A familiar voice came, attracting everyone's attention.

The door to the council chamber was gently pushed open, and Charlotte, dressed in a black aristocratic gown, appeared in everyone's sight.

Sebas was the first to react.

I saw that this flame spirit stood up from his seat almost instantly, and his expression was full of surprise.

"Master!"

He quickly knelt on one knee and saluted with his right hand on his chest.

Seeing the girl who pushed the door in, the knights and nobles closest to the door were also slightly stunned.

Then they also got up and bowed:

"Lord Earl!"

"Lord Earl!"

"Lord Earl......"

Respectful voices echoed through the chamber one after another.

As if there was a chain reaction, the nobles and knights in the hall were like wheat fields rising in the wind, first brushing and standing up, and then bowing one after another:

"Lord Earl!"

Charlotte's gaze slowly swept across the hall.

She bowed slightly, as if she had accepted everyone's honorific title, and then took a stride towards the front of the chamber.

The knight of the guard, who was guarding the door, consciously greeted him.

They lined up on either side, sword salute held high, respectful faces, heads held high, and followed closely behind Charlotte.

As Charlotte entered, the nobles consciously moved out of the way to the sides, making way for a road to the front.

Charlotte calmly weaved through the crowd, and the nobles on either side bowed their heads in greeting.

She came to the front of the chamber and glanced at Viscount Lean-Castel, who had also stood up, with a smile in her blue eyes.

The old viscount also bowed tremblingly, and said with a respectful and excited expression:

"Earl...... My lord! ”

Charlotte looked at him quietly, nodded slightly, and then naturally sat down on the main seat.

Her eyes swept across the audience, and she said gently:

"Sit down, you don't have to stand."

After receiving Charlotte's order, the nobles sat down again.

The hall was quiet, unlike the usual market noise.

It was clear that Charlotte had only been in Castel for a few months, but with her work on the elimination of the infiltrated bloodlines, she had already established some authority among the nobility!

At least...... In front of him, the nobility that still surrounds the banner of Castell has established authority!

"Where did you just go? Oh, by the way, leave me alone, this is supposed to be an improvised meeting of nobles convened by Sebas, right? You will continue to discuss first, and I will listen for a while. ”

Charlotte sat on the lord's throne, moved her ass from side to side and changed to a more comfortable sitting position, and said.

"The host ......"

Sebas slowly got up, his scarlet gaze fell on Viscount Lean-Castel, and chuckled:

"As you can see, just now we are listening to His Excellency Viscount Leon Castel's proposal to form a temporary regency cabinet!"

Charlotte's gaze naturally fell on the old viscount.

Her expression did not show the slightest dissatisfaction, and her expression was even more curious.

However, being watched by her beautiful blue eyes, Viscount Lean-Castel felt a great pressure.

The old viscount stood up almost immediately, and quickly explained:

"Forgive my presumptuousness, Lord Earl."

"You haven't shown up these days, the hearts of the people in the territory are fluctuating, and my proposal is only to unite the power of the Castel nobles......"

"Of course, since you are safe and sound, then naturally there is no need for the so-called Regency Cabinet, after all, you are the backbone of Castel."

Charlotte bowed slightly:

"Your Excellency, don't be so afraid, as the lord of Castel, I understand what you are doing."

As she spoke, she looked at Sebas again:

"Sebas, you have been presiding over the work of the territory on my behalf for the past few days, so you can continue to preside over today's meeting."

"Yes, master."

Sebas bowed respectfully.

His eyes looked back at the nobles in the venue, and his confidence was much more sufficient:

"The master has arrived, and I don't think you will continue to be suspicious of the Earl's Court, right? Right now...... Everyone should be willing to follow us and fight the rebels of House Leglis, right? ”

Listening to Sebas's words, the nobles in the hall looked at each other, and then nodded one after another:

"Since Lord Earl is safe and sound, then we naturally have to fully support Lord Count to quell the rebellion."

"Lord Earl has appeared, and all kinds of rumors in the territory have been destroyed, we are willing to follow Lord Count and put down the rebellion of Leglis!"

