Chapter 423: and translation of title, then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities appearing in these lines

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Look, you really are stronger now than before, so I have another piece of good news to tell you."

We need to keep quotes? The Chinese includes quotation marks. Should we keep them? Usually we translate the content, but we can keep the quotation marks as part of translation? The instruction: translate faithfully, not add or omit. The quotation marks are punctuation; we can keep them as they are part of the source. Usually we would keep them. But we need to output English translation; we can keep the same punctuation style: English quotes? The source uses Chinese quotes 「」. We could replace with English quotes or keep them? The instruction: translate faithfully, not add or omit. The punctuation is part of the source; we should translate the meaning, but we can keep the punctuation as appropriate for English. Usually we would replace 「」 with English quotes. However, the instruction says "Render EXACTLY what the source says — same meaning, same information, nothing added." The punctuation is not meaning but formatting. I'd keep English quotes for naturalness. Many translations replace Chinese quotes with English quotes. I'll use English double quotes.

Thus: "Look, you really are stronger now than before, so I have another piece of good news to tell you."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Since the other party counts as a patient's family member, Ji Ming briefly explained how he had examined the Sun King today."

Ji Ming, Sun King

Thus: "Since the other party also counts as a patient's family member, Ji Ming briefly explained how he had examined the Sun King today."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "After concealing the corrupt and outdated content about arranged marriages, he jumped straight to the most crucial part of the conversation."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Although His Majesty is aloof, he is ultimately your grandfather; however, the court situation is complex, the influence of external relatives is great, he is old and lacks resolve, so he is somewhat hesitant."

Although His Majesty is aloof, he is ultimately your maternal grandfather; but the court situation is complex, the influence of external relatives is significant, he is advanced in age and lacks resolve, so he is somewhat indecisive.

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "And now, I consider that I have saved his life, so I took the opportunity to offer some frank advice; therefore, he is now somewhat wavering on this matter."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "So what you need to do next is to sit back and watch the changes, act without being too conspicuous or too incompetent, don't give them an excuse to paint you as a threat, and also give His Majesty enough reason to promote you..."

Note the trailing ellipsis. Keep it.

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Eleanor: 'Er... ah?'"

Ai Lin Nuo

Thus line 7: "Ai Lin Nuo: 'Er... ah?'"

But we need to keep the colon and quotes. Use English quotes.

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "She could understand the logic in Ji Ming's words, but this 'neither up nor down' thing is just too abstract."

Ji Ming

Thus: "She could understand the logic in Ji Ming's words, but this 'neither up nor down' thing is just too abstract."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "At least, given her intelligence, which is constantly growing but still has huge room for improvement, it's obvious she can't figure it out."

she

Thus: "At least, given her intelligence, which is constantly growing but still has huge room for improvement, it's obvious she can't figure it out."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Ji Ming could only give it another nudge."

Chinese: translate.

The nobles' only worry is that you'll follow your parents' old ways, go to the western part of the kingdom to meddle, and have intense dealings with the Deep Forest people, thus ruining their comfortable aristocratic lifestyle.

Deep Forest people

Thus: "What the nobles worry about is nothing more than fearing you will follow your parents' old path, run to the western part of the kingdom to meddle, and have intense exchanges with the Deep Forest people, thereby destroying their comfortable aristocratic life."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "In other words, their worry actually lies in the aspect of royal authority."

royal authority

Thus: "In other words, their worry actually lies in the aspect of royal authority."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Royal authority..."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "No matter how you say it, she's been hanging around the Royal Capital for over ten years as a veteran of Qixia City, and Eleanor almost instinctively slipped out."

veteran of Qixia City, Ai Lin Nuo

Thus: "No matter how you say it, she's been hanging around the Royal Capital for over ten years as a veteran of Qixia City, and Ai Lin Nuo almost instinctively slipped out."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "So I should lean toward what corresponds to royal authority... ecclesiastical authority?"

ecclesiastical authority

Thus: "So I should lean toward what corresponds to royal authority... ecclesiastical authority?"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Whoa, the speed of her IQ growth is fast enough that she can practically take the college entrance exam and aim for the 985 and 211 universities."

