After handing over the offerings, Senata went back first. She needed to record the territories that had been offered sacrifices... This was very important, otherwise, a territory might have already paid its offerings, but she might have forgotten to record it, which would make the other party extremely upset.

Yuyu was directing the goblins to carry the jerky back when she noticed Yinla watching from the side. She greeted him, "Hmm? Good morning, Mr. Yinla."

"Hmm, good morning."

Yinla nodded as she spoke, and followed the goblins pulling the carriage back to the Demon King's territory. It seemed that the goblin plow was indeed nothing special to the goblins... they were probably already used to it.

"Speaking of which, the little fairies asked me to make some golden apples."

Youyou pushed up her glasses and smiled as she talked to Yinla, saying, "They said you didn't share the dried golden apples with them and even showed them off in front of them."

Hearing Youyou's words, Yinla couldn't help but laugh. He said, "Haha, do they think I'm showing off? But they really aren't suited to eat... Did you distribute any to them?"

"Golden apples are effective as a snack or a way to perk yourself up, but if you use them to push yourself when you're extremely tired, your body won't be able to handle it. You should go to sleep instead."

Just like coffee, you can use it to stay alert and avoid mistakes when working overtime, but if you've already stayed up for three days and three nights and still force yourself to drink coffee to work overtime... then you're really going against your life.

Death: You can tough it out, but I'll take responsibility if anything happens.

Yinla had no doubt that if the little fairies got their share of the golden apple, they would stay up for three days and three nights without sleeping, and that way they might be able to see the little fairies' mummified corpses one day.

“I knew, so I sent them to bed.”

She chuckled softly, and through her glasses, a complex expression could be clearly seen in her eyes. After a moment of silence, she said, "Yinla, you too, if you're tired, get some sleep..."

Yinla smiled casually at this, reached into his pocket, felt around and found that he had finished all his dried apples. He took out the last piece of dried fruit from the small bag in his pocket and put it to Youyou's lips.

"..."

After hesitating for a while, Youyou temporarily materialized, gently took the food from Yinla's hand, and nodded to him in gratitude... although she didn't know why he suddenly fed her.

“I am different from the little fairies. I am no longer... at least my body is no longer human. Compared to the other governors, I am even less human.”

As Yinla said this, she gently patted her chest, indicating that she said, "My body is the [Eternal Ruler], a terrifying weapon that does not need to hibernate. I feel tired... it's just a habit left over from when I was human."

This was the first time Youyou had heard this explanation. Lacking the concept of the "subconscious," she didn't quite understand why "tiredness" could be a feeling unrelated to the body, because…

"However, I don't have a body in the conventional sense, but I still get tired."

Yu-yu said, stuffing all the dried golden apples into her mouth, and waited for Yin-la's explanation with suspicion.

"..."

Yinla couldn't explain it, nor did he understand why many monsters in this world, who seemed to have no need for rest at all, required a certain degree of rest and sleep. So he could only casually brush it off: "Anyway, thank you for your concern."

"I may still feel tired, but I will never, and it should never be, right now..."

As he said this, Yinla rubbed her head, looking at her with a slightly confused expression, and said, "I know my own body best."

In her deep eyes, the intention of "you'd better be" was clearly evident.

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"Cough cough cough... cough cough..."

"..."

"Your Highness, if you're tired, please go and rest..."

Marilla Elcaras couldn't help but say this. She looked at the little empress, who was obviously very tired, but was still reviewing the parchments. Her petite body was buried in the documents and looked pitiful.

"Don't say too much, Lady Marilla... Of course I'm tired, but I should never succumb to fatigue, at least not now. I know my own body."

"..."

Marila paused noticeably after hearing Isabella's words. Watching Isabella quickly handling state affairs, she couldn't help but say, "Lord Isabella also said something similar. Your Highness, you've learned it very well."

Huh? Do they look alike?

Upon hearing Marilla's words, Isabella couldn't help but chuckle, but quickly suppressed her laughter and said calmly, "Hmph, I am, after all, his student... but does he really handle so many state affairs on my behalf?"

As she said this, Isabella looked at the mountain of tasks still piling up and shook her head helplessly... When she encountered trouble, she would always miss Isabella, and recently she had been dreaming about Isabella frequently.

But no, she couldn't linger any longer; it was time for her to graduate, only then could she gain recognition.

“That is true, but Your Highness Isabella… the future of the empire has already been planned by Lord Isabella. All we need to do now is follow the plan step by step to ensure the empire’s prosperity. You don’t really need to work so hard.”

Despite Marilla's advice, Isabella resolutely shook her head. She looked towards the distant east, knowing that a formidable man was working hard there, and as his student, Isabella could not afford to be complacent.

"The policies need to be maintained, and the approach needs to be kept up... I can't help but try my best to do so."

As Isabella spoke, she dipped her quill pen in the ink and began writing beautiful characters in the same style as Isabella's, saying, "I want to prove my abilities, prove I'm not an appendage, I want Isabella to acknowledge me..."

As she spoke, Isabella thought of something her father had said...

[Silly boy, to Yinla, it doesn't matter who sits in this position. You and I are pretty much the same. We're not special. If any literate and respected commoner were in this position, the empire could easily prosper.]

“I want Inra to admit that I am unique.”

Speaking calmly, Isabella gently stood up, then waved to stop Marilla, who was about to come over to help her. She stretched her limbs and then returned to her work.

However, this time she was even more motivated...

To be honest, she had no doubt that Yinla could make the Demon Kingdom catch up with the development of the Thousand-Year Empire in a short period of time, but at least... she couldn't let the Empire fall too far behind.

Because she's not a child anymore!

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Chapter Fourteen: I Just Don't Want to Be Treated Like a Child (Free Reading)