Chapter 142: The Changing International Situation (1) (2/2)

“Hooo… No That’s iht now, I’d only be able to gather 1/100th ofon the estate, not tothat could be moved quickly It took a lot of time to sell and convert it into cash Now, he didn’t have the tiht now, he would barely take anything with hiet the Republic to allow him to keep ashis days away because that’s the conclusion he had couest has come”

He frowned at his chamberlain Count Teira had told his chamberlain that he wanted to be left alone, but he was still bothered

“Who is it?”

Perhaps the Republic had finally sent someone to formally deal with him His chamberlain’s response was completely out of the blue for Count Teira

“It’s an envoy sent by Queen Leila of the Lester Kingdom, sir”

“… what?”

Count Teira instantly sobered

Lester Kingdodom as a weak and ss were different now They had blocked the Republic’s invasion and started a large-scale maritime trade Not to mention, Milton Forrest had played a do as a powerful country on the continent So as a do an envoy to him?

“I’ll immediately meet with him Lead him to the lobby, no, take him to the study And make sure no one loiters around us”

“Yes, sir”

Soon, Count Teira ht

“I ahts of the Lester Kingdom”

“Mm, I am Phileas Teira… a Count”

He had hesitated before adding his title, but he did it anyway He was still a Count, for now at least

“I heard you were an envoy of Queen Leila For what reason did you come here?”

“I only came to deliver a letter to you I was told to wait until you responded before returning back”

As he said that, Shane handed Count Teira a handwritten letter Count Teira immediately broke the seal and read the contents, his expressions constantly changing Once he finished the letter, he spoke to Shane

“Until when do I have to respond?”

“According to Her Majesty’s orders, I was told to return immediately with your response”

“Immediately?”

“Yes, sir She said there wasn’t a lot of tiave a deep sigh as he looked out the study’sAfter thinking about it for a bit, he came to a decision

“My answer is…”

A few days later

“I, Phileas Teira, pledge my loyalty to you, Queen Leila von Lester, the only dom”

Count Teira knelt before Queen Leila as he pledged his loyalty to her Then, she tapped his shoulders with a sword as she spoke

“I, Leila von Lester, as the dom accept Phileas Teira as a member of the aristocracy His territory will remain under his rule as it has been so far”

“I am honored, Your Majesty”

Count Teira replied in the e Frododoratulated him

“As expected, you’re resolved, Count Teira”

“Congratulations, Count Teira”

He sratulate him

“You were all much quicker than I was”

“Hahaha… That’s only because erewould have all been about the sa with Count Teira were all fordo nobles in the western region of the Strabus Kingdom All of them had scrambled to surrender to Queen Leila and naturally, she had accepted thedom’s territory There were already over forty nobles who had surrendered to her

Normally, there would need to be a ridiculous aive to the nobles who had just surrendered…

But not this tiiven theave them offers of surrender One, the continuation of their title Two, the recognition of their rights to their territories That was it Just si new but she acknowledged what had already belonged to theotten the proposal, it was an extres that would never have happened if they surrendered to the Republic

There was no way they would have been able to keep their title and territory when the Republic didn’t recognize the feudal system No matter how they lobbied, it wouldn’t have happened That’s because the basis of their government was different

That’s why Queen Leila had been able to bring theold piece She had been anticipating this the fried had attacked the Capital

The destruction of the Strabus Kingdom The introduction of Republican politics The nobles’ resistance What would happen if she reached out to theot that question in her head, there was no way she could sit still on her throne

She could have sent a er to Milton to proceed further with the plan, but she decided she should go in person to be certain In fact, the Strabus Kingdom’s nobles had all edom because Queen Leila had coes of loyalty, one-by-one This was like God’s perfect trick, no, it was like a defried hadn’t been able to do so about this was because at this ti to persuade the other two Fuhrers It was inized in the Republic that it was i off her skills on the Eastern Front Milton marveled at her skill as he watched Queen Leila dom hers from the side

‘Wow… that’s possible, who knew’

You were alreadythat you’re e your eternal loyalty tofro ridiculously s their loyalty were all deeplymore wily’