Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 49: Real and Fake, Part 4
...—Nevada, Vermillion Empire—...
“Basic traitor!” cleria shouted with a wrathful face. If it wasn't for Gilbert holding him back, he would have stood up again to attack Xavier even though his hands had been chained. “You will pay for all this. And Gilbert, bangsatt, why are you holding me back?! Quickly attack that traitor! You too Emily, Edelweiss, attack him!”
Xavier looked at Cleria inconsolably. He still did not understand the situation now. His very loyal nature may have gathered his sharpness of mind. Gilbert always put the people of the empire first – he does not care who leads. Edelweiss was more careful, he was sensitive to the power of Xavier that he could not understand. While Emily.she between feeling betrayed and not knowing what to do.
“The real traitor is Emperor Nueva el Vermillion.”
The voice that came—before anyone responded to Cleria—'s angerit did not belong to Xavier, but Achilles who had just come with Menez. The attention of the commanders was immediately diverted to the prime minister.
“Nueva aspires to become a god and control the world,” Achilles continued. “He allied with the leader of the demons, Lucifer the Fallen Angel. Lucifer is also the true identity of Edward Penumbra. Nueva wants war so she can smoothly realize her plan.”
“But you don't have to worry, Commander Cleria.” Achilles crouched down before the sitting Cleria and held her left cheek with a friendly smile on her lips. “Xavier does not plan to rule the empire. Vermillion Empire will be changed to Vermillion Kingdom, and Verissinia will be its queen. The provinces of Emeralna, Hongariand, Matepola, and Maggarithaz will again become kingdoms. He already said he would be the emperor of the entire Islan, right?”
Xavier has not said anything to Achilles about it, but his sharpness is beyond doubt. Too bad he wasn't endowed with power. If Achilles was also born with great strength and potential, perhaps he would become a troublesome opponent. Power poisons the mind, especially if the mind is sharp not playing. Achilles may be worse than Nueva and Lucifer.
“United Empire of Islan,” continued Achilles while standing back. “We will unite the whole kingdom in Islan under its auspices. Xavier will be the emperor. I'll be prime minister. And each kingdom will have its own kings and queens. But they would all be directly responsible to the Emperor.
“This is not a plan to rule the world. This is an attempt to bring peace to the Islans. The war that is happening and will happen we need to overcome. Every leader acts only in the interest of their own kingdom. Other, more powerful kingdoms were seen as threats, while the weaker ones were seen as tools. There is no truly healthy relationship between kingdoms. And this must be changed.”
Achilles widened his friendly smile and looked deeply into Cleria's eyes. “I do not want any conflict, and you (commanders) are a valuable asset of this kingdom. Are you, Commander Cleria, and the three of you willing to help? Verissinia will need your help in leading this kingdom.”
“...How about Miss Kanna? Isn't he going to replace Emperor Nueva?” cleria asked after a few dozen seconds.
“That problem you don't have to worry about,” Achilles' response. “You've thought about it, haven't you, Xavier?” tanyanya turned to look at the owner of the name. Achilles' gaze made all eyes turn to him. If Evillia (who had already returned to stop the assault attempt on the other cities) was still here, she would also view it intensely.
“...I've killed his father, you think he'll accept?”
Xavier ignored Achilles's sharp gaze. “There is a chance he will stop the founding of the United Empire of Islan, but let's hope hopefully not lead there. More importantly, what is your answer? We will imprison you if you refuse; it will be troublesome if you rebel from within.”
“Menez,” Xavier does not wait for a single answer. “Bring Cleria to jail. Reinhart, if he were still alive, would oppose this. The establishment of Cleria will change if it happens.”
“You! Do you know if yes—” Cleria had been caught in the illusion before she could finish her sentence. Then he disappeared with Menez. Xavier successfully detected the dimensions that Menez used to move around.
“Tno need to worry. My clone is talking to Verissinia. He will decide whether to release her or not. Like you said, Verissinia will be the queen of this land. I won't interfere in internal matters here.” Xavier paused for a moment and looked intensely at Emily and Gilbert. “Give Verissinia protection to you.”
Xavier instantly disappeared after saying that. He appeared right in front of the door of the royal palace that was the residence of Qibtya, the queen of the Desert Kingdom. A dozen seconds later, Menez and Achilles appeared at the hands of Xavier— and at the same time the soldiers simultaneously fell swallowed into a dream.
“I haven't been here in a long time,” muttered Xavier while opening the palace door rather roughly.
...—Evrillia, Elf Kingdom—...
“Hold, Camelia!” evillia exclaimed as soon as her eyes found the figure of an elf whose loyalty was unquestionable— right now they were in the vast space that became the main lobby of the Black Shadow headquarters. “You don't need to send them. I canceled the intention. We're not going to attack the empire. I'm be—have you sent two squad? Quickly go and bring them back!”
Camelia was about to open her mouth questioning the change in the queen's decision, but the seriousness that colored Evillia's face made her change her mind. Camelia nodded then left immediately. He returned almost ten minutes later with the two squads he had sent. Evillia was no longer in the lobby, as was the rest of the squad.
“You can go back to your previous activities; I will see Your Majesty to get the reason for the details.”
Getting the nod of his two fellow captains like him, Camelia instantly vanished into her own shadow.
Camelia came out from the wisp of shadows in the throne room, and Evillia had already re-occupied her throne. He did not know if Evillia was happy or upset, but her face did not look burdened with many thoughts as before. Did something happen in Nevada?
“What's up?” camelia asked seriously (this is not the right moment to put in a joke), both of her legs stepping closer to the throne. “Is there an emperor there, so you changed your mind?”
Evillia who looked silently at one of the statues that adorned the palace immediately turned her gaze to Camelia.
“Xavier stopped me,” replied the queen—and it surprised Camelia, because she knew Xavier was not in the empire. Is the war over, and therefore he's back in Nevada?
“He claimed to be the emperor of Islan as a whole and asked if I wanted to be his subordinate or his enemy.” Evillia paused for a moment, before then proceeding with an uncertain facial expression. “Do you think Xavier is upset with me for obeying Vermyna because the fucking vampire is stronger? He wasn't acting like an ordinary.”
…Camelia retracted her assumption; Evillia was neither happy nor upset, but worried about something unimportant and unnecessary.
“...So, you're going to remove Elf Kingdom from New World Order?” tanya Camelia – she completely ignored the queen's insignificant questions.