407 No one can prevent the war! (1/2)
Celestial domain, round table meeting room
”As Celestial King, does This King not even have the slightest bit of authority? This King is now commanding to cancel all the battle plans of invading the Infernal domain!”
Speechless was looking with a gloomy face at seven Celestial Elders, who were sitting in front of a large, round table. It was rumored that the seven Celestial Elders were descendants with the purest bloodline, but from Speechless's point of view, they were just seven elderly dwarfs with sallow skin.
The seven dwarves remained unperturbed despite Speechless appearing like he would go mad at any moment. They seemed oblivious of the wrath of the Celestial King that was about to be triggered.
The most esteemed Grand Elder of the seven Elders was the first to speak by saying, ”Your Majesty, with all due respect, I'm afraid you do not have the right to cancel the battle plans.”
Speechless said with a sneer, ”Why doesn't This King not have the right? Try telling This King what rights he possesses when This King is the most esteemed Celestial King of the Celestial domain?”
The Grand Elder faltered slightly before he quickly gave an indifferent smile. He said nonchalantly, ”A thousand years ago, the Celestial domain has begun a round-table parliamentary system. The round-table system is not only the highest legislative branch of the Celestial domain, it is also the one with the highest authority in the Celestial domain. Even Your Majesty was elected by the round-table parliament. Therefore, all important matters in the Celestial domain are decided by the round-table! And as the Celestial King, Your Majesty has the right to participate in matters regarding the Celestial domain. Furthermore, one of your votes is counted as two.”
”Of course, you, Your Majesty, have quite a good deal of preferential treatment. For example, Your Majesty has the preferential right to choose from the various resources of the Celestial domain. Your Majesty can also enjoy the best delicacies and best beauties of the Celestial domain. When the citizens of the Celestial domain see Your Majesty, they have to respectfully salute Your Majesty and are not to treat Your Majesty frivolously. If there is a diplomatic situation, Your Majesty's image will represent the Celestial domain. There are many similar rights. In summary, other than important matters of the Celestial domain that require the deliberation of parliament, the other matters are free for Your Majesty to decide.”
Speechless fell into a daze when he heard this. He could not help but cringe in his heart.
Wasn't this a fucking parliamentary monarchy? Fuck that round-table parliament!
However, as compared to the parliamentary monarchies in the human world, the Celestial domain's parliament was much smaller in size. The seven Elders decided on the important matters of the country, so basically, the rights were concentrated in the Grand Elder's hands. Although he as the Celestial King had two votes, it was useless when it was two against seven.
Speechless never imagined that the Celestial King was in such an awkward situation in the Celestial domain. It appeared as though all rights were concentrated in the king, allowing him to lord over thousands of people, but he was actually just a 'puppet ruler' who had his rights removed. A round-table parliament had directly removed the ruling rights of the Celestial King. It was no wonder he had a nagging feeling that the bull-horned guard's attitude towards him was not like what a king with the right to kill should have.
As for what the Grand Elder said about enjoying delicacies and beauties, that was something even more to scoff at. The subtext of those rights was very simple—Your Majesty, just enjoy gallivanting and leave the Celestial domain to us.
In short, the Celestial King was the round-table parliament's, no, the seven Elders' political puppet!
Speechless suddenly thought of something and immediately asked in wonder, ”Since This King does not have the right to single-handedly decide on important matters of the country, how was This King be able to go against all odds and pass the plan of invading the Infernal domain?”