That tremendous affection might be a weakness for those in power, but the emperor did not bother to hide it. If you are confident that you can keep it, you don’t feel the need to hide it. However, amid the closed barrier, a lone serene ruler only stirs up anxiety.

Emperor Perseuta remained quietly holed up in his bedroom. He didn’t have time to save the woman he loved, and he may have already known it was over.

Carlos Arthur Ingram pondered the curse of the woman at his fingertips in silence.
I attempted a perfect resolution, but the curse that eventually rose to the lower abdomen and stopped remained strong. Anyway, other parts of the body are unnecessary. If Rustica Gennes fully holds his head, she cannot leave his hands even if she dies. It is quietly preserved within the barrier.

“Are you ready?”

The Imperial Knight Commander, who approached, answered Emperor Calleta’s question.

“Everything is ready.”

“Are you determined?”

“It’s already done.”

No matter what instructions Emperor Calleta gives, they obey unconditionally.

For 430 years, Carlos, who killed new Southern sages and put them in the barrier, included talented geniuses and wizards, and especially those who killed during the humiliation of Perseuta, now had the power even of Emperor Perseuta.

Even now, through Ru, a tremendous power was pouring into him.

“Advance.”

Thanks to that, Emperor Calleta, who easily subdued the sudden Southern monster wave, turned his head north. To the north, to the country of monsters that continued to send hated demons, consuming national power.

“Charge!”

The barrier that Emperor Perseuta arbitrarily plundered is Carlos’s. In order to make it clear, he closed the door once after erasing it, and then removed the barrier himself to take the road. The barrier that tightly blocked the front of Katat was open.

Noble Eastern nobles who had been informed of this news in advance also moved quickly. They took advantage of the recent situation where the emperor gradually took all the power, and even after the appearance of the Southern Sage, the time when Dragon Lord went to sleep, they plotted.

“Assemble!”

The marines of the nobles, who fought against pirates and had thick bones, turned their bows not outside the country but inside. Quietly, very quietly, the fleets began to leave the sea. The dignity of the fleet that filled the Eastern sea was a huge threat just by its existence.

And the Imperial Navy, which had to stop them, was nothing. The emperor only started to raise the navy now, and the navy brought by the fall of Moiqufel, are all people known to Eastern nobles. He was confident that he could destroy them.

“Do you have experience in naval battles?”

Cedric Lauber, the Eastern Fleet Admiral and overall commander, who watched the advancing Negrete and Svenya ships through a telescope, shook his head with a pale face at Admiral Burdin’s question.

“I do, but it’s not useful.”

Nevertheless, the new Duke Alanca mobilized all the military power of Alanca and joined forces with Perseuta’s navy. On the day he pledged allegiance, he recalled the emperor’s words, which he didn’t believe at all.

Eastern nobles will turn their backs on me, how will you handle it?

If he doesn’t show loyalty, the emperor will also create Alanca. Cedric Lauber stood here with mixed feelings, both for and against his own will.
If someone says there is no sign of civil war in Perseuta, that wouldn’t be entirely true. There was Moiqufel Duke, who tried to assassinate the emperor right away. Of course, he failed immediately, and it only served as an opportunity to show how formidable the emperor was. In Perseuta, there were many who did not acknowledge the emperor. Honestly, even in the house of Cedric Lauber, there were many. Except for Cedric and Catherine, it could be said that everyone else was.

The East was the land of Eastern nobles, not the emperor’s land. So Cedric Lauber had to participate in the war to preserve his family.

Trust Alanca with the sea.

Words thrown with a smile by a true ruler are frightening. Cedric understood the fear his younger sister felt every time she faced the emperor.

At the same time, irritation grew towards his father and brother, who didn’t know what kind of person that man was. They pretended to be great, but in the end, they were fools who didn’t know anything.

“I apologize for participating in the war without preparation, but I will do my best.”

Cedric Lauber also sharpened his words to the emperor. Tell me a little faster! After going to swear allegiance and getting struck by lightning, rushing back to Alanca to inspect the ship and join the navy, there was no time to even rest.

But if he had told him sooner, Cedric would have also agonized a lot. Shocked by the fact that Negrete and Svenya had betrayed him, and now he had to get along with them. There was no guarantee that he wouldn’t hesitate.

The emperor does not trust Alanca. He didn’t say anything until the last minute, forcing him to capture the emperor without letting go.

“A more intense battlefield awaits Your Majesty here.”

The emperor must have thoroughly calculated until the very end. In the media, it was said that the emperor couldn’t even stop Calleta’s provocation, and they babbled about the recklessness of the young emperor. But Cedric fundamentally believed what he saw.

“That’s right. Well, let’s endure it well.”

Admiral Burdin spoke slowly, tapping his shoulder with a telescope.

The emperor treated Admiral Burdin very harshly. One day, while wandering the Eastern Sea, he caught the back of his pretentious and arrogant navy’s ridiculous appearance, promoted him several ranks, and bullied him to death. Fixing all the creaking ships, recruiting poorly selected marines, and making the marines who volunteered to taste three meals each were all tormented to the brink of death. Admiral Burdin himself also tasted death while the emperor was rolling him here and there.

The emperor gave only one thing properly. And he took away the soldiers that Moiqufel had.
Still, it was far from being called the Imperial Navy when Alanca joined. In the end, the power that the Alsmone Alliance had was divided in half, and they found themselves in a situation where they had to compete against each other.

“Don’t be too tense. You’ll either die or get hurt, so it doesn’t matter.”

Hahaha, Admiral Burdin, whose large build made the surroundings tremble, tapped Cedric’s back. Leaving behind words that were not helpful at all, he walked briskly to the deck.

In the distance, a noble fleet from the East with already prepared combat stances had to be given a final warning. Admiral Burdin, as the admiral of the solemn Emperor, shouted out loud.

“Hey, you reckless bastards!”

Cedric Lauber, as the Duke of Alanca, had to express regret about the problematic title, but instead, he just smiled. After all, as the second son of a duke, he had lived freely like a prodigal. This side suited his temperament much better.

“Where do you come crawling out to try nonsense! Get lost before you get beaten!”

And, in Cedric’s eyes, Burdin spoke very smoothly and diplomatically now. The language sailors usually used was so vulgar that nobles couldn’t even imagine it.

Shouting loudly enough for it to be heard over there and even sending signals with light, Admiral Burdin crossed the deck again. Then he commanded.

“All hands, prepare for battle!”

“Don’t they hear the answer?”

Cedric asked amusingly.

“What’s the use of going in? At best, they’ll speak elegant nonsense in the language used by nobles.”

That was a valid point. Seeing the signal sent from the other side starting with ‘vulgar and sordid,’ Burdin, with a pipe in his mouth, said.

“Fire.”

Bang!

Smoke rose from the gunports, and a distant cannonball flew over the sea. After 430 years, war broke out again in the Perseuta Empire.