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Since the demonic incident ended, the royal capital has finally ushered in a long-awaited peace.
The surviving residents actively participated in the reconstruction of the city.
Thanks to the residents' tireless efforts, the various buildings gradually regained their original outlines.
The compact, cramped houses surrounding the residential area have become dilapidated due to long-term neglect.
People resolutely decided to completely renovate these dilapidated houses.
The mages were not idle either; they waved their wands and incorporated magic into the reconstruction of the capital.
When the demon incident occurred, the Royal Academy of Magic, under the leadership of Dean Rachel, successfully protected all students and professors.
Now that the crisis has passed, the vast majority of professors have joined the reconstruction support team.
Students also enjoyed a short holiday.
The reconstruction of the capital is progressing smoothly, and everything seems to be slowly returning to its former prosperity.
Despite a significant population decline.
But what surprised the residents the most was that the current emperor of the Karencia Empire was actually an empress.
The residents held differing opinions about the newly enthroned empress.
Most people don't have high expectations for this new emperor.
After all, the new queen has not yet achieved any significant political accomplishments, and naturally lacks sufficient prestige among the people.
Many people doubted whether she was capable of being an emperor.
Although people had their doubts in private, no one dared to express their dissatisfaction publicly.
Especially recently, the empire has experienced many changes.
Regardless of the new emperor's gender, she is, after all, the symbol of the empire.
With an emperor, the Karencia Empire could proclaim its political stability to the outside world, demonstrating its ability to recover quickly even after setbacks.
In this way, countries outside the empire can suppress their restless thoughts and no longer harbor any ambitions towards the empire.
It was in this environment that the empire, this wounded lion, licked its wounds and regained its strength.
After the crisis in the capital was resolved, other cities in the empire also sent their condolences and support.
The noble lords of each city, in their letters of condolence, made no mention of their opinions on the Empress, but only spoke of the future of the new empire and the stability and prosperity of the nation.
After all, in this period of decline, the empire needed an emperor.
They needed an emperor who could silence external opinions, maintain international standing, and stabilize the domestic situation.
To truly assess the Empress's strength, we must wait until several years after the capital is rebuilt, and then observe the development and recovery trends of the empire in various aspects.
If he is truly unfit for important positions, the people wouldn't mind changing the "emperor" they currently refer to.
It won't be too late to choose the eldest prince to ascend the throne when the time comes.
But there are always exceptions to every story.
Just as every nobleman began to anticipate the empire's revival and the nation's future development...
The first person to harbor ambitions while the empire was still unstable has emerged.
It is Angus, far to the northern frontier.
It is said that, due to his dissatisfaction with guarding the frontier for many years, he gradually developed a feeling of being abandoned and imprisoned by the empire.
In addition, there was a change of emperors within the empire, and the new emperor ascended the throne as an empress.
This struck him as utterly absurd, and he lost faith in the entire empire.
Angus, who had not provided any support during the demon incident, has inexplicably begun to amass a large military force.
They even began to secretly unite with the barbarians in the north, and forcibly built a powerful army.
His intentions seemed self-evident.
However, no one dared to make any rash moves to stop Angus's military buildup.
Even during this demonic invasion, more nobles discovered opportunities.
They also began to seek independence, citing their dissatisfaction with the Empress's ascension to the throne.
For a time, many nobles took advantage of the internal turmoil in the capital, which prevented them from focusing on managing other cities.
This led to the empire's vast territory degenerating into a situation where nobles fought amongst themselves.
No longer caring about the limitations of titles, each nobleman began openly amassing private armies and declaring themselves territories.
The struggle between nobles for territory and the economy led to constant conflicts, nearly causing the nobles to fall apart.
It's hard to imagine that this once unified empire was destroyed by a demonic invasion and the ascension of an empress.
In less than a year, it has fallen apart and become what it is today.
Of course, the nobles residing in the capital, such as the loyal Duke Rivi,
Upon learning of these events, he did not show anger but instead began to observe.
Given these challenging national circumstances, this presented the Queen with an excellent opportunity to prove her abilities.
They wanted to see how long it would take the Queen to reclaim these inexplicably lost territories.
The nobles were not worried about whether the empire's internal strife would attract a surprise attack from neighboring countries.
This is not to say that other countries lack the urge to take advantage of the situation, but rather that even when the empire is in such a predicament, they dare not act rashly.
Even a weakened camel is bigger than a horse; even a divided empire, if it were to retaliate, could inflict heavy losses on any aggressor.
Moreover, the current empress of the empire has a deep connection with the equally powerful Kingdom of Kant.
In the Kingdom of Kant, the illustrious Grand Duke Balo held a position second only to the emperor, above all others.
It is said that this Archduke Baro was the maternal grandfather of Her Majesty the Empress of the Karencia Empire.
This relationship alone is enough to make any country think twice before plotting against the empire.
It's likely that the iron cavalry of the Kingdom of Kant would easily quell any rebellious nation.
Therefore, even in this environment of territorial instability, imperial citizens could still feel a relative sense of security.
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