We need to keep numbers 985, 211.

Thus: "Whoa, the speed of her IQ growth is fast enough that she can practically take the college entrance exam and aim for the 985 and 211 universities."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "But Ji Ming was still feeling moved that his accomplice... comrade... ally support plan was finally about to succeed."

Ji Ming

Thus: "But Ji Ming was still feeling moved that his accomplice... comrade... ally support plan was finally about to succeed."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "But Ai Lin Nuo's eyes suddenly lit up, and she exclaimed excitedly."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Ji Ming, you're being so good to me!!"

Ji Ming, you're being so good to me!!?

……

Translation: "......"

We need to output the ellipsis as is. Probably just "......". Keep same number of dots? The source has four dots? Actually it's three dots? It shows "……" which is two Chinese ellipsis characters, each representing three dots, so total six dots? Usually Chinese ellipsis is one character representing three dots. Two of them would be six dots. We'll output six dots: "......". But we can just output "......". We'll keep as "......".

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Uh oh, there's a problem!"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Ji Ming hurriedly interrupted."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "What did you understand it as?"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Ai Lin Nuo also realized her imagination seemed a bit too wonderful, freezing the smile on her face."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Um, I thought you were planning to write a new edition of a guidance manual and then add my name to it."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "What? You actually imagined that... and it's pretty nice."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Silence."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Well, actually it's about the same."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Originally, according to Ji Ming's arrangement, I had already been staying on ShanShang for seven days, and for the next period I should go around the Royal Capital more."

ShanShang, Royal Capital

Thus: "Originally, according to Ji Ming's arrangement, I had already been staying on ShanShang for seven days, and for the next period I should go around the Royal Capital more."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "To observe the nobles' situation, the royals' circumstances, and the players' plans after storming Qixia City, so they can make full preparations to deal with potential impacts."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "As it turned out, just one day—this, no, this pile! —was enough for him to have seen more than enough."

Chinese: translate.

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "High-end games and messy situations are mixed together, like eating spicy food and then immediately drinking ice water, sweating profusely in the hot weather while blasting the air conditioner."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "If such situations keep happening a few more times, Ji Ming fears he won't even live out his lifespan."

Ji Ming

Thus: "If such situations keep happening a few more times, Ji Ming fears he won't even live out his lifespan."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "In that case, rather than continuing to languish in prison in the Royal Capital, it's better to return to ShanShang and keep giving lectures to those Holy Light friends who now actually look pleasant to see."

Holy Light friends

Thus: "In that case, rather than continuing to languish in prison in the Royal Capital, it's better to return to ShanShang and keep giving lectures to those Holy Light friends who now actually look pleasant to see."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Stay put steadily for seven days, wait for the big bugs and little pig monsters in the southern part of the kingdom to get ready, form a group to go give their heads to the players, and then find a way to head down the mountain."

big bugs and little pig monsters

Thus: "Stay put steadily for seven days, wait for the big bugs and little pig monsters in the southern part of the kingdom to get ready, form a group to go give their heads to the players, and then find a way to head down the mountain."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "... However, for these lectures, the focus should be on prompting, with instruction as a supplement; at the very least, one person can't just stand there lecturing, or else no talent will be cultivated."

We need to keep the leading ellipsis. We'll output "......" then space? The line starts with ellipsis then Chinese. We'll output "...... However, for these lectures, the focus should be on prompting, with instruction as a supplement; at the very least, one person can't just stand there lecturing, or else no talent will be cultivated."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Moreover, what is learned from paper feels shallow; one must know that this matter requires personal practice."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "If there could be someone who has already put this into practice as a teaching assistant, sharing their own firsthand experience, the effect would definitely be better!"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "So who will this lucky participant be?"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "The archbishop definitely won't do; it would make everyone too nervous."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Haikemedia also won't do; as a papal envoy who hastily met Ji Ming once, he's still busy leading the Pegasus knights in patrolling the southern part of the kingdom."

