Chapter 175.1
Reason to Fight
Princess Elena was discovered in the Khalfaan Empire. The news was delivered to the royal court of the Kingdom of Cleydale by means of a magical device of distant communication that could reach not only the major powers but also many foreign countries.
More than two months had passed since Elena and her guards went missing, and those in the royal court who had been worried about the princess’s well-being wept tears of joy, especially her father, His Majesty the King, who was relieved, but could not openly rejoice in the news.
For an unmarried young woman, especially an aristocrat, even a kidnapping of only a few days could become a “scar”.
Therefore, from the day after she was kidnapped, information was controlled and the students of the Magic Academy were sent home, but even if this was done under the guise of considering the safety of the students, the senior nobles and some noble families were aware that Elena was involved in something.
Even if they did not arrive at the fact that [the kidnapping] was caused by the dungeon treasures brought by the Demons, if she was not seen for months, rumors would start up based on speculation, which would also provide material for the aristocrats to attack the Royal Family.
The nobles of the aristocratic faction had planned to take in the first princess, who had been cut off by the second Queen, and make her a puppet of the aristocratic faction, but Elena, who was not the spoiled princess who adored her elder brother when she was a child, and who had rebuffed the sweet words with a resolute attitude, interfered with the aristocratic faction, so that the center of the kingdom was now occupied by the Royalists. The royalist faction now occupies the center of the kingdom.
Most of the Noble Faction were noble families with no specialties and weak domestic needs in their territories, and their hope was to reduce the power of the royal family, which prioritized domestic trade, and to benefit from it by prioritizing trade with other countries.
However, a move to restrict imports was initiated by the First Princess, who was concerned about the dependence on other countries for food, which made Elena no more than an obstacle to the noble faction.