Maou No Utsuwa

Rebellion of the Eastern Border Leaders. Until this point, it can be said that the empire is ready. Even when the report came in, it felt like it was confirmed that there was no upset in the Empire.

Then a month or so later.

Faces were gathered in the city of nobility under Oriental Prefecture, which was regarded as the headquarters of Oriental Peace, as the center of the Empire.

The voice of the decree that jumped in, as if it was aimed at that opportunity. Those who were gathered in the reports received will be in confusion at once.

"The Southern Border Territory too!?

"Ha, this is an urgent report from Lord Nanbo, so I was wondering if there was a mistake"

"So what's the scale!?

"It's a report that it hasn't gotten that big yet, but even when I say rush, the information is over a month old. What's happening now"

"What's happening elsewhere!? The north!? The West!?

"Not yet about that. The North still needs a lot of time to get this far."

"... is that true too? Ok. Thank you for reporting."

"Ha."

The face that stood up unexpectedly in the report of the decree also managed to calm down by showing how Cainel had calmed down in response to it, and began to take his seat.

Except one.

"Back to the territory!

"Lord of the North!

"I would have heard the current report!? If the east and south were to have beeped up, there would undoubtedly be a rebellion in the northern periphery as well!

"Even in the event of a rebellion, it is peripheral territory. There is no way that the Northern Lord's territory can be easily managed!

"It's too late!

What you are saying is not a mistake. However, as an empire, it is difficult to be left by the northern uncle.

"But now there's a battle in front of me"

"Do you need as many as 70,000 troops to deal with five thousand? Besides, isn't the opponent still stuck in the fortress?"

"The target is not only Hildegand, but also the eastern border."

"Still fifteen thousand. With the Imperial Knights and the Western Bergamot Army, it shouldn't be a problem."

"Let's have a moment. Isn't that different?

It's the western uncle who's been pinching my mouth.

"What's the difference?

"My territory is farther away than the Northern Belgian realm. If we're gonna pull it up, our army should be ahead."

"... then you can pull it up"

This is how it turns out. Either side must never return to self-rule.

"Lord of the North! I don't want you to say anything unsolicited!

"Hmm. There's no way the Westerners are going to pull it up a lot. I have my son's vengeance in front of me."

The castle fortress where the Hildegands live is called Terreise. It's false information to actively engage Western uncles in the war.

But this false information is actually of no use.

"If you're really here."

"Oh, is Western uncle suspicious of the information?

"I'm starting to doubt it, but you're right."

"What's the basis for that?

"Can't you see no grounds, no nothing, no shadows, no shapes"

"He will be frightened in the fortress."

"If that's the case, you don't have to be stuck in a castle fort from the beginning"

"... so is that"

The northern uncle is also convinced by the Western uncle's explanation. It's not a matter of deep thought. For the Northern Uncle, it doesn't matter if the Terrays are there or not.

"If you don't have Tairaise, I want you to let me pull you out of our army. Well, Chancellor Kainel. What about the actual place?

The western uncle who hears this doesn't really matter. Seeking an excuse to return to the realm, I just brought up the story. With danger imminent in his own territory, he is not the kind of western ambassador who gives priority to Deefleet's vendetta.

"I did have information. But then again, it's true that we haven't been able to locate him."

"Where does that information come from?

"I can't say that."

"Then you can't trust me. My army will let you pull up."

"To the East…, from the hand who is sneaking into the East"

I can't let my Western uncle leave me. Kainel had no choice but to talk about the source.

"Intelligence?

"No, it's a different handout than that. He was the one who made us dive in when things happened to the East."

"Can you trust me?

"At least His Majesty the Emperor must be grateful."

"Oh, the Strassers."

Western ambassadors reveal the identity of their sources. It's a diving source. If you know your identity, it won't help you anymore, but you can do that.

"Lord Western!

"What, enough to raise your voice? No way, are you among the enemies in this?

This is just a dislike for western uncles. Only Northwestern Uncle and Claudia and the three players are here.

"You can't be in this. But don't you know where you're standing?"

"It's no use being wary of that. Anyway, the Strassers are suspected by other border lords"

Western ambassadors were also just harassing, not saying the name of the source.

"... where did that information come from?

"If you're a prime minister, shouldn't the information be sucked up before the meeting?

"What's that?

That means there are other people besides western uncles who know.

"Ask His Lordship the Knights."

"Lord Oscar?

"... much of the information from the Strasser family is behind it. Perhaps they're grabbing false information."

Asked by Kainel, Oscar finally shared his information.

