When the Saintess Arrives, No King Exist

Chapter 1349: Chapter 1267: Governance Through Inaction

"Lazarez! Lazarez the Duke!"

Walking down the blood-red corridor of the Dam City Hall, Lazarez, the governor of Whitesand, turned around blankly.

He saw his colleague, the governor of Eagle’s Claw Bay, Anelina, smiling and approaching quickly.

"Lady Anelina the Duchess, it’s been several nights since we last met." Using the vampire’s unique greeting, Lazarez nodded slightly towards Anelina.

Unlike the customs of the Empire, in the Royal Court, the status of female vampires is no different from male vampires, and sometimes even higher.

Because vampires, in a sense, are genderless beings, with no significant differences in strength and intelligence between genders.

Vampires have a rather muted libido; only masterpieces might arouse them or make them excel.

For example, the hands in "The Smile of Bonareba" once made Lazarez excel.

Collecting beautiful women’s hands is still Lazarez’s hobby.

But he only cuts, never touches.

"Well done on the grand affair in Whitesand, Lazarez." Duchess Anelina leaned on a cane, "Among the five governors, only you have completed the task ahead of schedule."

"Ha ha ha ha, it’s just luck..."

"Where is there any such luck in this world."

"You overpraise me, ha ha."

"It’s you being too modest."

Saying this, Anelina suddenly snapped her fingers.

The blood servant steward behind her immediately came over carrying a small box.

Lazarez vaguely sensed what she intended to do, but didn’t understand the purpose, just smiled.

The box opened, revealing a fine hand submerged in preservative fluid inside a glass jar.

And on the other side, there was an exquisite oil painting of a naked beauty, tears at the corner of her eyes, smiling with effort.

The brushwork was meticulous, the light and shadow excellent, the colors vivid; the only flaw was her right hand was severed at the base, blood gushing out.

Lazarez immediately excelled.

"A little gift for you, Lazarez," Anelina smiled, spreading her fingers, "I have five more of such fine hands, sending spices of this number to your residence on the way."

"Whatever you desire, as long as I can do it, I will certainly oblige." Lazarez gazed greedily at the small box.

"It’s simple, just tell us how you completed the suppression and appeasement task."

Lazarez was puzzled: "Is it necessary? To this extent."

"Of course, it is," Anelina sighed, "You probably don’t know since you’re new, but Wenceslas, the governor of Golden Horn Bay, has already been executed by His Majesty Serafe for ranking last among the five governors."

Executed for not completing the task?!

That’s a governor!

A vampire from a major clan, how can execution be done so easily?

In the Royal Court over there, all high-born vampires naturally possess a right to immunity from death!

Lazarez’s excelled state immediately deflated, unable to believe, he asked in return: "Does His Majesty Serafe really need to go to such extremes?"

"Who let us fail to complete the task?"

"But the task was originally impossible to complete, how can..." Just as he spoke, seeing Anelina’s suspicious gaze, he hurriedly shut up: "So you want to know how I did it?"

"Of course, we must let our territories be as peaceful as Whitesand before autumn comes."

Lazarez lowered his head in thought, appearing as if weighing pros and cons.

Anelina didn’t rush him, just stood there waiting quietly.

After all, if this method was revealed, everyone completed the task, then his achievements wouldn’t stand out.

Had it been Anelina, she would have considered, but she felt Lazarez the governor would probably speak.

After all, this secret wasn’t that weighty, even if he didn’t speak, they could spend some effort to uncover it.

However, what she didn’t know was Lazarez wasn’t weighing pros and cons but actually didn’t know how to say it!

How was he supposed to know why Whitesand could suppress the rebellion so quickly?

How was he supposed to know how Whitesand transformed a large portion of human territories into loyal areas so quickly?

He thought the task was impossible for all governors, so he started by doing nothing.

He didn’t interfere or inquire, leaving it all to his subordinates.

Unexpectedly, his territory was the first to complete total loyalization, with only an insignificant number of rebels left.

