Dream Life

February 25th.

The ceremony of the Duke, the supper party, the planning of the distillery liquor in Firobischer territory, etc. came to an end, which I thought I could afford somewhat, but then there were many invitations from the nobles, and dinner parties and gardening parties that I couldn't help but say no to continued every day. That's why I attend some banquet every day, too.

Although the rank falls below the elders, senior aristocrats such as the Marquis and the Counts are opponents and naturally care.

I didn't have one, but as Viscountess Radford Victoria was concerned, there was a lot of talk about getting Theo and Serra a fiancée. Dan and Sims have also been told many times about marrying an Earl Class courtier.

I refuse all of that, but my father and mother struggled with the response.

In Dan's case, Victoria's operation worked and pulled back relatively easily, but it was hard to refuse to sign up for Sim.

So I quickly brought up the story that Angie was contemplating an engagement with Baroness Angelica Colridge. After this, I'm going to Wellburn, where I'm going to apply to Baron Colridge for a marriage, so it's not a fabrication or anything.

However, there were many Count families trying to screw over because their opponent was a rural baroness.

In the end, he gave the reason that it took martial arts mastery to become the wife of the Lockhart family minister, and actually showed Angie's arm to convince her.

That way of showing it, but it was a way of doing mock warfare with an Imperial Army soldier her age.

Angie has won the seat of Sim's wife by winning a fierce attack of Lockhart Stream against a knight of higher level than herself.

I watched the game and accidentally leaked my thoughts.

"It's going to be tough. When it comes to having to do swordsmanship to marry our minister..."

Mel is laughing and nodding at my whining.

"Sure, if my brother finds out, he might be surprised"

"Right."

"But Lyle might not be a problem if it works. But I'm more worried if they can turn around before then..."

Her younger brother, Lyle, is the same age as Theo and Serra, has been rigorously trained by her grandfather and has comparable arms to his younger brothers.

Mel's info says Lyle cares about Serra, and if she stays good, there's no problem. But Serra at the time is not interested in romance and I seem to be worried about that.

These three others were born in the same year.

That's Robina, daughter of Sharon's sister Eunice and Enos Vassel. These two were also trained by their grandfather and in the fight against the undead they waved their swords on the front line, making them a valuable force of war.

By the way, Theo cares about Eunice, and Robina seems to be fascinated by Theo, who also tells me that she's in a triangle.

I'm talking about that Theo's engagement, but I'm saying no for the same reason Sims did.

I felt like it would be a hassle, but this one unexpectedly pulled back slightly.

The reason is, he's looking at my brother and me.

My wives, even my brother's wife Rosalee, who was Miss Borderline, originally participated in rigorous training. For that reason, I can only be convinced if they tell me it's a Lockhart family home style.

Still, the number of people who come to me is unusual, and I have to explain it from scratch for each other. Words alone were easier to pull back, but some were rarely convinced. Those people needed to see Theo's training, and we were being easy.

This story was a good one for me, too.

Because the story of his marriage to the Duke of Ezarrington's Lady gradually disappeared.

With the ladies was originally conceived by Lord Ezarrington as a measure to protect the Lockhart family.

The initial aim of preventing the excessive solicitation of the Crown Prince, the Leopold Prince, had been achieved and it was no longer necessary to force the conversation with the two ladies.

For that reason, there was the question of how to turn this story down without discrediting the ladies, but that solved it well.

Furthermore, this could be used to talk about Dan's engagement, which seems to be about to disappear naturally somehow.

If there's a problem, it's that there's a spread of talk about me bringing in two courtiers against the family style, but I don't care if that story spreads in the Imperial City, so I never mind.

Even though the nobles merely overreacted and were invited to dinner parties and gardening parties, they began to look blatantly disgusted just by talking to the ladies.

I wish they just looked disgusted, but just exchanging words just hurts me when they explicitly say "stop it because it hurts me”.

Zero to Liddy about it,

"It's okay. Make it easier ahead. You're not willing to add any more, are you? And you're better than me."

That doesn't fit me in.

Liddy tries not to take her to dinner parties or anything, but she is still often called out as she walks through the aristocratic city.

If your opponent is an adventurer, you can look blatantly disgusted, but it's hard to take an extreme attitude towards someone you don't know how to relate to a senior aristocrat. For this reason, he was often stuck in the mansion without going outside alone. That's pretty stressful.

