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Three families came to negotiate surrender.

The three families returned without even getting their money’s worth. Leona sounded like a force from the blue sky.

[The entire army will be disarmed. Each lord must completely give up ownership of their territory. We will recognize and fully support the Krusenstein family’s right to rule.]

In other words, de facto unconditional surrender.

They threatened to kill everyone if they didn’t give up everything and leave.

“I never thought Leona would be this reckless… ”

The messenger of House Wofford said. However, the messenger of the Weaver family shook his head.

“It’s not reckless. It is probably a conclusion reached after careful calculation.”

“Careful calculation?”

“How many people will die in this battle, and which is more important: their death or making the occupied territory a direct territory? If you take over the occupied territory in the central region, you will be able to use that territory to reward your subordinates. How much economic effect will there be? This is probably the result of a thorough review of these issues.”

“Leona… Are you saying that he is such a meticulous person? To me, he seemed like a simple, ruthless tyrant.”

“That’s the scary thing about Leona. The difference between the outside and the inside is… ”

The opinions of the messengers of the Weaver family were conveyed to the monarchs through each messenger, and soon after several days of deliberation, the monarchs decided to give up their territory and leave.

At least to save their own lives.

—–

Meanwhile, I didn’t know what to do with the anxious feeling that was creeping up on me.

‘That bastard is slowly appearing.’

Gamo Frost. The Ambrosia family’s clerk.

Intelligence is also quite high at 98.

But what makes him scary is not because he has high intelligence. When it comes to intellect, my younger brother is much higher.

The truly scary thing about Gamo Frost is that he is mean. Gamo Frost’s methods of using any means necessary to win remind me of the dead Henrik.

‘Gamo Frost. Because of that bastard, Leona will suffer until she dies.’

Leona is a genius, but not in everything. Leona also has weaknesses. The point is that we are not good at understanding people’s hearts.

Gamo Frost comes in focusing on that point and causes a wedge between Leona and many people, causing Leona quite a bit of trouble.

‘Well, the matriarch hasn’t found Leona-sama’s weakness yet.’

Gamo Frost, a bastard who bites whenever he finds a weakness. However, we have not yet discovered Leona’s weakness.

It’s probably okay for now, but if it really becomes a threat, I’ll have to step in. Because it would be the role of the possessed person to change the original history.

—–

Meanwhile, the Ambrosia family.

“Damn it! Leona von Krusenstein is advancing on the capital, defeating the four major small countries in the central region!”

“It’s probably arrived by now. What should I do with this? What should we do if they enter the capital and install a new emperor?”

“Holy shit! Bring the matriarch! This isn’t all because of the matriarch! Matriarch! Gamo!!!”

Matriarch was the name of the Ambrosia family’s treason. He was also the person who planned all the strategies. Before long, the door opened and a thin, black-haired man with a bushy beard began to come inside.

Gamo Frost. The man was a weak person with a mean-spirited appearance, but people who knew the matriarch well thought that his impression matched reality well. He was a man who would do anything to win.

“Who is calling my name so loud? Just getting your name called at a brothel is enough.”

“Shut up you bastard! Didn’t your plan completely fail?”

Hardberg, one of the vassals of the Ambrosia family, stood up and rushed towards the matriarch. However, the matriarch quickly got up and hid behind her lord, Godwin.

“Gah, Gamo, you bastard! Get away from your lord right now! Let’s stick together fairly!”

Hardbug shouted. This was because I could not possibly approach my lord. The matriarch answered this.

“Fair and fair? How can it be justifiable for civil servants and military officers to join forces by force? If you want to fight, you fight in writing.”

“Yeah, you guy! The puns end today! I will definitely cut you down today!”

“Hahaha! It’s scary!”

And as the scuffle continued for a while, Godwin von Ambrosia, the lord, stopped the two men.

“Stop.”

“Lord, lord! But!”

“The matriarch also has something she wants to say. Let’s hear your opinion.”

“… ”

“Madam. You posted a strategy a while ago. The idea was that if the four major western countries took the time to sufficiently reduce the Krusenstein family’s food and troops, we would then move in and destroy the exhausted Kruzenstein army. But what was the reality? Krusenstein’s army destroyed the four major families without any loss in terms of supply or military, and has now entered the system. Are there any excuses?”

“Nothing! No! Clearly my operation failed.”

“Then the punishment… ”

“It’s a little early to receive it. Wasn’t that all the strategy I came up with back then?”

“… What do you mean?”

