122 – Episode 120
Roman Empire Parliament.
[Dear lawmakers!]
Alexander, who is on the podium, looks at the seats of the National Assembly members and continues his speech.
[Last year. You will all remember that war once almost broke out in Roman due to the treacherous Valorant’s treason.]
The parliament was convened at the request of Alexander to convene it urgently.
Members of the National Assembly who had no particularly important schedules attended without fail.
Members of the National Assembly showed up to confirm whether what Pompey had informed them in advance was really true.
-Keep the small talk short and get to the point! Main subject!
-Did the Archduke and the Emperor really make such a secret pact? Come on and talk!
-You look like a dirty traitor!
As Alexander begins to speak, the lawmakers who are dissatisfied with the situation begin to shout.
Charles, feeling that it would be difficult to proceed further, struck the hammer on his chair.
[Quiet! Be quiet! If there is any more disturbance, I will activate my right to maintain order!]
-Bang!, Bang!, Bang!
-Chairman! Now, do you understand this situation?
-The Grand Duke overstepped his authority, and the Emperor faction gained enormous territory in return for turning a blind eye to overstepping their authority!
-Rep. Alexander, tell me quickly if that is really true!
[Be quiet! This is something that the Speaker is also curious about, but the National Assembly has its own order. If there is any more commotion, I will activate my right to maintain order!]
-Bang!, Bang!, Bang!
As the room became quiet due to Chairman Charles’ harsh warning, Alexander continued to speak.
[Humm… Respected Chairman and members of the National Assembly! You probably know that our imperial faction once advanced to Roman to find out the intentions of the evil anti-imperial faction!]
After saying that, he paused for a moment and then continued.
[We headed here to resolve Valorant’s rebellion and situation, and to prevent any seditious movements that Valorant’s son might be trying to usurp the empire. That was when the righteous people who were loyal to this empire arrived here. In order to prevent war and acknowledge our loyalty, Archduke Devian Francesco, the Empire’s sovereign and archduke, has made a promise to be engaged to Epirus, Egypt, Princess Joy, and Philip, the son of His Highness Ioane.]
-Woo! The subject of a secret agreement in a secret room!
-Greedy Ioanes and the emperor faction, step down!
Alexander saw that the anger of the neutral faction was very strong.
I can feel the anger so intense in the eyes of the neutral lawmakers that I am afraid that they might be beaten to death after leaving the National Assembly.
-Gulp.
[Hmm… We kept it a secret for a while until the political situation of the empire stabilized, in case people thought differently from our intentions. After the situation was resolved, I requested His Majesty the Grand Duke to carry out the agreement, but he kept delaying the timing and was forced to ask His Majesty the Grand Duke to keep the agreement at the National Assembly…]
Something flies onto Alexander’s forehead as he speaks for a while.
-Puck!
“Ugh!”
The lawmakers start throwing ink bottles from the seats at Alexander.
Alexander collapses in his seat after being hit on the head with a thick glass bottle full of ink.
[Why do we do that! Will you approve it?!]
[Go out and die!]
[Woo~!]
Charles, seeing the commotion in the hall, strikes the hammer again.
-Bang!, Bang!, Bang!
[Quiet! I clearly told you to be quiet! Guard! Guards, control the conference hall!]
Once Charles’ order was given, the guards entered the venue.
[I understand the anger you feel. However, the Chairman believes that violence should not be used to block proceedings. Please show your anger by voting after the proceedings.]
Alexander, who was hiding under the podium, gently got up and continued to speak.
[Hmm… Therefore, I ask for a declaration of support from the National Assembly so that His Majesty the Archduke can keep the agreement!]
Alexander, who speaks with a large hump, shows none of his usual dignified appearance.
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Leopold, Duke of Dupol, feels fear when he sees the Nicaean army deployed on the border.
‘Damn it. Where did you get so many troops…’
The maximum number of troops that Dupol and his allies can muster is less than 20,000…
I have no idea what to do when I receive intelligence that the Nicaean army deployed to the border area has reached approximately 50,000.
‘This is probably going to end.’
Have you made up your mind this time? We received intelligence that preparations were being made so tightly that troop movements could be detected in the border area facing the Babylonian Empire.
If they see that many troops, the allies will be reluctant to step forward.
In the first place, they support Dupol because they are afraid that Nicea will take over Dupol and expand, but there is a significant difference in weight between Nicea, which is a kingdom-level title, and their own alliance, which is made up of several dukes and counts.
However, he does not think that great nobles of similar weight class will take his side.
Ioannes’ external image is excellent, considering the national power of the Kingdom of Nicaea. Rather than fighting against him because of a small duchy like Dupol, it would be more advantageous to stand on his side.
Leopold feels despair at the miserable situation.
But that doesn’t mean he can surrender meekly.
