A Treacherous Courtier Manages the Empire Well

74 – The Bird Drinking Comics

The next day, a large-scale persuasion campaign began.

Adran went to the White Dragon, discussing local nobles, political structures, using the law to govern people, and appealed to the dragon with appropriate sighs and incompetence.

“Some of the local nobles refuse to pay taxes, even when I, the emperor, try to collect. They even ignore the presence of the Guardian Dragon. We need the help of the White Dragon.”

“How dare they ignore me! That is unacceptable. Bring me the legal code and precedents! Memorize them all within a week!”

In this way, the White Dragon was reborn as an excellent enforcer of Adran’s laws.

It was only natural that Adran’s words resonated with the White Dragon.

Selene also managed to persuade the Gold Dragon excellently.

“Oh! So this is the Arcane Engine?”

“Yes, Gold Dragon. It contains a magic circle that converts elixirs into kinetic energy.”

“Fascinating. Can the magic circle withstand it? The previous human-made magic systems couldn’t handle this, could they?”

“We secured the stability of the magic circle using high-purity magic stones.”

“High-purity magic stones? hahahaha! This is fascinating! Where can I see it?”

After interacting with various wizards, scientists, alchemists, and chemists at the tower, the Gold Dragon became deeply engrossed in Selene’s various research endeavors.

“The petroleum industry is truly fascinating! hahahaha!”

“With your help, Gold Dragon, we could advance much faster…”

“I’ll help! Seeing something new after thousands of years is intriguing. Bring me the research records!”

Similarly, the Gold Dragon shifted roles to become an enthusiastic reader of Selene’s papers. The sight of the massive Gold Dragon engrossed in reading papers in the tower garden had become a common occurrence.

It was needless to say that Selene was equally successful in her persuasions.

Other dragons were no different.

“What?! Those damn dwarf bastards are better at steel production than me?!”

“Yesterday, when you mentioned the Bronze Dragon to Karahm Longbeard, he didn’t say much about it. He mentioned that even in handling metals, dragons cannot surpass them. If you want to prove you are superior, you should consider building a large rare metal smelter.”

“These damn bastards! Who taught the westerners the fire of the sorcerer? It was me! Did you say a large rare metal smelter? Build it immediately! Bring rare mineral ores from Karamba!”

Provoked by Adran’s words, the Bronze Dragon engaged in a war with the dwarves.

“What? Your treasury has more gold coins than mine?”

“hahahaha! Yes! I also run a banking business. While it’s humble to announce the number of gold coins in the bank, I probably have more than the Silver Dragon! Times have changed! Many new gold mines have been developed. hahahaha!”

“Are you trying to compete in collecting gold coins with me? Fine. Tell me a profitable business idea right now. I swear! Before ten years pass, my gold coin balance will exceed yours!”

“It will be tough. I am also accumulating gold coins at an impressive speed!”

“Shut up and open a bank account in my name! You fatso! I’ll have all the gold coins from my mines deposited! Hurry up!”

The Silver Dragon was properly humiliated by Karl Hansson’s provocation, extracting all kinds of valuable information from the Green Hell. With an evil smile, Karl Hansson, a wicked usurer, came to me to report.

“Lord Randor.”

“…How can we fix that wicked smile of yours? What’s up?”

“Did you know there’s mithril ore in the Green Hell?”

“What?! Really?”

“Yes. And unheard-of herbs as well. It seems the Silver Dragon is just raiding the Green Hell entirely. hehehe!”

“Is this a big deal?”

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“And there’s one more thing.”

“What is it?”

“Silver Dragon has an elixir spring in his rare underground.”

“……. “

“It’s said to be nearly three times the amount of elixir spring in the Turea Mountain of the Laco Range. Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!!!!”

“Damn it, Karl Hansen. If you want my kiss, just say so. Grab your chubby cheeks and give me a deep kiss.”

“Oh, gross. Not needed. Do that with Karia. Anyway, I will focus on assisting Silver Dragon and developing the Green Hell.”

“Of course! Move right away!”

Silver Dragon, too, had proposed a significant deal for the Empire. All the other dragons were in the process of being utilized in their respective fields. Their efforts were undoubtedly propelling the Empire forward at a rapid pace.

Now, only two dragons remained.

The Blue Dragon and the Green Dragon.

But both had issues.

A few weeks later, the five of us gathered in the capital once again.

“Blue Dragon is not willing to help with the navy matters.”

Karia said with a serious expression.

“He’s just scratching his pride with words like wanting to be a dragon inferior to the Red Dragon, but he’s only getting worked up. Seems like he’s inherently too lazy to make any effort. He’s not considering moving at all.”

Blue Dragon.

The dragon with the lowest frequency of interaction in the human world. While he envied the Red Dragon, it was merely jealousy. Even if his pride was hurt, he would just get angry for a moment, but his laziness prevented any real action.

