Chapter 194 – Treason or Revolution (4)
Venelia issued a congratulatory order to the emperor who was frozen like an idiot.
The knights grabbed the emperor and almost dragged him outside, leaving the exhausted emperor to leave the city gates in despair.
Waiting outside the gates for the emperor’s return, Dehelm, the general secretary, felt defeated after seeing the emperor’s face his. Although he was wearing brilliant armor on top of a warhorse wearing splendid barding, there was not even a speck of hope in the eyes of the emperor.
The horse that had approached, spurring through a wide puddle of water, stopped in front of the soldiers. The gaze sent by the 45,000 troops is uncomfortable and frightening.
You have to choose one. Will he give the order to charge and fight an unwinnable fight, or will he give the order to surrender and put indelible filth on the name of Calvanes that will go down in history?
The emperor, who had been silent for a while, spoke with trembling lips.
“Power……”
The deep voice makes you predict the next words. In a space where there was a slight agitation, the emperor continued to speak as if he was vomiting.
“Surrender. Drop your weapons and enter…….”
The chatter intensifies. The staff members are busy talking among themselves, and Leonhard’s complexion turns blue. The pope bit his teeth, but he couldn’t find the words to refute, and the general secretary was speechless and just looked up at the sky in a daze.
However, knights and soldiers who abandoned their weapons did not exist. The emperor’s order was so absurd that it was difficult to understand where to start and where to enter.
The silence that pervades the crowd is frighteningly calm. It seemed as if the feelings of surprise that the troops were holding became one form and tightened their necks.
However, I couldn’t obey the order. As Benelia had said, fighting like this would only lead to dog death.
However, Leonhard could not acknowledge the actions of the emperor.
“Father! Surrender! What are you talking about!”
The voice that vomits out resentment echoes loudly. Unable to face his son’s resentment, the emperor lowered his gaze and answered quietly.
“Don’t you know? Siege is the only way to lose.”
“No! No! They may be nothing more than ragtags, but the Imperial Army is a well-trained elite! No matter how difficult the siege is, you shouldn’t judge victory or defeat by numbers! So please withdraw the order!”
“…… Son We’re not just dealing with Venelia’s army.”
“Father?”
It’s not just against Benelia’s army. What the heck is that To Leonhard, who was flustered, the general secretary calmly recited instead of the emperor.
“Your Highness the Prince. Her Highness Her Benelia went to Grimund Forest. Probably because they thought it was the best place to hide a large-scale space-shifting magic circle. Forest trees cover all sides, so even if you form a simple barrier, you won’t be able to find it, and it’s close to impossible to observe from the sky.”
“What does that mean! But that doesn’t change the fact that they’re nothing more than ragtags!”
At Leonhard’s cry, the general secretary let out a low sigh. The general secretary, who lowered his head and looked back at Leonhard, smiled bitterly.
“Didn’t His Majesty just say that? We’re not just dealing with Her Highness Benelia’s army her. Prince Highness. Think carefully. How could Her Highness Benelia be able to hide a large space magic circle in Grimund Forest?”
At the words of the general secretary, Leon Hard’s eyes widen and his mouth opens gently. It was because the hypothesis that passed through his head made his back his creepy.
“That’s right. Her Highness Benelia established a cooperative relationship with the devil through some kind of deal. That is to say, as soon as His Majesty issues the order to charge, demons residing in Grimund Forest will attack the rear of the army.”
The worst bad news overlaps with the already unfavorable situation. The result is genocide.
Soldiers will climb the walls to save their lives, not to capture the castle, and paladins eaten by demons will not enter heaven.
It was self-evident that the shouts would become screams and the area would turn into a huge tomb. No matter what future he imagined, only disastrous defeat awaited him.
“That illegitimate child…….”
Since when did Benelia plan all of this? Was all the incompetence she showed so far just acting? Fear creeping in behind her makes her break into a cold sweat.
When Leonhard shuts up, everything goes quiet. Everyone in the camp was breathing in helplessness and exhaling hope. With no one protesting, now was the time to make a decision.
“Repeat…….”
A single tear streamed down from the emperor’s cloudy eyes. He drew his sword, letting tears flow from his open eyes. And first, he threw his own sword on the floor.
“Put down your weapon…….”
As the emperor set an example, the hesitant soldiers lowered their weapons to the ground one by one. Then even the knights and generals begin to throw away their weapons.
As the rain continued to hit the ground, only the sound of countless people admitting defeat and dropping their weapons to the ground resounded quietly.
*
A week later.
The throne room of the imperial palace.
“Majesty. As you commanded, we cut the heads of the Prime Minister, the First Secretary, and the Treasurer of the Cashier, and hired new talent. In addition, the departmental organization of the imperial family’s internal affairs department has been extensively reorganized. “
Benelia, who was looking at the famous paintings hanging in her audience room, nodded her head nonchalantly at the words spoken politely by her staff officer and her lieutenant her, Pro Van.
“The Secretary of the Treasury took the soldiers and resisted with evil. To think that at the end she burst into tears asking for help. What a lousy end.”
Since the emperor had admitted defeat and expressed his intention to surrender, Benelia was able to seize power easily.
Taking control of her regime, Benellia ordered that the first thing she did was to eliminate her political opponents her, her ministers her. In the name of making fun of the current emperor and receiving numerous bribes.
However, there were also ministers who spared their lives without killing them. Representatively, the butler minister of the royal family and the cavalry minister of the marshal department were like that.
In the case of the minister of cavalry, Benelia did not touch it because she only followed the orders of the emperor and did not conspire, but in the case of the minister of the butler, Duke Brillt, the archdaughter Benelia, who was only the mastermind behind the plot, spared her life. She gave.
Because there were more useful uses.
“What happened to Duke Brillt? Like he accepted my offer.”
“That’s right. It seemed like he thought about it for a long time, but in the end he accepted. Soon, wizards from the Mage Tower will be dispatched to engrave a mark on the body. In addition, to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances , all of Duke Brillt’s property and private soldiers were confiscated.”
“Excellent.”
Benelia’s proposal her to Duke Brillt is simple. In exchange for retaining her position and sparing her life her, she was to have an indelible mark engraved on her body her.
The type of mark is explosive magic, and if Benelia utters her master words her, she will be in a state where she can kill anytime, anywhere.
So, once the mark is engraved, Brillt will not be able to disobey Benelia in any way. It is to become Benelia’s puppet her semi-forcibly.
This was Benelia’s ploy her to seize control of the imperial wealth, which was unlike her other departments her. In order to easily deal with the numerous officials in her imperial family’s direct domain her, it would have been better to gradually erode away from her existing system rather than hiring new talent.
It is a wise decision that is not biased by emotions. Proban, who had praised him inwardly, gave a hearty smile as he lifted up the documents to post another report.
“Oh. It’s late, but I’ll reduce it.”
“What.”
“Didn’t you get the empire as you wished? Now if you move up the coronation…….”
Pro Ban stopped talking and shut his mouth. Because there was a commotion coming from the hallway.
The sound of bodies colliding with swearing is heard. The man who had been screaming loudly opened the door and rushed in. It was Leonhard von Esteban, a man Benelia knew well.
“Benelia…… !”
The gray hair that has become scattered with wide eyes is so hideous that it naturally frowns. It must have been soaked in alcohol for several days, and even though the distance was quite long, it smelled of alcohol.
“It looks like the Shinsoo is clear! My younger sister…… !”
Haha! Laughing unnaturally, Leon Hard comes closer and spreads his arms. He seemed to offer a hug, but Benelia was only annoyed.
“What are you doing here?”
“Do I need a reason to see my precious little sister? I just came here to share a little bit of her story of her.”
“I have no stories to share. Please die.”
Leonhard’s expression distorted at the cold reply. It was pitiful to see him smiling so hard.
“Don’t do this. Please don’t do this Aren’t we related by blood relatives?”
“I don’t understand. What do you mean I did?”
“…… Heard. That her father was imprisoned in the Imperial Palace’s White Palace Tower (白炅樓).”
“I’m locked up. It’s just that in case of an unexpected threat, he had to live inside the Paekkyungru Pavilion with an escort. It is a form of protection.”
Benelia’s face her, naturally blinking her eyes, approaches in horror. She said that, but apparently Benelia was not ignorant.
She realizes that she has imprisoned Calvanes, her own father and emperor, in her splendid prison her and oversees her. In addition, it was no exaggeration to say that the empire belongs to Benellia now that her ministers have also been decapitated.
Leonhard clenched his fists and muttered sadly.
“I… Forgive me.”
“Forgive me. Today, my older brother keeps saying things he doesn’t understand.”
“I came to know everything.”
It was miserable, but there was no other option. Leonhard slowly dropped to his knees and looked up at Benelia.
“I saw the letter you ordered the soldiers to send. A letter telling me to send me into exile in the village of Santa Raon.”
“Yes. It is a place where the air is good and the water is clear. Is there anything that makes you uncomfortable?”
As Benelia said, the village of Santa Raon is a place with good air and clear water. The soil is fertile and suitable for farming.
However, if you look at the records of the past, it was written that all the people who went into exile in the village of Santa Raon met bandits and lost their lives.
Who would have sent the ‘bandit’ was something that could be known with a little thought. In short, exile in the village of Santa Raon was equivalent to the royal family’s time-honored execution order.
Leonhard, who knew this better than anyone else, wept and begged.
“Live. Please…….”
“What are you talking about? Why would I kill my brother?”
Benelia, on her one knee, gently wraps Leonhard’s hand her. Benelia raised her Leonhard’s hand her and made it touch her own neck her.
“Brother. Do you remember It was a very happy memory.”
Leonhard’s eyes trembled. Still, she didn’t mind Benelia.
“So I also want to present happy memories to my older brother. Of course, my older brother will never discuss the memories again.”
A light smile. Leaving Leonhard’s hand in place, Benelia rose from her seat and took her handkerchief her from her bosom her and wiped her neck her. Leon Hard, who was looking up at him in despair, belatedly put his head on the floor.
“Hey, Benelia. My younger sister…… No!”
A cry close to a scream sounds like a scream.
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty the Supreme Emperor! Please give this worm life!”
But Benelia could not feel any inspiration. Benelia let out a sigh, raised her hand her and patted it, and the knights waiting near her seized Leonhard and began to drag him away.
“Your majesty! Forgive…… Please forgive me—!”
Her begging for forgiveness continues to echo. Leonhard screamed until the end as he was dragged out of the throne room, but Benelia didn’t even pay attention to her.
After a while. In the quiet space, Proban cleared his throat and carefully opened his mouth.
“Uh, hmm. Majesty. We stopped talking midway, but can we hurry up with the preparations for the coronation?”
“Of course. After summarizing the invitations of her, you can write her letter of her and send it on your own…….”
Benelia, who had been spitting out her words indifferently, shook her head at her sudden thought her.
“Not. Take Theorad Deharm off the list.”
“Yes? How do you do that?”
A faint smile hangs on Benelia’s lips as she looks back at her pro class her.
“I will write a letter to him myself.”
