70. The Same Greed

Imperial Capital, Imperial Palace.

"Greetings, Your Majesty, I wonder why Your Majesty has summoned me?"

Blinking his still sleepy eyes, Sora asked the little boy emperor on the throne listlessly.

He had been up with Esdeath and Najenda until late last night, and had only just laid down for a short while when an envoy from the palace came to summon him to an audience. Sora still felt incredibly sleepy.

The officials were all furious at Sora's casual attitude, but when they thought of his terror, they dared not reprimand him, and could only stand in place, huffing and puffing. General Budo, standing next to the little emperor, also frowned, but said nothing.

"Hahaha, General Sora, long time no see. Why are you alone? Where is General Esdeath?"

To avoid the little emperor's embarrassment, the minister smiled and spoke to Sora below while gnawing on a piece of meat, his tone carrying a hint of teasing.

As the Empire's general, he is never seen, which is a strange thing. But the minister was very happy, Sora and Esdeath did not come, the entire court was his alone, so whenever someone reported to the little emperor, the minister was helping them cover up.

"Cough, last night Najenda and Lubbock attacked the General's mansion, Esdeath was accidentally injured in the battle, so she could not come to see you, I hope Your Majesty will forgive her."

Understanding the minister's meaning, Sora casually made up a reason to say to the little emperor. No matter what, he is also the king of this country, so he still has to give him some face.

"Yes, I have also heard about Najenda and Lubbock's betrayal. I am sorry that my beloved has been frightened."

The little emperor was very simple, and he believed Sora when he said it, and comforted him very considerately.

Of course, only the little emperor would believe this kind of rotten excuse. The officials on the side, including the minister, all had contemptuous eyes. That terrifying demon woman would be injured? No one would believe it!

Shrugging his shoulders, Sora was too lazy to care what these boring guys thought.

Moreover, in some ways, he wasn't lying. Although he spent most of his energy on Najenda last night, Esdeath also took a lot of his Overlord Spears, and is still lying in bed with the girls at home recuperating.

"General Sora, I have summoned you today precisely for this matter. Najenda and Lubbock have betrayed the Empire, and I am deeply saddened. I have issued a warrant to arrest them."

"Now the Empire only has General Sora and General Esdeath left, and those foreign races and rebels are eyeing the Empire. I will hand over their military power to the two generals, and I hope the two generals will be loyal to the country and protect the great rivers and mountains of my Empire."

He glanced at the servant on the side, and the servant understood, and walked up to Sora with two command tokens.

Sora thought that the little boy emperor had summoned him for something, but it turned out that he wanted to hand over the military power of Najenda and Lubbock to him. Although he didn't care much about this thing, he would accept it since they had sent it to him.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. Esdeath and I will definitely protect the Empire and will never let Your Majesty down!"

Sora was naturally good at platitudes. Under the envious and jealous gazes of the ministers, he accepted the command tokens and made a solemn guarantee.

Nodding in satisfaction, the little emperor was actually very happy that Najenda and Lubbock had left. They kept saying that he was not good at this and that he was wrong, which was annoying!

Now that's great, those two annoying guys are finally gone.

Next, the little emperor and the officials routinely discussed those so-called national affairs, but they were just discussing them. Anyway, the final decision was made by the minister. Sora found a quieter place and listened absentmindedly, occasionally echoing a few words, just wanting to get out of there quickly.

Finally, when Sora's ears were calloused and he was drowsy, the boring court meeting finally ended.

Speaking of which, apart from being simple and a little confused, the little emperor was quite good. When Sora said that Esdeath was injured, he specially sent a lot of tonics, medicines, and gold coins to Sora. Although he was a little embarrassed, Sora accepted them all without guilt.

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"General Sora, congratulations, congratulations. Those two annoying guys are gone, and that old guy Budo doesn't care about anything. In the future, the entire military and political power of the Empire will belong to you and General Esdeath."

After the little emperor left, the minister walked towards Sora while gnawing on meat, smiling.

"Hey, Fatty, you've gained a lot of weight in the past few days!"

"Stop talking nonsense, say what you have to say quickly, this general is in a hurry to go home for breakfast."

Looking at the trembling fat on the minister's body, Sora said with a look of contempt.

"Hahaha, as expected of General Sora, you are still so straightforward!"

"That, General Sora, do you think it's possible…"

Laughing loudly, only Sora and Esdeath dared to say that to him in the entire Empire, but the minister was not angry. He just rubbed his greasy palms and glanced at the two command tokens in Sora's pocket from time to time, his eyes emitting a greedy light.

The meaning was already self-evident.

"Hey, Fatty, you want this?"

Taking out the two command tokens and weighing them, Sora said with an evil smile.

This big fat guy is greedy enough. He already has the command tokens of himself and Esdeath, half of the Empire's military power, and now he is setting his sights on the remaining half.

"General Sora, don't worry, with our strong friendship, I will naturally not take yours for nothing. If you like something, I can immediately exchange it with you!"

The minister naturally knew that Sora and Esdeath didn't care about these military powers at all, so when the little emperor handed him the command tokens, he had already made up his mind. As long as he exchanged something with Sora like last time, these would all be his!

Controlling the little emperor, the political and military power of the entire Empire, who in the world would dare to disobey him?!!

"Oh, recently I've been eating well, drinking well, and sleeping well, so I really don't have anything I want to exchange with you for the time being."

"So, hey, no exchange!"

Under the minister's astonished expression, Sora grinned, put the two command tokens into his pocket, and left without looking back.

A fat face trembled, looking at Sora's leaving figure, the minister was very angry.

"Minister, since that guy is so ungrateful, we can just kill him and snatch the things!"

Like a ghost, four figures appeared beside the minister. One of them, a man with blue hair and a demonic appearance, said with a gloomy expression.

"Hehehe, the strongest in the Empire, I really want to fight him!"

His voice was thick, and the one who spoke this time was a burly uncle with a beard. A pair of copper bell-like tiger eyes looked at Sora's back in the distance, full of strong fighting spirit.

"He's really an amazing man. Just a casual glance before made my whole body boil with excitement."

Tall figure, beautiful face, this is a light and agile girl's voice.

Licking her thin lips with her cherry-red tongue, the girl's black pupils, also looking at Sora's back in the distance, were filled with a strange fire.

"That, I think we'd better not provoke him."

Dark-skinned, sexy girl, compared to the strange expressions of her three companions, she was much more normal.

"Hmph! Snatching his things? Try it if you have a death wish!"

Although he himself wasn't skilled in combat, Minister's eyes were sharp. He glared at the androgynous man among his four personal guards and said with a look of disdain.

"…"

Despite feeling somewhat aggrieved and even having the impulse to kill the Minister, the androgynous man ultimately said nothing. He knew that his previous words were a bit presumptuous. It wasn't as if just anyone could snatch things from that terrifying guy. Even he, the strongest of the newest generation of Rakshasa Demons, couldn't do it!

"Hehe, you don't need anything for now? That means you will in the future!"

Ignoring the grease on his hands, Minister stroked his gray beard, a cunning glint flashing in his eyes.

Although he was a bit disappointed that he didn't get the other two Teigu, Minister wasn't too concerned. He believed that he would obtain them sooner or later.

Because that guy was just as greedy as he was!