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Firut had no intention of participating in the king selection. For her, although her current life was not rich, she was already very satisfied to be able to live with her family.

"But Master Feruto, as the daughter of the late king, you are the most suitable heir to this country."

Reinhard couldn't help but feel distressed. He really wanted to make up for his mistake and allow the bloodline of the former king to regain the throne of the Dragon Kingdom. But if Firut didn't cooperate, he would be very distressed.

"I don't care. I don't want to be a princess or a chosen one. I just want to live a peaceful life with Master Rom and somewhere else."

Reinhard had no way to deal with the willful Firut, but for Li Xuan, it was very simple. As long as he grasped what Firut cared about, everything would be solved.

"Feirut, this is not something that can be solved whether you want to or not. Your identity is gradually being exposed. If you do not participate in the royal election and lose the protection of the Sword Saint Reinhard, and only think about escaping, other enemies will not care whether you want to participate in the royal election or not. They will hunt you and Cromwell for revenge for the late king. Do you want to see your master Rom die at the hands of those who are hunting you before you feel regret? Just like this time, if we had not appeared, your master Rom would have been killed by the Gut Hunter Elsa."

Chapter 311 Li Xuan's Sudden Idea

Firut fell silent. This world was indeed a very chaotic place, and many times one could not get what one wanted. Because of her background, she was bound to be hated and hunted by many people.

If it was just her, it would be fine, but Firut didn't want to implicate Grandpa Rom, who raised her since she was a child. Li Xuan was right. Once her identity was exposed, both she and Grandpa Rom would be in great danger.

If he participated in the royal election, he would be protected by the world's strongest swordsman, Reinhard, and basically there would not be much danger. Others would not dare to cause trouble for her and risk angering Reinhard.

"I can participate in the royal election, but as someone who comes from the slums, I hate the nobility, I hate the knights, I hate everything about this kingdom. I want to destroy it all. Even so, Reinhardt, will you still support me?"

Here it comes, this is the reason why Li Xuan pushed Reinhard and Firut to pledge allegiance. Among the five kings chosen from the Dragon Kingdom Lugnica, this declaration is the most unacceptable to those guys in the Council of Sages. Compared with this, Li Xuan is sure that they would rather accept the racial equality advocated by Aimi29lia, the silver-haired half-elf, than accept the claim of Firut, who is of royal blood.

After all, even if racial equality were achieved, it would only affect the lower classes. However, Feruto's actions clearly aimed to uproot the nobles. The royal family, what was the royal family?

But this is what Li Xuan wants to do. The pro-dragon kingdom of Lugnica is as rubbish as it can be and as solid as it can be. It relies entirely on the so-called dragon to suppress the instability within the kingdom. In fact, it should have been overthrown long ago. Li Xuan naturally wants to give it a big boost and vent Emilia's anger. These nobles and the Council of Sages should have been defeated long ago.

“Alright, alright, I didn’t expect you to have such lofty ambitions, Felt. You want to defeat all the nobles and build a nation where everyone is equal and self-reliant. If that’s the case, then I’ll leave all these successful cases from other worlds to you. Go for it, I’m rooting for you.”

As he spoke, Li Xuan transferred all the history and knowledge related to the European Reforms into Firut's mind. After all, it would be better to adapt to local conditions in this alien world that is close to the European Middle Ages.

"What the hell is this!"

Feeling all the knowledge in her mind, Firut couldn't help but let out a cry of grief. She just wanted to test Reinhard's attitude to see if he was still willing to be loyal to her under such circumstances. She didn't really want to make enemies with all the nobles. After all, that was too difficult.

"No way, no way, there really is no one who only wants to destroy without thinking about rebuilding after the destruction. Or do you simply not have such thoughts?"

Just kidding, the words were already spoken, and Felt wanted to go back on her word. Of course, Li Xuan didn't expect her to actually follow through, so what mattered was Reinhardt's attitude. So, Li Xuan also gave Reinhardt a copy of the relevant information and history regarding these reforms.

"Reinhard, since your lord has made her proposal, I hope you can help her realize it and reform the dragon-friendly kingdom of Lugnica."

"The examples and suggestions you provide are indeed very good, but the bloodshed and sacrifices involved are too great."

Reinhardt sorted out the memories in his mind and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Indeed, if he followed the method given by Li Xuan, it would be of great benefit to the entire kingdom, but the resistance of those nobles whose interests were affected should not be underestimated.

