Long Live the Emperor, Minus Me (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 145

This grand achievement was accomplished by Sharkel, who had vanished at some point with the words, “I have a task.”

He knelt before Blanche, having barely wiped away the dust and sweat, to deliver his report.

“As instructed, I intercepted the Cartian royal family en route from Ilam Province to their villa.”

Blanche had ordered Sharkel to take fifty cavalrymen and search Ilam Province.

She’d even mapped out their likely route, reasoning their destination was certainly the royal villa—so finding the royals along that path hadn’t been difficult.

Though the villa would be guarded by troops, the royal party had minimized their escort during transit for faster movement.

Using his tactical acumen, Sharkel easily disrupted the guards and succeeded in his mission.

“Well done. Without you, I couldn’t have secured such a swift bargaining chip. Since we have time before negotiations begin, rest well—you and your men.”

Indeed. The commanders, who’d finally understood Blanche’s previously baffling maneuvers, nodded in agreement.

If she’d always intended to force surrender by leveraging the royal family, there’d been no need to fully occupy every region they passed—or even to besiege the capital.

Now at ease, they turned to soldiers’ traditional pastime: disparaging the enemy.

“But to evacuate only his own family during wartime—what a shameless king Cartia has!”

Soldiers naturally mocked and belittled foes—praising the sun when it rose, cursing it when it set.

Blanche knew this well, but since there’d be no battle to boost morale, she saw no reason to indulge such idle talk.

So she calmly countered her subordinate’s remark.

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