Chapter 280: The Capital Overseer
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The female student also looked to Avi's side, and the other party's eyes only stayed on Avi's body for a second before moving away, continuing to explain the role of the "Capital Supervision Council" to the students surrounding her. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Felistie was also surrounded by some of the freshmen who wanted to know what the situation was, but Felisty herself had not yet figured out what the Overseer did, and just as she was at a loss, the handsome, tall, shiny and parted Jaco walked up from behind Felisty and put a hand on Felisty's shoulder.
"Rest easy, you can all come to the school in the afternoon, where I will give you a detailed introduction to the five members who have been selected to represent the Overseer," Jacoco gently squeezed Felisty's shoulder and looked at Felisty with a smile, "Felisty, you want to come with you, you are one of us very important." β
The red-haired girl shrunk her shoulders away, ignoring the other party, and Avi also walked over after Jacco walked away, "That person he... He seems to know you very well. β
Felisty patted the dust on her shoulder, "If this 'Capital Overseer' really has the power to intervene in the affairs of the government, then I will help you find out the whereabouts of Stitch and Fan, as for the one named Jieke... He just relied on his good skin to get closer to people everywhere, and I didn't know him well at all. β
"What a skin... It's really a head taller than me, and he's very handsome. β
"That's your aesthetic problem. β
In the afternoon introductory meeting, all five representatives of the "Capital Supervision Council" came to the stage to introduce themselves, Felisti was the last to appear, the first four were all senior students, and Avi only knew one of Jieke. The female student with very broken and dry yellow hair did not say her name, as if her name was a taboo, and even those students in the same class with her did not know her name, and everyone called her "Sunflower".
"Please trust us in the 'Capital Overseer', we will keep enough contact with the Kestrel Academy to let all the students know about the Kingdom of Salins as soon as possible, and we will do everything we can to stabilize the people in Mallot!
Felisty didn't return to Avi's side that day, and Avi had to wait alone in the classroom. Now Avi has lost the news of his companions, and has no home to return to, so he can only sleep on his stomach in the classroom.
The next day, when Avi was under general numbness in his arm, he was woken up by Felisty.
"I've already asked, Stitch and the other diplomats involved in the incident are under house arrest in the palace for the time being, and it's very likely that your two companions, Van and Sango, will be with Stitch," Felisty's eyes were wrapped in a dark black, "You should be able to rest assured that no foreign envoys will die, and they won't be in danger for the time being." β
"You look haggard..."Avi yawned, and the drooling marks on the corners of his mouth were obvious.
"I've been deliberating all night, of course," Felisty turned her head away, no longer visible to Avi, "I've made a complete note of what Queen Rosemund, Secretary of Intelligence Heck, and President Gurro Nors look like, and now I can conjure up their faces to anyone if I want to, and I guess it'll be useful sooner or later." β
"Hmm... I'm relieved that they're okay for the time being, and you've been deliberating all night... It seems that the 'Capital Oversight Council' is really playing a very active role..."
"You all misunderstood, in fact, the 'Capital Supervision Council' is not as simple as you imagined, so naΓ―ve," Felisti casually lay on the table next to Avi, and her voice became a little weak, "Jieke They have taken advantage of the current situation, and they will also take advantage of the psychology of the general public, as well as the Kestrel Academy, which is valued by the government. Their goal was not to put it now, but to put it down in the new kingdom after the turmoil. Whoever becomes the new king, or King Byron recovers, can become a new force in the future kingdom of Sahlins... I'm sleepy, I'll tell you the details when I wake up. β
It turned out that there was another force behind this "Capital Supervision Council" - in addition to Jieke and Felisti, the other three student representatives were all from aristocratic families. Their parents were both high-ranking nobles in the kingdom, but none of the parents of the three cadets were in Mallotne, and they were all local lords in other parts of the kingdom. Under the tutelage of the Academy's headmaster, Dugol, the 'Capital Overseer', controlled by the border lords, became a surveillance tool for those in power in the rest of the kingdom. Especially these three nobles, they have long been outside the royal family of the Kingdom of Salins, and their territories are all on the borders of the kingdom, so the princely strife of the kingdom will not affect them much, but they want to take advantage of the current turmoil in the kingdom to increase their influence.
