Chapter 141 (1/2)
Chapter 141
“You have a point there But is that even possible?”
Isaac asked, to which Rivelia answered
“It’s possible Wars aren’t always fought one-on-one An increase in the number of fronts is not uncommon Normally, provinces use alliances or form confederations to expand or threaten ressors”
“But the Lichtens surrendered, so isn’t that the end?”
“Yes It’s over Lichten’s territory is now part of Rondart Barony The noble Council will send an employee to oversee your proh your combined territory’s size is that of a Marquis, it won’t be possible for you to ascend to Marquis immediately For now, you’ll receive the title of Count, which is one rank lower”
“Why’re they giving it toanyway”
Frustrated at Isaac’s rude tone, Kalden shouted at hi you that it’ll be ied in negotiations with Rondart Barony whatsoever, be it via Administrative Laws or Provincial War Laws As such, the Lichtens have actually fought two separate wars on their own Perhaps if the Wolfgang Faun to amass their forces or mobilised them to the front lines, or made any action that could have iue for their share of the spoils But Wolfgang hasn’t taken any action whatsoever”
“Is that such a big deal?”
“Yes It’s a massive deal Lichten was defeated by Rondart Barnoy Therefore, the Lichtens’ territory will be part of Rondart Barony—which the Wolfgang County can’t ask for a single share of, let alone compensation for their war effort”
“Why do you keep talking about shares or coive it to them?”
“Because you can’t”
“Why?”
“You could have given all the territory to Wolfgang citing their war contributions as an excuse It may never have happened in the past, but you’veFamily have been cohts to demand a share of the Lichtens’ territory”
“Ah!”
Rivelia griarette in his mouth
“I still don’t understand What’s the relationshi+p between the the territory to them?”
“You could trade the territory under the Mercantile Laws However, Provincial War Laws take priority over territories that have been gained through it And according to the Provincial War Laws, transactions of territory gained through war is forbidden, with the sole exception being an inability to pay war compensations This was an article created in fear of provincial wars ain, but it applies to this case as well”
Isaac frowned after listening to Kalden’s explanation
“You’re ”
“And you did a great job at it The Wolfgang Fa soa drop of blood”
“So the solution?”
“You kno everyone hates you right, my lord? Both the Department of Administration and Law heard the rumours as they processed the paperwork They realised that only the Wolfgang Family would be screwed over at this rate, so they joined forces rather than let so they had and still failed And one of ues contacted , there isn’t a solution”
A bitter smirk appeared on Isaac as he rubbed his chin He remembered Mazelan’s sly snicker as he had warned Isaac That man knew this would happen and still hid it from Isaac But he still needed to proceed with the provincial war, regardless of his knowledge of the scheme
It was the quickest solution to solve both the issues of the Lichtens and Port City before the year ended It just irked Isaac that Mazelan tricked him
“Wow, sunbaenim, did you plan all of this? What will pitiful Laila do now?”
“D, don’t bully !”
“… Isaac, bad!”
Reisha teased Isaac with a ditzy s conversation to end, quickly woke up when she heard her sister’s na out in a panic Kunette ca Julia cry
Chaos quickly engulfed the rooftop, but Isaac ignored all the noise and pondered for a solution—until he realised that he didn’t need to even bother
Since Isaac needed to act like he had becoreedy and attached to this world, this scenario was the perfect piece to fit in the puzzle A scenario that would shock the world to Isaac’s content His heart would flutter from the insults shot his way
Grin!
Isaac suished his slimpsed over to Rivelia, who see a duke?”
“… Sorry?”
“I s have turned out like this, I just had the thought that it wouldn’t be so bad to beco this ti!’ I’m just enticed by this offer”
“Yes, yes Why don’t you aim for the Emperor while you’re at it?”
“Shall I?”
Isaac laughed over Rivelia’s sarcasm and turned to Kalden, who closed both his eyes and ears This conversation could be considered treachery and defahest order
“Go and bring the brat and the entire ad to make an important announcement”
“Is this everyone? It’s rather eot harder?”
Isaac commented when he sa most of the seats remained e off with thick dark circles under his eyes, Kalden, who stood aardly, and Rivelia, as standing next to Isaac
Kunette and Reisha were considered equal to Julia, asn’t a part of the administrative body, and they weren’t even included because they were playing in the corner of the room Lanburton was also absent Apparently he was too preoccupied with playing the old gentle noble ladies
Rizzly, of course, was currently blasting off all the stress that had been piling up on him up until now onto Port City residents