Chapter 2817 - 1204: Zalanda’s Divine Path_3

Chapter 2817: Chapter 1204: Zalanda’s Divine Path_3

Once the sense of shame is aroused, it becomes the one who is uncomfortable.

What Helena felt was not a sense of shame, but a sense of admiration. The man before her was the most handsome and charismatic man she had ever seen in her life, without exception.

Every move of his exuded a unique charm that was hard to describe in words. Such charisma should not be possessed by ordinary mortals, and even among the True Gods, it is rare. Miss Huo Fa can only be so.

At the first sight of him, Helena felt as if her heart was pierced by an arrow—a love arrow. Even though she had never believed in love before.

Zalanda turned a blind eye to this; she was well aware of Gaven’s current charisma, and feared that few women could resist it. Lust was never exclusively a male patent, as women are the true admirers of beauty. If he couldn’t control the desires of his loins, even the most top tier succubi would feel ashamed and surrender.

She smiled and asked, "May I know the purpose of Prince Harried sending Miss Helena here?"

"Not long ago, four dukes personally visited Your Majesty, the Prince, and both sides agreed on the consensus of restructuring the Governance Council to work hard for the revitalization of Tesser Kingdom."

Helena was not ordinary, quickly adjusting her mindset and suppressing her feelings deep within, diligently fulfilling her duties and said, "Prince Harried is merciful, he fought against dissension and earned Lord Road Builder and Lord Zalanda a seat respectively.

If you agree to join the Governance Council, the day His Majesty ascends the throne would also be the day you are conferred as Duke!"

Gaven and Zalanda exchanged glances. Prince Harried and four dukes reached an agreement so quickly?

Thinking it through carefully, it’s perfectly normal.

Their recent activities have not been small, and those four dukes are not dead, it’s impossible for them not to react at all.

Being clandestine with Noble Saiyamofu, it’s an action on the level of True Gods, finding a True Gods’ patron to counter the pressure brought by Divine Power.

Teaming up with Prince Harried, is a political maneuver.

The four profit-driven Thacel Dukes have clearly abandoned their original illusion of manipulating Prince Harried and began political compromise.

"How to respond?" Zalanda and Gaven communicated via telepathy.

"Accept, but accept conditionally. Since they want to play the power balance game, we shall accompany them. We possess absolute development advantage." Gaven responded without hesitation.

The thoughts of the Prince Harried are not difficult to speculate, merely wanting to play the most common trick of the Royal Family.

To mutually balance the two forces of the four dukes and Zalanda, with him being the judge in the middle, benefiting from both sides, and hence continuously expanding his Royal Authority.

The idea is not without its appeal. If he were facing ordinary forces, he indeed might turn them around, after all, as a judge, he can assist one party in cheating.

It was precisely how Zalanda entered the trap in the past.

But the problem is, they are currently facing opponents with a series of Magic Black Technology.

Even with judges cheating, it is useless because they are directly altering game rules.

Zalanda quickly understood, turning to Helena and said, "Joining the Governance Council and receiving His Majesty’s conferment is my honor.

However, there are some matters I must specify in advance, certain special agreements cannot solely be undertaken by myself but rather by the Royal Family."

"What agreements?" Helena felt an unease rising within her.

"The Destroyer of Shoon Dynasty, King of Shattered Teeth Mountain Range Aiwikelasa Gran just ended Dragon Sleep not long ago and had visited us during our Winter Banquet. Both parties reached an agreement, that Shattered Teeth will not attack any towns within the borders of Tesser Kingdom..."

Good people do not necessarily speak the truth, especially when exaggerating on a factual basis. Zalanda similarly spoke effortlessly and paused here involuntarily, tantalizing the listener.

"That greedy Ancient Blue Dragon!" Helena felt her heart pounding, hearing the sound of gold coins flowing by her ear. But it’s not the coming in but going out.

The beauty diplomat cautiously asked, "What are her conditions?"

The greed of Giant Dragons is world-renowned, Shattered Teeth Aiwikelasa Gran is one of the best among them.

Any of her promises require an exchange of conditions, usually carrying a hefty price.

"A yearly tribute of one million gold coins!"

"A yearly tribute of one million gold coins? Why doesn’t she just rob?" The beauty diplomat uncontrollably exclaimed.

Even though Zalanda showed no expression, Helena distinctly felt her seemingly suppressing a laugh.

This is no small sum, enough to sustain two to three army groups’ daily consumption, a Duke’s Domain’s annual tax for the Royal Family might only be half of that.

In other words, once Prince Harried recognizes and inherits Zalanda’s signed contract.

He could not obtain even a penny of tax from Zalanda, instead, he would help her bear this contract.

But if he doesn’t recognize this alliance, not to mention sparking Shattered Teeth’s fury and retaliation, at least inviting Lord Zalanda to join the Governance Council would come to naught, and the responsibility rests with Prince Harried.

Based on the propaganda methods showcased by the opposite party earlier, Helena could entirely anticipate what will happen next?

It’s estimated that before Prince Harried officially takes over Tesser Kingdom’s land, rumors spreading in every nook and corner about him offending the Ancient Blue Dragon for self-interest, completely disregarding ordinary people’s life and death.

Once the Ancient Blue Dragon rampages, Prince Harried’s reputation would collapse in no time.

Did the opposite party predict this day long ago? Already commenced preparations in advance?

No.

Even as the chosen of the Goddess of Strategy, she couldn’t calculate to such an extent.

It must have been a fortuitous coincidence, directly pushing this massive debt onto Prince Harried and the Tesser Kingdom, while she capitalizes on easing pressure.

Even if the opposing territory displays extraordinary vitality, she needs to spend money on more areas—planning road construction, expanding cities, establishing satellite towns, reclaiming wasteland, cleaning river paths, eradicating monsters and brigands, resettling war refugees, and more.

Casually picking any of these would spend a fortune, let alone multiple simultaneous executions.

When Helena came, she didn’t directly teleport to Darama City, but rode a flying mount, touring around most of Tesser Kingdom along the commercial routes.