LAZARUS REGULUS
Chaptre 319. The Lion Heart Empire Meeting.
The 3 dukes and all the Nobles of the Lion Heart Empire were waiting for the representatives of the Grand Duke Regulus noble family. They wanted to discuss about the matter of the Lion Heart Empire and the explanation of the Cerulean Forest war.
Seen by a Viscount who accidentally closed his eyes due to being so exhausted, he was eager to get home from this meeting soon.
"Viscount Brown, you've fallen asleep and violated the rules of the Lion Heart Empire! The guards bring Viscount Brown out of this room and lower his rank to Baron, then law whip him 30 times!" Altair shouting.
"Emperor forgive me!" Viscount Brown shouted, but 5 guards immediately dragged him from the meeting room.
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"Grand Duke Lazarus Regulus, Saint Iris Lion Heart, Duke Alastair Regulus, Princess Calista Lion Heart and Prince Icarus Lion Heart have already arrived!" A guard said.
All the Nobles were shocked to hear Lazarus coming to the Lion Heart Imperial Palace after several decades of not setting foot into the Lion Heart Imperial Palace.
"Altair, is he Brown a former follower of Count Baul? I told you to fire him a few times. Greetings Star of the Lion Heart Empire!" Lazarus and Iris bowed.
"Hail Emperor Altair Lion Heart!" Alastair, Calista and Icarus kneel.
Duchess Helene Leonis got up from her seat as she watched Lazarus enter the meeting room. Lazarus's face was very similar to his lover's in his past life.
Altair widened her eyes. "Lazarus, are you okay?"
"I'm fine and can you tell me to sit down first?" Lazarus smiled.
Altair told Lazarus and the others to sit in the prepared chairs. Lazarus and Iris sat next to Duchess Helene, Duke Adrian Leandro and Duke Elenio Aslan.
The meeting began.
In the meeting, they discussed the overpopulation of low and medium rank herbivorous Beasts, bandits, criminal organizations and the issue of high rank Beasts going to the Aslan beach.
"Grand Duke Lazarus, do you want to help Duke Aslan's noble territory?" Beryl asked.
"Beryl, I will send my followers to help the Aslan region to deal with high rank Beasts. It just so happened that they were out of work, even in all the Kingdoms near the sea having the same problem." Lazarus answered.
"Urs, are you going to help the Leandro, Lion Heart and Leonis areas about bandits and criminal organizations?" Duke Adrian asked.
The bandits and criminal organizations in the Aslan and Leandro regions are getting stronger and smarter, even they are very difficult to catch. Not only was the Overpopulation Beast a low and medium rank herbivore also resulted in great losses for all the Kingdoms and Empires in the Western Continent.
"I can send my followers to help on the matter of bandits, but I can't help about the criminal organization." Lazarus answered.
"Grand Duke Regulus, isn't there no criminal organization and no underground organization in Regulus? Why can't you help the Leandro region to take down a criminal organization?" Marquis Edgard asked.
"In the Regulus region all Nobles and residents can cooperate. They'll find out right away when criminals and criminals break into Regulus' territory, and then we'll imprison and execute those who fight and can't be helped." Lazarus says.
Everyone was shocked to hear Lazarus' reply, besides the agriculture, plantations, mining and trade of the increasingly advanced Regulus region. All the Nobles and people of Regulus were even very royal to the Regulus region.
"Sufuku. Grand Duke I understand you. The problem of Criminal Organizations and Underground Organizations is the internal problem that the territory itself must solve. Other regions should not interfere in this matter because it is a sign that a territory is incapable of governing its own territory." Duchess Helene chuckles.
"Duchess Helene, the existence of criminal and underground organizations is proof a leader cannot govern his own followers and territory." Lazarus smiled.
"Black cat, what do you mean! Can you explain it? Do you think I'm incapable of governing my own territory?" Duke Adrian breaking the table.
"Black Cat, it's not just my territory that has an underground criminal organization. However, the Imperial Capital of Lion Heart also had an underground criminal organization!" Duke Elenio shouted.
"Duke Adrian Leandro, do you know the reason why the criminal organization is so slippery to arrest?" Lazarus asked.
"Someone must have known information about the arrest plan." Duke Adrian replied.
"Do you know where all this information comes from?" Lazarus asked.
"Damn it! Someone who knew the information must have come from the Nobles because only Nobles knew about the information!" Duke Elenio Aslan shouted.
"Am I wrong to say that you can't manage your own followers?" Lazarus asked.
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"The Leontios region was also experiencing the same thing, but it was Uncle Gigas who was cooperating with the underground criminal Organization. Humans are a very greedy race especially when it comes to money and power. It also took me half a year to take down the underground criminal organization in Leonis County." Helene smiled.
"Duchess, did you kill all the Nobles and residents who cooperated and protected the underground criminal organization? Lilian has told me a lot about you and you are only 19 years old, but you are very strict and cruel. Unlike the 2 old foxes and 1 golden cat here." Lazarus glanced at Helene.
