Karl stood in Earl Kopin's study, his body still trembling slightly. That was caused by excessive excitement.
"See, this is the greatness of Gods! Gods has finally responded to us and sent His heir! Those foolish politicians and mercenary merchants selling science, wait until you tremble under Gods might!" Karl was never able to quell the excitement in his heart.
Standing with him were Count Kopin and five other key personnel in their secret organisation.
All of them stood respectfully with their hands hanging down, waiting for orders from the only "man" sitting in the small library-like study.
Shaun was still naked, sitting in the chair in a dignified manner, which didn't hinder the majesty that emanated from his body. He made a point of letting the black flame linger around him for a moment as he emerged from the demon spawn, only to disappear before entering the study.
"I need an identity," Shaun said in an indifferent tone, "not to draw attention to myself and not to have too many social engagements."
Earl Coppin responded with a respectful bow of his head, "As you wish, my lord." Then raising his head slightly, he tentatively said, "Master, please allow me, to dedicate this manor to you, as your temporary residence. If you are not satisfied, I will prepare a better residence for you."
"There is no need." Shaun said indifferently, "Prepare me a residence that matches my status, in the city, but not too close to the city centre. Be quiet."
"As you wish, my lord." Earl Kopin bowed his head and replied respectfully, then added respectfully, "My lord, the tailor who arranged for you is already waiting outside the door, ready to take your measurements, so if you have any requests for your attire, just instruct him. In addition, please allow me to present you with a small gift."
Here Count Kopin paused for a moment, then walked backwards to the door and opened it to summon two men in.
These two people were also wearing black hooded robes, and when they entered the room they took off their hoods, and were two stunning young girls who looked to be in their late teens, one brunette and one blonde, both with extremely fair and delicate skin, and although their faces were completely devoid of make-up, their lips were still as bright red as roses, with long eyelashes curling upwards slightly, and their eyes were as blue as the sea.
"Master, these two maidens are virgins who have voluntarily given themselves to you, and you may command them to do anything, even take their lives." Earl Kopin lowered his head and said in a respectful voice.
Looking at the eyes of the two stunning maidens with a mixture of panic, shyness, and crazy admiration in their eyes, Shaun took a lot of effort to manage his expression before he could hold back and not let his persona crumble.
But there was no change in his expression or sitting posture, and even a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes.
"You, like the foolish world, have some misconceptions about me and my father." After a deliberate moment of silence Shaun said lightly, "In order for you to do things better, I will now tell you what I am going to do in the first phase after my descent, which is:Hunting the blasphemers who practice impurity in the name of my father."
"What I need, I will command you directly. What I do not command, do not make yourselves wise."
Although the tone did not change in any way and did not add even the slightest bit of harshness, Earl Kopin was still trembling with fear and fell to his knees, "Honourable master, please forgive me for making a fool of myself!" Turning back, he signalled the two maidens to hurry out.
"Now, tell me your identities and I'll see if I can use you." Shaun still said indifferently.
Earl Kopin remained kneeling on the ground in a cold sweat and said, "Honourable master, please allow to start with me first. My name is Alfred. Von. Köping, I am a hereditary first class count of the empire, I own the Köping Mineral Company, and I am a shareholder of Siemens. I am willing to dedicate everything to you as long as you wish!"
Shaun's face was calm and unperturbed as he said, "Continue."
Karl hurriedly took a small step forward, bowed slightly and said respectfully, "Karl. Von Dietrich is at your disposal. Dietrich is at your disposal! I am a First Class Baron of the Empire, and the Chief of the North Rhine Region of the Imperial Intelligence Agency 'Shield of Dawn'."
Shaun listened to Karl's introduction and did some quick calculations in his mind: "Intelligence agency? This is a useful one. It will be helpful for some of my operations."
On the surface, he didn't say anything, just "hmmm".
Then the next person consciously stepped forward to respectfully introduce himself. The identities of the next few people were similar, all of them were big nobles with real power or considerable wealth.
When everyone's self-introductions were finished, Shaun was silent for a while and said, "Each of you give me 10,000 gold marks."
Several people were first stunned for a moment, then they all revealed terrified expressions.
Earl Kopin said in a panicked tone: "Honourable master, this, this, this is too little, what you want is too little, it doesn't match your status, are you dissatisfied with us servants?"
Shaun secretly gulped in his heart:``It's true that every pore of capital is dripping with blood and filth. It seems that in this industrial age that has just opened up, it is the time when surplus value is squeezed the hardest."
Shaun had studied the economic situation of the simple German Empire when he was a tour guide, and he remembered that the monthly income of an average German craftsman during this period was around one hundred gold marks.
