In the Plane of Euthymia, the place where Raiden Ei usually resides, our great Raiden Shogun—Raiden Ei—was not meditating as usual, but was writing something with a bitter expression.
"Why do I have to do these things? These are all the Shogun's duties, why do I have to do them?"
"Because I found that fighting is not a punishment for you, but a reward. Ineffective punishment is meaningless; having you review documents is more effective."
The clone, Miss Delezie, picked up a document Raiden Ei had processed, looked at the approval she had written below, and shook her head.
"Why did you approve this application? This is a document from the Suzuki family requesting Shogunate assistance. The Suzuki family is so large in Inazuma that they don't need the Shogunate's help at all."
"Eh? But these companies have been losing money repeatedly during this period. If we don't help, the companies might face bankruptcy. At that time, some essential daily necessities won't be able to be supplied as usual, which will definitely have some impact on Inazuma, right?"
From this statement, it can be seen that Raiden Ei still has some intelligence and is not completely battle-brained.
She was indeed right; a shortage of some daily necessities would make people's lives inconvenient, and a shortage of goods would cause the prices of the remaining portion to rise within a certain period, which the public could not accept, easily leading to various protest incidents.
"You're right, but that's their concern. The Shogunate isn't the nanny of those families; there's no need to specifically worry about their affairs. If they don't have funds, then they should take out a loan from a specialized bank, or seek help from other families."
"Loans... seeking help... What if other families are unwilling to help?"
"Then it depends on their sincerity. To get help, they have to give something. Whether it's begging or threatening, it's their own business. If they can't get through this, they can only be eliminated. Besides the Suzuki family, there are other families in Inazuma eyeing this market. Inazuma won't stop running just because they're gone."
The clone, Miss Delezie, told Raiden Ei the information she had gathered. Hearing that there were so many other families doing business similar to the Suzuki family, Raiden Ei's worries gradually subsided.
She had to admit that, despite her strong objections to handling internal affairs in the Plane of Euthymia, Miss Delezie's guidance had indeed helped her grow a lot.
She still remembered when the other party first brought the documents to the Plane of Euthymia. When faced with her questioning, she simply said: "Do you think eternity is more important, or Inazuma is more important?"
If it were in the past, she would naturally think eternity was more important. Only by bringing Inazuma into a state of eternity, maintaining its most perfect state, could Inazuma exist forever.
But upon seeing the corruption of the Tenryou Commission and the Tenryou Commission, the corrosion of foreign enemies like the Fatui, and various other internal problems, she could no longer be as firm as before.
In the period before Miss Delezie defeated her, the residents of Inazuma lived particularly hard lives due to various internal problems within the Shogunate. She even listened to Kujou Takayuki's advice and implemented the so-called Vision Hunt Decree, which caused many talents from the Shogunate to flee to Sangonomiya Shrine and join those people in resisting the Shogunate's rule.
Now, with the intervention of Miss Delezie and her group, the corrupt elements of the Tenryou Commission and the Tenryou Commission have been purged, the Fatui who acted as troublemakers have been punished, and some hidden problems have also been dealt with. The entire Inazuma is developing in a prosperous direction.
This happened without her pursuing eternity. Although the current development, in her view, did not align with her goal of pursuing eternity, Inazuma was developing in a good direction.
This caused her original ideas to waver. In the end, she could only comfort herself that she simply couldn't defeat Miss Delezie and had to listen to her advice to start handling affairs.
The reason she pursued eternity was also to make Inazuma develop in a good direction.
She was not a fool and naturally understood that Miss Delezie's actions of making her handle official documents were to train her, and that such behavior must have been approved by Raiden Shogun and Raiden Makoto.
Although she expressed her desire for Raiden Makoto to become the Raiden Shogun of Inazuma again, Raiden Makoto rejected her proposal, stating that the future ruler of Inazuma would still be Raiden Ei.
She would only stand by and assist Raiden Ei. This was a fact that Raiden Ei could not change no matter what, no matter how much she pouted, it was useless.
Unable to do anything, in order to make her future easier, Raiden Ei could only accept Miss Delezie's guidance and diligently improve her ability to handle government affairs.
During this time, in addition to her continuously improving level of handling government affairs, her attitude towards Miss Delezie was also continuously improving.
Originally, she already had a very good impression of Miss Delezie due to her kindness, and during this time in the Plane of Euthymia, she also received care from the other party on various levels. Her friendship in this column could be said to be rising at an extremely fast rate.
Most importantly, she was also the only opponent with whom she could hone her martial arts. Such a person... was truly too important to her.
No, the more she thought about these things, the more Raiden Ei felt that she couldn't let Miss Delezie go; she had to keep her in Inazuma. As long as she was in Inazuma, there would be no need to worry about its development.
"Don't get distracted, or the sweet time later will be canceled."
"That is absolutely not allowed!"
Inazuma's supreme ruler—the great Raiden Ei—was at this moment being suppressed by Miss Delezie without any dignity, completely lacking any authority, and could only bitterly complete the tasks at hand.
Suddenly, Miss Delezie felt something, her expression froze, and then quickly returned to normal.
"What happened outside?"
Ei noticed Durandal's condition and understood that this clone shared memories with her Main Body. The reason for her behavior was something that had happened outside.
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