"Why didn't you tell me that sooner?

"It's..."

"Thanks to that false information, the Imperial Knights are devastated. Lord Commander of the Knights, that would be embarrassing."

Western uncle explains the situation on behalf of Oscar, who has shut up. I can't even tell you about Oscar, the western ambassador who's been grabbing information so far.

"Really?

"... Twenty percent of them have already been hit. Combined with the first damage, the number of Knights squadrons is halved."

It can also be called a devastating blow. Speaking of the Knights alone, the battle is in a situation of disastrous defeat. It's bigger to keep this quiet.

"Why did you do that... Isn't that five minutes with the Eastern Border Lords Army in that number?

"I was going to report it on this occasion. It's supposed to be a meeting for that."

"Let's ask. Can that number contain the Eastern Border Army?

"... I can't"

"Then why don't you make a request for replenishment!?

"Before that!

Oscar, who was frightened, suddenly raised his voice. Oscar has a point, too.

"What is it?

"I want you to do something about the kingdom"

"Kingdom?"

"The Eastern Border Lords Army is moving to blur the new territory of the Kingdom. No, you should actually be entering territory. I have done so many times that I can't explain how to show up."

An inferior number of Eastern Border Regiments use surprise attacks. Besides, use the new kingdom territory. Eastern Border Lords divided into enemy allies, but the connection remains. It is necessary for the weak to survive.

"... Is the Kingdom silent on that?

"That's right. I will not even allow my army to pass near the realm. Then we can just do it for the better."

For the kingdom, if the damage can be done to the empire to this extent, it is not something you wish, so it is a form of riding on the independent side of the eastern frontier territory.

"Any protests?

"Of course I do. But I don't have ears to listen to. Does the Empire intend to break harmony early? That being said, we just have to back off."

"... I will send a messenger to the kingdom immediately"

"It's all in vain to do that."

"Still, there's no reason not to do it. So what's the replenishment for the Knights?

"Turn 10,000 of us in the center to the East"

"... doesn't the center get thinner?

Although the current front is only in the north, the peripheral territories that aspire to independence lie in the centre. It seems like a mistake to Kainel.

"It's..., I can't help it"

"If you break through there, you will be attacked in the center of the Empire."

"It's not, it should be"

"Can you give me a rationale?

"The purpose of the Eastern Border Lords is their own territorial independence. I have no ambition for other territories."

"So why are you attacking the north, not in your own territory?

"It's..."

Oscar gets words stuck in Kainel's inquiry. This kind of unconfidential attitude is one of the reasons I haven't mastered the Knights, but even if I know it, this is what happens.

"That stuff, it's settled. To sharpen the Imperial Knights. I had no idea this was happening."

Here again, a western uncle pinches his mouth.

"I'm sorry. Can you tell me what you think of the Western Lord?

The language is polite, but it is clear that it contains disgust.

The frustration with the status quo makes Kainel behave like this. Originally, he has a strong personality. Kainel is also, like Oscar, losing sight of his original self.

"Is the only thing I'm good at is getting out poorly? That's what makes it good for the kingdom."

"Can you tell me?

"Hmm. If there is a rebellion on all sides of the border, we, the Uncle Square, have to pull this place up. Only then will the Knights of the Empire be free to move in the Empire. Well, there is some hand in mobilizing the central nobility, but how seriously do we fight the suppression of the border territories? Not to mention the central aristocracy lacks practical experience. I am not the enemy of the armies of the frontier at dawn of battle."

"Thank you for explaining. You're absolutely right. But if the Quadripartite House returns to its own territory, the insurgency will subside. If that happens."

"What about the East? Does the Chancellor have the courage to move the Oriental House?

"It's..."

Kainel can't answer Western uncle's point. Loyalty from Oriental uncle and trust in Oriental uncle are now lost. It was the Empire that caused this.

"The Oriental House is not what we know when to betray. If so, isn't the Imperial Knights where they will be shredded or wiped out? Since then, there's no hitter where we've come back."

"So what do you want me to do?

"Conclude harmony. Eastern Frontier Territory."

"Stupid. Are you asking me to acknowledge my independence?

"Wasn't it a peripheral territory that we intended to throw away in our negotiations with the Kingdom? If the East fits in, we'll have no problems later. Leave it to us."

He said to proceed with the reconciliation with the eastern border territories and leave it to the west near his own territory. Here is a peek at Western uncle's ambitions.

"So what about Hildegand?

"Do you want me to go that far?

"I'd like to ask you something for your information."

"… there are no individual measures"

"What?"

"It is bad to make promises and other promises to hand over Her Royal Highness Lady Hildegand to the Kingdom in the first place. If you don't give it to me, the kingdom will use it as an excuse to attack you. And then, from the beginning, everything on the eastern border has betrayed the Empire"

"Doesn't Lord Westerner resent Hildegand?

"Are you saying Her Royal Highness Lady Hildegand was involved in the assassination of her son? That's impossible. I know Her Royal Highness Lady Hildegand well."

Uncle Fang's connections, while sometimes hostile, are strong. Hildegand himself has seen Hildegand many times since he was a child.

"But Hildegand is guilty of the same sin as Thales"

"If it is self-rule, it is not the work of Noh, the uncle, to capture sinners. Non is out now to clear his personal grudges. And the only object of that grudge is former Prince Thales"

This is a pretty lame statement. Whatever the Empire says, it's like saying it acts at its own discretion.

"Oh no..."

But Kanell can't blame me for this. Now if you turn your back completely on Western uncle, the Empire will be in even greater predicament. It is also the attitude of Western uncles, because we know that.

"What's on your own. Uncle Fang is responsible only for the aspects entrusted to him. If you blame yourself, Noon will only return to responsible territory."

"You can't capture Hildegand if you do that. Do you give the kingdom an excuse?

"The other way around. We should stretch to capture as much as we can. Around the Knights of the Empire, you just have to cloud your tea properly"

"Hey, what?

To the obvious insult, just as Oscar couldn't hold back his anger either. But this is also only a matter of time.

"Do you deserve to be angry with the Knights Commander? Where do you think it was that dropped the Imperial Knights' prestige on the ground?

…………

Continuing, to the words of the Western uncle, Oscar will be unable to say anything.

"This is what Non thinks. The Northwestern House quickly returns to its territory to suppress the insurgency. All the Orientals rule things by recognizing independence. Her Royal Highness Lady Hildegand should mobilize the Imperial Knights and the Central Noble Army and just keep the fortress surrounded. I told him to cloud his tea, but that's actually all it takes to fall one day. Supplies are not endless."

Only Hildegand allies outside the castle fort are Eastern Border Lords. Exactly. Neither does the Eastern Border Territory Army have the power to break through the siege of the Great Army and carry supplies to Fort Castle.

If the food runs out, any robust castle falls. I don't know, western uncle, teaching effective maneuvers.

"I see. Thank you for your valuable feedback. So, Your Majesty. How would you like your opinion of the Western House of Uncle?

"Wow, me?

"Yes. The importance of relinquishing the Eastern Border Territory. At the end of the day, Your Majesty should decide."

"... if that's the only way, what choice do we have?

"Who else disagrees?... or I'll send out a messenger to the Eastern Border Lords. And a mobilisation decree to the central nobility."

In fact, I am dissatisfied with Claudia and the other three roles who spoke the words of recognition, but I can't think of a substitute for them. The only thing I could think of was that Kainel wasn't going to flip Western uncle's opinion either.

I am more concerned about the fact that both households have less loyalty to Claudia than I imagined.

"That's settled. Then let Non raise himself to self-rule. We wish you a good fight."

"So is this one."

Now the meeting has come to a point where it will be dissolved and a decree has jumped in. There will be more difficult questions about the Empire.

"Ho, there's a report in there!

"I wonder if he's at Noon's in order. Rebellion on the northern border?

"North is north, though."

"What's the difference..., north?

If something disturbing happens in the north besides the northern border, there is only one more thing.

"Ha! From the fort of Nort Ende, it's an expedition!

"What's in it!?

"Looks like the fort has been occupied. All the soldiers in the fort were driven out and fled into the Eastern realm."

"Holy shit!?

I'm stunned at the faces of everyone on this scene. The Northende that I've always dreaded finally moved.

"More!"

"What!?

"Nort Ende has declared independence!

"" "Become!?

This information brought more surprises than the rebellion on the southern border territory. Against Emperor Claudia and the three roles.

"... got hit. I didn't expect you to declare it here."

The western uncle whined bossly as he left his surprise on his expression.

"Did you know!?

Though Kainel was surprised by the whining of his western uncle.

"You didn't know!?

On the contrary, Western uncles will surprise you.

"What?"

"Former Chancellor Kalk must be telling us."

"I don't know. If it's a meeting place, I'm not available."

Before becoming Chancellor, Kainel was not eligible to participate in the meeting. It was the one behind it.

"The Knight Commander?

"I've never even met former Prime Minister Kalk."

Oscar also left the Imperial Capital already in formation when former Prime Minister Kalk returned.

