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Chapter 24 Skills an Emperor Needs to Master (Seeking a Monthly Pass)

Egil chuckled and then looked helpless: "Okay, Your Highness, I just wanted to chat with you. Unexpectedly, Your Highness finally became serious. It seems that if I don't explain it carefully, you will not let it go - okay, I will reveal a little news. Liliannu." At the end, Egil called out Liliannu's name directly, which made the princess, who was originally nervous and tight, feel a little ashamed.

"I'm listening." Liliannu nodded and said.

"Have you heard of the legend of Atlantis?" Egil asked.[..com]

"Ha? You wouldn't tell me that you found the lost Atlantis, right?" Liliannu snorted angrily and said.

"What if I say, I did find the lost Atlantis?" Egil said seriously and seriously: "Just across the Atlantic Ocean, a vast territory that is much larger than the whole of Europe - of course, it is slightly different from the legendary Atlantis - or there is some mistake in the legend. There are indeed some civilizations there, but they are not as advanced as the legendary ones. Even worse than the mainstream of the continent. Because there are no cattle and horses, their agricultural civilization uses completely manpower. The army does not have cavalry configurations. In addition, there are no vehicles or wheels. The forging and processing of gold is excellent. However, there is no iron or even bronze. The weapons are made of stone and wood.

This is their civilization—a large population, a heretic cult that sacrifices to the barbaric living people, a huge city-state system, advanced agriculture, extremely backward industries, extremely backward troops… Of course, what is more important is that the country has a very rich gold reserves—their gold is enough to fill the cabins of all the warships I sent out ten times, and even more! And their population is several times more than the population of the Norman Empire today! Such a backward, but rich country is what God gave me. I will definitely conquer it completely! Spread the gospel of Christ and realize my ambitions!”

Egil's words were half true and half false, but he mixed up some things he knew in his previous life and what he had experienced in this life, and told Liliannu to explain his plan.

"You are lying!" Liliannu hesitated for a moment, and immediately said: "How can such a good thing happen in this world? You can reach another continent by sailing along the Atlantic Ocean? Are you kidding?!"

"I never lie." Egil said the biggest lie in this plane, while looking at Liliannu very seriously: "At most half a year, my fleet will return - with a large amount of gold, silver and specialties there. By that time, you will know if I was lying."

"... Has it been half a year?" Liliannu heard Egil say this, and he believed in what Egil said a little more, and then his face became more eager: "If that's the case--"

"—Roman's galleys were also quite difficult to sail on the Mediterranean Sea. Not to mention the Atlantic Ocean, where the winds were ten times stronger. As for our country, I don't want to share that territory with other countries - it was given to the Normans by God." Egil immediately heard the meaning of Liliannu's words and blocked her words directly.

"There will always be a solution - if what he said is true." Liliannu stopped asking Egil. The topics on both sides gradually transitioned from politics to cultural entertainment. Egil, who was well-informed in culture and was at the bottom of his previous life, could speak some of it. From the expansion of the Semitic people in the Indo-European language family back then. Abraham, the founder of mankind, also had similar legends in Islam. His pronunciation was Ibrahim, and what he said was actually the same person...

"So, some people may ask questions like this: God is omniscient and omnipotent, and created everything, so pagans. Those who believe in the devil. Are God created by God? My answer is indeed God created by God. They are the same people as us. But after that, we still maintain our loyalty and faith in God, and they gradually fall, tempted by the devil, and become the minions of heretics and demons."

"...So, it turns out to be like this..." After hearing Egil's statement, combined with modern archaeological discoveries and medieval theological concepts, it sounded very decent. Although it was a little bold and extraordinary, it could definitely be accepted - even a speech that could strengthen the rationality of Christian faith. Liliannu's views and evaluation of Egil further improved a lot.

"I originally thought that I had a high evaluation of him. But I didn't expect that there was something wrong with him. His attainments in theology and history were also quite brilliant. Philosophy, geography and humanities were also very good... I was simply a genius."

