The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich

Chapter 31 Little Phoenix

The mountain of documents over a metre high was filled with three desks, the house was stuffy and hot, and the little girl and her two assistants were busy going back and forth between the desks.

Too high a mountain of documents, so that the room could only hear screams, footsteps, collisions between the tip of the pen and the paper, and I could not see the figure, that is, the first feeling I saw when I walked into the owner's office.

By the side of the wall, Bamboo Sword, Bamboo Dragonfly, Five Chess and other small toys scattered the ground and were covered with a thick layer of ash. It seems that Adam didn't come back to this room for a long time.

To be honest, he turns the city owner's office into an entertainment room, and he is one of the best underground city owners.

Annie is one meter and seven tall among human women, but at this time, as if she were a dwarf elementary school student stuck in front of a desk, from the side, she could only see books and documents and not see people.

The little girl had thick dark circles in her eyes and was busy fighting the paper sea. She didn't even find me coming in.

And I walked over, and I kind of stopped Annie's assistant, and I just smoked a couple of papers, and I looked at them.

“Programme for the repair of municipal facilities damaged during the disturbances on 7th to 9th Avenues”, "Three point proposal for the completion of drains before the rainy season”, “Tentative draft of newly arrived Six Nation residential areas. ”

“Lord Sleepless, this is what Lord Margaret means. All documents above level B in the Executive Council must be seen by Miss Annie and signed before Lord Margaret signs her opinion and finally returns to Miss Annie for review. ”

That is, Annie has to process each document once before it is finished, then Margaret attaches her own comments, and finally lets Annie decide to go back and forth at least twice.

This was the teaching of the handles, and I sighed silently. It seemed that Margaret was really going to abandon her, so that she could use duck-filled teaching so that Annie could quickly grow up to be able to handle administrative matters independently.

“That's how you administrations handle the paperwork, and all the documents are signed by Margaret herself? One man takes care of all the affairs? ”

Got a natural answer, looking at this incredible document mountain, I had to say, the total population of Iwo Mountain City is almost 3 million, just think about it, it's astronomical digital government, a bit of an overstatement? I kind of understand why Margaret has been so brief, and fortunately Margaret is a race immortal who basically doesn't need to sleep, but.....

“This way of dealing with government is too primitive, like ancient kings, judging by wisdom and knowledge alone, the immortal who never sleeps and never ceases to reason may be able to do it, human words.....”

With so many documents, it may only be a day or two, and if all of them are handed over to the city owner in the future, I'm afraid she has little time to be free.

My mission was to cultivate a qualified lord, not a politically crushed lunatic, so I coughed up and informed the trainee city owner of my arrival.

“Annie, do you know what the essence of administration is? ”

What is the essence of administration? Let everyone live in peace? Making the so-called utopian concept a reality? Peaceful coexistence of all races?

No, no, it's not that complicated. Administration can only operate within an established framework. Ideally, it cannot be done by administrative means alone.

But administration is not as simple as that. The absence of the city's administration directly paralyzes the entire city. Too slow an administration can lead to great dissatisfaction among the citizens, who are indeed an indispensable part of any town.

“As the owner of the city, I... will try to make everyone feel good. ”

“Little head, don't think about it so much, I'm just asking you what the essence of administration is. Forget it, I'll tell you straight away, just in time, you need to rest too. ”

She sat down with the little girl, indicating that the assistant would serve tea.

The little girl's face was a little sluggish, her flaming red hair was less glossy, the whole person seemed mentally deficient, her eyes were a little dodgy, she seemed worried that I would blame her.

Shaking her head, I had guessed what had happened, and Margaret was an acute and perfectionist, and she always assigned the task below according to her abilities.

“Why can't I do it?", "Don't give me a reason, if and assuming it's meaningless." These words are all her mantras, but in fact, she is regarded as a sage in the active library or a spiritual immortal forever. How can ordinary people keep up with her progress.....

To be accepted as a disciple by Adam, Annie's martial arts talent and physical condition are excellent, but intellectually... for pure warriors, intelligence is the most useless attribute. Adam's kid's intellect is only 9 points (here, intelligence is the master attribute of the magician, it's about comprehension ability and speed of thought, ordinary people are 10 points, and the basic attributes of this book are difficult to improve), and he's not happy yet. In my system, Annie's intellect is 11 points too much stronger than her stupid stepfather, but if Margaret's 26-point intellect standard was used to formulate the teaching task... don't say 26 points, the half-hearted, 13-point intellectual learning requirement would force her to die.

Somehow, I seem to know why the Executive Council eventually became one of her own institutions. Perhaps she couldn't stand those “retarded” and "retarded” men and did all the work herself. Finally, she got used to it and simply let no one else get in the way.

In ancient times, this kind of person is called the King of Wisdom, but once they hang up, the next heir will suffer. After all, you can't expect the son and grandson of the King of Wisdom to be the King of Wisdom without sleep and wisdom.

