Chapter 246: The Queen and the Prince
After hearing her out, Queen Alice thought for a while: “That makes sense.”
“In addition, my intelligence also shows that the eldest son of the Stuart family has come to the eastern region.” Dorothy continued reporting.
“Has Stuart already noticed him?” Alice asked.
“He has now replaced the Count as the ruler of the underground trading kingdom in the east. The name Fenrir has already resounded throughout the industry, not to mention that he also bears the notorious reputation of having killed the Count. There is no way that Lord Grand Inquisitor could know absolutely nothing about him. However, at present, the Church has yet to take any direct action.” Dorothy said.
“They also turned a blind eye to the Count back then.” Alice said.
“Because Count Fry was deeply bound to the circles of nobles and powerful figures in the Empire's east, and he also had connections within the Church. Not to mention……he openly and secretly provided the Church with quite a lot of intelligence about us as well.” Dorothy said meaningfully.
While they obtained intelligence about the Empire through the Count, the Count had also secretly passed some of their intelligence to the Church. This was one of the reasons the Church had not moved against him. Given their understanding of the Count, there was no possibility that he would not do such a thing. Maintaining the balance of opposition between the Church and the Witches' Gathering at the same time was what gave the Count enough room to make money.
Just as they needed the Count, there were also people among the Empire's nobles and powerful figures who needed the Count. There were only interests involved, no feelings, so as long as someone could replace the Count, whether that person was called Mustang or Fenrir made no difference.
“Once Fenrir starts purchasing goods from us, he should have the conditions needed to completely inherit the sales channels the Count once possessed outside the Count's territory. With someone's assistance, he might even be able to inherit the Count's business in its entirety. Combined with his own active position within the Church, it wouldn't be strange for someone to place high expectations on him. That is also his own current strategic direction.