"Sire?"

"I don't remember hearing that."

I'm forgetting this.

"Commander of Magic?

"Is that it? He said he couldn't tell me now."

Barely, Michael, chief of the sorcerers, remembered.

"Oh, if you say so."

In Michael's words, Claudia also remembered. However, this is not Claudia's problem, it's former Chancellor Kalk's fault. It was the only way I could remember it.

"... that shitty grandpa. Don't wear it because it doesn't make any sense."

The western uncle looks bitter when he sees the situation. Western ambassadors, like other ambassadors, have no good impression on central civilian. However, it is natural for Western uncles to be angry about this matter.

"So what is it after all?

"Kamui Kreutz once visited the former northern uncle. You don't even know this?

"Yes."

"Kamui Kreutz, who was called the Demon King at that time, replied: He said he stopped admitting it."

"You stopped the Demon King, no, did you want to say you weren't the Demon King in the first place?

"Both, the former northern uncle received. I wasn't originally a demon king. But he admitted to being called the Demon King because it was a pain in the ass. But I don't do that anymore. That's the place."

"Does not doing so lead to this case?

"That's right. Don't quit the Demon King and tell the average person."

"I'm not that stupid."

"Ah..."

Claudia, who leaked a small grunt, leaned down with her face bright red.

"… Your Majesty. I don't think I heard that one."

"That's superfluous. Flush in times like this."

This is the right way to behave as a subordinate. Kainel's words will impress Claudia's idiocy around her.

"... excuse me. Not the demon king, but the king of the people. It was a declaration that he would be king of a new country."

"A little different. King of demons and men. But that's reasonably good. I knew Kamui Kreutz would make independence. That's why I was plotting it before I was ready, but it seemed to go further than I expected."

"Is that why former Prime Minister Kalk hastened reconciliation? But Lord Oriental seemed to disagree?

Opposition to harmony leads to recognition of Northende's independence. To Kainel, it was unexpected.

"If you're going to say that, Non disagrees. Non thought it would be a good idea to form an alliance with that independent country. Even though it's difficult for the Demons to reconcile alone, I thought it would be a different story if we went through the form of a country."

Western ambassadors admitted they had the same idea as Eastern ambassadors.

"What about the Northern Uncle?

"Don't ask. It's nothing before Father's will."

"In the end?"

Kainel is still young around here. Uncle Northside tells me to guess.

"... consider a majority vote. If eastern western uncle disagrees, what are the other three?

Former Chancellor Kalk was moving the opposite of his eastern western uncle. That can be done because the opinion of former Prime Minister Kalk prevails.

"Excuse me. Simply put, the three old men said they were against reconciliation with the Demons"

That's what I'm talking about.

"Have you been planning independence and now? You totally did it. Since when is the problem"

Kainel's expression changes from surprising to convincing. Seeing that, the Western ambassador will now make an inquiry.

"What's up? You figured something out?

"Yes, we realized we were dancing on Kamui's palm."

Inside Cainel, the muscles connected.

"That again. Since when?

"I don't see that. If you fail, the birth of Emperor Claudia may also be a measure of Kamui."

"What!?

"Definitely no more. Alexis Strasser was sent in by Kamui."

"Not now."

Western uncle is right, now. Things have already been done.

"I'm sorry. I was assuming it was the Demons that Kamui would move. I can't believe we're sending people to the heart of the Empire."

"Central?"

"This one..., I can't help hiding it anymore. Most of the effort to bring His Majesty Claudia to the throne was made by Alexis."

"Where were you moving the measures from?

"As a measure, lately. Drinking the harmonious conditions offered by the Kingdom. Removing former Prime Minister Kalk at that time. Let Lord Westside know that the murder of Lord Deefreet is a plot by Lord Thales."

"I knew it all along."

"... from whom?

"I can't say that."

"Maybe you didn't call yourself the Det Chamber of Commerce?

"... Non?"

The Western uncle found out about Kainel's inquiry. He also said he was embedded in the plan.

"To keep you from going back to the West."

"You don't have to tell me."

"Excuse me. Fly the crown prince and get the throne at once. Her Royal Highness, Lady Hildegand."

"Certainly these days. Who's getting closer?

"Her Royal Highness Princess Sophilia is dead, soon."

"... you expect His Majesty Claudia to stand for the throne?"

Within the Empire, no one imagined Claudia, for example, going for the throne. To this, even your western uncle feels terrified.

"I don't know about that, but I think it worked out for the time being."

"What time is it?

