Chapter 102: Recruitment
‘No way, he’s lying.’
The second daughter of the famous swordsmanship family, House Misthylene — Evangeline, lying on the ground and sweating coldly as she overheard Whitney’s words, initially thought that.
‘That bastard, who now has Sister’s strength in his hands, must be lying to confuse her.’
The Emperor she knew was a virtuous ruler. In fact, even aside from her, most nobles and commoners alike believed the Emperor to be a benevolent sovereign.
It was partly because the previous Emperor had been so terrible, but fundamentally, the current Emperor, Lilith Winter Clouds, was highly competent.
Since the usurpation of the throne, the Empire had faced multiple crises that could have brought it down — yet the Emperor had resolved them all with astonishing decisiveness.
She had even stabilized the Empire, which many had said was rotting from within despite its massive size.
Whatever the true face of the Emperor known to the high nobility might be, or the vague rumors circulating among the lower nobles, those things didn’t matter to the commoners.
‘The true mastermind has to be him. The fact that Sister’s supposedly irreparably destroyed mana circuit was restored is suspicious too. He must be deeply involved.’
That suspicion was the same for the two siblings of the fallen Misthylene family, who had no choice but to cling to whatever rotten rope they could find.
Of course, when the Emperor secretly sent a messenger and ordered this mission, the siblings had no choice but to obey at the risk of their lives.
“M-My mana circuit... the one who burned it, the one behind it...?”