At the end of the Unification War, six countries merged their territories with the empire. These six countries are both strong and weak. If you pick one alone, none can compare to the empire. But people's hearts are not like snakes swallowing elephants. In that chaotic era, the troublemakers wanted to use all their strength to gnaw off an extra piece of meat from the people around them to satisfy their bottomless greed.
When the environment is like this, you have to be more ruthless than others, otherwise you will be treated as meat on the chopping board.
The empire involved in this will naturally be affected. Although the late king was a kind and wise man, there were many people under his command who hoped to benefit from the war, and there was nothing he could do on his own. The result of dedicating oneself to changing the status quo is that the body is worn down, overworked before the age of fifty, and premature death.
The situation of the late king is not unique. There are people like him in the other six countries. They are either tired of war, or they cannot bear the suffering of the people... In short, their identities are different, and the only thing they have in common is that they are all working for peace. However, they are like the previous king, like a lonely boat in the storm, unable to support itself.
The late king failed to bring peace during his lifetime, but his hard work allowed the empire to maintain its first place in strength among several countries, making other countries reluctant to invade easily. This was an indispensable capital for the empire to win the unification war later.
Those insightful people who hated war and longed for peace became the empire's second largest help after Lecco became successful.
Later, the territory of the Six Kingdoms merged with the empire, and these knowledgeable people joined the empire's management system and continued to display their talents in various places. Those who did not seek fame or fortune, but who were exhausted mentally and physically by the war and just wanted to rest, went to find a place they liked to live a stable life.
For those with special status among them, such as the old royal family, old nobles, etc., Lecco did not treat them differently and gave them the greatest support according to their wishes. However, in order to avoid suspicion, these people basically did not choose to work or live in the imperial capital, with the exception of one person...
"Ellan...prince?" Miku was shocked when he saw the word "prince", "It's actually a prince?!"
"Um."
Compared to Miku's surprise, he was much more calm after reading so much information and already knowing a lot about the Unification War.
Many of the outstanding talents in the empire today also had good status in the past. It's just that they want the right prosperity and peace more than their status.
With the joint efforts of everyone, this dream came to fruition.
In that era, Leco was not the only one who excelled, it was just that everyone was overshadowed by Leco's light. Prince Erland was a good example——
His country was miserable to say the least. Its own strength was neither superior nor inferior, but it happened to be a fertile land. Therefore, it became the most vulnerable place to be harassed besides the empire. His father was killed in a battle a few years before the Unification War, and the throne fell to him. But he didn't even have time to hold the enthronement ceremony, and fell into the quagmire of war like his father.
Fortunately, Prince Erlan was a very capable man. He just managed to stabilize the people's hearts without the title of king. He personally led the army to victory one after another, fought back the invading enemies, and even ate a lot of enemies from the opposite side. Territory, with astonishing strength, his country gained short-term stability.
During this period, Prince Erlan took the time to consolidate various internal forces and enhance national strength. He did not seek to become the strongest, but only wanted to be fearful of neighboring countries who intended to invade.
He succeeded, and on the eve of the Unification War, Prince Erlan's national strength was second only to that of the Empire.
Immediately afterwards, the Empire Unification War broke out, and Prince Erlan was so dumbfounded that he never had time to officially inherit the throne. Even though his subordinates were anxious, Erlan himself didn't show much concern.
But at that time, Prince Erlan was like the empire's past regent and current princess. Although she had no title, she was actually the king.
Due to the vast distance between their countries, Leko and Erland have not yet fought against each other. At that time, they were both in the limelight, and everyone thought that sooner or later the two would have an earth-shattering fight. It was not until the middle of the war that Leko fought in front of Erlan, and the two finally had a chance to get to know each other.
During those days, the war strangely stopped for nearly two months, and other countries thought they were gathering strength. The brave ones are even prepared to take advantage of them when they lose both sides.
But the final result shocked everyone watching the battle:
One day, Leko suddenly appeared in Erlan's palace. The two just played a game of chess. After that, Erlan announced his intention to join the empire.
What happened there, no one else knew. If there hadn't been a riot when Lecco appeared, no one else would have known about it!
The empire's strange victory caused its national power not to decrease, but to increase greatly. From then on, Leko began a legend of victory without a fight.
After the war, Prince Erlan did not respond to his faction's request to seek an official position or status in the empire's system. He gave up everything and ran to the imperial capital to become a businessman. Even if Lecco personally came to invite him, he did not agree. He pushed out his cronies as if to deal with them and gave them official positions.
Lecco was so angry that he drank up all the wine Erlan brought, but in the end he was not stingy and made Erlan's cronies the captain of the escort team. This is no small position. Previously, the Guards had been led by Lecco, which represented the military power of the empire!
The deeds of the two people became a good talk in the imperial capital at that time, and attracted the attention of many people. However, Erlan later became less famous and seemed to disappear, slowly being forgotten in the rapidly developing empire.
An discovered Erlan in the records sent by Leonhardt. At first, he only thought it was novel, but after discovering that the former imperial guard captain was his confidant, An had to pay attention.
A person who has the ability to save the country from disaster, and has indeed done so, if he sees his cronies being stigmatized and unjustly killed, then no matter how much he likes a peaceful life, he cannot do nothing!
Intuition tells An that Erlan is unlikely to be the mastermind behind everything, but if he, who has lived in the imperial capital for a long time, investigates this matter privately, it will be much easier than An to get unknown clues!
The question now is how to contact Erlan.
On the surface, it is one of the reasons why An is inconvenient to search extensively. The bigger difficulty is that Ellan is hiding incognito. Even if An wants to search, he doesn’t know how to start...
"I just heard this person's name two days ago!" Miku opened his eyes wide and pointed at Erlan's name on the information.
"...Huh?" An's thoughts fell into a brief blank. He reacted and asked quickly, "Where did you hear it?"
Miku didn't realize how pleasantly surprised what he said would surprise An: "The waiters in the palace said it. This person seems to be holding an auction in three days, and said that he will donate all the final auction proceeds to the crusade. Waiters We were discussing how to support it at that time.”
"Auction..." An calmed herself down and muttered these words, slowly raising the corners of her mouth, "This is the time, place, and reason."
Miku looked at An: "Are you planning to go?"
She didn't think that much, but she understood Ann's character. Since there are clues, he cannot remain indifferent.
"I definitely have to go there, but I have to figure out the details, and I can't just go there in a big way..." An stopped talking.
"...Why are you looking at me like this?" Miku found him staring at her, feeling a little strange.
"Miku."
"ah?"
"Miku~" rubbed his face.
"Huh--"
"You are truly my lucky star."
"Let go first!"
