Chapter 270

Aegir POV

As I lean back into my chair, Celia who is next to me is holding onto the hilt of her sword tightly, nervous enough that you could almost hear it .

Naturally, my Dual Crater is on my hip and my longsword is also nearby .

Hurry up and tell me . There is no point in calling me here for a private conversation if youre not going to-

The silent Bakleylan suddenly bursts out with words after I speak to him .

Isnt this different than what was promised!? For the Royal army to come out to the front lines like this!

Anh?

My head isnt registering what hes bringing up all of a sudden .

I look to Celia to see if I was missing something, but she shakes her head with a dubious look on her face .

I can understand the Goldonian army coming to assist with the uprising becoming larger in scale than expected, however attacking and invading Karudia goes against what was agreed upon!

What is this guy saying?

Wait a second, what are you talking about? Didnt you start the rebellion because you were seeking independence from Goldonia?

Bakleylan looks surprised for a moment when I asked him before he carefully takes out a piece of paper from a thick leather case .

Seeing how his hand is shaking, I can tell that piece of paper is a very important document .

Celia takes the document and spreads it open so I can also see .

This is-!?Mu

Celia is astonished and Im left speechless .

I didnt even think about this .

This is a letter from His Majesty Alexandro I himself . Dunois, The General Governor of Magrado is

Quiet . I can read it myself .

The following document can be summarized as follows:

Goldonia is disappointed that the General Governor could not properly rule over the land of Magrado .

Many people believe Dunoiss behavior is a problem .

If things do not spill over to Goldonias mainland, the need to overthrow the general governor may be unavoidable .

A new vassal state may be established independently with Bakleylan as the leader as long as a certain level of tax is paid .

I see .

The seal stamped on the letter is certainly the same one used by the King and its unthinkable for it to be fake .

This was without a doubt sent by the King of Goldonia .

In return for swearing allegiance to the King of Goldonia

Bakleylan continues on, but I ignore him and turn to Celia .

You have the decree for the expedition we are on, right? Not the one sent by Erich, but the one directly from His Majesty .

Y-yes!

Celia hastily retrieves the document .

I would have torn it up or lost it, which is why I entrusted it to Celia .

Unlike Erichs letter which contains specific information about army formations, the Kings royal decree contains mostly ceremonial statements and doesnt have much meaning besides giving me legitimacy and authority as the army commander .

Even if we look back at the sentences, its hard to distinguish what is meant by the roundabout manner of speech .

However I do remember Leopolt making a strange face when he saw it the first time .

here . This last part .

Thoroughly annihilate the rebels . There is no need for compassion or mercy .

Eliminating rebels and killing all the ringleaders is an obvious thing to do so there is no need for that instruction to be written down .

The previous sentence was also talking about the dignity of the Kingdom so this last part is redundant .

The rhyming of the ceremonial parts were also unnatural .

Wittmann said it was absurd to hold a private meeting, didnt he?

Yes . He is obviously enraged .

I look quietly at Bakleylan .

If the King made some sort of promise with this guy, it doesnt make sense for him to dispatch us or the Royal army .

If there was a situation where he had no choice but to dispatch troops, he would have let me or Wittmann know .

If that was the case, I would have put the governorate army in front and let Dunois clean up the independent faction .

There should be no need to exhaust the time or money to organize and train the Kingdoms army .

The decree calling attention to something so specific can only mean one thing .

The King intends to cut this guy off . No, he never intended to pick him up in the first place .

His goal was just to get him to rebel, even if that mean promising future authority .

does anybody else know about this matter?

No way! Everyone genuinely believes I desire to be independent . If not, this many feudal lords wouldnt follow me!

Yeah, thats true . If anybody knew of his secret arrangement with the King, nobody would go as far as risking their own lives to follow him .

Only the people here know of this secret .

And its one which should not be known by many .

I take the secret letter and hold it up to the light shining in from the window .

Its a fake .

Huh? Theres no way! The Commissioner of Government Affairs personally brought it to me!

I chase Bakleylan