Haikemedia

Chinese: translate.

Thus: "Haikemedia also won't do; as a papal envoy who hastily met Ji Ming once, he's still busy leading the Pegasus knights in patrolling the southern part of the kingdom."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Therefore, the only answer is Eleanor, who has completely become an idler since leaving Sunshine City."

Sunshine City, Ai Lin Nuo

Thus: "Therefore, the only answer is Ai Lin Nuo, who has completely become an idler since leaving Sunshine City."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "That way, when the May evaluation comes, the archbishop will also have something to say."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Look, little Nuo is doing pretty well, right? She can bring out the new knowledge and share it with everyone, and she kindly gives lectures to the group—obviously she's a capable person!"

Look, Xiao Nuo is doing pretty well, right? She can bring out the new knowledge and share it with everyone, and she kindly gives lectures to the group—obviously she's a capable person!

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "The Sun King will surely be delighted upon hearing this; after he gulps down the remaining SpiritGathering Liquid in the bottle, he'll immediately pull out the map."

SpiritGathering Liquid, Sun King

Thus: "The Sun King will surely be delighted upon hearing this; after he gulps down the remaining SpiritGathering Liquid in the bottle, he'll immediately pull out the map."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Good deed deserves a reward! Grant a fief, grant! Give my dear little niece a big fief!"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Holy crap, are we really going to just approve this outright?"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Whether it's to assert their own presence or simply because they don't want another troublesome long song, the nobles will surely voice opposition right away."

long song

Thus: "Whether it's to assert their own presence or simply because they don't want another troublesome long song, the nobles will surely voice opposition right away."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Oh dear, Your Majesty, this absolutely must not be done! Your Highness's innate nature remains pure, and you haven't yet undergone proper noble education; if the fief is ruined and unrest erupts, what would we do?"

Your Majesty, Your Highness

Thus: "Oh dear, Your Majesty, this absolutely must not be done! Your Highness's innate nature remains pure, and you haven't yet undergone proper noble education; if the fief is ruined and unrest erupts, what would we do?"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Then, on the church's side, our Pope can step forward to back him up, and he says:"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Your Highness is naturally pure and virtuous, your conduct is upright and balanced, you have long intended to convert to my faith; our Lord is merciful, cherishing talent and goodness, and has specially ordered me to bestow upon you the title of Holy One, granting you the respect of all believers and the treatment of a bishop."

title of Holy One, respect of all believers, treatment of a bishop

Thus: "Your Highness is naturally pure and virtuous, your conduct is upright and balanced, you have long intended to convert to my faith; our Lord is merciful, cherishing talent and goodness, and has specially ordered me to bestow upon you the title of Holy One, granting you the respect of all believers and the treatment of a bishop."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "Then the nobles thought, oh! So Eleanor has actually officially joined the Holy Light Church."

Ai Lin Nuo, Holy Light Church

Thus: "Then the nobles thought, oh! So Ai Lin Nuo has actually officially joined the Holy Light Church."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "According to the model of separation of royal and religious authority, even if she were ennobled as a princess, her position and influence would certainly lean more toward the church than toward secular matters."

separation of royal and religious authority

Thus: "According to the model of separation of royal and religious authority, even if she were ennobled as a princess, her position and influence would certainly lean more toward the church than toward secular matters."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "By then, as long as we define her fief as far east and south as possible, even if she still harbors hopes, she won't be able to cause any trouble."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "If there are still stubborn factions causing trouble, then Ji Ming will serve as the final trump card."

Ji Ming

Thus: "If there are still stubborn factions causing trouble, then Ji Ming will serve as the final trump card."

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "【I heard the ancient sages say that even the bravest person needs three friends to accomplish something, so not cherishing reliable friends when you meet them—isn't that foolish?】"

We need to keep the brackets 【】. We'll keep them as is.

