"Unbelievable, isn't it? Uh… healing magic, activate." The Female Devil immediately cast a basic healing magic on Fluder, which was indeed faith-based healing magic.
She seemed to do this to prove that she could use faith-based magic. She didn't need to, as everyone knew she could. When she previously removed Renas's curse, it was already confirmed that she was a high-level faith-based Magic Caster.
"And then…" That wasn't the end of it. Elizabeth covered her right eye with her hand, then glared at Fluder with her red left eye.
"Hypnosis activated, Old grandpa Fluder, please refill my cup," the Female Devil said.
Sure enough, Fluder, behind her, stiffly walked over, picked up the teapot from the table, and poured tea into Elizabeth's cup.
This is!
This was the trick used to control people's minds when first meeting Ainz Ooal Gown in the Nazarick Great Tomb! So it was hypnosis? Jircniv and Fluder both widened their eyes.
"Don't look at me like this! Actually, my true form is a Vampire among the Undead! But don't confuse me with those ordinary Vampires! I am a Vampire True Ancestor!" The Female Devil revealed her true identity without any hesitation, completely in a manner that said, 'I'm telling you, what can you do about it?'
"That's truly astonishing!" Jircniv suppressed his trembling body. He wanted to reach for the teacup in front of him to take a sip and steady himself, but he noticed his hand reaching for the cup was also shaking. So he could only retract it. It turned out that the one who had been playing him for a fool was actually a Vampire.
This… "Don't be afraid of me! Although I am a Vampire, I am a True Ancestor, so I don't drink blood!" The Female Devil waved her hand and said.
"No, no…" Jircniv forced a smile and said. In fact, what he feared was not the issue of drinking blood or not, but something else.
"So! The issue of Undead being able to use faith-based magic is not a rare thing for my home, so the shortage of medical personnel caused by the church's withdrawal is not a problem at all," the Female Devil said confidently.
"Yes… it's indeed not a problem," Jircniv now didn't know what to say except to agree with her.
"But Emperor Brother, you just mentioned, didn't you? That the teacher shortage on the Empire's side isn't very severe? So my question is, Emperor Brother, how did you solve it?" At this moment, the Female Devil's strange red and yellow heterochromatic eyes stared at him, which put even more pressure on Jircniv.
"Regarding… regarding this, previously… previously during the purge of nobles within the country, many private tutors of nobles, as well as those who lost their noble status, were recruited back… by me," Jircniv could only answer honestly.
"Oh! That's a good method, but I can't imitate it. Those kings and nobles in E-Rantel have already fled, so there's nothing to be done!" Elizabeth said with a disappointed look.
"Then… what about directly recruiting and hiring in E-Rantel?" Jircniv proposed his idea again.
"Hmm? Recruiting?" Elizabeth turned her head and asked her maid.
"We can't recruit anyone," the maid Arshe replied with difficulty.
"That's true, after all, the people of E-Rantel are still very afraid of us. If they are unwilling, we can't force them, can we?" Elizabeth said with disappointment again.
Jircniv could also understand; if recruited by those monsters, who knew what they would be recruited to do!
"Ah! I've got it, I have a way… a way that kills two birds with one stone!!" Suddenly, the previously dejected Elizabeth cried out happily.
Upon seeing the happy Elizabeth, Jircniv's heart sank, and he screamed 'not good' internally… This Female Devil must have thought of another evil idea to harm the Empire!
"Emperor Brother, your Empire is short of medical personnel, isn't it? Do you think we can make a deal? An exchange?" Elizabeth said.
"You mean? An ex… exchange?" Jircniv's ominous premonition indeed came true. This Female Devil always brought disaster every time she came!
"Yes! How about exchanging the large number of idle Undead Magic Casters from my home for your teachers?" The Female Devil proposed with a smile.
"This…" Jircniv's head now felt as if it had been hit with a club, dizzy and disoriented.
This transaction seemed beneficial to the Empire. After all, education could wait and be delayed, but medical care was different.
Currently, the Empire's medical system, after the church's withdrawal, was fully entrusted to the Adventurer's Guild. Although they had recruited Adventurers who could use healing magic, those people were almost all personnel trained by the church, and only took on the commissions due to pressure from the Adventurer's Guild.
But after Ainz Ooal Gown came here once to fight in the arena, the Adventurer's Guild could barely maintain control, so the collapse of the Empire's medical system was only a matter of time. Now that this Female Devil proposed an exchange, it could be said to be a timely help.
But! This was charcoal sent by the Female Devil! This charcoal was not so easy to accept! There must be some other intention behind this! But he couldn't see through her intentions at all! What was her purpose!
"Well? Emperor Brother, what do you think?" Seeing Jircniv's delayed reaction, Elizabeth urged again.
"Ah… hmm, well… about how many people do you need on your side?" Jircniv asked, wanting to first clarify her purpose! If it really didn't work, he could only sacrifice those teachers!
"Arshe? How many people do you think are appropriate?" Elizabeth turned her head and asked.
"Given the current scale and number of people, I think five would be enough?" Arshe was also unsure of the exact number, as she wasn't a professional.
"Hmm! Five people, then Emperor Brother, do you think you can exchange ten people for me?" By the time it reached Elizabeth, five immediately became ten.
Ten people… this number was indeed not large. For the Magic Kingdom, which currently had only one city, it was indeed a reasonable number. If he really couldn't figure out what this Female Devil wanted to do, giving them away for free was fine, Jircniv calculated.
"Only ten people? Then I can provide them to you directly, it's no problem," Jircniv decided. He would give them away for free to avoid further complications. Besides, how many faith-based Magic Casters could ten idle teachers exchange for? One or two would be of no help at all.
"Yes, ten people for rotation is just right! Emperor Brother, do you mean to give them to me directly?" Elizabeth asked, somewhat surprised.
"Yes, if it's just ten teachers, the Empire can provide them to you free of charge," Jircniv quickly said. In this situation where he couldn't refuse, he could only sacrifice these ten teachers. He just said he wouldn't force anyone! Now look at this mess you, Female Devil, are making! Is this any different from forcing people!
"Uh… Thank you for your kindness, Emperor Brother, but taking your personnel for free always makes it feel like we are bullying your Empire! I always feel a bit bad," Elizabeth said.
"If that's the case, then pay some commission. Can it be considered a lease between the Magic Kingdom and the Empire?" Jircniv immediately followed up. He knew the Female Devil would pull this trick.
"Commission! That's fine, but I originally planned to exchange fifty Undead, so to pay a commission worthy of these fifty Undead… how much would that be? Arshe… help me calculate, my brain isn't very good, I'm not good at math," Elizabeth said something even more surprising.
What? How many did she say! Fifty!! Did he hear that right! Jircniv instantly lost his composure.
However, upon seeing the Blood Emperor's surprised expression when he heard the number fifty that she proposed, Ellie's lips already curved slightly upwards. Blood Emperor, you are definitely going to take this loss!
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