Chapter 106: The One Who Curses Digs Two Graves (2)
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This was an incredibly self-evident fact. The other party was in the middle of a major internal strife. What would happen if the Demon Lord army, an army that just emanates the aura of being the enemy of mankind, were to advance upon them during this time?
The third imperial princess would use that opportunity to play her trump card of acting ‘for the sake of mankind!’ and seize even more military authority. All other pretexts would crumble apart before this. Regardless of one’s position, if they don’t cooperate with the Imperial Princess’ Faction, then they would be executed under the name of mankind. If we march towards the capital now, then we would only be doing the imperial princess a favor…….
“On the other hand, if we don’t do anything, then the imperial princess will run herself dry on her own. No matter how much she tries to downplay what she has done, it doesn’t change the fact that she has carried out an unlawful coup. Her legitimacy is incredibly weak. Therefore, she needs some sort of clear cut achievement to gain the support of the people.”
This is the fate of all coups. Those whose authenticities are weak must do whatever they can to gain some sort of clear achievement. Whether it be giving more rights to the people or reforming the economy.
The imperial princess seized control under the pretext of protecting the nation from the threat of the Demon Lord army. Since this is the case, there is only one type of feat she can achieve. A military feat.
“The longer we do nothing, the weaker the imperial princess’ justifications become. She declared she would subjugate the Demon Lord army but we won’t be approaching them at all. Her political opponents will attack her. Before long, a time will come where she will have no other choice but to take action. The imperial princess will have to dispatch troops from her side.”
“Oh?”
Barbatos hummed.