My Next Life in Teyvat: I Just Wanted Friends, Not Every Girl's Love!

Chapter 266 - 265 Let’s put other words aside for now. I have a question for you, Raiden Shogun.

At this moment, Raiden Shogun’s meditation ended. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Durandal sitting opposite her with an unfriendly expression, frowning, and staring at the official documents on the table.

You...

Let’s put other words aside for now. I have a question for you, Raiden Shogun.

Durandal pointed at the official documents on the table and asked, "What’s going on with these official documents? Why haven’t I seen anything about the resistance on Watatsumi Island? What about Tatarasuna? Have the documents not arrived yet?"

This person... how could she act as if she was the one who had been intruded upon? I should be the one who is angry, so why is she so aggressive?

Raiden Shogun was very displeased. She really wanted to reprimand Durandal and tell her that this was the Raiden Shogun’s territory, and ordinary people should not be presumptuous.

After a few seconds of eye contact with Durandal, Raiden Shogun turned and pulled out a processed official document from a stack nearby, handing it to Durandal.

It wasn’t because she chickened out; it was because she still had a favor to ask of Durandal. To get her to agree to her request, she would cooperate with her a little.

Besides, it was just letting her look at a few official documents, not some secret. The resistance on Watatsumi Island was already common knowledge, so it was no big deal.

"A great victory? No need to worry about the resistance? This... do you really believe that? If it were truly a great victory, the Shogunate Army wouldn’t still be unable to suppress the resistance. Did the General of the Tenryou Commission not tell you about the resistance?"

Raiden Shogun shook her head: "I asked her, and she always told me that everything was under control and that I didn’t need to worry."

...This side is being overly serious. Your retainers, except for the Shuumatsuban and Kujou Sara, all have some issues.

Durandal looked at Raiden Shogun seriously and asked, "As the supreme ruler of this nation, why did you divide your authority among the Three Commissions?"

Because I can’t manage everything myself; I need the Three Commissions to help me share the responsibilities.

"Yes, exactly. Retainers are meant to help their monarch alleviate worries, but what kind of retainers do you have now? The previous Kujou Takayuki was like that; he did nothing but use his power for personal gain and suppress other factions to stabilize his own authority. Beyond that, so what if Inazuma became chaotic? Anyway, neither the resistance nor the Fatui are your match. As long as you are here, whatever he does doesn’t matter. That was his mindset."

At this point, Durandal paused, looked at Raiden Shogun, whose expression had changed, and asked.

"Hearing this, do you think he was alleviating your worries? Not only did he fail to do the most basic things as a retainer, he even treated you as a nanny, as someone to clean up after him. This situation has developed to the point where it’s not just Kujou Takayuki; even others have similar ideas. Because Kujou Takayuki succeeded, they think they can do the same. So, in these official documents given to you, they mostly write about minor matters, while major issues are largely intercepted. Why do they do this?"

...Because once I know about those matters, I will demand that they handle them. They don’t want to go through the trouble of dealing with those problems, so they falsify information, waiting until things become uncontrollable, and then I solve them.

Exactly, that’s it. Compared to Raiden Ei, Raiden Shogun seems to understand things quite clearly.

Durandal was very pleased, but Raiden Shogun was displeased, extremely displeased.

As mentioned before, she has self-awareness; no matter how calm she appears normally, she can still get angry and furious.

Thinking back, during past meetings, the Tenryou Commission and the Kanjou Commission members were mostly flattering. When the Shuumatsuban wanted to express an opinion, it would be suppressed by the other two Commissions due to eternity, and she would also ignore it.

Now that she thought about it, those people were clearly deceiving her and simply didn’t want to do any work, which is why they behaved that way.

How dare they! Such an act of deceiving the monarch, even death would not be too severe! There was already the example of Kujou Takayuki, yet others still dared to act as before.

...I will handle this matter. If the Kujou Family and the Shuushin Family members are all like this, then it’s time to replace the Tenryou Commission and the Kanjou Commission.

Considering the danger of widespread resignations, Raiden Shogun decided to investigate the number of incompetent individuals who were unwilling to work and promote talented people from the Kujou Family and the Shuushin Family to take over the positions of family heads, thus avoiding any chaotic situations.

Durandal nodded in satisfaction and began to search for clues she wanted, looking for information outside Narukami Island.

At this moment, Durandal felt the surrounding environment change. Raiden Shogun almost ambushed Durandal, pulling her into the Plane of Euthymia to meet Raiden Ei.

...I got played.

She thought she wouldn’t have to meet Raiden Ei, but it seems there was no escaping it after all?

Durandal sighed, just about to say something to Raiden Ei, when she suddenly noticed the light novels and dessert boxes on the ground nearby, and her expression immediately turned cold.

"What is that? Do you usually just read light novels and eat desserts here?"

When she came last time, those things weren’t there, but this time, she found a large pile of them, with stacks of empty dessert boxes piled high.

She didn’t know how these things were brought in. Wasn’t Raiden Ei a consciousness? How did she eat these? Could it be that Yae Miko brought them? How did she manage that?

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Raiden Ei is in big trouble! If she doesn’t explain well, she’ll be socially dead!

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