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Since there were many things that needed to be done, Sei Itō didn't give out any orders on the first day he moved into the Britannia Royal Palace. Under the guidance of Cornelia and Euphemia, he thoroughly familiarized himself with the surroundings of the Royal Palace and chose a clean and suitable palace to live in. Then, he quietly waited for Li Xingge and the others to finish their work.
"Your Majesty." The next morning, Li Xingge, who had finished all her work, came to the Royal Palace and called out to Sei Itō who was having fun in the garden with Cornelia, Euphemia, Karin, Veletta, and Anya who had just recovered.
"Is everything ready?" Sei Itō withdrew his gaze and turned to Li Xingge.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Xingge replied.
"Good. Send someone to gather all the nobles, ministers, and the heads of the important departments in Britannia. I want to see them." Sei Itō ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Xingge saluted. After seeing that Sei Itō didn't have any other orders, she turned around and left the garden. Then, she sent someone to carry out Sei Itō's order.
"I will give you the right to choose later. Whoever you think is worthy of staying, I will let that person stay." After Li Xingge left, Sei Itō said to Cornelia, Karin, and Veletta who were sitting beside him.
Cornelia looked at Sei Itō thoughtfully and nodded. As for Karin and Veletta, although Veletta had a vague feeling that Sei Itō's arrangement might have a deeper meaning, she knew that they wouldn't be staying in this world for long. Even if there were other intentions, it wouldn't be of much use to her. Therefore, she threw those thoughts aside and just like Karin, she agreed. Agreed very casually.
"By the way, Cornelia, do you know Bertolia Franks?" Sei Itō asked Cornelia again.
"Bertolia Franks?!" Cornelia frowned when she heard the name Sei Itō. He looked at Sei Itō and said in a deep voice, "I didn't expect you to know her."
Sei Itō smiled and didn't answer Cornelia's question.
"You want to see her?" Cornelia asked.
"Yes. After all, she's the head of Brittania's secret intelligence agency. She must know a lot of things that you and I don't know. As long as she's willing to cooperate, I'll be able to take control of Brittania much faster, and I'll be able to find and capture as many members of the royal family as possible. It'll reduce some unnecessary trouble. "Sei Itō nodded and admitted.
"Then you should pray that she didn't disappear from the imperial capital with His Majesty Emperor Cha Lulu. Otherwise, unless you unify the entire world and spare no effort to search for her whereabouts, you might be able to see her again." Cornelia sighed.
Sei Itō frowned and went silent for a few seconds. Then, he asked again, "If I use Mariana as bait, do you think she'll appear?"
"I don't know." Cornelia frowned and shook her head.
"I forgot. There are some things that you don't know." Sei Itō was stunned when he heard Cornelia's answer. Then, he said with a look of realization.
"What do you mean?" Cornelia looked at Sei Itō and asked.
"Bertolia Franks has a deep hatred for Mariana." Sei Itō looked up at the sky and explained softly.
"Impossible!" Cornelia refuted with a tone full of disbelief. Then, without waiting for Sei Itō to speak, she continued, "Bertolia is not only the daughter of Princess Mariana's wet nurse, but she is also one of Princess Mariana's disciples. The relationship between them is very close. How can there be a deep hatred?! "
"Nothing is impossible." Sei Itō's eyes flashed with a hint of mockery as he sneered. Then, he reminded, "Do you still remember the basement I found with you in Li Palace …"
Cornelia's expression changed when she heard Sei Itō's reminder. She immediately swallowed the words she wanted to say and went silent.
"When Mariana was conducting human experiments in the basement of Li Palace, not only did she use her own children as test subjects, she also let other people who trusted her be test subjects. Bertolia and her several younger brothers were among these test subjects." Sei Itō looked at Cornelia, who was sitting there silently, and said softly, "It's just that her younger brothers were unlucky and didn't survive the experiment. The only one who survived, Bertolia, also suffered serious damage to her body and didn't have long to live. "
"Do you think Bertolia wouldn't resent Mariana in this situation?" Sei Itō continued.
