Chapter 511 - Fawkes Family (2/2)

Under the confused gazes of everyone present, he flipped through them one by one, not remaining on a single page for more than a second.

Jessica's brow wrinkled slightly. Was he planning on reading it? But if he really was planning on reading it, why was he flipping through the pages so quickly?

What Jessica didn't know was that Leonel had already slowed himself down considerably. Let alone a second a page, all he would have to do is spread these pages out and he could read all more than 50 sheets in that same time frame.

After a while, Leonel placed the documents down and closed his eyes.

Leonel quickly organized all the information, jumped through the legal talk and reached the core of the documents.

Ultimately, this document was mostly created to familiarize Camelot with the laws of Earth. Only a small portion of it actually detailed the agreement between the two 'nations'. But, this was good for Leonel as well. Though he knew the main tenants of Earth's laws, when it came to the details, he was severely lacking.

The document was unlikely to list all of Earth's laws. After all, it was only a few dozen sheets while Earth had long since moved passed the usage of paper. Clearly, they had only gone back due to the completion of the Metamorphosis making technology all but useless. But this was enough.

Leonel opened his eyes. The simple action made Jessica shudder. But, the feeling of oppression soon vanished as they regained their focus.

”Accept them as official citizens of The Empire, remove the guaranteed Chief Earl title, and document Camelot as a Probationary Province.”

Noah's expression finally shifted from something other than indifference. His head tilted slightly, a hint of questioning in his gaze.

”If we do things like this, the Pendragon family will not be guaranteed any title. It is very possible that they will become commoners. Under these conditions, the people of Camelot are no longer of Camelot. As such, their merits are their own and won't count for the Pendragon family.”

Though The Empire's initial offer sounded bad, after reading the document, Leonel felt they were surprisingly fair. 'Probationary Citizen' sounded like a bad title, but it essentially allowed Camelot autonomy to continue functioning as its own nation until the war ended. As such, the merits of Camelot's armies would count toward Camelot and allow it to earn up to an Earl title in the end.

But, Leonel was essentially asking to remove this failsafe. By allowing Camelot to become official citizens of Earth right this moment, they were all starting as commoners. How could commoners lead people? Obviously, they didn't have the right to do so. So, any merits 'Camelot' accomplished would be equally spread to its millions of citizens rather than concentrating into Arthur's or Mordred's hands.

Though this method would allow the Pendragons a chance to achieve a royal title higher than Earl, it also meant that they could effectively end up with nothing unless they had astounding single person feats.

Though the Code Black of The Empire seemed to throw the nobles to the wolves, the truth was that they still had many advantages commoners didn't have. As nobles, they had subordinates that were recognized by law. Those subordinates could funnel their merits toward these nobles, making it easier for them to retain their titles.

However, if Arthur and Mordred became official citizens now… They wouldn't have this luxury any longer.

”I'm certain.” Leonel replied. ”After all, as a Prince, I can allocate my merits however I please.”

Noah's pupils constricted into pinholes.

That was right. There was one family that didn't have to worry about democracy on Earth, and that was the Fawkes family. But how could Leonel alone amass more merits than those royal families with tens to hundreds of thousands of subordinates?

Just as Noah wanted to open his mouth to say something, a talisman on Jessica's person suddenly glowed.. At first, she listened to the message passed to her in silence, but after a while, her cold expression furrowed into a frown.