Chapter 116 (1/2)

Chapter 116: Enemies and Allies

“Your Majesty, I am truly sorry for this”

“Zest…You have all sorts of hardshi+ps”

I intended to apologize for Tsubaki’s rudeness, but the Emperor was sympathetic towards me

We both looked at each other and dropped our shoulders

If it were , it would be over si her

However, it’s a different story if the one who did it was the Eot adopted into another family That’s why I beat her like that

“I left that in the Empress’s care Shall we continue?”

“Let’s do just that”

The Empress transported the white-eyed Tsubaki to another room

She’s resting now so I kind of felt relieved

I drank some sweet tea, perfect for my exhausted body

In reality I was in the mood for wine, but I endured it

“Now, prince Mars How much power and influence does the Prime Minister have?”

“Yes High elves……In short, what you call here nobles, about 30 percent But the problem is, there are a few of them who have incredible influence”

I see, 30 percent, huh?……The rest of the to choose a side, huh?

“What do you specifically mean by incredible influence? And how many do you have on your side?”

My question o stiff, but he answered nonetheless

“Yes! The Prih officials in the internal adenerals in the military affairs on his side”

He straightened his back as he answered

Stop it……I don’t need any more muscle brains, and you don’t have to be this nervous

“I see He has that much power……Then, what about your side?”

“That is……For the ti, I have no one”

“What? I believe I heard that you said you have no one on your side at this point”

“Your Majesty, I think I misheard it too”

“Because I had to act like a fool in order to preserve my life, you know……”

I understand his reasons, but zero help is kind of e

The Emperor held his forehead in his hands too

“What about the queen’s faction? The queen should have a great deal of influence, doesn’t she?”

“As expected from your Majesty I admire your wisdom”

I nonchalantly sucked up to the Emperor, but the prince’s words made me lose face

“Urm, the queen……my mother is on the Prime Minister’s……”

The prince’s words seehs

“In the end, the Prime Minister’s faction is about 50 percent Still, it seems that there are many people left ould at least listen to our story or even join our side Maybe there are not so ’s revival, after all”

“Yes If Zest is saying this, then, does it mean we have a chance to victory?”

“Let’s assume that the elves’ army has about 5000 soldiers Ha

lf of them, 2500 soldiers, no matter hoerful the elves are……they don’t stand a chance against me and the Frontier Count Besides, if we use my reputation as the hero who achieved spiritification……”

“We can politically corner them……”

The Eht about it for a moment, then told us his decision

“Good In the worst case, we’ll start a war We’llthe prince in mind I entrust the contact with the demon race and the holy country to Zest”

“As you wish I will first contact the demons and confirm this with them They surely have inforerous After that, we’ll arrange an urgent e ceremony”

“Yeah We’ll go with that We now have a good reason to intervene in the elves’ country’s affairs”

“Understood”

“Your Majesty, father-in-law, thank you”

Prince Mars lowered his head deeply, and so, our discussion was mainly over

However, the Emperor broke the ice after all

“By the way, Zest, how much a military force can you mobilize?”

You’re going to ask this, aren’t you……?

I don’t really want to answer

“500 black knights, 200 soldiers in the maids’ unit, 500 adventurers, 2000 kemonobito volunteer soldiers I can e……”

“About 3000 soldiers!? What about a maximum mobilization?”