Volume 4 Chapter 66 - On this land, he was king (1/2)

Volume 4 “Your majesty, this is actually an opportunity.” Duke Stagg had the same smile as he spoke in a confident manner.

“Opportunity?” King Eric looked at Duke Stagg in confusion.

The situation in the kingdom was already this bad and he was calling it an opportunity? What opportunity?

“Your majesty, did you forget? Since her highness Seveni gave up the throne, although it made it much simpler for you, there were many people who opposed you in the kingdom who hid because of this. Since they didn’t move before, we couldn’t find them and it made it hard to do anything to them. Now because of this matter, isn’t it a good chance to deal with them?”

Seeing the dangerous smile on Duke Stagg’s face, King Eric had a cold feeling in his heart.

This Duke Stagg who looked incredibly harmless with this smile actually had quite the fierce heart.

Perhaps this situation was a good chance to eliminate dissidents for him, he definitely wouldn’t show mercy.

But to him the king and the Lampuri Kingdom, was it really a good chance?

If it was before he took the throne, Eric only had a single thought about the kingdom. Now that he had become the king for close to a year, he had a deep understanding of the kingdom’s real situation.

He was very unhappy with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce not supporting him to the throne, he felt that he could take care of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce one he took the throne.

He had indeed done this.

Although the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had been targeted by those nobles, he had greatly supported them.

He didn’t feel like there was a problem before, but with time passed, Banta City that had lost the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, even the entire Lampuri Kingdom showed the results of losing them.

Even if this conflict hadn’t erupted, Eric had seen from the various reports that came in what influence the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had.

This influence was direct and positive most of the time.

Eric could even tell that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had played an important role in Banta City being able to develop this quickly.

And the entire Lampuri Kingdom’s finances had visibly improved, which was greatly related to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

If from the standpoint of Lampuri Kingdom’s king and he considered it from the perspective of the Lampuri Kingdom, Eric would have done the same as his father Lampuri Thirteenth, firmly supporting the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

But it was impossible for him to change things now.

Moreover, the nobles that supported him that created the ten companies had squeezed the Frestech Chamber of Commerce out of the Lampuri Kingdom. It was impossible even if he wanted to keep them here.

With the nobles that supported him led by the Stagg Family, they had taken almost all the magic machine market from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce and gained great benefits from this.

Even if Eric was the Lampuri Kingdom’s king, he definitely wouldn’t go against the conservative noble faction that controlled real power and almost controlled the entire Lampuri Kingdom.

Not mentioning anything else, Eric didn’t even have confidence dealing with the Stagg Family represented by Duke Stagg.

Seeing that Eric was silent, Duke Stagg didn’t guess his real thoughts. He thought that he was hesitating, so he said with a smile, “Your majesty, I know that perhaps you’re worried about turmoil in the kingdom, but please be assured. I already have a perfect series of plans for this matter, it can slowly and effectively take care of the people who oppose you. There definitely won’t be any mistakes.”

Eric gave a sigh in his heart, knowing that he couldn’t resist him at all.

Duke Stagg might have already put his plan in action when he came to tell him about this matter, he was just now officially informing him.

Anyway, all the power in the kingdom was controlled by him, even the royal guards in the royal palace listened to his order. What did it matter if Eric had any objections?

After being silent for a bit, Eric nodded, “Alright, then we’ll follow the ideas of the duke.”

Duke Stagg already expected this, so he gave Eric a bow with a faint smile.

“Then your majesty, please rest up. I’ll be leaving first.”

Watching Duke Stagg walk out, Eric’s expression sunk. He clenched his fists and there was a cracking sound that came from the pen in his hand.

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The unrest in Banta City didn’t cause any problems to the Stantine Duchy that was several hundred kilometers away.