"Reinhardt, you're simply too soft-hearted. With your power, change wouldn't be particularly difficult if you had the means. At most, a few clueless nobles would die. No one smart enough would dare resist your power. And in return, the kingdom would be reborn. What's so bad about that?"

Li Xuan was speechless. With Reinhard's strength, in the world of Re-Zero, ordinary people would be supermen on the first day, homelanders on the second day, and ancestors on the third day. Fortunately, Reinhard was indeed a knight among knights, otherwise the world of Re-Zero would have changed drastically.

"Reinhardt, you can't tolerate the sacrifices of nobles and knights, but can you ignore the common people oppressed by the nobles? Ordinary people are the majority in this world. As the strongest of the Dragon Kingdom, you have the ability and the means to change the kingdom's current situation, but you don't act. Then you will be burdened with the sins of this kingdom."

Li Xuan was completely using sophistry and moral kidnapping, but for someone like Reinhard, the effect was extremely good. Reinhard's face clearly showed a look of hesitation.

“I…”

"How about this, Reinhardt? I want you to do this, and not without revenge. If you do it, then I will help you make up for the biggest regret in your heart. How about that?"

"Well, okay then. I agree."

Reinhard hesitated again and again, and the conditions given by Li Xuan became the last straw. In the end, he agreed to Li Xuan's request.

"That's right. You and Felt will discuss how to rebuild this country. I'll help you deal with external factors like the Witch Cult."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he took Emilia and the others and walked out of the royal city. Because of the commotion caused by Li Xuan's killing of the jealous witch Satira, the masterminds behind the scenes had already arrived outside the royal capital, and it was time for him to meet them.

“Li Xuan, why do you want Felt and Reinhard to change this country?”

Emilia didn't understand what Li Xuan's intention was.

"It's simple. Emilia, aren't you still clinging to the idea of racial equality and wanting to secure equal status for demihumans? Then, of course, I'll help you. Furthermore, those nobles and the Council of Sages aren't good people. I'm simply teaching them a lesson for their sneering sarcasm towards you, Emilia. I believe that Reinhard and Felt's social reforms will perfectly achieve both of these goals."

"Is that so? Thank you very much."

Emilia was deeply grateful for Li Xuan's thoughtfulness, but what she didn't know was that Li Xuan's initial idea for this was just a sudden whim after seeing Felt, a concept he gradually refined over time, a desire to teach a lesson to the Council of Sages and nobles he disliked. This lesson, however, was too heavy for them, as a misstep could lead to irreparable consequences.

Chapter 312 Preparations before the Decisive Battle

"What are we going to do now? Go back and cause trouble for Roswaal?"

After leaving the royal city, looking at the road back, Parker couldn't help but wonder, have the things in the royal capital been done?

"We don't need to look for him. He's already here. Not only him, but also Ram and Beatrice are with him. Also, the members of the Witch Cult, as well as the Witch of Falsehood Pandora and the Demon of Melancholy Hector behind them, are on their way to the capital."

Li Xuanyun said calmly that with so many people coming, he naturally wanted to accomplish his goal in one fell swoop.

"How is that possible? Beatrice hasn't been out for hundreds of years. And who are Pandora, the Witch of Falsehood, and Hector, the Demon of Melancholy?"

Parker's face was full of disbelief. Why were so many people rushing to the royal capital?

"Is it because the Witch of Jealousy, Satira, died too easily at my hands that you've forgotten her great reputation in this world? I didn't hide anything when I killed her. Now that the others know, they'll naturally come to the capital to investigate. Apart from anything else, the reason your sister Beatrice came here with Roswaal and Ram is naturally because the residual spirit of the Witch of Greed, Echidna, appeared before them. Following her instructions, they came to the capital to investigate my unknown existence. And what about the Witch of Deception, Pandora, and the Demon of Melancholy, Hector? They are the masterminds and the culprits behind influencing the Witch of Jealousy, Satira, to kill the other six witches and destroy half the world."

Li Xuan's words were lighthearted, but Parker couldn't take them lightly. Indeed, because the Jealous Witch Satira's death was so sudden and swift, leaving her powerless and like a salted fish, Parker had underestimated the impact of her demise. Almost all the world's strongest were rushing to the capital, the scene of the incident. Each of these people was not someone Parker could underestimate.

"Shouldn't we make some preparations?"

