Continental Hero Senki

Continental calendar, July 20, 639.

Special Grand Conference Room, Imperial Military Command Department, Tsar Ligrad, Imperial Capital of the Eastern Continent

Its conference room, created on the assumption that the emperor will be present, is vast and consists of lavish decorations and brave generals who have pledged allegiance to their mother country and emperor.

But in it, there was just one person out of place.

"- Archduke Carol Silesia. Thank you for your cooperation and courage."

To that person, Archduke Carroll, synonymous with future generations of "traitors," the emperor Sergei Romanov conveyed his sincere gratitude.

"Word of no avail, Your Majesty"

"I will not be humbled. Even though your choice was a disgraceful act for anyone to see, you offered me your help knowing it. I'd appreciate it."

It is such a word, like irony.

Carol Silesia betrayed her country on this day.

... No, if I were to be exact, I sold my country.

His transformation from the Grand Duke to literally a traitor is also not for such a complicated reason.

That he felt a distrust of his brother Franz, who holds power in his country, and a turning point in his grand history. And more importantly, loyalty to the person standing before him, the 60th Emperor Sergei Romanov.

"Grand Duke, the question then. You haven't heard the answer yet."

That's a question when they first met.

When a nation cannot escape doom, what path should it choose as a nation?

Regardless, as a nation, we should not create a "doom inevitable" situation. But asking the Kingdom of Silesia for it was full of turmoil in the 630s of the continental calendar.

If there was any salvation, it was that the Princess Emilia faction had begun to show its power at home and abroad, but even then, Carol would only have seen it push towards annihilation.

Karol Silesia's choice may have come then, when she met Sergei Romanov, or when she had a decisive debacle with her brother Franz Silesia.

"- When a nation cannot escape doom, what must be done is to ensure the safety of its people, its subjects. Because in the first place, a state is an organization that was born as a pretext to protect its people."

Carol answers clearly.

If the state is to protect the people, it should protect the people and perish. It could simply have been a clear answer and some kind of excuse.

"Our country was doomed when you decided to become emperor. I met His Majesty, and I was sure of it."

"Was there no other way? There would have been a way to increase the power of one's own country if one were to seek the help of another."

"Regardless, I thought about it. But I reasonably decided that I was the luckiest way to be destroyed by His Majesty's land. Your Majesty has the skill and talent."

When we met, Carol herself wondered why she pledged so much loyalty to Sergei Romanov, who was only a child.

If I told you, Sergei would have had the charisma to attract others.

The source of that charisma is, biased, what should be called the ability to look to the wide-angle horizons and future he has.

"I think I bought some too much. You didn't think I would betray your expectations and devote all my barbarity to Silesia?

"It's unexpected. Isn't that what His Majesty himself thinks, that doing such a thing would not yield a single piece of copper coin for His Majesty?

To that question, Sergei did not answer clearly, he just laughed.

That just makes it seem like there's a lot he doesn't want to do that. At least, that's what Carol felt.

"That is why I have sworn allegiance to Your Majesty. I thought it was you, not the Silesian royal family, who would unite the people of Silesia."

"There must have been some way that Grand Duke Carol could unite himself?

"Unfortunately, I wasn't prepared for that amount of equipment."

Say, Carol mocks herself on the ground.

Sergei also thinks what the man who continues to support the state as the prime minister of a near-bankrupt diaspora, even amidst his firm commitment with his brother Franz, and pulls out the stall in its final stages, will say.

If you try it for Sergei, you don't know what Carol's releasing words are.

Since the emperor Sergei is a conqueror, the presence of a traitor like Carroll will not pursue its actions in depth, because it will go a long way towards future Silesian rule.

So this question is just a personal interest, but as much as I ask, Carol's actions are not understandable.

This is the kind of question that only deepens Sergei's doubts about what the spirit of a traitor is.

Sell your country to protect your subjects.

Do not consult anyone about it and act almost arbitrarily. With the help of his ally, Duke Krakowski, he has finally become a traitor and is now meeting with the Emperor, cursed as a traitor together.

Could there have been other avenues if it had been for Carol's instrumentality and talent?

Like future generations of historians, Sergei had to think again. But the race has already been thrown. You can't possibly go back or anything, and you don't deserve to take the ratings of future generations of historians or anything like that for Sergei.

"... then Grand Duke. Here again, declare it so that everyone in the room can hear me."

"I'm in awe"

Carol Silesia says so, kneeling before the emperor Sergei Romanov.

"I, Carol Silesia, Grand Duke of the Kingdom of Silesia and Acting Prime Minister of the King, have been deprived of the throne and the motherland by Franz Silesia and Emilia Silesia, who unjustly occupy the motherland by violent means. I therefore ask His Majesty and His Majesty's army to help me return to my country."

and.

I didn't mean that word.

It was Carol Silesia who took it violently. - Affirmation (Tak).

This is pre-construction.

Sergei Romanov is one ritual for the Eastern Empire to justify its military action against the Kingdom of Silesia.

"-Good. Accept Sir's request."

Carol's response to the request was also a farce prepared in advance.

And based on pre-prepared operations, his army moves.

"You're right, gentlemen. At the formal request of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Silesia, Grand Duke Carol Silesia, we take legitimate action against the Kingdom of Silesia"

Sergei stands up and tells against the assembled generals.

"Gentlemen, to save the rightful Kingdom of Silesia, initiate action on the basis of Operation Plan 330! - Needless to say, this is a just war. Therefore, wrongdoing is not tolerated. Good!?

"" "Ha!

All speak up in unison and understand what the Emperor's words mean.

On the other hand, it is also certain that whispering ironic feelings have swirled in my mind with regard to a series of previous "injustices".

"Great. Then - all armies, let the action begin!

Sergei Romanov, commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force as emperor, spoke loudly.

That was the first subsection of the Requiem dedicated to the Kingdom of Silesia.