After being forced to step down, the once-annoying nun eloped with me.

There are 985 university graduates or postgraduates on Earth who end up tightening screws in factories. Why should the talents cultivated in this world necessarily serve the country when resources are scarce?

After Fen's reminder, Yang Hao suddenly understood.

Isn't it just about creating tens of thousands of talents for Ysgard?

Don't forget, there aren't many mines left in Isgard itself, and the country is also a magic-poor nation. Even if there were artificial magic reactors, we would still have to produce the maintenance parts for them ourselves!

After resolving the demonic calamity and achieving world peace... wouldn't it be enough to simply tighten the trading channels and limit the circulation of key resources in Ysgard to a maximum of a few dozen talented individuals to fully utilize their abilities?

Why am I being so stupid, constantly worrying about the issue of talent? Why?

I felt completely relaxed.

Suddenly enlightened, Yang Hao hugged Finn tightly and kissed her passionately right in front of Elena.

When faced with this kind of intimacy that she had witnessed countless times before but was happening to her own side for the first time, the synthetic doll crashed.

She couldn't understand why such a demonic temptation had suddenly appeared in her mind.

The demon said, "Join us! Join us!"

But Elena knew that if she got involved, things might spiral out of control, causing insurmountable trouble for her friend.

...

Or should we wait a little longer? Lay some more groundwork? And while we're at it, try to make a good impression on Her Majesty Theresa and Her Majesty Finn, so we can get rid of Miss Naruja sooner?

Or perhaps...

The synthetic doll fell into deep thought.

Just as Yang Hao resolved his inner confusion, on the same ship's deck, Nia was discussing returning home with Sirencino.

"Kino, when you go back to your hometown, your elders will definitely ask you all sorts of questions... but that shouldn't be too difficult for you. At least compared to the whole box of books you secretly kept that would make even Long ashamed, it's nothing..."

"So, Lady Nia, what brings you to this all of a sudden? When I get home, I'll probably just get asked about the situation on the mainland... I guess there's nothing I can do to help you, right?"

"How could that be? At that time, you will temporarily become Mr. Yang Hao's advisor, and then use this identity as the core to contact him and answer some questions from the people of Isgard—of course, I will definitely be there too. However, in order for my plan to proceed more smoothly, I need your cooperation."

"Let me make this clear first: I won't do anything involving the trafficking of married men or drugging them."

Seeing Kino's wary expression and even his subconscious two steps outside, Miss Nia opened her mouth, but could only sigh sadly and say that it seemed her blue-haired junior was no longer close to her.

Ugh!

Who was it that said back then that if Sister Nia tried to steal a man, she would directly help her drug him?

Now, before I've even finished speaking, she wants to leave... It just goes to show that childhood promises are all lies.

Besides, am I that kind of person?!

Although my appetite has increased a bit now, surely I shouldn't do something like this in the first year?

Ugh!

Nia's sigh made the siren, who was about to slip away, show an embarrassed expression.

But the Sirens soon learned that Lady Nia's sigh was not because she had misunderstood her.

It was because she couldn't find the best time to act this year that she sighed—of course, that's a story for another time after she arrived in Ysgard.

After a brief discussion and confirmation of Kino's next steps, Nia returned to her suite, satisfied, to ask Margarita how the preparations were going.

Meanwhile, in Isgard, Margarita was making preparations for Yang Hao's arrival.

She had already spoken with Parliament and her cabinet, so there were no major problems with the welcoming ceremony and the subsequent private meeting.

Of course, to avoid any problems, Margarita still sent her Trinity Force to various parts of Issugard to secretly purge a group of people who might cause trouble at this critical juncture—most of them were relatives of the former rebels. Now that they were gone, it would save them from causing trouble later.

In addition, Margarita is also diligently preparing for the most important groundwork.

"After all, I've already given the hints... The task His Majesty Yang Hao will face is related to important events concerning the future development and survival of Isgard... [Education] and [Class Change]... Although I'm not sure if he has the ability to solve these two problems, at least I should prepare in advance what I can."

Political impact... okay. First, we need to silence the vested interests involved. As for approval ratings, we also need to appease the other parties... but the most crucial issue is how to deal with the possibility of inciting resentment.

Margarita envisioned herself acknowledging Yang Hao's next policy.

In this way, whether it's praise, slander, hatred, or love, none of this will affect Yang Hao's reputation, nor will it make him a thorn in the side of certain people.

Conversely, if His Majesty Yang Hao desires to gain prestige in Isgard... then her plan wouldn't work. And the awkward part is that she doesn't know Yang Hao's opinion on this matter...

...Okay, I'll ask about it in the private meeting later.

Margarita sighed. Just then, a communication from Nia made her pause.

what happened?

The President had a brief communication with Black Dragon. After learning about the situation, when asked by her best friend, the President simply smiled and said that she had prepared everything—the only question was, what were Yang Hao's thoughts on "reputation"?

“Margarita, I’m stumped by your question… While I might know a bit about what he eats these days, I’m not so sure about his reputation.”

"Is it really of no help at all?"

"It's not that there's no connection... You understand Mr. Yang Hao's relationship with that former Roman Emperor, right? It's the relationship we're planning."

"He's outside, I'm inside?"

