A forested land with vast grasslands in the northern part of the empire.
On this land on the right side of the Hakkas Mountains, there were nomads who made a living by nomadic people.
From a long time ago, they frequently invaded the northern borders of the empire, taking crops and people, and sometimes occupying the northern borders, making them one of the imperial troubles.
Therefore, the Empire has long sent subjugation forces from time to time to drive them over the northern mountains, but it was almost impossible to drive them out, who were one with the horses from birth.
Even if it was a small disadvantage, he would run away on horseback, and for the Imperial Army, he would go crazy and jump.
However, the land, now the home of nomads, was stained with red blood.
Arrows rained, swords broke, and flags began to burn.
A blaze of fire engulfed the entire earth and devoured everything, and human screams were scattered across the earth, the sky, and the heavens.
The river where the animals were thirsty was overflowing with blood, reminiscent of the river of death, and corpses were scattered all over the place.
And most of the corpses belonged to nomads who shared their destiny with horses.
Imperial Army, Central Barracks.
The place where the emperor of the empire and the prime minister who assist the emperor reside.
A barracks with splendidly embroidered high-quality fabrics and flags fluttering with large patterns symbolizing the emperor.
The knights guarding the splendid barracks that made viewers exclaim with exclamation were strictly vigilant.
And inside, the emperor, who controls everything in the empire, was stroking his beard and saying something to the person in front of him.
An armor made of gold steel, the hardest material in the world, and a jeweled sword embroidered with precious stones.
The emperor sat on his simple throne and frowned.
” ..I’m worried.”
“What are you worried about?”
The emperor, touching his beard, sighs deeply about the war that will happen in the future.
And this one who is having conversations with such an emperor.
“Your Majesty, who rules everything in the Empire, is worried about you, so I will take responsibility for it.”
His name was Alektro McGus, Prime Minister of the Empire and one of the few loyalties of the Empire to whom the Emperor could open his heart.
Prime Minister McGuss, who had been raised with the emperor since childhood, was vaguely aware of what the emperor was thinking and what he was thinking.
“Are you even worried about the princess?”
“I think you are really reading my thoughts.”
Despite the successful subjugation of the nomads who dared to rebel against the Empire, the Emperor was showing a very uncomfortable feeling.
” ..This time, the plan the princess came up with. To be honest, I was a little surprised.”
“It wasn’t such a clever ploy, there must be a reason for the enemy to forsake an advantage and enter the battlefield at a disadvantage on their own.”
“However, your Majesty is well aware that the princess does not have the knowledge to implement such a scheme, don’t you?”
“That’s the problem.”
The emperor closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
I ran to the battlefield with my senile body, but I’m struggling with my child’s problem.
Considering that the most difficult problem in the world is the problem of children, the attitude the emperor is showing now is also vaguely understandable.
“..Isn’t it good to get inside?”
“Of course. We have strictly cracked down on it so that it doesn’t get into the ears of the 1st and 2nd princes.”
“I’m still worried.”
“You’re a very thoughtful concern.”
“..All karma is my own creation, so I am not responsible for it.”
As the emperor drank the wine on the table made of elephant ivory, he began to speak with concern.
“It’s a pity, that you can’t do anything as a father…”
“…Your Majesty has put all your heart into it.”
“Sincerity? What kind of sincerity are you talking about? You mean that you couldn’t protect your daughter from those who couldn’t even be called sons?”
” …your majesty. “
“Poor thing…Poor thing…this father was so incompetent that he couldn’t do anything.”
“There are a lot of listeners.”
Perhaps there was too much alcohol, the emperor kept crying out for his daughter and had a mournful expression on his face.
The Prime Minister also understood the Emperor’s feelings, but now this is the battlefield.
It was clear that if the emperor, the highest commander of the army, showed such weakness, the morale of the soldiers would drop, so the prime minister encouraged the emperor to calm down.
However, the emperor’s mouth did not stop, because he couldn’t stand the pain that pierced his heart when he thought of his daughter, who was still being subjected to all sorts of checks at the academy.
The emperor began to drink more.
“…if Jim’s support base had been strong, this wouldn’t have happened…”
“…”
The emperor was the third son of the emperor.
Unable to sit on the throne from birth, he was able to ascend to the throne thanks to his mother and vassals.
However, the emperor’s life after that was a series of unrest.
mother’s tyranny.
the tyranny of the vassals.
The disgruntled forces are starting to emerge one after another.
The people of the Empire begin to starve to death.
Pain, corruption, corruption, death.
In order to save the empire, the emperor had no choice but to cut off his mother and surrounding vassals with his own hands.
Because he was an emperor, because he was an emperor, he had no choice but to kill blood and blood because he ascended to the position of emperor.
