You again?

"I am talking about the infected lands in the south, Chancellor, the one where a lot of demons have been spotted lately." 

Liam smiled politely, his face brimming with innocence.

"I want to clear these demons personally and then little by little recover the lands from the dreaded plague, slowly bringing them back to the former glory."

"This is a service that I wish to do for our King and our Kingdom. So… what do you think, Sir Chancellor? Is this doable?" 

He flashed another big warm smile. There was absolutely no malice or greed in his face.

Now, the Chancellor also had a similar expression like Mia. He too was flabbergasted, not knowing what to do anymore.

"That… that… ahem… right. That should be possible." 

The Chancellor quickly dug out some stacks of parchments from behind him and then spread it on the table.

"There is indeed no civilians living in these lands. The towns and villages are completely destroyed."