"You did well this time, Pattilina."
Zayen showed a satisfied smile as he stroked the little head of the girl beside him. At the same time, he praised her.
And when she heard Zayen's praise, Patrina beamed with joy and showed a rather happy expression.
But very quickly, she wrinkled her little nose and complained with slight dissatisfaction.
"But Master, don't make me do such nagging things next time. If you want to kill, you have to do it cleanly. What's the point of leaving behind such a small tail?
That Daly is also nagging and overcautious. She doesn't seem to be straightforward at all. I'm getting anxious just looking at her.
If Master didn't tell me that it doesn't matter, I would have ordered the others to kill them all!
I hate such troublesome matters. I don't want to encounter them a second time!
She's simply sick! "
"There's no need to rush."
Upon hearing Pattilina's complaints, Jenn waved his hand leisurely.
"You've done well, Daly has done well too … This makes things more interesting …"
As he spoke, Jenn gave a meaningful smile.
In the end, Daly didn't choose to kill Rody and Carter. After all, she was still a young lady. Even though she had a sharp political mind, she would still hesitate when it came to sacrificing others.
After much consideration, Daly finally chose to give up.
Perhaps the unknown third party had raised Daly's vigilance. Hence, even though she was displeased, she still chose to let Cate go in the end. The Federation needed every bit of power to face the unknown danger. Hence, even though she was displeased, Daly still chose to let Cate go.
As for Rody, she didn't let him go. Instead, she 'decompressed' him back after the ceremony. After all, she still had to report this matter to her father and the Grand Duke of Ginkgo. There were too many people and Daly knew that this matter couldn't be concealed. She could only resign herself to fate.
If Zayen were to appear as an underground castellan, then he would naturally demand that he be exterminated. But now, Zayen was playing the role of a graceful noble knight, so such vicious actions should be avoided as much as possible.
Therefore, not only did he not have any complaints about Daly's actions, he even praised her for respecting life. Of course, that was not the real reason why Jenn wanted to praise her.
Of course, he knew very well what would happen if Daly sent these two back to their respective families. The Soros Family and Ginkgo Manor would take action because of this.
Not only that, but the Scal Federation was also in chaos.
The final development of the situation was just as Jenn had predicted. The Parkwood Family won the martial arts trial.
However, the losses caused were not small. Almost all of the ten parliament families suffered heavy losses in this martial arts trial. The Soros Family and Ginkgo Manor were considered to be better off. Although they failed, at least their heirs came back alive.
On the other hand, a few of the other families suffered heavy losses. A few of their heirs died or went missing in this martial arts trial. Less than 10% of them came back alive. Moreover, the stories they brought back varied. Some said they were ambushed by bandits while others said they were attacked by monsters (the latter was naturally leaked by Jenn).
All in all, apart from the Parkwood Family who didn't suffer any losses, the other nine families suffered heavy losses. This further weakened the strength of the Federation.
In the federal parliament election, for some reason, the Soros Family suddenly announced that they would withdraw from the election before the Consul election began. As soon as this announcement was made, there was an uproar. No one knew what the Soros Family was up to, but since the Soros Family had chosen to withdraw from the election, the Parwood Family naturally became the next Consul of the federal parliament.
If it were any other day, this news would naturally make the Parkwood Family ecstatic.
But unfortunately, due to such a huge mess, the Parkwood Family had no choice but to deal with the internal issues of the parliament first to avoid any accidents.
One could imagine that this was definitely not a simple matter.
However, this had nothing to do with Jenn anymore. After the Parkwood Family became the Federation Senator, he left Hardstone City with the others.
Many people were guessing if this decorated noble had reached some agreement with the Parkwood Family, but no one knew the truth.
In fact, if they knew the truth, their jaws would definitely drop.
At this thought, Jenn pushed up his glasses and lowered his head to look at the beautifully decorated letter of credence in his hand.
This was personally handed to Old Papood on the second day after he became the Consul of the Federation Parliament. There was no warm welcome ceremony, nor was there a noisy banquet. The two of them completed the exchange of benefits in a secret room.
Even Daly didn't know the true details of the deal. Only Jenn and Old Packwood knew the details of the deal.
It was no wonder that they would be so cautious. If news of this transaction were to spread, it would definitely cause a huge uproar in the entire Scal Federation.
In the agreement, Old Papwood acknowledged Jenn's ownership of Parsus as the Consul of the Federal Parliament.
This meant that from today onwards, the entire Passus region, including the Randa Valley, Meteorite Fang, and a large area centered around Passus, was completely independent from the Confederation.
In order to deceive the public, the two sides also wrote some provisions to confuse others, such as upgrading the authority of this area to the Persus Principality, strengthening the political relations between the two sides, etc.
But any shrewd politician could see the real intention behind the agreement.
Treason.
To put it bluntly, Old Papwood had "ceded" the Passus region to Zayen. From now on, Zayen's identity was no longer a feudal lord, nor was he a vassal. Instead, he was a true ruler, the master of a duchy.
He wasn't like the feudal lords in the Scal Federation who still had to serve the Federation.
In fact, Jenn only needed to be responsible for himself. In other words, even if the Scal Federation was attacked, he didn't need to send troops.
And even if the Scal Federation was defeated and annexed by the enemy, the Passus region definitely wouldn't exist.
Because from now onwards, this region no longer belonged to the Scal Federation.
Of course, in order to prevent other people in the country from noticing the problem, Old Packwood also made certain provisions in the agreement, such as guaranteeing the right of passage for both sides.
This was actually a common occurrence in the Scal Federation. After all, the 10 lords were all feudal lords, and all of this power belonged to them.
It could be said that the authority that Jenn obtained wasn't much different from theirs. It was just that his position was a level higher than these feudal lords. No matter how powerful these feudal lords were, they still had to listen to the orders of the Scal Federation. But to Jenn, what the Scal Federation wanted to do had nothing to do with him.
This was the condition that Jenn had proposed to Old Packwood through Daly. Due to the importance of the matter, he didn't even ask Daly to bring a message. Instead, he wrote a letter for her to bring back.
Originally, Jenn was just testing, but he didn't expect Old Packwood to agree without much thought.
Because of this, Jenn was certain that this seemingly old man was definitely an ambitious fellow. To be able to make such a decisive decision showed that he was an ambitious person.
Moreover, Jenn was also very clear that the other reason why Old Packwood agreed was that Passus was a remote place. The taxes weren't high and there weren't many mines.
Taking a step back and thinking maliciously, this border area was connected to Kasoya to the south and the Wilderness to the east.
Neither side was friendly to the federation. Come to think of it, Old Packwood ceded this area because he wanted Jenn to become a strategic buffer zone between the Scal Federation and other countries.
After all, since this place belonged to Jenn, he couldn't just leave. Instead, he had to do his best to maintain everything here.
This way, the Scal Federation could at least temporarily not worry about the threat of the Wilderness and focus on dealing with the Glittergold Empire.
Old ginger was still spicier … Hehe … Compared to the scheming between the Demons, Old Packwood's little tricks were nothing in Jenn's eyes.
But even so, Jenn wouldn't underestimate him.
In fact, in terms of scheming and cunning, the Demons were hundreds of streets ahead of the humans. But the problem was that they were always too arrogant.
For example, in the eyes of the Demons, the conspiracies of the humans were as childish and ridiculous as children's ideas that weren't worth their attention at all.
But many times, it was these "childish and ridiculous" conspiracies that caused their failure.
If the Demons could spend half of their energy dealing with the humans, they definitely wouldn't fail.
Unfortunately, he also knew that this was just an illusion. The Nephilim race was a higher class of people. In their eyes, humans were no different from monkeys. Which human would be on equal footing with monkeys? Zayen was the only one who would play mind games because his soul was once human, so he would not underestimate the threat and insidiousness of humans. However, it was not up to him to decide how others would feel about this.
But that was a matter for the future. As for now …
Thinking of this, Jenn put away the document in his hand and looked forward.
Just before this, Clarice contacted him through a magical message that Jenn's' manor 'had been completed.
Then, it was time for him, the owner, to go and check the project.