Let's start over, Your Majesty.

Chapter 38 Kindergarten Battle

After that day, Caesar summoned Peyton again, subtly asking him to collect information on organizations currently associated with the Empire. Peyton worked on this task for a long time, finally bringing the compiled documents at the end of April.

Just as Caesar suspected, there was more than one organization related to Eldaria, but most of them were academic exchanges or historical research. The reason Caesar had never seen the Restoration Society in the newspapers was that these people were too extraordinary.

Ten years ago, when they first appeared, they found an unverified descendant of the Eldarian royal family and then declared the establishment of the Second Eldarian Empire on a farm. They sold citizenship worldwide; for a fee of one thousand gold ronins, one could become a citizen of the empire, and for an additional fifty gold ronins, one could obtain the title of viscount.
They placed advertisements in the newspapers, clearly listing the prices of various titles and official positions, to be personally bestowed by the king.
In addition, there is a one-day tour of the Kingdom of Jinlang for 199 yuan, which includes visiting the kingdom's vast territory of nearly 50 acres, having dinner with the king and his ministers, and enjoying a salad personally prepared by the queen.

Because of its popularity, quite a few people actually came to join in the fun, making it a major hit that year.

Later, because they became too unruly, they even demanded that Finn grant them a piece of land in the capital to build a consulate, and refused to pay taxes to the kingdom anymore.

This enraged Fein. "Fine, you want to establish a nation? Well, that'll do your thing!" The State Taxation Administration announced high tariffs on imported goods from the Second Empire of Eldaria. This meant that they would have to pay hundreds of gold rons to buy a loaf of bread. They also sent troops to surround the farms, and anyone who left the farm was arrested on charges of illegal entry.

Thus, after existing for four months, the Second Empire declared bankruptcy and perished after paying a huge indemnity to the Kingdom of Fane.

Then, to Caesar's surprise, there was a Third Reich, established on an uninhabited island in the high seas of the Western Ocean. However, less than a month after its founding, it was invaded by pirates.

The war of national defense lasted only two days. The king and queen both died defending the country. Only the eldest prince escaped by boat under the cover of several ministers. The Third Reich was declared extinct.

Later, this eldest prince also established a government-in-exile in Surna. A few years later, the government-in-exile became the current Restoration Association, which, relying on its remaining influence, helps some chambers of commerce launder money and so on.

Caesar should have known better than to watch this stuff; it would have made him feel better.

He also realized why Peyton hadn't told him these things before. After reading it, he felt truly ashamed. Even the officials in Finn couldn't stand it anymore and banned all newspapers from cooperating with this Restoration Society, preventing them from gaining any presence.

Caesar added another name to his list of members to be purged.

Time flies like water, and in the blink of an eye, it's June. The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Summers in southern Fein are humid and hot, and you can't stop sweating even with the slightest movement.

Ita is very afraid of the heat. During the day, she spends most of her time lying on her desk, looking lifeless. As soon as she gets home, she goes into the bathroom, takes off her clothes, and soaks in the cool bathtub.

Yumilia, on the other hand, is still wearing a long coat and an apron, but she has never complained of being hot; she has been like this since she was a child.

Elves have such good bodies.

Last week, Chopper's parents were called in again because he caught more than twenty cicadas. However, because the cardboard box was torn, so many cicadas were flying around in the classroom. It took several teachers more than an hour to catch them all.

"It's so hot, Caesar!"

Ita lay on her desk and complained to him in a drawn-out tone.

"A calm mind brings coolness," Caesar said calmly.

"Um"

After hearing his words, Ita shut her mouth tightly, but her face gradually turned red.

"What are you doing?" Caesar asked.

"Holding my breath... I want to calm myself down," Ita said, her face flushed.

"I told you to keep quiet and still," Caesar said, pinching her nose in exasperation, which made her gasp for breath.

"Everyone! Ms. Cecily wants everyone to gather in the open space!" a child shouted as he ran in.

"Ugh, I don't want to go out in the sun on such a hot day," Felicity complained, holding a small fan.

But since the teacher had made the request, everyone had no choice but to leave the classroom and stand in the shadows outside the field.

Not only their class, but three other classes also came out, and there were several large cardboard boxes on the field, which were filled with toy water guns.

"Kids! It's so hot today, wouldn't you like to cool off? The kindergarten has prepared a toy water gun for everyone, so have some fun!"

Ms. Cecily called out to everyone, and immediately all the children cheered, ran forward to take the water guns, and started playing with the water.

"How do you play this?" Ita asked, fiddling with an empty water gun.

"To add water, add it here, then press here." Caesar instructed her, filling the water gun with water and pulling the trigger. A stream of clear water shot out, arcing through the air and traveling several meters.

"Oh, oh." Ita quickly learned it and became fascinated with playing it.

Caesar wasn't very interested in this; playing with water guns would inevitably get his clothes wet, and wet clothes would make him all dirty.

"Take this, Caesar!"

Just as he was about to return to the classroom, Ita grinned and fired a shot at him, spraying his face.

Caesar paused, raised his hand to wipe the water off his face, and grinned at Ita.

"You dare to launch a sneak attack! I'll show you what I'm made of!"

Ita grabbed her water gun and ran off, exchanging water shots with Caesar as she ran, her laughter like the tinkling of silver bells.

The kindergarten grounds immediately became lively, with water splashing everywhere and children's laughter filling the air.

"Hey! You brats from Class Two over there!"

A loud shout rang out, and looking around, it was Mana and Hunter from Class 3 and Class 4. They ran aggressively onto the field of Class 2 and Class 1, shouting loudly.

"Do you dare to have a water gun contest with us? The winner gets a prize!"

"How do we compete?" a child asked curiously.

"Let's see who's the best. Everyone will have a piece of paper stuck to their body. If the paper gets wet from the water gun, they're out. Our two classes will face your two classes. Whichever class gets all its members eliminated first loses. What do you say?" Mana said.

Hunter, standing nearby, chuckled and said, "And, the losing class has to give up the venue and the daily snacks, and they have to greet the winner respectfully! They have to do whatever they're told!"

When this request was made, the children here started discussing it, with some wanting to participate and others not wanting to.

"These kids are really something, they have to compete to see who's better at using water guns," Caesar said speechlessly, wiping the water droplets from his face.

"Hey, hurry up with your discussion, we're getting impatient!" Mana said impatiently, then chuckled, "But seriously, you kids wouldn't dare, would you? After all, you'd be the ones who lose, and you'd be all pitiful, not even getting any cookies or milk, and you'd have to watch us play on the field."

"Hey! What did you say?!"

"We will not lose!"

These words angered several children in Class Two.

“Ita, let’s go play over there,” Caesar said, pulling the seemingly eager Ita aside, not wanting to get involved in the dispute.

"What's special is that sissy Caesar from your class, he looks like a girl. When the competition starts, he'll definitely be yelling and screaming!" Mana laughed heartily.
The children from Class 3 and Class 4 behind him also started laughing.

“Caesar.” Ita looked at Caesar beside her and blinked.

Caesar turned his head, looked at Mana and his group, and smiled faintly:
"Okay, we'll compete with you."

“Very good, both sides have twenty minutes to prepare, then let’s begin,” Mana said, clapping his hands.

"Mana," Caesar called to him.

"what happened?"

"You'd better leave some marks on yourself now, otherwise it won't be easy for your family to identify you when they come to claim you," Caesar said coldly.

(End of this chapter)