The villain queen eavesdropped on my inner thoughts and won't let me lie down?

She placed considerable importance on the training of mages.

The mages, in turn, held the Eternal Night Empress in great respect and admiration.

She was, after all, the pinnacle of their profession!

The Eternal Night Empress had elevated mages to a level comparable to the gods.

Even the mages from the former seventeen kingdoms revered the Empress.

This social class was also the quickest and most thorough to submit after the Empire swept through the seventeen kingdoms…

Before her tour, the Eternal Night Empress had specifically checked but didn't find Roger's unique "0 Magic Coordinate".

Although the Empress tolerated Roger's repeated disrespect, she wasn't a masochist after all.

She was the type with a strong desire for control, otherwise, she couldn't have become Empress.

Meeting Roger twice, she had been criticized more times than in all her years on the throne combined!

If what that kid said wasn't genuinely useful, the Empress would have reduced him to ashes long ago.

This tour of the Grand Library was for her to hear her subordinates shout praises, so naturally, she didn't want to have her mood ruined by that brat.

As expected, wherever the Empress went, the usually dignified mages were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Finally seeing the living Empress!

Seeing that her prestige was still as high as ever, the Eternal Night Empress felt relieved.

After being repeatedly disliked by Roger, she thought she was becoming obsolete.

Seeing the attitudes of these mages, she felt like she was back on top!

Just as the monarch and her subjects were in harmonious joy, the Eternal Night Empress suddenly heard a familiar "jinx".

Tracing the sound, she saw an unfamiliar face.

And Roger, mixed in the crowd, didn't have to face the Empress's pressure directly, so his inner thoughts were even more "unrestrained" than before:

【Oh ho, these mages seeing the Empress are like brain-dead fans picking up their idol at the airport, is it really necessary to be this excited?】

【My god, some people are so excited that their magical power is going haywire and they're fainting, did this blood mother brainwash her subordinates?】

【Oh, she's looking over here? She's not going to try to chat with me again, is she? Oh right, I'm disguised, I'm Dio now!】

In the crowd, Roger first shrunk his neck, then, after confirming his safety, he straightened his chest again.

Revealing an expression of fearlessness!

The Illusion Box was a good tool, the Empress didn't see through his disguise.

That unique broadcast of thoughts was basically shouting with a loudspeaker, "I, Roger, am here," afraid that the Empress would ignore him!

The Eternal Night Empress almost exploded.

I'm already avoiding you, kid, but now you actually disguise yourself and use a huge magic crystal to conceal yourself, mixing into the crowd to ambush me!

When it comes to ruining the atmosphere, you're the Empire's number one!

And it's one thing to criticize me, but now you're even criticizing the Empire's loyal mages?

Putting me on par with those young idols?

You scoundrel, instead of learning their loyalty, you call it brain-dead behavior?

Outrageous!

Shameless!

I really want to reward him with a meteor shower!

The Eternal Night Empress smiled and greeted the mages, her delicate fists already clenched tightly in her sleeves.

If it weren't for the wrong occasion, she would have made Roger bleed five steps long ago!

The curator continued his introduction as usual: "The Grand Library provides an elegant environment and attentive service, striving to collect all the world's books, and is very popular among mages. Not only various magic notes, but also historical records, social sciences, poetry, novels, and other works are becoming increasingly popular."

In this era, mages were the primary combat class, and everyone focused on diligent cultivation.

The Empire had made public the magic notes that the great mages of the past had jealously guarded, which naturally became very popular, accounting for more than 90% of the total borrowing.

However, it was also mentally taxing to read those obscure things every day, so occasionally, people would borrow some history books, poems, and other extracurricular reading to change their mood.

And recently, this number had been increasing significantly.

The curator felt that this behavior of the mages represented an improvement in their quality of life.

Only when the pressure was reduced would they think of leisure and entertainment!

So he felt that this was a merit of the Empress's effective governance.

"Indeed, mages should not only serve for war, their wisdom should shine in more places…"

The Eternal Night Empress indeed got the point, nodding slightly with satisfaction, then her eyes lit up!

Based on Roger's alias, Dio, she used her backdoor privileges to find out that he had borrowed a large number of history books these days.

Although they weren't any serious history books.

But that was enough.

Before, Roger was a good-for-nothing, so the Empress couldn't arrange a job for him.

Now that he had disguised himself as a high-level mage, this strength was enough for him to take on many errands in the Empire.

Such comfortable loafing, lying flat, and still having time to criticize me?

Still looking down on the Empire's loyal mages?

Hmph, I'll let you know what power is, and maximize your work pressure!

The Eternal Night Empress continued the curator's topic, smiling: "It just so happens that I need an excellent young man who is well-read in history books to help compile the Imperial History. Curator, please help me check which mage has read the most history books these days?"

"Naturally, no problem, Your Majesty, please wait a moment!"