"Sufuku. Grand Duke, I know it's a compliment or a humiliation." Helene chuckles.
"Hmmm.." Iris coughed.
Lazarus immediately looked towards Altair. "The Regulus region could have helped the Lion Heart Empire, Leandro and Aslan to crush the criminals, but you have to pay our services because it is not the right of Regulus to interfere in the affairs of other regions."
"Black Cat I agree, but you must not blackmail us by charging a high price for your services." Duke Adrian Leandro said.
"The Black Cats of the fishermen in the Aslan region could not go to sea because of the huge waves, storms and high rank Beasts that went to the shore. You must give a price according to our ability." Duke Elenio said.
"I'm not like you guys who are very cunning and blackmailers. Pay is a formality, you can pay for our services according to your ability, after the Regulus region solves your problems. Incidentally other than trading the North Alliance is also the Regulus Intelligence Division, we know about many other territory information." Lazarus answered.
"What!! How did you spy on Leandro's territory without permission!" Duke Adrian yelling.
"Without permission? Haven't you already allowed me to set up the headquarters of The North Alliance in the Leandro region? You also sent a lot of your followers to search for information in the Regulus region and I didn't execute them on the spot." Lazarus stared intently at Duke Adrian and Duke Elenio
"How do you know that?" Duke Elenio asked.
"Before a person settles in the Regulus region the information division of Regulus will find out about that person's information." Lazarus answered.
"Alright, Quiet!" Altair shouting.
The meeting was finally over, though talks went awry. But they get a way out of all their problems.
"Altair, you are like them. Your goal is to send Calista and Icarus to live in Regulus's territory other than to train, but to seek information about me and Regulus' territory." Lazarus says.
"Haha. Urs, you're so smart. I didn't even know you were that smart. The waiters immediately serve food and drinks."
The servants immediately brought food and drinks for everyone. The meeting was over and now was the time for the Nobles to relax and enjoy the show.
"Mr Urs, do you want to be my dance partner?" A beautiful woman with blond hair and green eyes asked.
Iris pinched Lazarus' thigh hard.
"Miss, I'm sorry because right now I just want to enjoy the food and the show." Lazarus answered, forcing his smile.
"Alright, thank you for attending this meeting." The noblewoman bowed, then smiled brightly towards Lazarus.
"Black Cat, you have to tell me what happened in the Cerulean Forest." Duke Elenio said.
"Urs, I want to hear it." Eleanor says.
Lazarus, Iris, Alastair and Icarus tell what has happened in the Cerulean Forest. Although it had been 2 weeks, but the tragedy was like it had just happened yesterday for all of them.
"Has Alastair and Icarus already broken through the Legendary realm?" Marquis Edgard Allan shouted.
"How is possible! Alastair and Icarus caught up with me and broke through the Legendary realm!" Charlotte screaming.
"Sufuku. Alastair and Icarus had already been on the verge of death many times and had broken through his limits in the Cerulean Forest. But the speed is incredible." Iris chuckles.
"This is all because of Uncle Urs who has trained and protected us in the Cerulean Forest. Even he gathered many strong people in the Cerulean Forest to fight with him." Icarus smiles.
"The relationship of the Silver Phoenix Empire and the Zephyra Empire is getting worse. They'll even fight sooner or later." Altair says.
"Great wars will happen sooner or later. The Lion Heart Empire must get ready for something bad to happen in the future." Duke Adrian said.
"Old Man, I agree with you." Lazarus answered.
"Urs, do you know why low-rank and medium-sized herbivorous Beasts are so fast breeding? Even something like this has never happened in the past." Altair touched his chin.
"The Antares Planet Cycle. Planet Antares is a giant living creature that undergoes repeated cycles. I guess we're in a period of recovery where the energy of Planet Antares will be more and more pure and concentrated." Lazarus says.
"Dear, I agree with you. I felt the energy of mana on Planet Antares getting purer. Not just for the Beast, but for the humans. For example, it was me and Altair who broke through the Legendary realm at the age of 25, Duke Adrian and Duke Elenio who had long been in the Legendary realm, suddenly broke through the Mythical realm. Likewise with people who were at the peak of the Epic and Legendary realm breaking through the Legendary and Mythical realms. Children born in the sixth epoch even develop very quickly." Iris answered.
"Recovery mana is the state in which Planet Antares begins to recover its strength, after which Planet Antares will be like its heyday in the first epoch. Even the boundaries of the realm will increase." Lazarus says.
"Wait, will the path to the upper realms be re-connected in this age?" Duke Adrian asked.
Lazarus nodded. "When the road is connected, then a massive war will occur to fight over resources with people who live in the upper reaches of Planet Auriga. Remember, all races are greedy when they know that Planet Antares is recovering. Then they'll come to Planet Antares to plunder resources."
