Becoming a winner in life starts with becoming a shadow

With Alexia's promise, Alice felt relieved.

After all, the reputation of the neighboring prince Levi is really bad. Even the people of his country call him the stupid prince. How good can this reputation be?

Alice was desperate every time she thought about becoming the prince's fiancée since she was a child.

After all, no woman does not admire the strong, and they all hope that their future partner can be excellent and perfect.

It's better for ordinary people to face the unknown future, after all, they don't know what their partner will be like before they meet.

But Alice knew it since she was a child. If it weren't for the need for financial assistance from neighboring countries, she would never be willing to fulfill the duties and obligations of the princess.

Fortunately, things have taken a turn for the better now. Even if the marriage is still not autonomous, it is at least acceptable to Alice to replace a waste prince with a low evaluation with a brave candidate with a good reputation.

After all, for the former, he is the one who asks for help, and he can't be tough when facing the other party, because the initiative is not in his hands.

But for the latter, the situation is completely different. Once the Demon King is defeated in this era and the Demon King's army is eliminated, the importance of the Hero Candidate is dispensable.

In other words, facing the Hero Candidate, the initiative has returned to Alice's own hands.

Of course, the most pleasing thing for Alice here is the solution mentioned by Alexia.

Let the prince of the neighboring country take the initiative to speak, which means that the neighboring country at least cannot find an excuse to start a war from herself.

In this way, when intervening in Alcanretia in the future, it will be difficult for others to find an excuse to attack herself.

Thinking of this, Alice immediately said to Alexia: "Sir Alexia, I don't know if it's convenient for you. I just plan to go to a neighboring country to ask for economic assistance recently."

"It depends on the time of Her Royal Highness the Princess. I'm always here." Alexia replied lightly.

"Then please go back and wait for notification, Sir Alexia." Alice said immediately.

"Okay!" Alexia said nothing more, and stood up to say goodbye.

After leaving the palace, Alexia teleported to Axel, because at this moment, Reed and Claire had returned to Axel from Alcanretia.

"Master, the situation is just as it was just conveyed. The kingdom took the initiative to propose two territories, which should be a layout for the post-demon king era." After seeing Reed and others, Alexia sat down and said to Reed.

"Although the situation is a little beyond my expectations, it is also a good thing for us." Reed nodded.

"It's just a pity that we can't get the management rights of Alcanretia." Claire on the side couldn't help but sigh.

"Even if it was given to Yu Jian Xiangye, he couldn't hold it." Alexia has understood Yu Jian Xiangye through this period of time, and has realized that his personality can't stand in the aristocratic circle at all.

"Yes, even if we give it to him, he will be sidelined by the people below sooner or later. But the territory rights are not important to us, so there is no need to care about it." Li De shook his head directly.

Even if Eris and Aqua, who will stay in this world and not return to the God Realm, are not very strong, they are backed by the God Realm of a higher level.

So once the mission is completed, Li De will not leave any personnel in this world.

If it were not for this, Alexia would not have told Alice that she was only acting as the lord temporarily.

"That's right, by the way, Master, do I have a reward?" Alexia asked Li De casually.

"You can have this!" Li De nodded.

After all, Alexia completed the mission this time pretty well.

This good does not mean that Alexia won two territories for the Axis Cult to gain a foothold, but that she kept the trump card of rejuvenation medicine that she originally planned to take out during the negotiation.

Although there is nothing wrong with taking this thing out, it will always cause some trouble.

Therefore, there is no doubt that there is a merit, but it is not great. After all, the rejuvenation drug is not a precious good thing in Li De's hands.

This is also the reason why Li De said that it is possible.

It means that there is a merit, but it is not great, so don't expect to make any excessive demands.

"Master, I still have a few quotas that have not been used. Can you recommend me?" Alexia certainly knew that the merit was not great and she certainly couldn't make high demands, but it was okay to let Li De waste his brain.

"I don't feel that there is a suitable recommendation in this world." Li De thought about it and shook his head.

"Indeed, the powerful ones can't use slave contracts, and the contracts can be used but have no attractive characteristics." Esdeath on the side nodded in agreement.

After all, when she dealt with Alderp, she met the demon duke Maxwell.

This demon duke feeds on pain and despair, and is indeed very suitable to be raised by Esdeath.

In fact, after learning about the details of the Demon Duke from Reed, Esdeath had set her sights on him, but when she wanted to use the Slave Scroll, she found that she couldn't open it in front of Maxwell.

At that time, Esdeath also looked for Reed for this, but Reed couldn't do anything. After all, he knew that the cards produced by the system had limits.

So Reed was not surprised that the slave contract could not bind the Duke of Hell.

Because if the slave contract was really that powerful, Li De would have dared to make plans for Aqua and Eris.

In the Suqing world, apart from the demons, there is really not much value in the contract for other people.

Take the Red Demon Clan for example. They are cyborgs, and their talents are all focused on magic, which is the least needed in Li De's team.

In addition, the entire clan, except for Youyou, are all senior middle school students. There is not much use for contracts with such people, and it will damage Li De's reputation.

As for ordinary adventurers, their overall personal qualities are too poor.

It is better to choose ninjas from the Naruto world than to choose these people. Just pick a Genin and after the same transformation, the overall strength is definitely stronger than the adventurers in this world.

In addition, Li De has always been a little taboo about people who walk in the world of gods, so he has never planned to add contractors in this world from the beginning.

