It was about ten days since Aldis took over King Toria.
"Was it Joanne who said something like 'I don't know until the moment it stops'?"
What's the matter, Al?
I didn't shake the game in anticipation of this result, though.
In a room in the captured Torria Castle, Aldis leans back at the unexpected end of a comfortable chair.
Originally, I wanted to destroy Toria's castle because I knew that if I didn't move, I would become poor, and I felt the need to change the tide.
I thought it would be enough to sow the seeds of chaos in the memory of the Robles Alliance and buy time, even if I couldn't hold Toria under my control.
However, when the results came out, it was much more convenient than Aldis expected.
It's a good thing for us, isn't it?
"I won't deny that..."
Aldis seems unexplained because Toria's rule is too good.
After taking the head of King Toria and showing overwhelming power at the same time, it is not easy for one country to surrender even if it is usually small.
Usually, there is resistance from the old rulers and popular backlash against the new rulers, so restoring security should be a pain in the ass.
But that did not happen.
Perhaps the most important reason for this is the presence of Minerva, who arrived from Grok with Moore in response to the Toria assault.
Toria now calls herself the Kingdom, but it was once only part of the territory that made up the Kingdom of Nagrath.
It hasn't been a year since the Marquis of Tria declared his independence in the battle against the Empire.
Moreover, Toria did not become a battlefield even though she had flipped the flag against the Kingdom of Nagras.
As a result, many people still didn't realize that their town had become an independent kingdom from the Marquis.
Coming here is Princess Minerva of the Duke of Nilesteria, who draws the blood of the Nagras and has the right to inherit the throne.
Now that the entire royal family had been executed and the torrent had broken off, there was nothing short of asserting the orthodox succession of the Kingdom of Nagras.
Ultimately speaking, it is likely that the sense of belonging to the Nagras Kingdom surpassed the sense of belonging to the Nagras Kingdom before patriotism grew as a people of the Toria Kingdom.
Torria was once an independent city-state hundreds of years before the Caucasian dynasty flourished.
Since the people who live now have been people of the Nagras Kingdom since birth, their consciousness will not change in a few months.
Thirty or fifty years from now, the story would have been different, but the more Aldis beat the better, the more the people of the Kingdom of Torria accepted Minerva's presence.
Of course, Minerva's presence is not the only one.
Toria maintained a solid reign until then, but soon after becoming a kingdom, the policy of neglecting one's feet became prominent, and she was already losing her eagerness.
One of the factors was that the army's loyalty to the upper reaches of the Kingdom of Tria was shaken by the heavy losses caused by the battle for Grok.
In addition, Aldis dropped the castle so quickly that many inhabitants did not know that their city was the scene of battle.
I don't know who was using it, but Aldis sits on his cheek stick at a rustic but quality desk.
When Lorna laid back on the visitor's sofa with a big yawn, she heard a knock on the door of the room.
You can come in.
Waiting for Aldis to respond, the door opens.
"Ah, um... Kyle started the afternoon meeting and contacted (...) Chu (...)"
It was a girl who opened her mouth with a nervous face when she came in.
Younger than Philia and Riana, he was one of the servants that happened to run into in the aisle when Ardis stormed the castle.
Apparently, he's not a very well-planned person, and he's getting a lot of pressures from people around him on Aldis-related business.
When they invaded the castle, they did not do anything against the servants or the unresisted, but still many feared Ardis, who had subjugated the Tria army alone, and Lorna, who seemed to be a ferocious carnivore.
The servants who didn't want to get near Aldis chose this girl as their pathetic victim.
As for Aldis, he doesn't intend to stay long in the castle, so whoever brings the message doesn't care.
It is a story that can be laughed at and forgiven for chewing less nervous words and spilling more tea than the opponent who has a strange hostility.
Apparently, this girl had quite a messy personality.
"I bit it again."
“We've heard from you to get started!”
The girl rejoins Rona's relentless cling to make amends.
"Okay, the location is the same as yesterday, right?"
"Eh...? Maybe..."
When Aldis answers the question anxiously, the girl is wolfed because she sees it.
"Ah, you don't have to go back to checking." If Moore's here, we'll know where he is. "
Ardis raised his hips as he stopped the girl who was rushing to her right.
