Chapter 2992 The Liberated Udinos

After a long time of thinking, the young "Hive Mother's Eye" finally made a decision.

Inanna neither chose to "pass the fire" nor "extinguish the fire", but found a path that even her adoptive mother had never imagined:

The choice of "passing fire" or "extinguishing fire" is left to all citizens of Udinos to make a joint decision.

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On the second day after Qiao An returned to the Magic Eye Nest City with her adopted daughter to quell the turmoil, that is, in the early morning of February 22, 1628, the surface time, the hall of the council rang the bell again, calling for the nobles of the city to gather.

Just yesterday, the beholder nobles witnessed Mitra's former beholder queen, Ishtar, mercilessly executing the three warlords who refused to respond to the call. , who dares to disobey orders?

Within half an hour, the warlords and nobles in the city rushed to the meeting place with their subspecies beholder servants in their respective territories.

Today, Prime Minister Saoirse is presiding over the council, Mitra and Inanna are also present, and the atmosphere in the venue is extremely serious.

Seeing that everyone has arrived, Saoirse announced the convening of the general assembly of Udinos citizens, and all citizens will "vote to decide where the future of Magic Eye Nest City will go."

Hearing His Excellency the Prime Minister's announcement of today's topic, the meeting hall suddenly exploded, and the warlords and nobles couldn't help discussing in a low voice.

The council system of Udinos has been established for many years.

The beholders in the city nominally have the right to attend the council and participate in the decision-making of public affairs, but in fact such a mobilizing "general meeting" is rarely held, and daily affairs are usually held in the "executive meeting" composed of the prime minister and the warlords. "On the discussion, the formed motion will finally have to be approved by the Supreme before it can become a decree.

If the Supreme intends to be dictatorial, he can completely ignore the Prime Minister and the Overseers, let alone the Citizens' Assembly.

In the final analysis, Udinos' council system is just a lazy tool set up by Ishtar to get rid of tedious official duties, and it does not really limit the power of the Beholder Queen as an autocratic monarch.

In the past few years, Udinos has held a handful of citizens' meetings. The topics discussed are of course important, and the votes are decent. will be executed.

Because of these unpleasant precedents, the beholders who were summoned early this morning couldn't help complaining at first when they learned that there was going to be a meeting, and they were unwilling to waste time on such boring things.

In the noisy hall, most of the beholders showed bored expressions.

This certainly reflects their indifference to public and political affairs, but why is it because they are discouraged and know that their vote is just a formality and will not play any practical role. Over time, who will have the enthusiasm to participate in such activities?

Seeing the attitude of her compatriots, Saoirse couldn't help sighing.

In fact, she was the one who disliked today's topic the most among all the beholders, and had a fierce quarrel with Inanna for this reason.

Reluctantly, Mitra supported the idea that her adopted daughter was so naive that it was almost absurd. The Prime Minister had no choice but to bite the bullet and hold a meeting.

Knowing that the hope is slim, Saoirse can only hope that her compatriots will treat the significant ballot in their hands carefully, based on long-term considerations, for themselves, for all the clansmen, for future generations, and for the future of Demon Eye Nest City , make a rational choice.

Saoirse knocked hard on the conference table, the discussion in the hall gradually subsided, and the eyes of the beholders focused on His Excellency the Prime Minister. Their superficial respect could not conceal their inner boredom.

These "house girls" are all looking forward to finishing the cutscene quickly, and it doesn't matter what the topic is, as long as it doesn't interfere with closing the door and "squatting at home".

In the bored atmosphere, Saoirse announced loudly that today's topic is voting:

"Support the orthodox successor of His Majesty Ishtar—His Royal Highness Inanna—to be crowned as the new queen of Udinos, or completely abolish the succession of the throne and transform Udinos into a noble and republic city-state."

As soon as the Prime Minister's words fell, the council hall was suddenly silent.

The beholders first looked at each other in astonishment, doubting their own ears, and then burst into exclamation, almost toppling the roof.

Vote to abolish Udinos' monarchy?

Is it real, or a prank?

At first, the beholders played their delusional nature of being persecuted and suspected that this was a trap set by Saoirse, Mitra and Inanna, a sinister scam to test the loyalty of the beholders in the name of a "referendum" Afterwards, those who dared to vote against were picked out and slaughtered one by one to eliminate hidden dangers.

Saoirse saw that the compatriots were suspicious, so she winked at Joan and Inanna, and the three of them publicly swore that the Great Mistress would testify in the Internet and would never interfere with the choices of the compatriots, let alone settle accounts after the fall!

Facing the dubious eyes of the beholders, Saoirse then read out the voting rules:

"The ballot box is set in the anti-magic field to ensure that voters are not affected by enchantment spells such as 'spiritual control', and fully follow their own preferences and make rational choices."

"The votes are kept secret, and after the voting process is over, the votes will be publicly counted on the spot to ensure that any form of fraud is avoided."

"The warlords and nobles have one vote per person, and one vote for subspecies beholders counts as half."

As for the slave group, which is more numerous than beholders and subspecies beholders combined, Joan originally wanted to give them voting rights, but Saoirse resolutely opposed it, emphasizing that slaves are not Udinos's. Full citizens, not eligible to vote.

To take a step back, even if slaves have the right to vote, the votes in their hands cannot reflect their own wishes. They are just the votes of their respective masters. Before they get rid of their slave status, whether they have the right to vote has no practical significance.

In fact, even the subspecies of beholders had voting rights in name only. As vassals of nobles, the vast majority of them, even if they went against their hearts, would eventually vote in accordance with the instructions of their respective masters.

Two hours later, the results of the vote came to light.

In the end, except for Slaoga and Lashnu, less than 20 beholders voted for it, and most of the other beholders voted to reject Inanna's rule.

They wish to abolish the position of supremacy completely, so that they can hide in the bottom of the well and live a clean life in the future, and will no longer be forced to participate in public life.

The result of this vote made Inanna feel a little disappointed. The young "Hive Mother's Eye" originally thought that she would get more supporters.

It didn't hurt, though, Inanna's main feeling was relief.

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