Chapter 576: The Painting that Lanqi Wants to Show to Hyperion
Six days later.
In the magnificent manor of McCarthy on Lis Island, west of the Demon King's City, when the sky was still deep blue, Lanqi began his new day.
On the top floor of the mansion, his bedroom, a room with gorgeous decoration and exquisite furnishings, in addition to the sound of the waves outside the window, there is also the childish voice of the cat boss at the bedside.
"Today is the 28th day since you came to this shadow world."
"The news from the neighboring Kingdom of Bliss and the Polant Empire is not optimistic."
"And as a little Lanqi, the only thing you can do is to exert your attraction and complete your mission in the demon world."
The cat boss started today's broadcast again.
"Okay, cat boss, I know."
Lanqi gently pressed the cat boss's head, walked on the carpet, walked through the spacious bedroom, and came to the closet near the entrance.
Carefully selected clothes.
In the end, he chose a dark gray Protoss-style suit with a silver pattern embroidered on the tie. The tailoring was perfect, which looked both formal and solemn.
"Salute to the legendary sealer Asksan, this dark grey coat is really nice."
The mirror reflected Ranchi's face with a slight smile, his eyes flashing with determination and desire for today's goal.
"Meow, he may not want to be saluted by you."
The cat boss jumped to Ranchi's feet and looked at him. He felt that Ranchi's glowing demon posture plus Asksan's style of dress really looked like a cardinal.
It's a pity that Ranchi is still far from a real cardinal.
"He has no objection."
Ranchi commented.
"..."
The cat boss didn't want to answer Ranchi's words.
It only cared about the scoreboard of the three of them again, poking it from time to time.
[Public opinion: 276→565/1000 (popular support and cohesion)]
[House of Representatives: 227→176/1000 (support of senior officials in the Polant Empire)]
[Military strength: 124→182/1000 (with the Honing Empire as a reference)]
[Finance: 236→323/1000 (the current productivity of the Polant Empire)]
[Diplomacy: 115→232/1000 (diplomatic relations with the Demon Realm and surrounding countries that have not surrendered)]
[Overall chance of winning: 0.0013%]
Boss Cat now has to stare at it several times a day, fearing that it will fall.
With Lanqi's unremitting efforts, the current chance of winning has finally shown a number.
But it is still extremely far from 1%, and even this distance makes it feel desperate.
Since Lanqi left the Polant Empire, [Public opinion] is still rising, and the speed of growth is getting faster and faster.
And [House of Representatives] is still slowly falling.
It may be because of the extreme success of the diplomacy of the orc city-states, each city-state has added about 20 [Diplomacy].
At the same time, it seems that because of the concerted efforts of the diplomacy, the alliance's [Military Strength] and [Finance] have been improved.
Since Lanqi himself has not yet revealed that he belongs to the Polant Empire and the anti-blood clan forces in the demon world, the veins he has obtained in the demon world have not been settled in the [Diplomacy] item.
Twenty-eight days have passed in the total of forty-five days in the shadow world, and this progress makes the cat boss nervous.
Success or failure can be said to be today!
"Lanqi meow, you must rescue Xu Bao!"
The little black cat urged.
Today's royal ceremony will be related to Hyperion's freedom.
In addition to the great demons in the current demon world who will compete for the royal family's engagement, the tenth ancestor of the blood clan, Marquis Ulises, will also intervene and want to marry the only remaining royal family of the demon clan.
The ceremony does not require painting on the spot, as it takes time and is difficult to predict. Fallen Lord wants the great demons to choose their favorite occasions to paint, and submit them before the ceremony is finalized. The paintings will be submitted to the sealed golden cabinet on the first floor of the Regent Hall of the Royal Palace, and she, Fallen Lord, will open the seal and judge the painting at the ceremony today, allowing the princess to publicly choose her favorite painting.
Now it can be said that the string has been finalized, and the ceremony will come to an end after the result is revealed at a ceremony.
When the princess looked at the painting, she did not know who painted the painting.
This is a blind selection.
At that time, Fallen Lord will naturally judge who the magic power on the painting belongs to, and determine the time when the painting will be completed based on the nature of the magic power.
"Don't worry, I'm painting with all my strength this time."
Lanqi picked up the little black cat on the ground and said to it with confidence.
"Meow meow."
The cat boss knew that Lanqi had locked himself in the room most of the time this week, except for the necessary talks with the dignitaries of the demon world.
But it didn't see what Lanqi drew specifically.
After the painting was finished, he sealed it up, and with the help and guidance of a minister with whom he had a close personal relationship, he sent it directly to the sealed gold cabinet in the Regent Hall on the first floor of the palace.
According to him, he wanted Hyperion to see it first.
Although the cat boss had seen Lanqi's paintings, it was taken away by Lanqi before it was carefully appraised in the North Continent. In the South Continent, it didn't dare to appraise it and ran away. This time, it wanted to see the grade of the artwork created by Lanqi.
If it was a work of art, it was full of confidence in Lanqi, this evil boy. In such a short period of time, as long as the great demons and the tenth ancestor did not create a sacred-level artwork, it believed that Lanqi would win!
One person and one cat walked downstairs. In the huge restaurant, the breakfast of the McCarthy Palace Restaurant was ready.
Lan Qi sat down at the dining table next to the floor-to-ceiling glass, thinking about the upcoming schedule. His eyes occasionally looked through the window at the deep purple sky of the eclipse and the dull sea.
Today, due to the visit of the ancestor of the blood clan, the demon king city Nekalis also opened the barrier sky.
Of course, the main venue for the royal ceremony is held in the Naikalis Palace. For the vampires, even in the daytime, there is no difference in a solid indoor, let alone the Demon Realm Palace with a protective barrier.
Not long after, Lan Qi finished his breakfast. He put down the tableware, wiped the corners of his mouth with a square towel, straightened his tie, stood up and took the coat handed to him by the butler.
Before dawn outside the window, the sun's path has been blocked by the blood moon, the light on the eastern horizon has become hazy, and the entire Demon King's City seems to have fallen into twilight.
Just as Lan Qi walked to the door of the palace lobby and was about to open the door and leave, he heard the sound of soft footsteps behind him and Lan Qi turned around.
I saw Sigre, still wearing a nightcap and bleary-eyed, running over to see him off.
"Bon voyage, Rocky."
She rubbed her eyes and shook her little hands.
Sigre has turned into a demon using a card-like mysterious magic prop that Lan Qi gave her.
He looks like a pure wolf demon.
"Please help me look after the house."
Lan Qi said to her.
Sigre was silent for a while.
"I feel that today is very dangerous... Two terrifying vampires have come to the capital of the Demon Realm... You have to be careful."
Sigre's sleepiness gradually dissipated, and her eyes became obviously uncomfortable and worried. Although she didn't want to wrinkle Lan Qi's ironed coat, she still gently grabbed the corner of his clothes.
Cunning vampires often don't just come here for a visit.
They have unlimited and sufficient capital to gamble and fill their pride and desires that can never be satisfied.
She remembered that last time, on an ordinary and comfortable day, she said goodbye to her father early like this. She thought that her father would come back very early, bring her gifts, play with her, and tell her stories.
And that was the last time she saw her father.
"I understand, thank you."
Lan Qi squatted down, looked at her and said.
"come back earlier."
She nodded.
Lan Qi smiled at her, waved goodbye to her, and walked out of the mansion.
There is still one chapter left to finish, so try to finish it before twelve o'clock