Cornelia didn't answer and still sat there silently, thinking about something.
Sei Itō didn't pay attention to her and turned to look at Euphemia and Ania who were playing in the garden not far away.
"Your Majesty, all the personnel have been brought." After an unknown amount of time, Li Xingke's figure appeared in the garden again and saluted Sei Itō with cupped fists.
"Euphemia, Ania." Sei Itō nodded and called out to Euphemia and Ania.
Hearing the call, the two immediately stopped what they were doing and turned to look in the direction of Sei Itō and the others. After seeing that everyone had stood up from their seats and seemed to be waiting for them, they slowly walked out of the garden hand in hand and stood beside Cornelia.
"Cornelia, tell Euphemia and Ania what I said before," Sei Itō said to Cornelia who was still in a bad mood after seeing the two standing there.
"Let's go." Then he turned to Li Xingke and said.
Li Xingke didn't speak nonsense and directly turned to lead the way, leading Sei Itō, Karin, Veletta, Cornelia, Euphemia, and Ania to the conference hall.
The garden was originally located near the Li Palace and not too far from the conference hall, so it didn't take long for Sei Itō and the others to arrive at the conference hall of the Britannia Imperial Palace.
At this time, there were no less than three hundred people standing in the hall. They were lined up on the left and right sides of the hall according to their noble titles, military ranks, and authority of various departments.
"The Emperor of Wuwei has arrived!" The moment Sei Itō walked into the hall, an official from the Britannia Imperial Palace shouted.
Hearing the shout. Everyone in the hall put their hands on their chests and bowed to Sei Itō in the same manner as the Britannia greeting the Emperor.
Amidst everyone's greeting, Sei Itō led Karin, Veletta, Cornelia, Euphemia, and Ania along the wide path in the middle. They went straight to the platform with several layers of stone steps at the end of the hall. Step by step, they walked up the stone steps to the platform and sat down on the only high-back chair on the platform. The back of the chair alone was two meters long.
"Rise." Sei Itō looked at the nobles below with an indifferent expression and said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The nobles, ministers, and high-ranking officials below replied in unison. Then, they looked up at Sei Itō who was sitting on the platform, as well as Ania, Euphemia, Cornelia, Karin, and Veletta who were standing on either side of him.
"You guys can choose." Sei Itō ignored the Britannia nobles, ministers, and high-ranking officials who were a little restless because of the appearance of Cornelia and Euphemia and directly said to Cornelia, Karin, and the others.
Cornelia didn't argue at this time. She nodded and walked to the edge of the platform, looking sharply at the crowd below. It wasn't until a moment later that she pointed at a few nobles, officers, and ministers in the crowd and called out their names.
Following Cornelia's actions, the nobles, ministers, and high-ranking officials were pulled out from the crowd and brought to the side by the soldiers of the Empire who were guarding the hall.
The crowd who didn't know what was going on immediately started to clamor.
After about two minutes, Cornelia's actions were announced. Then, before those who weren't chosen could rejoice, Cornelia and the others who weren't chosen could rejoice. Euphemia and Cornelia walked out of the platform and called out the names of the people below.
However, You Fei wasn't like Cornelia, who would be considered a prince in ancient times. She didn't really know who was under her. She only picked one or two people that she had a vague impression of, or people that her sister had mentioned in the past to come into contact with. Anya stepped back and stepped forward.
However, Anya was even worse than Euphemia. She didn't even look at Euphemia and directly asked Karin to call out the names.
Karin was also very straightforward when it came to choosing people. She only chose her own family, the Hedda Feldt Family, and then stepped back and asked Velletta to pick people. Unexpectedly, Velletta didn't go out to pick people. Instead, she shook her head slightly at Sei Itō and gave up.
After Cornelia and the others finished their selection, Sei Itō ordered loudly, "Except for those who were chosen, immediately investigate the background of the others and confiscate their properties."