That happened, but what we had to do in Imperial Capital is almost gone now.

All you have to do is answer for your homework from the Chancellor, the Duke of Irving Feelobisher. But I think that's the most troublesome thing or troublesome thing.

If you don't answer well, your homework will remain, and even if the answer is good, you may be able to blow the challenge even harder.

And today, the Prime Minister called me and I'm on my way to the Chancellery.

When guided to the Chancellor's office, there were three other men there besides the Chancellor: his sons, Jeremiah Feelobisher and Lord Alexis Ezzarington, and his sons, Steven Ezzarington.

"I was hoping everyone would hear about this one. So, I guess I'll think of the answer."

There was no such thing as a play as before, but a pale tone.

"It's a draft, but I think about it," the Chancellor replied, nodding small and urging ahead.

"Now, as I'm sure you know a lot, let me explain it from the current perception. It is the Holy King Luke's kingdom, but it is said that the Archbishop General, Bernardino Rolfo, the substantial ruler, and the nominal ruler, Saint King Silvano II, are among the dog monkeys......"

The political system of Luke's Holy Kingdom has become a dual ruling structure by the Congregation of the Divine Light, headed by the Holy King and the Archbishop of Light.

It is said that the power of the denominations involved from the founding of the country is strong, that the Holy King is only the nominal ruler of Lukes, and that the archbishop holds the power to decide policies, etc. In practice, however, the Holy King's Office is responsible for practical aspects such as finances and the military, and the presence of the Holy King is not small.

This dual structure has been around since the founding of the country, but it is not necessarily a weakness.

For, in the event of a policy failure, the imposition of responsibility on the executive branch, the Holy King's Office, makes it a very strong system of control, in conjunction with the fact that national dissatisfaction is not directed at the denomination, but is governed by religion.

In fact, while we wage reckless wars and lose many soldiers, we do not even see signs of a shaky reign by light divinity. This is because the authority of the Church can be preserved by pressing the Holy King's office to take responsibility for the defeat and by inserting the head of the Holy King in the name of God.

Turning back, the relationship between the Holy King and the Archbishop was not originally good. There's been a case of ringing it. Yes, it's the Lockhart family heretical accusations riot that began in the Rasmore village blockade case.

The former Archbishop Ignazio Santini had a relatively good relationship with the Holy King Silvano II.

However, Rolfo took advantage of this commotion to drive Santini down and arrived at that position himself. For that reason, the story is that the relationship between the Holy King and the Archbishop has never been worse.

"... it would seem difficult to strike the Church until now, but in this war we have made the mistake of the Church standing forward. Even more temporarily, the fact that we had the Imperial Army pulled up will no doubt cause the Order to pinch its mouth more than ever before. I'll poke at that."

"Could you be a little more specific," the Chancellor urges first.

"Yes. This time a large army, the Second Regiment, the Fourth Regiment and the Northern Governor's Office Army, will attack Lukes. This information will also be communicated to the Sacred Capital Paxlumen through commercial guilds. If that happens, it is imperative that the Order's headquarters, on track, consider it a great opportunity to take over His Royal Highness the next Emperor. You will certainly be sending priests, as you did last time......"

Last time, bishops and priests have joined the war as military wardens, killing deserted soldiers to make them head to the front line for a seemingly victory. On the basis of that successful experience, it is likely to send more than archbishops, or perhaps cardinal classes, who are stairs more than the last time.

They will further use the power of the denomination to align large armies and to try to boast of their power.

If I were to adopt the measures I proposed to Lord Etherlington, I would be the Holy General, but I will not mention that this time.

"… much more powerful than the general of the Holy King's Army if he were also a Cardinal, and it is possible to take more bishops, priestly classes, and send them to each unit than last time. In that case, the soldiers should assume that the substantive commander is the Cardinal. Perhaps we will have more than a hundred thousand troops, but still the victory of the Imperial Army will not waver. And the grievances of the defeated and fleeing soldiers will be directed to the Order"

"If a soldier, or a popular dissatisfaction, turns to the church, don't they feel itchy if they do?

Until then Lord Ezarrington asks the question in silence.