Seeing Liliannu's eyes shining at him, Egil was a little proud. It seemed that the admiration of such a girl who coexists with beauty and intelligence was something that was very proud of. Even Egil could not avoid the vulgarity.

But then, Liliannu talked to Egil about music, opera, dance, painting and other things. However, Egil had no research on these things. He had no idea - he was playing the keyboard with a broken hand and smashing the keyboard with a broken hand, and he could not get any help from his memories of the previous life. Listen to Liliannu telling the way of playing various musical instruments, writing methods of various poetry, the latest popular tragic scripts, painting techniques and famous paintings, antiques, etc. Aigeir could not say anything except um, oh, oh, ah... so... so.

Of course, this appearance did not affect Egil's image in Liliannu's heart, nor did it make Liliannu feel unhappy or disappointed. If you insist on saying that there are any negative emotions, Liliannu would be a little gloating: "It turns out that the great and incomparable Egil's Majesty is also somewhat not good at. I thought you were omnipotent."

Liliannu's gloating and secretly happy look naturally could not escape Egil's eyes. Egil was a little angry and said: "Art, okay, music, okay - history can increase knowledge, avoid repeating the same mistakes, and absorb the wisdom of predecessors. Human geography, which can also be used in marching and fighting, is very important knowledge. Philosophy can enhance people's logic, judgment, and practice their thinking.

The rest of politics, economy, military, diplomacy is the important knowledge that a king and a ruler needs to master—but, learning painting, or music, opera and dance. Is there any help for a war, a battle or a country? No, no. These so-called knowledge and skills can indeed provide good entertainment in their spare time and cultivate people's temperament. But that's all. The monarch of a country has limited time and cannot cover everything. Therefore, we should decisively abandon some things and focus on more important aspects. That's what I did. However, you don't seem to have done well enough," said the monarch of a country.

After Egil's words, he directly derogated Liliannu's knowledge that Liliannu was proud of as useless things. He also said his shortcomings as disdain, which made Liliannu feel very angry. Although he also felt that what Elliannu said made sense, he was just unwilling to accept it.

"Your remarks seem to have missed a skill, that is, speech and eloquence. What happened to you, Egil, will make sense even if it has no reason to say." Liliannu said dissatisfiedly. However, it caused Egil's smug laughter, which also attracted several curious Roman soldiers. Of course, under Liliannu's glaring attack, the guys immediately fled in a panic.

"Your Highness the Princess is a good method. A look can make the elite soldiers in a hundred battles flee in a panic. I admire it very much." Egil also took the opportunity to mock Liliannu.

As soon as Liliannu pouted, he pretended to be very angry, which made Egil say a few more good words before turning around and smiling. After a night, he was a little purposeful. But generally speaking, after a pretty good conversation, both parties were completely friends. They both expressed their satisfaction with each other. Especially Liliannu. He had never seen a special man like Egil since he was a child. He felt like he was in water for a while. Egil's knowledge, agile thinking and incisive knowledge made Liliannu feel that they met too late. He just wanted to hold Egil's hand and talk for three days and three nights.

However, the guards who had just appeared were reminding themselves that this was no longer a suitable place to talk - most of them were here to change the guards - and then look at the sky, it was already a little shiny. Egil took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was already four in the morning - the strategy of delaying time was a great success - no, it should be said that it was a bit too successful. The headache now is how to explain to Artoria after going back - Egil and Liliannu, who had just talked outside for a night.

"Time flies so fast." Liliannu didn't care much about this, but she noticed it for a while, and she was a little tired after not resting all night: "Okay, we will go back first - I will send someone to invite you over in the afternoon. I will play the piano for you. Don't say anything that music is useless. Enjoy it."

After saying this, Liliannu left straight away. Legil left alone and was a little stunned.

"Bastard! Labor and capital don't know the way!"
Chapter completed!
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