From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

Margaret simply waved her hand and increased Xinteleya's already generous salary a lot. Coupled with the new and enthusiastic atmosphere in the whole of Casimir, it was considered that the little Pegasus's work enthusiasm was fully mobilized.

"Technology can't be rushed. Workers and researchers need time to develop. In Casimir's case, rushing things can easily lead to problems."

There is no way. The Chamber of Commerce has existed in Casimir for a long time and has had a profound impact. Even if the remaining poison is eradicated and reforms are started now, the lagging technical foundation will not be easily made up.

After all, in the first Uka War, it was the expeditionary knights who charged against the Ursus Army formation. However, by the tenth Uka War, the Ursus Army had switched to land-based ships and used naval artillery to sweep the enemy, while Casimir still used the expeditionary knights to charge in formation.

Although the armor of the war knights has also undergone several generations of technological innovation, compared with the changes in the tactical system of the countries on the Terra continent due to the emergence of high-speed warships, the innovation of replacing armor and replacing power armor seems insignificant.

Are you asking if there is any technological progress?

I can only say, if there is.

"By the way, what are you busy with today?"

"Ah? Well, that's Margaret's brilliant idea. She wants to create an entertainment project similar to the old knight competitions, but without disturbing the national foundation, to ease the tense nerves of the residents of Casimir... Hehe, don't tickle..."

As if tickling Xintelaiya, the little Pegasus rolled over and slapped Si Ye's hand off his body.

"...I'm responsible for reviewing the ideas submitted. They're all the same, not only lacking originality, but they all have some connection to the Knights."

"That won't do. I restored the honor of the word 'knight' to facilitate the restoration of Casimir's morale."

Knight is a word with special meaning to Casimir's ponies. The Commercial Union weakened the authority of knights and turned them into entertainment, which caused Casimir to become paralyzed.

Si Ye has already rescued Casimir once. If Casimir goes back to being in a hopeless state, Si Ye will have to consider taking over Casimir in its entirety and abolishing the feasibility of Casimir's status as a member of parliament.

"Alas, the knight examination was ordered by you, the Knight King, personally. No one would dare to disobey."

Xinteleya yawned deeply, leaned against Si Ye, and muttered to herself.

"Headache...don't think about it anymore, it's all Margaret's fault..."

Listening to Xinteleya's mumbling, Si Ye actually had a good idea.

But before she could express herself, Xinteleya fell asleep.

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Chapter 357: Shining. Excellent Horse Competition

The next day, the refreshed little Pegasus was lying in bed thinking about her schedule for the day.

It was a difficult decision for her whether to work for a few symbolic minutes and then take Si Ye shopping, or to extend her leave and stay at home with Si Ye.

"Hintlea, I have a good idea for the topic last night."

Si Ye snapped his fingers, and an overview document appeared in his hand.

"what?"

Xintelaiya didn't expect that Si Ye was paying attention to her mumbling at night. After taking the document and reading it quickly, Xintelaiya's expression became very subtle.

"What is Uma Musume?"

"You can call him Saima Lang, it's just a simple race anyway."

For Casimir and his group of young ponies, racing was a perfect match, as long as Casimir reorganized the government and intervened directly to prevent the racing from becoming a gambling paradise.

“…Is this even possible?”

Because they have seen too many knight competitions with swords and flying skills, the residents of Casimir have a very high threshold for excitement and will soon get bored with some ordinary entertainment activities.

Moreover, for Kuranta, who can break the sound barrier by running at full speed and whose running distance is measured in kilometers, is the running competition really that interesting?

"Of course it's possible. While contestants won't be allowed to use power armor or other equipment to enhance themselves, they can still use Originium techniques. That way, the viewing experience won't be too bad. As for Kuranta's prowess in running, all we need to do is extend the track distance to kilometers."

Si Ye rubbed his hands. It was still unknown whether the cross-world door could be opened to the world of horse racing girls, so it seemed like a good idea to take advantage of this rare opportunity and organize a horse racing girl competition on the Terra continent.