"There was no one around His Majesty Claudia. I gave up on the death of Her Royal Highness Princess Sophilia, and the Oscars stopped visiting the castle."

"Is that why you put it in there?"

"Let me defend Your Majesty, and an ally appeared where I was worried about what I was going to do. Alexis is also a classmate to His Majesty. And Alexis' father was killed by Kamui."

That's why they sent me in. Claudia can't notice how convenient it is. In this respect, it is true that Claudia is your favourite.

"Yet did you work as Kamui Kreutz's hand? Weakness or Grace."

"Come on, I don't know that. But it's more important than your own reconstruction."

"What do we do? Can you capture him?"

"You won't be so stupid. I was wondering if Northende's proclamation of independence meant that there was no need for Alexis to conspire anymore."

"Right.... Again, from the beginning. Nort Ende and the Border Lords are connected. The east already moved, as did the south. I don't know about the west or the north, but I'm guessing it moves."

"... the north may move itself"

"Hey!"

Kainel's speculation is something he doesn't want to happen to Uncle North. The worst case scenario is self-rule.

"Calm down. We're talking about possibilities."

"Can you calm down! If you become a Demon opponent, our Northern House will be the toughest battle!

"That's true, though."

The western uncle tries to forgive the exciting northern uncle, but that's impossible.

"It's likely. When Kamui was Viscount Kreutz, he has sent troops to the northern border territory many times. We must also be deeply connected to the Lord of the Northern Border."

"It's the same in the east."

"Now there's no way they're joining the war east. You don't have to do that to beat the Knights."

"... it's north"

Oscar's face turns bright red with humiliation knowing he had the same idea up to his western uncle. But nobody cares about it, and the discussion moves on.

"We're going back."

I don't need to think about Northern Uncle anymore. We need to get back to our territory as soon as possible and get ready for battle.

"Wait a little longer. There is also the hand of blocking the exit of Nort Ende as soon as possible. After dropping the fort, what about Northende's army?

Stopping the deviant northern uncle, the western uncle turned the inquiry to the decree.

"At least it doesn't seem to be out of the fort right away. After that, we have to wait for the Continuing Report."

"So is that. I've been running away. I can't afford to be sure of that. Think of something else first? You can leave the south to the southern uncle. We have to go back west. The problem is east."

"Is it not possible to acknowledge earlier independence?

Kainel thought the east was rather packed with measures.

"I didn't think Kamui Kreutz's influence was this far. I thought he was a demon king."

"That is."

"It is possible that the independence of our own territory alone will not make it possible."

"That's why you could possibly come up against the Empire in the Union. We need a settlement with Kamui Kreutz before the eastern border."

"I wish I could?

Reconciliation with Kamui is likely to cure the eastern border territory as well. But I doubt western uncle can do that.

"To be honest, I'm not sure. I don't know what you resent so much to reconcile."

"That the Empire has acquiesced in attacking Northende."

"But the Empire was only a bystander, and it was actually the Church of God that attacked it, and even that, it was the Kingdom that drew the thread behind it"

"Right. I don't know. You don't know something, you're missing something."

I don't know what it is. The Uncle Fang family did not convey the truth about the Empire. Neither did the royal family, even if it had told them, follow suit. This is what's causing this now.

"... why don't you ask me?

"Sire?"

"If you don't know what Kamui is angry about, you can ask him in person."

"Um, that's..."

"I see. Your Majesty is right."

Sometimes when you get stuck, opinions that you don't think about can open things up.

"Lord Western Bell?

"It would be the same thing as harmony. It's not wrong to ask them about the terms of the settlement."

"What if they stretch the negotiations?

"That was then. It doesn't change the way they do anything."

"Sure. Then both Lord Bur return to his own territory. The battle of the East continues by mobilizing the armies of the central aristocracy. Are you negotiating with Kamui while you do that?"

"That's a Kamui country.... Northende country? That's exactly what you got."

"No, the name of the country was also communicated at the time of the Declaration of Independence."

A decree answered Western uncle's question.

"I see. So what's the name of the country?

"They say it's called the Arten Kreutz Republic."

"Republic...?

There is no concept of a republic in a people who only know absolute kingdom. Though you know the approximate meaning of the word.

"Can we open up now? I'd like to hurry."

The northern uncle was in a hurry and asked for the end of the meeting.

"I am. Your Majesty?"

Kainel agrees. If I decide, I want to move on a little bit faster.

"Ugh, yeah. Fine."

And instead of showing healing, the Imperial War expands to the whole territory.

People were reminded that the war against the kingdom was only the beginning of a great upheaval in the Empire.