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Chapter 153
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The Imperial Household leadership was moving busily.
A strategy team composed of dozens of legal advisors and strategists was organizing materials for the public hearing.
Alexander, the one with the fire at his feet, was watching them leisurely.
From the experts' perspective, that was rather better.
Because it was obvious that if Alexander stepped in there, he would only hold back the strategy team.
Еň ŭ m̊ а
The only thing he could do was watch this situation as much as possible.
And using his current position to gather the most capable people possible.
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Still, as if to show he wasn't just sucking his fingers, he had one achievement.
"Are these contents certain?"
Alexander read the copied plan and called a name to that crystal orb.
"Baron Giyot?"
Е̇nùm̂ а
Baron Giyot.
He was a noble acting as a lord in the Far East.
-Y-yes, sir!
"Relax a bit. I'm not trying to eat you, so why so tense?"
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-Ah, s-sorry! Anyway, the scenario sent over is a summary from brainstorming what strategy the Regent-nim will take in this meeting.
"Regent-nim?"
Ẅ е́ b̂ n̂ о̃v̂ е̌l̂ Е̄ n ům̌a
-Ah, Regent. Regent Ferda.......
Alexander acting sensitive and Baron Giyot cowed.
The breathing heard over the crystal orb hesitated, then finally opened its mouth.
-Um...... Crown Prince-nim.......
"What is it?"
-If this goes well, will you keep the promise?
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"That's absurd....... Are you doubting me right now?"
-Ah, no! How could I? Me saying something presumptuous and weird again.......
Alexander sighed as if pathetic and spoke.
"Don't worry. I'll protect your safety. And I'll prepare a post inside the Inner Wall too."
-Thank you for saying it again! I don't know where to put my body! Thank you!
"So since you're acting the traitor, spy thoroughly."
É ǹum̄ a
-Understood! Please remember this Giyot who is always loyal to the Empire!
Thus the crystal orb's communication cut off.
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A position can be made anytime.
If it can't be made?
Just throw it away.
Since he's become a traitor anyway, whether the promise is kept or not meant nothing to Alexander.
Е́ nu̇ m̊a
People in the Empire are merely consumables; things that can be discarded anytime once their use is done.
Nobles are no different.
'Still, I got a promise from Old Man Golt to help.......'
There's no way things will turn disadvantageous for Alexander.
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Besides, doesn't he have that 'assistant' everyone wants?
Just thinking about it made him pleased, so he expressed thanks to him once more unnecessarily.
Е̇ń û m̃ȧ
"To think you'd lend me your wisdom, it's truly deeply moving."
The middle-aged man sitting there replied dignifiedly.
"Not at all. The Empire's pillars are those with Golden Blood flowing, so how could I not help, Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, I'm still just the Crown Prince."
"You will ascend the throne and reign someday, so what difference does calling you that now make?"
"Haha! You saw the future where I become king?"
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"Of course."
Hearing those words, groundless confidence surged.
Alexander's ears fluttered at flattery, but this man's flattery was on a different dimension.
No wonder, since he was precisely......
"Thank you for cooperating with me, Sage of Water."
Because he was Helus Povidas, famous in the world as the Sage of Water.
Еn̊ um̌ӓ. i d̈
"Not at all. I am honored to cooperate with you, Your Highness."
Laughter filled with certainty of victory spread through the Crown Prince's office.
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* * *
-......The above is the Crown Prince's current strategy.
"I see."
Ferda, having received the copy, answered briefly.
E̊ n_ǔ m̂ а̂
As he read it quietly, a fidgety voice rang annoyingly.
-Um...... Do I have to stay here continuously?
Helus asks cautiously.
Ferda asked him as if dumbfounded.
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"Can't you do everything there that you can do here?"
-O-of course...... but rather it's to the point of being burdensome.
Еnu m̌а̇
No matter how much Helus lives swaggering as a Sage, inside him sat a poor mage.
So the Imperial Household's luxury was on a different dimension.
When Helus indulged in the luxury he knew, the Imperial people reacted with 'fitting for a Sage, frugal.'
It was truly shocking that Helus was nothing but a frog in a well.
"Enjoy while you can there. Imperial entertainment isn't something even ordinary nobles easily experience."
-Enjoying is fine but...... I have one request.
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"Let's hear it."
-Th-that...... I'd like you to help me use Wisdom a bit more.......
A request he'd expected.
Ferda answered that request like this.
"For a Sage, three question chances should be enough."
-Three is too few. People ask this and that, how am I supposed to answer everything.......
Е nu m̄ ӑ..ï d
"Thinking you have to answer everything is stupid, isn't it?
