Chapter 68: Ceremony of Triumphant Return (1) (2/2)
“Look forward to it”
“What… What are you planning?
“You were just about to say ‘plot’ weren’t you?”
“……”
‘She’s a vixen No , Princess Leila crossed her arms
“Well, fine I’ll tell you first since you have to stand on the stage as well, Count Forrest”
“What’re you ordering hness?”
“That’s…”
Princess Leila began to explain the scenario she had planned Having heard her scenario, Milton sighed
“Are you really going to do that, Your Highness?”
“When you do sohly”
Milton didn’t have any gooditself was short, it still didn’t have a good i August
“Tsk… she really kno to properly screw people over”
Southern Arh there had been some friction, in the end, the Ceremony of Triumphant Return was held and the Southern Army entered the Capital
“Hurray! Hurray for the Southern Army! Hurray!”
“Hurray for Count Forrest!”
“Hurray for Princess Leila!”
All the ordinary citizens of the Capital came out to throers and welcome the return of the Southern Army To them, the Southern Army were the forces that had saved thereat hero, and Princess Leila was the only hope in the current royal family This was the result of Princess Leila’s infor the public’s sentiments in advance Milton confidently rode his horse forward a beyond the ordinary people were the knights and nobles
“Praise be to Milton Forrest, the hero of our country”
Kneeling on one knee, the nobles greeted Milton Usually, nobles and knights didn’t kneel for anyone besides their own lords However, the return of a hero was the exception Although temporary, a Cere looked up and paid hoe to the recipient They knelt and bowed their heads at Milton
‘Wonder how many of theht crossed his azed at them with a smile
There were moments where you had to be submissive in politics For them, this was probably one of those ht noent beyond being unreasonable to being absurd Milton finally reached the stage after riding past the kneeling nobles’
The Ceremony of Triue, received his ust was using an illness as an excuse and had secluded himself in his palace And so, an elder noble appeared in front of Milton to take on King August’s role
But…
“Wait a minute”
Princess Leila suddenly appeared and intervened She reached out her hand to that elder noble’s duty to award the hero of the Ceremony with a medal Since he is secluded in his palace from a sickness, I’ll take over his part”
The nobles’ eyes widened in panic as Princess Leila spoke
“Your Highness, the nobles…”
“We’ve cos now?”
Princess Leila was subtly warning the nobles ere trying to make excuses as her eyes drifted towards Milton whose face had turned unpleasant She whispered so that only the nobles could hear
“Don’t forget that the Southern Army is inside the Capital now”
“……”
The nobles didn’t dare say anything in response Although they didn’t believe the Southern Army would make such an extreme decision, they also couldn’t help but worry, ‘what if they did?’ In the end, the nobles politely handed her the medal Then, Princess Leila took Milton’s hand and walked up to the stage together
And…
“For saving the country from the brink of ruin, I honor Count Milton Forrest’s achievelory”
She then personally pinned the inal cereround, she had given hie She took Milton’s hands and turned to speak to the people froreat hero who saved the people froer This is a command from me, Leila von Lester,a member of the royal fadonity, the people all cheered enthusiastically
“Wahhhh!!”
“Hip hip hurray! Hip hip hurray for Count Forrest!!”
“Hurray for Her Highness, Princess Leila!!”
“Hurray for Lester Kingdom!!”
Drunk from the atmosphere, the citizens all loudly cheered But the nobles were devastated Their expression looked as though they had bitten stone as they were eating soft fluffy bread
‘Just now…did she say the next heir to the throne?’
‘We co’
‘Who knew it’d end like this’
This was the Ceremony of Triureat deal of authority And at such an event, Princess Leila had announced to everyone watching that she was the next heir to the throne If no one objected to such an announce an official event, that state Augustthe event, and the First Prince’s defeat, Princess Leila had taken the opportunity to announce that she would be the nextmember of the royal family
No, it was more subtle than that She had actually said she was ‘the next heir to the throne,’ and not ‘the next monarch’ Technically, what she said was the factual truth since she did have the right to inherit the throne The only problem was that she had taken the opportunity to ‘i as the nextwasn’t there But did she really have to grab this chance to say it here? At the Ceremony of Triumphant Return? At an event filled with the Southern Army? At a situation where the people were all enthusiastically cheering? It was insane
The only person who could ust hadn’t attended the event in order to flaunt his authority and undermine the ceremony He really should have attended and formally opened the Ceremony of Triumphant Return himself But because he hadn’t, there was no one who could refute Princess Leila’s remarks, and as a result, her declaration becalancing at each other, but in the end, began to clap one by one No one could stop the exquisite trick that Princess Leila had played on the Lester Kingdom’s political sphere