Chapter 26: Enjoying What the Queen Gives
The Capital, Duke Charles Mansion.
Roger woke up naturally in his luxurious bedroom after a long absence.
Sufficient sleep finally made the feeling of being hollowed out disappear.
"The Queen is harmful... The good news is that the history of the empire is finally done, and I won't be asked to change it again!"
He rolled around on the bed, enjoying the comfort of it's soft embrace.
Now that the work was finished, his whole body felt light!
It felt great!
Roger spread out on the bed and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
After a long time, he forced his spirits and began to seriously think about the next arrangement.
The seven-day vacation has been arranged.
He had already thought about several immersive short-term loafing around plans, which he could experiment with.
What I need to think about now is how to loaf around for the long term.
As he learned more about the Queen of Eternal Night, and his cold and arrogant Acedia System also exposed his thoughts, Roger felt that he had to make some adjustments to survive in this troubled world.
First, the lottery plan for 10 years of loafing around remains unchanged.
He also tried to meditate and cultivate seriously in order to strengthen himself.
It turned out that his name is the only one that changed and his nickname still remains the same.
This body is worthy of the name waste, the talent is bad and even the training efficiency of the top-level exercises is terrible.
He can only become an intermediate-level magician in about fifty years even if he meditated for eight hours a day and accumulated countless treasures
Not mentioning how useful the strength of an intermediate magician might be when the opponents were Gods, how could he willing to sacrifice fifty years of his life for the Green Vines Empire?
Therefore it was impossible for him to cultivate normally in this life.
Besides, as a person who has experienced system's instant increase in spiritual power he found it difficult to accept the backward method of strengthening himself through cultivation.
So the plan is to stick to the acedia road without wavering.
Second, he also needed to pay attention to his method of loafing around.
The Butterfly Effect he has caused thanks to the Queen, that harmful spirit, has become more and more impactful. The Empire in this world has greatly changed compared to the Empire in the game plot.
Pretending to be the Revolution Army has begun to close the net, and it is expected to continue for more than a month.
But the consequences could be felt for years to come.
The effect of releasing "History of the Green Vines Empire" to the civilian is also not small.
According to this era's feudal system, as long as he was in the cabinet, even if he just smiled and didn't speak, the cause and effect of various events would be impacted by his presence.
When the world line changed, not even a tree hole was innocent.
No matter how high the degree of freedom a game had, in the end, it was just a well-designed code inside of a box. Compared to a real, living world, it was lacking in reactivity and complexity.
Now that the game had become real, there were too many variables for him to grasp.
His second identity "Dio Brando" was already deeply entangled with the chaos of the Green Vines Empire.
All the ways to escape quickly come with a huge price that is unacceptable to Roger.
Try to kill "himself" or let "himself" fall into a coma?
He was afraid that the Queen might become suspicious. She would just need to let one of the Legend-rank powerhouses of the Prophecy School make a move and his disguise would be exposed.
Then that would be the crime of deceiving the queen!
Escape imperial City?
Don't make a fuss, it's a chaotic world outside, and the imperial people are still hated all over the world.
He hadn't forgotten that the original Roger Charles was a cannon fodder who didn't live to the opening of the game
He was the kind of small mob character who didn't even get an explanation for his death. He only had a small introduction in the text on one of Angelina's belongings.
"She had a brother who loved her very much"
With his fate, those who dared to run around were fools!
So now he had no choice, he could only strive to loaf around in the cracks.
Fortunately, while compiling the history of the empire, Roger had confirmed that the Acedia System didn't require him to spend his days laying flat.
The real meaning of "acedia" should be obtaining peace of mind.
There was even a wonderful thing called Flow State...
As long Roger was exerting his effort on something that interested him, he could still get a random treasure chest every day.
Now the Queen and his sister have joined forces to destroy Roger's passive loafing around, waiting for the system to issue interest.
He could only turn to seeking out new ways to loaf around on his initiative.
No matter how bad the environment is, as long as you maintain a positive attitude and adapt to the environment, you can still loaf around!
For example, you can't imagine the joy of pooping with pay!
For example, if you struggle happily on the road you aspire to, how can you know the feeling of those who don't?
You can imprison me and trap me in that gorgeous palace, but I am still the king of my mind!
That was to say, whatever the Queen gave out, he would enjoy!
Wait, cross that last line out. It sounds too much like what a waste would think.
As the saying goes, the small work in the wild, the middle work in the city, and the big work in the court!
Roger's next goal is to find a task that interests him that he can perform while being a cabinet minister.
Or enter a sustainable mode of only receiving money while not working.
Third, he needed to accomplish the above two using the identity of Dio Brando.
If it fails, cut your losses on time and return to being a wastrel brother.
Look for other opportunities to loaf around again!
After some calculations, Roger thinks that his new three strategies for loafing around, attacking, retreating, and defending, are enough to cope with the changes in the latest version of the Green Vines Empire.
"Combat power is the only truth. When I become the strongest in the universe, sooner or later, I will stab back all the enemies that you women have stabbed in the back!"
Roger was furious, he gritted his teeth, endured the humiliation, and stubbornly...
Resolutely separated himself from the bed with difficulty, got up and left to do something!
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After half an hour.
Roger filled the storage ring, which contained fifty thousand gold coins from the Queen, with food and water, then left two letters for his sister, and left the Charles Mansion.
He was about to start his first active loafing around experiment.
One of the most important points was not to be disturbed by his sister.
Every day she asks about how my studies have been coming along, which affects my mood.
My sister has been the big housekeeper for a long time so she understood mother mode early.
He plans to live in the apartment owned by Dio for the remaining days.
At times like this, it's convenient having two identities.
A letter in the name of Roger said that he and the Minister of History were going to conduct a practical investigation, which was to be determined.
A letter in the name of Dio confirms that he has invited Master Charles to do some research and so on.
Perfect mutual proof!
A logical closed loop!
My sister who is so worried can't control me anymore hahaha!
Angelina knew that "Roger" knew "Dio".
Not long after he became a historian, he told his sister that he knew a man named Brando.
The two had great conversation about history and share a lot of common ideas.
Occasionally, when he returned late, he said that he was going to be an assistant to Dio's advisory group.
Angelina was quite relieved after hearing about it and sent someone to give Dio a generous gift.
She thought that the historian selected by Her Majesty must be a very talented person.
Her brother is lucky to learn from such a character.
Roger also shared some of "his research results" with Angelina from time to time, which naturally made Angelina even more gratified.
In this way, the two identities of Roger and Dio were covering for each other. There was no need to put on a show of "killing himself", and there was plenty of room for manipulation.
From now on, we are also a storyteller with two numbers!
As for the active loafing around experiment project during the holidays, Roger also thought about it:
He would buy a house and renovate it.
After Roger did an in-depth analysis of his own personality and psychological needs, combined with the characteristics of this world, plus a seven-day time limit, he ultimately filtered out this project as the best match for him.
In his last life, for various reasons, he had been wandering without a home.
Although Charles House was luxurious, it was a medieval design after all. Many parts of the estate did not meet the aesthetics and needs of a modern person.
Besides, his sister was the head of the house.
No matter how much she pampers him, she will get married sooner or later.
At that time, would he still need to see his brother-in-law's face?
Taking a step back, if there were women who admired him in the future. For him to do something in his sister's house…
It just felt weird.
So, he still needed to have a house of his own.
Not something rented, but something he owned, and something he could remodel to his own liking.
Just thinking about this goal, Roger's mood jumped up and he was full of motivation.
This road of taking the initiative to loaf around, open for me!
