Chapter 50 – 06. Participation in the Mei Empire
“……”
Aran stared at her for a while even though she was gone.
“Fu…Don’t worry, Your Highness! I’ll take good care of you.”
Did he think Aran was worried?
Hancock came over and said briskly.
“…Well…Thank you.”
“Did you just make that credulous expression?!”
“No way. There’s no way I can’t trust Hancock.”
“Oooooh! Lie! I just saw that expression! I saw it!”
Unknowingly, Aran smiled.
A lightness that cannot be found weight despite being a count.
As she said, that was her charm to her.
“I protect my body. My people too.”
“Oh?”
She made a surprised expression at Aran’s words.
Since when was she able to say such a thing?
“Don’t do that all of a sudden. You’re not used to it.”
She tapped her Aran’s arm.
“…?”
“Then let the girl go to work.”
Hancock, who nodded, disappeared to the other side.
“…What.”
Aran smiled, but soon forgot.
Because there is something more important than that.
Magic.
She was determined to learn magic.
At the time she was taught by Ayla, her third princess her, she had no mana, so she could not awaken. But what she is now is common to him.
‘Fortunately, I remember the theory.’
I can’t subscribe to magic because the lock hasn’t been unlocked yet.
However, I know the basic theory, and since mana is infinite, it will be helpful to some extent.
‘The next time we meet, I will win.’
* * *
“Whoa…”
Queen Yerina let out a deep sigh.
After I decided to break the city and abandoned the capital, I couldn’t sleep comfortably even for a day.
“Your Highness. Are you worried?”
The chancellor, Duke Illyana, who sat across from her, made a worried expression.
“I’m afraid… There are many.”
Yerina took the bottle and poured into the chancellor’s glass.
“It’s already been three years since we’ve been in war, and the king can’t do anything, so that’s grievance.”
One-shot after pouring her own glass too.
It seems that a lot has been tied up.
“Your Highness. Please don’t worry too much. The Mei Empire’s reinforcements will arrive soon.”
“That would be nice, but… I’m worried about the city too.”
“…It was a choice I had no choice but to make.”
“Whoops… Thank you for saying that. Chancellor.”
She slurped her glass of wine down her reddened face her.
It’s a spirit that can be blown away by using mana, but it didn’t seem like that.
“Your Highness. Actually, I have something to tell you…”
“Majesty!!”
The eunuch rushed inside.
“What’s going on?”
“I’m in trouble!”
Is it another big deal?
Yerina’s expression rotted.
“Tell me what you mean!”
At Illyana’s request, she spoke with tears in her eyes.
“It is said that the lower peninsula has fallen into the hands of the enemy!”
“What! The lower peninsula!”
I’m sure it was half of the lower half of the peninsula until a few days ago, but the whole lower half of the peninsula has already been crossed.
Yerina stumbled for a moment.
“Majesty!”
“Majesty!”
If the lower peninsula was crossed, half of the country would fall into the hands of the enemy.
It was the most devastating outcome of the three-year war.
“Call the priest! Come on!”
“Yes, yes!”
Other eunuchs rushed to run.
“Majesty!”
“This… This… It’s all because of the girl’s immorality.
“Your Highness! You must strengthen your mind and body!”
“To be punished… Punished…!”
“Majesty!”
.
.
.
In the middle of the night the king fell.
Fortunately, I got up quickly, but knocking down once meant I could fall twice or three times.
As a result, Lloyd’s provisional adjustment was shaken.
If the king is unable to rise up in difficult times due to war, the confusion will only intensify. It was never a good thing.
“Huh… I heard that the lower peninsula passed over?”
“Tsk tsk tsk… Lilith, that woman did it after all.”
“Surrendering without a fight.”
The nobles cursed Count Lilith.
He should have died defending the city in accordance with the king’s order, but he cowardly surrendered to preserve his life.
“I heard that the army that occupied the capital is the enemy’s prince?”
“Heh heh… To be beaten by a man. A woman’s face is out of the question.”
“Where is that? A man and a woman are like that. Surrender, and your life is guaranteed in exchange for your body… What kind of deal is that?”
“Nobility is a disgrace. Draw.”
“Look! The words are not too harsh!”
“What?”
An aristocrat belonging to Catherine’s clique intervened.
