Chapter 76 – 08. Peace?
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After talking with Hancock about her, Cornelia summoned Aran, who was resting.
A few minutes later, Aran opened the door to the room and came in.
“What happened? Are you lost again?”
“…How the hell do you view her? Didn’t I say it was a curse! Besides, this is my room!”
“Yes. I did.”
A look of complete disbelief.
Cornelia lamented, but the image had already hardened.
“Hmmmm. Sit here for now.”
She offered Aran a chair and sat across from her.
“I should have been resting, but I called because I have something urgent to tell you.”
What is it?
Aran was a little nervous at the sight of her holding the weight of her to the fullest.
She closed her eyes for a moment as if contemplating, then opened her mouth.
“As you may know, it is practically difficult to take the entire territory of Throdia. If you do, there will be a war with the Mei Empire.
“I think so too.”
“I am going to give you the land.”
“Yes?”
She made a bombshell declaration.
“I will get the territory of Throdia as much as possible in negotiations and give it to you. Perhaps the land will become a forward base in the future war.”
“…To start another war?”
“I’m not causing it. The Mei Empire will never stand still.”
“…”
From the point of view of the Mei Empire, this war was a case in which the feudal states could not clean up.
This would shake the trust with numerous vassals, and this trust had to be restored at any cost, given the long-term gains.
That way is to destroy the Persian Empire.
So, Cornelia thought that there would be a war with the Mei Empire anytime soon.
“As you know, the situation in Persia is out of the question. Honestly, it’s dangerous. We managed to unify the long civil war, but this time we went on an expedition.”
She looked exhausted
“I want to put aside the war and focus on domestic affairs, but I think I’ll go down in history as a warlord.”
She gazed at the window for a moment.
The leaves were swaying in the distance.
“Anyway, Seorae isn’t the type to stand still after being hit, so war is sure to happen. So I hope you’ll prepare for it.”
She brought her map.
“This is my prediction. Throdia will be split in half, with Throdia still in the north, and our Persian territory in the south. Something to do.”
“Won’t both come? Come by sea and by land…”
“It may be so, but fortunately we showed our potential. The other side will know that it will not be easy if we split on both sides.”
“Still, since Throdia is still in the north, can’t I have Throdia report restore it?”
“It might be. But I don’t think that something like Throdia will be able to build up a military power in a few years. Military power is in population. Compared to the lower peninsula, the population in the upper peninsula is not so large. At most 3 million? There’s nothing to say even if it’s a duchy.”
“…Okay.”
“If you prepared for the war in advance, you will be able to push Throdia in reverse and cut down the Mei Empire. Then the morale of the enemies will fall. Because the mainland is threatened.”
She drew a large circle on the lower peninsula of Throdia.
“Anyway, this is the core. You will develop this place not as the prince of Persia, but as the ‘Great King’, a servant of Yeo.”
“Yes? Great King?”
“Yes. He is a great king who is higher than the king.”
“… A king of about half the size at most? He It’s even smaller than the original Throdia!”
“It’s a country with a 6th tier knight as its king. A great kingdom suits you.”
“…No matter how much it is, won’t it attract too much aggro?”
“Anyway, if you become the Great King and develop this place, if a war with the Mei Empire breaks out in the future, either endure or go north as much as possible. We will launch an amphibious assault.”
“Can you please listen to me?”
“Perhaps other vassals of the Mei Empire might join the war, so we’ll have to be prepared.”
“…”
Again, Cornelia.
He has a knock for not listening to people.
But it doesn’t seem like you’re listening at all.
She stared at her blankly Aran.
“There are many reasons why I want to make you a great king, but the most important is to separate you from Juana.”
“With Sister Juana?”
“Yes. If Illyana or Ayla were greedy for the imperial power, I wouldn’t think so either, but he’s an ominous guy. I think he’ll do something. Especially to you.”
“That…”
“And if that happens, you won’t stay still, won’t you?”
“…That’s right.”
“Yes. That’s why. I want to protect them both. You’re my son…And Juana’s my daughter.”
“…”
Aran could understand her position of her.
Juana is her biological daughter her no matter what anyone says.
No matter how close Aran and her become her, it is quite comparable to not mixing a drop of her blood her.