If it were a meeting, Moore would be present anyway.
Then find Moore's location in the Magic Explorer and move there, Aldis concludes.
Let's go, Rona.
Um, me too?
"I don't know if you're a party to this."
"I'm a beast, I don't know."
"There's no way such an excuse would work on the inner circle. Get up now."
Scratching her head with one hand, Aldis left the room and began to search for Moore.
The meeting, which was held waiting for everyone to enter, began with the status report as usual.
"Nearly half of the people in the castle and the army are cooperative." It looks like King Toria wasn't very popular. ”
It was a civil servant named Kyle who reported it.
Aldis was also a man I met as a companion long ago at the request of the Kingdom of Nagrath.
This time, Minerva, who has legitimate inheritance rights, is standing on the stage, and talents from the old Nagras Kingdom who had lost sight of Yoruba are gathering one after another.
Kyle, once a subordinate of Moore, was one of them.
In the large room that was used as a place of government (festivals) by generations of Toria lords, Ardis, Moore, Minerva, and ten other people surrounded the long desk.
There was Minerva in the uppermost seat, Moore in his right hand, and Kyle in his left.
The majority of attendees at the meeting are Grock humans, who are also familiar to Aldis. There are only four unfamiliar faces.
All of them were uncontrolled human resources under King Toria's government, who were driven to idle jobs, or who had been begging in their spare time and descended into the wild at the time of Toria's independence.
"It must have been a good thing that there were fewer deaths. Thanks to the recklessness of somebody else who dropped the castle on their own. There are no escorted servants, and few soldiers are dead. Avenge me. It's a big deal that I haven't bought any more grudges."
Moore teases Aldis after receiving Kyle's report.
"It's not just me and Rona, it's me and Rona."
It's not going to change much, is it?
Even as Aldis corrected, Moore laughed.
"The rebels have been cleared of what was once an organization." Thank you for your help, Mr. Aldis. "
Kyle's right, Aldis is also actively working with the rebels.
If the whole town resisted, it would be very difficult to turn around, but the number was much smaller than originally assumed.
The biggest resistance was a faction of the old Toria army led by the general.
The general is an elderly man who was beside the king when Ardis took over the king of Toria.
The general, who was blown away by Rona and kept in jail unconscious, woke up and began to know the situation. He immediately began to turn his hand around to join the grievors, so all his men who were moving under his direction were dealt with first.
The other old civil servant, who was hiding with King Toria, was the man who served as prime minister.
Until we decided to take care of him, this old man named Kostas escaped while he was being transported.
Of course, such a sudden escape would not have succeeded, and it seems that the surrounding soldiers lost their lives unhappily by blows to the head as they captured it.
Preventing the General's attempts, all the forces defying the Ardis remained small, and the transition of power from the old Toria faction was well under way.
"The next item on the agenda is the name of the new country..."
"The name of the country? Isn't it the Kingdom of Naglas?"
Minerva answered Kyle's words as the attendees raised their doubts.
“Of course, that's one of the candidates. There are many things you can gain by rejuvenating the Kingdom of Nagras. The name of the Nagras Kingdom will also be useful for the cause of recovering the Old Kingdom, the claim of the King, and for recruiting the talent of the Old Kingdom. However, it's not always a good thing to think about.”
Kyle continues his conversation as if it were a supplement.
“You might say it's too much to talk about in this situation, but think about what happens when we recover the territory of the former Kingdom of Nagras.”
"Ahh. Without much resistance, I see a future in which the opportunistic lords who fell on the Empire assert their vested rights."
Moore was a little tired and convinced.
"This is the land that we have been given by His Majesty." We descended into the Empire with tears to protect our people, but now that the Kingdom of Nagrath has been reborn, we should return to our current and rule the territory as we did before. ”
There will undoubtedly be thick-hearted aristocrats who say these things.
The idea of keeping sacrifices to others and preserving their status and territory without labor is unacceptable from those who have actually fought in the battle.
I won't tell you to resist the Empire until you can't recover, but I can't help but ignore your duty as a lord and claim your rights.
“Do I need to have an ear to hear such words?”
"Well, I don't want to forgive the bug talk." However, it doesn't matter if you listen or not, there will be a lot of such people (from the beginning) coming out. "
Moore agrees with the point made by the attendees, but replies troublesomely.
"Especially in a house where the bloodline of the direct line has been cut off in the war with the Empire or the successor has remained ambiguous, people will come out saying that they have the right to inherit this house."
Another attendee is grumpy at Moore's words.
"After all, most of the aristocrats only enjoy privileges and exploit from the people." It's okay to take down useless houses at once. "
It is quite difficult to name the Kingdom of Nagras, but if you want to start a new country, you can ignore all the claims of vested rights.
"But... do you want to change the name of the country...?"
"Do the people agree?" They are willing to help us as long as the Duchess of Nilesteria is the heir to the legitimate Kingdom of Nagrasse. How about you deliberately throw that legitimacy away from yourself? "
"If it's clear that you're the official successor state, why don't you stick to the name?"
"No, that's weird. Because we have a sense of belonging to the Kingdom of Nagras, we have less rebellion against us."
"I don't know where it is." So the people of Toria call us the Wisteria Army. "
As various opinions emerged, one of the attendees spoke and the surrounding people expressed their doubts.
"What the hell is that?"
"Don't you know? Ichii seems to be talking like that all the time." It seems that the army of Wisteria defeated the army of Toria and conquered the Imperial Castle. "
"Wisteria...?"
Lorna, who was sitting at Ardis' feet, was dazed and turned her face to look at each other, while the other ones, other than the person who spoke to her, tilted their necks.
Al?
Hearing Rona's voice, Moore and Minerva's gaze turned to Aldis.
Irritated, the other attendees turn to Aldis.
Aldis's eyes swimming loudly as he draws attention from the attendees of the meeting.
At that time, I didn't know what the result would be, so it was Ardis who had taken Glok's name with care not to get involved, but I can't deny that I was only a little distracted by the situation of the first castle attack in a long time.
It was entirely Aldis's fault to say the name of Wisteria from a nostalgic feeling, but he could not imagine the name walking alone.
"I don't care about the name of the country, but I won't just give up on the church."
Aldis talks about one of his concerns when he can't stand the gaze of being focused on himself.
"Oh, I diverted the conversation."
Ignoring Lorna, who tweets underfoot to make fun of us, Ardis stabs a nail at the attendees, especially the four from Toria.
“To build a new church based on Elmer's teachings. Do not allow sabotage, slander, or exclusion. This is the only thing I can do."
Of course, there is a church in Toria as well.
It is also a natural enemy for Aldis, who conveys the doctrine that twins are abominations.
To be honest, I want to drive out the current church with all my strength, and ban the activity of the current church itself, but it is no different from the Grand Church that certified Aldis as a heretic based on selfish doctrine.
For the inhabitants of Toria, too, suddenly the previous churches will be driven out and confused even when the churches that carried different doctrines arrive.
That is why we seek mutual non-interference as a minimum compromise.
The new church will only welcome priests who have received Elmer's pottery.
In addition, we disclose the results of Elmer's investigation and research, complain that the current doctrine has deteriorated from its original, and gradually increase the number of understanding and approval.
More time and courage than the town of Grok, but Ardis had no intention of sparing it.
This has already been agreed to by Moore, Minerva, Elmer, and Sarah.
A hidden hideaway at the foot of the Canovis Mountains.
It was Aldis' hope that there would be more places like that where twins could live in peace while still believing in the goddess.
Absolutely.
It was not the four Toria people who answered Aldis, but Minerva, the foremost among them.
"We are here today with the help of Sir Ardis (today)." I am not going to be an ungrateful person. There will surely be a reward for the grace received. Therefore, I will make it clear that I will fulfill my promise in the matter of the church. I wish you all the best and I wish you all the best in this matter to Sir Ardis. "
The nest of Minerva, spoken as a rin, was equipped with the style of a person standing on top of a person.
I don't know whether it was acquired by birth because of its noble origin or whether it was cultivated in the daughter education.
However, in contrast to the facial expression, Ardis felt that his puffy (ayame) eyes were saying this.
I'll tell you more about Wisteria later, Master.