"Rather, it's an enhanced version—you help him solve political problems, and he helps you solve national development issues. Of course, he's probably also thinking about his reputation now, considering our plans..."

"Ugh."

Margarita and Nia's plan was to do everything possible to bring Ysgard into the United Nations in a "respectable" manner, and use this as a political bargaining chip to force the United Nations to abandon its various restrictions on Ysgard, thus gaining time to develop easily and fight against the demons.

In a sense, to do this, Yang Hao's personal reputation in Isgard must be improved in a positive way—Margarita doesn't mind suffering all the consequences herself, but the problem is, she doesn't know if Yang Hao thinks the same way.

If Yang Hao also wants to merge with Issugard, then everything is fine. But if he just wants to work quietly for two years and then go home, and has no interest in Issugard's politics whatsoever... then that would be troublesome.

To put it simply, it's like a school beauty trying to seduce a shut-in, only to find that the shut-in has absolutely no interest in women and only wants to spend his days with his figurines—it's just as awkward as that...

In this situation, Margarita genuinely didn't know how to solve the problem in a conventional way.

"So, can't we try an unconventional approach?"

In response to Nia's question, Margarita could only sigh heavily:

"Nia, Nia—my good friend, my best confidante...sigh. What kind of predicament do you think we, Isgard, will face if the ability of [Charm] is discovered to be used in international diplomacy?"

That's the United Nations! That's the Regent who has had ambiguous relationships with two... at least three empresses! If we use him and it succeeds, great; but if it fails, it's not a problem that can be solved by simply clearing our names...

Not to mention, that elf is probably sticking to His Majesty Yang Hao like a piece of chewing gum, preventing him from contacting you, right? With the most magical elf right beside me, how am I supposed to use our vampire abilities? Tell me, how am I supposed to use them?

Vampires have two special abilities.

Firstly, there is the freely changing body—from a bat to a human; from a five-year-old child to an 80-year-old woman.

Vampires can freely change their bodies. If they have drunk the blood of a special race, they can also gain the special abilities and physical changes of that race to some extent—of course, this is a degraded version.

This ability, at most, is... well, it probably doesn't mean much to a married man. So Margarita didn't expect this ability to have any effect on this political campaign.

The focus of their discussion was her second ability, which she wanted to use but was unable to due to various limitations.

That is the ability called [Charm].

Vampires can charm anyone they see—but each charmed person can only be charmed once by the same vampire in their lifetime. In contrast, if the charm is successful, the vampire gains an incredibly loyal servant or companion...

Therefore, for vampires, the use of the [Charm] ability is a matter that must be handled with utmost care—not to mention that this ability can be blocked by the user's strong will... So unless she is absolutely certain that she can do it without any mishaps, Margarita will not be able to use her ability.

At present, Margarita obviously does not have the opportunity to use her ability.

Because the elf was always by Yang Hao's side, even if Margarita had the ability to lower Yang Hao's guard, she couldn't use her abilities under the elf's nose...

Unless there's an opportunity to move the elf away, otherwise...

...

The two of them stared at each other silently in the mirror.

Then, realizing that the president wasn't unwilling to do it, but rather that the "risk was too great," Nia thoughtfully added:

"What if I could drag His Majesty Finn... cough cough, to another occasion?"

"That also has a high probability of failure."

"What if Mr. Yang Hao falls in love with you at first sight? I mean, in his mind, you should hold a similar role to the late Emperor Roman, so..."

"It's hard to say, but if love at first sight were really possible, then I wouldn't mind giving it a try... But that's impossible, isn't it? Nia, you said he loves his wife very much."

"It's true that he loves his legal wife, but it's also a fact that he has Fen as his second wife."

"As you know, personal love and political marriage are completely different things."

"...That's true."

The two fell silent again, but in the end, after the communication ended, Margarita decided to abandon her "Enchantment" plan.

She didn't want to leave a bad impression on Yang Hao, and even more so, she didn't want to cause Isogard to fall into hell because of her recklessness.

But... what should we do?

"Sigh... It's like when you're broke and a family member is seriously ill and urgently needs to go to the hospital, but the hospital charges money, and you have no way to get the funds..."

The contradictions and conflicts were intense, but in the end I could only feel lost and helpless, like a child, unable to find a solution.

...well."

Margarita sighed again. Slumped in the massage chair, she had given up thinking and resigned herself to the fact that she should just talk to His Majesty Yang Hao face to face.

Perhaps if I just said it directly, His Majesty Yang Hao would be willing to accept it... But after all those schemes and tricks, I'm afraid I'll just fail in the end.

But to say it directly? Is that even possible?

That's impossible.

Everyone has fantasies, thinking that they can find a good job after graduation, or that they can definitely win a partner by confessing their feelings... But what is the reality?

Graduation means unemployment, confessing your love means being single. Margarita has experienced enough, and she knows that her recent fantasy has no chance of coming true.

But... thinking about it, it's not impossible, is it?

The president was curled up in the chair.

She was exhausted. But clearly, Isgard wasn't giving her any room to rest—she couldn't rest, at least not until Isgard was safe.

...

that's it.

After a two-month voyage, Yang Hao finally arrived in Wis, the capital of Issugard, on October 1st.