Chapter 72 (1/2)

Chapter 72 is here!

Sorry for the long delay, took a bit of a vacation to study soo see some of my family, and deal with my awful flu/toothache Believe me, I wouldn't take a break in Dece money on the internet will tell you

Anyway, here's chapter 72, I hope you'll enjoy it!

Chapter 72

【”Ugh! This is infuriating! How did this plebeian nobody rise so far up the echelons!”】

Albert furiously threw the glass in his hand towards the floor The fancy piece of glass-work, that could sell for a high price anywhere in the continent loudly shattered into ments

Albert heavily sank into his sofa and let out a deep sigh

( ―― I'veboth astonished and violently angry at the saa that ca about her, Albert usually wouldn't have allowed hiet this upset over such avictorious blind his judgeround-zero

Worst of all, he had gotten on the bad side of the king

The nobles of his faction, who used to flatter him all the time, had all unanimously refused to cooperate with him

Even the priiven hi of that hu

【”da to abandon me!”】

Albert had anticipated very early-on that the Jorard

That hy he planned to contribute to Asgard's invasion, to nty over Jornized by the empire

To that end, it was absolutely necessary to ard empire realize that Albert was the true successor of the throne, and that they'd benefithostile to hi ard, and who did not deserve any special treatment

If so, then his betrayal of his country was utterly pointless

Albert was born in one of the doure in the kingdom, with the first princess as his wife

His pride would never allow hiional noble

If that had been his aim, he would have obediently accepted to stay in the political world as a regular, pro to become a prime minister only

【”…Maybe I should just reconcileto happen!!”】

Albert also had the option of letting bygones be bygones and trying to and's royal court

However, that would mean he'd have to openly accept and show that he was below that co Albert could never bear to do That humiliation would be more than he could take

After all, the person who had taken his right to the throne froin as none other than Kurats

(――What should I do, then?)

Until just a few days ago, Albert was expecting about 20 of the country's nobles to follow hiovernard eet the support of a few relatives and maybe some petty nobility who shared borders with his territory

The uished noble family, but when it ca special

Taking all this into account, Albert obviously no longer had enough in his arsenal to catch the Asgard e the front line of a revolt right aould get hi hi's hands and be forever branded as a traitor

Rosberg's face crossed Albert'swasthings logically, Albert's forces were far too lacking for hi anyway

【”…dae…”】

If not for that Kurats Hans Al dead, Lapland would have been destroyed, and their destruction would have greatly pacified Jorle ard's forces with his power alone?

At that ht

(That's it! That man's the key to it all!)

Kurats was able to use a type of ic saint Arthurius' systehout the world

He also had the strength to lift up a le hand and to easily throw it at his eneardian soldiers using that method

Moreover, those who happened to survived his attacks would feel such fear when faced with his absolute power that they could not even get themselves put in any effort to help their comrades

On a battlefield, soldiers who could not overcome their fear were useless

There was no way the Asgard eerous et rid of the threat, either by assassinating hi him an ally

Given princess Lunaria's current circumstances, it was very unlikely that Kurats would switch sides

That being the case, the Asgard e Kurats was the do Kurats would be a sufficient achieveard's eyes

However, ould be even better would be to kill hihts

【”I need someone here!”】

【”Master, you called?”】

As a butler who had been working here for ave hi to hide his exciteather information about that man! Where he comes from, his family, what he likes, any wo! I don't care how !”】

At this point in ti Kurats' downfall… But, in the end, he was still just an upstart with no backers

It wouldn't be hard to sabotage him And if Albert could successfully make him yield, then perhaps he'd even be able to use him as his chess piece afterwards

In any case, Albert was finally recognizing Kurats as not just a mere coood tea”】

In a VIP room for nobles at a certain coffee shop in a street corner of Jor co preparations for h retainers, we need way more!”】

【”Can't we hire people on-site?”】

【”You think there is anyone fro there by choice?! They'll all escape at the first chance they find!”】

【”But they'd be getting the opportunity of being a direct retainer of a count's household…”】

The truth was that Kurats and Cornelia did not have

The only preparations needed were for Lunaria's sake, as she was the princess of a country, and for the very sa on battlefields, so this was mostly about Lunaria