“If you go to the great king, I will try to teach Juana well. Fortunately, the other guys are not interested in the imperial power at all, so it is easy to tell them.”
“…Could it be that the princess…?”
She nodded her head slightly.
If that was the case, she wouldn’t be dissatisfied either.
Her current emperor her, Cornelia, had nominated her as her next emperor.
“Oh, I’ll attach Illyana as a bonus. Let’s live together.”
“Eh…Then it would be better for Illyana-sama to become the Great King…?”
“Then you can’t be the harem king.”
Suddenly, Aran stood up in surprise.
“Tteak! What are you talking about! How could you say such a Hancock style!!”
“What are you so surprised about? I’ve already heard it all. It’s amazing. He changed his job from a gloomy guy to a harem king Casanova in just a few months. He’s like my son.”
“I don’t do that!”
“Ehh? Really? Whoa. Be honest. Aran. You are destined to become the king of the harem. What is that? You are born with the spirit of a harem.”
Why do you fall into this direction again after talking about something serious?
Alan grabbed her hair her and tore it off.
“When you become the Great King, you will be able to take one step closer to your dream.”
“It’s not my dream.”
“For something like that, he’s wielding it here and there. I’ve heard that he threw a party in the royal palace too? It’s okay. Everyone understands the opening.”
“Ahh!”
If there is a mouse hole, I want to go in.
“Have you already worked with Illyana?
“That, stop…”
“The nobles were surprised to see it. They say it’s the first time they’ve seen a man with such strong energy. Rumors have already spread throughout the social world.”
“Aaaaagh!!”
Correction.
I want to go into an ant hole, not a mouse hole.
No, it will go in. Even if you dig it yourself!”
“Well, anyway, that’s how it is, so you know. I’ll tell you about the nobles who go with you separately.”
“…Um…But will the nobles understand? To be honest, a lot of nobles’ troops were mobilized in this war.”
“That’s right. About 70 percent of the army was nobles.”
“…Won’t the opposition be severe?”
“What are you doing? You will become the great king, so there will be territories under you. How you distribute it is up to you.”
“Well…”
“And don’t you have the strongest weapon in all of Germany?”
She smiled brightly and lowered her gaze to Aran’s lower body his.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
“Stop it!!”
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Aran returned, and Hancock, who had been hiding, appeared.
“What are you thinking? If you set up a new country, I won’t be able to follow you? Didn’t you hear me?”
When she questioned, Cornelia said calmly.
“Why can’t you follow me?”
“I’m a guardian dragon! Of Persia!”
“The way to protect that great kingdom is to protect Persia. Don’t you see? Without that land, we will never be able to defeat the Mei Empire. Even if we win, we won’t be able to recover. That’s why you also have to go to protect Persia.”
“Don’t spread sophistry. Then you’d rather not build a great kingdom! It’s fine if you don’t build it!”
“I can’t fight against that alone.”
“The land mass is the same anyway, but what are you talking about? This is why you can’t talk to an idiot.”
She was called an idiot by an idiot, but Cornelia smiled softly.
“Aran’s main enemy is not the Mei Empire.”
“Yes?”
“Soon it will be Persia itself. I think so.”
“…Why not?”
“You have Juana.”
“Told me.”
“I’ll tie him. But I know him well. I won’t leave Aran alone.”
She said a little forlornly.
“If Aran doesn’t have the title of a great king, he’ll be eaten. This is the best way for the two to coexist.”
“…The great king is also a subject after all.”
“Still, having a territory and having a ‘land’ are very different, Hancock.”
“……Is that because of that?”
Cornelia shrugged her shoulders.
“What is it?”
“…”
“Anyway, since that happened, you follow me and protect me well. It doesn’t matter if you cancel the contract with me. You said you already signed a contract with Aran?
“I’m serious?”
“Yes. I’m serious.”
“…”
Hancock looked at her for a moment before opening her mouth.
“If you look for it, there might be a way.”
“Nothing like that.”
“I am a dragon.”
“Know.”
“Daughter of the Dragon Lord.”
“I heard that too. Just now.”
“So…..”
“It’s just a situation where you ‘might’ even exist. That’s why there isn’t. At least for me.”
