Date- 4 April 2321
Ti- 8:12
Location- Southern Region, Southern Capital, Royal Palace
'I thought after advancing to the demigod realm I will be able to avoid the Royal duties and politics but so wannabe secret organization almost succeeds to assassinate , now the ungrateful husband and children of mine treat as the weakest of the link of the family, and am stuck being the only Royal presence managing the Southern region. For god sake, I defended the Way Beyond for more than a century and took the lead in monster war… sigh,' Colleen complained in her mind as she sat on the throne and listened to her loyal ministers bicker about the state affairs and the appropriate use of this year's state budget as a considerable chunk of it was being planned to be used for building Luna's private army.
Being stuck with managing the state's politics, Colleen was already annoyed and the bickering of the ministers was only adding to her annoyance. She wanted to yell at them but they put forward reasonable points, the southern region did not need another private force so wasting a sizable chunk of this year's state budget on it made no sense. However, the ministers did not know that the royal family never planned to build Luna's private army for the southern region but for the Royal family and their agenda.
"Silence," Colleen yelled, causing her sound to vibrate throughout the palace hall and turning the babbling ministers quiet.
Then Colleen's majestic gaze scanned throughout the palace hall and every minister in it, seeing she had everyone's attention she declared, "half of the cost for building Luna's army will co from the state's budget, and the other half will co from the royal treasury."
Hearing Colleen declare her order the ministers could only nod their heads even if they did not agree to Colleen's orders as they had no choice but to follow them.
It may seem like Colleen was inappropriately using the state's budget but there was more to it than that. Luna's private army's current purpose was to fulfill the Royal Family's agenda but once that was done her army would be deployed alongside Southern Watch to guard the southern region. The Royal treasury may seem like the Ruler's personal property but it was mostly used for ergencies as a last resort such as monster disaster relief funds for the people.
"Next," Colleen said, asking the minister to speak up about the next agenda at today's royal eting.
As soon as Colleen said this the ministers whispered in low voices but no one stood up to address the next agenda on the list. Until one brave old minister finally stood and spoke up, "Your Highness, the next agenda is about the princess's large-scale spending…"
Before the old man could finish, Colleen suddenly interrupted him by declaring, "My daughter has her reasons and I assure you her actions will help develop the south. Next."
The old man shook his head hearing Colleen, it was not that he did not trust the Royal family he would lay his life for them but the amount of capital being directed on the Princess's project was an enormous amount and was starting to seem a never-ending expense.
"The next agenda is about the dungeon relocation experint being conducted by her highness Luna at the blossom district. She has borrowed a huge amount of top-grade soul jades from our banks for this experint, we think that the morningstar university is responsible for any expense regarding her highness's experint," the Old minister almost fell to his chair seeing the amount of top-grade soul jades borrowed by Luna for her dungeon relocation experint, with that amount of soul jades they could buy two SSS-rank gate dungeons.
"Yes, the morningstar university is responsible for the Soul Jades borrowed by Luna. I have already spoken to them about it and it is not of concern. Next," Colleen lied, yes she did speak to the morning star university but it was about renting the dungeon relocation apparatus. It was the royal family that owed morningstar university money, not the other way around. Colleen had to put up this pretense because she did not want people to figure out that what was going on in the blossom district was not an experint but sothing that would determine the future of the southern region and its people.
*Sigh* The Old minister sighed in relief hearing Colleen. And began to speak about the next agenda, "Your Majesty, the next agenda is about the silver milk powder scam and the southern emperor's involvent in it."
"Why do I feel like a few questions ago this eting took a turn from discussing state affairs to scrutinizing the actions and expenditure of the Royal family," Colleen thundered at ministers in the hall and then glancing at the old minister she said, "Richard, out of consideration for your rits, I will let you undermining the royal family's authority slide this ti. If there is a second ti your rits will not be able to save you."
"This humble one apologies for his audacity and thanks your highness for your generosity," The old minister nad Richard bowed to Colleen as an apology and chose to move to the next agenda.
Colleen's reaction was a clear answer to the Southern Emperor's involvent in the silver milk powder scam. Colleen would not have reacted so intensely if there wasn't any truth to this matter. Not to ntion Richard did not take Colleen's warning to heart, because he knew what she ant by harsh words, 'You have known that girl long enough to know whether she was involved in that scam. Sigh, I don't want to talk about it.'
Thinking of this Richard could only sigh helplessly, just when he thought Anna was showing signs of growth when she asked him for the docunts on southern watch military developnt proposals and other state affairs, but her involvent in this scam proved that she had reverted back to her old self.
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