The blood and pride that Leopold’s family paid to become independent from Nicaea.
Because it’s not easy to throw that away.
“First of all… I need to give orders to the entire unit.”
Defense. Defense is the only way to survive.
Thinking like that, I urgently begin to write letters to each general.
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William, leader of the Golden Knights.
He does not like the orders given to him by the previous archduke.
A secret mission to help Dupol and stop Nicaea if Nicaea invades Dupol.
‘Damn you.’
The Golden Knights only obey orders from the emperor.
Not even the Imperial Council or the courts can give orders to the Golden Knights.
However, due to Valorant’s treason, the honor of the Golden Knights was thrown into the gutter.
Valorant suddenly attacked and made the Hwangga hostage.
In order to save the emperor, he was disarmed and exiled outside of Romania.
Then, he followed the wicked Valoran’s words of sparing at least the emperor.
He left Roman, believing that if he were a nobleman, he would save the emperor.
But Valorant broke his promise and dragged the emperor out like a dog and had him executed.
How angry was William at that time?
How much did you cry because your lord, the emperor, died because of your incompetence?
They are respected as part of the empire’s long history, and William, the knight commander, bears the stigma of having taken Roman away from Valorant and the stigma of failing to prevent the emperor from dying.
Fortunately, after hearing the news that Valorant had died from his own son, William thought it was a blessing in disguise.
He was far from loyal to Valorant. There is no way my son would be loyal to Valorant.
And William, who saw that, loathes the Ryan family deep in his heart.
But William, his suffering does not end there.
Debien, the son of Marshal Valorant, took power and forcibly married the current emperor.
And he gave himself an order to explain how he roasted the current emperor, forcing him to intervene in the civil war of the anti-emperor faction.
To be honest, I was not pleased with the orders given by the current emperor, but I followed them because she was his lord and the legitimate successor to the previous lord that William failed to protect.
But that doesn’t mean William is enraged by the order to treat them as if they were his own soldiers.
And now the Archduke’s order to stop the forces of Nicaea.
William has no intention of following that.
That’s because there was no order from the current emperor.
I will change my mind if an order comes, but at least so far there has been no order from the emperor.
If it is not an order given by the emperor, I have no intention of following it.
Debian He is more wicked and cunning than his father.
‘If I trusted the beastly Ryan, didn’t the emperor already die? ‘Do not think that I will simply follow your intentions.’
In the first place, this is guaranteed by law.
When you think like that.
-Chief of the Knights. A man came from Rome.
“In Roman?”
Are you a person of the Grand Duke?
William, who knows that currently no one is coming to see him other than those on the Archduke’s side, steps forward and speaks.
“Come on in.”
As soon as William finished speaking, she entered the tent.
William feels puzzled as he looks at a woman who appears to be in her early 20s.
‘There would be no reason for a woman like this to come here…’
When William was thinking that, the woman got down on one knee and said,
“Hello. “My name is Livia, a maid serving His Majesty Emperor Theodora.”
‘Emperor’s maid?’
William is lost in his thoughts as he looks at the woman with her short brown hair and a bloody bandage on the back of her hand.
How could the emperor’s maid come here?
“He told me to deliver a letter to Sir William in compliance with His Majesty’s secret mission.”
William is shocked and surprised by those words.
‘The emperor secretly sends himself a letter?’
“Give it to me.”
Her maid takes out a white envelope from her arms and hands it to her.
I frown when I see a letter that doesn’t even have a seal, but I open it and read it.
“This is…”
[My dear knight Sir William]
[I heard that you and the Golden Knights have sworn to serve the Emperor of the Empire.]
[If you do. Hey, are you watching the wicked Devian control the political situation and persecute Jim?]
[Have you forgotten your oath??]
[If you haven’t forgotten your oath… Liberate Roman for my sake.]
[You will not forget your oath, and even if you fail in your actions while working for my luggage, I will bear it.]
A short letter.
But the content inside is not light at all.
The emperor’s order that they would even endure the danger to the emperor’s safety while attacking Roman sent a chill down William’s spine.
A letter giving strong and passionate emotions without the emperor’s seal.
“Really… Is this a letter from His Majesty the Emperor?”
At those words, a woman named Livia nods her head.
“Yes. “I saw His Majesty Emperor Theodora writing it herself.”
“Then why… Isn’t there the emperor’s seal?”
The emperor’s seal that cannot be forged or altered.
If it had been recorded, he would have thought it was an order secretly given by the emperor.
“That’s because… the wicked Grand Duke stole His Majesty’s royal seal. Up… Sir William! Don’t forget His Majesty the Emperor. His Majesty the Emperor is anxiously waiting for Sir William.”
“First of all… Wait here for a moment.”
With those words, William thinks he should compare the handwriting with the letter the emperor sent previously.