"Besides, this isn't just for fun. Lowering the age limit will allow us to identify talented young people in advance."

On the Terra continent, those who run fast are not necessarily excellent Kuranta, but excellent Kuranta must run fast. In this way, we can preliminarily screen out a young generation with good talents from the public, and to a certain extent improve the current situation of the lack of young people in Casimir.

“…You make a lot of sense, but I just feel like something’s not right…”

As Si Ye's bedmate, Xinteleya always felt that Si Ye's tone was a little excited when he mentioned this running competition, and subconsciously cast a puzzled look at him.

"There's nothing wrong. I can seriously give Casimir advice."

Si Ye patted his chest and assured Xinteleya that he had no selfish motives, without mentioning that he was already thinking about how to enrich the competition system and find interesting contestants.

"... "

Scratching her hair that was a little messy after a night's sleep, Xinteleya was too lazy to think about it. She put the documents aside and stretched lazily.

"Never mind. Let's leave this to Margaret to think about. I'm going to the Order Association to check in. Let's continue shopping today, okay?"

"Okay."

...

"Punch the card."

Xinteleya skillfully inserted her ID card as the vice president of the association into the time clock, and then quickly browsed the documents piled on the desk. As long as there was nothing important, she could leave.

"...Hmm? What's this? A request for a meeting from Kalan Trade... Isn't this the same guild that bought the Black Knights?... Kjerag, tsk!"

Even though Kjerag was just a small, unknown country, it was still a country after all, and this kind of request for a visit was not something that could be ignored.

Xinteleya reluctantly poked her head out of the office and waved to Si Ye who was looking through the mission records in the hall.

"Si Ye, come here for a moment."

"What's wrong? Kjerag, the snow leopard...what do they want?"

Si Ye was confused until he saw the audience request in Xintela's hand. His mind immediately flashed to SilverAsh Enthiodis Shivaash, who was nicknamed "ex-husband" by many players.

"They said it was a business cooperation request, but after checking their movements, it seems they were spies coming to Casimir on behalf of Shelagh to spy on the Terran Unified Council."

As a Casimir intelligence agency and violence agency that broke away from the Helmetless Alliance, the Order Management Association naturally has a complete supervision and surveillance system for outsiders. The business activities of SilverAsh and his subordinate Kalan Trade in Kavaleriaki in recent days have been clearly visible.

"Shelagh doesn't need to do this... But the president of Kalan Trading is Ensiodis Sivaash. His Sivaash family has some connections with the Grand Duke of Victoria. Perhaps the Grand Duke of Victoria sent them."

Kjerag is a small religious nation, governed by a council composed of three major families. Due to special circumstances, it is virtually unaffected by natural disasters, and is surrounded by "natural" and rugged barriers, which has caused the nation to fall into an overly conservative and self-contained state.

This kind of country has had minimal influence on the Terra continent from ancient times to the present, but the establishment of the Unified Council has also had minimal impact on them. There is absolutely no need to be so anxious to spy on intelligence that has basically nothing to do with them.

"Victoria? I understand. I'll send someone to expel this Kalan Trade right away."

Although Xinteleya has been staying in Casimir, she has heard some things about the Terra Unified Council.

For example, there is a funny anecdote that the eight grand dukes of Victoria sent 24 teams of special envoys to conduct saturation visits in an attempt to join the Unified Parliament before their competitors and gain a stronger chance to compete for the throne of the Victorian Empire.

These grand dukes had good intentions, thinking that the Terran nations would continue to play with them because of the Victorian Empire's powerful military force and the fact that they were once the (self-proclaimed) boss of the core circle.

But unfortunately, there is a clause in the charter that Si Ye left for the Unified Parliament, which is that countries joining the Unified Parliament must ensure the absolute authority of the government in power in the country.

