Chapter 401: First Night Out is an important business
The situation in Dailamy wasn’t caused by the civil war--not exactly. What starting it was a coup.
A military general or something seized the throne and tried to kill all the successors. One of the children managed to run away, however, although their whereabouts were unknown. Thus, a conflict between those who were loyal to the crown and those who stood behind the general ensued.
Normally, people were prone to side with those opposing monarchy, because it was a symbol of oppression. But what difference would it be if the new reign oppressed the people even more? Quite a few aristocrats stood against the General, even if they did it for their own benefit. Rallying with Marchioness Indria as the lead, they fought with the one supporting the dirty crown, while looking for the lost royal blood.
I was told that the power ratio was around 60:40, which made the conflict go on for years with no apparent winner. The palace had power and logistics, but the noble faction had more people on their side. Ironically, this made the civil war go on longer and longer because there was no tipping power on either side.
Until the Hero came with a power in his hands and Midas’s money on the other.
Bringing reinforcement from another state and more logistics, including weapons and a troop of mages, the noble faction managed to win the years of conflict as the Hero beheaded the General.
But the end of the war did not mean the end of the instability. The people who sided with the General before were still reluctant to accept the noble faction’s rule. The people who were loyal to the royal blood also wanted the lost heir to sit on the throne.
Unfortunately, they still couldn’t find the lost royal blood, and the devastating result of the civil wars made the citizens unsettled.
Thus, the current regent, Fatia’s mother, wanted the purification of the land not only for the good of the people, but also to solidify the winning faction’s rule.
Well, the intention did not matter much to me.
But I told her I didn’t want to meet any nobles. I was there to purify the land and nothing else, including being paraded as a trophy of some sort. The Hero could do that--he was good at that. But I didn’t like it, because even if it was only for two months, I had developed hatred toward the nobles for how they treated me after the war.