Chapter 394 – A new drama unfolds

Chapter 394 – A New Drama Unfolds
The news of the Southern Rebellion being quelled quickly spread throughout the country of Aldo, the news announced by the Royal Government to the public was a great victory, and the two rebel parties, Giles and Veblen, cooperated by not opening their mouths to say anything.

On the surface, the Kingdom of Aldo seemed to have returned to its previous calm, and the Rodney Dynasty’s rule was still as solid as a mountain, but some people with ulterior motives detected that although the royal family had won in the open, they had lost a lot of money in the dark.

His Majesty’s government has begun to turn its attention to fighting the kobolds that have flooded the west coast – a scourge left behind by the pirate invasions – and the news of the end of the civil unrest in Aldo has spread farther and farther to the rest of the continent.

In Nisborough, the capital of the Horned Cove Confederacy, the skies were drizzling unlike further north where snow had begun to fall in Aldo.

A carriage slowly traveled on the path in the forest outside of Nisborough. Two years ago, a gathering of wolves attacked humans in this forest, and all pedestrians were at risk for a while. Later, the city hall organized the city guards and adventurers to carry out a large-scale cleanup of the suburbs, which led to the resumption of normal traffic.

It was only after the city hall organized the city guards and adventurers to clear the suburb that normal traffic resumed. It was already some distance away from the Nice Castle, the carriage turned into a fork in the road and stopped in front of a hidden manor house.

The carriage door opened, and Edward stretched out his leg and stepped on the verdant bricks at the entrance of the manor.

“This damned weather! It’s been raining for so many days.”

He grumbled as he looked at the obscure sky and tugged at the hood of his cloak to block it out a bit more, then went to the front door and rapped on it vigorously.

“Who is it?” A small window in the door opened to reveal a pair of watchful eyes.

Edward was silent, only handing in a wooden plaque, and a few moments later the door to the manor opened.

He wrapped his cloak around him and followed a gravel path into across the courtyard and into the mansion within the manor.

Taking off his cloak and handing it to the usher, he straightened his hair and entered the chess room on the second floor.

There were already two people waiting inside, one was a young mage named Nathan who was boredly fiddling with a deck of cards, and the other was a woman dressed in civilian clothes who was standing in front of the window gazing out at the falling rain.

Edward greeted Nathan first with a slight nod, to which the other nodded without lifting her head in response, and continued to fiddle with the cards.

Edward didn’t mind, he had known this young man’s temperament for so long. What’s more, there was another presence in the room who had a great relationship with Nathan.

Edward made a formal curtsy towards the woman standing at the window – though the other man couldn’t even see his curtsy.

“My lord, definite news has come from Scott’s side – the civil war in Aldo is over.”

“Civil war?”

The female turned back to him, displaying a beautiful and pretty face, although she looked young, yet there was a slight sense of vicissitude in her demeanor, a vicissitude that shrouded her in a layer of maturity that other young women did not have.

“Yes, the civil war. Giles and Veblen have renewed their submission to the crown.”

Edward explained thus.

“Haha!” Nathan, who was fiddling with the cards on the side, snorted, “So Scott’s guys are wasting their efforts?”

“No!” Edward shook his head, “Although the Aldo royal family won the face, they lost the inside – the original families loyal to the king in the South and East Realms have been uprooted by Giles and Veblen respectively, and these two areas have essentially fallen out of the control of the royal family.”

“So it looks like our plan is ninety percent successful.”

“In terms of actual results it was one hundred percent, after this, the Kingdom of Aldo is no longer capable of interfering in external affairs.”

Nathan dropped the cards and stroked his chin, “Hmph, the Aldo royal family should be thankful, originally they should have lost more, if Master Barnett’s plan in the northwestern bay had succeeded, the kingdom’s territory that was out of the royal family’s control would not have been just the southern and eastern realms.”

“That would be pushing too hard!” The female in front of the window suddenly interjected.

“Uh …… Mom!”

“Yes, my lord!”

Nathan and Edward stopped their discussion.

The female said in a tone tinged with a few admonitions, “Remember, our purpose is not to create chaos, and now that Aldo has lost his power, just the right amount will do.”

Edward lowered his head with an educated look, even if he disagreed in his heart, he didn’t dare to show it on his face, the other party was one of the members in the highest ten-member group of the Secret Society.

After he presided over the invasion of Aldo’s West Harbor, he was sternly warned by this lord not to confront Aldo’s military forces – after the destruction of the West Harbor fleet, it was mainly the diligent fleet sent from the Northwest Bay – head-on, and could only harass them with small forces. Carried out.

The reason was that it was not allowed to push too hard just now. But judging from the results now, the lord was right in his assertion at the time.

If he had attacked too hard at the back of the kingdom at that time, what if Garrs had hit Jingyao? The purpose of the Secret Society was never to support Giles to unify Aldo, but to create a divided Aldo so that the various forces could not be twisted together.

Nathan said with a smirk, ”Right now, Giles is probably resenting us for not giving enough support? This guy’s dream from the beginning was to wear the crown, it was never as simple as cracking the land.”

The female smiled disdainfully, “If you want to hate, hate yourself for not being able to do it, a crown that is taken by someone else’s power is still heavy even if you wear it.”

Then said, “Well, in the future, we should not interfere in the affairs of Aldo, especially the Northwest …… Well, in short, that’s it.”

A trace of excitement surfaced on Nathan’s face, “Haha, a new play is about to start.”

The female sighed, “How did I give birth to a son like you who likes to make trouble.”

Nathan walked over to the window and looked at the hazy forest in the distance, “Nesta has already succumbed and Aldo is left to fend for himself, the next step is to hold the forces of the Church at Horn Bay, then His Royal Highness’s grand plan can truly be implemented.”

Edward stood behind him, his eyes showing a color of longing for the future, “Then we will be able to walk among the world with honor.”

The three of them were silent for a while before the female suddenly asked again, “Has that group of escapees been contacted yet?”

Nathan replied, “Contacted, but many of them seem to be hesitant.”

A look of remembrance crossed the female’s face, “Leaving the place where you’ve lived for so long is a difficult choice indeed.”

Nathan, for his part, was dismissive, “Bunch of short-sighted people.”

His mother glared at him, “No mocking our fellow citizens. And we …… are responsible for putting them in such a dangerous situation.”

Nathan didn’t speak for a long time before muttering in a low voice, “It’s all for the greater good, and the necessary sacrifices …… have to be made.”

His mother shook her head and turned away to face the window again.

“Try to admit them to our side …… as much as you can.”

Outside, the rain began to pour.

(End of chapter)