The curator immediately opened the management backend and sorted the mages who had borrowed history books in descending order.

The top name was none other than Dio Brando!

And he was only nineteen years old, which also met the standard of being young.

Mages were like science students in this world, reading history books to relieve boredom, and didn't have time to read much.

So Roger successfully stood out, becoming the person who had read the most history books in the entire library in the past month.

"Your Majesty, please look at this, Mr. Dio Brando meets your requirements very well, the only problem is that he is of commoner origin…"

The Eternal Night Empress's conversation with the curator was not volume-controlled, and the mages in the room could hear it.

Roger naturally heard it too.

Hearing the name Dio appear in the curator's mouth, he was still gloating, wondering which unlucky kid had been noticed by the Empress.

But the next second, he felt a thud in his heart, realizing…

The clown was actually himself?

【Old man, don't harm me, I'm just here to slack off, I don't want to compile history】

【That's right, I'm a commoner now, the commoner status is a big problem, the Empire didn't use commoners as officials before!】

Unexpectedly, the Eternal Night Empress waved her hand, saying magnanimously: "Commoner? What kind of problem is that? I have always used people regardless of their background, the capable should be in high positions, let him be the Empire's new historian!"

Regardless of background?

As soon as this statement that transcended the constraints of the times came out, many of the Empress's fanatical fans knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise! Your Majesty is an eternal emperor!"

Many commoner mages were moved to tears.

Did Her Majesty's words mean that their future was promising?

Only Roger stood blankly in place.

【I finally opened a new identity, read a few more history books, and was caught by the blood mother?】

【Does this empire have any privacy protection? I want to appeal to the council!】

【I just want to lie down quietly, why is it so difficult?】

Chapter 15: Dug Up the Empress's Dark History?

The mages present were initially extremely excited when they heard that the Empress was going to assign a task.

Serving the Empress and spreading the Empire's glory was their duty!

Then they lost all interest when they heard that they were being sent to compile the Imperial History…

In this era, combat was the mage's primary responsibility.

The Eternal Night Empress had swept through the seventeen kingdoms, completing the greatest territorial expansion in the history of the Qing Teng Empire.

Her fans naturally hoped to become human-shaped turrets or bombers, fighting for the Empress, rather than wasting their lives in old paper piles.

So the mages' mentality became: Let's see which unlucky guy was favored by the Empress?

Oh, it's Dio!

However, some people were secretly displeased.

The Empress's statement of "using people regardless of their background, the capable should be in high positions" made a few radical nobles uncomfortable.

In this era, there was an insurmountable gap between commoners and nobles.

The Empire's officials, whether they were enjoying the legacy of their ancestors or marrying into some aunt's family who didn't want to work hard, first of all, had to be nobles.

Even if a commoner cultivated to become a high-level mage, they could either join the army to win a title, or they could only hang around in adventure groups, and it was impossible to step into the Empire's political arena.

But today, the Eternal Night Empress was going to appoint a commoner mage as an official, although it was an insignificant historian that the Empire didn't value, this was also an unprecedented creation.

In everyone's opinion, Dio Brando himself was not important, the symbolic meaning of this move was important!

Could it be that the Eternal Night Empress was using this person's identity to test the bottom line of the traditional nobles, to allow commoners to enter the court on a large scale!

But what they didn't know was that the Eternal Night Empress's original intention was just to punish Roger's "disrespectful thoughts".

The Empress looked at Roger, who was standing blankly and still hadn't recovered, and said with a smile:

"Could this be our promising young Mr. Dio Brando, are you willing to serve as my historian?"

"This commoner is incompetent, really…"

Roger was about to decline.

However, before he could finish speaking, he felt the gazes of the surrounding mages suddenly become fierce.

A mere commoner, giving you an official position is already the Empress's kindness, are you going to decline?

If you dare to disrespect the Empress, don't blame us for not giving you face!

Some with quick tempers had already taken out white gloves, ready to throw them over at any time.

【Damn it, brothers, no way, if I dare to say no, are you going to duel me immediately?】

【Is the Empress's prestige so terrifying? What to do, this kind of public appointment, it seems like I have no chance to refuse?】

【The Empress says I can, even if I really can't, I have to be able to!】

The Eternal Night Empress didn't show any impatience, standing there quietly, as if a great monarch with a broad mind, waiting with tolerance for the talent she wanted to recruit in an unconventional way to answer.

Face reality!

Without me taking action, countless good men of the Empire will tell you how to choose!

You are not the Right Prime Minister's younger brother now, just a commoner, no one will protect you if something happens!

Facing the countless hostile gazes around him, Roger could only change his words when they reached his mouth:

"This commoner is really… that, really surprised that Your Majesty trusts this commoner so much, this commoner will do everything in his power to compile the Imperial History well for Your Majesty!"

"Good, the curator will arrange your work later."

"Understood…"