The quiet dragon, who had been holed up in his lair sleeping or eating all day, had turned into a complete shut-in, spending his days enjoying high-end food, snacks, chicken, pizza, and soda in his chambers, watching soccer and dramas.

“He says he’s so happy right now that he doesn’t want to do anything else. He sleeps for 12 hours a day and spends the rest of the time lying down, doing nothing but eating and playing.”

“This is driving me crazy.”

“I’ve never seen a dragon so laid-back. It seems like the usual methods of scratching his pride or stimulating his curiosity won’t work on the Blue Dragon. We need to come up with a different approach.”

Celeine and Adran sighed deeply upon hearing Karia’s words.

“Let’s find a way to persuade him with time. Anything we can do.”

“I’m not sure if that lazy bum will be persuaded.”

The plan to manipulate the Blue Dragon to oppose the Navy’s expansion and introduce container ships for logistical innovation was temporarily put on hold.

“Randor. What about the Green Dragon?”

And we had one more obstacle left.

I burst into laughter.

It was laughter tinged with disappointment.

“I heard the Green Dragon is a vagabond, right?”

“That’s correct?”

“For the exact opposite reasons of the Blue Dragon, we can’t manipulate the Green Dragon.”

“What do you mean?”

“He’s too busy having fun, going to the movies all day, riding sleds at the Earlond Viscount’s amusement park, watching soccer games, going to concerts, watching plays, going to circuses…”

“…..”

“He’s too busy having fun to think about amusement park businesses, hotel industries, and whatnot.”

One was a super insider.

The other was a super outsider.

The insider and outsider dragons were not moving as we wished.

After Karja finished washing her face, she got up from her seat.

“Let’s find a way to persuade the Blue Dragon. I’ll make that lazybones stand up for sure.”

“Thank you for your efforts, Karja.”

With a resolute voice, Karja left the room.

I, too, got up from my seat with a sigh.

“I will also try to persuade the Green Dragon. Since they seem to enjoy our culture, it might not be a bad situation.”

“Thank you, Randor.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

It was a moment when my worries deepened.

I had to figure out how to persuade this troublemaker.

“Green Dragon.”

“No. I have to go cheer for the Blisters and Guardians match tomorrow. Was it Randor? He said football was crazy fun. It was so exciting, right? Depending on who wins tomorrow’s match, the playoff entry will be decided. I absolutely can’t miss it.”

I looked at the excited Green Dragon, who was eager to go watch the game without a care like a teenage boy.

The rebellious teenage boy, a polymorph who enjoyed all sorts of entertainment in the Empire with a relentless attitude, never taking a break.

To others, he seemed like he might die if he didn’t stop playing for a day.

“Put off playing for a moment and talk to me…”

“Hot springs hotel and amusement park? Damn annoying. I’m playing. They may have made others work with pride and curiosity, but not me. I like playing. I’m playing.”

“How much longer do you plan to play?”

“Um… until I get bored? After playing for a few decades, I’ll probably get bored. Isn’t that right? Just bear with me until then.”

I wanted to punch the clueless kid in the face, but I had to restrain myself.

For you, decades may just pass by, but for humans, that’s a damn long time!

I couldn’t say those words.

“Why is football so much fun. hehehe. I hope the Blisters win this time. Hey, move. The Blisters fans in Porto Commercial City are going to fly to the capital. I’m going to have fun since Polymorph is down today.”

The kid who just went out leaving me trying to persuade him. After Green Dragon left, I exploded in anger and collapsed on the sofa.

“You lazy insider!!!”

Even though there’s not enough money even if we start a business right away, he’s dragging time just because he wants to play.

“How the hell do I make that football maniac work…”

My head was throbbing, and I had to rub the back of my neck for a long time.

It was the first time I encountered a major obstacle.

The Green Dragon had extraordinary talent in the entertainment business.

If I could just make him work, a lot of progress would follow…

But he really doesn’t think about working.

“I can’t find an answer. Really.”

In the end, I could only halfheartedly surrender.

It seemed like his troublemaker disease could only be cured when he got tired of playing.

What could I do? If I can’t coax the dragon with my tongue, it’s not like I can force him with power.

Thinking that there was nothing else I could do, as I was about to give up.

From a completely unexpected place.

From a completely unexpected figure.

Unexpectedly, a breakthrough emerged in this incident as it unfolded.

The tongues of the rebels who aimed to overthrow the empire were forgotten.

The horrors of war and epidemic were buried in the past,

And in an era where no one paid attention to such things,

The fall of the Ailam Empire became a ridiculous joke.

“Kal Moriah!!! You are under arrest for distributing lewd materials!!”

“Arrested just for drawing a comic!!! This is unfair!”

“Shut up and come with me!”

A man was drawing adult comics.