"You said you were going to end the Divine Attendant."
Back at the mansion, faced with the news Rowena brought back, Ethan couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
Rowena folded her hands, sitting across from him like a student facing the principal, blinking her eyes and nodding.
Do you want to listen to what you’re saying?
"So, what do you mean by they’re planning to team up to visit the Empire, hoping I would communicate with the royal family, and what’s up with the eleven telephones?"
"After all, the Empire has never had so many Saints appear all at once, which might cause a considerable stir. The eleven telephones are for convenient regular communication. Puppet gatherings are too inefficient and rather embarrassing."
As the most steadfast Forest Guard, Rowena has also started to ponder the Empire’s stability and future development. She felt that perhaps in the era of the impostor Kadela, puppet gatherings were a novel and popular form of expression. But for today’s people, those overly formalized rules hinder efficiency too much.
The telephone invented by Old Sen is indeed the answer for the future.
Evidently, the Divine Attendants also thought so.
"I mean, weren’t you going to dissolve this organization?" ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novel※fire.net
Ethan became more doubtful; how come from the news provided by Rowena, the Divine Attendants showed no signs of disbanding and instead seemed to be getting increasingly connected?
He didn’t have a personal opinion about the Divine Attendants, only Rowena’s smile made him vaguely feel a sense of familiarity, so did the development of the situation.
Are you really not possessed by Miss Shuangshi?
Thinking carefully... ever since they encountered Rowena at Ximu Town, she’s shown great comedic talent, probably the only fourth-stage Transcendent in the Empire whose archery training game was explosively won by mortals. Considering her current progress...
Rounding it up, Captain Hagrid and the guards of Ximu Town once defeated a Saint!
If Captain Hagrid knew about this, Ethan could imagine him pointing to his head and saying, "Dammit, I’m freakin’ smart."
Recently, Ethan received a letter sent from Ximu Town, from Baron Gledin, as Hagrid couldn’t write, the Baron had to convey on his behalf.
The transformation of the Empire has already affected many border towns. The Baron naturally responded positively to the Empire’s call, and upon Hagrid’s proposal, decided to develop some characteristic industries for border towns. In the letter, Captain Hagrid mentioned that since Miss Keroy left, everyone in the town felt something was missing. Therefore, after discussion, they planned to start magical creature farming in Ximu Town.
This would become the Empire’s first magical creature farming base, having epochal significance.
Captain Hagrid hopes that the well-informed Ethan could provide some suggestions, feedback on which type of magical creatures are suitable for beginners to farm.
Faced with Ethan’s inquiry, Rowena explained, "That was indeed my original plan, but haven’t you always said individual power is limited? The so-called long-term strategic plan is about making more and more allies."
With her own strength, it would be hard to sustain the long-term healthy development of the Forest Guard. With the Divine Attendants joining, the Forest Guard organization would become a force to be reckoned with, "I’ve even thought of a new name for the organization. What do you think of ’Saint Monk’?"
"This isn’t the time for playing pun jokes!"
The worst-case scenario indeed appeared.
The Empire does have the profession of Saint Monk, they are considered as Ascetics serving the Divine Spirit!
This Rowena is just like Ave, always thinking of pulling off some big news when he’s not paying attention. If she really got the name changed, turning it into a church-type organization, wouldn’t he be unable to clear himself?
How many times has he emphasized this?
He’s not a god, just an Elemental Shaper.
Ethan held his forehead, "I should at least ask, what do you plan for this organization to do?"
Rowena beamed brightly, "Of course, to make those who dare speak ill of you behind your back and question your plans disappear from the world godlessly and ghostly!"
What an assassin’s court!
Ethan discovered Rowena was seemingly not satisfied with the funny girl persona and intended to develop towards a Shadow Blade type of route. Thinking closely, her cutting magic, after upgrading to domain magic, is surely very suitable for assassination work.
"Let me speak, Miss Rowena."
The plush toy on the desk spoke; this seemed to be the "souvenir" Rowena brought back from the puppet gathering. In terms of this era’s aesthetic, the Q-version toy is already quite novel. While they were talking, Miss Keroy stayed on the side occasionally eyeing the Q-version toy with deep interest.
And now, the toy spoke with a rather familiar voice.
Ethan immediately recognized the toy’s voice, full of surprise, "You’re still alive."
"Due to some coincidence... Regarding the lady Rowena’s statement just now, I feel I should supplement it."
Though the general direction is consistent with the puppet gathering’s content, coming from Rowena’s mouth always sounds a bit odd, like turning them into some kind of private armed force.
What they serve is not a certain specific individual, but the Empire itself.
"Lord Ethan, as I see it, today’s Empire is like a flourishing towering tree, though upon a thriving development trend, it faces many difficult-to-reconcile social issues. Along the way here, I’ve seen the Empire’s peoples and the Lofic Consortium and Imperial Military Industry’s conflict almost reaching an irreconcilable stage."