episode_0116

Roman Empire Council.

[Dear lawmakers!]

Alexander, who came up to the podium, looked at the seats of the lawmakers and continued speaking.

[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 Alexander’s urgent request to convene it.

The members of the National Assembly, who had no particularly important agenda, attended without fail.

The lawmakers 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 loudly.

Charles, who felt that proceedings would no longer be possible, struck the hammer provided in the chairman’s 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 following Chairman Charles’ harsh warning, Alexander continued.

[Hmm… 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 takes a short break and then continues.

[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.]

-Boo! The subject of a secret agreement in a secret room!

-Greedy Ioanes and the emperor faction, step down!

Alexander saw that the neutral faction’s anger was quite strong.

I can feel the anger so intense in the eyes of neutral lawmakers that I fear 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 some 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…]

As he was speaking for a while, something flew onto Alexander’s forehead.

-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!]

As soon as Charles’ order is given, the guards enter 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, quietly 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.

***

Leopold, Duke of Dupol, feels fear when he sees the Nicaean army deployed on the border.

‘Shit. Where did you get so many troops…’

The maximum number of troops that Dupol and his allies can muster is less than 20,000…

They have no idea what to do when they receive intelligence that the Nicaean army deployed to the border area has reached approximately 50,000.

‘This is probably going to end.’

Did you decide to do it 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.

Seeing that many troops would make allies reluctant to step forward.

In the first place, they are supporting 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.

Ioanes’ external image was 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 we can just surrender.

The blood that Leopold’s family paid to become independent from Nicaea and their pride as nobles.

Because it’s not easy to throw that away.

“First of all… I have to give orders to all units.”

defense. Defense is the only way to survive.

With that in mind, he urgently begins writing letters to each general.

***

William, leader of the Golden Knights.

He does not like the orders given to him by the former archduke.

A secret mission to help Dupol and stop Nicaea if Nicaea invades Dupol.

‘Damn you.’

The Golden Knights only obey the orders of 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 took the royal family hostage.

To save the emperor, he was disarmed and exiled outside Romania.

Then, follow the wicked Valorant’s words that he will spare the emperor’s life.

He left Roman, believing that if he were a nobleman, he would spare the emperor’s life.

However, 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 he cry because his master, the emperor, died because of his incompetence?

They are respected as part of the empire’s long history, and the knight commander William carries the stigma of having taken Roman away from Valorant and the stigma of failing to prevent the emperor’s death.

Fortunately, after hearing the news that Valorant was killed by his own son, William thinks he has earned his own fortune.

Valorant was far from loyal. There is no way my son would be loyal to Valorant.

And after seeing that, William deeply loathes the Ryan family.

But William, his suffering does not end there.

Devian, son of Marshal Valorant, took power and forcibly married the current emperor.

And he gave himself an order to explain how to roast and boil the current emperor, forcing him to intervene in the civil war of the anti-emperor faction.

To be honest, I did not like 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.

However, William is furious at the order to treat them as if they were his own soldiers.

And now the archduke’s orders 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 might change my mind if an order comes, but at least so far there has been no order from the emperor.

I have no intention of following orders unless they are given by the emperor.

Devian 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.’

Because this is legally guaranteed in the first place.

When you think like that.

-Chief of the Knights. A man came from Rome.

“From Roman?”

Is he the archduke?

Knowing that no one is currently coming to see him other than those on the Archduke’s side, William steps forward and speaks.

“Please stop by.”

As soon as William finished speaking, a woman came into 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 spoke.

“Hello. My name is Livia, a maid serving Your Majesty Emperor Theodora.”

‘The emperor’s maid?’

William is lost in thought as he looks at the woman with short brown hair and a bloody bandage on the back of her hand.

What reason could the emperor’s maid come here?

“On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, he instructed me to deliver the letter to Sir William.”

William is startled and surprised by those words.

‘The emperor secretly sends a letter to himself?’

“Give me.”

The maid takes out a white envelope from her pocket 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. 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.]

[I will bear with you even if you do not forget your oath and fail in your actions while working for me.]

A short letter.

But the content inside is not light at all.

A chill runs down William’s spine as he hears the emperor’s order that they will even endure the danger to the emperor’s safety while they attack Roman.

A letter of strong and passionate emotion without the emperor’s seal.

“Really… is this a letter from His Majesty the Emperor?”

At those words, a woman named Livia nods.

“Yes. I saw His Majesty Emperor Theodora write it herself.”

“Then why… is there no 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.”

William thinks that he should compare the handwriting with the letter the emperor sent previously.