"The reign of the denomination will not shake quickly. Because God is absolute and because he imprints the people that the denominations that receive that God are also untrue beings. However, officials of the Holy King's Palace and generals of the Holy King's Army do not consider the denomination to be an absolute being. If officials try to exploit popular dissatisfaction with the Church, there should be a major coup d 'état in the Holy Kingdom."

"I mean, bye. It means that the officials of the Holy King's Palace will use the grievances of the people as a weapon to sharpen the power of the Order."

Answer the Prime Minister's question, "I am with you".

"I accumulate dissatisfaction, but to that extent I don't think there are any officials flying the rebel flag against the denomination. What do you think of that?"

"I was wondering if your concern might be the best. Officials aren't stupid either, so they won't move without the possibility of success. So we're thinking about using a commercial guild this time."

"Commercial guild? Sure, the guild keeps getting boiled water from the church, but if Luke perishes, don't we think it's our turn next? I don't think that would give Luke any help in shaking his system of control."

That's what Jeremiah has said.

"The Alliance is an organization where people with the same purpose have gathered, but they don't have as long term perspectives as the state. Some of the merchants who make up the guild will consider themselves after Lukes. But I find it difficult in ten or twenty years for the empire to take full control even if Luke perishes. It's domination by religion, so I was wondering if it would take about fifty years for a generation to change. The merchants should be thinking the same thing. I mean, even if you hit a slightly disadvantaged hand here, you have time to salvage it, and in case it's affected, it's not you, it's the next generation."

"Is it that selfish," Steven pinches his mouth. He seemed to poke his mouth naturally and immediately lay his eyes down.

"People are selfish, and I think they often unconsciously ignore the future they don't want to see. Especially if that is a distant future, there should be people out there who think things will change and nothing will happen. In a commercial guild where the stakes are then complex, there will always be those who think from a short-term perspective. Using that person to make a coup d 'état in Luke."

Specific measures were then further discussed. After everything has been told, the silence lasts for about thirty seconds.

It was the Prime Minister who broke that silence.

"I was told a good story. You can back off."

I almost got a relieved look when I finished my homework without being asked for anything in particular.

He forced it down, said with a serious look, "Thank you," and bowed his head, leaving the Chancellor's office behind.

■ ■ ■

The Chancellor laughs at Lord Ezarrington.

"What did you think, Lord Alexis?"

Lord Ezarrington also smiled and answered it.

"I thought that was an interesting idea. I didn't think I understood the guild as much as I understood it."

"Non feels the same way. Now, listen to me now. How are you going to move, Jeremiah?"

Jeremiah had a wrinkled look between her eyebrows, with a

"Parallel to measures using the Commercial Guild Imperial Branch ahead, we will also move forward after the war"

"What exactly are we going to do?

"For measures to drag the Holy General out, we will use Danny Clark. I wonder if it would be a good idea to use Virus Spencer for the post-war period, but I'd like some time now..."

The Chancellor nods at it and approves that "post-war matters may be after Lord Alexis has marched out".

"You help Lord Jeremiah, too, Steven."

Lord Ezarrington tells his son so.

"I... yes, I will help you with a slight force," he said, bowing his head.

"Even the Nong use Periplus to exert pressure on commercial guilds. This way, the Aurelia merchants will have to move."

In the Prime Minister's words, "Right. However, isn't it dangerous to feed Periples too much," Lord Ezarrington expresses concern.

"We'll discuss that later," he concludes.

So I loosened my expression and said, "It's a shame though..." The Chancellor began to speak again.

"... I didn't know I had to miss so much delicacy. Don't you think so?"

In contrast, Lord Ezarrington nodded loudly, saying, "You sure are right," but the expression looked fun.

"But that one shouldn't be tied to politics,"

Jeremiah nods at the words, but the Chancellor doesn't understand them.

"What do you mean?

"Your Excellency should also enjoy the liquor and dishes that he has dispensed with. You will realise that it would be better for the world to involve alcohol and gastronomy, not precisely the son of a liquor god, politics. hahahaha"

The Chancellor can't grasp if he's joking or serious, but he somehow guessed the situation from Jeremiah and Steven snorting loudly.

"Not so much... maybe I should have gone too. Huhuhuhu."

Jeremiah and the others are caught laughing at the laughter.

Four men laughed in the Chancellor's office, which was usually not heard laughing or anything else.