Teresis Sensed That Something Was Wrong. / Shapeshifter: These Siblings Are So Stingy. I Should Have Gone to Work for Master Huang.

The pent-up pressure was finally released, and it was almost retaliatory, spiraling out of control.

Like the pressure being released, the emotions in his heart gradually solidified into a tangible form within the Demon King's soul...

Because Master Huang was truly gentle, reaching a state of near perfection in his actions, tone of voice, and even character.

At least that's what Theresia thought, especially Kazdel, which gradually improved under her influence, with its economic growth rate surpassing its historical peak in almost a year.

It's like she's been suppressed for a long time and then suddenly gets released, which makes her become somewhat extreme.

It seems that a safe haven has finally been found, although this safe haven is, strictly speaking, someone else's private property.

Just like in the original storyline where they acquired the Doctor as a super worker, the speed of the power transfer exceeded everyone's imagination.

It's easy to imagine how terrible the pressure Theresia faced every day when she had no talent at her disposal.

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Chapter 194 Teresis sensed something was amiss.

One year after Theresia first came to work for the Speaker.

To be precise, it should be two years after this month.

Teresis eventually noticed something strange, because her sister's demeanor had changed considerably, and she was reading some odd books about postpartum care.

Is this a relationship?

But it doesn't seem like it. If it were a romantic relationship, he wouldn't stop it.

No one can deceive the Demon King, who possesses telepathic abilities; he is willing to support his sister as long as she is happy.

The strange thing is that Theresia never mentioned this to her brother, and her demeanor is not like that of someone who is married.

Could it be that she's keeping a gigolo on the side?

Teresis thought this was even more unlikely; her own sister had no reason to be so cautious.

More importantly, Theresia has changed almost all of her clothes in the last two years, even though she hasn't changed them in decades.

The wardrobe now contains dozens of different outfits with styles from various countries.

At the same time, they pay more attention to their appearance and often wear long dresses that show off their figure.

This is very abnormal, extremely abnormal!

It wasn't that Teresis didn't want her sister to rest; on the contrary, he knew exactly how tired Theresia.

Recently, Theresia has had much less work to do because the other two Lord of the Royal Court have been involved in national administration.

Having more free time to do what you like is a win-win situation.

But for some reason, ever since I had contact with that so-called the Speaker, I have to go out for inspections every two months, or even once a month.

Every time he came back, it was as if he had suddenly become enlightened. He didn't need to draft any kind of administrative policy; he would write one and have everyone follow it directly.

It runs perfectly, leaving no room for criticism.

"I feel like my sister has been acting a bit strange lately, even her clothes have become more daring. Do any of you feel the same way?"

In the dimly lit room, Teresis voiced her question to the assembled Lord of the Royal Court.

In reality, there were only three members of the Royal Court present.

Blood Demon, Shapeshifter, Corpse Eaters.

It's the same old three things, after all, there are only a few of them left Lord of the Royal Court in the capital.

Dukare gave a look as if he were evading taxes. "I think it's quite normal. Her Highness is considered young among us, and she is also a woman. Everyone loves beauty, so there's no need to be so harsh on her."

Nizere nodded slowly, seemingly agreeing with the viewpoint of the tax evader next to him.

The Shapeshifter Collective remained silent, but they had guessed something.

Meanwhile, he silently complained to himself: That guy is really lecherous, he doesn't even spare His Highness, but why didn't my seduction work back then? I ended up suffering tentacle torture for nothing!

Everyone at the meeting had their own ulterior motives, but no one dared to say anything.

Theresia must never let Teresis know that she is being kept by the Speaker ".

The many Lord of the Royal Court present did not want to return to the pre-war period.

Thanks to Master Huang's billions in subsidies, Kazdel's economic situation is booming.

Although the living environment remains harsh and Catastrophe are still frequent, at least they don't suffer from hunger.

Strictly speaking, Theresia was being kept, but it wasn't the kind of keeping that was just for fun and then discarded. Although she lost face as the Demon King, the loss of face was only for now.

Once she's officially promoted, as long as the two Leis present don't leak any information, who would know that Theresia is currently selling her "dignity"?

No, according to the Victorians, this was called a little frivolity among the nobility.

After all, the novels popular in Victoria and Kazimierz, especially various chivalric romances, often featured a protagonist with a mistress.

"Both of Your Highnesses saved this country when they were young, so they have experienced many things that children don't. Don't worry, Your Highnesses' wisdom is unmatched. Perhaps it really is just some girlish whims."

Dukare continued, while simultaneously poking the Shapeshifter and Nizere next to him hard with the tentacles under his feet.

You two shut your mouths and get to the point! Why am I the only one left explaining?

If anything goes wrong with the plan, even if you two are chopped up from head to toe, you probably won't sell for much money.

The Shapeshifter transformed into a large, sticky, green slime and spat out a ledger from its body.

The ledger is decorated with all sorts of lace, and the cover features a very cute slime face.

After spitting out the ledger, the Shapeshifter Collective then transformed into a very elegant and voluptuous beauty.

She glared at Teresis with her beautiful emerald green eyes, seemingly determined not to let him leave without paying.

"Your Highness Teresis, shouldn't you pay me back for the wages I've been working for these past few years? You made me dig trenches during the last war, and you owe me for that wages for almost two years."

When asked the question, Teresis looked at the voluptuous beauty in front of her and looked embarrassed.

So you have to pay for this?

Shapeshifter are practically the cornerstone of the development of some projects in Kazdel; they are moved wherever they are needed.

Furthermore, due to their physical limitations and lack of the dignity befitting Royal Court, they are essentially equivalent to heavy machinery in many situations.

The Lord of the Royal Court is indeed qualified to handle heavy machinery, but the problem is that he can't be hired. Only the Shapeshifter are willing to work illegally for money.

