Chapter 66: End of the Civil War (2) (2/2)

“My Lady? Why?”

“I want my father to realize”

“Realize what?”

Milton understood her vague words only after hearing her next words

“That his days are now over”

Her face reathed in smiles

Ceredo those who had returned after winning a dom’s history, it was a rare ceremony that had been held for only two people All the citizens in the capital would come out with flowers to welcome thereet the would personally co hero stand on the platforratitude It wasn’t the king praising his vassal for his service, but the king expressing his gratitude to his vassal In other words, it was an event that could bruise the ishi+p One of the two heroes who had previously been awarded this ceremony had been a royal, so that was fine And the other was also alright because the king thought of him as close as brothers

But was the relationshi+p between Milton and King August like that? Absolutely not For King August, as greedy for power, it was impossible to hold a Ceremony of Triumphant Return Wouldn’t that just speed up the downfall of his fallen kingshi+p? Of course he had no intentions of holding it But…

“What? You want me to hold the Cereh he didn’t have the intention to, the nobles argued that Milton Forrest’s achievements this time orthy of one

“Your Majesty, Count Forrest ended the civil war, defended the country, and stopped the invasion of the wicked Republic In light of these achieveood to hold the Ceremony and raise public sentiment”

“Yes, Your Majesty If Your Majesty is willing to honor Count Forrest, the people will also rejoice”

Many of his subordinates insisted that the Cereust was stunned Even if he himself didn’t want to, the nobles themselves all insisted that the Ceremony of Triumphant Return happen This was evidence that his authority as a king had fallen to the floor Extreust stood up from his seat and furiously yelled at the nobles

“It wasn’t even a national disaster, he just ended the civil war!”

It was definitely a national disaster

“And isn’t the North still in the Republican’s hands?”

That was King August’s son, Byron von Lester’s fault

“A Cere Count Forrest doesn’t have enough achieveust made his decision and strode out of the palace Some of the nobles who insisted on the Ceremony looked at each other

“We did as ordered, but he really didn’t agree to it”

“But we still did as ordered, didn’t we?”

“That’s true We did as ere ordered, so noe just have to observe the situation”

“Ahh…as expected of my Father He never fails to meet my expectations”

Princess Leila smiled as she heard from the informants she had secretly planted in the capital He was a man who had lived his whole life with power clenched in his fists

Fa could be worth nored his children co fratricide and was so cold even when the women he shared a bed with died In the midst of that indifference and coldness, Princess Leila suffered sofrom me…”

Princess Leila closed her eyes

She could visualize her beautiful mother and dependable older brother And when she opened her eyes again…

“This tis

The fla in her eyes

The Southern Ares of Lorentia, the capital

And of course, King August hadn’t made any preparations to host the Cere Milton to present himself at the palace

However, a problem occurred

On the borders of Lorentia, the Southern Ar, but they also set up cah they were still in the middle of a war When this news spread, it caused a commotion in Lorentia, from the commoners to the nobles

“Is it true that the Southern Ar less than two hours away from the Capital?”

“That’s what they say”

“But why? The Southern Army can’t be…”

“…it could happen”

The nobles in the capital were filled with anxiety Not too long ago, the Second Prince had led the rebels within a short distance of the capital And that time, it had been the Southern Army led by Milton Forrest who had saved the right in front of Lorentia It was only natural to feel anxious But there was so August, the current king

“How dare… How dare they…”

Filled with anger, he couldn’t get his words out

This was a demonstration of power And a very obvious demonstration of power at that What could Milton’s reason be for not coht outside the capital walls? He was showing that he could attack Lorentia at any h, but the problem didn’t end there

If…

It was only a small possibility, but if the Southern Arust to respond All the soldiers in the capital had been wiped out by Duke Sean Palan And he had even declared Princess Leila as his liege

Just in case, the king had sent a er, but he didn’t think it would help

At first, King August was treh Princess Leila was his daughter, without a doubt, she held a grudge against hio, King August hadn’t done anything and reht she had died with theht had died, returned, he wasn’t happy at all

Currently, that daughter’s poas stronger than his…

And the feelings she held towards hi happy, every tiot cold The love and war like that In the first place, King August hi on the bodies of his fahter, Princess Leila, wouldn’t rabbed his glass with a treave birth to a viper snake”