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At this time, the capital was feeling strangely hot. Lords of various families, their attendants, soldiers and servants from all over the world. The number alone was tens of thousands.

In an instant, tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital. A huge amount of gold and silver treasures were also collected. All kinds of people and treasures gathered from all over the world.

Among those who visited the capital were lords, their relatives, and diplomats. Among them, none were from a prestigious family, and none were far from power. No one could look down on the head of a family, no matter how small it seemed.

In response, Lucille made a suggestion to Franz.

“There is something my brother and I need to do together.”

“What is it?”

“Let people know that the Mayer family pursues a peace policy that prioritizes diplomatic means.”

Franz thought for a moment. And it wasn’t long before I realized Lucille’s plan.

“Lucille.”

“Yes.”

“You are looking ahead 10 years.”

Lucille nodded. Lucille’s operation was one that would shine in the distant future. There may be no benefit right now, though. Is this the difference between a genius and a genius? Lucille was the type of person who started with a win in advance. It was against future enemies who were not even competitors yet.

Franz, who vaguely noticed Lucille’s plan, decided to listen to Lucille’s words. Lucille’s operation was like sowing seeds. It may not be of any help right now, but it will come back as delicious fruit when harvest time comes.

Soon, when the coronation ceremony began and people gathered at the imperial palace and the full-fledged party began. Lucille and Franz met with heads of various families and their representatives and appealed to the Meyer family’s line. The message was that the Meyer family wanted peace, not war.

Lucille went to the smaller family and Franz went to the larger family. This was because if Lucille went to a large family, there would be nobles who would feel insulted that someone who was not the head of the family had come. It may seem stupid, but aristocratic society was originally stupid.

The party lasted three days and Lucille and Franz worked non-stop for three days. While meeting with diplomatic envoys and nobles from each country, they exchanged information and discussed the future situation.

Such work was quite difficult. Dealing with people is naturally difficult, but if you think that each person is a very important VIP, you won’t be able to relax and live a full day.

Three days have passed like that. After three days of talking with important figures from all kinds of families, Franz and Lucille were exhausted. As soon as Franz and Lucille returned to the mansion, they lay down on the marble floor without even changing their clothes. I was that tired.

“Dealing with people is difficult no matter how many times I try it.”

“It must have been especially difficult for you because you speak Indian. Thank you for your hard work.”

“You worked hard, too.”

We were lying on the floor, looking at each other and laughing. The servant who was sweeping the floor shouted in surprise.

“Well, Your Highness! miss! I will call the Chamberlain right now!”

I wondered why they were suddenly making such a fuss, so I raised my upper body and made a puzzled expression, and Lucille burst out laughing.

“I guess they thought we were down.”

“Ah~”

Soon we got up and went to our separate rooms and got plenty of rest.

—–

After the coronation ceremony was completed successfully.

Leona proceeded with the relocation of the capital.

Torgenberg was definitely not a bad place. In particular, in terms of defense alone, it could be said to be the best among all our castles.

But the problem was politics. It was too inflexible to use Torgenberg as an administrative center. This is because Torgenberg was in the east, and most of our territory was in the center.

However, there was another problem living in the capital city of Arcadia.

No matter how much of a scarecrow the emperor was, the capital belonged to the emperor, and he could not live there forever.

Accordingly, Leona had several castles as candidates for relocating the capital, but ultimately decided on a castle named ‘Kou Dragan’.

Kou Dragan Castle was previously owned by the Harper family, and was an ordinary castle built on flat land.

However, there were three reasons why Koudragan Castle was chosen as the capital.

One was that because the territory had become so large, it did not necessarily need to be an impregnable castle. This is because if you are in the middle of your own territory, the enemy cannot penetrate into the middle. It was better to use ease of transportation rather than defense to govern a large territory.

Second, around Kou Dragan Castle there was a large lake named Malion. Although Mallion is a lake, it is so huge that it can be used like an ocean. It was possible to transport troops or materials by launching transport ships or to trade by launching merchant ships.

In other words, Leona was able to quickly send soldiers to various borders just by stationing a large army in Kou Dragan Castle. Considering this, it was quite an aggressive move that showed Leona’s confidence, unlike before.

Lastly, Kou Dragan Castle is closest to the capital city of Arcadia. If Emperor Blasia were to change his mind and start a coup, he could quickly go and suppress it. Since Leona did not trust Blasia, she needed a means to keep Blasia in check.

Miraculously, there was a castle that met all these requirements, and it was Kou Dragan Castle.

Accordingly, Leona expanded/renovated Kou Dragan Castle and made it her capital. April 5, 557. This happened when Franz was 28 years old.

—–

Georg von Mayer, father of Franz and Lucille.

He was now 45 years old. What age is 45? He was at an age where he had to demonstrate his peak ability while on active duty.

But Georg Maier could not do that. Even though he was at an age when he should have been on active duty, his body was already weakened.

‘Recently, I’ve been vomiting blood frequently.’

It wasn’t because government work was difficult. There were many capable administrators in the family, and in fact, the family could run without him.

‘Is this also Mayer’s curse?’

Mayer’s curse. It is a kind of legend that says that in the distant past, the Meyer family treated an old woman who unexpectedly visited and begged harshly, and in return, the lifespan of the Meyer family was shortened for generations.

Of course, it is impossible to know whether such a thing really happened, and rationally speaking, there was no way such an unrealistic magic could have existed to shorten the lifespan of the family for generations, but since there was no other way to explain it, the only rumor was that the Mayer family’s lifespan was due to a curse.

‘The lord I served passed away a long time ago. I wonder if I will have any regrets if I die. just… ‘

What I was worried about were Lucille and Franz.

‘I hope those children don’t feel sad.’

All humans die. Therefore, he had no intention of avoiding his own death. There was no way to avoid it.

But when I thought about how sad my children would be, I just wanted to live forever.

However, the Mayer family had recently become a ducal family and was enjoying the peak of power. The territory also became huge.

That’s why Georg Mayer did not want to worry about children who were enjoying the peak of their lives.

“Cough, Cough!”

Even while vomiting blood.

He just sat quietly and composed his mind.

If you die, you die. But it doesn’t hold back children.

Those children will endure even their father’s death well.

—–

Leona’s coronation ceremony brought numerous gifts.

But among them, there was a gift that was quite novel.

There was a person who bought a teacup from the Eastern Continent from Leona and gave the teacup back to Leona.

The person’s name is Blois de Savoia.

As a noble from the central region, he was a person who aligned himself with Leona and did his best to help Leona’s expedition to the central region.

Whether we were attacking Harper, the Four Major Countries, or Ambrosia, Blois’ 20,000 soldiers were always with us.

Blois had now surprised Leona with a gift.

At this, Leona laughed out loud.

“Hahaha! Blois knows exactly what I want!”

What Leona wants is military funds.

It was money that could continue the war.

And Blois provided military funds to Leona by receiving expensive tea cups from her. Moreover, he even returned the teacup I bought, thinking it was a genuine product.

“Interesting guy… ”

Just as Leona regarded Franz as special, more than just a subordinate, Blois also regarded him as special.

Clozel von Krusenstein, Leona’s younger brother.

Beautiful appearance and perfect manners. Even the central style behavior.

Everything about my dead brother resembled Blois.

That’s why Leona liked Blois. Because I saw it overlapping with my younger brother.

“Even though my younger brother betrayed me twice… ”

Blois does not betray herself.

That’s why Leona. Even though his eyes were red, he decided to think of Blois as his new younger brother.