It was with consideration that he asked these men to put up ten thousand gold marks each. These men were all big spenders, almost every one of them a shareholder in a Ruhr mining or steel company. Although ten thousand gold marks was almost ten years of income for an ordinary citizen, it could not be considered a huge sum of money for them. It couldn't be too much and it couldn't be too little, this was what Shaun had intended.
But the reaction of these people was still out of Shaun's expectation. "Looks like it's still going to be less." Shaun thought to himself.
"Letting you guys come up with this money is my, a meet and greet gift to you." Shaun said indifferently, "Having your offerings, will surely shelter you."
Earl Kopin and Karl and the others all showed ecstatic expressions, trembling and bending down to say thank you.
"You," Shaun pointed at Carl, who looked up to see Shaun pointing at himself and was busy taking a small step forward in fear.
"Set me up with an identity in the 'Shield of Dawn', just have the most basic of permissions." Shaun said. Shaun believed that no matter what era or country one was in, it was always convenient to have an official identity, especially for the intelligence services.
"At your service, my lord." Carl said respectfully, secretly breathing a sigh of relief in his heart. It would have been a problem if the Demon's Son had asked for a high-ranking identity in the Dawn Shield, which would have to be vetted by the Imperial Police Headquarters. On the other hand, Carl himself can appoint a basic authority position, without having to report and review.
Shaun really thought of this layer, so he asked Karl to arrange a basic authority position to hang on to, since it is an intelligence department, how would it be higher than the authority of ordinary government departments. Anyway, if he needed high authority intelligence just ask Carl to provide it.
"My new identity can only be known to those in this room. My orders will be communicated by you to those outside." Shaun blandly uttered another statement that made the seven people in the room burst with happiness.
"Also, make some preparations, the church is going to come looking for trouble soon. I'll take care of it though, what you guys need to do well is the ensuing line up. While the Church is not my target, they are arrogant and narrow-minded, and are my natural enemy." Shaun said in a prophetic tone.
Karl and the other seven were momentarily shocked at this and looked at each other, then Karl plucked up the courage to say, "Master, apart from the seven people here who are participating in the ceremony, there are also one hundred and eighty people outside waiting for your will, are you saying that there will be someone amongst these people who will give the church a tip-off?"
"It would be strange if there weren't." Shaun thought to himself, "You guys have been engaged in devil worship for so many years, surely you can't hide it from the ears of the church, and last night you made such a big commotion as the Devil's Descent, how is it possible that the church couldn't hear the news?"
Shaun softly responded to Carl: "Do as I say, don't question it."
Carl broke out in a cold sweat: "I'm sorry master, I will do as you instructed and will also get your identification ready for you after dawn to deal with the church."
Shaun nodded: "Very well." Looking around at the seven people in the den, Shaun said: "I am now descending into the world in a human body, feeding and resting are all I need. That's all for today, I'll tell you tomorrow what to do after that. Let the tailor come in, and prepare some more water and fruit for me."
Kohei and the others hurriedly split up, some going to announce the news to the believers waiting outside, others going to arrange for lodging and fresh water and fruit.
Carl couldn't hide his excitement and hurriedly changed back into his own clothes to wake up his carriage driver and rushed back to his office in downtown Cologne overnight to find the most suitable identity for Shaun.
After Ko Ping arranged for fresh water and fruits, he waited patiently for the tailor to cut Shaun's measurements, when the tailor finished the measurements Ko Ping whispered some instructions to the tailor, after the tailor carefully retired, Ko Ping said to Shaun in a respectful voice: "My lord, may I have the honour of letting you use my bedroom tonight?"
Shaun nodded his head diffidently and remembered something and spoke, "Prepare a bath for me, I want to take a bath. Bring fresh water and fruit to the bathroom."
Earl Kopin responded: "As you wish, my lord. Do you have any requests for breakfast tomorrow morning?"
Shaun replied lazily: "The most humble and the most exquisite make no difference to me. I eat and rest to fulfil the needs of this body. You prepare it to your own standards."
Kopin bowed and said, "I am very honoured. Allow me to show you to the bathroom, my lord."
Shaun, naked and large, followed Kopin through the long corridor to the baths. Since the servants had been driven back to their quarters early, all those things Shaun had asked for were done personally by several of the men who had just had the honour of having an audience with Shaun in his study.
The bathroom was connected to Kopin's luxurious bedroom, so once Shaun had been shown in Kopin bowed and stepped back and closed the heavy carved oak door behind him.
Shaun slumped into the huge tub where the water was pleasantly warm and casually picked up a piece of fruit set out beside him and nibbled on it.
Unidentified red flower petals floated on the surface of the tub's water, which was laced with relaxing lightly flavoured essential oils.
"Whew!" Shaun exhaled in extreme comfort, "Not a bad start to a career as a demon!"