As soon as Parker said this, he patted his head and found that he had thought too much. He was scared by the reputation of these people and forgot how powerful Li Xuan was. Even the jealous witch Shatira could not survive one more round in Li Xuan's hands, let alone these people. They were indeed strong to Parker. He could not beat some of them, but for Li Xuan, it was just a matter of one or two moves.

"Indeed, we still need to prepare in advance, otherwise, it will be troublesome."

To Parker's surprise, Li Xuan readily accepted his proposal.

"What preparations do you need to make? They are very weak compared to you."

"Of course, it's not them that are important, but if I see them, then it will be very troublesome."

Li Xuan said solemnly that among these people were Emilia's adoptive father, the current Archbishop of Sloth - Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti, the past elf Hughes and Rem's sister Ram. If they wanted to change their past, it would be better to act before Li Xuan saw them. Otherwise, with his influence, it would be too troublesome to change the past.

"So let's go back and do what needs to be done, and then make the final arrangements."

As he spoke, Li Xuan took a step forward and led a few people forward.

Archbishop Hughes of Sloth is a member of the Witch Cult and an acquaintance of the "Great Sage" Frugel. He is easily agitated, having been described by Emilia in the past as prone to crying when drunk. Back then, he possessed a sturdy yet gentle appearance, a stark contrast to his current, frantic demeanor. About a hundred years ago, he and other Witch Cultists resided in the Fairy Forest for a long time, interacting with the fairies. He fell in love with Emilia's aunt Fortuna, and together they raised Emilia in her youth.

During their stay, the elves were attacked by Pandora, the Witch of Deceiver, and Regulus Corneas, the Archbishop of Greed. They also attracted the Black Serpent, one of the three great magical beasts, to attack the elven community. To combat Greed, Archbishop Sloth forcibly merged with the Witch Factor entrusted to him by the Sage, awakening the Invisible Hand. However, he was still no match for Greed, and Sloth was on the verge of death.

The Witch of Vain, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, used her power to rewrite reality, overturning the fact that Archbishop Greed had accompanied her on the attack on the elves, forcing Archbishop Greed to return. All of Archbishop Greed's interference with reality was reversed, and all of Sloth's injuries were restored because Archbishop Greed had never been here.

At the end of the battle, the Witch of Feint once again used her power to rewrite reality, causing Sloth to accidentally kill his beloved Fortuna and suffer a mental breakdown. Witnessing this, Emilia went berserk, unleashing a magical power so powerful it could even alter the weather, but was still no match for the Witch of Feint. Unable to achieve her goal, the Witch of Feint temporarily retreated, altering Emilia's memories before abducting the now-destroyed Archbishop of Sloth and brainwashing him. Emilia's continued uncontrollable magical outburst then froze the entire Great Forest of Eriol, where she remained until rescued by Puck a hundred years later.

"Are these my memories from the past?"

"So this is what Leah's past was like."

Emilia and Parker still feel very emotional about their past experiences.

"But your power is truly formidable. You can even modify the past."

"That's perfectly normal. Even I can't modify every world. However, due to the death and return of the Jealous Witch Satira, the time rules in this world have become very loose. I think going back to the past is easy. But even so, I can't make history develop in a completely different direction. I can only make certain minor changes while keeping the overall trend unchanged."

Li Xuan was somewhat helpless. With his legendary power, it was not difficult for him to make certain modifications to the past in the two-dimensional world where the rules of time were relatively loose. However, if he wanted to change the general trend, such as directly killing the False Witch Pandora here, it would be very difficult. He would be fine, but this would very likely cause the derivation of parallel world lines or the collapse of the world. Unlike the strong men on the other side, he could change the past at will without being stopped by other strong men on the other side, without caring about the influence of time and cause and effect, and reach the point where my will is the will of heaven, and my heart is the heart of heaven.

"So how do you plan to get lucky?"

Emilia also understood that she couldn't force the issue, but she still wanted to know what Li Xuan's specific approach was. She hoped that her aunt Fortuna and adoptive father Hughes wouldn't suffer too much pain.

Chapter 313: The Anger of the Greedy Archbishop

"It's simple. Most of what happened before doesn't need to be changed. We just need to slightly modify the ending at the end. Simply put, instead of Hughes killing Fortuna, we change it to Hughes severely injuring Fortuna. Then, as a child, you, filled with grief and anger, will go berserk and the magic power you unleash will be even more powerful. You can simply freeze all the elves, Fortuna, and Hughes together. This change is not too big, and the impact is not too great. We can still return to the correct time point."

