This isn't doing good for the Empire at all!
No, no… it should be said that what she is doing, on the surface, is indeed for the good of the Empire, but in reality, it's to gain prestige for herself and Nazarick behind her! Jierunifu's head was spinning. Could this be Ainz Ooal Gown's true goal?
The previous attack, plus the current rain-making event! The prestige of this Princess from Nazarick among the Empire's citizens must be considerable.
Thus… Nazarick's image in the eyes of the Empire's citizens will be completely positive. If this continues… once this Princess's reputation among the Empire's people rises, even if an anti-Nazarick alliance is formed later, what will the Empire, lacking public support, use to fight Nazarick?
Hmm… wait a moment?
Jierunifu realized a more serious problem. Before, he had always been puzzled… why Ainz Ooal Gown would so readily send his precious daughter over. Was it merely out of doting affection?
No… no!! This was premeditated! As a father, he must have been well aware of his daughter's nature. Even so, Ainz Ooal Gown still sent his precious daughter out.
He knew that his casual daughter would definitely step in to help when encountering various situations. So… as soon as Princess Elizabeth arrived in the Empire Capital, she encountered an attack, and then this rain-making event was arranged… wasn't it to let his daughter gain popularity in the Empire, thereby achieving the goal of dividing the Empire internally! How terrifying! Ainz Ooal Gown!
Not only that, what's more frightening is that he clearly let him see his plan! He saw through his intentions, yet he had no way to retaliate or counter, only able to watch the situation unfold as he had planned.
With Princess Elizabeth's casual personality, as long as he secretly arranged some events, if Princess Elizabeth encountered them, she would definitely intervene.
These events could be beneficial for the Empire and its people, so he couldn't stop this Princess at all. If he tried to stop Elizabeth from doing good deeds, it would be all harm and no benefit. Doing so would only make the Empire's citizens have an even worse impression of the royal family.
Jierunifu watched as the sky grew darker and darker, his own mood as gloomy as the dim sky. He had been celebrating that this Princess had been well-behaved for a while and hadn't done anything, but as soon as she acted, she directly unleashed a big move, playing a ruthless one.
"Hmm! Emperor Brother, good afternoon…" Just as Jierunifu was having a headache, Iri had finished and left the plaza. She was about to go back, but looked up and saw the Blood Emperor watching from the main hall platform, so she went up to greet him.
"Hmm… ah, good afternoon, Princess Elizabeth." The Blood Emperor responded with a somewhat poor expression, seemingly a little distracted. Was he bothered by those unruly commoners in the plaza? But speaking of which, why were a bunch of unruly commoners allowed into the proper Imperial Palace, making such a ruckus?
Originally, Iri came to the Empire today to take a vacation. For a while before, there wasn't anything special to do in Nazarick, so she had been staying in E-Rantel.
Although she occasionally went on missions with Blue Rose, the number of times was not very many.
There weren't many missions for Steel Rank Adventurers to begin with, and with the Twin Ninjas constantly gathering information in Theocracy, Blue Rose was basically on vacation.
Iri stayed in E-Rantel, mostly doing odd jobs like treating injuries and illnesses for commoners and Adventurers.
The first few days were fine, but later, more and more people came to her, even people from other cities and even other countries traveled long distances, which made Iri very annoyed.
So today, Iri hid in the Empire, and by the way, came to hear the reports from Doppelganger and You Li, to see what the Blood Emperor was up to lately.
However, from the report, the Blood Emperor hadn't pulled any tricks. Besides coming here every day to play with her, he was basically doing what an Emperor should do in a day. It seems that before the battle of Katz Plains begins, the Blood Emperor doesn't plan to cause trouble?
Iri could also understand. Before Ainz Dad unleashed his big move in that battle and killed so many people, the Blood Emperor had no concrete evidence to persuade other countries to form any alliance. So… before the war, there was nothing particularly noteworthy in the Empire.
"That Emperor Brother… what happened today? Why are so many people gathered in the Imperial Palace plaza?" Iri was indeed quite curious. Logically, aren't commoners generally forbidden from entering the Imperial City? That's how it is in the Kingdom.
"Today is the day of audience I established. So I let those commoners in," the Blood Emperor replied.
"Day of audience? For what?" Iri continued to ask. It couldn't be for commoners to admire and worship you, could it? You, Blood Emperor, are really full of yourself, Iri thought.
"To listen to the opinions of the people. Some things cannot be understood without personally inquiring," the Blood Emperor replied with a hint of fatigue.
"Is that so, Emperor Brother, you really care about the people. Ah… Emperor Brother… I'm so sorry, it was your day of audience, but I just took the liberty to…" Iri apologized to the Blood Emperor somewhat awkwardly.
She really misunderstood the Blood Emperor. This guy is indeed a good Emperor, it's just a pity he likes to overthink things too much, eventually overthinking himself into a corner.
At this moment, it started to rain. The Blood Emperor looked out at the gradually intensifying rain with a somewhat lost expression, revealing a smile that seemed to indicate he had given up on something.
"No, Princess Elizabeth, I should be the one thanking you. You helped me solve a big problem. The Empire has been suffering from a drought recently, and it hasn't rained for a long time. The commoners probably had no other choice but to make such a request. Fortunately, Princess Elizabeth, you are here, otherwise, I really wouldn't know how to explain it to those commoners," the Blood Emperor said.
"Is that so? I thought I had upset you, Emperor Brother, by acting on my own initiative," Iri said. Looking at the Blood Emperor's gloomy expression just now, it was indeed different from usual.
"Being able to solve such a difficult problem, I'm happy beyond words, how could I be unhappy? Princess Elizabeth, I sincerely express my gratitude to you." After saying that, the Blood Emperor bowed to Iri.
"I just did a small favor… Emperor Brother, there's no need for such courtesy. This matter… even if I weren't here, Emperor Brother, you would have found a way to handle it, right?" Iri replied very humbly. Of course… humility was only on the surface; in her heart, she was already soaring to the heavens.
"I can't do that. I'm just a person who lives by the grace of the heavens. No one in the Empire can use weather control magic," the Blood Emperor replied.
New intelligence obtained. The Blood Emperor's answer indicates that Fulda also cannot use weather control magic.
I remember it was said that sixth-tier magic can change the weather. Although it can't change seasons like Sky Transformation, it should be able to make it rain, right?
If you can't even do that, Fulda, you really are a noob… As expected, there isn't a single capable person in the Empire. Looking at it this way, the highest threat level is still Theocracy!
Uh… I need to find an opportunity to stir up some trouble in Theocracy, Iri thought.
"Princess Elizabeth, I have another impertinent request, and I hope you can help me." Just as Iri was pretending to look at the rain outside and thinking, the Blood Emperor spoke.
"Hmm! Please speak." Iri snapped back to attention. The Blood Emperor wants her help? Is the Blood Emperor going to make a move?
"Can you lend me your power to change the weather?" the Blood Emperor said.
Huh?? Iri immediately started to wonder. He wants to borrow her Sky Transformation power? What does he want to do?
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