In the situation of the Duchy of Belmar.

No one can be sure that they will be the victor in the end.

However, everyone is trying.

For the sake of the forces they represent, they can obtain greater benefits in the next changes.

It's all here to prepare.

Naturally, the parliament rejected the ultimatum of the Delos Empire.

Naturally, they could not have agreed to such conditions.

Let the army of the Deloth Empire enter the Duchy.

Isn't that "luring the wolf into the house"?

They have not yet reached the point where they will arbitrarily sell the interests of the principality for the sake of their families.

All they wanted was to centralize the scattered powers of the principality in parliament.

In this way, you can make decisions a little faster and more effective.

Centralize the power of the state in one place.

Clearly conducive to the development of the principality.

At that time, I helped the merchant's daughter to sit in that position.

They also have that idea.

After all, at that time, the power of the principality was really decentralized.

Although, most of the affairs of the Principality of Belmar are handled by the Parliament.

But he was also limited by the king.

Legally, the king had the right to veto any of their decisions.

Make it invalid.

However, the king does not often exercise such a right.

And the Church, though not participatory, in the direct administration of state affairs.

However, if there is a king's authorization.

Then it's different.

They could serve as appointees of the king.

Participate in the management and supervision of state affairs.

Such words are like a sword of Dakomos hanging over their heads.

Let them have trouble sleeping.

Moreover, after the successive kings took office, the relationship with their parliament suddenly became cold.

They are dependent on the development of the church.

Use the church as a check and balance on councils.

After all, compared to the parliament.

The rights of the clergy of the Church were granted by the king.

These people are in parliament. There is no foundation in the first place.

The only one who can be relied on is the king.

If the king can give, he can also take it back.

These clergy have dogmas and beliefs.

It's hard to win them over to be one of themselves.

So in the eyes of the king.

Compared to their parliament.

These people are much more reliable.

than them.

The kings of the Skadi family preferred to trust the cultists.

Hell yes.

They naturally have a separation from the king.

That's why I didn't support Prince Ortiz at that time.

Instead, he acquiesced to the appointment of his sister-in-law, Queen Skady.

Sometimes you don't need to come out and make a big splash.

For their families, silence is an attitude in itself.

If you want to take the council a step further.

Then the power of the king must be limited.

And the assumption of a Skadi family is clearly not in their interests.

They weren't reconciled either, and it was always like this.

Naturally, I want to go further.

That's why there is the current Queen Skadi.

Although it is said that they have also gained some benefits in the process.

However, the end result was unexpected.

That woman wasn't as easy to get along with as they thought she would.

"The Holy Son of Heaven reigns again."

How can it be?

She didn't sit in that position to be a puppet for others.

Rather, they have their own ambitions.

It's just that the guys in the council found out too late.

Wait until they find out.

She has already won a large part of the hearts of the people.

Unlike the previous Skady kings.

This woman knows her situation very well.

She will be very good at using her weaknesses to win the sympathy of the public.

Listen to her father's legacy to promote herself.

Some points are often made on it.

Read it to those at the bottom.

I have to say those unrealistic points.

The attraction to the people at the bottom is really great.

They would love that woman to have such a policy.

After all, that kind of thing is really good for these people.

"Get help from the principality. Establish universal practice. An academy that can be accessed by civilians. ”

What do these policies say?

It's all good.

But don't they know?

Can the Duchy of Belmar have the financial resources to support this?

The church has grown in size over the years.

It has already made it difficult for the Duchy of Belmar to afford.

Had it not been for the fact that the provision of local churches had been removed from the Duchy's expenditures in previous years.

The pressure they have to face now is not so little or two.

Still think about those policies.

How can it be.

If those things are actually implemented, I don't know how much it will cost.

How many people are going to be.

It's not as simple as building an academy.

There are a lot to do.

The current principality simply cannot afford it.

But it was by such means that the woman blended in, and a large number of people gathered around her.

Cheer for her there.

It can be said that there is no way.

They can't blame anything.

Because there is no such provision in the law.

Moreover, some other means cannot be used.

After all, she is also the queen of the Duchy of Belmar.

They have no right to hold the queen accountable.

The most is exhortation.

It's just, what's the use of something like this.

If only she could have listened.

There's no way she's going to sit in that position.

You know, at that time, they didn't want to support someone else to sit in that position.

Even if the king's younger brother Ortiz sat in that position, it would be nothing.

He didn't have the heart of his brother or father.

There's nothing special about it.

It's a guy with a bit of a high status in Hutton Marr.

There is nothing left for the rest.

Not even the carefree guys in their house.

If that person becomes king.

There is no pressure on their hearts.

After all, a person like him, even if he sits in that position, it is difficult to do anything.

Wait until you touch the ash a few times.

It is estimated that there will be little interest in the management of the country.

And then you leave things to someone else.

That doesn't make a difference to them.

After all, the power of those clergy was given by the king.

If only the king had been indifferent to the matter itself.

Then they don't have any rights.

That's the case.

Those in the church can only occupy a place in the congregation and cannot really influence anything.

So, for them.

Even if Ortiz became king, there was nothing.

However, her sister-in-law didn't think so.

She wasn't willing to do that.

In this way, your own rights are handed over to another person.

How is this possible.

She had a bolder idea.

Become the queen of the Duchy of Belmar.

Her husband has always been in poor health.

After becoming king.

Some things are also directly handled by her.

