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Anissa looked at the increasingly perfunctory records at the end of the diary, her little cheeks slightly flushed, knowing that she had beco a bit decadent. There was no way around it, she had been too happy recently.
The girl patted her cheeks, rallying her spirits. This ti she must write her diary properly.
But where should I start?
Got it!
Let's start from when I entered my house today.
[September 1st, sunny. Anissa lied to her mother today. Mom always tells Anissa to avoid the demons on the street, but in fact, every ti Anissa goes ho from school, she deliberately chooses the streets with demons, because there, Anissa no longer has to worry about being bullied by bad guys. Everyone has beco very civilized. Anissa likes it this way!]
[Although the demons look different from us and appear scary, they have never attacked Anissa as Mom said. Instead, they are Anissa's guardian angels! If anyone dares to bully Anissa in the future, Anissa will run to the demons and see if they still dare!]
[Dad bought a new toy today, and Mom didn't criticize Dad for spending money recklessly (usually stingy Mom is actually spending money every day to buy us good food) (crossed out). Although Mom sighs every day, Anissa feels that Mom's temper has improved a lot and she no longer looks so haggard. Mom doesn't talk about work anymore, she just stays with Anissa every day. Anissa likes it this way!]
[A new batch of noble classmates ca to the academy. It is said that their academy was cancelled. They have been saying bad things about the demons. Anissa doesn't understand. After the demons ca, Dad stopped drinking and beca cheerful. Mom doesn't have to work overti until late at night every day and can make delicious food for us every day.
Anissa also learned magic and no longer has to worry about being bullied by those bad guys on the way to and from school. So Anissa likes the demons!]
Writing so much in one go, Anissa was very satisfied.
Today, the magic teacher at the academy assigned them the task of shaping a model out of clay.
The family of three that Anissa had pinched before was smashed by her mother.
This ti, with the new plasticine given by her father, Anissa thought for a mont and had an inspiration. The magic power gathered in her hands and began to control the shape of the plasticine.
Soon, the plasticine in her hands transford into a large demon figure with two horns, a pair of wings, and a long tail at the back.
This was the most common demon on the street, and also the monster that adults feared the most. But Anissa was not afraid. This was her guardian angel and also her goal. In the future, she also wanted to be like the Great Demon, standing tall, becoming super powerful, protecting everyone, and defeating the bad guys!
…
At the sa ti, outside the house.
Anissa's parents were having a heated discussion about the demons.
In fact, this was also a microcosm of every human in the occupied zone.
The woman's heart was very resistant to the demons, full of fear, but the man argued forcefully, trying to change his wife's point of view.
"Yes, the demons are foreigners, and they look different from us, but our goals are the sa. Haven't you seen the ugly and dark dirty things of the empire that the Demon King exposed to us!"
"Look at those scholars who ca out of Stillwater Prison. Do you still rember how they got in? They were frad with a list of serious cris. The empire did it to suppress our talents! They don't want us to progress!"
"Moreover, look at those nobles who rely on the empire. They have monopolized everything of ours. I went into business because I wanted to break through this and make our lives a little better. But what was the result? Those bureaucrats colluded, unreasonably, only knowing how to use the relationships of the nobles.
With a casual word, they took away the fruits of my hard work and instead burden with debts that I can't pay off in a lifeti."
The more the man spoke, the more excited he beca. He said resentfully, "As long as the decadent nobles exist for a day, you, , Anissa, and the children after Anissa, we will always be workers for life! When the ti cos, after working hard for a lifeti, we may not even be able to afford a house!"
"And the bugs! Yes! Those insect eggs parasitizing in our bodies! The empire has done this, and you still want to speak for the empire? The current demons are obviously helping us. Why should we reject them?"
When the insect eggs were ntioned, the expression on Anissa's mother's face also wavered.
She didn't understand so much of the big picture and only cared about the present. And the insect eggs obviously touched her bottom line too. Thinking of the insects parasitizing in her body, the woman shuddered all over.
"Are the bu-bugs real? Could it be that those mons... demons are deceiving us?"
The husband shook his head.
"Don't worry. The people who should be anxious are not us, but those nobles. When the ti cos, we'll know the truth of the matter by their reaction."
The man was right.
Now the most flustered about the demons were the nobles.
…
Earl Scott was the foreign minister of the Mage Nation.
As one of the three great nations, the Mage Nation had countless small countries like Ilinor under its rule, so the benefits of the foreign minister's position were imaginable. Every year, there were countless tributes.
But now, everything was gone. With the fall of humans and the demons occupying more than half of the world, their power was almost all stripped away.
However, compared to property and wealth, what the earl cared more about now was another matter.
In the secret room, in addition to Earl Scott, there were many court nobles of the Mage Nation. And they gathered here secretly to verify a certain matter.
"Bring them up."
After an order from the nobles, many blindfolded commoners ca to the center, trembling.
And waiting for them were dical doctors with superb dical skills.
They fixed the commoners and then began to cut their flesh. Amidst the heart-wrenching screams, they began to search for the bugs inside their bodies as the demons said.
After a while, traces of insect eggs were indeed found deep in the flesh and blood. Most of them were only the size of a soybean, very inconspicuous. If they were not deliberately searched for, they would not be discovered at all.
This was because the commoners did not train their magic, so the insect eggs were in a shriveled state. Later, the nobles caught a person who had learned magic and dissected him. This ti, the insect eggs found were the size of a fist.
However, the exposed insect eggs quickly died and turned into blood within a few seconds. This was also the reason why the empire was able to keep this secret for many years.
"Damn it!"
Seeing this, the expressions of several ministers and nobles changed. They gritted their teeth, knowing that they had been played by the empire. In fact, they also believed from the bottom of their hearts that this was sothing the empire could do to control them.
"Does anyone still have any objections now?" The president of the Upper Senate, who was in the lead, looked around at the noble ministers present.
Everyone shook their heads. No matter what, they could only surrender.
After all, life was the top priority.
Only the demons could remove the insect eggs in their bodies. Based on this alone, there was no need to discuss this eting. The attitude towards the demons could only be... surrender.
But many nobles and ministers were still unwilling to do so.
The expressions on their faces were very depressed and unsightly.
They were not unwilling because humans were so weak and manipulated by the demons.
What they were unwilling and upset about was that their days of glory and wealth seed to be completely gone, especially the minister in charge of the manufacturing departnt.
The many factories under his control were all taken away by the demons. And these damn demons even stopped the factories. Did they know how much loss it would cause to let those workers rest one more day!
The president of the Upper Senate, the leading great noble, was more composed. He looked at the dispirited crowd and gave reassurance.
"Don't worry. Although the situation is very bad, it's not as bad as you imagine."
"From the current point of view, these demons want to use us to fight against the empire, so they won't kill us. And if the demons want to manage humans, who will they rely on? Heh, they still have to rely on us."
"I have already jointly petitioned to that Demon King with ministers from other countries, and the Demon King has accepted our application and will hold a eting to jointly discuss the future developnt of humans and demons. At that ti, whatever the demons want... hmph, we'll give it to them."
"The large number of obedient commoners in our hands is our biggest bargaining chip. Only we know how to exploit them to the greatest extent and obtain the ultimate benefits, just like how we treated the empire in the past. It's just changing a backer, that's all. I also believe that the demons will not refuse this benefit."
"So, instead of being unwilling here, you might as well hurry up and prepare so treasures, jade beads, beautiful won, antiques, or anything else you think can make that Demon King interested, that can please the demons at that ti."
"As long as we can please the demons, we can all keep our positions. The more we please them, the more leftover soup we can drink from the demons' hands. Understand?"
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