-I don't even know what's important.......
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"Use that."
-H-how do you mean?
"Answer even things that don't look important sometimes, to make them look important. That's why I sent you."
It looks like infiltrating the Imperial interior to resolve things, but actually it's just a means to cause confusion.
Еn̈ û m̊ а. і́ d
Olivia also grasped that purpose instantly and sent him to Alexander.
-I'll use it my way too...... but still, could you increase the question count a bit.......
Helus pleading again.
Ferda sighed openly.
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'Thought he'd be hard to use properly.......'
He's frustrating beyond imagination.
Ёn̂û m̀a .ĩd
For now, since he's called one of the continent's top Sages, he decided to adjust to match that capacity.
"Alright. I'll help so you can ask up to five times a day. Two increased, so think more carefully about what's important when using them."
-Th-thank you!
"Report regularly what happens while helping Alexander, and prioritize the Princess's orders. Understand?"
-Y-yes! Of course!
He'll definitely be loyal.
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When he saw Olivia, he made a face like someone properly bewitched by the Demon of Lust.
"By the way, the Princess?"
Curious about Olivia's recent news, he asked him.
-Lately she visits the Alteshin Religion side often. From what I heard, she's trying to take Saintess lessons.......
Reaching 4th Circle, she began properly learning the magic priests learn.
In faith she reached the difficult Fourth Realization, so the Alteshin Religion will be proactive.
Е ńŭmа
Whether making her a nun, or a connection linking the Imperial Household and power.
'Red Circle made from deep faith.......'
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Ferda still couldn't understand.
Olivia's figure suddenly gaining realization in a cheap inn's single room and spinning her Circle.
Why then, why did Olivia realize?
Religious realization is originally strange.
W е́ b̃ ǹ o̊.vе́l̃ _Enum̄ а̇
Awakening two Circle stages at once at the end of terrible meditation under the Bodhi tree, or feeling spirit from flowing river water and awakening.
What she saw and how she felt, Olivia herself might not know.
Realization is indescribable, and fades as the Circle forms.
'Anyway, the foothold to Saintess is made.'
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She must reach 5th Circle, but having pierced the 4th Circle which is the biggest hurdle, Ferda thought Olivia could do it without issue.
Ferda examined the contents Helus prepared.
E̊ n ǔ mӑ
"......."
It's a mess.
The contents were too all over the place.
He wondered if he should get angry, but Helus must have judged that giving raw material was better than organizing it himself.
"Mori."
The waiting Mori turned her head.
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The expressionless girl waits for instructions.
"Organize this content and give it to me."
Nod nod.
Mori quickly scanned and started sifting out key points.
Garnet, watching that process, asked Ferda with a surprised look.
"Is this girl the source of knowledge the Sage of Water possessed?"
W̌ е̊bn o v̀ е̂ l Е n u m̃ a
"Yeah."
"Beyond imagination."
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"Mori's ability?"
"That too, but there were many parts where the knowledge source was undervalued because of Helus. But she just wasn't being utilized at all."
Ferda nodded as if sympathizing.
Garnet leaned toward Mori.
Ėn um ӓ. i d̂
To see the text she was writing down.
"Intelligence Chief."
"Yes?"
"Sorry, but please don't approach Miss Mori carelessly."
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Isabella glared.
Eyes containing emotion not usually visible.
W еb̀ nó v̀ е́ l̄ Ĕ n_ûm̊ǎ
"Sorry, Administrator."
Garnet felt a chill and obediently stepped back.
It was a sufficiently justified situation.
'A precious Far East asset, so need to be careful for now.'
It looked a bit different to Ferda who knew her.
'Does even Garnet think of her as a rival?'
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She is a precious asset, but the fact it was for extremely personal reasons, only Garnet didn't know.
Meanwhile, Mori cleanly finished the work and showed the organized version.
The clump of text became an easy-to-read summary.
Ferda scanned the summary and extracted needed information.
"Grand Duke Valdemar Golt seems to be acting as Alexander's assistant."
"If Grand Duke Golt assists...... the game is practically tilted, isn't it."
Е̊n̆ ŭ m̂a.ĩ d
Valdemar Golt.
At that name's mention, Garnet's expression wasn't good.
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Meaning he's that hard to touch.
Ferda also knew what kind of person this man was.
'The Emperor's closest aide.......'
If asked whether he's loyal to the Emperor, unknown, but they're definitely in a symbiotic relationship.
Wéb̌ ǹ o v̌ е̊ l Е̃ǹ ú m̈_а̂
That much prestige, renowned fame, called the People's Hero.
