Chapter 65 - Princess (1/2)
Translator: La0o9 Editor: La0o9
“Your Majesty, I need to be frank with you” Luen Donner spoke with a displeased expression on his face, as he held no respect towards Seth the First: “The Interkam Kingdom has reached its most critical moment”
“Once Ingmarlo falls, the Interkam Kingdom will also cease to exist. This is something that you cannot accept, nor can the Church of Divine Grace” Luen spoke without being reserved: “And the only solution now is to pool together all of our power to protect Ingmarlo”
“Right now, the only one who could achieve such a thing is Nala” Luen continued: “Her Dragon’s blood has already awakened, together with the prophecy, she holds an unrivalled advantage for gathering support in Interkam”
“As long as she comes forward, she would obtain the support of those aristocrats who have lost their territories, the Church of Divine Grace will also provide her our full support. Furthermore, the Donner family will also convince the remaining noblemen to provide aid with their private armies”
“Then by what name will she come forward with?” Seth the First understood it well, within the Interkam Kingdom, people had already spread and hailed the existence of a ‘Saintress of Salvation’, when things had gotten bad to this degree, the prophecy of the ‘Saintress of Salvation’ became nothing but believable.
“The Princess” Luen Donner replied.
“Then so be it” Seth the First didn’t try to negotiate anything for himself and made the verdict.
The reason why Seth didn’t negotiate the position of ‘Princess’ was because he already had no other chips to bet, while the Church of Divine Grace wasn’t the same. Although the Church of Divine Grace’s influence in Interkam was the largest, they had never stopped spreading their faith to the surrounding smaller countries.
For that reason, while the Church of Divine Grace would be greatly hurt from having their roots destroyed with Interkam, they would not fall to ruin completely like Interkam.
Seth the First had no other choice. Interkam had only managed to hold out for so long due to the Church’s constant aid, so he truly had no other choice but to accept and announce Nala as the ‘Princess’. With this legitimate identity, if Nala could truly turn the war situation around, then as the one in control of the military, she would then be able to force Seth to abdicate his throne and claim it for herself. Naturally, as the party that contributed the most to this, the Church of Divine Grace would also benefit the most.
Of course, the prerequisite to all of this would be that she actually managed to turn the war situation around and repelled the Royas Kingdom’s invasion, otherwise all these future planning will be meaningless. Furthermore, even if Nala could truly push Royas back, it wasn’t as if Seth had no way to turn everything around.
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To announce Nala’s legitimacy, Seth hosted a grand banquet in his palace. He had a graceful and confident smile as if the King whose country was about to fall wasn’t him, the noblemen also greeted him amiably, as if the ones who refused to provide the men and funds to support the war efforts weren’t them.
If possible, Seth the First really wanted to kill every single one of these aristocrats, but he couldn’t do such a thing. Because if he really did, even without the threat of Royas, Interkam would fall to ruin, and it would fall even quicker.
Aristocrats were an indispensable part of a country, but they were also the cancer. The problem of aristocrats was one that plagued every kingdom without exception.
The reason why the Royas Kingdom was so powerful was because Eldridge had conquered over half of the noblemen in his country. The authority and benefits of those noblemen had been reduced to its limit, so much that Royas had no choice but to declare war. Because if they didn’t, a civil war over benefits would break out instead.