So, she knows a lot about the principality.

As long as you get the support of the Parliament.

Then theoretically he could also become the king of the Duchy of Belmar.

After all, she is also a member of the Skadi family.

Naturally, they also have the right to inherit.

But this inheritance has to be placed in the back row.

As long as there is still the blood of the Skadi family within five generations.

Then, it won't be her turn at all.

However, this did not bother this woman at all.

At a time when the king had not yet died.

She used the king's name.

Gather all the nobles of the Duchy of Belmar into the royal palace.

She didn't say what she thought directly, either.

It's a little bit of a tentative there, hinting at it.

The people present, who were not old foxes, still didn't understand what she meant.

However, no one came out on top.

After all, this kind of thing is not good for them.

However, she didn't say anything either.

They thought that was the end of the matter.

Who would have thought that there would be a different development.

This woman has won over many families without saying a word.

A lot of benefits were promised.

Let them be supportive or silent.

Something like that.

They didn't debunk anything.

Because that doesn't make sense.

Instead, there was silence.

After all, compared to that Ortiz.

This woman, who has nothing to do with the Skady family other than her name, is more in their interest.

If he did sit in that position, it wouldn't hurt for them.

Even the powers of parliament will be expanded.

After all, compared to others.

The only thing she could rely on was the Parliament.

The church will not support her.

Some families even have the mentality of watching the excitement.

But no one thought of it.

The woman ended up sitting in that position.

Became the Queen of Scaddy.

And it's not what they think.

Rely on them.

Give them the power of the king.

Rather, she held that thing tightly in her own hands.

Although, she didn't rely on the church.

However, she is also very good at taking advantage of the people at the bottom.

It caused considerable difficulties for the parliament.

And with the development of time, there is a feeling of some competition.

This has never been the case.

The Duchy of Belmar is here.

The power of parliament has always been the greatest since the principality.

However, she turned out to be through her own means.

It made them feel stressed.

How could this behavior allow him to continue.

If it goes on like this.

So the rights of the principality must be directly divided.

How could they possibly allow such an act to happen.

Although they are also selfish.

However, this situation is absolutely not allowed.

Not to mention that this woman has no Skadi blood at all.

If you give power to such a person.

Who knows what will happen?

As for the benefits she promised to the people.

It's useless at all.

It's just a means for her to woo those people.

How can it really be implemented?

Unless it is possible to completely exclude the church from the Duchy of Belmar.

The money saved in this way makes it possible to implement such a plan.

Let's not talk about the ripple effect of the loss of the church in the principality.

It doesn't say how much confusion it will cause.

Even if it is a threat from the Delos Empire, they can't help it.

The soldiers of those principalities simply had no way to resist the masters of the opposing side.

There is no assistance from the church.

It was difficult for them to resist the invasion of the Delos Empire.

And the situation in some places is also difficult to suppress.

Those bands of thieves on the roam.

There will be an attack on those small towns.

Plunder the riches therein.

Can they send soldiers to every town?

Impossible things.

The Delos Empire can do that.

It is because of their policy of forced conscription.

Every male Imperial member who reached the age of 16 was subject to military service.

It's impossible to escape.

However, the Duchy of Belmar did not pursue such a policy.

In their opinion, such behavior is too barbaric.

Everyone has the right to choose freely.

So why not let them make their own choices?

So, in the Duchy of Belmar.

Only the poorest civilians would become soldiers.

For the rest, they will always choose something better to do.

Rather than being a soldier bound by men.

It's better to be a free adventurer.

At least he can do what he wants.

without being constrained by others.

This also led to the fact that the number of soldiers in the Duchy of Belmar was not very large.

Fortunately, the church shared their stress.

So, even they have to admit it.

The Church can already influence every aspect of the Duchy of Belmar.

It's just that they don't use that kind of influence all along.

If you really anger this behemoth in the Duchy of Belmar.

Then no one will be able to escape the good.

That said, their behavior now is also dangerous.

But there is no other way.

If there were churches, they wouldn't have much to share.

It can only be excluded first.

Or rather, to get the church to make concessions.

Just let it not get involved in what follows.

Then they are considered successful.

After all, they've been planning that thing for so long.

Now it's right in front of you.

There is no reason to give up.

It took a lot of effort from a generation.

The interests have been completely divided.

It is simply impossible to let them out now.

Originally, at that time.

There was no intention to involve the church.

It's even more unlikely at this time.

Even though the church doesn't care about those interests.

However, who can say for sure this kind of thing.

After all, that's it.

Any family will find a way to get involved if they know about it.

There is no reason for the church to stay out of the way.

They'll definitely get involved.

So what will they do when the time comes?

Who will give up their own interests to the church.

Impossible things.

After all, at that time, who would have thought that the church would grow to the point of a behemoth.

The church at that time would not have joined them.

However, this is no longer the case.

They don't dare to gamble, and they can't gamble.

That's all I can do.

Even part of the Skady royal family.

They also took it out and divided it.

Only a small part of it remains.

Ready for the final return to the Skadi royal family.

After all, if people don't have any at all, it's really unreasonable.

In the future, they will also be ugly.

Just for now.

It can only be handed over to them for safekeeping.

Because, that queen is not from the Skady family.

If you give her that part of the benefits in the end.

I guess it went into the woman's own pocket.

The Skadis don't get it at all.

Now, they couldn't read the woman more and more.

What exactly is she trying to do?