Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
New Life
"The kingdom of Garlin was entirely within that of the kingdom of Heinz. The Moskov Empire had no choice but to attack the Heinz kingdom head-on. Now, what do you think of this, Miss Maria?"
From Petersburg, Mary faced the projected face of Issac before her. The girl gritted her teeth and did not know what to do.
Mary had been ordered by the emperor to fund the coming wars. Mary inevitably had to carry out the order, which meant facing off against the side she least wanted to make an enemy of, the kingdom of Heinz.
"As a nobleman who over a hundred years lived and devoted himself to the emperor, I must carry out this duty as a Duchess. Mr. Issac, this may be hard on both sides. From today on, we are enemies."
Mary had to say something she never wanted to say. The empire will not win. Maria had to find a way to patch up Moskov's deficit imperial coffers by issuing various debentures to investors and capital owners.
But many doubted the ability of the Moskov empire to return what they had borrowed. In the end, not many of them were interested in funding this war and the empire was short of cash to buy raw materials for weapons, producing weapons, or paying soldiers.
"As I thought you must be in trouble, Miss Maria. Sorry, but the kingdom of Heinz must not lose. We have frozen your assets in the kingdom.
"Of course we will recycle your assets, provided that you must be on our side. Then I'll wait for your response. Thank you, Miss Maria. Good night."
As soon as Issac's face disappeared, Maria frustratedly kicked through her desk. Even if he used all of his possessions and assets, he only had the ability to fund his personal army.
Especially now that winter has arrived. The emperor and others will launch a military campaign once spring arrives.90 percent of the harvest last fall was used to meet the needs of the war. People are starving.
Mary poured wine into her glass and drank it quickly. He stood up and looked at the snow falling from his window.
"If I had been born in the kingdom, I could have been by his side without being afraid and burdened with something like this. But regretting something like this is useless. I just do whatever I can."
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Nine months and ten days passed after the pregnancy of Issac's wives. Now, each of them is struggling to give birth to the child that is in their womb safely.
Issac had sent the best doctors to each of the places where his wife lived. The Balzaac region, the Randall region, the royal palace, and Versailles.
"Geez, I didn't expect that my children and others should be born in this chaotic era."
Issac smiled as he looked at his children one by one. Three men and four women. Aurellia, Margaret, and Lilianne gave birth to a son. Anna, Olivia, Sasha, and Misha give birth to a daughter.
Issac himself did not have time to see the birth process of them all. He was busy doing a lot of things at the time. Issac was a little frustrated. I don't know, he might not be a good father.
"Your wife takes 40 days to fully recover. That long, please hold on. Once your wife has chosen it completely, they can carry out activities as usual again."
One of the doctors told Issac some important things. They will monitor the recovery process of Issac's wife and monitor the development of his children.
"This good news only lasts a moment. The real challenge will begin. I will try to educate them as best I can. With Aurellia and all, we'll make sure they grow up healthy."
Issac looked at the snowy morning sky. In a moment, really soon, something big and changing the destiny of this continent will happen.