"Eight hundred soldiers of our Valle family have been assembled and are ready to fight for Castel!"

"We, the Long Family, have recruited a thousand soldiers, and we are willing to fight with Lord Earl!"

"All for Castre!"

“……”

Even Viscount Leon-Castel, who was at the forefront, said respectfully:

"The House of Leon-Castel has also gathered six hundred light infantry, two hundred heavy infantry, two hundred archers and one hundred cavalry, and three extraordinary knights, to take orders from the Earl's Court......"

The nobles in the hall showed their loyalty, reporting the number of conscripted troops one after another.

Listening to the nobles' oaths of allegiance, Charlotte bowed slightly, looking satisfied.

However, unlike the calm on the surface, her heart was actually messy at this moment, sitting on the lord's seat.

Especially after hearing that several towns north of Castel's territory had fallen:

Boy......

This listens to the discussion, is it that the Legliss family in the north has officially rebelled?

How long had she been asleep?

Charlotte didn't know what was going on in her own territory.

After she woke up from the chamber, she changed her clothes and followed the induction of the blood summoning and went straight to the council chamber, and when she came in, she only heard Viscount Leon Castel proposing a regency cabinet there, and the rest was completely confused.

However, she did not interrupt the meeting rashly.

Falling asleep is her secret.

Although she doesn't know how the nobles found out that she was missing, and Nice, who was supposed to be a stand-in, doesn't know where she died, as a lord, she certainly can't show that she doesn't know anything about what happened in the territory.

This not only undermines her authority, but also makes some well-intentioned people have some doubts about her over time......

Sebas's ability Charlotte still recognizes.

Since the power was given to the other party, she simply sat on the side and listened to the audit first to understand the ins and outs of the matter.

That's how Charlotte became an audience.

As the nobles in the hall discussed, Sebas deliberately guided and explained inadvertently, and gradually, Charlotte also had a general understanding of Castel's current situation......

First of all, it must have been a full four months since she fell asleep.

In the third month of her slumber, something big happened in the territory.

That is, the Legris family, one of the three viscount families, when "she" went to inspect the silver mines of Castel, hired mercenaries to attack "her".

Of course, it was not the real "her" that the Leglis family attacked, but Nice, who was disguised as "her".

After that, the Leglis family raised the banner of rebellion.

They first claimed that Castel had been overthrown by the nobles led by the Leon-Castel family, and launched a rebellion in the name of the "Qing Monarch's Side".

After gaining the support of the neighboring lords of Castel, the Leglis family even announced that Charlotte's bloodline was suspicious.

They claimed that the real Charlotte was long dead, and that the false Charlotte's rule over Castel was illegal and brutal, and that the war was officially waged against the Earldom in the name of overthrowing the rule of the hypocrite and tyrant.

Within a month, they had gathered more than 10,000 troops and captured several cities in the north of Castel's leadership one after another, and the war spread all the way to the south......

If it weren't for the presence of Viscount Remisio and the Kingdom army in the Silver Mining City, and Viscount Remisio repeatedly warned the rebels not to invade the Castel Silver Mine, which would affect the normal mining of the Crescent Royal, otherwise they would have lifted their neutrality and intervened in the rebellion...... I'm afraid that even the Silver Mining City has already fallen.

But even so, the rebels had severed the connection between the Earl's Court and the Silver City, and the North Port had all but lost contact with the Castres silver mines.

After Legliss declared a rebellion in the north, Sebas immediately summoned the nobles of the realm and called up troops in Charlotte's name to quell the rebellion.

Subsequently, it was the lords from all over the country who led their troops to the North Harbor.

What happened next, even if Sebas and the nobles didn't talk about it, Charlotte herself would probably be able to guess it.

Yes, she did give Sebas the administration of her realm before she fell asleep, but she was only in control of Castel's direct domain.

Feudalism is not a county of the Celestial Empire, and the lord's constraints on vassals are not so strong, although Charlotte has gained the allegiance of many nobles, but Charlotte is Charlotte, and Sebas is Sebas.

