586 Plan (1/2)

Lucien had almost forgotten about the dwarfs. After Natasha asked, he remembered what happened and said with a smile, putting down the caviar next to him. ”Didn't I tell you about the adventure in the Night Highland?”

”Yes, that was very wicked of you. You added an additional layer of defense outside of the vampire count's defense core to make it even more 'solid'!” Natasha was chuckling about it even right now. Lucien was full of such bad humor, but she liked it!

Lucien was quite proud of his reactions back then, too. ”That time, in order to trick the dwarfs into coming back, I intentionally pretended to be their God of Steam after they mistook me for him, and I even 'showed' them an illusionary gods' realm - Atlantis. Inside of it was my imagination about the future of the alchemical industry. Hehe. At that time, I even imagined that alchemical bombs that looked like rising suns were created by the great development of elements and alchemy. You know what happened later. Reality is always more unbelievable than fantasies. We already have ”Eternal Blaze'.”

Now that they were talking about dwarfs, Lucien briefly explained what 'Atlantis' was to her.

Natasha was stunned first at Lucien's answer, then she laughed so hard that she lay on the table. ”And I was wondering what the dwarfs were worshiping. It turns out that they were worshiping an alchemical bomb. Haha. How hilarious! I have never seen such a funny religion before!”

They're just nuclear-bomb believers. I'd seen a lot of them when I played games in the past. Lucien smiled at Natasha as she laughed aloud.

Trying to control herself, Natasha said while laughing, ”According to the intelligence department, those dwarfs have been devoutly worshiping silver… Haha, silver iron bombs since 'Eternal Blaze' exploded a while back, crying about god's favor, Atlantis' arrival and such. They also tried to find out who performed 'Eternal Blaze', because they believed that he was the envoy and the saint of the God of Steam.”

”If they learn that it's a spell I created, I will be reduced from 'God of Steam' into an ordinary person.” Lucien shook his head. A weird idea occurred to him. If the dwarfs perfected their doctrines and rituals, would the power of faith be gathered toward him? Or would it directly be gathered to 'nuclear bombs'?

Lucien had no desire in becoming a god yet. He had learnt a good lesson from Ell. However, he had always wanted to study the congregation of the power of faith. If the gods were unveiled, the deeper mysteries of the world would definitely be revealed.

After talking about the dwarfs' assimilation, Natasha wiped her lips with a napkin. ”I'll allocate the additional abbeys to local city halls as the locations of the generic schools.”

After the South Church evacuated, the number of believers had reduced a lot. In order to control them, Natasha had confiscated part of the abbeys and real estate of the Church, which built up the queen's treasury. That was why she approved Lucien's plan without any hesitation. She was using her private possessions and did not need the approval of the Parliament of Nobles.

”After the schools you and the Congress establish raise talents after talents, I believe that the royal family will be more steady.” Lucien said, smiling.

Natasha put down the napkin and looked at Lucien. ”It's your plan, and I definitely support you. Besides, you convinced me.”

Lucien nodded solemnly, ”If nothing changes, and society remains as ignorant and underdeveloped as it used to be, will there be any joy in accomplishing success? What's the point of becoming the leader of a bunch of pigs? A real arcanist should facilitate the progress of society and make mankind more civilized, giving everybody an opportunity to enjoy the convenience brought by the alchemical items. That will be the greatest achievement for them…”

Hearing Lucien's heartfelt speech, Natasha became quiet and focused. He looked more charming than ever.

After Lucien finished, Natasha responded with a brilliant smile, ”Yes. Being a queen in a poor, underdeveloped country where most people don't even know how to write is not nearly as pleasant as seeing the country flourish.”

Looking at Leo and two maids who were serving nearby, Lucien rose with a smile. ”Let me show you the scenery of Atlantis.”

Natasha was stunned at first, and then she realized that Lucien had something else he wanted to say. Therefore, she picked up her hat and followed Lucien into the living room unhurriedly.

After Lucien turned on independent magic circle, she asked solemnly, ”What's up?”

”Nothing important. Weren't you 'angry' that I didn't tell you when I advanced into legendary?” Lucien looked at Natasha with a smile.

Natasha blushed as if she recalled something. Then, she coughed and thought quickly. ”Are you planning to hide the fact that you are already legendary in order to deal with the legendary experts that the Church will possibly send to kill you?”

Lucien raised his thumb. Natasha had always been keen about that. ”Yes. We have to eliminate as many legends of the Church as possible. If I set it to public, they will probably never take any action. After all, a legendary sorcerer can barely be killed. Besides, you are still being threatened by the shadow of Kritonia. I'm thinking to resolve the two issues at once.”

Knowing that Lucien was doing this mainly to help her deal with Kritonia, Natasha meant to object first, but she abandoned her idea after seeing Lucien's firmness. She smiled, ”The problem is, you can always plan to assassinate somebody else, but you can't always be braced for assassinations.”

”That's why we need to attract all of them.” Said Lucien without any hesitation. As long as they misevaluated his strength, he would be able to stall them until Mr. President, his teacher and Hathaway arrived.