However, Teresis never gave the Shapeshifter a single penny, always saying he owed him, and even thought the latter was joking with him.

After all, he never imagined that Shapeshifter, ancient Immortals, would care so much about these material possessions.

So it's been delayed until now.

As the rulers of Kazdel, our Royal Court's every action is aimed at making the country more prosperous. Why should we give them money?

It's normal to pay ordinary soldiers, after all, they are just ordinary people who need to make a living.

But our Royal Court must maintain its dignity and uphold its integrity!

"Speaking of which, Your Highness Teresis, when will you settle my salary?"

I recall that your sister implemented a tiered salary system for civil servants about two years ago. As the current Director of the Kazdel Treasury, I am obligated to pay myself a salary.

The Little Cat Roll pulled out a huge computer from somewhere and pressed the reset button right in front of Teresis.

At the same time, many Great Monarch's Touches sprouted from his body and began to rapidly press the mechanical computer, so fast that they could almost leave afterimages.

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Chapter 195 The Shapeshifter: These siblings are so dark-skinned, I should have known they went to Master Huang's side.

"In the past, when the country was in financial difficulty, I was embarrassed to ask for it, but now Your Highness is implementing new policies, and everything must be done in accordance with the law. Even the Royal Court cannot be exempt from this custom."

The Shapeshifter Collective finally couldn't hold back any longer.

She never wanted to attend that awful class again, not even for a second.

Everything must be proceduralized; we cannot act solely based on emotions or impulses.

A country cannot function solely on personal relationships. Lord of the Royal Court present here are striving for the prosperity of Kazdel, and there is absolutely no question of acting on impulse.

However, it's hard to guarantee that those below won't form cliques and engage in favoritism. Without a set of effective procedures, all sorts of problems, big and small, are bound to arise.

This is something Theresia learned from Huang Cao: for a thriving country, don't be afraid of complicated procedures, be afraid of having no procedures at all.

Even if the process is complicated, at least you can find someone who is generally responsible. Even if you are treated like a football, at least someone will scold you.

Those who completely lack procedural justice are probably local tyrants who can do whatever they want to you, with absolutely no Order whatsoever.

Therefore, everything must be standardized and proceduralized, so that every penny can be traced back to its source and destination.

Although Kazdel doesn't need that many procedures right now, as the economy develops and the number of government officials increases in the future, there will definitely be a set of effective operating guidelines, otherwise, there will certainly be big trouble.

The reason why ordinary Sarkaz don't randomly resolve things now is that they have a natural affinity for the Demon King.

So, before Trump fully established the administrative procedures, the country developed quite well, with a corruption rate of almost zero.

However, this is also largely due to the lack of procedures, because Dukare, as the head of the finance bureau and also the temporary head of the anti-corruption bureau, didn't care about this amount of money.

Conversely, if Dukare were to discover that someone had embezzled public funds, that person could simply vanish the next morning.

If this happened in a previous life, and the amount of greed wasn't too great, the person would at most go to jail.

However, once Dukare discovered this man, it was questionable whether he would even survive the next day.

Lord of the Royal Court, I have no need to trouble the Demon King to personally clean up my own house if I want to kill someone.

This is also one of the characteristics of not having a program, so it can be considered both an advantage and a disadvantage.

The downside is that it can only govern small countries and puts immense pressure on those at the very top.

In short, every single one of the Lord of the Royal Court present would die from overwork once the economy developed.

"You can take whatever money you want, as long as the military budget is manageable."

"Teresis said helplessly."

The Shapeshifter then turned its attention to Dukare, who immediately understood and generated a very large number on the computer.

"According to my calculations, Your Highnesses have been employing Shapeshifter for fifty years. Based on the number of workers and the intensity of their labor, you owe the Shapeshifter Collective a total of 20,000 standard ten-gram gold coins, which is 200,000 grams of gold."

"According to the law established by His Highness, paper money is not allowed to be used for large sums of money, so only the equivalent value of precious metals can be paid."

Teresis was immediately dumbfounded. "How can there be so many?"

The Shapeshifter said in a strange tone, "This isn't just my salary, it's the salary of all of us Shapeshifter! Our full name is the Shapeshifter Collective!"

"Who dug the trenches for the battle? Who took the lead in building factories in dangerous areas? And who stepped in when there was a shortage of manpower to start the factory?"

"And who else helped most people break through the ice on the ground during spring plowing... and so on. All these kinds of odd jobs and difficult tasks were done by us!"

The reason is simple: due to their unified thinking, the Shapeshifter Collective are extremely efficient.

If it takes ten days for a thousand people to cultivate a piece of land, but these thousand people are Shapeshifter Collective, then it takes only one day.

It was almost extremely efficient, and there was no backstabbing or infighting; everyone was focused on the same thing.

Theresia also discovered this advantage, so whenever there is a large-scale infrastructure project in the country, she always sends the Shapeshifter Collective to take the lead.

It can be said that if this country lacked the Shapeshifter, Kazdel's total economy would be at least one-tenth smaller before receiving economic support from Master Huang.

Of course, the price was the Shapeshifter's suffering; she hadn't had a good life all these years.

And it's not easy to get paid directly, why?

Because Teresis kept coaxing her, always saying he'd owe her something.

What can we do if they don't give it to us? There's simply no way to deal with this kind of scoundrel.

Theresia will give it to her, but she'll probably say she owes her and use the greater good of the nation to pressure her.

In short, the Shapeshifter Collective has never had a good chance to get their wages back.

So the Shapeshifter Collective has been eating cornbread for decades.

That's right, she has been working at this intensity for decades.

Is 20,000 gold coins really a lot? You have to remember that the Shapeshifter Collective isn't just one person!

Each time a new project is built in Kazdel, at least a thousand Shapeshifter are involved.