Chapter 203 – 21. I.
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The departure of the Great Kingdom.
It made the continents tremble.
This is because the clouds of war that had been hovering finally broke out as a war, and that war was the prelude to a great historical war.
Of course, the most tense and sensitive place among them is the kingdom of Athens.
It could be said that he was the main culprit of all of this, and people’s attention was focused as much as he was expected to suffer the maximum damage, and nobles and merchants who were able to meet the conditions began to escape as much as possible .
Among them, there were those who applied for asylum in the Great Kingdom, but Terrin always greeted them with a smile when they came and locked them up in the dungeon. In particular, he tortured even more brutally against the nobles, spreading his notoriety without knowing it.
“Fu… I don’t know what to do with this.”
A woman let out a deep sigh.
Blue hair like flowing sea water like Attica, calmly sunken eyes and straight eyebrows.
It was very beautiful to look at, as if a face had been sculpted.
She is the king who will succeed Attica. Vanessa Athens.
A woman who tried everything she could to stop her sister from sacrificing her body her, but failed.
She is a woman who takes it to heart and suffers.
She was very sad about this.
Despite throwing her body her, there is no income and no compensation, and rather, the return is an ugly bitch and the national luck that shows the bottom.
‘I told you not to do that…’
She swallowed the tears flowing inside her.
“What about the other vassals?”
The nobles silently bowed their heads.
A harsh truth that is hard to tell.
As Seorae declared, the dependent countries wage their own wars and struggle for survival. Whether tens of thousands of people die or hundreds of thousands die, it is a matter for each individual to handle and solve on their own.
What is obtained after such a bloody war is the title of a true vassal state and the title of a great king that barely catches up.
“As expected… It doesn’t seem to work.”
“Yes. Just as the woman declared, the vassals have all pointed swords at each other, and are looking out for each other. So…There is no one to support us.”
“I see… There’s no way this was all done in an instant. It was planned in advance.”
“The speed at which it is progressing is unusual, so it must be true.”
“Rumor has it that they blocked the importation of war materials.”
“Yes? You’re going to war and blocking the import of war materials?”
“To be precise, the Mei Empire buys all of the materials sold in other countries, and it is said that they sell them back to the dependents.”
“…Of course you’re going to add a reading, right?”
“Yes. They say they sell it with a profit of 10%. That said, you can’t buy something, but you have to buy it in order to survive.”
“How about smuggling?”
“For that purpose, the Empire’s army is stationed on the border. If there is a country that smuggles in, it is said that the emperor will annihilate it without leaving a single seed of life behind.”
“…”
Extinction.
Vanessa was stunned and speechless.
How can you say such a thing so easily?
“Your Highness, since we cannot expect assistance from other countries, we must fight with our own strength.”
“Whoa…”
Vanessa’s sighs weighed heavily on the nobles’ hearts.
“How about abandoning Her Highness Attica?”
At the words of a nobleman, the troubled Vanesha and the other nobles all turned their heads at once.
“What did you say?”
“If Her Highness Attica denies her actions her and accuses her of being a traitor, then we can restore everything to her her. Since her treason was caused in the first place, there is no reason for us to take responsibility.”
“That, that… Are you saying that right now?!”
Vanessa stood up with a loud rage.
Denying her her real sister her and even driving her to treason.
There’s no way she could do something like that.
The nobles were also very angry and pointed at the woman for her remarks and criticized her.
But she was confident, and some nobles were nodding at her.
“Who was the one who stubbornly persisted despite our opposition in the first place? Lost and the country is on the verge of bankruptcy.”
“So! Are you telling me to abandon my sister through blood?!”
“If it is for the greatest happiness for the greatest number, then it must be done.”
“I, the author…!”
The blackout turned into chaos, splitting into two factions in an instant.
They were divided into those who acknowledged Attica as their king her and demanded that her state her be held accountable for what she had done, and those who agreed with the nobles she had spoken out about and abandoned Attica.