In Northport, Sebas may be able to directly mobilize the troops in Northport, but he lacks effective restraint on the nobles who follow orders from all over the country.

The only one who can restrain the nobility is Charlotte, and only the Castel family.

Charlotte has been "missing" for too long, and all kinds of rumors are rife in the territory, in this case, it will be difficult for Sebas to win the support of the nobles unless Charlotte appears.

Even if you win support, it will be difficult to unite.

It is against these circumstances that today's meeting is taking place.

Sebas wanted to use this meeting to unite the forces of the nobles and form a coalition to quell the rebellion.

Without Charlotte's restraint, the nobles who were called were unwilling to bow to Sebas and cede the leadership of the coalition forces.

Under these circumstances, Viscount Leon Castel, the leader of the allegiance nobility, who had been thoroughly bound to Castel, proposed the formation of a regency cabinet.

Thinking of this, Charlotte couldn't help but glance at the old viscount who was discussing the battle plan with Sebas.

From this point of view, she had misunderstood this old nobleman just now.

It is true that on the premise that the lord is missing, he is suspected of seizing power in this way.

But after more than a year, Charlotte's understanding of the Miria's aristocratic system is not insignificant.

Even if Viscount Leon Castel had selfish intentions, if she really didn't show up all the time, forming a regent cabinet council was indeed the fastest way to unite the power of the nobility.

Many things are difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, and it can only be said that even Charlotte didn't expect that Nice's perverted cat was taken away, which directly led to the loss of her stand-in!

However, although Nice's whereabouts are unknown, Charlotte can still clearly feel the connection between her soul and the other party.

The guy is still alive.

"Lord Earl, we have finished deliberating, this is a rough plan, please review it."

Viscount Lean-Castel's words interrupted Charlotte's thoughts, and Charlotte bowed slightly, and took the parchment scroll recording the battle plan from the other party's hand.

Looking at the numbers recorded above, Charlotte was a little surprised:

"You've got 35,000 people in total?"

Viscount Leon Castel respectfully said:

"That's right, there are forty-five nobles who have been summoned this time, and each family has brought at least a hundred levies and twenty private soldiers, and the noble army has gathered twenty-two thousand."

"In addition, thirteen nobles are coming, including three barons, and it should be possible to gather about three thousand levies, for a total of twenty-five thousand noble alliances."

Sebas nodded:

"In addition to the defenders on the front line, the Commandant can also mobilize a standing reserve of 2,000 men, as well as 3,000 conscripts, as well as 5,000 mercenaries."

"All the armies combined, there are thirty-five thousand."

Charlotte: ......

Good guy, a county can pull out so many people casually, and she believes it in her previous life when she said that this is a kingdom!

Ah, no, even those countries in the Middle Ages in the previous life were not easy to assemble so many troops, and the mobilization ability of the other world really can't be regarded as common sense......

"Lord Earl......"

Viscount Lean-Castel stepped forward and said respectfully:

"Our strength is three times that of the rebels, and we have the upper hand in our troops, not only that, although the rebels are mainly composed of elite private soldiers of the Leglis family, more than eighty percent of them are conscripts and mercenaries, and their combat effectiveness is not strong."

"At present, the rebels have attacked the upper reaches of the Dorne River in the north, and I suggest that the coalition forces immediately move north after consolidating their troops, and camp on the side of the Dorne to prevent the rebels from crossing the river, while training in place and seeking possible fighters......"

"His Excellency Baron Angus de Valle once performed a great role in the Star-Moon War, and can lead the army as a commander."

Listening to the advice of Viscount Lean Castel, Charlotte fell into thought, she glanced at Sebas, and said:

"Sebas, do you have any ideas?"

Sebas sighed:

"Master, I still have some experience in managing the territory, but I am not good at leading the army to fight and the like."

Charlotte bowed slightly, in understanding.

Don't talk about Sebas.

If you really want to talk about war, she is a layman herself.

Not to mention that he was still fighting in the transcendent world, and now everything happened so suddenly......