Chapter 303 (2/2)

“What?”

“I will raise this baby as my successor, Marquis Karl.”

Marquis Karl was stunned for a moment.

Shocked, he belatedly exclaimed,

“Your Majesty! The Eastern Empire has never had a reigning empress! Only a prince born of the Empress can become his successor!”

Marquis Karl was so astonished that he could not keep his mouth shut.

Although there were times when it was the Empress Consort and the Empress Mother who actually ruled, they only did so through the Emperors.

‘But Sovieshu will make the princess his successor!’

“That has never happened in history nor is it stipulated in law, Your Majesty!”

“When this girl becomes the first reigning empress, a precedent will be created in history. Nor does the law stipulate that only a prince can be the successor. It’s just a custom, right?”

After speaking firmly, Sovieshu held and looked at his daughter tenderly,

“The princess will be named Glorym. May all the splendor of the world shine upon this baby.”

Marquis Karl sat on the couch on weak, wobbly legs.

“But many will object…”

“Of course I won’t make it public until the time is right. We have to prepare slowly.”

Sovieshu spoke categorically, and looked his daughter in the eyes.

Dozens of things were already going through his mind.

‘My daughter will be intelligent, and she will be even more so with the best teachers. She will need to acquire practical skills and learn about political affairs from a young age.’

Without an empress, this girl will have to dominate high society, so it will be convenient to establish connections early on.

‘Mages… yes, the priority is to solve the phenomenon of the decline of mages.’

The power of the Emperor of the Eastern Empire came from the mages. In order to easily suppress the opposition of the archaic nobles, he had to reorganize the strength of the mages and take absolute control.

‘This army must also be commanded properly…’

“There is much to do, my baby.”

The baby made a strange sound, stretching her little hands in the air.

“Grow healthy and smart.”

Sovieshu whispered, placing his fingers between her little hands. As if she could understand, the baby held Sovieshu’s fingers tightly.

Unable to calm his startled heart, Marquis Karl stared at him in a daze before sighing deeply.

Well. Times change and every story has a starting point. If the baby were to become as intelligent a woman as Empress Navier, then it would be quite likely.

“Your Majesty. Do you intend to tell Rashta that you plan to make the princess your successor?”

Sovieshu frowned and said with determination,

“Of course not.”

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