Thus: "【I heard the ancient sages say that even the bravest person needs three friends to accomplish something, so not cherishing reliable friends when you meet them—isn't that foolish?】"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "【I was originally just a common lowly person in the barbarian lands, relying on a bit of inherited medical skill to scrape by; thanks to the church's cultivation I could achieve something, so naturally I should follow the will of the Great God.】"

barbarian lands, Great God

Thus: "【I was originally just a common lowly person in the barbarian lands, relying on a bit of inherited medical skill to scrape by; thanks to the church's cultivation I could achieve something, so naturally I should follow the will of the Great God.】"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "【Now that the Great God has bestowed the title of Holy One upon my friend, I naturally should rush over like a swift swallow to assist her, using my modest abilities to help her manage the believers in her territory, daring not to slack in the slightest.】"

Holy One, territory

Thus: "【Now that the Great God has bestowed the title of Holy One upon my friend, I naturally should rush over like a swift swallow to assist her, using my modest abilities to help her manage the believers in her territory, daring not to slack in the slightest.】"

Chinese: translate.

Translation: "【As a chosen one of God, I have reached the age to devote myself to the church; I only hope that, under the dignity of the Pope, he may pity my sincerity, fulfill my modest wish, and let me go to her territory to manage the church.】"

the Pope

Thus: "【As a chosen one of God, I have reached the age to devote myself to the church; I only hope that, under the dignity of the Pope, he may pity my sincerity, fulfill my modest wish, and let me go to her territory to manage the church.】"

I, with a heart as fearful as that of a dog and horse, wrote this article, respectfully presenting this document so that Your Majesty may know this matter.

The nobles, seeing that the God's Chosen still insisted on going, would surely think that Eleanor's foundations were all rooted in the Church, making it impossible for her to participate in inter-kingdom affairs, and they could thus rest completely at ease.

Although things might not go so smoothly, they will definitely develop according to this context.

As for the rest… Ji Ming being able to plan three steps ahead with one step is already exaggerated; we'll just wait and see how things go for the rest.

Such a good opportunity, Eleanor naturally had no excuse to refuse; she began preparations that very night and officially started her assistant teaching career two days later.

However, for Ji Ming, rather than saying he found Eleanor a job, it's more like he found himself a reasonable excuse to slack off.

It let him, when his mouth went dry from lecturing, sit downstairs with a clear conscience, listening to Eleanor nervously beep for an hour or two while using it as white noise to help him sleep.

But for Eleanor, this was indeed a very rare opportunity to show her face.

Even as a royal offspring who, due to various reasons, had been raised like a pig and only got a chance to develop after eighteen, starting development from zero.

This might even be the first time she's spoken in front of so many people, which is quite a rare experience.

The Pope was very surprised that Ji Ming actually kept going nonstop and immediately started the second round of lessons, and everyone gave the God's Chosen's hard work a very warm reception.

Thus, for the following seven days, the Papal Court was peaceful above and below, with morning and evening bells, harmony throughout, and no incidents occurred.

Getting back to the real world, it's probably already been labeled as an artsy soul-cleansing, influencer hiking check-in trend, rushing wildly into a mess of feathers and trash.

But correspondingly, Qixia City down the mountain was miserable.

Over the past seven days, this splendid royal capital practically became another otherworldly Gotham, and a Gotham exclusively for the nobles.

Because just as they eagerly began discussing alliances and cooperation with the Pioneers Guilds, excited about the new weapon called "firearms" and running around wildly.

The so-called Insect Extermination Squad that caused a big explosion at the prince's banquet then roamed the city, committing multiple……

Called a case, it seems a bit hard to bring to light; called a disturbance, the loss isn't small either... just stirring up trouble?

In short, openly confronting nobles like the Death God does—leaving aside whether it's suicidal—at least in Ji Ming's eyes it's absolutely useless.

Excessive pressure only provokes ever greater backlash, even causing these great nobles to set aside past disputes, sit down and renegotiate, reaching a consensus to first crush the public enemy.

By then it would only backfire, possibly even causing the Pioneers' hard-won open benefits in the Royal Capital to be taken away.

