46. ​​The Emperor is so soft and cute

The noble and powerful Emperor of the Rosian Empire—Ivan Letty—returned to the palace today with a face full of displeasure. Although everyone, including the guards at the gate, had long since gotten used to Letty’s daily displeased expression, this time… because they were too familiar with her, everyone felt that Letty’s attitude at this moment seemed somewhat different from usual, at least compared to the last time she was angry.

She didn’t angrily fire her gun and shatter the glass into pieces; she didn’t draw her sword and poke people everywhere; even when she saw Lord Rasputin lying drunkenly asleep in the hall of Klimlin Palace, Letty merely stepped on him a couple of times!

This is too gentle! You must know that if it were the usual Letty, she would have already sent a lightning strike over!

“Hey, Rasputin, wake up.”

“Lady Letty is so soft and cute, hehehe…”

“!”

[Crackling Thunder]

“Chirp, chirp, chirp!”

Lightning struck Rasputin, and everyone felt relieved, each starting to play dead and go about their own business.

But after a bolt of lightning jolted this babbling fool back to life, Letty still felt a sense of frustration, as if she had vented her feelings yet remained thoroughly unsatisfied.

The reason, of course, was clear to Letty.

“Lady Letty! Have you already followed them through the teleportation array to Siberia!?”

“I took a glance. Those foreigners are troublesome; they said they’d discuss it later, hmph.”

Letty glanced at Rasputin. Her mood was quite poor today, yet she had no intention of using him as a punching bag.

“Follow me.”

“Yes!”

The reason was known to Letty! It was simply about what happened this evening.

Big Brother seemed to have found the “spy,” but he didn’t even know what he was afraid of, insisting that he would only tell her if she cooperated! Hmph, spies, traitors, and even that charlatan—Ogilid, who had been causing trouble for the Russian Empire recently—Letty had always been too lazy to investigate slowly.

If she discovered where they were hiding, she would just cover them with firepower; if she found a suspect, she would capture and interrogate them first; if she found the real deal, ha! No need to think! Her firearm was not like Rasputin’s uselessness; she would take them out immediately to prevent future troubles!

However, Big Brother wouldn’t allow it! Hmph, he clearly looked down on her, Ivan Letty, and her power in the Russian Empire, didn’t he!? Letty thought so at the time, but just as she was about to pull the trigger, another possibility crossed her mind: Could it be that Big Brother wanted to ensure that the white-haired girl’s research project remained unaffected?

Walking back to her chamber, Letty finally voiced her doubt.

“Rasputin, how is the progress on that Kefir research project?”

“The design bureau has taken over. To be honest, Lady Letty, even if we intervene now, it probably wouldn’t make much difference.”

“Useless fool!”

A bolt of lightning struck near Rasputin’s feet, starting him into a shiver.

“You may be a fool, but that’s to be expected after so many years of being one. However, your students are so foolish that they all deserve to repeat the year!”

“Yes… yes!”

Letty was so displeased that she didn’t even have the heart to give Rasputin a proper scolding.

As a “monarch” who had survived and eliminated many of the old oligarchs of the Russian Empire, Letty had never liked, nor needed, disobedient dogs. Her principle was clear: they could be useless, but they must obey!

From this perspective, it was her usual practice to take out Big Brother with a single shot for not only being disobedient but also daring to bargain with her.

Yet, in the end, she still didn’t pull the trigger. The reason… was unknown!

It was precisely because she didn’t know the reason that Letty felt a pent-up anger with no outlet! How could she, the grand Empress of the Russian Empire, be provoked by a chicken that knew nothing!?

“Rasputin!”

“Yes!”

“I’ll give you three seconds to tell me why this Empress is in a bad mood! Three!”

“It must be because of that bean sprout! If you take him out, you’ll feel better!”

【Crackling Sounds】

Before Rasputin could finish his sentence, he already knew he had definitely given the wrong answer.

“One!”

“Then, then it’s because of that white-haired girl, Kefir! I’ve disliked her for a long time; those people from the Ying country dare to act so arrogantly in our Rosian Empire…”

Letty remained silent because Rasputin’s answer was… half right, half wrong.

It wasn’t that she disliked Kefir; as long as she didn’t provoke her, Letty wouldn’t go out of her way to dislike anyone. But for some reason, as she spent more time with her big brother, Letty found herself increasingly disliking that Kefir. It was hard to explain, and when she thought about discussing it with Rasputin, she swallowed her words at the moment of opening her mouth due to an inexplicable sense of shame.

Letty decided to take the initiative, because in her Rosian Empire, there was nothing that Ivan Letty couldn’t do!

Wasn’t her big brother trying to continue the research project on that white-haired girl? Then she would play a trick on him! Just wait and see if he wouldn’t end up kneeling down and begging her to reveal who the spy was !?

“I want to trip them up a bit.”

Clearly a bad thing, Letty felt no shame; in the Rosian Empire, everything Ivan Letty did was just!

So before she could finish speaking, Rasputin jumped up!

“Yes! I promise to complete…”

“Complete your sister! This time, I don’t need you, you good-for-nothing; I will handle it myself!”

Letty kicked Rasputin away.

It was clear that a frontal obstruction wouldn’t work, and Letty had to admit that if that white-haired girl’s project could really go into experiments, it would be quite beneficial for the Rosian Empire. So, Letty planned to come from the ” rear.” If she remembered correctly, she had a slight acquaintance with that white-haired girl’s professor, the pig-raising professor from Lubyanka Academy. She could approach her, promise her some benefits, and have her stall for time, right? Heh heh~

Of course, this had to be done discreetly; Letty didn’t want to escalate the situation. Those restless Rosian good-for-nothings in the palace would be eager to “get rid of big brother” to take credit.

“Rasputin, you go contact that pig-raising professor from the academy and ask her to find a time to meet me secretly outside.”

With that, Letty waved Rasputin away, and a triumphant smile returned to her face.

“Heh heh~ With secrets from this great emperor, don’t even think about conducting any project experiments. Cooperation? I don’t believe that by then you won’t spill the beans, big brother~”

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