Vol 15 Chapter 287 (2/2)
Eva and May aside, I made a dubious expression when Monica’s name came out
“Well, I agree those three are out Then how about Aria or Clara?”
“… If you lay the groundwork, the others will accept theh possibility one of them shall be made into a blatant puppet Aria Lockwarde, Clara Bulmer, even if the individuals are able to support Lyle Walt, it is foreseeable that problems will come out with them as empress of the empire”
I held their ies in my mind as I went on
“Well, I guess it would be a bit hard for them to probe each other But that side without ulteriorby the second”
The Third sounded a little disappointed
『That’s right It’s best if Clara-chan supports Lyle fro through books in a giant library』
The Seventh spoke
『It’s a problem if you can’t choose Ludmilla or Lianne In that case, as you suppress the factions, won’t a puppet, or rather public empress be necessary? Or perhaps, if a third faction exists…』
Miranda’s face came up
“Then what about Miranda!?”
“It is thought that she will be able to suppress the two greater factions, and exhibit ample prowess as an empress… However…”
“However?”
When it sounded nice part-way through, Innis-san dropped the bomb
“In order to strengthen her own faction, there is a high probability she will increase the number of mistresses Between Gracia Galleria and Elza Rusworth, she will try to take one of them into her faction, but that won’t be the end of it”
“Eh? She can’t take the well”
Gracia and Elza had been exchanging letters between each other And yet, at this point, they certainly did have a dubious relation
“… It will be difficult to put the two of them into the same faction On the contrary, if you h probability the other one will start up their own faction”
From the Jewel, I could hear the Third’s voice
『Now this is getting messy』
“Why did it come to this? Is there no peaceful option?”
Innis-san spoke disinterestedly in regards to me
“Everyone possesses considerable ability If any one of thes in motion I must ask the contrary Why did you ever think this would end peacefully?”
I ignored Innis-san’s question, and moved onto my next one
“Then what about Vera!?”
She was a hter, but despite this and that, she had quite a kind side to her Could this be a surprisingly good selection? As I was thinking that…
“Vera Trēs is the daughter of a ardless the wishes of the person in question, it can’t be helped that in a continent where noble blood is highly valued, it will be considered a poor move universally It is foreseen that the individual will try to take those sorts of troubles onto herself, ending up in tatters in the end When that happens, her father Fidel Trēs shall use all e on…”
“Really sorry No good after all Yep, I don’t want to see her in tatters”
I didn’t want to have her push herself to not show her troubles on the surface and take it all in Innis-san continued
“Good or bad irrelevant, hter will increase the power of Beiht to chip away Merchant power all across the continent will increase… alongside that, the status of knights will fall, and the number of mercenaries is expected to rise Even if you succeed in conquering the continent, it is expected that the eenerations”
It would increase the power of hts, said Innis-san Because of that, the feudal lords will turn to hired swords…of public order, she said
The Seventh spoke with all his ht
『… Lyle, you have to give up on Vera It’ll get even worse than it is now Well, even if the girl is descent, the greedier merchants will use her name to do whatever they please is how it is』
When she was such a nice girl, what a terrible future For her sake, I concluded that I would never be able to give her the legal wife status
The Third spoke
『In that case, that leaves Shannon-chan Well I’ll be, there’s no way that one ork out』
“… What if I just settle for the worst one, Shannon?”
There, Innis spoke
“Shannon Circry, is it? In the case she becomes emperor, you will earn her sister Miranda Circry’s support If you can hide her handicap of being blind, she has enough ability to make it as an empress With her Demon Eyes… Lud through their plights, and the faction ill likely quiet down”
The Seventh spoke
『What’s this!? That was the most favorable response we’ve heard all day!』
The Third seemed surprised
『How expected, for that uselessly cute girl to actually be so skilled…』
I tried asking the last one
“Then what about Novem?”
But in regards to that, Innis-san spoke
“… There is too little infore, prediction is impossible However”
… However
“… At the current stage, there is a high probability that Lyle Walt and Novem Forxus will be unhappy”
She said
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A few days later
Arriving in Beim, in the middle of reconstruction, I led an army of five thousand I left Baldoir behind to defend Rhuvenns, and starting with Novem, I left Aria and Miranda as well
No matter what happened, ouldn’t lose at once
The surrounding rubble had been re had yet to be done to the places that weren’t in use The inner wall h to contain all of North Beim
The largely shrunken Bei towards reconstruction, and with the results in sight, s to the peoples’ faces
There were soup kitchens run out of the intact buildings, supplying food to the refugees and those that had lost their place to live
Entering such a city, Beim’s residents took some distance from us
Riding a horse, General Blois aardly scratched his hair
“Good grief, you sure are hated”
Without changing my expression
“Well, it’s the first ti like this ever happened to Beih”
The discontentments of the four-nation alliance towards the city were especially large Zayin and Lorphys had suffered heavy casualties because of Beim
For those who experienced Beim fan their flames and send in mercenaries to devastate their lands, it was natural retribution
“This’ll leave sooes poorly, once they’re done with their rebuilding, there’s a possibility they ht proclaim their independence”
I answered to General Blois’ anxiety
“Beim’s a commercial city I’ll permit it to have an extent of authority But not e the surrounding land”
On those words, the general rubbed his chin
“… You split Beis With this, Bei food will be to buy it When did you think of such a thing? No, since ere you considering it?”
I laughed a bit From the moment we arrived in Beiuard by its assets and authority If I had to say, we thought to chip at their assets froot here
With , as he didn’t continue his line of questioning But he did make a comment
“What a scary person”
I offered my take
“I’ve still got a long way to go”
… Was all I could say