling!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mission?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, she sure as hell didn’t send him out on any mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she was also sure that her family didn’t do the same as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what stupid mission was he talking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if he did go.... why the hell would he do so without any backup?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had died out there just like that, how the hell would she have known about it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging from his weak ass sword skills, it was already a miracle that he was still alive after going with no backup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmmp!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he had abused the travelling freedom that was given him prior to his departure, then he would only travel twice a year max from now on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Serves him right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Cling!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wifey.... I know that you’re mad at me right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But believe me, I did this for Carona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mission was for Carona’s safety!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"__\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Penelope placed her sword in her sheath and glared at him fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My study, NOW!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she turned around and walked silently, and her faithful husband followed behind her pitifully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carmelo and Adrian followed the duo, while sighing and shaking their heads wryly at the young couple before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Santa was indeed perfect for their adorable princess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the dominant one, while he was the passive in their relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Bang!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... those 3 city lords are working with Nopline?\" Carmelo said angry, while hitting his hand hard against a table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was fuming with rage at the thought of all the illegal activities that had been going on within his empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, he had thought that he did a marvelous job as king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he knew better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on what Santa had said....for 8 years, these people had built and used these underground camps right under their noses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence making a fool out of him and his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to make matters worse, all these city lords had sent letters to to Penelope... talking about their own made up stories about the occurrences around their cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those city lords had claimed that several innocent women and children had died from those disasters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And due to this, they had requested for a ton of money to pay off the families, and many more requests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, they hadn’t sent anyone to investigate the issues yet..... since they had just received these letters a few days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these city lords dared to lie to them, then meant that they could also threaten people to act like they had lost their family members as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adrian was also pissed off as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, he had already made a mental note to deal with them in the nearest future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How dare they disregard the royal family’s orders just to feel up their pockets?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like he would have to pay these places a visit real soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure that no one was hurt?\" Grandpa Adrian asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes grand father-in-law..... I even passed through one of those cities on my way here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t any damage to the city... as well as the main roads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phenomenon only occured around the forests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No innocent citizens died.... just the guards who were guarding those underground camps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s obvious that they’re planning to use the money they requested, in getting more guards rather than aiding the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But..... should we oblige them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one hand if we give them money, then they’ll think that they had successfully deceived us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in doing so, we wouldn’t be able to alert Nopline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the other hand, if we don’t give them money... then they might start fearing our counterattack and alert Nopline.\" Penelope said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though they knew that giving the money was more beneficial, their hearts were still heavy at the thought that they would be giving criminals the citizens hard earned money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taxes collected, and most times... money could be sent out to aid those in need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought of giving the money to greedy nobles, rather than hungry peasants... made their bloods boil slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one wanted to be treated like a fool.... so it was indeed painful to send money to someone who took them as such.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, you all don’t worry about this matter... I’ll handle it.\" Santa said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he had made a huge steal from these missions with Landon..... So he was willing to use part of the money to solve this problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him, this was money that he didn’t work for as a merchant.... and it wasn’t coming from Carona’s treasury, so it was okay for them to use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go with what you said then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1055,"2026-06-03T07:55:13.591Z","2026-06-03T07:55:19.558Z",1,"novelbin.me","f162b80b579a00ed2acf80087393c40014665dcad77d164837ac7b35d85d2dbb","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-226","i-m-the-king-of-technology-chapter-224",1977,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-king-of-technology-cover.jpg"]