So he took advantage of mealtime, found a moment to type, and left a long comment under the Death God's post.

The content is simple: he just wants the Death God to learn a thing or two from the wisdom of 'mosquitoes'.

So, hear the question: what are mosquitoes like?

The answer is: they're annoying.

Whenever you're happily playing a game or comfortably sleeping, it suddenly appears beside your ear.

Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz...

If you're lucky, you slap it dead, stare at the corpse and blood on your palm, hesitating whether to first grab some paper to wipe it or rush to the bathroom to wash your hands.

But often you're unlucky, you slap at air, staring at your empty palm, fuming.

Put down the intense team fight, search around?

To dispel the still strong drowsiness, you get up and turn on the light?

Perhaps, after waiting a moment, you ultimately decide to give up, hoping it's been scared off so you can continue your business in peace.

But just as you're getting back into it, you hear its maddening buzz again.

Or you might decide to drop what you're doing and go all out against it, grabbing an electric swatter, insecticide, or just your hands—everything—to launch a dragnet search.

But after sweating profusely and still coming up empty, you stare blankly at your computer and bed, thinking, 'I'm such a pig's nose.'

Either way, your pleasant moment is wiped out by a single mosquito, eliminated easily and cleanly.

If you're thick-skinned, you can tomorrow tell your friends this trivial matter as a joke, gaining their sympathy or ridicule.

But if you're thin-skinned, you can only silently stew in your anger.

Unfortunately, the nobles of the Royal Capital are just a bunch of 'thin-skinned' people.

The night before last, a newly opened club on Ruby Avenue was ransacked; the bandits smashed the place, stole a lot of money, and even released the elf girl they had painstakingly captured.

As the major shareholder, Viscount Qing Shan was naturally furious, but speaking of it would sound bad; he dared not openly send people to gather clues and hunt the culprit, so after coming up empty in secret channels he could only chalk it up to bad luck.

Yesterday afternoon, the convoy of the Crescent Moon Tavern encountered bandit ambush outside the city; a crate of an expensive, addictive potion that induces wonderful hallucinations vanished along with the convoy, leaving only a terrified guard who was released.

After hearing that testimony, the Earl of Cui Valley flew into a rage and chopped off his head on the spot, but the matter is huge—if it got out he'd surely be pushed forward by the patriarch to take the bullet—so he hastily contacted other suppliers to pull in some help.

This morning...

"What? The old immortal of the Grey Stone family—his most precious grandson went out yesterday to attend a banquet, and on his way back he got beaten?"

As the deadly enemy of the Grey Stone family in the grain and oil sector, the Marquess of the Ginkgo household, upon hearing this, nearly split his sides laughing.

"No... not that the Pioneers made something... that thing, a newspaper? Give the old master (me) on it, heavily publicize, heavily publicize!"

He waved dismissively at the bowing attendant, and the Ginkgo Marquis gazed contentedly at the street outside the carriage.

Just as he was about to remark how wonderful it feels when good fortune lifts one's spirits, he saw a rotten tomato gradually looming in his view.

Smack!

And it wasn't over; something even smellier was still coming.

Crackle...

Anyway, it's just this pile of messed-up nonsense.

If you say it's big, it definitely can't be weighed.

If you say it's small, the loss is still real.

It's just damn disgusting, disgusting!

Moreover, for each incident you can't find a hidden mastermind—or rather, everyone seems like a hidden mastermind.

Because the Royal Capital has endured five hundred years, with countless new and old grudges buried beneath its glory, who dares say they have no enemies?

But look at you, look at me—no one dares really tear their face apart and spar with that likely enemy.

After all, you can't go all-out—how would you make money if you did?

So all we can do is shrink our necks, secretly cursing that those Pioneers are no good, stirring up the already chaotic Royal Capital into even murkier water.

While also being frank and upright, he continued to treat the envoys sent by various guilds with good food and drink, and many asked them about matters concerning the magic-powered armor.

(End of chapter)