As for Queen Rosemund's attitude and the other important ministers being compromised, Felisty herself could not fully understand. Today, Mallote is like the eye of the storm in kingdom strife, and it is extraordinarily calm. The Queen's faction, which obviously did not have many troops, firmly controlled the capital, allowing the three princes to gather their forces around the capital, as if they had chosen a position and were ready to quietly watch the spectators of this competitive fighting match.
Felisty also revealed to Avi that she was chosen to join the "Capital Overseer" because of Saint Golia's remote control in Doret City. Felisty's true identity is known to the other four, who may not know about Felisty's mission here, but they do know that Felisty is a close student of St. Golia. The senior student, Jaco, even took out a few ancient books on magic as a greeting gift and asked Felisty to pass them on to St. Golia.
"The noble lords on the borders of the kingdom took advantage of the chaos to plant pawns in the capital... They even want to collude with the Theoguna Empire, alas, it is really unpredictable, and even among the students who live and study with us, there are those who are ready to move. β
"What do you think? The Kestrel Military Academy is originally a very inclusive academy, there are young people from different classes, including the descendants of the powerful, of course, the powerful people will easily give up the power and land that came from the hard-won? They need a successor, just like King Byron wanted to choose a suitable person as the prince, but a sudden illness changed everything. β
Felisti's words were a little helpless, but this was the truth, and Avi had to admit that politics was unfathomable. Today's horse farm boy has learned a lot of new knowledge, and the various actions of the ruler are indispensable to him in the traces of political wrestling.
However, Felisti also said that there would be a positive side to the "Capital Overseer", at least that's what Jaco promised Queen Rosemand and Heck. The "Capital Overseer" will regularly collect from the people what they want to know, and then ask the rulers of Mallot, and then give back to the people after obtaining the answers. At the same time, they will also expand the size of the Overseer, adding more suitable Kestrel Academy students to the group, assigning them to various locations in Mallot, overseeing various things, and maintaining good communication with other noble ministers.
"If King Byron had remained healthy, he wouldn't have consented to this, would he?"
"Perhaps, after all, King Byron is equivalent to a dictator, and the 'Capital Overseer' established by the Jacko is more like the inquisitors and magistrates of the Oguna Empire, except that they are more moderate, closer to the people, and have less power. β
Just as the situation in Mallotne gradually stabilized, the army assembled by Prince Amsoil also entered Mallot's sphere of influence. Bradley's barracks had received all sorts of information about Amke, but from the walls of Mallot, Bradley's barracks were as calm as ever. The Grand Prince's army, the assembled mercenary group, and the Marquis Roberto's military camp were stationed in three places west of the Black and White River, and their combined strength was less than 50,000 men, but Amme's army was as many as 150,000, and the cavalry patrolling the far side of the barracks did not know what Prince Bradley's plan was.
"Your Royal Highness, we have made contact with Queen Rosemund," Ammeh's lieutenant Poli rode back, and there were a few horsemen behind him who were carrying information, "Mallott did not show anything unusual, and the queen also said that she would not take any action when His Royal Highness attacked Bradley, as agreed. β
Anso, who was riding on his warhorse, looked gloomy, and he asked the cavalry one by one, "Since everything is ready, let's camp in the direction north of Brother Wang, and for the sake of brotherhood, I will give him some chances, so that we can win without a fight." β
Polly immediately said, "Although Bradley doesn't have enough troops to fight us now, if it takes a little while, maybe he will get reinforcements... It is said that Walter is also approaching Mallot, and the nobles who support him have begun to mobilize the armies under their territory and assemble them into legions!"
"Rabble!" Guillermo angrily retorted beside Anme, "We are battle-hardened soldiers in the north of the kingdom, and those who hide in the south are nothing more than a pile of rubbish and garbage, they have not even seen the real battlefield, how can we talk about the 'legion'?!"
"Butβ" Poli wanted to add as Amsoil raised his whip.
"Brother Wang is a chronic son, he has always demanded decency, he will not march into Mallot's sphere of influence so quickly, since he has not yet arrived, and Brother Wang has not increased his troops, then we will deploy as originally planned. β
"Yes!"
In May 949 of the Old Kingdom, the capital city of Mallot, located in the heart of the Kingdom of Salins, was shrouded in a dark cloud, and conflicts between the three princes and one queen were inevitable. At this time, no one could predict who would eventually kill the kingdom of Sallins, nor did it know if it would fall apart. But future historians will surely agree on one thing, and that is that King Byron was a ruthless father.