“Your Majesty! Mother! Your Majesty! How can you do this to me!!”
“Your nephew! Have you forgotten me!!”
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”
I set fire to my mother’s house, which was full of childhood memories.
Uncle, mother, and all other cousins were hanged.
And the eyes of blood and flesh looking at the emperor.
The emperor still stayed up all night not forgetting those eyes.
Fragments of the terrible memories that had been closed in the middle of his heart began to clutter the Emperor’s head.
“…Jim…”
” ..your majesty. “
There was nothing left of the emperor’s support base, which had defeated his corrupt vassals.
Although they received help from a small number of nobles in the process of expelling their vassals, their power was small, and other nobles began to gain power.
So the emperor had several wives.
He had made such a bold choice in order to stabilize his support base and save the empire through the marriage alliance.
An unwilling marriage.
It’s just part of the policy to nurture successors.
The emperor did not give heart to his wives, as it was a forced and politically compulsory marriage.
However, only one person was different.
Byzante von Herze’s mother, Herze.
The only woman the emperor loved and still loves.
She wants to see her but can’t see her now.
However, the emperor did not give the princess enough love.
A battle rages over the emperor’s seat.
The 1st and 2nd princes began to check in with Herze, who was loved by the emperor, and the emperor, noticing this, deliberately kept her away from her.
He didn’t even teach her basic strategies and tactics to get her out of the eyes of the 1st and 2nd princes.
If you have military knowledge, the princes’ checks will be even more severe.
In order to save the princess from this hellish empire, the emperor had no choice but to make such a choice with tears in his eyes.
And when the emperor cut off attention from the princess, the princes’ checks naturally decreased, and the emperor had no choice but to watch the princess from afar.
” ..that child had a talent for swords and magic…”
“That part surprised me too.”
I sent him to the Montegro Academy to get away from the stuffy imperial palace for a while.
There, news came that he had expressed his talent for sword and magic and eventually took the seat of the student council president.
” ..I’m worried about my daughter.”
“Is it okay if I ask what you plan to do with this counter-resistance?”
“…I don’t have to go. Otman-Turki, I heard that the Holy Rus Empire sends an envoy.”
“The Anti-Revolt Festival is an excuse, trying to bring our empire to their side.”
“The two countries are engaged in a subtle war of nerves with each other.”
Ottoman – The Turkic Empire and the Holy Rus Empire.
The strong in the southeast and the emerging strong in the east were fighting a nerve war to decide the superiority.
The Holy Ruth Empire to secure trade routes.
Ottoman – The Turkic Empire in order to contain the newly discovered new route.
These two countries began to check each other for each other’s purposes, and naturally the energy of war began to engulf the eastern continent.
“The purpose is not too obvious.”
“Yes, but what we can do is…”
“It’s safe to say that there isn’t.”
The prime minister frowned at the emperor’s answer.
As the Emperor said, the Empire has three options.
Whether he was on the side of the Holy Ruth Empire.
Ottoman – Whether to attach to the Turkic Empire.
Or stay neutral.
All were passive choices, not active choices.
However, it was a problem for the Kingdom of Spesha, which was quietly growing in power in the west of the empire, to keep it neutral.
Now that the Empire had no means to contain the Kingdom of Spesha, the Empire had to get help from the Otman-Turkish Empire, whether it was the Holy Ruth Empire or the Ottoman Empire.
“The succession problem is also complicated, but the external problem is even more complicated.”
” ..we’ll come up with a solution as soon as possible.”
“The Prime Minister will only trust you.”
The prime minister nodded his head slightly at the emperor’s words.
It’s always nice to have a friend with whom I can share the words of my heart.
No matter how bad the circumstances around you, having a friend with whom you can share the burden of your heart makes you feel lighter.
” ..Herge.. “
The emperor gave himself to the drunkenness of the wine that slowly began to rise, and slowly closed his eyes, calling out the princess’s name faintly.
” ..don’t worry, Your Majesty.”
Why does the emperor who rules everything in the empire look so shabby? The thought was running through the master’s mind.
As a friend of the emperor and a servant to the emperor, the prime minister vowed in his heart that he would surely help the princess.
He also watched the life story of the princess growing up, so to the princess, the prime minister was nothing more than an uncle.
“Are you outside?”
” Yes! “
“Your Majesty is at Suma, to avoid the commotion.”
” All right! “
The prime minister thought about something quietly, then moved slowly and walked out of the barracks.
The smell of burning meat, the resounding screams, and the flames reminiscent of hell.
At the scenery that seemed to suggest the path the emperor and the prime minister should take in the future, the prime minister sighed lightly and moved to do what he had to do.
All for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire.