After signing the Weapons Development Trials Agreement, Calvin put his pen on the lid and leaned back in his chair wearily.

As if it had been discussed, everything broke out in one go, not only the problem of the Mind Flayer, but also the frequent occurrence of demon sacrifices such as the Mind Flayer within the empire, and even the Black Forest on the southern border had an abnormal situation.

His desk was already full of papers and reports, which would never have happened before!

A series of things have made him anxious, and even he is so embarrassed, presumably His Majesty is even more troubled now.

If it weren't for the aristocratic church that suddenly stopped all activities for some reason, maybe this time they would have been 'reprimanded' by some nobles.

In fact, not only in the Black Forest, but even in the area behind the front line, there are some signs of a large number of monsters and monster activities.

Obviously, it's not just the Mendes continent that is in crisis, it's something similar in their empire.

Just after winter, the snow has not yet melted, and people are not able to start farming, and even if they do, it will take at least two seasons to harvest, and even if the royal family and nobility have opened the granary, it is still difficult to meet the needs of the large population.

If it weren't for the fact that the Radiant Church had already given the new farming methods and new farming tools to the farmers who fed Lolandal, I am afraid that the famine would have returned in the summer.

The Church of Radiance and the Church of Fortune have hoarded a lot of food in the past few years, and His Majesty has also pleaded with the Agricultural Church to help, so although this famine is difficult, it can still barely survive.

However, not long after entering the spring, some rumors appeared in the eastern part of the empire that the recent demon sacrifice incident was actually carried out by the imperial family, in order to reduce the power of the nobles, and in order to survive the famine, the royal family made this decision.

I don't know where the rumor came from in the first place, but after hearing this rumor, Calvin couldn't help but get angry.

The important thing is not how many people are willing to believe this rumor, but who actually spread this rumor, and actually used this rumor to smear the image of the royal family, is this an attempt to rebel?

The Sleepless Eye has taken care of it, and these voices have been much less pronounced lately, but they are still there.

This is the disadvantage of underdeveloped transportation, the empire is vast, whether it is the north, the south or the west of the nobles have already allowed the construction of railways in their territory, but the nobles of the eastern region are still concerned about him, constantly pushing back.

Now Gregory was in the eastern part of the empire, hoping that he would be able to convince the recalcitrant nobles......

Tuk tuk!

Calvin had just raised his hand to rub his aching temples when he heard a knock on the door.

"Please come in!"

The person outside the door pushed the door in, Calvin looked up, and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his eye, "Why are you?"

Alyssa Ken blinked and asked with a smile, "Why can't it be me?"

Calvin frowned, "But it's working hours, there's no way they're going to let you in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the clock hanging on the wall next to him rang out, reminding Calvin that it was time for lunch.

Alyssa slowly approached the desk, stood in front of Calvin, tilted her head at him, and asked with a chuckle, "My dear fiancé, when it's lunchtime, don't you want to treat me to lunch?"

Looking at the smiling girl, Calvin frowned.

From childhood to now, he hasn't been exposed to many women when he was growing up, so he doesn't know how to deal with this scheming duke's second daughter.

"Can you show me?" Alisa pointed with her hand, Calvin looked at his fingertips, saw the high pile of documents and reports on his desktop, and subconsciously gritted his teeth.

"Let's go, let's go to the cafeteria for lunch!"

Calvin said coldly, took his coat off the coat rack, opened the office door casually, and looked at Alyssa.

The Duke's second daughter pursed her lips slightly, and walked out of the office door under Calvin's gaze.

Calvin closed the door and locked it, then looked at Alyssa Ken, who was standing silently.

"Do you really need to be so wary of me?" said Elisa, giving him a blank look, "I'm your fiancée!"

"It's not just you, I'm on the lookout for everyone!" Calvin said in a cold and unhumorous voice.

Then he walked to the cafeteria, and Alyssa Ken squinted at the man's back, snickered, and quickly followed.

......

Sitting in the cafeteria, Calvin suddenly regretted his hasty decision.

Alyssa Ken sat beside him with great interest, "Food from the Duchy of Sorrow, I really haven't tried this yet, so I want this!"

Originally, he chose the canteen to eat because he wanted to show his stinginess and make this delicate lady retreat, but he didn't expect that this was the 'canteen of the R&D department', that is, most of the members of the R&D department would eat here!

Even without looking around, Calvin could hear the whispers of others.

They had never seen a woman around their young minister, and even if there were, they were talking about the work side of things, not as close as they seemed now.

What's more, the guards who put Alyssa Ken in also knew what her excuse for entering the R&D department was - she was the fiancée of their minister, and he had not been able to accompany her properly due to his busy schedule, so she wanted to have lunch with him at lunchtime.

Now that the news has spread among the crowd, Calvin can't stop it.

Alyssa Ken had already calculated everything, and the second daughter of Duke Ken was scheming, and as long as he promised her to have lunch together, then whether he came to the cafeteria to eat or went to eat at other restaurants, he would be able to prove the correctness of the news.

She probably didn't even want to look through his papers, she just wanted to force him to eat with her!

Calvin took a deep breath and was ready to eat a casual bread to deal with it, but even this was seen through by Alyssa.

"I ordered two!" Alyssa smiled shyly, "but I don't like meat very much, can you help me eat the meat in the 'noodles'?"

Calvin looked at the two bowls of noodles on the table in horror, and Alyssa pushed one of the bowls in front of him, and then forked a piece of fatty meat with a fork, and handed it to his mouth, "Come on, ah~"

With a slight movement of his lips, Calvin pulled the corners of his mouth and sneered, "I don't like to eat meat very much......"

At this time, one of the members of the department on the side couldn't stand it anymore, "Minister, this is not what you mean! Miss Alisa came here to have lunch with you, but you don't take people to the restaurant, even if you can't meet this little request?"

"Yes, Minister, that's your fault! It's a lady, and it's your fiancée, how can you do that?"

"Eat it, isn't it just a piece of meat?"

The R&D department members in the restaurant immediately made a fuss, because Calvin was usually approachable, so they didn't have much concept of superiors and subordinates in their spare time.

They can do a good job of the tasks he has assigned, but they are not big or small in normal times!

Elisa's eyes were full of smiles, and her small mouth opened slightly, "Ah~"

Looking at that delicate face, Calvin suddenly panicked.

The members of the ministry all stopped eating, staring at this side with their eyes, and the commotion had stopped, just waiting to see his minister embarrassed.

For some reason, Calvin felt a fluster, so he involuntarily closed his eyes, opened his mouth and bit down.

Then, the cheers of the members of the department were heard.

They were celebrating, celebrating that their minister, with his rock-headed head, had finally come to his senses!

Alyssa Ken, you count me!

Calvin opened his eyes in annoyance, only to see a shy girl's side face, which she rolled up a string of noodles with a fork and carefully placed it in her mouth.

At this moment, he was distraught!

"Your Excellency, something is wrong!"

At this moment, a sudden shout came from outside the cafeteria: "Miro Fortress, Miro Fortress has an accident!"