Chapter 215: Russo

Perseus POV

I was supposed to go meet Lloyd again by now, but apparently, he has recalled back to the royals thanks to the recent attack, which is somewhat a blessing since I don't know how to talk with that guy, he's serious and doesn't laugh a lot, so I'll just sit there in awkward silence as I'm engaged in a one-sided conversation.

Maple volunteered to teleport us to Tehios and so we're now on this continent, we can have fun while also studying about the continent for a bit. And FYI, I'm in my Persia disguise because I don't want to have assassins come after my head. I also use my powers to change Buddy's fur color which made him uncomfortable at first, but he later accepted it and no longer complained.

People were nicer to me, some even recognized me and told me that my performance was talked about a lot and they wish to see it again.

Another good news, the yellow rose duo has taken away their bounty on my head, which is good news for me since I can at least expect no people from his personal group for now.

And the news of the collapse of the spring cathedral was the hottest topic, apparently, they have apprehended several suspects who all got decent alibis, and with the mystery still ongoing, they have now announced rewards for information leading to the capture of the actual culprits.

Tehios is also in an uproar as that corrupted politician, Russo Yanka, apparently is only a couple steps away from receiving a seat on the council, he got enough popularity for him to get voted in by the next election in a couple months, and he's been contributing to the tournament, and he's gotten a decent following.

He's extremely nationalistic, and that's what's given him his position. Lately, he's tapped into conspiracies and false stories of how Tehios was once an empire reigning over about 80% of the world, and his platform is to advocate for Tehios to return to its former power.

Tehios once upon a time did control about 50-60% of the world, the gods didn't really care since they were mostly peaceful to those they colonized, but...what this guy is advocating for is crazy. Death of the demon lord and the abolishment of royalties around the world is his platform, but from how he's doing things, h might just end up a dictator.

Everything he says sounds a bit too good to be true, elimination of the elites...hypocritical since he is also amongst the group, but the support is gaining at a rapid rate, the council is doing whatever they can to crack down on him, but his bribery isn't easy to find. It was very well hidden, so I might need to eliminate him before Tehios next election.

We went to this district where his followers are holding some sort of small festival within all the other festivals that the continent is already celebrating hold some sort of small festival within all the other festivals.

'Guardian of the people'

That's the title he's advertising about himself, it's kinda amazing in a way, cuz just a while ago, he was known as a corrupt politician, now he's beloved just after he established a proper platform with the support of the people he bribed. If he gets in power the time for war between the human race and the demon race will be starting about at least a year earlier than predicted, which isn't a good thing for me.

The 3 time travelers got approached by his followers who are trying to get them to sign this paper in order to attend an election campaign or whatever where Russo will come in person, I'm personally interested in it, and I can go undetected as well.

"Um, D-Persia, you interested?" Asher asked

"Yes, a bit."

He was definitely there during the play if he recognize me and meet me backstage...I can put poison in his drink or something and end it quickly, though I might need poison that starts taking its effects after a while, if it's too quick, my disguise as Persia can't be used again.

I then signed my name and the rest did the same.

"It seems that our family day out might get either ruined or even more interesting."

"I think it started getting questionable since you turned into and sound like a woman." Asher mumbled under his breath

"What's wrong with that?"

"You do realize that mom Leilah questions her sexuality every time you're in that form, right?"

"Not really, anyway, let's go, cuz we're going to witness a show, and it's not everyday that you witness a modern populist, well you guys already know what's going to happen, but just experience the live environment."

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As we head to the venue, I called Zach to give me some more info on this guy, part of kraken project, part of many other alliances...etc. Most of the things that I know already. We then made a quick stop at this alchemy store where I got in and bought a bunch of herbs, I'm buying extra herbs and a lot of unnecessary purchases because if I only buy the specific ones I need, they might be tracked back to me.

"Ah, the green scorpion venom, are you trying to make a flask of antidote?" the owner of the store asked

"Not really, I was planning to mix it with most of these to make lotion, my face is starting to breakout a lot lately. The others are just for my future use."

"Well, since you're buying in bulk, I can give you a good discount. Though I warn you to not mix it with the withering lilac, it will make poison instead, and if applied on your skin, even that lotion sold by the village of strong half demons will take months to cure. Which is still fortunate since it used to take years."

"I'll be sure to heed your advice sir, what's the total?"