Chapter 36: The Precursor to Being Ignored

In the luxurious room of the Count's Mansion in Itarica City, Princess Pinna, who took over the place with the Order of the Rose and the Imperial Senate, was for some reason staring at the short scribbled letterhead on the bookcase, with a pair of red rabbit eyes open, and her expression was unusually haggard.

Due to the short road through the Arnous hills, which has been completely washed away by the great floods, and the other roads require circles and mountains, it currently takes 12 to 15 days to get from the imperial capital of Urabianca to Itarica, even on fast horses. However, since the humans of this world have tamed the pterosaur as a flying mount, at least the transmission speed of some urgent information has been greatly accelerated by "air mail". An imperial dragon knight carrying mail can fly from the imperial capital to Itarica City in only half a day, so after only three days, Princess Pinna, who is in Itarica City, received a battle report from the Eastern rebels led by the eldest prince Sochar to attack the imperial capital.

Of course, even after such a crushing defeat, the new emperor Diabo was not yet at the end of his rope: he still had an elite and morale-boosting Imperial Central Army in his hands, and he was still able to get the full support of almost the entire Imperial Senate Before the rebels besieged the city, most of the senators and nobles of the imperial capital had fled, and at the same time, the imperial treasury had almost been emptied......

The short period of a few days before and after the offensive and defensive battles in the imperial capital was naturally not enough to remove the century-old savings of the empire and the imperial family. But in fact, in view of the fact that the damage in the imperial capital was too serious in the flood and it was difficult to repair, as early as the evacuation and resettlement of the flood victims in the surrounding area of the imperial capital began, the Senate was already beginning to transfer the gold, silver and treasures in the imperial treasury, as well as various archival materials and precious books, in preparation for the next relocation of the capital. Even Princess Pinna, who escorted the subhuman refugees to Itarica City, was ordered to bring a large number of royal archives and books with her.

Therefore, Sochar, who captured the imperial capital, even if it was not an empty city, the wealth and influence gained were far less than expected.

(With only a fraction of the treasury grabbed, Sochar had no other way to reward his army than to plunder the capital.) ）

And Diabo, who has lost the imperial capital, still has enough capital to continue to compete with his eldest brother At present, Diapo has rebuilt the Senate and the "Imperial Orthodox Government" in Lendel City, north of the imperial capital, and erected the banner of rebellion. Sochar ascended the throne in the dilapidated imperial palace and called on the vassal states and governors of the entire continent to send troops to join him in "putting things right......

All of a sudden, the eyes of the entire Falmatt continent seemed to be focused on this vast plain from the imperial capital to Lendel City.

However, Princess Pinna, who was outside the main battlefield, had already felt a burst of despair before the decisive battle began.

Whoever emerges victorious over her two brothers, the collapse of the empire seems inevitable!

For many years, the reckless empire has relied on brave legions and bloody wars to brutally rule the vast continent of Falmat. In the eyes of the rulers of the empire, there is no right or wrong, black and white, only strong and weak, life and death! The weak will be beaten, the strong will take everything, invincible force is the supreme truth, the loser will either surrender or die, it's that simple!

Well? Neither willing to give in nor die? It's really troublesome, it looks like I have to continue to raise my fists and beat you to the service, or beat you to death!

Of course, the imperial government still has certain preferential treatment and benefits for the citizens of the empire, especially the military dependents, but if you are not a citizen of the empire, you will not enjoy this treatment, and you will have to endure all kinds of terrible heavy labor and expropriation. The Empire never cares about the thoughts of the vanquished, the will of the Empire is everything on this continent, and all the conquered alien races must be endured obediently, and if they can't bear it, please die as soon as possible......

Under these circumstances, the Empire's strategy of dominating Falmatt relied almost entirely on large warlike legions and brutal repression, and even then, the Empire's rule over a significant part of the region remained only in name. Such a simple and crude ruling strategy made the imperial government very low in the minds of the vast majority of subjects, and it was only because of the fear of the powerful army of the empire that it had to endure bitterly.

Not to mention the sub-human races who are considered to be aliens, even pure-blood humans of other races have terrible loyalty to the Empire.

However, in the past six months, this powerful army that maintains the existence of the empire is crumbling at an alarming rate, disintegrating the destruction of the Alien Expeditionary Force in the Armus Hills, the flood of the imperial capital, and the civil war of the imperial family, every bad news is a heavy blow to the nerves and bones. Today, the two most powerful armies in the empire are still fighting each other on an unprecedented scale under the leadership of the two princes!

And the vassal states who are not convinced, as well as the foreign careerists who have been dormant for a long time, are eagerly awaiting the self-destruction of the empire!