Haha…”
The sight shocked Vanessa.
If a few did that, I could pass it. The number was so unusual that it almost boiled.
Almost half of the nobles said that Attica should be abandoned.
“Uh, how is this…! You guys are insane!!”
“…It can’t be helped!! The person who pushed through despite our opposition must be held accountable. Or should the country perish like this!!”
“How could His Highness not know that I am the country!!”
“There are us in that country, and there are people! How can millions of people die because of one person’s mistake? Where the hell is such a law, and can it be called justice!”
“That’s right!! Even most of the nobility came to this point by forcibly dragging the objection against it. Why should we be held responsible for what happened because of the objection?!”
Among them, there were nobles who did not like the royal family from the beginning, but there were also royalists who swore firm loyalty to the royal family.
So half.
There were enough of them to divide the country into two.
“Really… Are you going to do this?”
Vanessa looked at a nobleman and asked.
Tears were dripping down his face.
“Sorry.”
The aristocrat quietly bowed his head.
“How…How do you abandon your older sister? You stay together in good times, but you abandon them so easily in difficult times? Is that really the value of all of you who call for justice?”
“That’s politics.”
“…”
To her speechless Vanessa and her nobles her, a woman came forward.
Among those who stood on the side of abandoning Attica, it was the highest woman, Duke Aphrodite.
“Your Highness, we have no chance of winning. Even if we defeat the great kingdom, behind it is the Persian Empire and the Mei Empire. What are you trying to do against them?”
“Still, I can’t abandon my blood relatives! Aren’t you guys? If it’s for the sake of profit, even blood relatives…”
“It’s not our blood. It’s Your Highness’ blood.”
“…!”
“Keuu… You’re insane! Even if everyone gathers their strength, you can create such a disturbance in the hat market!!! Can you really call yourself a nobleman!!”
“I’m very disappointed! How nobles are whining because they don’t want to take responsibility! Where do you throw your honor and mission and only care about yourself!!”
“All I can say is that I threw my body for this country and its people!!”
Accusations pouring down on Aphrodite.
But she didn’t blink an eye.
“Is it a king’s role to serve the country? Is it a king’s role to serve the people? Is it okay to fulfill your responsibilities as a king?”
She was silent for a moment and looked around at the nobles standing at Vanessa’s side of her.
“I can do that too.”
And the spoken words.
“What, what?!”
“I, the author…! Do you know what he just said!!”
Vanessa and her nobles her, even those who sympathized with her, were greatly surprised.
Depending on the perspective, it can be seen as treason.
In the midst of it, she cried.
“A king is a king because he has power, and he is a king because he can protect his people. He must have power and he must be able to protect! What is the meaning of a king without power and what is the meaning of a king who cannot protect? !If such a thing truly stands above all people, what are all people sacrificing for!!”
“Where’s the bullshit!”
“Aristocrats without ability are weeded out. Their families are exterminated or enslaved, and the people are subjected to all sorts of contempt and squeezing.
Merchants with no ability will also be weeded out. The company goes bankrupt and its employees end up on the streets and become beggars.
However, if the king standing at the pinnacle does not have the ability, he is standing still like you! The rotten nobles protect the king with all sorts of fawning. Does this make sense?”
“You’re talking too much! It’s rotten!!”
“So you’re saying you’re avoiding responsibility!”
“Avoiding responsibility? We were against it from the beginning. Why should we all bear the loss due to one stubbornness!”
She turned her back as if she had nothing more to say.
To turn one’s back in front of the king is treason.
Vanessa shuddered at her.
“Now… Are you going to betray the royal family?”
“The king did the betrayal first.”
“That’s what you’re saying because the result has been this way! If sister had succeeded, you would have sat back and shared the fruits! After all, you guys don’t want to take responsibility!!”
Leaving behind Vanesha’s desperate cry, Aphrodite and the nobles left the blackout.
It was the moment when Athens split in two.