"It's like Columbus who discovered the Americas, then killed the Native Indians to loot it. But we are Indians." Inwardly Lazarus.
Altair and everyone were silent. Everything Lazarus says makes perfect sense, where there is a blessing there is a curse. The world is made up of laws of cause and effect.
"Haha. Take it easy, it's still a long time to happen." Lazarus laughed as he cut a piece of grilled Multi Colour Chicken meat.
Helene took Lazarus' meat and ate it.
Everyone glanced towards Duchess Helene, especially Iris who was staring intently at Helene.
"Sufuku. I see your flesh so good, I want to taste it." Helene licked the meat on her lips.
All the noble men who were there had a red face when they saw the beautiful face of Duchess Helene, even Icarus and Alastair.
"Who is this woman? I was immune to the temptations of beautiful women, but I seemed to have seen and heard of this woman." - Lazarus.
"Duchess Helene, do you have a partner?" Lazarus smiled.
"I don't have a partner yet." Helene answered.
"My nephew Icarus is very handsome! She doesn't have a partner either, I think you're perfectly suited to be Icarus's wife." Lazarus smiled.
"What?" Helen was surprised to hear Lazarus say, then glanced at Icarus.
Icarus looked at Helene with a flushed face, he was so happy that Lazarus had betrothed her to a beautiful woman like Duchess Helene.
"Uncle! I'll consider you Dad from now on!" inner Icarus.
"Duke Regulus, are you kidding me?"
"I mean it, I can guarantee that Icarus is a good and loyal man." Lazarus answered with a plain face.
Altair, Edgard and Alastair stared intently at Icarus with Lazarus on Icarus's side the chance of Icarus becoming Duchess Helene was immense. Altair would even be devastated, if competing with her own child for a woman.
Icarus smiled broadly at Altair, Alastair and Edgard.
"Wait, is this guy not interested in me one bit? Try, I'm teased a little more." Helene's inner.
"Duke Regulus, I'm more interested in you than Icarus." Helene says.
"No, I have 10 wives, 2 concubines and 8 children. I'm too old for a 19 year old girl." Lazarus says.
"I don't mind being your concubine."
"I mind you being my concubine."
"You're very good at playing with words."
"Haha. Do you want to marry Icarus? I'll present you a magnificent castle in Regulus." Lazarus says.
"No, I like men who are honest and good at art." Helene refused.
Lazarus smiled. "Unfortunately I'm a liar. I repeatedly did not keep my promise to Iris, and made her suffer greatly. Iris was always waiting for me to come home for 30 years, but I didn't come home. I broke my promise to eat together for 30 years."
Everyone was silent at Lazarus' response.
"Fufufu. 30 years? I heard the story of a woman who waited for a man for thousands of years, but she never came back." Duke Helene smiled.
"Haha. The man was a very free man, a man who had an ocean-wide heart and loved the sky and the blue sea." Lazarus smiled.
Instantly Helene recalled the words her lover had said in the past. "I am a free man, I have an ocean-wide heart and love the sky and the blue sea."
"You!!" Helene shouted, then got up and left the meeting room. Her followers soon followed Duchess Helene.
"He's crying.." Duke Adrian smiled.
"Urs, you made a young woman cry!" Duke Elenio smiled.
"Urs, I didn't know you could make a woman cry like that." Beryl smiled.
"Urs, you have to apologize!" Iris yells.
"Well, I'll apologize!"
A moment later Duchess Helene and her knights returned again to the meeting room with a young female Legendary Beast Golden Lion and a moderately injured Regulus.
"Emperor Altair, this young male lion is chasing my contracted Beast Rangga in the courtyard of the Lion Heart Imperial Palace." Helene says.
"Master, I just want to get acquainted with that female Golden Lion! However, this woman suddenly came and beat me up!" Regulus yelling.
"Helene, I already told him that I am a male lion beast that has just grown a mane! However, he still approached and teased me!" Rangga.
Lazarus stepped towards Rangga, then saw 2 balls near his tail.
Everyone laughed out loud when they saw that. Didn't Lazarus have a lot of female big cats.
Lazarus noticed Rangga's face, he was a slender and elegant Golden Lion surpassing a female Beast. Even when Lazarus caught a glimpse of Rangga looking like a lioness Beast. Perhaps Rangga was a deformed male lion beast that did not grow a mane.
"Altair, quickly get Namean here!" Lazarus.
Altair told a servant to call Namean, and then Namean entered the meeting room.
"Beautiful girl, do you have a partner? The Tigris already allowed me to form a Harem, do you want to be my partner?" Namean asked.
Lazarus told Namean and Regulus to look at Rangga's tail, then their eyes widened because they saw a pair of balls near his tail.
"Body!!!"
"I told you I'm a lion!"
"Sufuku. Rangga, it's appropriate for the lioness to stay away from you and the male lion to approach you." Helene chuckles.