Chapter 576: The painting that Lanqi wants to show to Hyperion
Six days later.
In the magnificent McCarthy estate on Leith Island, west of the Demon City, when the sky was still deep blue, Lanqi began his new day.
On the top floor of the mansion, in his bedroom, a room richly decorated and exquisitely furnished, besides the sound of the waves outside the window, there is also the childish voice of the cat boss at the bedside.
"Today is the twenty-eighth day since you came to this shadow world."
"The news from the neighboring countries, the Bliss Kingdom and the Polant Empire, is not optimistic."
"As a little Ranchi, the only thing you can do is to exert your power of attraction and fulfill your mission in the demon world."
Boss Cat started today's broadcast again.
"Okay, Boss Cat, I got it."
Lanqi tapped the cat boss's head, walked on the carpet, crossed the spacious bedroom, and came to the closet near the entrance.
Choose clothes carefully.
Finally, he chose a dark gray Protoss-style suit with a tie embroidered with silver patterns, which was perfectly tailored, looking formal yet solemn.
"A tribute to the legendary sealer Asksan. This dark grey coat is really nice."
The mirror reflected Lanqi's face with a slight smile, and his eyes flashing with determination and desire for today's goal.
"Meow, he probably doesn't want to be honored by you."
Boss Cat jumped to Lanqi's feet and took a look at him. He felt that Lanqi's glowing demon posture and Asksan's style of dress made him look a bit like a cardinal.
Unfortunately, Lanci is still far from being a true cardinal-level figure.
"He has no objection."
Lanci commented.
“…”
Boss Cat didn't want to respond to Lanqi's words.
It only paid attention to their scoreboard again, poking it from time to time.
[Public support: 276→565/1000 (popular support and cohesion)]
[House of Representatives: 227→176/1000 (Support rate among the top leaders of the Polant Empire)]
[Military Strength: 124→182/1000 (with the Honing Empire as a reference)]
[Finance: 236→323/1000 (Current productivity of the Polant Empire)]
[Diplomacy: 115→232/1000 (diplomatic relations with the Demon Realm and surrounding countries that have not surrendered)]
【Overall odds: 0.0013%】
Boss Cat now watches it several times every day, for fear that it will fall.
Thanks to Lanci's unremitting efforts, the odds of winning have finally been put in place.
But it is still extremely far away from 1%, and even this distance makes it feel desperate.
Ever since Lanqi left the Polant Empire, the public's support has continued to grow, and the rate of increase is getting faster and faster.
The House of Representatives item is still slowly declining.
Perhaps because the diplomacy of the Orcish city-states was extremely successful, each city-state added around 20 [Diplomacy].
At the same time, it seems that because of the concerted efforts of the diplomatic alliance, the alliance's [military strength] and [finance] have been improved.
Since Lanqi himself has not yet revealed in the Demon World that he belongs to the Polant Empire and the anti-vampire forces, the connections he has obtained in the Demon World have not been settled in the [Diplomacy] item.
Twenty-eight days out of a total of forty-five days in the Shadow World have passed, and this progress makes Boss Cat nervous.
Success or failure can be said to depend on today!
"Lanqi, meow, you must rescue Xiubao!"
The little black cat warned.
Today's royal ceremony will concern Hyperion's freedom.
In addition to the great demons in the current demon world who will compete for the royal family's fiancé, the tenth ancestor of the blood clan, Marquis Ulysses, also wants to intervene and want to marry the only remaining royal family member of the demon clan.
The ceremony does not require painting on the spot, as it is time-consuming and difficult to predict the performance. Lord Fallen wants the great demons to choose their favorite occasions to paint, and hand them in before the ceremony is finalized. The paintings will be submitted to the sealed golden cabinet on the first floor of the Regent Hall of the Royal Palace, and she, Lord Fallen, will open the seal and present it to the princess at today's ceremony, allowing her to publicly choose her favorite painting.
Now it can be said that the chords have been finalized, and the ceremony will come to an end once the results are revealed at a ceremony.
When the princess was looking at the painting, she didn't know who painted it.
This is a blind audition.
At that time, Lord Falling will naturally judge to whom the magic power in the painting belongs, and determine the time when the painting will be completed based on the nature of the magic power.
"Don't worry, I'm going to paint with all my strength this time."
Lanqi picked up the little black cat on the ground and spoke to it with assurance.
“Meow.”
Boss Cat knew that Lanqi had locked himself in his room most of the time this week, except for necessary meetings with the dignitaries of the demon world.
But it didn't see what Lanqi drew specifically.
After finishing the painting, he sealed it and, with the help and guidance of a close minister, sent it directly to the sealed golden cabinet in the Regent Hall on the first floor of the palace.
According to him, he wanted Hyperion to see it first.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Although Boss Cat had seen Lanqi's paintings, Lanqi took them away before he could carefully examine them in the Northern Continent. In the Southern Continent, he didn't even dare to examine them and ran away. This time, he wanted to take a good look at the quality of the artwork created by Lanqi.
If it is a work of art, it has full confidence in this evil boy Lanqi. In such a short construction period, as long as the big demons and the tenth ancestor do not create a sacred-level work of art, it believes that Lanqi will win!
The man and the cat walked downstairs. In the huge restaurant, breakfast at the McCarthy Palace Restaurant was already ready.
Lanqi sat down at the dining table next to the floor-to-ceiling glass, thinking about the upcoming schedule. He occasionally looked through the window at the deep purple sky and the gloomy sea caused by the eclipse.
Today, due to the visit of the ancestor of the blood clan, the Demon King City Nakalis also opened the sky curtain of the barrier.
Of course, the main venues for royal ceremonies are all held in the Naikaris Palace. For the vampires, it makes no difference even in the daytime in a sturdy room, not to mention the Demon Realm Palace with a protective barrier.
Not long after, Lanqi finished his breakfast. He put down his cutlery, wiped the corners of his mouth with a towel, adjusted his tie, stood up and took the coat handed to him by the butler.
It was still dark outside the window, but the path of the sun was blocked by the blood moon. The light on the eastern horizon became dim, and the entire Demon King's Castle seemed to be plunged into twilight.
Just as Lanqi walked to the door of the palace lobby and was about to push it open to leave, he heard a series of footsteps behind him and turned around.
Sigley, still wearing a nightcap and looking sleepy, ran over and wanted to see him off.
"Rocky, have a nice trip."
She rubbed her eyes and waved her little hands.
Siglei has transformed into a demon using a mysterious magic item that Lanqi gave her that looked like a card.
It looks like a pure wolf demon.
"Please help me look after the house."
Lanci said to her.
Sigra was silent for a moment.
"I feel like it's very dangerous today... Two scary vampires have come to the Demon Realm Capital... You have to be careful."
Sigley's sleepiness gradually faded away, and her eyes became obviously uncomfortable and worried. Although she didn't want to wrinkle Lanqi's ironed coat, she still gently grabbed the corner of his clothes.
The cunning vampires often don't just come for a simple visit.
They have unlimited capital to gamble and fill their pride and desires that can never be satisfied.
She remembered that last time, on an ordinary and peaceful day, she had seen her father off early in the morning like this. She thought her father would come back early, bring her gifts, play with her, and tell her stories.
And that was the last time she saw her father.
"I see. Thank you."
Lanqi squatted down, looked at her and said.
"Come back soon."
She nodded.
Lanqi smiled at her, waved goodbye to her, and walked out of the mansion.
There is still one chapter left to be finished. I will try to finish it before 12 o'clock.
(End of this chapter)