He himself didn’t know how it happened!

After thinking for a while, Lazarez raised his head: "All right, the secret is simple."

"What is it?"

"Leave everything alone, give subordinates the maximum freedom to improvise."

"Are you joking with me?"

"No, no, no, please listen to my explanation." Governor Lazarez babbled on, "What I did, you can easily check. I stayed in the capital of Whitesand, only went on two inspections!

Compared to your diligent inspections, even personally directing and suppressing rebellions, I did almost nothing, yet I finished first. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Because I gave my subordinates the maximum freedom to handle things, and rarely interfered with their activities." Being from the Vanzoro clan, Lazarez’s level of speech and knowledge was not poor.

"Can tasks be completed this way?"

"Indeed, I only asked for results; they adapted to local conditions. Me investigating a hundred places, thinking up a hundred methods, can’t compare to my thousand subordinates investigating a hundred places, choosing a hundred governing methods."

The more he spoke, the more Lazarez felt he got it right; he was about to convince himself.

Could it be, he really is a genius politician?

In a trance, Lazarez’s gaze seemed to carry a gleam of wisdom, and his smile became more cultured and gentle.

"Life finds a way, said Ancient Aier philosopher, the highest form of governance is governing by not governing, that’s just it."

Anelina went from initial suspicion to nodding repeatedly, until suddenly she stepped back, looking grim.

"Are you using Vanzoro clan’s Bewitching Spell on me?!"

Lazarez awkwardly smiled: "You know, the Vanzoro clan’s vampires naturally come with this spell in their words, we can’t control it, I apologize."

Anelina didn’t accept his apology, only continued to glare angrily.

Lazarez let out a sigh: "Then how about this, I’ll give you Romulior Count, who completed the loyalization task first, along with his subordinates as a package, see how it works, what do you think?"

"That’s more like it." Anelina’s face looked a bit better.

In her view, since Lazarez was incompetent, his capable subordinates must be the ones to credit.

Taking out a pocket watch, Anelina glanced at it then put it away: "All right, time’s nearly up, we must attend His Majesty Serafe’s meeting."

Lazarez also took out his pocket watch, glanced at the time, "It really is!" then caught up.

In the long moonlit corridor, the two vampire governors, one male, one female, advanced slowly, dressed in similar spider silk cloaks.

At the entrance to the meeting room, there were four governors and more than a dozen military and government officials, each dressed in a coat, holding a gilded pocket watch.

These cloaks were produced in the Holy Alliance, transported to Falan, custom-designed, tailored, and sewn by designers, then sold to the vampires.

As for the pocket watch, similarly, the Holy Alliance first produced the movement and other parts, then assembled and gilded in Norn, continuing to sell them to the vampires.

Now pocket watches and spider silk cloaks have become a new trend among vampires, and anyone not buying them would feel embarrassed stepping outside.

After all, rarity is valuable, and the Royal Court simply can’t produce these civilian products.

Though Serafe made revolutionary breakthroughs in blood magic and undead magic, all the power was concentrated on military affairs.

This led the vampires to fight in Holy Alliance-brand clothes while battling the Holy Alliance.

This on one hand gave vampires extremely strong military force, and on the other required them to purchase large quantities of Holy Alliance-produced goods.

Not because vampires worship foreign goods, but rather, these Eastern products from the Holy Alliance are just that good.

The attendant opened the ivory door, coughed lightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, you may enter now."

With a snap, closing the pocket watch lid, putting it in his pocket, Lazarez adjusted his attire calmly and entered the meeting room.

But the faces of the other governors changed instantly, feeling hesitant to enter.

The reason needs no explanation.

As expected, Serafe reprimanded the other governors fiercely, but solely praised Lazarez.

"Originally, the current progress meant an attack was planned for post-October." Serafe smiled looking at Lazarez, "But thanks to Lazarez’s excellent work, we can mobilize troops in September! Isn’t this worthy of commendation?"

Applause erupted throughout the meeting room.

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