"Is there no suitable person in this world? When there is a suitable object, the master must not forget it." Alexia did not look disappointed, but said immediately.

"Okay, I'll remember it." Li De nodded. "Alexia, after you accompany Alice to a neighboring country and let Prince Levi take the initiative to cancel his engagement with Alice, the ancient kingdom of Belzer will be able to finalize the territory, right?" Miyano Shiho asked.

"If there are no accidents, it should be like this, but I may not be able to temporarily take over as the lord. Judging from the other party's intention, they should take advantage of the engagement ceremony to directly divide Axel and Alcanretia to Sato Kazuma and Miken Hibiki.

At that time, the actual managers of the two territories should be Darkness's father Ignis and the little princess herself, so Victoria, you'd better speed up the integration of the territory's political and religious integration. I'm afraid we don't have much time left." Alexia thought for a while and replied.

"I know, but these things can't be done overnight. If they are done too quickly, it will be easy to make mistakes. In addition, the people in Axel also need time to adapt, so don't rush." ​​Victoria replied lightly.

"Alexia, don't rush Victoria, she has done her best. On the contrary, it is better for you to delay a little and give Victoria more time." Li De was very satisfied with Victoria's work progress.

Although it has only been more than half a month since the work started, Victoria has now entered the stage of "once the eggs stop, the faith is reset to zero".

Of course, this statement only applies to the modern world, and in the Suqing world, faith is impossible to be reset to zero.

Because eggs cannot stop, although daily prayers may not necessarily give eggs, there will definitely be no shortage of small things.

According to Victoria's external statement, although people spontaneously believe in gods, as a church serving gods, it is necessary to be grateful to believers.

After all, it is precisely because of the believers' faith that gods can become more powerful, so the church needs to give back to believers, even if it is only a little bit within its capacity, but it is always a thought.

Although it seems that the church without any income has to pay money every day, in fact, after the integration of politics and religion, the church's property comes from the output of the territory.

The output of the territory comes from the hard work of the people in the territory.

So in simple terms, this little bit of kindness is actually a small part of the taxes paid by the people in the territory, and it is returned to these people.

But with or without this intention, the results are completely different.

You should know that all the small things given to the believers who come to pray are purchased from the stores in the territory.

And the increase in sales of the stores means paying more taxes, so the actual daily expenditure is not that large.

On the contrary, it has stimulated domestic demand and also improved the happiness index of the people in the territory.

Don't underestimate the little things every day, this is an unprecedented concession by the lord.

Although this will make the lord earn less, it will consolidate the rule of the territory very well.

A lord who only plunders and exploits the people in the territory and a lord who gives small favors every day, who is more popular, you don't need to compare.

Especially in this process, the people basically don't need to pay any extra price.

After all, praying to the goddess and offering faith is equivalent to giving the body a rest in disguise.

Besides, there is not so much nightlife in the Suqing world. Taking some time to pray and receive small items is equivalent to making money in your free time.

That is to say, the church of the Axis Cult is still relatively remote and cannot radiate the entire town of Axel for the time being.

But even so, there are still many people who are willing to cross the entire town to come to the church.

After the Adventurer's Guild in the center of the city is moved later, the church of the Axis Cult can easily cover the entire town.

In fact, Victoria's three tricks have already stunned the missionaries of the Eris Cult.

After all, one side is asking for money, while the other side not only does not want money, but also provides free medical treatment and distributes small items every day.

The number of believers going to the Eris Church every day is directly decreasing rapidly in a straight line.

Especially after Victoria replaced the Axis Cult's rotten doctrine with a more positive statement, the people in Axel are more likely to accept the Axis Cult's doctrine.

The current doctrine is that the goddess understands the suffering of the people, so her purpose is to reduce the spiritual burden, hoping to guide believers to face every day of life with a more positive attitude.

In this way, the doctrine problem is solved, and there are small favors and free clinics going hand in hand. It is a miracle that the believers of the Church of Eris can withstand it.

After all, for the real grassroots people, those high-ranking people far away from the grassroots are far less popular than these small favors.

Believing in Eris only gives them a little comfort in their hearts, but they are still poor and can't live.

But believing in the Axis Cult can see a change in life for the better, even if it is only a little, it is better than having only illusory spiritual comfort.

And they are all goddesses, and everyone who believes in them will be protected. After all, Eris is Aqua's junior.

It is common sense that the seniors are more powerful!

When people want to change their beliefs, they can find any excuse.

"I understand. Although the trip to the neighboring country may not delay the time, it can be done after returning. After all, the goddess will definitely be present at these two grand engagement ceremonies. We just need to set up some obstacles in between."

Alexia knows so many solutions to small problems such as delaying time.

"Sid, now that Alcanretia has been included in the sphere of influence of the Axis Cult, should Victoria send someone over?" Claire asked Reed.

"Alexia, what do you think?" Reed asked Alexia.

"I think the princess will not reject this method of quickly taking control of the territory. After all, she is not short of money. I will have a good discussion with her on the way. As for sending people, there is no need.

After all, Alcanretia is the base camp of the Axis Cult. There are a lot of fanatics. In fact, as long as we deal with those unreliable church leaders, it is easy to develop the church.

We should not intervene in such favorable conditions. After all, the princess must be very happy to make Alcanretia an iron plate. We have to let her feel a sense of accomplishment."

After listening to Alexia's words, Li De nodded. He actually did not prefer to send people there.

After all, sending people there now will make the princess suspicious, which is not good.

It is better to focus all your attention on Axel, the backup.