Having made a round, Du You had garnered a clearer understanding of the area. However, what amused Du You was that many outsiders had stopped referring to Elsa as the "Saintess."
Du You arrived at the entrance of the Saintess’s Palace, showed his token, and soone went inside to fetch Elsa.
"This place, it’s truly built with splendor and grandeur," Du You said as he looked at the palace. Although Holy Fox City did not have a Lord’s Mansion, this palace was impressively large and majestic.
Elsa did not reside where the Saintess usually lived, but she had created a palace for herself. This ti, Du You finally saw it. The palace was impressive enough to rival those in the Divine Fla Empire.
Though he did not know what the inside was like, the outside was certainly not lacking. Without the peasants and craftsn from the territories, even if the empire wanted to build such a palace, it would have been a project that drained resources and taken at least several years to complete.
It wasn’t long before soone escorted Du You into the palace. Looking around, here too was opulence incarnate. In their hearts, items like gold and jewels were considered worthless, hence the abundance of them used as decorations. Du You was even certain that a lot of the gold, for example, must have been brought over from Earth.
Because they were not considered special goods, their transfer wouldn’t cause any disruption, hence no need to convert anything using Crystal Coins.
The attendants were peasants from their own territories, and Du You could faintly sense that distinct aura of the peasantry on them.
Upon seeing Du You, Elsa leaped down from her chair and bounced toward him. "Big brother, you’re finally here, I’ve missed you so much," Elsa said, throwing herself into Du You’s arms.
The little lady had grown up quite a bit in the ti they’d been apart, no longer resembling a small girl.
If others saw them like this, many might not know what to think.
"My, isn’t this our Queen," Du You said with a mischievous grin.
Elsa squird in discontent: "What Queen? I’m just a lord."
Du You chuckled: "That’s what I’ve heard, a lot of people around here are calling you a queen in private."
Elsa rolled her eyes: "They’re just making things up." Following Elsa’s explanation, Du You ca to understand the situation. Elsa had introduced radical reforms and altered the Fox Clan’s way of living that had persisted for years through forceful asures.
Initially, many were uncomfortable and unsure about the changes, but under Elsa’s compelling power, they had no choice but to comply. Eventually, they began to see the benefits of these changes.
Of course, their rapid concession to her reforms was also due to the aid from Elsa’s own territory, which expedited developnt. From that point on, Fox People who benefitted from these changes secretly proposed that Elsa should beco the Clan Chief of the Fox Clan. Given that the old Clan Chief was still in place, and Elsa was considered a Saintess, no one had brought these propositions directly to her.
But sohow, the moniker "Queen Elsa" had spread.
What truly convinced people was that Elsa’s actions had indeed brought enormous benefits to the entire clan, and in their eyes, her commands and their execution were akin to those of a queen.
Not to ntion the grand palace and sothing like the palace guards. Beastn who had visited the humans said Elsa’s residence was now almost indistinguishable from a Human Imperial Palace, whether in scale or structure.
Du You was not surprised, for Elsa had initially learned from the ways of the Shenghai Kingdom, with Shaliya’s support behind the scenes. It would have been peculiar if Elsa’s domain did not resemble that of humans.
"Okay, let’s not talk about this anymore. I saw quite a few Beastn from other racial groups on my way here. Has this place flourished so much already? But why did you allow them within your own territory instead of establishing an affiliated area outside?"
Du You had initially built an external city outside his own territory, leading others to believe that was the actual city. When he faced an attack, the invaders did not know his true location.
"I wish I could, but it was not possible. We started developing Holy Fox City, and they all recognize Holy Fox Canyon. If I claid the core was elsewhere, they would never believe it. Besides, their presence here isn’t simply for business; there are other motives."
"Oh? Other motives? What kind of trouble might there be here?"
Elsa seed to have everything well in hand, showing no signs of distress.
Only a few months had passed on Earth, translating to just a few short years here. The Fox Clan’s developnt was acceptable, but Du You couldn’t understand what issues might have surfaced.
"Surely not everyone accepts your leadership among the Beastn?"
"That’s not it. The high priest and the chief are hands-off now, and the chiefs of other racial branches are also compliant. The territories are developing well, and the strength of the major branches is steadily increasing. I’m not talking about internal issues but external ones."
After composing her thoughts, Elsa continued: "Our growing strength threatens other racial groups. Especially the Wolf Clan—they’ve been left out of our trade agreents, so they’ve beco even more brazen after missing out on any benefits. They’ve now joined forces with many groups, spreading fear of the Fox Clan everywhere."
"Moreover, to protect our clan’s safety, we don’t allow our priests to join other Beastn groups indiscriminately. They believe our control over the priests—to prevent aiding them—is a grave sin, and they’ve directed all their accusations at ."
So, resentnt arises when benefits are absent, Du You understood well, as many people behaved similarly.
However, bullying his people made Du You unhappy. "What do you plan to do, confront them head-on? Our forces aren’t afraid of them." Not to ntion the support from the Shenghai Kingdom. Even without it, with the forces currently at Elsa’s disposal, there was no need to fear them.
At worst, they might lack sufficient troops to defend all territories, but a defensive counterattack was still viable.
Elsa shook her head: "I don’t wish to engage in battle with them for the ti being, and I have other plans. Just like you, I also want to establish my own kingdom and secede from the Beastman Kingdom. That way, I won’t be hampered by them."
Du You was taken aback, not having anticipated Elsa’s grand ambition. Of course, it might also be because she found others too troubleso.
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