The throne of Victoria is vacant, the independence movement of Tara is rising, and the eight dukes are fighting for power. If there is no strong man who comes to turn the tide, it is only a matter of time before Victoria falls apart. Naturally, she does not meet the requirements to join the Terra Unified Council.

"No, Victoria's fate is already sealed, but we still need to meet the people from Kjerag. Their country has the Behemoth as its trump card."

Si Ye stopped Xinteleya from calling for help directly.

Although Kjerag's national strength is weak, its combat effectiveness is low, and its economic situation is extremely bad, this lucky little country was founded by a behemoth.

Yelagund, the founder and first king of Kjerag, never left. This young giant beast has always protected this young country. Even part of the natural barrier surrounding Kjerag is made of Yelagund's body.

Winning over a small country with little value is different from winning over a country with a giant beast, so this request for a meeting from Kalan Trade is still of some value...

Hmm... maybe the snow leopard's tail has some value?

"Giant beast? You mean the kind Miss Nian has?"

The antics that took place in Cavalleria that year were still fresh in Xinteleya's memory. That was a force that was absolutely beyond human power to resist.

Casimir was ranked last among the five member states of the Terran United Council. If its neighbor Kjerag truly possessed such power, it would be worthwhile for Casimir to try to win it over. After all, since the Night Lords did not prohibit healthy competition, winning over capable allies was undoubtedly an effective way to increase one's voice.

"...So, it seems I really need to find time to meet this Kalan Trader?"

"I'll go with you. It won't take long. We'll still have time to go shopping then."

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Chapter 358: The Strange Small Country of Kjerag

"President Ensioudis of Kara Trading, I wonder what your purpose is in coming to Casimir besides gathering intelligence for Duke Kaster of Victoria?"

SilverAsh had just stepped into the reception room of the Order Association and before he had time to see the situation inside the reception room clearly, he was given a warning by Xinteleya, who had the support of Siye Intelligence.

"!!!"

The accusation of spying on other countries' intelligence was a bit too serious. Although the Shivaash family did receive some favors from Duke Caister, SilverAsh was obviously not the kind of person who would drag his entire hometown into trouble.

SilverAsh had only received a mission from Duke Kast to inquire about information related to the Terra Unified Council. Because Kjerag was isolated and backward, he also wanted to find an opportunity for his hometown to rise from the wave of the Unified Council on the Terra continent, so he brought the caravan to Casimir.

If this is considered as gathering intelligence and becoming a spy, it would be too unfair.

Trying hard to maintain his facial expression and prevent himself from losing composure, Silver Gray quickly listed the words and respectfully said to Cintela, who was sitting in the backlight:

"President of the Xinteleya Association, Kalan Trade is merely conducting normal business activities in Casimir and has absolutely not crossed any line. If there is any offense, please speak up. I simply cannot afford to be accused of spying."

"...Why don't you come, I have no idea..."

Xinteleya seemed to be whispering something to her side, and Silver Gray was able to see clearly at this time that inside the reception room, there was a man with no obvious racial characteristics sitting next to Xinteleya.

"You, you."

Perhaps because Si Ye was right next to her, Xinteleya found it difficult to concentrate. She decisively chose to hand everything over to Si Ye and gave up thinking.

"Ahem, I'll take over the relevant matters now. President Silver Gray, don't be nervous. Please take a seat."

Xinteleya started to slack off openly. Si Ye cleared his throat and motioned for Silver Gray, who was standing there in a daze, to sit down.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm the interim president of the Terran United Council. Just call me Si Ye."

He said there was no need to be nervous, but as soon as Si Ye finished speaking, Yinhui straightened his body and his facial expression became even stiffer.

"...Chairman Si Ye, it's a pleasure to meet you..."

For a small country like Kjerag, even Casimir, the weakest country among the members of the United Parliament, is still out of their reach. As for how powerful the Speaker of the Parliament who unites the five major countries must be, SilverAsh doesn't even dare to imagine it.