By the time this battle is over, no matter who wins or loses, the legions that the empire relies on to deter the Quartet will only be wiped out. Rebellions and uprisings across the continent will also swell. Even the most outstanding generals could not reverse the decline in a short period of time, because the citizens of the empire, who were able to serve as soldiers and officials as the pillars of the empire, had already died too many in this series of disasters.

At the end of the day, a country is made up of people, and no country can last without a group of people who love or at least identify with it. And once there is no reliable and strong native army to act as a military guarantee, the hegemony of the empire on the continent will become an ethereal thing.

Therefore, the empire that had just unified the continent not long ago and was extremely glorious was now actually stepping on the ghost gate, like a decayed and broken ship that had been flooded to the deck by the sea, the ship's side had cracked, the keel had broken, and the mast was collapsing, no matter how majestic and admirable it had been in the past, it was now nothing more than a pile of wreckage about to sink.

Of course, the empire has not experienced such a level of setbacks and heavy losses in its long history, and with the tenacity and tenacity of this country, even this current catastrophe, according to the opinions of people of insight at home and abroad, most of them will still be able to survive in the end. Perhaps, many years later, the regained empire will have another chance to regain its strength...... However, at least in a generation, the short golden age in which the empire conquered the entire continent of Farmatt and all the nations of the four sides were subjugated was doomed to an early end.

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In fact, there are not a few wise men within the empire who have seen through this hidden danger, but in the face of such a situation, no one can do anything. And Princess Pinna, who is in an embarrassing situation, is even more difficult to protect herself, and it can be said that she is not pleasing to both ends in this civil war, even if her second brother Diapo wins the victory and sits firmly on the throne, she may look at Princess Pinna, who has been the regent of the empire, as a potential threat, and then quickly send her to a remote and backward barbarian domain to marry. If it had been her arrogant and irascible elder brother Sochar who had won the civil war, she might have been held accountable for the crime of handing over the scepter to Diabeau without permission, even if she was exiled or executed!

Even if you don't think about these, just your father's bones are not cold. The brothers had already begun to kill each other, and the very fact that the whole country was bleeding had already made Princess Pinna, who was delicate and innocent, feel so sad that she couldn't help herself.

Therefore, after thinking hard for a long time and crying bitterly, Princess Pinna, who had nothing to do, found that she could only use alcohol to anesthetize herself now...... Thinking of this, she couldn't help but grab the wine jug and silver cup on the table, and once again poured herself a large glass full of magnificent blue-purple liquor.

This is one of the few specialties of the Counts of Vermaar, rye beer steeped in wild blueberries and cherries. The local brewer poured the fermented fruit slurry directly into the barrel with the fruit pieces, thus dyeing the rye beer a beautiful green and purple color. Even after a year of cellaring, the fruit still retains its original alluring sweetness, and you can feel the rich fruity aroma as soon as you drink it...... In this way, a large glass of blueberry beer did not hesitate, and fell into the princess's stomach smoothly. And the aroma and luster of the contents of the cup tempted her to continue to taste it boldly and boldly.

It was only after a few successive glasses that the wine suddenly became stronger, but the smell of the wonderful smell mixed with alcohol, wheat and fruit, Princess Pinna could not resist the temptation, and continued to drink cup after cup, as if she wanted to get herself drunk.

At the same time, behind her, the chief instructor of the Rose Knights, who had come to consult on military affairs, and the princess's swordsman, Gray. Aruud, having just pushed the door open and peeked inside, closed the door again and stepped back with the lightest steps.

Although as a veteran of the battlefield, Gray understands the truth of drunkenness and drunkenness, but as Princess Pinna's master and elder, he also knows the melancholy and sorrow that Her Royal Highness has accumulated in her heart at this time...... Even if she is allowed to get drunk like this, vent well, and sleep comfortably, it is always much better than holding everything to the bottom of her heart and holding it all in

“…… Anyway, it doesn't matter, it's the Yellow Rose team's Bo Sais. Spear. Captain Balestie, along with two female knights, and twelve attendants, went east along the Via Appias yesterday to reconnoiter the floods, but did not return on time......"

Gray silently walked out of the Earl's Mansion as he muttered to himself, "...... I've led a team to the east several times in the last month, so it's not dangerous to think about it...... Maybe they went hunting and playing on a whim, so they delayed the time?! Alas, it's really not decent, and when I have time, it's time for these ladies to clean up the military discipline......"

However, what this experienced middle-aged soldier never expected at this moment was that Miss Poses, the female captain of the Yellow Rose Team who was being talked about by him, and the entourage who followed Poses on the tour had all been overturned and lay on the ground with all kinds of flowers......

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ps: I finally returned the plagued Xiaomi mobile phone, it was really hard to speak, and I will no longer be greedy for cheap discounted goods in the future.