I'M REINCARNATED AND I CAN'T BE HURT
EIGHTY EIGHT

Religion as well as politics are not very important in the eyes of the people, if there is no advantage at all. However, the power of the people was not comparable to the power of nobles.

The high priest Rou had only set foot in the empire for a few days, unable to get close to the nobility due to her decile maiden appearance. They always stay away if they try to be approached by high priest Rou.

The high priest Rou grew even more furious as well as vengeful towards the people of the region, which made her fall like this. Though the original plan was to come with a simple appearance and authoritative, so it attracted the attention of the nobility when he met the emperor. But it all failed.

If a plan that has been designed for many years is successful, then he could become a great priest and also the greatest supporter of the emperor and in the end the Emperor and other nobles would bend their knees under his honorable feet.

"High-route Rou?"

The high priest Rou who had been angry earlier, quickly eased her anger and turned to Ella. "Oh, how is Your Majesty?"

Ella had no idea why she was afraid of high priest Rou, perhaps because of her holy power. "Do we not need to call a doctor?"

"No, no need to call a doctor. They'll just give the second prince a chemical drug that'll hurt his body."

Ella still insisted on her opinion. "Doctors only make medicine from herbs, they are unlikely to hurt patients."

"Then, do you know the dose and ingredients of the drug itself?"

Ella's opinion began to doubt. "That-"

"The doctor has a lot of patients, he will not have time to make herbal medicines, the most reasonable, they make chemicals to preserve some ingredients and then the drug is mixed with chemical fluids, he said, working with alchemists."

"Alchemist?" Ask Ella who doesn't believe. "Isn't the alchemist's work extinct, ten years ago?"

"Just a job, but the people aren't extinct. You must be careful about putting the medicine into His Majesty's body. We don't know-who has alchemist abilities." The high priest Rou was also increasingly annoyed with the people in the region where she had lived before, starting to defect only due to illness. Though they themselves are too late to put chemicals into the body, but at will even blame the temple that does not know anything! It seems that nature must also select fools.

"Then I'll talk to you."

"Hm? Duke Vilvred?"

"Yes, my father understood this and had also been involved in the rules of exterminating alchemists."

"Is the Duke-"

"Fathers who helped the Emperor to exterminate alchemists, they considered the work dangerous and could harm the empire, besides there was a rumor that the alchemists would rebel, after the First Prince went to war."

High Priest Rou suddenly smirked, he had a much better idea of licking the emperor.

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The emperor massaged his forehead in the study. Duke Vilvred as his greatest supporter, stood before him. "Everyone does not know themselves, they just want to be given pleasure, but now when they fall - can only blame the Emperor."

"The people just want to live comfortably, Your Majesty," replied duke Vilvred.

"Your Majesty, please take care of your authority." Duke Vilvred advised the emperor. "Walls can be ears."

"Who can turn a wall into an ear?" The emperor asked back to duke Vilvred. "I've sent people to chase after the first Prince, do you think the prince is hiding from this disease?"

"I can't answer it directly, it takes valid evidence to accuse him."

"When? How long are we gonna keep quiet like this?"

"Your Majesty, please hold yourself."

"I'm grateful you're the biggest supporter, but I didn't think your daughter dropped my son! How can I take down the first Prince and the Empress, if my son is seriously ill and cannot save his position! Do I have to take the bastard child and expel the Queen?"

Duke Vilvred agreed with the emperor's opinion at first, yet he changed his mind when he thought of the greedy nobles starting to act. It is feared, they have grasped the illegitimate son of the emperor. All this time they had only acted passively to see the first and second prince fight.

"You can't do it. Your current position is shaky because of the people, automatically the support of the nobility and the people move to the Empress. If you bring another bastard-wouldn't that trigger anger?" Duke Vilvred gave reasonable input to maintain the power of the emperor as well as himself. "You don't need to worry, haven't you been supporting High Priest Rou all this time?"

"I support him, because the Great Priestess can't cooperate!" The emperor kicked the table with an angry face. "Help me find a way so that no one will defy me anymore."

"What if we use alchemists?" Ask duke Vilvred. "Doctors are not very useful for treating, alchemists can be another alternative."

"Alchemist? Didn't we finish them all off?"

"We only finish off the people who work as alchemists."

"What's? Weren't-"

"The profession is forbidden to appear for fear of overthrowing your position as emperor, after sending the first Prince. They were all the Queen's greatest supporters, after the temple.

"If we reverse the fact by spreading the rumor that the Empress was dissatisfied that no one supported her saving the first Prince, what would be in the minds of the alchemists?"

The Emperor sneered cunningly when he heard the refreshing idea of duke Vilvred. "You're right, we can change the story and pretend to support them. But what if the temple side intervenes and the Empress-"

"The temple people closed the entrance from the outside, which meant they would not get any information. The Queen's supporters have also been acting passively, not intervening. If they were active, of course they would forbid the First Prince desperately to set out for a war

"In addition, the imperial Advisor was also nowhere to be found at this time, neither supporting the first Prince nor the Empress. Why don't we take good advantage of the situation?"

"Are you able to contact a usable alchemist?" Asked the Emperor with sparkling eyes and high spirits. Can't wait to execute the plan.

"You have to be patient, most alchemists have already been demoted to slave status or do not have any status. They must want to show existence in the world and do not want to live to suffer anymore.

"I'm pretty sure, right now the alchemists are in a great rage for not having any support or protection from the Empress' side."

The emperor laughed. "Yes, you're right. Alchemists - jobs that are boring and dangerous, the issue they can turn any object into a desired thing. If we cooperate with them, will I be able to obtain great wealth?"