chapter 76
“Are you done?”
“Yes, it’s all over.”
As I walked out of the dark prison, in front of the door was the Count staring at me without expression.
No matter how close the family is, Gus is Rommel’s older brother.
The Count was secretly worried about Rommel, fearing that leaving his relatives in prison would trouble him.
So, I led my body to meet Rommel until this late.
“Now Viscount Griff has nothing to do with me.”
Rommel only answered the Count’s question with a cold face.
The Count may not know that Rommel’s family is in Korea, but the Count looked up at the night sky with a meaningless smile.
Relatives, nobles who are born tied to the chains of family from birth strive for their families throughout their lives and put an end to their lives.
Some for the revival of the family, some for their family, some for their country.
They throw themselves into the flickering flames.
It is not the coercion of society or individuals, it is the human instinct that has been acclimatized from birth and imprinted in their brains and made them move.
However, Rommel was now able to break out of that chain and become a more free being.
A being who uses its power only for the sake of friends and individuals, not for the sake of the country, family, or family.
Count Espera, having met countless people for decades, could recognize Rommel’s eyes at once.
Rommel was born anew today in a sense, and transcended anything.
“What is the movement of Prime Minister Levante?”
“All the impures who entered Espera’s estate have been dealt with, thanks to the witch and friend you brought.”
Hans and Cynthia just finished their mission and returned to the Count’s mansion.
They purged all the spies planted by Prime Minister Levante, and brought their symbolic heads and handed them to the Count.
The Count ordered that all their heads be buried in the sea.
Because his beloved daughter, Louis, might be in danger, the count buried the extreme of ominousness.
Rommel took a cigar out of his pocket and shoved it in his mouth.
Perhaps he had not yet given up the habit of being at the bottom of his graduate school days, Rommel immediately cut off the tip of the cigar and lit it with a match.
A person smoking a cigar under the bright moonlight.
Doesn’t it look like the mafia boss from a noir movie?
After taking a sip of smoke, Rommel slowly opened his mouth, looking at the Count.
“It’s going to be a poop line, too.”
“Of course, since Jarvis Sangju has returned to the Ottoman Empire, Espera’s situation must have entered the Sultan’s ears as well.”
“If the sultan starts moving, no one will be able to stop it. He’ll try to destroy the evidence quickly and go back.”
“Yeah, the Kingdom of Spesha can’t stand up to the Ottoman Empire yet, and the nomadic peoples who used to be like limbs have been swept away by the Empire, so their arms and legs are as if they don’t exist anymore.”
Ottoman-Sultan of the Turkic Empire.
When he starts moving, the world moves.
Even in the face of the Holy Rus Empire, the sultan can afford to send his troops to the Kingdom of Spesha.
A full-scale war had not even begun, and the Ottoman Empire could cross the sea at any time and attack the Kingdom of Spesha with their outstanding naval power.
The sultan was also aware of the grief and pain of the Pesyrian Empire, which had been ravaged by the small city-states of the peninsula in the past.
A barrier made of wooden barriers, to the sultan, the barrier was the navy.
“The balance of the world will soon collapse, even if the Holy Russ Empire and the Ottoman-Turkish Empire face each other, there will soon be a rift between them.”
“Recently, they say that the number of weapons delivered to the Holy Ruth Empire has increased, so it’s only a matter of time before a war breaks out.”
“It’s good news.”
“That’s the way it is.”
War is money.
World War II gave the United States a booming economy, and the Korean War allowed Japan to quickly deal with the aftermath.
In a nutshell, the Japanese prime minister at the time of the Korean War would have said, “Now Japan is alive!” as soon as the war broke out.
War consumes a lot of goods and resources.
Food, weapons, clothing, even stones and sand for the construction of castles.
All resources that are normally useless become valuable when war begins.
And when war breaks out, all the mercenaries who drink and drink at the tavern will all head towards the Rus Empire.
If that happens, the security issue in Espera’s estate will be resolved quickly.
“Oh, and.”
The Count took something out of his pocket and handed it to Rommel.
Rommel smiled as he received the document the Count had given him.
“A certificate that you have successfully passed the exam.”
“Thank you, Count.”
“What the hell. Thanks to you, we were able to wipe out all the pirates who were troublesome.”
“No, it has saved me a lot of time, so now I want to do what I have to do.”
I made time with this.
The test will get a perfect score, and now the academy doesn’t have to worry about it.
The princess and Rosé seniors will take care of it, so you just have to watch the situation and prepare for the rest of the time.
For reference, the count has completely turned to the side of the princess.
As the de facto lord of the South, who had been discriminated against for a long time, the count decided to become a strong guardian of the princess, saying that he could not bear it any longer.
After hearing the Count’s ambitious words, the princess eventually shed some tears, and the Count was embarrassed and handed a handkerchief, although there was an incident.
Unfortunately, I was having a friendly conversation with Goose at the time, so I didn’t see it at all.
“What do you want to do?”
“Yeah, there’s going to be a lot of work ahead.”
The battle for the succession to the imperial throne is still ongoing.
According to tradition, the first prince should become the emperor, but the power of the second prince is eating the metallurgical empire.
For the superiority of tradition, the second prince wanted to enlist the princess, and he wanted to gain the emperor’s trust by holding the daughter of the empress, who was the most loved by the emperor.
However, the princess had already left the prince’s control and formed an independent force within the academy.
Even so, it was absolutely impossible for Prince Jejus to attack the power of the princess now.
If you make a mistake, you will not only give the first prince an excuse, but you may also be deprived of the right of succession to the emperor because of the wrath of the emperor who cares for the princess.
Even in the position of the prince, he was being prudent with caution.
And you never know when that hesitation will become poisonous and strike you in the neck.
“The relationship between the sultan and our forces is not bad, because the sultan’s clan, the sultan’s chieftain, Javir, is already friendly with us, and we have never really touched the sultan.”
“It is not.”
“But even so, I am still uneasy, the international sentiment is too unstable to trust the Sultan alone.”
East and West, the empire in between.
There was one force that had not yet come down to the continent.
“How about the Bolshere Empire?”
“…the Bolshere Empire?”
The Bolshere Empire, a traditional powerhouse in the North.
The Bolshere Empire, which was constantly descending in search of an immovable port, was a trouble for the continent.
The Bolshere Empire came out through the rugged mountain range.
The permafrost empire ruled by the Tsar was still quietly growing beyond the mountains.
“If you’re going to shake the board, I think the Bolshere Empire is not a bad choice.”
“I think it’s too dangerous, but you know what they’ve done to the continent, don’t you?”
I know, I know very well.
Long ago, the first emperor of the empire went on an expedition directly to subdue the permafrost empire, so the Bolshere Empire had a very bad image for the people of the continent.
If you make a mistake, the public may leave the princess.
“Well, let’s think about it slowly. The more strings we hold, the more the better.”
According to Machiavelli’s Theory of Princes, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, but he also writes down the dangers of the allies in considerable detail.
If you think that the purpose of an allied force is to help your country, you are not qualified to be a monarch.
After the war, the allies want to reap the benefits they will receive.
In severe cases, internal affairs may be interfered with, so think carefully about bringing in your allies.
However, if there are more allies, the story is different.
The Bolcher Empire, the Ottoman-Turkish Empire.
Both countries are huge powers that are now called empires.
The Empire of Permafrost and the Empire of the Desert ruled by the Sultan.
Two countries with opposite temperaments will suggest better conditions to the Empire to keep each other in check.
However, for the two countries to form an alliance and eat the Empire, the Bolshere Empire was blocked by mountains and the Otman Empire was blocked by the Holy Ruth Empire.
From a geographical point of view, the empire had many advantages for both countries.
“Now, let’s get into it slowly. Let’s discuss what happens after the pirate eradication.”
“I knew it would, and the seat was already prepared.”
Rommel enters the Count’s mansion with a cigar in his mouth and the Count follows Rommel.
As comrades on the same boat, the two were busy moving to turn the game of the empire upside down.