Chapter 148: What Doro Deserves
The Wise King said he was about to pull off something big.
Mohe was very interested in this. Of course, she intended to cooperate with the Wise King, but she had never imagined that the Wise King would pull off something this significant.
In simple terms, King Doro was incredibly busy.
The main issue is that Doro is a good person. Although he was once disheartened by the betrayal of Charlette and others, becoming a decadent uncle, after meeting Mohe, his heart was healed, and he eventually made his own choices again.
For any "Emperor," he usually cannot truly observe the world, cannot know the real appearance of the world, and relies on his subordinates to learn the world's circumstances, which presents many limitations.
For such an Emperor, there are typically two choices: either believe or not believe.
It sounds like stating the obvious.
But these are two different attitudes: either believe everyone, relying on what each person says because if the country's strength is formidable, generally nothing goes wrong; or trust no one, assuming everything subordinates say is false or self-serving, then utilizing their internal conflicts to secure one's power...
But Doro doesn't do that.
The simplest issue is that Doro is strong enough.
For example, if a "subject" reports, "This year, the xx race suffered some calamity."
Doro wouldn't just listen to others but could arrive at the scene within a minute, ascertain the situation, then return to his throne to make a judgment.
It's because he has that status, because he possesses such strength, and moreover, Mohe had early on given Doro the "gift of the Wise King—the crown." That crown allows Doro to always be aware of the true conditions of all major races, thus whether this throne is busy actually depends on Doro's choices.
During the month Lu Lu'an was born, Doro basically didn't manage anything, leaving all affairs to the Wise King, Duke Regulus, and the like. But after that, he became very diligent, personally verifying many situations—probably because he always harbored a deep concern for this world and the many "weak beings."
Although Mohe thought this was meaningless, after all, no matter what, the weak always remain weak. Except for those who might reach this realm, Mohe was only interested in "masters" in certain fields. As for others, she didn't want to bother at all—as to whether they lived or died, whether they met tragedy or comedy, whether they were noble or despicable, what did it matter?
Ultimately, they're just a mound of dirt, a heap of ashes.
So Doro's actions seemed laughable to Mohe.
But she wasn't entirely unable to understand Doro.
After all, from her observations, human Emperors were generally like this. Freshly enthroned, they were always brimming with ambition, believing they could change the world, make everyone live a happy life, and then gradually change... From this perspective, the Wise King was quite a unique individual; she earnestly always fought for humanity, though it's also true her mind was filled only with humans.
Doro was only concerned with such matters because eternal time was still too short for him. Eventually, he would tire of it, as it was but an inevitable scene of the eternal flow of time. If something lightened his mood, he'd do it; if it darkened his mood, he'd destroy it—like flowers in a garden. When the blossoms bring beauty, you can meticulously tend to the garden, and when the fragrance becomes overwhelming, you can simply destroy the garden. Nothing too serious.
So nowadays, Doro was hard to find. Except when he discussed state affairs... matters of the world with "subjects" most of the time, he was personally checking out local situations all over.
Sometimes he'd even fetch some special tools from Mohe—
It was under such circumstances that Doro, returning to his bedchamber one day,
discovered some very indecent maids.
If Doro had to describe the maids' attire at that moment, he could only say, "Even Mohe couldn't design this; the Wise King is simply a genius."
The ones wearing such maid outfits were the Wise King herself, Rose, the two princesses from the Ice and Snow Kingdom, Rastina, and Noel.
What was this all about?
If it were a usual Emperor seeing this lineup, he might have thought there was a coup d'état to seize power. But facing this scene was Doro, so his expression was exceedingly calm, as these combined forces wouldn't stand a chance against Doro in a fight.
Therefore, the possibility of a so-called coup was mostly something not even worth considering; it just wasn't going to happen.
Yet, Doro was still attacked.
If it were only the Wise King, it would've been fine, but those other girls hadn't done anything wrong. He couldn't very well use violence against these girls. At that moment, he genuinely thought about learning some magic from Mohe, so he could simply tie up the Wise King...
The next morning, Doro saw Mohe cleaning in her maid outfit.
"Your Majesty the Only King, you're already awake? Your Majesty is indeed filled with energy... worthy of the great Supreme."
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