Ellie naturally threw this question to the Blood Emperor on purpose, as the Church's withdrawal wasn't just from the Magic Kingdom, but from the Empire as well. Therefore, the problems the Magic Kingdom faced, the Empire would also have. That's why Ellie pretended to be completely clueless and tossed the question to the Blood Emperor to answer.
Upon hearing Ellie say this, the Blood Emperor looked embarrassed. Seeing this, Ellie immediately knew that the Blood Emperor was also troubled by this problem.
As mentioned before, the Church's withdrawal was fatal to countries that relied on the Church for medical care.
It was precisely because there were so many countries overly reliant on the Church that the damned Church dared to be so presumptuous. Although Ellie didn't understand how to govern a country, she still knew such basic monopoly common sense.
When Arshe heard Ellie throw the question to the Blood Emperor, she immediately felt much more relieved. So Ellie was planning to ask the Emperor of the Empire for advice!
As a daughter of a former noble family in the Empire, she had not seen Emperor of the Empire Jircniv much, but she knew from other rumors that he was a very shrewd emperor.
His words should be able to come up with good ideas for Illy-dono. Arshe couldn't help but think this.
"This question…" Jircniv stammered a bit. After all, his Empire currently had the same problem. Although it was temporarily alleviated, his solution was not a long-term one. He didn't know how to answer this Female Devil.
From the moment he first learned that this Female Devil had suddenly appeared again, Jircniv had been very nervous. Although the Empire had not yet officially become a vassal state of the Magic Kingdom, and the specific details and terms of vassalage were still under negotiation, they were basically finalized.
What was being discussed now were only some minor details. At this critical juncture, this Female Devil came again, clearly to cause trouble!
In the few minutes they had just spent together, this Female Devil unexpectedly didn't make things difficult for him, and even said something about just coming to play. Who would believe her!
Which time did this Female Devil come without bringing disaster to the Empire! So he must pull himself together and minimize the Empire's losses!
However, the subsequent conversation seemed to have no real value on the surface, but once Arshe was mentioned, he finally understood.
Why this Female Devil brought this Black Worker with her to deliberately disgust him. He knew that it was because of these Black Workers that he believed the Female Devil's nonsense and came up with an unreliable plan like the 'Great Alliance,' which played right into her hands!
Finally, when he saw the Female Devil propose to leave without causing any trouble, he truly breathed a sigh of relief. But when she sat down again, his heart, which had just settled, leaped back into his throat. This Great Demon truly had no good intentions!
However, the question she posed was quite unexpected for Jircniv. After all, he had dealt with this Female Devil for so long, and she had never mentioned anything about national governance.
Although this Female Devil was indeed as cunning as her father, she had never mentioned this aspect. This led Jircniv to another conjecture: could it be that this Female Devil simply didn't understand internal affairs?
The issue of the Church's withdrawal... was a very troublesome problem for any human nation. Yet, she threw this problem, which they had previously thrown to him, the Emperor of the Empire who harbored ulterior motives towards the Magic Kingdom, and sought his opinion?
Doesn't that already explain the problem? And she even said such a childish thing as wanting to ban the Church. This Female Devil was indeed very skilled at manipulation, but she truly didn't understand internal affairs.
"Emperor Brother, do you have any good ideas?" Ellie saw that the Blood Emperor had been deliberating for a long time without saying anything concrete, so she urged him.
Actually, in Ellie's plan, whatever solution the Blood Emperor proposed would be useless. Ellie's purpose in coming was not to seek the Blood Emperor's opinion.
"Uh... to be honest, the Empire's Church has also withdrawn, so I am currently troubled by this matter. Therefore, I don't know how to advise you." Jircniv could only speak the truth. "The Empire's situation is the same as your Magic Kingdom!"
"Eh?? The Empire too? This Church's influence is truly despicable! Uh... we'll just find a chance to eliminate them." The Female Devil said something truly terrifying.
If anyone else had said that, Jircniv would have scoffed. However, this was the daughter of the Great Demon! This fellow might actually do such a thing. If the Church's influence were eliminated... the consequences... he didn't even dare to imagine.
"Yes, the Empire's current situation is similar to the Magic Kingdom, so I cannot offer any helpful suggestions. I apologize." Jircniv could only apologize honestly, as what he said was the truth.
"Oh, I see, then there's nothing to be done. After all, the Empire is so much larger than my home, so the problem of teacher shortages must be much more severe than on my side, I'm truly sorry, I didn't realize Emperor Brother's difficulties." Ellie said, feigning a disheartened expression.
Wait!! Hold on a second! Jircniv was quite surprised when he heard what this Female Devil said!
The problem of teacher shortages? Is that what she's worried about? While it's true that the topic of the consequences of the Church's withdrawal was indeed brought up by the teacher shortage, compared to the teacher shortage, the lack of medical care is the most serious problem, isn't it!
How serious a problem is the loss of medical care for a country? Yet, the Church's withdrawal only caused this Female Devil distress over the teacher shortage, not medical issues?
She's not a fool, and she's quite shrewd... Even if she doesn't understand internal affairs, she should have this much common sense, right?
Or is it that she simply doesn't know that the Church not only manages education but also handles medical care?
"Regarding the teacher shortage, the Empire isn't too serious… rather, it's the medical care…" Jircniv intended to test her, to see if she knew that the Church was in charge of medical care.
"Eh? Medical care? Emperor Brother, are you short on medical care here? That really is terrible." The Female Devil looked very surprised, as if saying, 'You guys are actually short on medical care! How strange!'
Indeed! She knew the Church managed medical care. In that case... regarding the Church's withdrawal, the only thing that troubled this Female Devil was the shortage of teachers, not medical issues. Could it be that the citizens of E-Rantel no longer get sick?
Did they really turn E-Rantel into a dead city? The thought sent shivers down his spine.
"Then, Illy-dono, how did you solve the problem of insufficient medical personnel?" Jircniv steeled himself, intending to get to the bottom of it. After all, the lives of E-Rantel's citizens would largely impact the Empire's survival.
"Hmm? That's not a problem at all, is it? For my home, we have as many Undead Arch-Mages who can use faith-based magic as we need. There's no problem with insufficient medical personnel. But education is different. Although we can teach ancient texts from before, those things are like antiques now, and there's no point in learning them. It's quite a headache!" The Female Devil said something truly astonishing.
"Us… using faith-based magic… Undead… You… you mean!!" Fluder instantly lost his composure, because this was the first time in his long life he had heard of Undead who could use faith-based magic.
"Yes! Is there anything strange about that?" The Female Devil tilted her head, indicating her confusion.
"No… this… this is truly an unbelievable thing." Fluder began to tremble all over.
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