Volume 5 Chapter 12 (1/2)
Chapter 5 Episode 12
Editor: Starbuck11
Onehis anguish
No one kne long he had spent in this state withoutsince he had come home
10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes Or was it already 1 hour ?
Inside the rets
This was the first time he felt a sense of weakness and emptiness
(I wonder, where did I go wrong… We should still have had a little bit more time… Did we make a mistake somewhere ? Or was there no way to save this country fro?)
When his father-in-law lost in the struggle for power against Duke Gerhardt, he never felt this hopeless even coer days when he had to stay indoor within his territory all the time
”Please excuse me… Zeref-sama has come Shall I let him in ?”
The knockings of the old butler brought back the Earl Bergston's consciousness to reality
”Let him in… ”
Inside his heart, the feeling of wanting toto meet intersected
He directed his sight at the bundle of paper placed on the desk
A few hours ago, that was the last trudoe that had no purpose anymore Just how much efforts and sacrifices did one had to make this mountain of papers that turned into uselessness, no one know the answer…
When he thought of that, the ht at the face of his brother-in-laho had trusted him sincerely
Even when he knew that his relative was not someone who easily blamed others
”Such a gloomy face you have there… Brother-in-law…”
Opening the door, Earl Zeref frowned his eyebrows the ston
”Well, I guess it can't be helped… Especially in this kind of situation…”
Earl Bergston replied with a deep sigh towards Earl Zeref who said those words while sitting down his obese body on the sofa
”I heard it on ent news arrived”
Feeling surprised, Earl Zeref stared at his brother-in-law
”That's right, she collapsed after she heard that a rebellion happened Right now she's resting in her bedroom For her, she also has a lot to worry about after all… But still, you're impressive to know about thisorder for those who attended the …”
In response to that question, Earl Zeref shrugged his shoulders
It was easy to order people to keep quiet, but it was very difficult to execute such order And such things were obvious for Earl Zeref as good when it coence
”There's noorder if, in the end, it would spread you know ? After all, even for a God, it was hard for him to keep someone's mouth shut Especially nohen everybody was anxious about the country's future…”
In the first place,humans were a creature who liked rumors
They would spread gossips like a ripple, from one person to another
While in the sa truth and lies
It was difficult to suppress such instincts with power
”So inevitable is it ?”
”Right…”
Earl Zeref replied to Earl Bergston with affirmation
The two people stared at each other for a while
After a long silence, Earl Bergston slowly opened his ht now, for him, it was not the time to worry about Lupis' health
”I've wasted your good effort… I'm very sorry…”
Earl Bergston deeply lowered his head toward Earl Zeref
However, Earl Zeref only smiled at him calmly like usual
”Don't worry too much, brother-in-law”
”But !”
”It couldn't be helped Since originally it was so with a low chance of a success…”
Earl Zeref expression didn't show any hint of indignation Fro that could not be helped
(This guy… Or was it because I'm still too naive ?)
Seeing such attitude froston directed his eyes on his desk once again
This bundle of papers placed on the desk was packed with infordom
Who, when, where, how ather them
And a that money, how much did they put into their own pocket and howritten in those bundle of papers
Based on that infore the people ere part of the noble's faction
Many of the country probleathered under Gerhardt
They were fanning up dissatisfaction toward Lupis, intervening in national defense, and pressuring the bureaucrats to delay state affairs
Such actions taken separately s that could not be ignored either
Andblatantly hostile because it was much harder to deal with
Not to mention, Lupis' position and personality also makes it hard to respond
The easiest solution to overcoe two or three non-cooperative houses with a low political power to make an example
Having one's household being crushed was so that the nobles most feared, but such fear was necessary to bind their heart and blunt their hostility
Afterwards, one can use the softthe other nobles closer
There was noteither
When one carries a government on their shoulders, it was natural that lip service was not enough Every house had one or two dark secrets behind it, where it was natural to call those hidden secrets criminal
More or less if Lupis had the patience of bearing so was not impossible
But, Lupis tends to choose the cal unable to exercise her state power caused her to fail to achieve anything
Thus Earl Bergston had only kept an eye while not taking any measures
Until the day the other nobles loosened their vigilance and exposed their violent fangs and ugly nature under the bright daylight
”To be honest, I would be very lucky if all of that had gone well After all, that plan was very difficult to do…”
Earl Zeref cuts his words and breathed out lightly
The plan he was talking about was to eli their hidden criiti was very difficult to execute
The biggest probleains, and caused dissatisfaction ast the citizenry
The aim of those nobles was a rebellion