In the friendly exchanges of the past few days, Elikanmu Novak and Marigalita Orpheus, representing the Duchy... or more specifically, representing their respective positions as councilors in the Duchy, reached a preliminary agreement with the Demon Lord's territory on trade.
While maintaining the current sales situation, suppress the survival space of war merchants and force prices to move in an abnormal direction... Of course, this only applies to Novak and Orpheus.
A duchy is indeed a duchy. Even if they are all members of parliament, or even if they are on the same side and at war, the business that can make money is still... take it all if you can, and don't leave any for your allies.
However, not long after the two left, a major event... a major event that shocked the whole world began to spread, and even the Silver Moon Tree Garden, which had little contact with the outside world, heard about it.
The message... comes from the Empire.
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"Ul! Li! Shi! La!"
Illa shouted angrily, looking extremely angry, gripping the parchment in his hand so tightly that he almost squeezed it together with just his fingers.
This is parchment.
"Ulrichila Jem Goodwin!"
!
Yinla, who was shouting his student's full name in a rage, seemed to be really going crazy. He was clutching his heart and breathing heavily... The World Spell on his neck was faintly turning red.
With the last vestiges of her sanity, Yinla pulled a bottle of white medicine from a hidden compartment in her clothes, then shoved the glass bottle, along with her mouth, and bit down violently.
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"Bang!
"
As the glass bottle shattered, shards of glass burst open in Yinla's mouth, releasing the [Anti-Anger Reagent 7.2]... Only after drinking the liquid did Yinla calm down.
"Pah!"
Yinla spat out the shards of glass, feeling the faint metallic taste in his mouth begin to disappear. While marveling at the governor's powerful recovery ability, he unleashed the wings of a scarlet dragon, burning the glass shards on the ground into nothingness.
The Archon is a species far removed from humans, or rather... the process of the Archon's wings constantly increasing is a symbol of its growing transcendence of humans.
When there are no wings inserted into the wing pillars of his body, the physical condition of the governor is no different from that of an ordinary imperial civilian... At most, one punch can knock down a tree the size of a bowl.
But after the first wing was installed...
In terms of physical fitness alone, the governor is already capable of competing with some professions that rely on physical strength... roughly at the level of a formal knight, not too high but not bad either.
If Yinla were fully loaded with wings like he is now, his normal physical condition would already be enough to contend with werewolves and some orcs.
Moreover, her regenerative abilities are comparable to those of vampires... Therefore, even if she ingested some shards of glass, it had no effect on Yinla's body whatsoever.
Afterwards, talk to Vera and ask her to give me another bottle... no, this time it would be best if it were in capsule form.
Thinking this, Yinla rested his chin on his hand, looking at the parchment on the table. He sighed softly, unsure of what expression he should wear, but one thing was certain...
Things have really gotten complicated.
Ulrichila was not a consul; he was a very talented child in military affairs, and Illa taught him a lot in this regard... Moreover, his personality was also well-suited to be a general.
Because his attitude towards life... was outrageously indifferent.
However, even Illa hadn't expected Ulrichila to be so indifferent... The report in her hand contained an official statement from the Empire—
Caligula and his colleagues rebelled against the Empire on the battlefield, resulting in the defeat of the troops and the loss of territory... Under the orders of Princess Isabela, General Ulrichila Jem Goodwin urgently abandoned the front-line battle.
He executed the rebels on the spot, then returned to the capital to eliminate the traitors and protect Her Majesty the Empress.
...
As mentioned before, Ulrichila was Illa's student, so Illa knew exactly what he was going to say the moment he made a move... This wasn't protection, but a coup.
Perhaps Isabella will be fine, but the nobles will undoubtedly lose power, and the imperial capital will face a long and thorough purge, and even the territories of various nobles within the empire will be wiped out.
There will probably be a huge number of people dying.
This group of people was actually within Yinla's expectations. He had also thought of using this method to remove the blemishes within the empire... but immediately realized that it wouldn't work.
If the empire is likened to a giant beast, then the act of purging the nobles is like cutting away the rotten flesh from the beast's body. This act... would render the beast's legs unable to move, causing its limbs to break under the unbearable weight.
He lay on the ground, letting the Demon King and the Duchy devour him...
So, what did Ulrichila do? He was more decisive than expected; he simply let another behemoth devour the festering parts of the behemoth called the Empire.
It was eaten, and the remaining part stabilized... and then a new life was born.
Although this would be a good thing for both the Empire and Ira, the reason Ira hadn't done it before was because he couldn't bear to sacrifice civilians who didn't need to be sacrificed; that would truly go against his moral principles.
Or rather, a small part of it is contradictory.
Yinla is not a kind person, but he is not this indifferent either... Even if it would make his path smoother, he would not go to this extent.
Paving roads and bridges with corpses, versus lubricating roads with blood... this is the difference between necessity and unnecessary.
"..."
"Da da da~"
Yinla tapped the table with his fingernails. After drinking the [Anti-Anger Potion], his mind became very calm. He realized that... if ignoring the casualties of innocent civilians and the people, then Ulrichila was doing an excellent job.
Especially now that Yinla is working in the Demon King's territory, it can prevent another somewhat broken and dilapidated behemoth from taking advantage of the situation... or rather, even without Yinla, the Demon King's territory actually has even less spare capacity to do anything.
Or perhaps, all of this was actually Isabella's doing? Did Isabella already anticipate this the moment the duchy declared war on her? Was she gambling with her...throne?!
This is completely contrary to my teachings; she's treating the people like... well, did she come up with this herself?!
"Da da da da da~"
Thinking this, Yinla tapped the table faster and faster, and he couldn't help but stand up... If that's the case, then perhaps Yinsabella's "enlightenment" is enough for her to graduate.
No! I have to write a letter!
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