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

Damn it!

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The Eternal Night Empress's palace, Maple Spirit Moon Shadow Palace.

The Empress, with her bare little feet, leaned lazily on the bed, holding a magic mirror and laughing so hard her stomach hurt:

"Hahaha, Roger, you want to lie low and get through the celebration? I won't let you!"

"I just love the way you don't want to accept it, but you still have to say thank you."

"Oh my, little Roger, are you trying to make my Margaret mad enough to kill me with that question?"

"It's a pity the refined gold golem can only capture sound and images. This would be even more interesting if paired with little Roger's inner thoughts..."

The Eternal Night Empress, who was obsessively watching, curled her toes slightly, lost in thought.

She was thinking about what reason she could come up with to take another trip to the Charles estate one of these days!

Chapter 6: Studying for the Rise of the Empire

The celebration hadn't ended even after midnight.

"Ding, the Lying Flat System has detected that the host's words and actions yesterday did not meet the reward conditions. Please arrange your work and life reasonably."

Roger sighed. As expected, his big treasure chest was gone again!

In the shivering cold wind, only the cool aura of the Deep Sea Heart amulet, a divine artifact, was the last bit of comfort in his bleak life.

But it's not a complete loss, right?

A divine artifact... is still pretty good, hahahaha.

Roger suddenly laughed again.

Roger, the 'Eternal Study' expert, had concluded that the fewer features a divine artifact had in the Eternal Night World, the more powerful it was.

This Deep Sea Heart amulet only had one effect: to increase life and mana recovery.

The basic effect was: if they can't kill him in one shot, they can't kill him at all.

That's why Margaret cursed Roger, saying that if he were captured by the enemy while wearing this thing, he would be begging for death but unable to die.

But...

Could he, who was determined to lie flat in the Duke's mansion, be captured by the enemy?

Laugh!

The little ceiling fan was still naive at this point.

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The next day, Angelina found Roger.

"Brother, I've been thinking about arranging an official position for you after this title is conferred."

"Although you're not smart and don't have any magical talent, there are many jobs in the Empire that only require diligence and responsibility."

"I think you can handle it completely with some training, because your heart is still willing to give everything for His Majesty, right?"

"Don't worry, I'll arrange reliable and patient assistants to help you."

"And don't be anxious. It doesn't matter if you don't do well once or twice. As long as you persevere, you will definitely become an excellent minister and dedicate yourself to His Majesty!"

Her energetic demeanor and voice could support a god-tier episode in a shonen manga.

But Roger was still a little touched, until he saw the positions his sister had arranged for him:

Chief Commander of Mining in North Solid Mountain?

Director of the Tiger River Dam Dispatch?

Deputy Director of the Imperial Capital Sanitation Department?

Captain of Grain Transportation?

He immediately thought, what the heck, this is using power for personal gain in reverse, pushing the only relative into the fire pit!

Roger felt like he was going to vomit blood.

His sister was good in every way, but she was too blindly loyal to Her Majesty.

But now that she had made up her mind and the positions were all arranged, he was afraid that refusing would be useless.

With the resilience that Saint Angelina showed in the plot, she would definitely tirelessly, super patiently, repeatedly, and earnestly persuade him...

Until he agreed!

She wouldn't be annoyed, but he would!

The thought of that scene was terrifying.

So he had to think of a sufficiently ingenious excuse to make her accept the setting of him not taking office...

Roger quickly adjusted his state and directly transformed into the embodiment of sincerity:

"Sister, you know me. I'm neither good at writing nor martial arts, and I don't have much patience. I've never been able to sit still since I was a child."

"If I become an official, any small mistake will cause losses to the Empire. I don't want to harm the great Empire or disappoint Her Majesty."

"So I should first find a way to improve my abilities. I heard that books are the ladder to progress. I think I should read and study before officially taking office!"

"Now that the Imperial Grand Library has been built, with a collection of books from seventeen countries, I want to go there and study for the rise of the Empire!"

