The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

Li was in the royal capital, waiting for the enemy who might come to him.

However, the royal capital operated normally every day, and not even a single extra soldier was added to the streets.

Li believed that he had left enough flaws, and the increasingly cheerful children around him were the biggest flaw.

But no one came to search the newly opened orphanage, and no clergy came here to give alms.

At this point, Li understood one thing.

The person standing behind the scenes and constantly reaching out to Li has definitely not a simple purpose.

"Master, what are you thinking about?"

"Xiao Li, if someone deliberately makes your life difficult but doesn't actually kill you, what is the reason for doing so?"

Xiaoli was full of questions, not knowing why Li could bring up such a complicated question.

Each word can be well understood if you read it separately.

Putting them together confused Xiaoli.

“How could anyone do that?”

“Someone really did that.”

Seeing Li's serious expression, Xiaoli tried to put herself into the situation Li described.

After thinking carefully for a while, Xiaoli came to a conclusion.

"This man must be crazy, there's no way he can think normally!"

Hearing Xiaoli say this, Li laughed happily.

Li and Xiaoli came to the same conclusion, so the mastermind that Li had been carefully guarding against was probably a psychopath.

Li picked up the Book of the Dead, held it in his hands and played with it patiently.

Li used to think this thing was a bit scary, but after making a judgment, Li felt that his previous nervousness made him look like a mentally retarded person.

"Master Li! There is an invitation to the Earl's banquet!"

Xiaoli's adoptive mother handed Li an invitation letter. Li took it and saw clear words written on it.

"Have you specially invited Master Li, the Ice Blade of the North, to be the head chef for this banquet..."

Li was active in the royal capital, using the identity of a chef.

Previously, Li worked in a restaurant, helping the injured chef prepare main courses and desserts.

The dinner was for the Marquis's brothers and his family, and word of Li's cooking skills spread quickly.

Nowadays, Li has become famous in the royal capital, and many noble families will try to invite Li when they want to hold a banquet.

Because the food that came from the north was really delicious, even if the chefs in the royal capital wanted to learn northern cuisine, they would not be able to catch up in a short period of time.

"Master Li, do you want to refuse?"

"No, there's nothing important to do recently, let's go join in the fun~"

Li put on a coat hand-made by a high-end tailor, took his own maid, and took a carriage to the inner city of the royal capital.

The kingdom built a new capital city in the northern continent, and the street facilities are all new.

You can't see many classical buildings here, only those deliberately built in antique styles.

The gate tower separating the inner and outer cities of the royal capital is engraved with a pattern of a giant axe, which is a copy of the weapon of the kingdom's founder, the first king.

However, some say that the axe does not represent the first king of mankind, but the executioner axe that killed the previous royal family.

This pattern is hung above the heads of all those entering the inner city to warn them to be careful with their heads and not to have any evil thoughts.

Li didn't care at all what the truth of the matter was.

All Lee cared about was the magical power within the royal capital.

After the carriage entered the inner city, the magic towers built and maintained by magicians were lined up and attracted the attention.

These magic towers constantly flash magical light, maintaining the temperature, moisture, and law and order in the inner city.

"That's great! I've never seen such majestic magic towers in the North! There must be hundreds of them in total, right?"

"Yes~ Only in the capital can you see such a spectacular sight. In other metropolises, there are only a few magic towers."

A senior butler opened the car door for Li and communicated with him in a very cordial manner.

"It's a great power that is hard for mortals to describe. I heard that the old capital of the southern continent is known as the City of a Thousand Towers. I wonder if there are as many as a thousand magic towers?"

"this…"

The old capital was a taboo for all nobles, and no one wanted to talk about this topic.

After all, historically speaking, all the nobles who abandoned their lands in the Southern Continent and fled to the Northern Continent were sinners of humanity.

"I'm here just to cook today. Just tell me where the kitchen is."

Li deliberately brought up embarrassing things to extinguish the other party's intention to win him over.

If Li wants to get along well in the royal capital, he must interact with the nobles.

But Li didn't want to have too much to do with these people.

Under deliberate control, everything is going smoothly.

The capital city was peaceful, but that didn't mean the entire kingdom was peaceful.

...

A bat fluttered into Lilith's home. Lilith, who was playing cards with everyone, waved her hand and asked the bat to fly closer to her.

The cards were still being played on the table, and the bat that landed on Lilith's shoulder slowly merged into Lilith's body.

As the bats completely merged, Lilith was stunned, and then smashed the bad cards in her hand.

The card table was overturned on the spot, and no one could confirm what cards had just been played.

"Stop playing around! Brother Li sent a message back, asking us to act according to the plan!"

The card-playing friends glared at Lilith for cheating, and then threw the cards in their hands.

"How's the situation over there, Lee?"

Theresa asked about Li's situation. She was worried that without Li in charge, these messy people around him would ruin Li's plans.

Lilith didn't respond to Theresa's question. She bit her fingertips and used her blood to condense a map floating in the air.

The map depicts the general situation of the northern continent, and the entire human kingdom is included in it.

Lilith manipulated the color of blood cells, making the southern part of the map more bright red.

"The kingdom has already issued an appointment to have a marquis take over the original Dalai family and manage Windmill Bay and the nearby territories. The kingdom has realized that using a tough approach doesn't work, so they used their self-righteous brains to come up with such a shabby idea!"

For now, the kingdom does hold the power of appointment in the North, so there is nothing wrong with sending a marquis to take over the territory.

“I have to say, this method is very effective.”

If the kingdom sends people to hold them accountable, the people of Windmill Bay will definitely unite with Lord Lucy and stand up together to oppose.

This result has been fully reflected in previous conflicts.

However, when it comes to the lord's power of appointment, the problem is confined to the nobles themselves.

If the marquis sent by the kingdom is a smart man and publicly guarantees that he will continue the existing system in the North after taking over, the people's hostility towards his successor will be greatly reduced.

It will become more difficult for Lucy to gain public support as before.

After all, when things don't happen to them, most people will definitely wait and see.

"What are you all worried about? Brother Li has already formulated a response strategy. Do you have so little confidence in him?!"

Lilith, who already regarded Li as her fiancé, was the person who trusted Li the most in the whole audience.

And even if the plan fails, Lilith, a vampire, can just spread her wings and fly away.

Others who have taken root in this land of the North are not as blind as Lilith.

Lucy, who was bearing the pressure directly, sighed silently.

"Can we still live a good life?"