“Oops, she's immortal, and she's not tired of it. Annie, Margaret must have trained you. Don't worry, her teaching methods were too unreliable. She almost killed Eliza and Caleb back then. They were also magicians. ”

The girl started whimpering and shook her head vigorously.

“Sister Margaret didn't train me. She was just disappointed. Annie was useless. Annie was useless. Annie doesn't have the confidence to be a good owner anymore. ”

The young girl's tear dropped and it seemed that Margaret's disappointed cold eyes and then shook her head and left silently, severely hurting her.

This silent renunciation, this heartfelt disappointment, makes the other person suffer more than any sharp irony, making them doubt their abilities and intelligence...

Why do I know so well? When learning was not ideal before, Eliza was not so depressed and secretly exasperated me... although I did use this technique first to hurt Margaret. Hmm, who calls her such a lousy chess player, so rigid in her mind, she can't even pull.

Well, the unbell has to be ringed. I also know why Margaret asked me to come see Annie today. It must be her subconscious trick that made Annie cry, but I don't know how to end it.

“Ha, stop crying, come on, let Uncle Bones teach you. In fact, Margaret's own practices are wrong. You can't learn to be normal. Learning to do so can be a big problem. ”

Annie's eyes widened and her eyes were full of confusion.

“Administration, in fact, is not that mysterious. His essence is to solve problems. Yes, administration is just a means to solve problems and problems. ”

Yes, the executive is just an act of problem-solving, and the executive branch is the body dedicated to problem-solving.

“This work falls outside our competence and should be referred to a higher authority.” = “Dude, this is big trouble. We can't handle it. You tell our boss."

“It is true that the programme should be fulfilled, but the costs involved are too high to complete the existing conditions and implementation is suspended.” = “Brother, I'm sorry, you're very good, we want to do it too. But the treasury is out of money, leave it. ”

“We understand your difficulties, but this work involves personal privacy and our department is not suitable for intervention. Please decide for yourself.” = “Idiot, don't waste our manpower, so small things, do it yourself. ”

What is so complex and sacred, the administrative goal is to solve the inevitable emergence of problems and troubles in life and development, so that most people's lives can be stable and normal... I have compiled the "Art of Speech, Hand to Teach You How to Respond to Complaints, Resolve Conflicts (also known as the Official, Black Language Manual)" very well appreciated, it really greatly improves the administrative capacity of our judiciary, visiting citizens send out the exclamation "although they don't understand, but it sounds great, their opinions seem to be respected”, but the after-effect is that a lot of people look at me strangely, even someone listens to me, while turning over my compiled manual.....

“In fact, you all underestimated Adam, the retard of Intelligence IX, who in my opinion is actually a very good city owner. ”

Annie raised her head in amazement and her face was incredible, and these days she had heard countless complaints about her adoptive father.

“But... we all say that with Sister Margaret's help, he can be a good city owner. If he can take on more responsibilities, everyone will be more relaxed and life will be more..."

“Then Mount Sulphur is not far from the end. Yes, he did most of his business with Margaret, but Margaret wasn't here, and he could catch someone else to do it, even though it might be less efficient. His biggest advantage is knowing how to use it, then trusting each other, leaving things to each other, never adding to the mess. ”

“You're the owner of the city, not the dean of the administration, all you need is to find someone who can fix the problem and throw all the trouble at him instead of carrying it all on his own. ”

Annie was going to say something, but I interrupted her.

“You see, he gave me the judiciary, he gave the Executive Council to Margaret, he threw the cumbersome question of life to Parliament, and anyway, at least now the city is the fastest growing underground world, and the winner doesn't have to be blamed. Moreover, the city owner also has the duty of the city owner, which is much more important than these boring governments. ”

“Duty of the city owner? ”

“Yeah. Why do you think Adam is so idle every day, but the people still respect him so much because he fulfilled his most important duty as a city owner? ”

“Duty of the city owner?” Taste the word in detail and think of what your adoptive father did on a weekday. Suddenly, a spark flashed in her eyes, and the young girl rejuvenated herself.

“Protect everyone? Can you live in peace in this chaotic underground world? ”

I nodded, laughing.

“Yes, it is the duty of the city owners to shelter everyone, guide them in the future, and give them good expectations of the future. As for the trivial things, find some smart guys and throw them away. If they screw up, they dismiss and change jobs, it's always appropriate. ”

“And in this chaotic underground world, force is necessary, and you should have a gift for that, Mount Iwo, no, I'm afraid the youngest quasi-legend in the entire underground world. ”

Rumor has it that she has finally found her strengths, Annie nods her head hard, in my eyes, like a lovely puppy who has finally found her strengths, satisfied herself.

“The Godfather said that I was one step away from legend, and that if I accepted the heart of the last phoenix, I could enter the legendary middle class directly and then into the sanctuary within 30 years. ”

“Be good. This is incredible speed.” Even if I were you, I would be scared of this amazing speed. The average age of normal legends is over 100 years old. Annie is less than 20 years old. When I first spread the sanctuary, I was over 100 years old. “But laughing so cheerfully, I'm afraid she doesn't know what the heart of a phoenix is yet. ”

Shaking my head, this is their family business, I don't have much to say and shouldn't say, now my goal is just to complete the main task and train Annie to be a great city owner...

“Well, in two days, you and I will go underground to the covenant, and along the way, I will teach you the other part of the duty of the city owner“ how to do more for yourself in diplomacy ”, but since it's underground, I'm afraid, I can only teach you how to be hard. ”

“Anyway, this is a strong demonstration, and along the way you have a lot of opportunities to fight to get directly into the legend in the battle. This time Xiaohong will go with me, I will also bring the city's most disruptive, the Baia brothers, the Storm Eagle, the living treasures of my men, you will be responsible for the strong demonstrations on the bright surface, the rest let me, let's turn the Underground City Pact to heaven together and play big. ”

“The emblem of Adam's soul is a phoenix of immortality. He is best at enduring war. As long as he cannot be annihilated in one breath, he will absorb the damage, and Nirvana will grow stronger and eventually explode in one breath. But while it's the same inheritance, I don't think you're necessarily the right fit for his path, and I think you should be well suited to a fully repressed style of combat, which requires practice in action, so try to find a fight on the other side of the Underground Covenant. ”

Turns out she is still a little girl spleen, in the face of nasty government can only cry face hard is done scalp, talking about what she likes, immediately jump live, happy.....

“Government? It's simple. Isn't that solving the problem? Find a few small businessmen who can run the money and let them run the books, well, just be a newly established department of the Executive Council and call it Treasury. ”

“Municipal construction find masonry and construction merchants, but first strip them of their own interests, by the way, call the construction department. ”

“Don't do the Margaret thing, you're too tired. You put up the shelves, and then you pick the right people, and you can't change people. In order to protect the city in the future, you have to invest most of your energy in training. Oh, I'd love to hear about the legend of the new generation of Red Lotus Valor. ”

“Relax, you are too much better than that idiot. Adam was much more useless than you were. He was stupid enough to handle other people's household disputes for the first time, and he actually himself...”

Slowly, her emotions changed over and over again. Annie was tired of not sleeping for two nights. She actually listened and fell asleep directly against me.

I couldn't help but think of the past when I saw a girl on her knees whispering and falling asleep.

“Man, what a wonderful life. Yesterday you were a bear child with a clear nose. Today, at a glance, you are an adult. ”

When Adam brought Annie back, she was just a little younger, but now she's about to grow up and take on the burden of her elders.

Looking at the dark circle under Annie's orbit, I couldn't help but resent Margaret.

“Really, so much for Adam the fool, so much for Annie. So is Adam, the heart of the phoenix, the heart of the phoenix, such a heavy burden. Are you sure she can take it when she knows the truth? ”

“Uncle Bones, Sister Margaret, Father...” Suddenly, the sleeping girl silently shed tears and called out our names.

“..... don't go!! Don't leave Annie! Annie will be fine. ”

With crying dreams, let me stretch out and wipe my hands to rest....

I never said I was leaving, and Margaret and Adam would not propagate the death of the city owner..... but it seems that we all underestimated this seemingly big-ass, unbridled girl.

Half salary, I just continued, carefully wiped off her tears with her sleeves and caressed her hair.

And whisper with apologies that I can't even hear myself.

“Sorry, little Annie, adults are selfish... we're all selfish bastards. ”

But I do not know that, as in the capital, there are two people who say the same thing.

“I knew if Roland came, it would solve the problem. Don't blame yourself, Margaret. Little Annie is actually much stronger than you think. ”

“...... ”

“... stop crying, Margaret, it's not like you, if you can't help it, you can still stay. ”

Yes, the silent whimpering girl in the corner of the wall at this moment accidentally hurt Annie, but asked me to help her, then worried too much, and broke the principle of eavesdropping by means of a means, the forever calm sage Lord Margaret...

When the wind of this man with no heart and no lungs cooled his eyes, Margaret with tears filled with anger.

“You can't die! Then it's all settled! You selfish bastard!” Adam would have worn an arrow long ago if his eyes had killed someone.

“... yes, who called us selfish adults. I'm just sorry about little Annie, and... oh, don't worry too soon. ”

“Are you laughing? You are.....”

“Don't worry, I'm Annie's father, she wants what she wants most, what she needs most, how can I not know, huh, don't worry, I've made arrangements, finally, definitely comedy is over, big comedy. ”

“I believe you again, for the last time!! You selfish bastard!” This is the roar of the wise man who bites his teeth and loses his image.

As Adam said, squirrels like to be happy, they don't write tragedies.