Roger's monologue was full of acting!

From being moved to feeling guilty, then to self-doubt, and finally a little bit of excitement...

When he shouted "Studying for the rise of the Empire" with great enthusiasm, the infectiousness was super strong!

Angelina never imagined that her own brother would act against her.

She was surprised, excited, and even moved by Roger, grabbing his hand tightly:

"Studying for the rise of the Empire... well said! Sister supports you! I'm so happy that you can consciously work hard and realize your shortcomings..."

Study first and then take office?

Reduce the Empire's losses?

Books are the ladder to progress?

This time, Roger's consideration was even more thorough than hers, and what he said made so much sense.

From childhood to adulthood, this brother had been lazy, mischievous, idle, and living a life of ease and comfort.

When had he ever been so proactive and determined to do something?

The smile on Angelina's face never faded. Leaning on Roger, she reached out and poked his handsome face, teasing:

"My man has grown up. He's going to protect his sister in the future, right?"

"Yeah!"

Roger replied proudly.

As long as you don't always interrupt my lying flat, I'm more than capable of protecting you!

A delaying tactic, effective!

The road to lying flat is tortuous, but we all have a bright future!

Angelina was the type of person who would not give up until she achieved her goal.

Ordinary reasons wouldn't make her give up.

Only studying, in the eyes of elders in any era, is always right to read more books, right?

So Angelina, as smart as she was, was also fooled by Roger.

He set the standard for academic success himself.

When to take office... everyone understands!

He would first slack off in the library for ten years.

The only problem was that the Duke's mansion was half an hour away from the Grand Library, which could be dangerous.

But Roger had already thought about this.

He would build a teleportation array in his bedroom so he could seamlessly connect the Duke's mansion and the Grand Library.

And if he got tired of sitting, he could always go home and lie down!

Perfect.

As for the expensive cost of the teleportation array...

If you study hard, buying stationery is a necessary expense, right?

Roger repeatedly thought about it and carefully arranged "slacking off in the Grand Library" in his mind.

Alas, lying flat is also a complicated matter!

With the Empress in front and his sister behind.

He was really uncomfortable being caught in the middle!

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For three days in a row.

The noble circles of the City of Mysteries were all discussing Marquis Roger Charles of Lacapas.

He was trusted by the Empress,

He had a divine artifact to protect him,

He had a talent that ordinary people couldn't see through...

Naturally, Roger, who was at the center of the controversy, did not receive a random treasure chest from the system.

On the fourth day.

Seeing that Roger's popularity had slightly decreased, the Eternal Night Empress suddenly ordered a complete ban on the Seven Gods Church from preaching within the Empire.

Rumor had it that the Empress's decision was related to Right Minister Angelina revealing the secrets of the gods.

Immediately, everyone had countless guesses.

Some people also analyzed from the chronological order that Roger's title of Marquis might be related to this matter.

"Nonsense, my sister doesn't know anything about the gods. This matter has nothing to do with my Charles estate!"

Roger heard these rumors, far-fetched and unreasonable.

But it was this "absurdity" that he thought was absurd that forcibly renewed his popularity...

The people of the Empire just loved to believe rumors. Where could he reason with them?

So Roger's treasure chest for this day was far away from him again...

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Early in the morning of a new day, in the imperial palace, in the Hall of Political Affairs.

The Eternal Night Empress summoned civil and military officials to discuss a major matter:

"After the ban on the Seven Gods Church from preaching, rebellions have sprung up in the old lands of the seventeen countries. Do any of you ministers have a good plan to resolve this and make the seventeen countries completely submit to the Empire?"

Right Minister Angelina immediately stepped forward:

"The people only want to live and work in peace. Your Majesty only needs to be diligent and love the people, reduce taxes, and let the people of the seventeen countries also live a prosperous life. In time, they will understand the Empire's strength and benevolence, and they will naturally turn to the Empire!"

After she finished speaking, Left Minister Margaret retorted: