But this time, she was already the Count of Northern Exploration for the Empire, successor to Prince Edward, holding powerful authority and military strength in her hands.

If under such circumstances she were still bullied by this group of noble councilors and unable to retaliate, wouldn't the power and military strength she held just be a showpiece?

Before I held power, you mocked me. After I held power, you still try to bully me? Didn't I obtain power for nothing?

Perfikot's thoughts at this moment were very much at odds, so she said to Duke Ruth, "Duke, you hope I forgive these councilors, hope I prioritize the bigger picture. I can understand your motives and stance.

But why don't you go and persuade them to focus on the bigger picture? Not target me? Do I seem so easy to bully?

What exactly did I do to make your Noble Council so disrespectful towards me? Just because I'm a woman and not yet of age? If that's the case, I don't mind using an event impactful enough for the Noble Council to remember the price of provoking me."

After Perfikot finished speaking, she directly ended the engagement by serving tea to see off the guests.

Although Duke Ruth still wanted to say something, Beifa, Perfikot's doll maid, evidently would not listen to his explanations and directly "escorted" Duke Ruth out of the manor where Perfikot was staying.

This manor was also one of Prince Edward's legacies left to Perfikot, precisely the one where she had met Prince Edward previously.

Now, this manor was part of her property.

Although in a year or two, all of this would be buried under snow and ice, for Perfikot, she didn't mind enjoying this luxury that could never be enjoyed again before the end of the ice and snow arrived.

This manor was where Prince Edward had spent the past decade or so of retirement, with its external spaces meticulously designed and arranged, and the interior endeavoring to balance luxury and comfort.

From this perspective, Perfikot's lord's mansion had somewhat of a nouveau riche aura.

Although the mansion was also repaired well, many decorations were superficial or lacked sufficient depth and accumulation.

This was not to say the Brandelis Clan lacked sufficient accumulation; rather, the enjoyment between a prince and a baron naturally had a huge disparity.

Even though Perfikot became a count and Lord of the North, constrained by the Northern Territory's economy, she found it difficult to compare with the mainland of the Empire in luxury.

So it brought about the gap between her lord's mansion and the manor left by the old prince in terms of luxury and enjoyment.

Perfikot herself wasn't particularly concerned about this disparity, but when she lived in a manor designed for a prince's retirement, the comparison brought by the huge gap still made Perfikot feel she lagged behind others in enjoyment.

The luxury enjoyment brought by status, power, and wealth was indeed highly attractive to Perfikot.

She wasn't someone pursuing extravagant indulgence, but as a Transmigrator, Perfikot actually found it rather hard to adapt to the lifestyle of this era.

This was mainly due to the vast differences and technological gap brought by the living standards.

After all, you couldn't make an 18th-century person understand what the information age was, let alone teach them the modern ways of living and entertainment.

Not to mention the eighteenth century, even between the 20th and 21st century, there were differences significant enough to be termed a generational gap.

So for Perfikot, she genuinely found it hard to adapt to the lifestyle of this era.

Fortunately, she was a noble; though she had some discomfort in lifestyle, at least she didn't have to worry about daily subsistence.

If she had transmigrated as an ordinary civilian of this era, Perfikot at this moment would probably still be troubled about how to fill her belly.

This discomfort persisted even after she became Lord of the North; the luxurious lifestyle, while somewhat compensating for the massive gap between now and her original world's lifestyle, still remained.

It's just that after many years of adaptation, Perfikot had gradually gotten used to some issues and didn't feel as awkward anymore.

However, during her stay at the old prince's manor, she discovered that the conveniences she could obtain in many aspects were somewhat comparable to the original world, which couldn't help but make her feel surprised and desire to experience more.

After all, she hadn't felt the conveniences brought by the high technology of the original world for a long time.

In fact, she could achieve these conveniences in the Northern Territory too, only relatively speaking, they required a substantial expenditure.

No matter the era, as long as one has money, many problems can be resolved.

Especially for those highly skilled craftsmen, as long as they are paid well, they can always realize seemingly incredible functions within limited conditions with various ingenious ideas.

For instance, a clockmaker managed to use precise gears to enable a doll to paint, an ingenious talent and precision in design that even Perfikot had to acknowledge as awe-inspiring.

When she first saw this in the old prince's manor, she was taken aback.

Because even she found it challenging to achieve something purely through gears that would allow a complex-structured doll to paint like a human using both hands.

The mechanical design and the precision in part processing involved have, in some sense, thoroughly surpassed this era.

So as long as Perfikot wished, she could experience a convenient lifestyle almost no different from her original world in this era.

Of course, the premise was her willingness.

But in fact, Perfikot wasn't willing.

While she earned money, most of it had been spent on research and experiments earlier, so she didn't have much savings.

After arriving in the Northern Territory, although she handled significant wealth, Perfikot didn't utilize it to enhance her living conditions.

Most of the funds were still invested into plans for the Northern Territory, hoping to obtain better results.

As for when she became Lord of the North and built the lord's mansion in Chernobyl, she didn't deliberately pursue enjoyment, handing everything over to professionals to manage.

So the resulting Northern Lord's mansion was lavish and comfortable, but ultimately only met this era's general living standard.

Compared to the old prince's manor, which spent decades carefully honing and designing to achieve comfortable living, indeed, a huge disparity existed.

Naturally, Perfikot hoped she could enjoy a day or two more, savoring the long-lost modern convenient lifestyle.

However, even the conveniences brought by the old prince's manor were only partial, unable to allow Perfikot to fully experience a lifestyle level almost indistinguishable from her original world.

Yet even so, it was sufficient to provide Perfikot solace.

This was actually one of the main reasons for Perfikot's outburst this time around, because nobody wants to be told to work overtime, especially due to colleagues who had previously offended you, when you're looking for a bit of leisure time.

Having this realization, it was naturally Perfikot's intention to give the Noble Council an impressive lesson.

Moreover, in this respect, Perfikot possessed plenty of experience and means to have those wine-bag and rice-sack members of the noble council taste the consequences of enraging a top Alchemist and a grand noble of the Empire.

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