“Let’s give water.”

“… !”

“Let’s give the island Arcadia to them, and when they are free from playing and eating in the island, attack them and finish them off in one blow.”

“But… If they enter the system, wouldn’t they be able to elevate Princess Blasia to emperor?”

“You just have to finish it before that happens. Think about it. Last time we hunted the crown prince… No. When the crown prince died in an unfortunate accident, didn’t unknown thieves bring the cannon and destroy the castle walls and the palace? The system is now completely defenseless. This means that once you enter the system, the defender’s advantage disappears and you end up fighting from a more disadvantageous position. So we… ”

Gamo looked at the map on the wall and looked around to see if there was a quill. When she realized there was none, she bit her finger and drew blood.

“Guide Leona here!”

He used the blood from his finger to write the name Leona on his capital. and.

“We are! Like this!”

I drew a lot of circles around it. It meant a soldier of the Ambrosia family.

“This means that you can easily eliminate Leona by surrounding her and attacking her.”

“Hmm… ”

“… ”

“… ”

Everyone became quiet. However, Hardbug, who had been threatening Gamo earlier, huffed and asked Gamo.

“What if I fail this time too?”

“There is also the next operation, so don’t worry.”

“Next operation?”

“How can you hope for victory with just one strategy? If Plan A fails, go to Plan B, and if Plan B fails, go to Plan C. Just implement it until you succeed. Until you discover your opponent’s weakness.”

The matriarch grinned. Hardberg was displeased, but he could not refute it. It is no exaggeration to say that the Ambrosia family became the losers of the central region thanks to the matriarch’s resourcefulness.

The matriarch has continued to lead the Ambrosia family to victory. I just hoped it would happen this time too.

—–

When Leona von Krusenstein received the surrender of the four major western countries and arrived in Arcadia, the heart of the empire.

“Finally… ”

Princess Vlasia von Arcadia got off her horse and approached the capital of the empire with a blank expression.

“Finally!!!!!!!!!!!”

Blasia von Arcadia forgot that her clothes were dirty and knelt before the majesty of the system. I could see the collapsed imperial palace in the distance. I had lived there before. The feeling of returning to the imperial palace once again struck my heart without mercy.

How much hardship did you go through to get here? Escaping from the collapsing imperial palace, he crossed mountains and fields, his clothes became dirty and he could not wash, and he spent countless days in loneliness, pain, and humiliation, looking for a place to rely on. The Steenia family that visited did not even think about taking back the imperial palace.

But Blasia did not give up. Even if the imperial palace collapsed, even if no monarch came to his aid, and even if he lost everything, he did not give up and worked hard for the revival of the imperial family.

So, we arrived again. To the system. In the heart of the empire.

“Institution! I’m back! Let all citizens welcome me with joy!”

Blasia shouted like that and ran towards the island. but…

“Hakon.”

“Yes.”

When Leona called Hakon, Haakon approached Blasia, grabbed Blasia’s back and dragged her. Blasia gave a puzzled look.

“Well, what are you doing? Lord Krusenstein.”

“We will not enter today. I just came here to check the situation of the system.”

“Well, what does that mean? A system! The heart of the empire! There is only one way to become the master of the empire, so why reject it?”

“Just taking over the system does not mean everything will work out. The imperial palace collapsed and the city walls collapsed. If you stay here, you are likely to be attacked by the 100,000-strong army of the Ambrosia family. We will spend the day in a more sturdy and uncollapsed castle, and deal with the remnants of the Ambrosia family.”

Yes. The matriarch planned to finish off the Kruzenstein army that had entered the imperial palace at once, but Leona saw through the plan right away. If he were the enemy, he would have used the same strategy.

Of course, not entering Arcadia would incur the displeasure of many of his subordinates. If you don’t enter the country in front of the system, does that mean you aren’t a true loyalist? There would also be a lot of criticism.

But being criticized was better than dying. That is why Leona von Krusenstein stopped Princess Vlasia.

“Well, like that… !”

“Don’t forget. The system is not the final goal. The ultimate goal is to take control of the continent.”

At that moment, Blasia couldn’t help but feel desperate.

‘Leona von Krusenstein. she is… ‘

policy. Arcadia, the capital of the empire. Arcadia was everyone’s dream and everyone’s destination. You don’t enter a place like that right in front of you? For Blasia, who was a member of the royal family, this was something completely unthinkable.

‘He is completely different from me… ‘

It was at this point that Leona began to look like a monster in Blasia’s eyes.