In this crossover anime, many ruthless and powerful figures reside in my territory.

The Code stipulates that the king can recruit spellcasters of the fifth rank and below, the emperor can recruit spellcasters of the sixth to ninth rank, and higher-ranking mages cannot leave Tarlin to serve the nobles at will.

Therefore, sixth-order spellcasters in the United States are considered elite individuals who should enjoy offerings and honors in the royal or imperial capital.

Why would he assassinate his brother who had already renounced his title?

Wait a minute? The sixth-tier spellcaster's assassination attempt failed?

Lister noticed Melf's question.

"Even though I've never met anyone from the Holy Land, I believe that Mr. Madara's strength is definitely among the highest in the Holy Land."

Melf opened her mouth, wanting to ask why such a person would leave the Holy Land, but then thought it best not to delve into it.

"Sister, what I care about is the way they assassinated me."

Lister then voiced his speculation.

The assassins controlled gnolls to attack his territory, and then at a crucial moment bound him with rock golems created by puppeteers, intending to kill him.

If it weren't for the unexpected death of Madara, the plan should have succeeded, and then a survivor would have brought news of his death to White Moon City, inciting hatred between the Eller and Dick families.

Within the Kingdom of Rennes, only the Dick family studies arcane magic, and the representative spell used by the family's spellcasters is "Puppet Creation."

Melfie had developed several more wrinkles between her eyebrows.

She took a deep breath.

“Lister, there’s something I need to tell you. In the last three months, our conflicts with the Dick family have suddenly increased, and now the relationship between the two territories is very tense.”

Ok?

Lister also frowned.

"Sister, let me see the inspection reports from this year."

The Inspector's Documents are the territory inspection documents recorded by the Inspectors sent by Parliament. After the monthly records are completed, a copy is given to each ducal family.

Because the inspector's documents contain criminal records, reading them can reveal the current state of chaos within the kingdom's territories.

Lister opened the text and extracted some of the data and important events to create a chart.

After he finished examining the charts from last night, which he had categorized and laid out on the table, his eyes widened in surprise.

this is!

Who is stirring up internal conflicts within the kingdom?!

Chapter 24 Dangers Hidden Under the System

Simple numbers can easily mislead the perception of ordinary people. Lister believed that he was not a very sensitive person to numbers, so he liked to draw corresponding charts when analyzing data.

This was a habit he had in his previous life, and he frequently used this technique in this life as well.

Clearly, the severity of the problem became apparent after he created several charts using the data from the inspector's documents.

"Sister, look at this."

Melf observed the chart and roughly understood what it was.

"Within the jurisdiction of White Moon Territory, the number of armed clashes this month has increased by eight compared to last month."

"Compared to the total of 364 cases, it is indeed nothing."

At this point, Lister pointed to the bar chart and the line chart.

"But this month saw an increase of 86 cases compared to last year."

“There are ups and downs every month, but overall it has risen a lot.”

"Let's look at the others."

Lister then pointed to the pie chart.

"Theft is also on the rise and accounts for a very high proportion of all crimes. Whenever there is an increase in armed fights, theft will also increase at the same time."

"Sister, you must be focusing your energy on combating theft."

"Correct!"

Melf nodded.

"That's right, we've been investigating the reasons for the increase in theft."

"In fact, the person in charge of maintaining order is already overwhelmed, and I even sent people to support him."

Tsk!

Lister frowned.

"The sudden increase in theft may simply be a cover-up."

"Look at this data. This is the percentage of all armed conflicts that occurred between us and the Dick family."

Melf suddenly jolted as she looked at the pie charts.

The proportion has actually risen from the initial 10% to 40%! Almost half?!

"It is normal for people to have conflicts over water sources and farmland. Some jealous people will even deliberately poison the fields if they find that their neighbors' crops are growing better than their own. It is not surprising that fights break out."

"But the fact that the conflict between our Eller family and the Dick family, who already have a bad relationship, accounts for an increasingly large proportion of the total conflict is something I don't believe is a coincidence."