"The Crisis Countermeasure Headquarters has 5 Supreme Councilors total, but Grand Duke Golt has two other Assemblymen in his pocket too."
The Supreme Councilor list was as follows.
People's Hero, Grand Duke Valdemar Golt.
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Conqueror of Black Death, Marquis Acad de Belung.
Reverse Hero, Count Oldin Rooster.
W̃ е̌bn̊ õ vе̄l̇ È num а
Rogue Archmage, Erdes Roton.
Alteshin Religion Leader, Joseph Faust.
Erdes's seat originally had another person, but coincidentally a man who ignored Alexander's deployment order and was beheaded.
That vacancy was given to Erdes who made the greatest merit in this raid.
Normally she wouldn't do such a bothersome thing, but knowing it involved Ferda, she must have attended like a ghost.
"The key is how to win over Valdemar, then."
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"That's right."
Ferda recalled the last Grand Duke Golt he saw.
He was an old man full of age spots, but his back was always straight.
He always wondered about the source of that prestige.
One loved by commoners is hated by nobles, one loved by nobles is hated by commoners, but he receives love from both powers.
"Grand Duke Golt is just a dying old man, so why is he still going strong?"
Е̌ n u m̃ а . ī d̊
"It's because of the greenhouse."
"Greenhouse?"
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"Grand Duke Golt's territory has a dome-shaped greenhouse."
It wasn't in Ferda's memory.
Seemed like from his position it was a trivial story so he didn't pay attention.
"What kind of greenhouse is it?"
Е n̆ ū ma . і̌ d̄
"A place that can maintain spring warmth even in cold winter, and autumn coolness even in summer."
Wondered why he didn't remember, but it was because it wasn't that amazing.
Because it's basic magic equipped in this castle where Ferda is.
"If it's that kind of trick, 4th Circle mages can do it too, no?"
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"Your words are correct."
If it was that kind of greenhouse, Garnet wouldn't have mentioned it unnecessarily.
Ӗ nûm̌ а. ǐď
"But if the internal mana concentration is controlled too, the story changes."
"Mana concentration too?"
At those words, Ferda's interest sparked too.
"How much can it adjust?"
"Don't know about high concentration, but at minimum it can create a mana-free zone level."
Climate adjustment magic, if you can handle the aftermath, you can use it plenty of times.
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But making a mana-free zone using magic doesn't work.
It's similar principle to sucking all the air out of that area.
Small space maybe, but applying to that whole wide dome, impossible for a simple mage.
"If a mana-free zone can be made...... cultivating rare elixir ingredients wouldn't be impossible either."
"That's right."
Some ingredients with spiritual efficacy demand extreme conditions.
E̊ ñ u m̀a.
Among them, the tricky condition is mana concentration, which is literally difficult to maintain without grinding people up.
"Do you know what spell formula it uses?"
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"We tried infiltrating our agents a few times to dig it out...... but almost got reverse-tracked several times instead."
Security so tight even a secret intelligence organization can't dig it out, interesting.
Grand Duke Golt isn't from a mage family, so how can he have such technology?
'Ten to one he stole it from some mage or scholar.'
E n ũ m ã
But that alone isn't enough.
If a non-mage steals and makes it his own, it means other mages can easily copy it.
But Valdemar grasping the core of a spell formula that stealing alone isn't enough for.
Meaning he's full of mage talent too.
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'If he uses that as a weapon to lead nobles, Vernel could become a target too.'
Like Alexander, Valdemar could target Vernel too.
W е bṅov е̂ l Е̌ňum̌ а̄
At the Halim presentation he gave high expectations, but results pouring out so amazingly they make those expectations pale.
'Four projects proceeding in the Grand Duke's territory.'
Magitech Rifle improvement by Grand Duke's territory technicians.
Water purification and waterway development collaborating with Blue Eye.
Mana Automobile with Escolleia and the Merchant Company.
Mana Stone efficiency upgrade, the foundation work for these three projects' success, still ongoing.
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Currently showing breakthrough efficiency of total 30%.
All projects gaining momentum, would be a disaster if seized or braked now.
"The Empire will use this situation as pretext to demand magitech technology, right?"
"That's right."
That technology almost lost if surrendered to Alexander.
Even if situation settles, possibility of seizure makes it a headache.
Ë ň ů m а
Truly persistent bastards.
"If there's an easy way......."
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Ferda muttered that.
Nothing in the world is easy, but that wish meant he's human after all.
"There is an easy way."
Then Garnet didn't let those words pass and answered.
Еn umа
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