“Earl Lilith did that for the sake of the people! The soldiers should also be our people, so to fight and die knowing that we would lose! What nonsense!”
“No, then, it was a good thing to hand over the city where the life and soul of a country is located! Besides, did you do it for the sake of the people?Haha! A passing dog will laugh. Say something that makes sense! You are a treasonous criminal who sold the country for the sake of yourselves and even violated Your Highness’ edict!”
“Hmph! Then you would have risked your life to defend yourself in that situation?”
“Of course! Anyone who knows the honor of being a nobleman could do that! Aren’t you the ones who said that you had to break down in the first place? It’s not enough to break down without a fight, so now it’s surrender .Now what kind of people are you~ I know.”
“This man!”
“Let’s stop! Your Highness is sick, so you must fight like this!”
“Huh.”
After a few people dried and lifted it, the heat subsided.
However, the emotional gap towards each other was only deep.
“Huh… Anyway. Since Your Highness is weak, how should we devise a plan?”
“I don’t think so… But if he ever collapses again, it’s a big deal.”
“It can’t be helped. If Your Highness wakes up this time, let’s insist on setting up the Crown Princess.”
“The Crown Princess?”
“Heung! Do you think we don’t know your intentions! It’s not a ulterior motive to seize the power by putting Yekaterina down!”
“Look! What time of the day are you talking about that! If Your Highness falls down again, then what will you do if you can’t get up!”
“Be careful what you say! How can you say such absurd words!”
“You have to face the truth and deal with it. No! It’s true that Your Highness’s mind and body have weakened, but how long are you going to put it off!”
“Because you’re calm!
“You have to be able to calm down! You’re not playing an obvious trick!”
“What a trick!”
The altercation continued.
Drying it was useless, and eventually it even turned into a hand-to-hand combat.
It ended when the chancellor, Duke Illyana, entered.
“What the hell are the spirits! What kind of situation is the current situation!”
“…..”
“Because you’re like that, this kind of war happens!”
“…”
The aristocrats became dumb from eating honey.
“The more we sweat in fighting each other, the more blood our people shed. If we knew the weight of this position, how could we act like you!”
“…Sorry.”
Having subdued the nobles, she quickly sorted things out.
“…Even though His Highness woke up, it’s true that he’s in critical condition. It’s a situation we don’t know when something like this will happen again.”
“Your Excellency! Are you saying that I should ask for a false claim?”
In the current situation, if there was a crown princess to choose, there would be only Yekaterina.
Crown Princess Even without taking her lessons, she has a bright mind and is good at state affairs and diplomacy. In her words, she is the king’s lumber.
The rest of the princesses could become kings if they learned, but there was no time for that right now.
“Originally, it should have been decided at the time of the war! It’s still too late.”
“But, Your Excellency! This is a hasty decision!
“Then you don’t do it while you’re alive, do you mean you do it after you’re dead!”
“Isn’t that the point!”
“Now is the time to gather national power in one place! Do the faction fight after the war is over!”
With that said, she left her venue.
“Umm! Then you know that.”
Subsequently, the Yekaterina faction also left the venue.
Those left behind were nobles who lined up for the rest of the princess.
“Damn!”
“Maybe this is good?”
When you gnashing your teeth and gnashing her teeth,
“It worked out better.”
“Yes?”
One was laughing.
“Have you forgotten how Marquis Huina of Im Hyang-gok was exiled?”
“That…”
“Your Highness will never be pleased with it. Perhaps, using this as a pretext, you might use a knife against them.”
“Do you really want to? It’s war!”
“That’s why it’s all the more so. Originally, people like to split sides at times like this.”
She smiled thickly.
As if you had won.
* * *
“Tell this to the man.”
“That… Man…?”
Juana gladed.
“I’m sorry. I’ll pass it on to Your Highness Aran Persia.”
Never put the name ‘Aran’ in your mouth.
When the soldier left, he lay down on the bed.
“… Sister, don’t make me too much of a villain. She might become a real villain.”
In the midst of stabilizing karma, collecting spoils, and repatriating them to their home country.
In a little while, the work will be finished.
Coincidentally, Korra also went into stabilization work, and her sister her, Illyana, was sending her troops to the capital city before joining Aran.
It was the moment when the lower peninsula of Throdia was completely in my hands.
“What’s so good about men… I’ll set you free. Unni.”