Someone is definitely trying to sow discord between the two ducal families.

"Lister, who has such audacity?!"

Lister glanced at the furious Melphine, then pointed to the chart data on the other side.

"I'm afraid the instigator is much bolder than you expect."

“Similar situations have occurred in all six ducal families within the Kingdom of Rennes.”

“Some ducal families even nearly went extinct.”

"The head of the Barlow family only had three brothers, who all died of illness one after another. His only son almost lost his life in an incident nine months ago, but still broke his leg."

"Although they are protected by the laws of the United States, and as long as their family still exists, they do not need to worry about losing the dukedom, the situation is already precarious."

"The duke even began to suspect his subordinates of purging their personnel, which led to chaos in the duchy."

Melf was immediately horrified.

She looked at the map of the Kingdom of Rennes marked by Lister, which was filled with numerous conflict events that had occurred at the border of the two duchies.

"Sister, to put it bluntly..."

"Although we are both called geniuses, I think it's just because we are more hardworking."

"Most people in the United States are merely driven and constrained by the Code of Law and the rites, and are simply fulfilling their duties in accordance with the requirements of their faith."

“Some people don’t even do their job properly, but they won’t lose their position. At most, they’ll be scolded and looked down upon.”

"In my opinion, the inspectors responsible for producing the inspector's documents certainly didn't think about it carefully. They probably just recorded the data and sent it to each duke."

“If the Duke only focuses on the data from this month and the previous two months, he is very likely to overlook the dangers involved.”

Lister sighed.

"The person who secretly orchestrated this situation must be very familiar with the United States' work processes and the temperament of the nobles."

Believe it or not, he did try to find loopholes, but who would have thought that his sister's connections would nip it in the bud?

Melf slumped into her chair, trying to process all the information she had just analyzed.

A force capable of creating such chaos within the kingdom and remaining extremely secretive... even able to command sixth-tier spellcasters, is an enemy the Eller family cannot handle!

What should I do? What's the best course of action?

Melf looked up at her brother, whose face was so similar to hers that it seemed somewhat unfamiliar to her.

From a young age, she and her younger brother competed against each other, scoring full marks in holy scriptures, history, divination, horsemanship, archery, swordsmanship, and more.

To be honest, she didn't really like her younger brother at first, because he was just a man who could inherit the title, even though they were both equally outstanding.

Although it's a pity, if the heir is an equally outstanding younger brother, there's nothing to regret.

Unexpectedly, her younger brother, who had always behaved strangely, took the initiative to offer to give up his title and hand it over to her, which angered their father so much that he cursed her.

It seems she never truly understood her younger brother.

They both got a score of 10, but the younger brother only got a score of 10 because the full score is 10.

"...If only you had inherited the title, you would have noticed something was wrong long ago."

"Don't curse me, I don't want to be locked in a cage."

Melf rested her chin on her hand, admiring Lister's handsome face, and the waves of anxiety in her heart gradually subsided.

"Little brother, what do you think we should do?"

"The dignified Grand Duchess Baiyue wants to ask for my opinion?"

"Stop keeping me in suspense, I admit I'm not as good as you."

"alright."

Lister shrugged. There was nothing he could do; he was only responsive to gentle persuasion, not force.

"Compile all our current findings and speculations into an official document and dispatch our most loyal subordinates to the capital to report directly to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Melf looked rather hesitant.

"But according to the Code of Law and the Regulations of Rites, we cannot bypass our superiors and report directly to the Emperor, nor do we have any other channels..."

"elder sister!"

Lister looked at Melphine very seriously.

"If you want to solve problems correctly and quickly, don't always think about seeking help from the Code of Law and the rites for everything."

"This is not something we can handle. We are betting that the enemy in the shadows has no spies around the emperor."

"Without a channel, the simplest way is to seize the emperor's routine inspection of the capital and rush over to deliver the letter to him."

Melf was silent for a moment, then stood up.

"Okay, I'll get this done as quickly as possible!"