I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

That’s not right. If Count Pitry were really the mastermind behind the Blood Sacrifice Chaos, how could he leave a liability like Baron Tony who could easily be exposed?

Looking at Baron Tony’s situation, it seems that he seldom goes to Bright City. His contacts in the city are not very close.

During his inquiry, Lis found out that had Baron Tony known that the Magic Beast that appeared during the Blood Sacrifice Chaos was related to him and had once appeared in his territory, with his personality, he wouldn’t care about Count Pitry’s warning at all—he would have reported it to the Royal Family of Feis Kingdom long ago.

Indeed, do I need to pay a visit to Count Pitry then?

Lis was pondering this, and all of a sudden, the figure sitting in the chair vanished.

A breeze blew, and Baron Tony suddenly shivered.

What’s happening to me, why am I standing barefoot on the ground?

Just as Baron Tony was puzzled, he suddenly heard a loud bang, and the door to his room burst open from the outside.

The young maid Lilin rushed in anxiously with two Silver Level guards from the castle.

"My lord, are you alright?"

"I thought you looked unwell just now."

Seeing Lilin’s anxious face, Baron Tony rubbed his somewhat cold and smooth forehead, and cold sweat appeared on his back.

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At the Kane Mansion in Bright City,

Lis did not care about Baron Tony’s panic. Although he was somewhat curious about the courage of the young maid, after confirming that Baron Tony indeed didn’t know anything about the All Beast Church, he left.

Count Pitry, huh?

Lis fell silent for a moment, and then he left the mansion again.

However, this time, he did not go directly to Count Pitry, but to his good brother, Mora.

As the Manager of the White Dove Chamber of Commerce, Mora is now a hot figure in Bright City, especially after most of the Nobles learned through various channels about Lis’s deeds in Boditch Kingdom and that he was about to be granted the title of Duke by His Majesty the King, naturally wishing to show goodwill to Lis through the White Dove Chamber of Commerce.

That said, Mora now spent almost all his time every day interacting with other Nobles and Guild Managers.

There was no choice, because in the communication that followed, although Lis told him about his plan to travel to Danerluo Port on the Luou Peninsula, there were also many practical issues to address.

The most important was funding and resources!

Originally, Lis thought that the wealth he had amassed from Dillon Kingdom and the Pearl Sea would be enough just for the territory around Danerluo Port, but plans cannot keep up with changes. The Luou Peninsula had more than just Danerluo Port.

Even though the main focus was Danerluo Port, the expected expenditure in Gold Coins was going to double.

Just the White Dove Chamber of Commerce alone was not enough to bear the expenditures and consumption involved, so Mora had to find a way to get some support from other Nobles.

Mora did not quite understand, in his opinion, reconstructing the city walls and infrastructure of all cities and stocking up on too much strategic material was not an urgent matter—it could be done slowly.

But at Lis’s insistence, Mora still took great efforts to prepare.

Lis didn’t dislike the aging territories, but he knew that the war between Feis Kingdom and Boditch Kingdom was only the prelude, with more disasters and crises looming in the future.

It would be better to prepare in advance than to patch up weaknesses desperately later on.

However, this time, Lis unexpectedly did not find Mora at the White Dove Chamber of Commerce; the Manager said that Mora’s father had called him back home for a while.

Lis was a bit surprised, the guy really had turned over a new leaf, and was almost daily immersed in the work of the White Dove Chamber of Commerce; this was the first time he’d seen him not at the Guild and instead heading home.

It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that the success of the White Dove Chamber of Commerce, other than the "Self-Charging" Magic Rune products provided by Lis, relied heavily on the dedication Mora poured into the guild.

Poor heaven, the first time Lis saw Mora on his return to Bright City, he almost thought this pale-faced fellow was about to drop dead the next second.

After dealing with some players and harvesting a wave of leeks, Lis headed towards the Carl Mansion.

...

In the study room upstairs in the Carl family mansion,

A faint fragrance wafted through the air of the study, sunshine streamed in from outside the window, casting light on two figures seated in the study.

Mora was sitting on the snow deer leather sofa in the study, rubbing the corners of his eyes and yawning wearily as he spoke,

"Father, you asked me to come back, what’s the matter?"

Vim Karl, Mora’s father and the current chairman of the Golden Vine Flower Commerce, had more lines on his face than at last year’s event.

He was seated behind his desk, with many scrolls recording the intelligence of the Golden Vine Flower Commerce laid out before him; he put down his feather pen and evaluated his youngest son, who was noticeably more haggard.

Though Mora’s condition wasn’t good, the spark in his eyes had grown brighter, and he no longer feared his father as he used to.

Mora had shown his capabilities through the White Dove Chamber of Commerce and matured a great deal compared to the past. Although his plans were quite different from Vim’s, the changes in Mora were indeed gratifying to him.

Vim was silent for a moment, not answering Mora directly but instead asking,

"Recently, are you still busy with matters concerning Marquis Kane?"

"I’ve heard that His Majesty the King is about to confer upon him the title of Duke, with a new territory?"

"Yes."

Vim’s words didn’t surprise Mora, as this news had already spread among the nobles of Bright City.

In a sense, Mora was also one of the ones giving a push to this development, in order to get more support from the nobles.

After all, no matter how strong Lis was, he couldn’t simply conjure up essential supplies like food and iron goods out of thin air. Faced with the enormous demands Lis had listed, Mora could only try to find possible channels as best as he could.

"So recently, are you planning to go with Lis to his territory?"

"If I am not mistaken, Duke Kane’s territory should be in the Boditch Kingdom, right?"

Vim asked calmly, his demeanor all business.

"..."

Mora didn’t answer but sat up a little straighter, his brows slightly furrowed.

What’s this old coot up to?

Trying to pry information about Lis from me?

Seeing Mora’s somewhat guarded expression, Vim sighed and leaned back in his chair, his face growing much softer.

"I mean no harm..."

"I just want to know your thoughts, do you want to inherit the Golden Vine Flower Guild?"

Mora: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ!