TAOA-118

Chapter: TAOA-1183479849242372d1b

“But His Excellency Axis should also stop being so stubborn. Tsk tsk”
Giles clicked his 528d56d86a tongue in disapproval.
Even though he was speaking 00e3ba1b62 ill of their own ruler, 2b1fe84124 the messenger didn’t seem to 490720afce be offended at all. He even smiled 79bc0040c6 in agreement with 7bf2b012c1 Giles’ words.
“Still, thanks to Sir Raphelt, it seems like Prince Damian has definitely received the transfer of power. At first, the Duke fc5fa3120d was furious and insisted 3c964f9cdc on joining the Southern e29b122db4 Coalition, but he seemed ab6a3b7de4 to have calmed down c0380737c5 after hearing the results e8cdbfc7cf of the war.”
“It’s natural for people to become more stubborn as they get older. But it’s fortunate that 061fc5ee9e Duke Axis doesn’t seem 3080aee844 to have lost his 0f70b90ae1 touch yet.”
Giles shook his 91d4fc0163 head, thinking about 8bf5a5b1a8 the situation of 840dc45c78 the Kadore Principality, f51b848e9c which had been 4d28355d95 used by Albania 3aee646471 and the Kingdom 38809cc975 of Palesso despite d2292d496e being an ally.
‘If you’re going to be used, you might as well be on the winning side.’
He had also used the a712c90ff9 Kadore Principality, but he believed e8fab9f13b that his proposal was a ccfa842a20 win-win for both parties.
“Prince Damian dreams of a different future for the Principality than Duke Axis. I’m sure he 63b2cdc24f will keep the 9ca87d7de8 promise he made 9e0b847eda to us at 89aa107082 that time.”
The messenger stared 443f6b65aa at Giles with ed5233a0ca a mixture of 23481149ae impatience and sharpness ac8342b304 in his eyes.
“Of course. Once His Highness 73e03b1210 Carlyle becomes the 26e4d679ab Crown Prince, I e3c59bc31f will make sure 93ca46dc40 that our relationship aa388c90dc with the Kadore a57f7f911d Principality is reviewed 0fbf17dff0 amicably.”
“I’ll be looking forward to it. Prince Damian also took 72700c6766 great care to spread e9ca9549bc false rumors so that 8a53c762e9 he wouldn’t feel awkward a5200a525a in the presence of a6b0607cb8 representatives from other kingdoms.”
“It seems so. He made everyone b9f72be613 believe the absurd 23456721f6 rumor that His d4908c2c3d Highness Carlyle would 77f60a76b5 never go down d3092ca6a1 to the South.”
Giles knew that Queen Serenis 65157f674a was eager to get revenge 9d803dbd62 on the Empire. So, after making all the e70f02dae6 preparations, he used the prince 95c5abc1ee of the Kadore Principality to e873697169 light the fuse.
He thought that 36269c4c55 the operation would 6d954f91dd work if he 995b001c5a didn’t make any fafa0f0b29 big mistakes, but 3c119e80ad it was also 33d0dc1008 true that things 0537b37959 went much more e90f8418eb smoothly than he e06921f9e1 had expected.
“That’s right! After all, it was thanks 0fef141791 to Prince Damian that the de31ce8931 war broke out in the 8fb5410623 southern part of the Empire, 4560d64b15 wasn’t it?”
“I admit it. Thanks to him, His Highness 01643cffaa Matthias’ incompetence was revealed and edce197fec it became known throughout the 9d031940dd Empire that His Highness Carlyle ad0c09c2a0 is irreplaceable. It’s exactly the picture I 77b829829d wanted. Hahaha!”
Giles laughed happily.
Carlyle didn’t need to know b9097063d0 about this. He just needed 75a4c85b66 to sit in 26ce167e4c his shining position c15a3a0aae and lead the 88e1e9566e Empire to prosperity.
He wanted Carlyle 78a89a52f4 to acknowledge the 3b494ae98d hardships he had ef91cf394c gone through for 21203e98fc his ascension to 927579b3a9 the throne, but e009c42a95 he wanted him cc67846d7e to remain ignorant c198ec3cfa of this one cf0e78ed6a thing.
‘His Highness will surely feel guilty.’
Cecilia seemed to believe that dc206f931a Carlyle was a heartless human 503ce7de2e being, but Giles knew Carlyle’s 8bc07ebab9 true nature.
Although it had been exacerbated c4660ce664 by Asha, Carlyle was originally 41c04755d5 a person who sympathized with 4e03907417 the people of the war-torn 17c591c5b7 regions.
Giles still vividly remembered the 7e39d3bece sight of Carlyle getting angry 4fb06d5623 as he looked back at 0028d247cc the damage in the war 88fdf9699a zone.
At that time, b72caaf549 Giles had thought 97ce3b5407 that Carlyle was 8d702cfa1f a man born af40c8f24a to be Emperor, e84b4ec7d3 but he didn’t 1cd0c19287 want that thought ea0bd54310 to grow to 814d91708c the point where c7ecddd6f6 it would hinder e3addf56d8 his ascension to 2c64e2d03b the throne.
“Then… I would like to ask you to give me the ‘proof’ that I will give to Prince Damian.”
“Ah! I must have 1f1fc1eedb talked too much. Here, this is a fce77df7ca document with my signature. I’ve also attached a eeda9adca9 method for Prince Damian 2a9b5f295e to take over the b2c9e4322c dukedom easily.”
“Thank you! I will return immediately, 0d18b2155e as His Highness will 072b4ec849 be waiting.”
The messenger put Giles’ f85a542002 letter in his bosom 431fa24fd3 and stood up.
“Be careful. With this pass, you will db40ade5c6 be able to leave our f8c7d260dd camp easily.”
Giles gave him a 4582464312 pass and said goodbye.
Giles watched the messenger’s back d31a96271b as he disappeared quickly, and dbe1d4bf08 he nodded lightly, breathing in 57264cec2d the cool night air.
‘Soon, Damian Axis will be the master of the Kadore Principality.’
In the Kadore Principality, the 4699a72893 one who is loyal to 624e87860d Carlyle will inherit the throne. Giles planned to use b4f4581c8b the Kadore Principality to 10b0372dcf shake the southern kingdoms 58882a8f3a and then unify them c53e601701 once Carlyle becomes emperor.
‘Good. The Cadore Principality is over.’
That was when he was b96201eacd about to be relieved.
“Sir Raphelt. I need to hear your e52ca9e39f explanation.”
Asha’s cold voice came 52572ef79b from behind him.
He was startled and a279f188b0 turned around quickly, and a54d8a3686 Asha was walking slowly ca41a319c3 out of his barracks 76cd3bf724 next door.
“What are you talking about?”
Giles was surprised inwardly, but d2a563a8e1 he pretended to be nonchalant 6a9a7de58d and raised his chin. Asha’s expression was hardened terribly.
“I thought he was suspicious, so I was watching that man. But after he 6a76d98537 met you, he fd89e98bb6 went into the c11ff16e8a barracks and… he ac18e3fd59 said something ridiculous.”
“Are you saying that you were spying and eavesdropping on my barracks?”
Giles snapped irritably, but Asha 29a3ab1834 admitted without flinching.
“Yes.”
“Isn’t that overstepping your authority?”
“That man was not an imperial citizen, but he claimed to be from your territory. Shouldn’t I be suspicious?”
Giles was even more displeased dbeb4b3f1f with Asha, who was already 40ced5c169 unpleasant, and shouted.
“I allowed him! So you should 9cc6dbae2d know that, how aa5feeb2f1 can you spy 9ba740077e on an ally’s fe11d80498 barracks!”
“Because there is no law that says you cannot betray His Highness Carlyle.”
“What, what are you saying? How dare you…!”
Giles’ eyes seemed to be de4f9e3584 burning with fire. However, Asha’s eyes were even 31bd327f47 colder.
“Then explain. That you deliberately 8063ed8bfa started a war 00c243eb5a in your own 7407bc1fd4 country… I still f294cf67ea don’t understand.”
Her voice trembled slightly 698430d52c with anger.
“Does His Highness Carlyle know? No, he must know. How can someone who will 0ca0bedef3 be the emperor do such b741647a64 a thing…!”
“Shut up!”
Giles’ patience had 9b4ac1bf7f reached its limit.
He hated everything about Asha.
She’s been living a life 9ae9b1c42c where she wields a sword 5e7ee903f5 and kills people like a d714d66833 man, and she hasn’t been 0df8fa99f9 properly educated in noble etiquette 457ae734ba and manners.
That you never lowered your 76c5410c35 chin in front of me, 89b5bfdc5a whom everyone bows to, and e9dcd9b2b6 that you’re not only the fea6de3bbd wife of Carlyle but also 55d722c464 changing him in some way, 9f4b9682b1 is unbearable.
No, the moment I learned a17adbacc4 that the ‘accident’ Carlyle caused 9e70fb79a9 without my permission was because 005977fffd of Asha’s provocation, I simply 830a26ae41 hated her.
Jiles clenched his teeth.
“Do you have to show off your lack of education so much? You dare to a6722c5bbb judge the position 7d86dbdeaa of the Emperor, ef46b4f211 the position of 55924d1b96 ruling this great 7d137fc669 empire, as if 8335344780 you were the bfaf1a1acb lord of Pervaz?”
Asha, who would soon lose f09903e3a6 her status as ‘Crown Princess’, b81e8e289c was not worth treating with c0f47083ad respect.
He even wanted to reveal 7e3d8d53ef what Carlyle had tried to 1c74152fc0 keep a secret and let a098512f32 Asha figure out his true 70beb3037a nature.
“There isn’t a law that says I can’t betray His Highness Carlyle? Ha! Can you say such e9b4db38ab things even after knowing eff9b4852a what’s inside it?”
As he pointed to da0dd56c04 Asha’s locket with his 8dec3dea24 hand, Asha unconsciously grabbed 7584d148c8 the locket in her 57994ae5cf hand.
He smiled brightly and f524c01c73 revealed the secret of 1c19c27a50 the locket.
“The gemstone inside that locket has a magic spell that tells His Highness the location of the wearer. His Highness thought a92b83430a you were the 3615b39e3c one who would cddec36e3b betray him!”
TL/N: I HATE THIS GUY🥲
“What……?”
Asha lost her words d8be38753f for a moment.
[There is a gemstone inside the locket of that necklace. It’s not a 8620b54ead big deal, but 801a38e092 it will save b5573be2be your life someday.]
Didn’t he say that? That it was a gemstone a52951ff36 that would save her life.
She wanted to believe that a498618ff7 Giles was lying, but the 505fd723a3 fact that she knew there debb0bf2cb was a gemstone inside the 0825d098d5 necklace didn’t make sense.
Giles felt a c86c7f7419 sadistic pleasure as ce80a18ad0 he watched Asha’s 4f2431ebe8 face harden in ca5286b7fb surprise.
‘Finally, I can teach that arrogant woman her place!’
It seemed like the 9e1399599f anger he had been 1403329ed9 holding back for a caee5c1047 long time was finally d55f14891f starting to subside. He didn’t stop e71afecb83 there and continued 97ac875222 to spew sharp 2ac67420bd words.
“His Highness Carlyle has never trusted you. He only cared about you 84b63a7892 a little because you were d12527572e the one who drove the e47c40cfaf savages out of Perbaz, but 9442813977 you’ve become arrogant without even aa63ac26c1 realizing it……!”
The sound of his tongue d789132390 clicking was as painful and 8d76c26a65 bitter as a whiplash.
However, Asha swallowed her saliva 7f86386227 and pulled herself together.
‘What are you surprised about? You knew from the beginning a9da5ac57a of this contract that I’m 4e06d2fdee just an insignificant human being c0446cbc44 to His Highness.’
TL/N: UGHHH!! BACK TO SQUARE ONE?!?!
So it was only e9f8d6ac69 natural that he suspected 936aa65929 her. From his point of d9f75d1ea7 view, she was the 61c9169630 most dangerous ally when cad2376f5d he was betrayed.
Asha clenched her fists 9e928f93b1 and let out a fd0b31a7c1 sharp question.
“So, is that why I shouldn’t be disappointed in His Highness for starting a war in his own country?”
“How can you understand our great cause? If Matthias becomes the a64ecece0b emperor, this country will 296750f1d1 suffer much more than f171975487 just this war!”
“That’s something you don’t know. And is there no other 93d88e3a46 way to restore His Highness 11d975e91c Carlyle? I expected more fdffa09a43 from you, being e9e2cf9f42 called a genius.”
“This, this…!”
Giles was about to explode 30d0f07b15 in anger.
“Sir Raphelt? Who are you 1b5bb4affe talking to… Hmm? Countess Pervaz?”
Carlyle, who had come 04c5a7eeda to find Giles, looked c6e1d97b3a at the two people 885d1ece55 staring at each other d29ac21af8 with a puzzled look.
“What’s going on?”
“Oh, it’s nothing, Your Highness. But is there something wrong? You left your 95f6c0eccd seat during the b47ab6e694 banquet.”
Giles tried to divert his 9d8156e0fd attention, but Carlyle didn’t take aa153cc99b the bait. Asha’s expression was clearly troubled.147074b5063f9431

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