Faced with Li Xuan's answer, Parker had a question.

"But the Archbishop of Sloth of the Witch Cult has disappeared. Is that okay? He still had a huge impact on subsequent history."

"Parker, are you kidding me? How could the Archbishop of Sloth of the Witch Cult disappear? He's just a puppet created by Pandora, the Witch of Deceiver. Without Hughes, she has other candidates. She just needs to transform him, and a fresh Archbishop of Sloth will appear."

The only important characters in this history are Emilia and the Witch of Falsehood, Pandora. The endings of others, such as Emilia's aunt Fortuna and her adoptive father Hughes, are actually insignificant. 360 "Is that so? I misjudged you. So are we going back now?"

"Of course not. The past of the little maid Rem also needs to be changed. Otherwise, Ram wouldn't stand on our side now."

Rem was a little touched. She didn't expect that Li Xuan could still think of a small person like her. Although she wanted to ask Li Xuan to help her past self, as a former maid of the Roswaal family, Rem, who had just leaned her head over, really had no position to speak. So Rem could only be sad in secret, but what she didn't expect was that Li Xuan was actually willing to help her and her sister Ram.

"Thank you."

Rem swore in her heart that she would find a way to repay Li Xuan's kindness.

Time began to flow forward for nearly a hundred years, and came to the Night of Fire, the time point when the Witch Cult attacked the ghost village. The young Ram was fighting while looking for the whereabouts of her sister Rem. Finally, she found Rem fighting with the Witch Cult believers near the back mountain of the village. She stood in front of the dangerous Rem and fought with the Witch Cult, then turned her head.

"Rem, I'm so glad you're okay.

She reached out a hand, wanting to touch the frightened Rem. But at that moment, with a swish, a flash of blood flew past, and the snow-white horn soared into the sky. Ram felt only a sharp pain. From then on, without the organ that absorbed magic energy from the atmosphere, Ram's full strength was almost completely lost, and her life was in danger.

In the eyes of Border Count Roswaal, everything was going smoothly, everything was proceeding according to his plan. Roswaal was confident that with the skills and experience honed over four hundred years, he couldn't possibly control two mere children. He believed that after tonight's experience, Ram, the most talented and powerful of the ghosts, would be his heir.

History should have been like this, but the actual situation was that Roswaal was just performing alone in front of the air. Right next to him, Li Xuan was talking to the young Ram, and the horn on her forehead was still intact and had not been cut off by the Witch Cult.

"Ram, have you remembered everything I said? Just follow this pervert and lie low. We'll see each other again in a few years."

"Really? Then, will we be able to see each other again?"

Ram was a little uneasy. To her, Li Xuan, who protected herself and her sister Rem from the mastermind Roswaal and the witch cultists, was simply her hero. But now they had to separate, which made Ram very uneasy.

"Of course, I said, I came back from the future to save you and Rem. I can't stay in this time and space forever. Only in the future can we truly meet."

"Okay, I understand. I will hide well and wait for the day when we meet again."

"Then I'll be leaving, Ram. Roswaal has been controlled by my illusion. You can continue to influence him through the means I left behind. He won't notice. Come on, Ram. We'll see you in the future."

Li Xuan hugged Ram gently, then turned around and disappeared into the air.

Ram looked at him reluctantly for a while, then turned around and sneered at Roswaal who was controlled by the illusion. It was he who forced Li Xuan and herself to separate. Don't blame her for being rude in the next few years.

On the other side, Li Xuan returned to the river of time and began to head towards the correct time node outside the royal capital a few years later.

Rem was silent. She saw the light in her younger sister's eyes, which was exactly the same as her current thinking. They both regarded Li Xuan as their hero, but there was only one Li Xuan. How should the two sisters divide him? Although Rem was very grateful for Ram's care in the past, she did not want to give in here when it came to Li Xuan.

However, seeing Emilia in front of her, Rem understood what choice she should make. If her sister was willing, Rem wanted to share her with Ram. After all, there was another Emilia before them, and she and Li Xuan seemed to have a very good relationship.

Back to the present, Li Xuan and Emilia walked another dozen kilometers before stopping. There were no people here, and the scenery was beautiful. It was a suitable burial place for Roswaal, several archbishops of the Witch Cult, the Witch of Falsehood Pandora, and the Melancholy Demon Hector.

"Why aren't you coming out yet? I've already shown up, aren't you all here to look for me? Roswaal and the Witch Cult."