"Ah! You can't do this! " After hearing Sei Itō's order, the nobles, ministers, and officers below immediately became chaotic and shouted loudly.
"Those who dare to speak dirty words, kill without mercy!" Sei Itō ordered again.
"Yes!" The surrounding soldiers immediately shouted and pointed their weapons at the Britannia nobles, ministers, and high-ranking officials in the hall.
The more honorable a person was, the more afraid of death they were. Seeing the soldiers' actions, the nobles immediately shut up and looked at Sei Itō with resentment and unwillingness.
There were a few strong-willed people among the soldiers, but after being shot full of holes by the soldiers, they all kept quiet and pretended to be obedient.
"Take them away." Sei Itō said lightly.
"Yes." The soldiers replied in unison and then escorted the nobles, ministers, and officers out of the hall with their weapons.
"How is it? Is Bertolia in the crowd?" Sei Itō turned to Cornelia and asked.
"No, it seems like she's not in the capital like the members of the royal family." Cornelia shook her head and said.
"Is that so? Then forget it. Let's talk about it after Britannia is completely destroyed." Sei Itō shook his head and said regretfully. Then, he got up from the high-back chair and looked at the selected people who were still in the hall with a relieved expression. "I'll leave them to you. You can do whatever you want."
After saying that, he didn't look at the crowd below and walked straight out of the hall. Behind him, Veletta and Anya who didn't have any connection with the selected people, Karin who was only related to the Heuda-Feldt Family but didn't pay any attention to them, and Euffie who pushed everything to Cornelia also left the hall.
"You guys go back to the harem first. I have something to do in Japan." When they came to a deserted road, Sei Itō stopped and said to Karin, Veletta, Euffie, and Anya.
Then, Sei Itō's figure disappeared in front of Karin and Veletta who were expressionless, Euffie who was dumbfounded, and Anya whose mouth was slightly open.
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At the same time, in the Ashford Manor located in the Tokyo Concession of Japan, Sei Itō's figure suddenly appeared in Mirei's room.
"Hualalala …" The moment Sei Itō appeared, the sound of running water clearly sounded in his ears.
"Looks like I came at the right time." First, he turned his head to look at the dark sky outside the window, then turned to look at the glass that was emitting a dim yellow light. Sei Itō whispered to himself with a smile.
Then, he moved his feet and quietly approached the dim yellow room where the sound of running water came from. Then, when he arrived in front of the door, he unlocked the door without hesitation and pushed the door open and walked into the dim yellow room.
In an instant, Mi Lei appeared in front of Ito Seiji's eyes. She put her hands behind her head and closed her eyes to enjoy the impact of the water spray from the sprinkler. Mi Lei's back was facing him.
"It's so cold." At this time, because of the circulation of the air, Mirei who suddenly felt a little cold frowned and whispered to herself.
"Is it still cold?" Hearing Mirei's words, Sei Itō smiled. He didn't care if his clothes were wet from the water and directly stepped behind Mirei. He opened his arms and hugged her in his embrace. Then, he moved his head close to her ear and whispered into her ear.
"Ah!" Mirei who was suddenly attacked screamed subconsciously.
"Don't be afraid, it's me." Sei Itō quickly comforted her. Then, in order to prevent Mirei's voice from disturbing the others, he directly kissed Mirei's lips and stopped her scream in her mouth.
"Bastard, you scared me to death." After a short while, Mirei who was able to breathe again reached out and pinched Sei Itō's waist. She pinched and twisted hard as she said angrily.
"Hehe, isn't this a rare opportunity?" Sei Itō who had a painful expression on his face laughed shamelessly.
"Hmph," Mirei immediately snorted coldly and said to Sei Itō with a straight face, "You go out first."
"Look at how wet my clothes are. Do you have the heart to chase me out like this and then catch a cold?" Sei Itō looked at Mirei pitifully.
"Who cares about you?" Mirei snorted softly. Then, after a pause, she continued, "Okay, you can wash up here. I'll wait for you outside."
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