Chapter 239 – Chapter 22 – Taking a Breath
Klaus was discussing something in the conference room where only Julia was seated, pointing at the map of the continent.
All kinds of objects were placed on the map he had spread out, many of which were located on the border.
Every time she tried to explain something, Yulia’s expression hardened.
When Klaus’s story was finally over, the demon king’s mouth opened.
“Are you really okay? If your prediction is correct, this is like going into the jaws of a beast.”
“What would you call a beast? Even if I tried, it would be like a dog that would run away without being squirmed right away.”
“Still, their teeth are similar to those of wild beasts. It’s very, very sharp. It is the same as a dog or a beast that can die if it is chewed incorrectly by its jaws.”
“Don’t worry, Yulia. Dogs are also dogs, because even when they close their mouths, they try to read the situation more and see the scene of the prey running away.”
Julia let out a drool at Klaus’ confident reply.
The plan he came up with could be said to be the best in the circumstances ahead.
He himself has no intention of being content with the stability of the East.
I want to become the greatest demon king in Eastern history.
No. I want to overcome that and become the first king to unify the continent.
In order to do that, a war of conquest is essential, but the East has caused a war before, but it has been pushed back by the fierce resistance of the West, and it has suffered a lot and retreated.
At that time, an outstanding talent named Klaus was holding out in the West.
Conversely, now that Klaus is in the East, he may be able to win unconditionally.
The West’s ability to survive the Continental War also played a part.
It was the people of the West who voluntarily rose up and drove out the invaders.
Why wage war, to gain land. If so, who clears and cultivates the land?
Of course, they were the owners who lived on the land.
Killing and eliminating everyone in the enemy country is not war. That’s just slaughter
When all wars are over immediately, the economy, which is staggering due to the burden of the military groups that were only consuming, must be restored.
To do so, it is important to stabilize not only the original territory but also the newly conquered territory.
It is the people who originally lived there who exert the greatest power in the work.
So, the East had managed to coax the civilians of the territories it had conquered during the Continental War.
That is, until they suddenly turn around, raid supply routes and engage in guerrilla warfare.
“It must be different from the continental war. Klaus, whom ordinary people in the West thought was a hero, because you are under my command. But after a war, there will be many who consider you an enemy. There must be a limit to bringing everyone to their knees with just your name.”
“Of course it will. If the aristocrats condescend to me as much as possible while I am with the demons, eventually the commoners will have no choice but to grab a spear to protect their land and family.”
“We need to reduce their resistance as much as possible so that we can advance across the border and be safe with supplies until we finally absorb all the western territories so that we don’t waste manpower and materials in useless places.”
“You are right. So no matter what happens, we can never give up that part of who started the war first, who declared war. We have to start holding on to the justification so that we can conclude from a perfect start to a perfect end.”
Klaus’ comments were simple and straightforward.
Let the West, out of impatience, declare war on the East first.
Of course, this is something to be welcomed, because if this is the case, Dongbu is ahead of the cause.
But how? No, aside from the method, what is the atmosphere of peace that has been created in the East?
If this was the intention, wouldn’t it be better to constantly stimulate the West and eventually make them shout war first? This thought continued in Yulia’s head.
“If you give them a sense of crisis, they will try to unite.”
Klaus, who knew Yulia’s troubles from long ago, said so.
It was to make them clearly recognize that the only way left in the end when they were not prepared to start a war first was to be an extreme war.
In his setting, the West is a world mixed with all the worst in history.
If the situation is unfavorable, we dismiss the disadvantage as nothing, and plan and start working assuming only the best situation.
If you look at it from a rational point of view, it would make no sense at all.
It’s funny, if you look back at history, that ridiculous thing always happened.
‘When you set the world view here, especially when you create the West, it’s a place where all the worst forms recorded in history are gathered together. Even if you think it’s irrational, that’s where it happens very naturally.’
He just throws a drop of oil and a spark there.
The rest is left to the West to throw hay and pour oil.
“You can at least think that if you don’t keep Dongbu in check while being relaxed as much as possible, something big will happen. So while discussing the war, it makes me think of trying to pressure the East.”
“It won’t be easy for us to lose, but the losses you guys will see will also be terrible, so please listen to the conditions of the West, or something like this. What are your expectations, Klaus?”
“If you look at Dongbu’s attitude so far, it’s very misleading. You might think that we should resume trade, allow food trade, and threaten with a war because the damage is so great.”
This is why another condition that makes the West go to war first is necessary.
If we can declare war and achieve our highest strategic goal as quickly as possible.
That’s why it instills the illusion that everything is over if you can shake the enemy’s weakness.
“That’s why you insist on going to the academy again.”
“Officially, Yulia, you are still an academy cadet. If you go back to the academy for that reason and start the second semester, the Western Union will definitely grab you and use you for negotiations right away.”
“If you just stretch out your hand, you’ll think it’s easy because the Demon King is within reach.”
“Exactly. We will use that part in reverse.”
It was this part of putting one’s head into the jaws of a beast.
After the work in the east was roughly finished, Klaus intended to take Yulia back to the academy.
The king may be out of his seat and suddenly wonder what he was doing.
However, this was a kind of testing and filtering operation.
While the king is away, who does nonsense and who spares himself a lot.
Because we received so many people at once, we have to get rid of all those who become thorns even later.
For that reason, he decided to leave the castle for a while and head west.
“How likely is it that another large-scale rebellion will happen in the East?”
“How does it look to Julia? Will that really happen?”
After thinking for a while at Klaus’s question, Julia immediately smiled at her and shook her head.
She was deep into the part where she now thought of herself as much as the man in front of her.
To her own eyes, she had no more to rebel against herself in her east when she expected with the King’s insight.
It has been a long time since the noble families, which boasted a large scale, were all purged as traitors.
The LeBlanc family, which could be said to be the largest among the remaining nobles, was taken over by Cecily.
Apparently, even these days, he said he was busy trying to garner the support of the LeBlanc family.
Other than that, those who surrendered, including the Palatinath.
The former neutral faction centered on the Else family is also adapting well to the current system.
It was enough for now, but he wouldn’t want to fight with the demon king who destroyed even the mighty Aufen out of greed.
“As you said, I can safely focus on the West.”
Of course you should just focus on the west side, I’ll make it that way.
Klaus’s goal was to get everything done within two years.
There is no need for Yulia to stay with him all the way to the west, so he just needs to send him back to the demon king’s castle in an appropriate way and yield the rest to those who have to do the credit.
More than anything else, if the work is done in half an hour, Yulia will have a hard time moving around as well.
“Your Majesty, I am Planche.”
“Come in.”
Permission was granted, and Planche stepped inside, her silver hair fluttering.
It was said that he was taking over the work of Kala Gul, but now the image of the chief chamberlain was hanging around.
“Just now, the family of Leblanc visited the Demon Castle. He wants to say hello to His Majesty the Demon King.”
“I’m sure you’re busy with the LeBlanc family, but you’ve made time to visit me again.”
Saying that, Yulia looked at Klaus secretly.
The reason Cecily, the current family head of LeBlanc, came to the Devil Castle again must be because of Klaus.
Even if it’s not, I’m sure I’ll be busy because I have to control the various complaints and other parts of the LeBlanc family with my own abilities.
It was definitely a great thing to take time out to visit the castle.
“Come on, Klaus.”
“Are you really okay?”
“It’s okay to talk. Because the current LeBlanc household still seems to have more trust in you than loyalty to me. It’s because I’m lacking. Not having Cecily as my own more firmly. It’s because of me, so you should be kind enough to understand.”
After all, if you go back to the academy, you will only be mine.
Klaus was unaware that this was a calculated statement.
However, Yulia’s thought was very cute, so she just let it go.
She first leaves the conference room and heads to her parlor where Cecily will be waiting.
She arrives right in front of her and opens her door with a jolt, and the woman sitting in the seat jumps up.
It is safe to say that he is the head of the largest aristocratic family in the East, excluding Yulia.
Even so, Cecily was still very cautious in front of Klaus.
“Are we seeing each other in a month?”
“Yeah. I will see you in a month.”
“You’ve been very busy for a while. A lot of trouble. It’s like silencing the previous head of the family, or accepting or suppressing dissatisfaction within the family.”
Cecily was not the next head of the LeBlanc family.
There were several of her brothers and sisters above her, and she was only the youngest in her family.
The woman became the head of the household by the order of the demon king.
Until now, she had maintained the method of choosing a family head by the family, but the demon king was directly involved.
If it was originally, there would be no shortage even if there was an immediate reaction.
However, the LeBlanc family is continuing its life thanks to Yulia.
In such a situation, if you stand up with your family saying that you do not recognize the head of the demon king.
In other words, it could be seen as the same as rebelling against the demon king.
“… My father, the former head of the family, was confined to a villa for the time being. There were objections, but he said he couldn’t help it because he was a criminal who almost made his family disappear.”
“Yes. That much should be enough to be called punishment for the guilty. And?”
“That… I’m sorry. As for the older brothers and sisters, I still can’t decide on my own…”
Since the youngest became the family head, the position of the brothers and sisters above him was shaken.
Klaus ordered Cecily, who was worried about that part, to treat her calmly.
Either he took the oath of allegiance, or he kicked everyone out of the family.
However, Cecily said that she had not yet completed that part perfectly.
Like this, she told me to do this, even though she even gave me the direction.
“Looks like you’ve lost your mind again. Right?”
“I’m sorry. I just…”
“Shut up, Cecily. Shut up, come over here and stick her ass out.”