In response to Li Xuan's call, Roswaal brought Ram and Beatrice, and several bishops of the Witch Cult came out from two places respectively.

When he saw Li Xuan, there was a slight fluctuation in Ram's eyes, but he quickly hid it and returned to his normal expression. He followed Roswaal silently.

"You blasphemer, you are so bold! Facing the witch's agent like me, you actually dare to actively provoke us."

Archbishop Regulus Cornia was deeply dissatisfied with Li Xuan's calm expression, feeling insulted. In the past, others would cry and beg for mercy when facing him, but Li Xuan was so calm. Was he looking down on him?

Chapter 314: The Two Parties United

Archbishop Regulus Cornea's arrogance and self-importance were naturally well-founded. As the Witch Cult's highest-ranking warrior and a leading force in the Re:Zero world, he possessed two powerful, mutually reinforcing powers: the Lion's Heart and the Little King. This power rendered him virtually invincible unless his powers were deciphered, rendering any attack against him ineffective. The essence of his invincibility lay in the stopping of time, a measure of the state of an object. Therefore, this effect essentially ensured that the state of the object remained unchanged from a given moment. In other words, it was an immutable power that prohibited change.

Another way to understand it is that this creates a separation between the object of action and the time and space of the world as a whole, and the object itself becomes a kind of spatial rupture.

The fighting power of the Archbishop of the Witch Cult is not necessarily inferior to that of the witch they represent. At least for the Greedy Witch Echidna, if she faces the Archbishop of the Witch Cult, Regulus Corneas, who is in charge of Greed, the Archbishop will win completely.

If the twelve witch archbishops were to fight each other, it might be that the Archbishop of Sin, Regulus Corneas, who was determined to take the blame, would win alone.

Even the Sword Saint Reinhardt, if he cannot break the power of the Greedy Archbishop Regulus Cornia, can only fight him to a 50-50 chance.

Therefore, such a powerful Archbishop of Greed, Regulus Cornia, naturally has the capital to be proud.

Therefore, even if Li Xuan killed the Witch of Jealousy, Satira, the Archbishop of Greed, Regulus Cornia, did not think he was that powerful. He only killed the Witch of Jealousy who was sealed and had no power to fight back. She could not threaten him.

"Brain-dead children are always a joy to behold, and I'm not particularly interested in arguing with a moron. And you, Roswaal, why did you come here? The spirit of Echidna, the Greedy Witch you've always dreamed of, has already appeared beside you, hasn't it? Why don't you live in seclusion with her? Why did you come out here and die?"

After the loss of Archbishop Petelgeuse Romanee-Conti, Li Xuan had no interest in the Witch Cult's eccentrics, including the Archbishop of Gluttony, the new Archbishop of Sloth, the Archbishop of Wrath, the Archbishop of Lust, and so on. He certainly didn't want to talk to Archbishop Regulus Cornea, the impulsive, nagging, mentally retarded, and mentally retarded child of Greed. Instead, he turned his gaze to Roswaal beside him.

The irritable, arrogant and conceited Archbishop of Greed, Regulus Cornia, certainly could not remain indifferent to Li Xuan's humiliation, but he was shocked by Li Xuan's nonchalant glance. He stood there speechless for a while. The other Archbishops of Sin were still shocked why the Archbishop of Greed did not react, but they did not know that a guy with a combat power of at most five digits would be directly defeated even if he was faced with a look of double digits, not to mention a mentally fragile idiot like the Archbishop of Greed.

"The teacher asked me to come here. You are a threat, beyond the scope of the Gospels' predictions. You could threaten the peaceful life of the teacher and me."

Although the words of Border Count Roswaal were calm, he had actually gone crazy. He had worked hard for hundreds of years, even going so far as to seize the bodies of his descendants to reincarnate from generation to generation. His heart was actually completely twisted, and he only had two obsessions: his teacher, the lustful witch Echidna, and the Gospel.

And now the residual soul of the greedy witch Echidna has come out in person, and Li Xuan has also exceeded the predicted range of the gospel that he has been acting according to. It can be said that Li Xuan has provoked all his life beliefs at once.

This is why Roswaal dared to attack Li Xuan. As for the confidence to dare to attack, it came from the full force of the several bishops of the Witch Cult. If he joined forces with them, even Li Xuan who killed the Jealous Witch Shatira would definitely not be their opponent.

"How about we team up to face this guy who can kill the Witch of Jealousy, Satira?"